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The silence after Wonderlands x Showtime leaves the locker room is almost deafening. Akito clenches his hands into a fist. That match was close. Too close. If it hadn’t been for his partner, Toya, they would have absolutely lost. Akito hates losing. Akito does anything he can to win every match he’s in, no matter the circumstances.
However, the grueling training he puts his team (and himself) through was basically ineffective this time. They ended up relying solely on Toya to win the match. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you don’t take into account that a team needs to be strong all around, and not just rely on one person sometimes. Everyone needs to be strong on their own, or else it's useless even being a team to begin with. An and Kohane aren’t strong enough on their own. Akito isn’t strong enough on his own.
Clearly they need to train more.
“Are you alright Akito?” Kohane questions him, a timid expression on the face.
The Inkling is silent for a moment.
“We almost lost that.” He says bluntly. “We would have lost if it weren’t for Toya.”
“Hey it’s fine…. we still won!” An replies, forcing a smile.
“Barely.” Akito frowns, before continuing. “I think we need to practice even more.”
“But we’ve already done so much this week!” An exclaims, pretty annoyed. That battle was tough, and they’re all tired.
“Akito-” Toya puts his hand on the Inkling’s shoulder.
“Enough, we can go home. We’ll practice again tomorrow morning. Akito finishes before leaving the others standing there in silence.