AND HERE IS CHAPTER 2! Yes, I know it seems as if I am on a roll all of a sudden compared to me other fics updating so many in a row, but that is not it. My official idea was to make a one sided fic, so like one chapter and that'd be it. Actually I already have the whole idea planned and all xD but the problem is that I keep thinking of new stuff to add, so it'd became more. Anyway that explains my frequent updating, and well, I can't lie that I am a bit more motivated for this one, but I will update the others as soon as I feel like it.
Whoa, shortest A/N ain't I right? But really, that's about it.
Enjoy Chapter 2
Troublesome night!
And so the whole Raimon had reunited, all just for the sake of one lost soul. Though Megane personally didn't ask for it he was grateful they were willing to help and grateful for the captain that he gathered the help.
After everybody came in and made themselves comfortable Endou walked up to the middle to announce to everyone that his mother would go to visit family for the rest of the week, considering the team would stay here and they'd have a full house. So this meant that Raimon would have the house to their selves, considering Endou's father was long time on a business trip as well.
So, those were the words of her mother trusting her son who's growing to be responsible enough and everyone else in the room seemed to be okay and maybe even happy with it, until Kabeyama raised his hand.
"But who will take care of the food…?"
At that very moment Aki stood up and petted her chest proudly before giving him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, we'll take care of that." Meaning herself and the other managers.
"But that will not be the same…" Kabeyama whined softly with a pout, obviously disappointed to miss the beef and potatoes Mrs. Endou could make so deliciously.
However, Haruna did hear him and sent him a little glare. "What was that?"
"N- nothing! N- nothing at all!" The large boy waved his hands in front of himself defensively.
Everyone laughed, and with the last of announcements made, the real thing could get started and it was time for the Raimon to do their thing and each consider and think of their next actions. Endou's house was big enough, so they could occupy their selves for the time being, and so be it.
Kabeyama and Kurimatsu were still in charge about the 'Help Megane' thing, so the two decided to discuss things a bit, like who they would go to first. They already had asked Fubuki, Tsunami Tachimukai and Kogure who had actually meddled along, but to be honest it didn't seem of any help at all.
They pondered if they should go and ask them again and especially Fubuki about his smooth methods. However, they decided to leave that matter for later and looked around.
After some roaming of the eyes they spotted Gouenji having a conversation with Endou and so they headed right for it, walking up to them while pulling Megane along. Kabeyama waved and called out "Gouenji!"
Said boy interrupted his story to look up at them, watching them come near as he looked at them and raised an eyebrow.
"Kabeyama! Kurimatsu! Megane! How's it going?" Endou asked out of curiosity and as their captain.
Megane merely looked up with a difficult to read expression but still it was obvious he didn't feel any better yet. He didn't say anything, so Kurimatsu decided to speak up for him. "Well…as you can see…" He didn't continue his sentence, but nothing more needed to be said.
"So that's why we want to ask Gouenji for help!" Kabeyama suggested.
"My help?" Gouenji asked.
Kabeyama nodded in response and pushed Megane in front of him. "Maybe you can tell him about your success! You know, what motivates you and why do you like soccer?"
"Well," The flame striker thought for a moment as he started. "I can't really tell why, but I can explain how I keep myself motivated."
Kabeyama and Kurimatsu leaned in curiously with bright features. Megane though, did look up but there was no change in his stance.
"The most important thing for yourself to keep in mind is a goal. An achievement so that you can push yourself and motivate yourself to gain success. For example, If I keep in mind that I want to score it helps me that way to fully focus and thus perform better." Gouenji told them.
"That's what I always do too!" Endou added. "Before going onto the field I promise myself that I will protect the goal no matter what!"
Kurimatsu and Kabeyama nodded with happy faces, their features seem to be glowing with rays of happiness as they hopefully looked towards Megane to see if the brief pep lesson had worked.
But no such luck.
Megane only let out a deep sigh. "That might work for you, but it's no use if you have no talent. The human race can't fly without planes even if we tell ourselves that we should. If we would try jump of a mountain we'd still die."
"…"
They didn't know what was worse, the deep gloom that took over their glasses wearing friend, or the immense sadness each of them suddenly began to feel. They could not go against this kind of depressing truth.
As they seemed to be out of any ideas Fudou passed by, and stopped for the moment to smirk at them. "I really don't see what you're all muted for." He grinned, "I am surprised Gouenji hasn't kicked a ball at his face yet."
With that the boy with the Mohawk started laughing his rear off and he walked away from them as he had referred to Gouenji's habit of kicking the ball at his teammates as soon as said teammates showed no motivation, willpower or whatsoever to do their best at soccer.
Gouenji looked back with a slight hint of embarrassment and annoyance.
Kabeyama and Kurimatsu looked at each other.
Actually, Fudou had a point, because until now it had always worked whenever the flame striker had done that, so maybe all this effort wasn't even necessary.
"A- Anyway," Kabeyama continued. "No need to worry Megane because there is no way that—"
"Kabeyama…" Kurimatsu interrupted his friend.
