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Chapter 5 Unintended Discoveries
"Hey Rei pass the ball man!" Rei kept on running his mind not completely in the game, the defender took the ball from him in a very un-clever way. "Alright stop this crap!" Tao yelled with a blow of his whistle. He marched up to Rei who was not feeling up to getting yelled at by someone who was shorter than him. "Rei what the fuck is running through your mind?! You know if that were an actual game that would have been a point to the other team right?!" Tao yelled as he walked up to the Chinese team captain.
Rei just sucked in his breathe but did not reply and instead put his hands on his hips as he looked away. Tao glared and turned around to address the team that had settled into a huddle as Tao yelled at Rei. "Alright let's try this again and Rei you're sitting this one out. Chowong take Rei's spot" he said pointing at one of the reserve forwards.
Rei rolled his eyes but still handed over his green sash to the other as he ran up to him.
Rei sat by the sideline squirting water into his mouth as he watched the others play. He understood that he had been an idiot for keeping the ball and not passing it but it still didn't make him feel better that he had called Bryan like twenty times and the Russian had not bothered to return any of his calls at all. It was probably the most important thing that bothered him and it bothered him to know that was what bothered him most.
Was that night just like Lee had said another good lay with an added bonus? A one-night stand? He lowered his head in between his knees and closed his eyes. He was tired of thinking about it but he couldn't make himself forget and it was causing his soccer skills to go to shit and more than likely cause his captaincy to be taken away from him and handed to someone else. He sighed and let himself fall back unto the spongy Astroturf his mind going in circles about Bryan, the World Cup, the pressure, everything.
Practice ended on not such a good note for him. As the whistle rang through the space and Tao called everyone for a meeting before they left. "Alright the line up for the next match will be Chowong, Kevin, Lee…" Tao put down his clip board and looked around the team specifically avoiding Rei's enraged golden ones. "Alright guys we need to secure another victory otherwise we're going to be hard pressed in order to move up. France has a leg up now since they played the US and beat them with a pretty high score moving them up a lot on the scale." He paused momentarily for everyone to nod that they understood. "Now we're facing the US and so far everyone has either tied or beaten them and odds look good right now but you never know what the future holds. So until then keep in mind that if we loose we go home. That's all I wanted to say, you are all dismissed" he said and out of as everyone dispersed to get their things.
"Rei come here I'd like to speak with you for a moment" Tao called from where he was holding and looking at his clipboard. Rei sighed and rolled his eyes as he dropped his bag and walked over to his coach. "Listen I don't give a shit what was running through your head and I don't care to hear about it but tomorrow you throw another ball away you're going to be taken permanently off the starting line-up and you will loose your captaincy. I can't have a captain that doesn't know how to pass the ball." He said looking seriously at Rei. Rei opened his mouth but Tao quickly cut him off "I don't wanna hear it. Tomorrow I will give you another chance to redeem yourself. If you blow it well I'm sorry. You may leave" Tao said and turned away from Rei who nodded and walked away to pick up his bag and walked into the locker rooms where everyone was cheering and acting like complete fools.
Rei sat down and dug through his bag and pulled out his phone and only to frown at seeing no missed calls or messages. Sighing he threw the phone into his bag and grabbed a towel and soap and walked into the showers.
IERNAYRB/BRYANREI
Practices had been hard way too hard and had been leaving him with little to no energy to do anything else. He sat down on the bench and looked at his phone noticing another missed call with voice mail attached. He sighed and put the phone back in his back. He couldn't afford to have distractions when they had a match the next day. He put the phone away and went to the showers joining his friends under the steaming water.
"Fucking crap I'm so tired" Tala whined as they walked down the street the light breeze ruffling his red hair. "Speak for yourself Ivanov" Bryan growled as he felt another vibration in his pocket. He grabbed the phone and opened to see that it was Rei again. He sighed and closed it again and putting it into his pocket.
"Why are you ignoring him?" Tala asked sending a look at Bryan. "I can't afford any distractions the night before a deciding match" he said refusing to look into the other's piercing blue eyes. "That's a load of bullshit Kuznetsov" Kai muttered as he leveled a red glare on the moonlight eyed man. "Well guess what Hiwatari it's none of your business if I want to talk to the stupid Chinese brat or not" he said glaring at he Kai before walking ahead and getting onto the bus that had pulled up at the corner the other two Russians following him but not saying anything else to him.
Bryan sat down and let out a sigh as he watched the lights outside and felt his phone vibrate once more. He fished it out only to shake his head "Sorry Rei but I can't deal with you right now. Unlike me you don't have to worry about a deciding match" he whispered softly and tucked the phone back into his pocket.
