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Group chat “S.O.S.”, after Seiseki vs Ryouzan
KaidoHayato11, Ura.Shizuka, Atomu_Isurugi
Kai: sooo? News?
Ura: we have good news and bad news
Atomu: the good news is very good and the bad one is very bad
Kai: okay tell me the good one first
Kai: I’ve been studying for college exams all day, I need a break
Ura: okay
Ura: Seiseki won
Kai: yeah I know but the good news?
Atomu: that’s the good news senpai
Atomu: Seiseki won against that bunch of beardy jerks
Atomu:
Ura: those nasty dudes are out
Ura: HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME
Atomu: BACK TO NOTHING YOU FOOLS
Kai: oh lord
Kai: guys calm down, it’s just a team
Atomu: no.
Atomu: no no no.
Atomu: it’s THE team
Ura: they are sponsored by the Devil
Kai: uhm we lost to many others
Ura: but I don’t like them.
Atomu: me neither.
Ura: SO HAVE A SAFE TRIP BACK TO HELL AND SHUT UP.
Atomu: exactly d(>_・ )
Kai: alright fine
Kai: if this was the good news then I’m worried about the bad one
Ura: the bad one is that our daughter-in-law wasn’t there
Kai: our what?
Atomu: idiot
Atomu: the princess with silky hair
Ura: the iron lady
Kai: MIND YOUR LANGUAGE FRESHMAN
Kai: btw WHAAAAAT????
Kai: SHE WASN’T THERE???
Ura: I swear
Atomu: Taku was the first one to notice
Kai: yeah well of course he noticed
Ura: well with Taku you cannot take it for granted
Ura: especially when he didn’t notice her during the match between Seiseki and Hokutou High in the Nationals preliminaries and he let her watch our practice bc he didn’t remember her face.
Atomu: (╯=▃=)╯︵┻━┻
Kai: you know what? you are right
Kai: omg our baby boy has already grown so much since that epic fail
Atomu: he said he likes a girl!
Kai: yes omg
Atomu: he went to talk to her to help her
Kai: I could cry
Ura: and he did that in her hotel room.
Kai: MORE IMPORTANTLY（￣＾￣）
Kai: I don’t even know whether I should be proud of him or scold him for wasting a golden chance
Ura: too early Kai
Ura: he’s not like you.
Kai: EXCUSE ME
Atomu: why? How is Kaidou senpai?
Kai: I’M A GOOD PERSON.
Ura: well, he’s quick
Atomu: oh… I had always depicted him as a good lover…
Atomu: so back pain is not your only problem…
Kai: ATOMU NO
Ura: okay maybe I should rephrase that lol
Kai: YOU CAN CRITICISE ME FOR ANYTHING BUT NOT FOR THAT
Ura: I meant to say that Kai is quick at taking every chance to flirt with a girl
Kai: here we go
Kai: exactly
Atomu: aaah alright
Atomu: well anyway, let’s go back to the point
Atomu: she was absent! And we don’t know why!
Kai: Could it be that she hasn’t recovered from the meeting with our man last night?
Atomu: captain can have a certain effect huh
Atomu: with those eyelashes
Kai: damn I wanna ask him directly what he thinks
Kai: did he look for her again? Did he think about her? Does he miss her?
Atomu: omg yes
Ura: well, talking about him..
Ura: Taku has disappeared too
Kai: what
Atomu: oh yeah, at some point in the middle of the match
Atomu: he walked away
Ura: to the restroom I guess
Atomu: and he never came back
Kai: WHAT
Kai: AND YOU SAY IT NOW???
Kai: are you telling me you guys have lost our captain?
Ura: well that’s not exactly correct
Ura: we didn’t lose him
Atomu: HE got lost
Kai: WTF MAN
Group chat “T.A.K.U.”, some seconds later
Kai: @Taku are you alive?
Taku: yes I am
Taku: why? Something happened?
Kai: why? You ask me WHY???
