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Niko wasn't the type to train late at night, his night times usually were full with manga reading or watching anime before going to sleep. But today that same hobbie had got him here, while watching a new football anime Niko had seen a new move and decided it would be best to try and replicate it alone, so, late night trainings it is..
For his own surprise as the doors to the training field opened there was already someone there: a blond boy throwing the ball into the air just to catch it again and again with his foot in all new angles without even looking at it, the blond's atettion was all directed at something said "kid" was watching in their phone looking almost hypnotized.
It was a weird scene thats for sure, how could someone even get so much hypnotized in their own device to the point to not even notice someone else entering the room? The blond would sure be doomed if Niko was a assassin or something like that. Well, not Niko's problem anyway and so said black haired made his own beeline to the little room where all the equipment and balls were stored. As he got close to the storage his reflexes kicked in, when he felt the air shifiting the way it did when a ball was flying Niko's reaction was pausing and raising his arm to cover the part of his face that was in the ball's general direction, what he wasn't expecting was for the ball to do a little curve in a circle giving him not enough time to protect himself now that the ball was coming right at his face.
With a "Bam!" Niko fell backwards, losing all his balance when the ball hit right at his face. Said boy however was not that affected to the ball that hit his face, sitting up calmly like he could not feel the blood puring out of his own nose.
Niko glanced up when a noise echoed now looking at the blond boy that was no longer distracted in a cellphone anymore, no, now he was looking directly at Niko " — Pft.. mWAHAHAHAA!!! C'était tellement drôle, tu aurais dû voir ta réaction!! (It was so funny, you should have seen your reaction!!) — " Said blond boy could barely say his sentence, almost breathless from laughing so hard, even from this distance Niko could see the tears of all the laughting coming out of yellow eyes.
Niko just stared judging a little more than he had any right to, this was soccer after all, sometimes game's got a little way too violent and barely passed as legal, and even though technically they were not playing soccer at that moment they indeed were in blue lock, and in blue lock every second they had to be ready to play or expect a little training with a ball flying to their heads.
" — Eh? Pourquoi ne parles-tu pas? Es-tu muet? (Why aren't you speaking? Are you mute?) — " Maybe Niko was way too busy thinking because he only noticed that the blond's laughter decreased to only snickers and he had moved when said boy was right in front of him in all his energetic glory, waving his hand right in front of Niko's face.
" — Hey! Heyyyy!! Garçon muet? — " Suddendly the french stopped all completly, his mouth forming a clear "O" as he stared somewhere in Niko's face.. " — ... Loki va me tuer. — "
It was at that exact moment that Niko felt the blood dripping from his nose hitting the ground, staining the artificial grass with a reddish color.
Maybe it indeed was a bad idea to train at night, Niko's reflexes were way too slow today, or maybe he had gotten a concussion when the impact made him fall backwards and hit his head on the ground? What mattered was that when Niko blinked his blue eyes stared right at yellow ones, the french boy moved so fast that Niko only saw what he was gonna do when it was already too late, with the blond holding Niko's bangs up and now staring right into his eyes with a strange look, completly ignoring Niko's bleeding nose " — Mon dieu.. — "
When he got over the shock Niko slapped the blond's hand away, feeling a little embarassed and starting to regret ever coming here in the first place. With a sigh and in a attempt to end the interaction as soon as possible the black haired got up to walk straight away, feeling way too embarassed to look back. At least didn't heard the french getting up too, so, Niko just assumed that he had not gotten up probaly scared of Niko's eyes or whatever.. what a mess.