Brief Explanation

Kidou Yuuta

"Kidou?" I was caught by surprise, turning around to find Sakuma already standing right behind me, calling out my name.

"S-Sakuma? You called my name."

"Yeah, you... Introduced yourselves yesterday, right? It's the only thing I know so far." I felt disappointed.~ How could I forget? ~. I finally had a good look at him, and something was different.

"Sakuma, why is your hair tied to the back like that?" It felt kind of funny for me cause he's never done that before.

"Oh, this? I felt uncomfortable with it loose. So, Fuyuka gave me a hair band. I guess it's not how I usually look, huh? Gomenasai." He bowed to me, and it felt totally awkward.

"Daijobu. You don't need to apologize." I gestured for him to sit next to me, so he did.

"I heard we went to the same school in junior high."

"Hai," I answered shortly.

"So, that means you can help me. You know lots about me, right? Tell me everything, Kidou!" He held on to my hand tightly. I was surprised at first, but I smiled anyway. I started introducing him to the team by looking at them one by one, pointing will make it too suspicous-Sakuma had his eyes on a certain direction, but I continued until I finished everyone's names.

"Do shita no?"

"Ano-who are those 2 again?"

"The blue-haired's Kazemaru Ichirouta, the white one's Fubuki Shirou."

"Kazemaru..." He mumbled, but I could hear him clearly, "Ichirouta... Ichirou... Ichi..." ~ Masaka?! ~, "Is he the 1st son? Does that mean I'm the 2nd son in my family? Or is it just my name?" I sweatdropped, but he had a good point-Ichirou : 1st Son, Jirou : 2nd Son.

"Hai... You could say it that way." I was expecting too much.

"I know, right. I got the idea when I heard Fubuki's name. It's just like his hair, right? And I'm guessing he likes playing in the snow, maybe?"

"Soudesu..." I just realized that too-Fubuki : Blizzard, Shirou : White.

"Hey, what's that?" Fubuki spun the ball around, sending it into the air. Then Kazemaru dashed by and kicked it in the goal.

"It's called a hissatsu technique. We use it to play soccer. They're working on one together."

"Yatta, Kazemaru!" Fubuki ran to him and patted his shoulder, but suddenly... he fell to the ground!

"Nantekotta!" I brought Sakuma with me to check on him. I didn't warn the others cause I didn't want them to notice Sakuma's condition yet. Fubuki was shaking Kazemaru's right shoulder. Sakuma and I approached on his left side, "Do shita?! Kazemaru!" No answers. At first, I wanted to just turn his body over to help him breathe, but Sakuma was faster. He lifted his head onto his lap! I just remained silent, although it did seem pretty off. They barely know each other, but Sakuma doesn't remember. Well, it's a good thing Fubuki was the only one near us. He didn't know what happened yesterday, so he wouldn't think that something weird was happening.

~ Didn't he notice Sakuma's hair? ~.

"Kazemaru, Daijobuka?" Sakuma tried to make sure the boy on his lap was still there.

"Kazemaru? Can you hear us?" Fubuki tried shaking his shoulder again, but a bit harder this time. His eyes were opened slowly, "Yokatta... I thought you blacked out." He sat up

"Daijobudayo." He sat up, holding on to his leg.

~ That's the one injured since yesterday ~.

"Don't you think you should take a break?"

"I can still manage, Fubuki. Ugh..." He tried to get up, but his leg kept him down.

"Yamero!" Sakuma placed his hands on Kazemaru's shoulders, "You don't need to keep this up. If you're tired, just rest!" Both of them locked their eyes on Sakuma. They seemed just as surprised as I was-Finally realizing something.

"Sakuma, what did you do to your hair?" Fubuki spoke up, and Sakuma held on to his low ponytail.

"Oh, this? I just wanted to try something new." Once again, he made us almost freak out. He was smiling brighter than ever! All this time, I've never seen him make such an expression. I was starting to get worried about their reaction to this new behaviour, but Fubuki eventually burst out laughing.

"Gomen-Gomen... Honestly, I've never seen this side of you. Looks like you've finally decided to come around." He gave a cheerful smile. Thank god he didn't notice.

"Demo, what's gotten into you? Did you hit your head or something?"~ Nante! ~, "Yesterday, you told me to resist the pain. Now, you want me to rest?" Kazemaru was smarter than I thought. He had his suspicion, "Well, if you won't let me practice, I'll just head back to my room." He stood up only to find the pain still flowing through his body. We all stood up as we heard him wincing.

"Matte!" Sakuma grabbed his arm, "Let me help you!" I was surprised. This was starting to get out of hand. But I couldn't just stop Sakuma from what he's trying to do. It wasn't a bad thing, just a bit... cringe, "Fubuki, can you give me a hand?" He placed Kazemaru's right arm on his shoulder.

"Hai." Fubuki did the same on the other arm. They both carried him in a swing position, "Kazemaru-kun, you need to hook yourself to us." Fubuki started to notice he wasn't gripping them.

Sakuma looked over to me, "Dozo, Kidou. I'll be back in a sec, okay?" They walked away slowly. I waited until the 3 were out of sight, then turned back to the field only to find the whole team staring at me.

~ Masaka?! ~. Don't tell me they saw everything! How am I supposed to explain?!

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