"He's gone!" Endou called out as he also saw that Megane was suddenly nowhere to be found.
However, a scream betrayed his whereabouts, as said boy could be seen running out of the living room on his way to the backyard to flee. It seemed like he really was afraid that Gouenji would actually take the offensive measures.
"…Let's continue after dinner." Kurimatsu suggested.
Gouenji, Endou and Kabeyama just nodded in agreement.
Finally it was dinner time and everyone had sat to eat as here and then compliments were sent towards the managers for their hard cooking effort which had quite paid off.
Of course, for a certain someone dinner was the perfect opportunity to play pranks on people, especially using their food doing so, as it started with some extra sharp and spicy sauce.
Kabeyama looked suspiciously from side to side at every angle possible and it seemed safe, so he carefully took a bite of his food as he brought the spoon to his mouth. And yes! Luckily there was no sign of anything too spicy that didn't belong.
Kurimatsu had observed, and did the same, noticing that also his food was spared. He carelessly started to finish his plate.
Someoka had followed the whole event as well, and since he guessed the coast was clear, he brought his spoon to his mouth and took a bite. "…." But suddenly he began to turn red, then blue, then suddenly the colour was fading from his usually tanned features.
"What's wrong?" Fubuki asked his friend who was starting to turn pale.
Kidou noticed as he was sitting next to Someoka, who panicked and accidently elbowed his side. First Kidou planned on telling the latter carefully he should watch himself, but he noticed that Someoka wasn't throwing a fit this time.
"He's choking!"
"S- Someoka!" Endou called out.
"Ushishishi…" Kogure laughed as he turned away from the table, but he looked up when Haruna had her hands on her hips and leaned in with a stern glare.
"You'll never learn, will you?!" She pinched Kogure's ear and pulled him off the table.
"Ow…! B- But..!" Kogure tried.
Haruna continued her scolding. "No buts! You've put his life in danger, are you out of your mind?"
The two disappeared out of sight as Haruna went to probably put the annoying little boy in a corner in the hallways, like a mother would do to her cheeky and misbehaving son.
Meanwhile Someoka was still choking as he began to cough and gag and slammed a fist multiple times on the table.
"Somebody do something!"
That's when Hijikata popped up, leaving the spot where he sat down to walk up behind Someoka to guide the latter to stand, wrapped his arms around him right under his ribs, and began performing the Heimlich maneuver, pushing a few times to make the tanned male cough up whatever he had swallowed.
After a few more thrusts Someoka finally coughed up something that looked like… Well it couldn't even be determined what it was. Something that looked like a bone, or maybe a random piece of clay. However, it totally looked unappealing covered in Someoka's saliva.
The weird 'object' thing flew for a few seconds through the space and landed on Kazemaru's plate.
Everyone, including Kazemaru looked utterly disgusted as they made the ultimate sounds of horror and abomination. Said boy though, shove his plate aside and his face showed he's had enough.
"I don't know about you guys, but I am definitely finished."
After the dinner fiasco everyone could luckily relax none the less and continued nonchalantly whatever they would do to kill time. There was lots of laughing, lots of discussing and lots of pranks, most of the latter considering a certain little purple haired runt as soon as he was left to roam free again.
Time passed by and soon it came near the end of the evening, so the team members slowly gathered in groups and prepared for the last rituals before getting their night rest. They divided each other amongst themselves to fairly share the bathroom space, as only a few could go in at a time.
Megane had also joined the dinner, even though he had ran away before but after he came back he decided to sit among his friends again.
Though now it was time to get to the bath, and Kurimatsu and Kabeyama offered him to come along with them and he agreed.
They were grouped along with Hiroto and Midorikawa as the groups were made per five people and so each group could go in five by five. Kabeyama saw this as a right opportunity to ask the two ex-Aliea students about their soccer ambitions and motivations.
The five undressed and got their towels around them and headed into the bathroom. This contained a huge bath where all of them could get in and it had enough space for each to do their thing and soak into the water, which they did after the bath got filled with hot steamy water.
"This feels nice…" Hiroto said calmly.
"Hmhm…" Midorikawa lazily agreed, and the rest of the present members just sighed in agreement as well.
"Indeed…" Kabeyama replied, but then he continued to finally ask and continue on the task to help their dear friend Megane out. "Hiroto…Midorikawa… Can we ask the two of you a question?"
Hiroto blinked as he opened his eyes, his arms resting over the side of the bath. "Sure, ask away."
"How come you two have gotten so strong? Is there any reason to your motivation? What is the secret to your motivation for soccer?" Kurimatsu finished for Kabeyama.
Hiroto stayed silent for a while, but Midorikawa spoke up for the both of them.
"Well," He started. "We learned to enjoy the game only after being freed from Aliea academy, before that we were… You know."
Kabeyama nearly face palmed. Of course, how could he forget that their situation is of course different than from the other soccer players. They were trained to be the best and to help control the world and use soccer for bad stuff, so of course they didn't look at soccer the same back then.
