Okay Chapter 20... Some good things are happening in this chapter :D

I was so confused. Ichirouta has been acting a little different since yesterday… maybe there was something in the ice-cream? Though he seemed pretty normal during the walk to school… except he held my hand the whole way. Not that I minded, but it seemed out of character.

Through out the school day he seemed to cling to me too, but when I asked him about it he just shrugged. Maybe I was just going insane?

Later at practice he was still being clingy, but not as bad as earlier… maybe he wasn't trying to be clingy? I looked over to see a guy standing on the sidelines. maybe he's thinking of joining? I thought, then I got discouraged. I want to play in a game and not as the goalkeeper, that's Endou position.

The ball landed next to the boy's feet and he picked it up. Endou asked for it and the boy started dribbling it towards him. He quickly passed Handa and Shouriji and stood in front of Endou.

Endou got ready and the boy used a hissatsu called spinning shoot. Endou countered it using God Hand and successfully stopped it.

I was amazed at the shot. I haven't done any hissatsu shots of my own so I'm always amazed to see them. Everyone started surrounding the boy. Turns out that he was from America and was a shoo-in for the junior team. Aki and Domon walk up to the group and Endou says he want to show her the boy. The boy runs up and hugs Aki, surprising us all… I hear Ichirouta mutter something about not being able to hug someone like that.

It turns out the boy was Ichinose, a friend of Aki and Domon and the genius soccer player. We returned to practicing while the three of them caught up.

Endou called for Ichinose to play with us and he did. He was fast, but not faster than me, which surprised him. I was able to steal the ball from him a couple times, but he would steal it back. He would do the same thing with Kidou. Next he did a penalty kick showdown with Endou and kept making them in. It was amazing, his skills were greater than the team's… but not mine. I don't like bragging, but my skills are better and I'm just stronger… I've haven't taken off my weights for six years so I don't know my true strength yet.

Ichinose wanted to try an old hissatsu of theirs called Tri-Pegasus. It was a move that took three people so it was Endou, Domon and himself. We stood on the sidelines watching them fail at it, they were trying so hard, but they couldn't get it down… well Domon and Ichinose could, but Endou was having trouble.

Ichinose was explaining it, but they were still having trouble. They didn't give up though, they kept trying and trying, but it was starting to get late…

Endou invited us to his house for a while. I was surprised, but like everyone else I agreed to go. I decided to go home first and take a shower because I reeked!

"Ichinose reminds me of Endou" I told Ichirouta on the way home. He just looked at me.

"What?" I asked.

"You remind me of Endou too." He said. I pouted at him.

"How so?" I asked.

"You're Naïve just like him." He said.

"No I'm not! I can tell if someone likes me." I said. He raised his eyebrow not believing me.

"I can prove it too," I said grabbing him "I mean I know you like me." I kissed him. All I wanted to do was prove a point, but I think I went a little too far… I wasn't positive that he liked me like that. I was really surprised when he started kissing me back and wrapping his arms around my neck. Hesitantly I deepened the kiss with Ichirouta responding eagerly. When we finally broke a part, we were both out of breath… and blushing.

"How did you know?" He asked. I was confused for a minute before I realized what he was asking.

"Well, I really began to notice when you began to get clingy…" I trailed off. He blushed at this. I took his hand and we continued down the street.

"So… what is our relationship now? We're not just friends anymore" Ichirouta said. I thought about it and it was true. Normal friends don't kiss each other and hold hands…

"We're a couple right? Or do I need to ask you to go out with me?" I asked him.

"Ehh?" He went. I smirked and stood in front of him.

"Kazemaru Ichirouta, I like you. Will you go out with me?" I asked him smirking. He blushed really hard.

"Yeah." He eventually said. I smiled and continued walking down the street. When we reached the corner I told him I'd pick him up when it was time to go to Endou's. He agreed. When I got to my apartment I took a quick shower and dressed in my spare warm-up. I was really happy. I now was dating a boy I liked and I proved a point…. Damn. How was I going to explain to my parents that I was gay? Oh well, they couldn't disown me either way so I'm good, but what about the team or… Ichirouta's parents?

I think a lot of my teammates are gay so they would except it… but I would have to meet Ichirouta's parents. I sighed and walked to Ichirouta's house. When I got there I rang the door bell and a woman answered it. She looked like Ichirouta, same long turquoise hair and brown eyes. I assumed that she was his mother.

"Good evening ma'am. I am Masamune Ren and I'm…" I was saying, but she interrupted me.

"My son's boyfriend right? I'm his mother Kazemaru Hinata, please take care of my son." she said bowing. I was shocked, he already told his mother? I began blushing.

"Hai, ma'am" I said. She smiled and motioned for me to come in.

"Ichirouta-Chan is doing something, but will be down in a minute." She told me. I nodded and we began chatting. She asked me how I liked Raimon and the soccer team. I answered her telling her how much I liked everything.

Ichirouta came down and I bid his mother goodbye. We walked to Endou's holding hands the whole way. We talked about it and decided not to mention our relationship till after nationals.

We had a lot of fun at Endou's and Ichinose told us about himself, it was really fun. When we left I thanked his mother for having us. She had smiled and Ichirouta and I left. As soon as we were out of sight we began holding hands.

It was a nice walk home and I walked Ichirouta to his house before going home. When I got home my parents weren't home so I just went to bed. Excited for tomorrow.

Next Day:

Ichinose was leaving in the afternoon so they were trying to make the hissatsu work. They kept trying, not giving up. Aki then stood up to the challenge. She was going to act as the landmark for them and if they failed… she would get hurt. It was dangerous, but if it worked… the Pegasus would fly.

They tried it and… they succeeded. I was amazed at the hissatsu… that I wanted to practice my own. Maybe on another day right now we were congratulating them on completing the hissatsu. I thought the first years were really cute… going to save Aki just in case they failed. luckily they weren't needed and neither were we. We had brought medical supplies if they needed them, but they didn't.

Ichinose left and we practiced some more. I looked to the sky and saw a plane. I heard Endou ask Aki if that was Ichinose's plane. It probably was and Endou shout that they should play together again…. To which someone responded. Ichinose was behind us and he told us that he was joining Raimon… I felt depressed again. That means I would get less playing time, oh well as long as we have fun.

"Everyone!" Haruna shouted.

"What's up?" Aki asked.

"They chose our next opponent." she said. We waited for her to tell us.

"It's Kidokawa Seishuu!"

"…"

"…"

"Who is that?" I asked. Everyone fell over.

Ren has grown up! TT-TT, but is still kind of naive... luckily he noticed that Kazemaru liked him...

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