Kai: you disappeared!
Ura: Taku you walked away during the match and you didn’t come back
Atomu: we were worried senpai!
Ura: our minds filled with tragic images
Atomu: we thought you fainted in the restroom and hit your head
Ura: or broke a leg
Taku: excuse me, but why should that happen?
Ura: I don’t know man
Atomu: or we thought that you were so sad that the iron lady wasn’t there that you didn’t want to come out of the restroom anymore
Taku: that’s a bit exaggerated…
Ura: or that you were kidnapped
Taku: well if you allow me to say, that’s more or less what happened
Kai: OH LORD
Kai: someone kidnapped you?
Ura: omg
Ura: you should have called us!
Kai: I bet 500 yen that it was a fan madly in love with you
Kai: it has happened to me once during the Interhigh
Atomu: really?
Kai: yes.
Atomu: and? Did you call the police?
Kai: what? Pfff no way
Kai: she was beautiful
Kai: I still don’t know whether she kidnapped me or I kidnapped her
Atomu: senpai you are my hero!
Ura: …
Taku: Kai, I have only one question
Taku: where?
Kai: …
Kai: that I cannot tell.
Taku: tell me. Now.
Kai: … no.
Atomu: omg omg captain is gonna beat Kaidou senpai
Atomu: o( -_-)9@
Ura: just give me a sec that I get popcorn
Taku: Hayato
Taku: answer
Atomu: HAYATO
Atomu: HOLY CRAP
Ura: looool
Ura: I have an idea of where it could have happened
Ura: if I’m right Taku is gonna kill him
Atomu: where???
Kai: shut up Ura
Ura: the locker room
Kai: I SAID SHUT UP
Atomu: ooooooh myyyy goooood
Taku: I expected it.
Atomu: how???
Ura: well after everybody has left I guess…
Atomu: okay
Atomu: I took note.
Taku: Atomu no.
Atomu: sorry captain _(._.)_
Taku: Kai, as a third year and the ace of our team you should set a good and positive example for our teammates, especially our freshmen
Taku: and instead you tell embarrassing stories which are detrimental to the image of Touin
Atomu: (“detrimental”?)
Ura: (it means to ruin or worsen)
Atomu: (aaah thx)
Taku: I don’t accept that.
Kai: but I was kidnapped!!
Kai: I was the last one leaving the locker room, I was closing the door and she suddenly attacked me from behind
Kai: she forced me to reopen the door and she pushed me back in the room
Ura: she “forced” you? Wow, must have been Hulk
Atomu: lol
Kai: I prefer remembering her as Wonder Woman
Kai: and well she was very cute so it would have been disrespectful of me to turn her down
Kai: well you wouldn’t understand anyway!
Ura: at least were you single when it happened?
Ura: please tell me you were single
Kai: yes I was
Ura: okay
Kai: who do you think I am???
Taku: an idiot
Atomu: LOL
Kai: yeah fine
Kai: by the way can you tell us what happened for god’s sake??
Kai: who kidnapped you?
Taku: Aiba Miran
Kai: WTF
Taku: n. 10, Ichiboshi’s striker, top ten, Nagasaki
Kai: yes thank you I know who he is
Atomu: Chocolate ball Aiba!
Taku: what
Atomu: that’s his nickname
Taku: how do you know that?
Atomu: I’m a big fan of him
Atomu: would love to play with him
Ura: well why don’t you move to Nagasaki then
Ura: and leave us in Touin in peace
Taku: don’t be so rude Ura, Atomu is a fully-fledged member of our team now
Taku: and exchanges with rival teams are not an option.
Kai: WOAH Mr. Captain is jealous of his players
Atomu: thank you captain
Taku: to sum up the course of events quickly, I went to the restroom and I met him there
Taku: and when we came back we started watching the match
Taku: and without fully realising it I ended up staying with him until the end
Taku: my apologies for causing you trouble
Ura: alright alright that’s okay
Ura: I’m happy to hear that you’ve made a new friend
Taku: he’s not my friend
Taku: he’s one year my junior and it is not possible to develop a friendship in one hour.
