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He snuck away from practice, knowing he wouldn't be followed as it was common of him to do so. Quietly, he slipped into the team's locker room and over to his captain's locker. He traced the embossed lettering on the plaque on the locker's door - Tatsuya Kiyama. He paused for a moment, turning to leave, but something was holding him back. Blushing, he hurriedly slipped a white envelope into the vent of the locker and hurried away, not wanting to see his captain again for the day out of shame and embarrassment.
The letter may have been anonymous, but he could never let Tatsuya see his reaction. He could never openly admit that he - Hiroto Kira, the god striker - was deeply in love with Tatsuya Kiyama.
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"Has anyone seen Hiroto?" Tatsuya asked later that afternoon, after practice had finished up. No one had known where he went, only that they had seen him leave hours earlier.
Tatsuya sighed. "I guess it's fine. He practices on his own, he'll be okay." He opened his locker, and a small white envelope fluttered out. A look of confusion crossed his clear green eyes as he studied the envelope - blank except for his name on the back.
"What's that, Tatsuya?"
"Is that a... love letter?"
"Open it, open it!"
The green-eyed boy blushed lightly at his friends' eagerness. "Th-there's no way it's a love letter! I'm sure it's something reasonable..." he trailed off, taking the letter out of the envelope and beginning to read it. As the moments passed, he began to blush deeper and deeper, much to the delight of everyone else in the room.
"It IS a love letter! He's blushing!"
"Will you read it to us?"
Tatsuya collected himself as much as he possibly could, holding the letter close to himself and out of anyone else's reach. "This... this is a private matter between myself and whoever wrote this letter. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to tell anyone what it says."
His teammates were disappointed, but the subject was dropped and everyone discussed their Friday night plans before going off their separate ways for the night. Tatsuya headed back to his dorm in a daze, clutching the letter to his chest, aching to read it over and over again. Someone had actually given him a love letter...! His older sister, Reina, had gotten tons of love letters before - usually from Saginuma - but for him to get a letter!
Arriving back at his dorm, he flopped down on his bed and carefully read over the letter, once, twice, thrice... He studied every word, blushing, his lips parted slightly - he was dying to know who had written such beautiful words.
"Beautiful Tatsuya -
Every day, you are an inspiration to me. You are a strong and amazing leader, and the most alluring and charming young man I've ever laid eyes upon. Your eyes are as pure as untouched galaxies, your hair a soft ocean of that beautiful colour of passion. I long to be kissed by your lips, and loved by your gentle, kindhearted soul.
The day we met, I found myself lost in your eyes. I feel as though our meeting was fate arranged by the stars themselves. I know you might never feel the same way for me, but please know that you are my sun and my love.
- Forever yours"
Tatsuya closed his eyes. He just had to know who wrote this letter. It couldn't have been any of the girls on his team - Clara had a boyfriend, and Barra simply disliked everyone. Maybe it was a girl he knew from outside the team, he was a bit popular - though not as popular with the ladies as Hiroto Kira was.
He drifted off to sleep, dreaming of who his secret admirer could possibly be.
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Hiroto did not get quite as much sleep - he had sat awake all night feeling miserable and regretting his actions. Tatsuya had probably just thrown away the letter and forgotten about it... he was a pretty popular guy, surely he got tons of letters like this all the time...
The next day at practice, everyone was gossiping about who Tatsuya's secret admirer could possibly be. Hiroto played it cool, pretending not to know what was going on.
"Tatsuya... what's all this talk of a 'love letter'?"
"Oh... Yesterday after practice, I found a love letter in my locker. It really shocked me. I-I've never gotten a love letter before."
"A popular guy like you!? Nah, c'mon. Don't be so humble, surely some girls have at least confessed to you before."
A smirk crossed Tatsuya's face. "No, not really."
The grey-haired boy breathed deeply after their conversation. The first love letter Tatsuya had ever gotten... was from him. He desperately wondered what his beautiful crush had thought of the letter, but he didn't want to press details and make himself too obvious. He approached Midorikawa and Saginuma after practice finished up.
"How did he react...? Well... first he opened the letter, he seemed a bit surprised." Midorikawa stated.
"Then, he read the words - surely words of an unspoken love - and was left speechless." Saginuma added.
"Yeah, and he blushed like crazy!! I've never seen him so embarrassed," Midorikawa added. "But not in a bad way. He held it close to his chest, and he kept trying not to smile the whole time. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit in love with whoever wrote him that letter."
"Is that so," Hiroto muttered, feigning boredom. "Whoever wrote it should feel happy."