"Matatagi. She's waiting for you again," the captain exclaimed, gaining the attention of the athlete and causing his curious brown orbs to trail from the track and to you waiting patiently for him.

Matatagi deadpanned, looking back at his captain, "When is she not?" he mumbled out, almost a bit abashed you stood there again today; having done so ever since you found out he was part of it, and never walked home with anyone. He knew you hadn't made any other friends coming here, and it was purely wrong for you to try to make friends with him of all people.

Yet, he never bothered to tell you off. Better to just put on an act, and wait for the day you abandon him or realize the truth. He was ushered by the captain to go join you, only for a moment, and he obliged by jogging over to you at quick pace; fast as always. "Matatagi-kun, is practice over?"

"No. But, Captain won't leave me alone until I talk to you," he laughed while being tight-lipped. The suppressed emotions of ire were well hidden as you giggled, allowing it to fly right over your head(or so he thought?).

"That's just like him," you started, settling down your giggles with will-power. "I'm sorry to disrupt your practice, but I wanna walk home together again!" there was perseverance flaming in your eyes, and the words came off of your tongue with such passion he would've thought he rejected you so many times before and you were once again at it in trying to succeed.

He nodded his head, "Yeah, that's fine. I'd like to!"

"I don't see why you wait so much for me to finish. It's late, don't you have better stuff to do?" Matatagi inquired, slinging his bag over his shoulder and taking off on the route home with little old you by his side.

You gave him a timid smile, bashfully glancing away from him; "W-Well, I don't have any other friends, and you're the first one to actually agree to walk home with me. It's nice... and, I like your company," your voice dropped, going into a much more hushed tone of voice, and Matatagi felt his cheeks grow traitorously red.

That's...the first time someone's ever told him that.

But he refused to succumb into that thing called friendship, right?

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