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Rei let out an anguished cry as he threw himself back onto his bed tears of frustration slipping down his cheeks. "You bastard" he whispered shakily as he squeezed his phone almost to breaking point. "You fucking lying bastard."
Today he had gotten back onto the field narrowly since Chowong had messed up one the plays really bad. He was happy about that but not nearly enough to get Bryan out of his mind. For all the mantras he repeated in his head he could not stop thinking about the lilac haired Russian and he was increasingly becoming insane with the fact that he didn't know why.
Laying there for whatever time he had he sat up and decided he needed to get a drink or something to make hi feel better. He was glad that Kevin and Lee had gone out to eat and Sheng had gone to one the other guy's rooms to watch a movie.
Grabbing his key Rei grabbed a light jacket and walked out of the room and headed down stairs. Walking onto the street Rei breathed in a breath of fresh air and sighed as it seemed to calm him. He continued to make his way down to the bar.
Walking in he wasn't surprised to find the place almost empty. Of course it was the night before some of the deciding matches and most of the people that came were soccer players. He walked up to the bar where the man was cleaning the counter and watching the TV at the same time. Getting the man's attention Rei asked for a drink and laid down his money on the counter as the prepared it.
"Why are you here?" "Huh?" Rei asked raised an eyebrow in question. "You play soccer right?" the bar tender asked "Yes I do" Rei answered with a nod as he took a sip of his drink. "Then why not resting before match?" "Because I feel restless and I needed something to calm me some" Rei answered hoping the man understood. The man nodded and then looked behind Rei when the door shot loudly. "Listen maybe it not good idea for getting drunk why not…" the man searched for a word "…um…sleep with someone?" Rei blinked at the man and took in his profile.
The man was handsome he noticed typical German features grey bluish eyes and dirty blond hair. "What are you saying?" Rei asked setting the drink down to look at him properly "You sleep with someone instead of getting drunk" the man answered leaning against the counter as he smiled at Rei. Rei blinked in bemusement before he began to smile "Are you asking me to sleep with you?" Rei asked with a slight grin. The man smirked slightly before leaning over the counter "Maybe how old are you?" he asked looking a little worried. "I'm eighteen" Rei answered "And how old are you?" "Twenty-five" Rei smiled slightly as he considered the offer "I guess it would be better than getting drunk the night before a match though I wasn't going to get drunk." The guy rolled his eyes as he heard that line "That's what they all say and then they get drunk anyway and then I have to call the police to come pick them up" the guy he looked around the bar noticing that the other two men that had been there had left.
"So what's your name?" Rei asked as he watched him turn off all the TVs and going to the back "My name is Eric. Your name is?" "Rei" the raven haired answered as he followed Eric's form as he straightened out the room. "Well I'm all done" Eric murmured as he dumped the beer cans into the nearest trashcan. "Don't you usually stay open later?" Rei asked as he stood from the stool he had been sitting at. "Yes but since tonight there is no business I can close earlier but tomorrow I don't' think we're going to close at all" Eric answered easily as went to the back. "Are you taking the offer or not?" he asked after making sure the back doors were locked. "I don't know how good are you?" Rei asked with a grin as he walked up German. "I'd say I'm good but I don't know where you've been so I don't know if I'm up to your standards or not" he said with smirk as he reached out to touch a lock of golden hair.
Rei closed his eyes feeling the caress on his cheek "I'm taking it" the Chinese whispered looking up at the German's slate colored eyes. Smirking Eric trailed a hand to back of Rei's neck and drew him into a kiss. "Just because I always ask, are you clean?" Eric asked moving away from the kiss. "Completely and utterly clean in both meanings of the word" Rei smiled "And I think we're heading towards your place or wherever you wan tot take me. My hotel room is busy you know" "I understand that" Eric said and both made they're way out of the bar.
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Bryan stormed into the hotel room alarming his other companions. "What's wrong with you?" Tala asked raising a finely red eyebrow at Bryan. "Nothing's wrong" he growled and sat down in a chair and exhaled loudly. "Bullshit what happened or what did you see?" Tala asked having a feeling this had something to with Bryan's new found infatuation with the Chinese fan they had met.
Bryan sighed loudly knowing Tala was not going to leave him in peace so he answered as bluntly as possible. "I saw Rei." Tala blinked in confusion "Okay so you should be happy not fuming like an angry bull" "I saw him making out with some other guy in the park" Bryan elaborated sending a frigid glare at Tala who didn't seem to be affected by it. "I think you have nothing to be mad about" Tala sat back down facing the TV once more." "What?" Bryan yelled glaring at the back of the Russian's chair. "Hey you never returned any of Rei's calls I think he's entitled to actually look for someone else when the other one ignores him" Tala answered calmly as he flipped through channels not finding anything remotely interesting at that point.
