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Isagi sighs as he still continues to stare at Ness during lunch. As much as he wants to stop, it would be a waste to not be able to see Ness be all happy and cute.
Hiori smirks as he elbows Isagi “It’s Kaiser again, isn’t it, Isagi?”
Kurona shakes his head in disapproval “Your choice in people is weird Isagi, Isagi”
“When are ya gonna confess?”
Isagi glares at Hiori before speaking up “I don’t like Kaiser okay? It’s someone else”
“Then who is it?”
Hiori raises a brow “Are ya sure you're not lying Isagi?”
Kurona shrugs “He probably is”
Isagi slightly slouches, his head lowering as he quietly mumbles “It's… Ness”
Hiori leans in closer, his cyan-colored eyes full with mischief and amusement “What? Didn’t hear ya, Isagi”
Kurona also moves closer in, wanting to know more “Yeah Isagi, who is it?”
Isagi heaved out a sigh as he raised his voice a little louder “It’s Ness okay? Now leave me alone. I need to eat”
Isagi flinches at the sound of a spoon dropping onto the floor
Hiori immediately sits back up straight, his eyes wide and mouth slightly agape “So you’re saying you have a crush on-”
Isagi quickly covers Hiori’s mouth before he does something that Isagi will soon regret “Seriously, shut up”
“Why didn’t you tell us you liked Ness of all people? Although thinking about it does make sense” Hiori says, or that's what he's trying to say, mouth still concealed under Isagi’s hand
Kurona pokes Isagi, his brows visibly furrowed “You like Ness, Ness?”
Isagi lets go of Hiori, picking up his spoon and taking a bite of his food “Yeah. It’s not really a big deal”
Hiori and Kurona glance at each other and then back at Isagi
Both teenagers roll their eyes “Not a big deal. Sure”
“You do realize Ness hates you right?”
“I know”
“Aren’t Kaiser and him a thing? Platonic or not, not”
“I know”
“Not to mention, Ness is way too focused on Kaiser to even look at you”
Isagi slouches even more, fully lowering his head, trying to hide his embarrassment “I get it guys, you honestly don’t have to rub it in. It’ll just pass”
“What do you even like about Ness, Ness?”
“Well for starters he plays well, he’s very kind when others need help, he’s cute when he laughs, his smile is really pretty, he’s pretty-”
Hiori shudders in disgust as he gets up, holding his plate “Alright, that's enough, I’m going”
Kurona stands up to follow Hiori “Me too”
“Hey! But you guys asked! Wait up!” Isagi quickly rises and grabs his things
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“Alright, for today’s practice, I want to see how well you can adapt to different teammates. I’ll be arranging you in trios. You’ll be put up against various situations that might happen in a game. Your goal is to work together with your teammates to complete the tasks. ” Noa announced before making the groupings.
“And Isagi, you’ll be with Gesner and Ness” Isagi nods attentively, he watches as Gesner approaches him first, offering a handshake.
“Looks like were teammates, let’s do well”
“Yeah, I hope we’ll get along”
“I can’t believe I have to be with you, shitty Yoichi” Isagi’s body flinches hearing Ness’ voice. He quickly turns around to face the midfielder himself.
“Hey Ness, I’m sorry about what happened a few days ago. Maybe we could get along just for now?” Isagi pats Ness’ shoulder, attempting to calm down Ness to not cause any further commotion. To his dismay, Ness continues on, brushing Isagi’s hand off his shoulder.
“I don’t care about your shitty excuses. I would never play with you as long as you disobey Kaiser”
“And why would I listen to you? You’re nothing but Kaiser’s lapdog” Ness is really starting to get on Isagi’s nerves right now. Since he’s on the field and the adrenaline is already pumping due to the warm-ups, he can’t seem to control whatever he’s doing.
Ness’ smile slightly falters as he grabs the collar of Isagi’s shirt. “Listen here you clown-”
“You two. Cut it out or both of you will be benched next match”
Isagi is the first to step back, his fingers still balled into his fists “Yes master Noa”
Ness releases Isagi from his grasp and scoffs “Whatever”
“Alright, let’s start with the first drill”
Ness acted coldly for the rest of the practice, only passing to Gesner or right out refusing to do anything when told to play with Isagi. Both Isagi and Ness spent most of the time either bickering or ignoring each other.
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The whistle was blown and everyone walked off the field. Isagi walks over to Kurona, who was drinking water near the bench.
“I’m so glad practice is over. It was weird playing with Kunigami” Kurona sighs as he drinks from his water bottle.
“Kunigami has been weird ever since wild card” Isagi remembers the memories of his early days in Blue Lock, a part of him misses the old Kunigami.
Isagi waves Kurona goodbye as they part, and decides to head to the lockers. What was waiting for him unfortunately was just more trouble. Isagi could hear small sniffles coming from somewhere, being curious, he walked inside to see Ness, who looked like he was crying, his eyes were puffy and his cheeks were dusted with pink.
“I didn’t mean to-”
Ness turns to fully face Isagi “What’s your problem!? You ruined my life Yoichi” Ness’ voice slightly cracks as he raises his voice. “I bet you’re so happy that you’ve got Kaiser obsessed with you”
Isagi attempts to calm the magenta-haired boy down, trying not to stare too long at his glassy, clear yet hazy eyes. “Listen Ness, just hear me out for a second, okay?”
“What is it now? You want Kaiser too? You don’t have to rub it in”
“It’s not that-”
Ness cuts him off “I loved Kaiser first! I cared for him, I gave up everything for him, and you just decided to waltz into my life and destroy everything I worked for” Ness is full on crying, the tears pouring out of his face.
“Ness”
“What else do you want from me Yoichi? Did you want to see me crumble and break? Then there you go. Congratulations on everything Yoichi…”
Isagi makes his voice louder which causes Ness to flinch
“Ness”
Isagi moves closer, his deep ocean eyes clashing once again with magenta ones.
“I don’t want Kaiser nor do I care about him”
Isagi proceeds to lean into Ness' ear
“I like you Ness. Not as a midfielder, a player, a teammate, just…you”