Hiroto noticed that the other two regretted their question, but Hiroto being the kind person he is, just smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, we know that you're trying to help him out. And it's not like we cannot answer your question, it's just that it doesn't really apply to us," He paused. "But think about it, it's thanks to you guys that we learned to enjoy soccer, isn't it?"
"True, we learned of your soccer and we learned that our friendship and team spirit is truly important because it helps us driving to achieve." Midorikawa added with a smile as he closed his eyes.
Megane looked up surprised. He did saw the point , actually. Maybe he needed to stop thinking in terms of being the best, but needed to focus on having fun with his teammates… but still, he believed something cannot truly be enjoyable if you are bad at it.
"Even if you say that…" Megane said.
"I know it's hard to believe now." Midorikawa answered. He understood Megane a little because the green haired boy once got influenced by the so called Aliea meteorite and that way gained strength yet he was a few ranks under the other soccer teams of Aliea.
Not that he was a bad soccer player before though, but still, the feeling you got as you 'fall behind' your comrades, he knew all about it.
Hiroto stared up at the ceiling. "Please, do take our words to heart."
Megane nodded calmly and stared before him. 'Heart…'
And so they bathed for a longer while and soon it was time to get out. They were just about to do so until a sudden crash was heard and then a scream.
The boys were immediately alerted and wanted to get ready but Kabeyama was the first to stand and hop out of the bath. "Someone's in trouble!"
"…."
"What?" Kabeyama asked.
Midorikawa was near to shrieking. "I think I've gone blind." Which was his remark to Kabeyama facing his naked back towards them and climbing out of the bath.
Hiroto looked away while he started to look a little pale.
Kurimatsu just squeaked in horror.
Megane however, wanted to reach out for his glasses which were on the side of the bath.
Hiroto stopped him. "Don't. You really wouldn't want to do that."
And so it was finally night time. After everyone got ready the girls got the sleeping room to their disposal while the boys slept downstairs in the living room, tables and couches shove aside to make space for possible beds and matrasses or sleeping bags.
Megane sighed. What a day it already was, and it was only the first one. To think he'd stay for a week too…
He sat down in his sleeping bag, trying to get comfortable first, and was about to take of his glasses until something hit him right in the face and knocked off his specs. "Ugh!"
"Oops, sorry. It's pretty dark." It appeared to be Tsunami's foot. Troublesome indeed because he was one of the tallest of the Raimon so you can imagine what will happen if he rolls randomly around in his sleeping bag, struggling with the zipper in it.
"It's okay." Megane couldn't be bothered to get angry, however…
As Tsunami continued to fiddle with the bag he tried to pull the zipper down, but it was stuck so his hand slipped and whammed right into Someoka's eye.
"OUCH! Watch the hell what you're doing!"
"Oops" The co-pink haired male tried to apologize again.
"Oops? Oops? Is that what you say when you make me blind!? I can barely see now!"
"Well, the lights are out? So duh?" Tsunami replied once again.
"Why you-"
Someoka got interrupted by Hijikata. "Please let us sleep, you all are being too loud. I am sure the rest of us agrees on that."
"Oh shut up!" And with that, Someoka threw his pillow at the orange and brown haired male, the latter getting agitated at the action and sat up.
"Oh no you didn't…"
And so a pillow fight began, a bit more rough than just a game as Hijikata hit Someoka multiple times in the face with the cushion.
"Uhm you guys-" Domon tried, but only to get a kick to the face.
You already guess that it pissed him off quite, so he began to charge onto the two troublemakers.
And this, is how an all-out pillow fight started, as pretty much every one here got a knee or an elbow to the gut. Of course this caused irritation, tiredness and that resulted into a loud fight that wasn't soon to stop. Even Kidou and Gouenji got annoyed enough to get into it.
Megane however, was still not secure of his physical abilities, and seriously, they were with too lot of people to try to bicker. So what he did was rolling out in his sleeping bag, wriggling like a worm to keep safe in a corner, and so all he had to try was to ignore the loud roars and shouts.
With the emphasis on try…
This was sure going to be a long night.
LOL this was chapter 3 xD I hope you enjoyed it.
LOL I know the title isn't that suitable is it? But I thought, since the night is even more chaotic than the rest of the day…soo.. and I couldn't think of something better, I shall be honest xD
Yes, I have indeed no clue of how big Endou's bathroom truly is, but to be honest I don't really care. To fit with the fic it had to be big so I pretended that it was hehehe kind of like those hot springs you see...but then pool like.
And I have no clue how big his sleeping room is, so I just sent the managers over there, and all the boys would sleep downstairs in the living room or something.
Well, another short note thingy…Don't hesitate to tell me if I made a few mistakes and hope it was okay!
Also, yes ive been lazy..I didn't really check on the sp mistakes…not that well that is..
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One last thing I want to mention is that I am well aware that not every character came into view in this story yet, but this is the exact reason why I have more chapters than only one, this gives me the opportunity to give every character some spotlight.
Just so you know~ X3
Byeee loves!
-Coco