Ura: yeah I know, I meant that you met somebody new
Ura: who IN THE FUTURE and OVER TIME MIGHT become a friend
Ura: is that clear now?
Taku: yes, thank you.
Kai: hehe our Taku is meeting a lot of new people these days huh?
Kai: and we are not even playing in the tournament!!!
Ura: that’s crazy
Atomu: if we had known before that captain could fall in love while being eliminated from Nationals we could have lost earlier!
Ura: that’s a really strange line of reasoning and I’m not sure it could’ve worked
Taku: that is absolutely illogical.
Taku: if we had lost earlier I wouldn’t have had the pleasure to meet her
Taku: and I didn’t fall in love.
Kai: excuse me
Kai: but these two last messages are literally punching each other
Atomu: true.
Kai: that’s veeeery illogical of you, Hoshina Takumi!
Ura: hahahaha oh dear
Taku: … shut up
Taku: it’s not true
Group chat “S.O.S.”, at the same time
Ura: he is in denial.
Kai: totally.
Atomu: so sweet
Group chat “T.A.K.U.”
Kai: okay okay
Kai: so what about the iron lady? I heard she was not there
Taku: before we sail into this stormy sea of emotions, let me just share with you an important information which I forgot to mention before
Taku: her family name is Ubukata
Ura: OOOOOOH WE HAVE A NAME
Ura: (◕ㅅ◕✿)
Atomu: did you ask her? Niiiice!
Taku: no Atomu I didn’t
Taku: I heard it from Kazama’s sister
Atomu: (╯ಠ‿ಠ)╯︵┻━┻
Kai: TAKUMI FOR GOD’S SAKE
Kai: I didn’t expect this from a gentleman like you
Kai: you should have asked her!
Taku: you are right, my apologies
Kai: DON’T APOLOGIZE TO US
Kai: man, you are hopeless
Group chat “S.O.S.”, at the same time
Kai: I could strangle him right now
Ura: hahahahahahaha
Atomu: LOL
Kai: how can this even be possible
Ura: only Taku knows
Kai: I’m gonna die
Kai: the basics man, the basics!
Kai: he’s not starting from zero, he’s starting from BELOW ZERO
Atomu: but with our help he’ll reach the infinite!
Ura: that’s not scientifically possible (quote Taku)
Atomu: I don’t care, we’ll make it possible
Group chat “T.A.K.U.”
Kai: so now we know only a part of her name
Taku: correct
Taku: I would like to know her first name too
Kai: You don’t say!
Atomu: let’s search her on Instagram!
Ura: nice Atomu! Sometimes you are indeed bright
Atomu: thanks (｡♥‿♥｡)
Taku: no wait
Atomu: found her
Kai: GOOD
Atomu: Chikako
Taku: ah
Ura: well that’s a very nice name
Kai: it is!
Taku: Ubukata Chikako
Kai: yep. So?
Taku: it’s very sweet.
Atomu: aww (◕‸ ◕✿)
Atomu: follow her on Ig!
Taku: no no no
Taku: I don’t like that kind of approach
Kai: yeah he prefers the hotel room approach
Ura: HAHAHA
Taku: stop it.
Kai: dude c’mon you met her! She knows who you are
Kai: there’s nothing bad in following her on Instagram!
Ura: I don’t see why she would dismiss your request
Kai: EXACTLY
Atomu: and to follow you back! Bc you have a private profile too senpai
Kai: which is another thing we should seriously work on
Kai: because nobody has ever heard of a famous professional soccer player who has a private profile on Instagram
Taku: this is irrelevant right now
Taku: I don’t like the idea of strangers getting into my business
Ura: okay we’ll discuss that another day
Ura: but Taku, maybe if she accepts you could ask her why she wasn’t at the match today
Kai: EXCELLENT URA
Taku: well
Taku: that’s right
Ura: thank you
Taku: If I have to be honest, I would really like to know what happened
Taku: is she alright?
