Chapter Five
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Katsunori Harasawa's POV
The next couple of weeks flew by. The Interhigh championship was just around the corner. But no one on the basketball team in Touou was stressed or anxious, that is because they have never been more confident in their abilities as they are now. Placing Tetsuki as manager was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
When Daiki brought her several weeks ago I knew she seemed familiar, but later on when Shoichi introduced himself to her, I remembered. It was one of the most brutal "accidents" I have ever witnessed in basketball. I still remember the call I received from my former teammate Shirogane that same day from, the pain and rage in his voice… But that is past.
On the her first official practice as team manager she dutifully took notes on one small pad, several of the players were looking at her a little weirdly, but it all changed the next day when she told them to line up and continued to list each and everyone's strong and weak points, to a point when their accuracy scared them, only Daiki looked smug and proud.
The shrill sound of the whistle broke me from my memories. As I directed my attention to the practice, only see that everyone was doing specific exercises, given to them by Tetsuki, in order to improve their strengths and remove their weak points. The girl herself was sitting on the bench and was carefully monitoring them, reprimanding them for their mistakes and giving advice, when needed.
"Daiki, come here." She suddenly called.
"What? Are you alright?" He asked concerned.
"Sit next to me and stretch your right arm forward." He sat and did as she said. Then her small delicate fingers began to touch his elbow, looking for something. When he winced I knew she had found what he was looking for. Her next words stumped all of us:
"You have injured your elbow. Knowing that there was a time that you didn't practice regularly and still overworked it when throwing irresponsibly the few times you played basketball, it is not surprising such thing happened." She said in her notoriously matter-of-fact tone. "Don't practice this week, only do light exercises and don't sweat it, there is still enough time for you to recover fully for our first preliminary match in the Interhigh"
He looked down, ashamed that he has done this to himself. She then placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, showing her support and, dare I say, love for our ace. His posture visibly relaxed, he slumped forward, defeated.
"Do not worry, just focus on recovering." I said. A few minutes later I disbanded practice and they went off to the locker room. I stood up, ready to leave and then turned towards Tetsuki, who was waiting for Daiki to finish.
"Take care of him"
"I will, he is my everything." She whispered. After that I left the gym, heading home, knowing everything will be just fine.
Tetsuki's POV
I saw him exiting the locker room, my attention on his face, on his expression, knowing that he is beating himself up for what is happening. As he sat next to me on the bench I swiftly positioned myself on his lap, hugging him and whispering:
"Everything will be alright." After saying that I kissed him, pouring all the love I have for this man, my man, in it. When we broke apart several minutes later, we looked at each other and we knew that whatever obstacle we face in the future we will deal with it together, like always.
He got up, turned to me and extended his arm, whispering:
"Let's go home." As I placed my hand in his he hauled me onto his back and took our things. We started our way home.
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