Chapter Text
The sun rises, the birds chirp and you hear the shutters begin to open as dust falls to the ground beneath and the townsfolk poke their heads out and say 'Bonjour!'The baker strolls his fresh bread on a silver tray as always sliding it to the nearest window of his bakery as he shouts at his wife to grab the baguettes. The local townspeople begin there gossip and while speaking in whispers it's very loud to a passerby.
Isagi is all the whisper, as he walks by for he is 'strange' to the crowd, for reasons he doesn't understand why.
'His heads in the clouds, he really isn't normal...'
'Always dazed and off somewhere, what an odd boy'
'There is no denying he is a funny boy that Isagi'
Isagi carries on through the crowd getting the usual odd looks, as he makes his way to his favourite shop with the little tilted windows, covered in a grey tint with a few small scratches here and there. He politely opens the newly painted Dutch door and walks inside.
'Ahh Isagi back again I see! Ya really are my best customer ya know that'
'Oh come on Hiori you're making my red, I only come here three or four times per week, you must get plenty more customers who come in here regularly!'
'None as passionate about football as you my dear, yer the reason I stay in business!
Constantly buying new footballs or new gear'
'Well I can't argue with that, especially since I came in here to buy new shin guards'
'What ya broke the ones I gave you last week AGAIN!? Isagi what are ya doing to break em?But alas the new ones are on the corner shelf there'
'Thank you so much Hiori! You're a life saver'
Isagi leaves the shop with a smile plastered on his face and the joy of a little boy waking up on Christmas Day. Some whisper begins to start up again like always but Isagi is too far into his Joy to even notice.
'Oh that boy still playing football at his big age so immature'
'And yet I must say he is quite brilliant at it'
'No wonder his name means world best'
Some of the nearby people are slightly shoved by a short quick man who is holding a sort of beat up brown sack. Which he is using to catch poor unknowing birds as they fall from the Skies above, they are being shot down by another tall and attractive young man.
'Wow Kaiser you didn't miss a shot! You're the best huntsman in the world! No one could ever beat you!'
'Oh Ness don't you think I know'
'Of course Kaiser, you can catch any bird if you wanted too! That goes for the ladies and gentlemen too~’
'It's true Ness and I already have my sights set on that one, he's perfect in every way, the perfect one for me to marry'
'But he's-
'Gorgeous, the most beautiful and is the most perfect in all of this town and I deserve the the Best'
As Kaiser and Ness start to approach Isagi, the horde of people becomes more and More crowded, Isagi begins to get lost in the rush.Kaiser and Ness storm their way through as Isagi is oblivious to his surroundings and doesn't even realise he's being followed by two big brutes.
Eventually as Isagi continues to walk he bumps into a wall of sorts (because his head was in the clouds) which ends up making him loose his footing and fall. But before he can hit the ground someone's hand catches his waist and bringing him closer to what is not a wall but is instead a tall oaf named Micheal Kaiser.
'You might what to watch where you step yoichi'
'Oh than- oh it's you'
‘Oh Yoichi no need to thank me with words, you could just marry me instead and I'll forgive you'
'I'd rather die'
'Cheerful as always I see, but really Yoichi you should really think about other things than that pointless football slop, like me'
'Thanks for all that Kaiser but I'm ok, so can you let my waist and hand go please'
In one quick movement Kaiser moved isagi so close to him they practically brushing noses. Isagi could feel Kaisers breath down on his face making him extremely uncomfortable, making his own breath hitch.
'What's wrong Yoichi? If I didn't know any better I'd say you were nervous.'
'Kaiser I really am not in the mood for this, let go'
Kaisers grip only tightened, to the point Isagi knew he would get a bruise from it later. He really had to get out of this situation right now before things escalated even further. He tried to plush away with his one free hand with all his strength but kaiser was almost ten times as strong as Isagi so it really made no difference.
'Now this is just flat out rude Yoichi, everyone in town wants a piece of me and here I am offering it up to you completely free and you are trying to deny it, really I think you deserve some reprimands for this'
Before Isagi could even get a single syllable out, Kaiser crashed their lips together in one fast movement making isagi shout up his eyes. There lips were held together for a solid moment before Isagi pinched Kaiser in his abdomen so hard he took a step back. This whole crash made Isagi stumble back a land in a pile of muck, getting his bottom half completely filthy.
Isagi's mind was racing trying to figure out what even happened and why Kaiser would do such a disgusting gesture with no warning.
On the other side Kaiser was finally balanced and holding his stomach. He was wearing a massive grin? Isagi was just as confused, I mean he just stroke him in the abdomen with all of his force, why on Earth is this genius grinning?
‘WOW Yoichi, I didn't think you had it in you, that strike hurt real bad and is definitely gonna leave a mark for a while.'
Why is Kaiser not slamming his head in the muck right now, why is this funny, why is he impressed, why won't he just go away?Isagi cant make sense of any of this, Kaiser doesn't make sense.
'Now you definitely have to marry me, not only are you beautiful but your near my level of strength, just perfect '
That was the last straw, Isagi needed to get away right now before Kaiser did anything else that he'd never want to do.
Isagi quickly picked himself up and bolted it. He didn't look back a single time not even to check if Kaiser was there or not, he just ran and ran and ran till he was facing his little tilted cottage of sorts.
Isagi lived alone in a short and stumpy cottage surrounded by farm animals and little decor. Although it looked rough on the outside the inside was warm and cozy, granny like.It didn't have many rooms but there was no need for many so all he had was a kitchen, bedroom and sitting room and even then Isagi hardly was using them for he was always in the field, playing football by himself dust till dawn, it was a lonely life but what else can you do.
*Right after Isagi bolted*
Kaiser honestly debated whether to run after Isagi or not but decided not to as the village folk might get concerned. Instead he fixes his posture and looks around making sure no one saw anything (other than Ness).
'Do you want me to go after him Kaiser? He really doesn't know who he's toying with!
Doing something so utterly ridiculous as to dismiss YOUR kiss, disgraceful!'
'It's alright Ness, no need to go after him, that'll just make things look bad'
‘So what are we going to do?'
'For now we'll wait, wait for a better time to strike, we'll think of something, Yoichi will be my husband'