Taku: did she have some kind of problem?
Taku: is everyone in her family safe?
Ura: okay we got it
Taku: is she alive?
Atomu: captain it’s okay to be worried but
Taku: I hope she is alive
Atomu: CAPTAIN PLEASE
Kai: TAKU STOP
Ura: no panic
Taku: okay, sorry
Taku: but maybe I said something disrespectful yesterday?
Taku: could it be that it’s my fault?
Ura: I said NO PANIC
Taku: sorry
Taku: I’m just worried
Atomu: yes we see it
Group chat “S.O.S.”, at the same time
Ura: “I’m not in love” – quote Takumi Hoshina
Kai: yeah sure
Kai: he is SO dense
Group chat “T.A.K.U.”
Taku: yesterday I told her something that might have hurt her
Kai: dude, I don’t think you are even remotely able to offend a human being, let alone her
Kai: but go on
Atomu: (￣ε￣〃)ｂ
Taku: for all this time I depicted her as a strong-willed girl
Ura: an iron lady
Taku: exactly
Taku: but yesterday I found out that this is not true
Taku: she began watching soccer only since she’s become manager assistant
Ura: holy crap
Kai: okay… I’m happy for her because it means that she’s talented but at the same time it hurt
Ura: we’ve been defeated by a soccer newbie
Atomu: ouch
Taku: exactly Ura, a soccer newbie
Taku: she is also more insecure that what I imagined
Taku: to put it simply, she’s a regular high school student
Kai: and what did you tell her?
Taku: all this…
Kai: AH
Ura: (￣□￣;)
Taku: but I didn’t mean to be offensive
Taku: on the contrary…
Taku: do you think she might have misunderstood?
Kai: well you know, you simply told her in a very polite way that she’s nothing special
Atomu: maybe she wanted to look like an iron lady in front of you captain
Taku: but I also told her that now I understand why we lost to Seiseki
Taku: and that she is more important to the team than what she thinks
Taku: it was a positive remark
Taku: I didn’t mean to be offensive…
Atomu: awwww
Atomu: (●´□`)♡
Kai: okay now it sounds a bit better
Kai: for a sec I feared the worst
Kai: btw we all understand why we lost to Seiseki now, trust me
Ura: yup definitely
Taku: and when I left I told her that she had to do what she deemed right
Taku: and that I would have cheered for them from the stands
Kai: for her*
Taku: yes well, for the whole team so she was included
Kai: no no no
Kai: that’s not how you show interest to a girl Taku
Kai: you meant to say that you would have cheered for HER from the stands
Kai: because you knew how much she worked and you wished her success for today’s match
Kai: true?
Taku: true…
Kai: GOOD.
Group chat “S.O.S.”
Ura: he is so adorable when he is like this
Ura: like so dense but also so ready to admit bluntly that he feels like that
Atomu: he is a tangle of kindness and obliviousness
Atomu: ⊂（♡⌂♡）⊃
Kai: guys he just needs us to translate his feelings in Japanese
Kai: and everything will be fine (｡♥‿♥｡)
Group chat “T.A.K.U.”
Taku: but then today she wasn’t there…
Atomu: (◕‸ ◕)
Kai: were you sorry for that?
Taku: yes
Ura: (◕‸ ◕)
Kai: because you wanted to see her again?
Taku: yes but not only that
Taku: I also wanted to see her rejoice after Seiseki’s goals
Kai: (◕‸ ◕)
Ura: (◕‸ ◕)
Atomu: (◕‸ ◕)
Taku: could you please stop with these faces?
Kai: sorry
Kai: it’s just that we are not used to it
Taku: to what?
Ura: to you having a crush on a girl
Kai: precisely.
Taku: uh...