Bryan chose not to retort back since Tala had caught him in a downright corner. He had not returned any of the Chinese's calls. Plus it was not like they were boyfriends or anything. He closed his eyes trying to get rid of that feeling that had been manifesting within him ever since he took the Chinese to bed.
"You know Bryan I may be wrong yet check this out" Tala said glancing over at the Russian before turning up the TV although he didn't understand a word of German they were both glad to have the English subtitles on the bottom but that didn't really matter anyway. Bryan moved closer when he saw China's last game which had ended in a stale mate.
His moonlight eyes widened at what he saw. The announcers were talking rapidly and commenting on the next day's match up between the US and China, but what really surprised him was that they announced the names of the starters. Rei Kon was one of them. He couldn't help but glare at the TV as he remembered that the Chinese had never mentioned anything about being part of the Chinese team at all just that he was a supporter.
"Bryan you know I may be wrong but do you think that he knew about you being on the starting line up for our team and you know…decided to take advantage…" Tala trailed off uncertainly as he looked over at Bryan after the anchor moved onto the US team. Bryan tightened his jaw as he thought but decided it was too much for one night. "Whatever" he muttered moving to his bag and getting some clothes to go and take a shower and get some needed rest.
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Rei sat back against the wall as he watched the news. Russia had been defeated 2 to 0 and what lay heavily was that Bryan was on the team. 'Why didn't he tell me he was on the Russian team' he thought as he idly played with the end of his jersey. He sighed and looked at the clock mounted on the wall, only ten minutes before there own fate was decided if they tied they were out if they won they stayed in and if they lost they go home same as if they tie.
Stiffly he stood up and made his way towards the door where Tao had called everyone and were ready to go out and start the game.
The game went by like in surreal motion, like he was watching himself play it felt so unreal. Only when the refs blew there whistles did his dream like state lift. He looked up only to come to painful realization that they had tied, both teams would be going home in just a few days time. Holding frustrated tears he walked up to the US team's forward Brian McBride(1) and smiled and traded jerseys as was the tradition.
Clearing off the field Rei was the first back in the locker rooms. He did not even wait for Tao to come and talk to them he just went straight to take a shower.
He heard the other's banter after Tao had come and talked to them. Some of them were content others were not happy but there was nothing they could do about it now. Ignoring Lee's attempts to pull him into conversation Rei quickly finished taking a shower and walked back out into the locker room only to find his way blocked by Tao who looked anything but happy.
"You know Rei I could have taken you off the field when you caused our first turn over but I decided against it it's soccer after all sometimes the ball doesn't go where you want it to go. And then…I don't know…quite frankly your mind must have been incredibly cluttered when you completely missed the pass that Lee had sent to you especially when you were in the right position to score a goal" Tao sighed and shook his head. "I don't know Rei I really don't and I won't blame it on you for our blunder in this match. I should have done better of coaching the others to not depend solely on the star player. So I hope you get plenty of rest since it really looks like you need it and I'll see you at the next World Cup tryouts." The man walked away and headed to the coach's lounge for a meeting with the other assistants.
Sighing he walked to his bag and quickly took out his clothes. As he dressed tears streamed down his cheeks he wasn't sure from what exactly though. Not having won this match, Bryan not returning his calls, his one-night stand with Eric turning into something he didn't like at all, him finding out that Bryan was on the Russian team the possibilities were endless. Dressed and ready to go he sat down and fished his phone out of his bag hoping to maybe have had a call. Seeing that there was no missed he stuffed the phone into his jeans pocket and looked towards where Lee and some others made their way out of the showers. "Hey Lee I'll see you guys outside" he called with a slight tremor in his voice as he grabbed his bag and walked out of the locker room.
Walking out he sighed a little feeling the fresh breeze run through his wet hair. He slowly made his way to sit at a bench. Having his head down he bumped into someone which snapped him out of dazed like state. He looked up to meet angry moonlight colored eyes.
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1. Brian McBride is an actual soccer player and he did participate in this year's Soccer World Cup 2006. And he is one of the forwards for the United States team. I don't own the man...I have never even met the man.
I really do hope you all enjoyed that. I seem to remember someone asking me about how they were going to find out about which teams they played for and now they've find out.
Next chapter ...nah I'm not gonna tell ya'll what's gonna happen but I will say this it will either end on bad terms or happy terms depends on how I'm feeling. XD
Hehe I'll make ya'll suffer thinking about if they are going to talk it out and get in good terms again and become lovers. Fight and never talk to each other again. Or get on good term but never see each other again...ah...the endless possibilities.
Lay down some hints people it's up to ya'll you know. I like to make my readers happy so tell me which one sounds good to you. And that means...
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