Taku: and now what?
Ura: and now you should follow Atomu’s tip
Ura: follow her on Instagram!
Taku: … you say so?
Ura: yes.
Atomu: WE say so!
Taku: and if she doesn’t accept?
Atomu: impossible.
Taku: and if she doesn’t want to follow me back?
Taku: what would it mean?
Ura: impossible.
Taku: but maybe she is really upset for yesterday…
Ura: honestly Taku, I don’t think you are the reason for her absence
Ura: and even if your words disappointed her in any way, do you really think she would give up doing her job?
Ura: just like that?
Taku: no I don’t think so
Ura: good
Atomu: so don’t worry captain
Atomu: go and follow her.
Taku: I’ll think about it
Kai: in any case you will see her again at the next match
Kai: aaand
Kai: if needed, you know the name of the hotel and the room number
Kai: (・ωｰ)～☆
Ura: TRUE
Taku: okay
Taku: I’m afraid I must leave you now
Kai: Taku wait
Kai: you don’t have to go NOW to her hotel
Taku: no, I’m not going there
Ura: ah okay hahaha
Ura: *panic*
Taku: I’m going to have a drink with Aiba at the usual café
Kai: oho! Nice!!
Ura: then you ARE friends
Taku: no, not yet
Ura: okay fine I won’t argue
Kai: are you going to ask him for a piece of advice?
Taku: no.
Taku: first of all, we haven’t reached the level of familiarity that would make me feel at ease talking about it
Taku: second, from what I’ve seen I don’t think he is very reliable when it comes to this sort of issues
Kai: why?
Atomu: senpai, Aiba is a bit like you I guess
Atomu: “quick” (￣︶￣;)
Kai: AH
Kai: A COMRADE IN ARMS
Atomu: exactly
Ura: Taku stay away from him
Taku: there is no need to tell me, but thank you
Kai: no Ura! Let him learn something useful for once!
Kai: go Taku! Have fun!
Taku: okay
Taku: talk to you later
Ura: bye!
Atomu: captaaain say “hi” to Aiba for me!
Taku: okay Atomu
Atomu: thank you (˶◕‿◕˶✿)
Ura: “hi”?!
Ura: who the hell asks to say just “hi”
Atomu: ya have any problem with it?!
Kai: @Taku please specify who Atomu is
Kai: Aiba probably has no idea of who he is
Atomu: (￣■￣;)
Atomu: WHAAAT???
Atomu: that’s so rude senpai!!!
Taku: ok I will.
Atomu: ミ(ノ_ _)ノ
Atomu: thank you.
Atomu: thank you very much, all of you.
Taku: no problem Atomu
Taku: bye
Atomu: …
Ura: HAHAHA
Kai: lol
Group chat “S.O.S.”, some seconds later
Kai: Ura, Atomu
Kai: follow him.
Ura: I’m getting ready.
Atomu: yup senpai!
Kai: we cannot allow Taku to wander freely with another Top Ten
Kai: not after such a day
Kai: he is emotionally unstable
Atomu: more than usual
Kai: our Taku suffered a big loss today
Ura: Kai she’s not dead…
Atomu: so am I going to meet Aiba??
Kai: yes Atomu
Atomu: OMG YES
Kai: but only if you do your job well
Atomu: okay senpai
Atomu: but what is my job
Kai: to listen
Ura: everything Taku says to him
Ura: we will listen and take note
Atomu: roger (￣︶￣)
Kai: perfect. Do you have some disguise?
Ura: oh God
Ura: a book? And a face mask
Atomu: sunglasses!
Ura: IT’S EVENING ATOMU
Kai: … okay, we’ll manage with what we’ve got
Kai: I hereby declare the beginning of Mission Chocolate Ball
Kai: be careful and stay focused!
Ura: yes sir
Atomu: (￣^￣)b
Kai: the word "failure" doesn't exist in the vocabulary of Touin
Kai: remember.