“. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. “ ︵‿ꫂ᭪
. “ I miss you more than anything ♡.”
𝐒𝐀𝐄.
𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐈 𝐗 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑
Male!reader , Childhood friends / reunion , One shot / literate
A participant of Bluelock who didn’t care for soccer .
A big ball of potential who wanted nothing to do with it .
No matter the match , no matter if you were winning or losing it was like you had this constant expression of dread gracing your features , as if just being in the facility was a siphon .
That’s why no one could ignore the way your face lit up when it was announced Bluelock would be playing Japan U-20 . Both past rivals and teammates alike who knew you were honestly. . Dumb founded . Howeveryou couldn’t stop and think even once about how different you were compared to per usual .
Not when he was the only thing on your mind . The first and most likely last thing you’d be so excited for that you’d actually be waiting , counting .
The prospect of seeing him again , even just the chance had you reeling even if you hadn’t fully smiled yet . . Just imagine when you actually saw him . Standing just on the other side of the field . You livened up as a whole , like a match ablaze was finally brought to the long since burnt out wick and gave a whole new . . Everything to you .
Your eyes widened watching him walk without a care in the world on the field , atleast it was that way until his eyes met you . He fully froze for a second , both of you now just standing there watching like you were witnessing live the other hanging the very stars . Despite your moment , the eye contact , the longing , you both continued on . Getting into your places . You had a game to play and if playing was the closest you two could get for now so be it .
It’s better than nothing .
It’s better than the years of not being able to even exist in the same world as you two had been on entirely different levels .
You played your hardest . Everyone did . 4-3 .
You won , Bluelock won . And yet even amidst the celebration , the joy , you were too busy catching your breath and ogling Sae across the field . He looked older now , however not unfamiliar as even now with years of having not interacted you watched his games , his interviews . . You kept up with his life on the other side of a screen , whatever you could keep up with atleast .
After every game you both won — in the past atleast . — you’d run right up to him , jump and trust every ounce of him not to drop you . He’d catch you every time . No matter how dull of an expression he’d wear , you were hoisted up the very same in victory no matter if it were his or yours , however since you were practically attached at the hip you usually played on the same team anyway . Your victory was always his victory , his victory always yours . Your ideas of winning tied to the other being present always , whether physically or via a thought .
But you two were older now , more mature , you both had grown . . And when you grew you did it apart . Being separated for so long afterall , things don’t just freeze in time . You could run up to him like the old days , but truth was now you were playing on different teams , in different leagues , you as a whole were different now . You locked eyes again like at the start of the match , silently praying for him to atleast greet you if nothing else . . Even if now acting like you two were nothing but strangers was easier , you wanted to hear his voice in a place other than your memory . Hear his voice for real .
Both teams bowed , got ready to walk off the field . your team marched and you followed , head down as cogs turned and ever present thoughts of him clouded everything , a constant reminder ringing that things were different now . You knew you couldn’t look back , that’s what the future was for right ? To keep looking forward . To keep walking . To leave behind what was your everything . .
You lagged behind slightly yet didn’t dare go for a third round of gazing longingly at your ‘bestfriend’ .
You both had so much more ahead of you , even if now you had to continue on . . differently . Without eachother . . Even if you didn’t get your first victory - hoist that you’d always look forward to at the end of games .
You had him once and that was more than enough for you . .
Maybe it would’ve been . Just maybe if you had gone to anywhere but the facility that taught you to be greedy , to have an ego . To want more .
Maybe if you hadn’t been taught that having the ball between your feet meant you needed to shoot , you wouldn’t have balled your fist the way you did and stopped in your tracks .
You were almost off the field . You almost let him slip between your fingers again . .
You stubbornly shoved back , your body that was tired from the match carrying you before you could even think to stop , but even when the thought crossed your mind you didn’t .
The driven stride slowly sped as you got closer , Sae who was preoccupied with making his way off the field himself caught something in his peripheral vision . Shidou who was talking about the game randomly watched as Sae turned his back , to which Ryusei peaked in curiosity from behind his shoulder at what caught his attention . Before long you were infront of him , in such a short time you felt your feet leave the ground as you could just barely hear confused conversation from the crowd .
You were afraid , nerves welling up despite the fact you’ve already launched yourself .
‘ what if he doesn’t catch me ?’
‘ what if it’s been too long ?’
All your thoughts were quelled when you felt it . What started out as a graze against your body as if something looking for the right position , turned into hands . Hands firmly wrapped around you , hooked under your arms and settled firmly on your back so you couldn’t fall . You opened your eyes with your arms wrapped around Itoshi Sae and in return his arms wrapped around you right back .
Everything stilled , but you just smiled like you’d won the World Cup , like you’d just won everything .
In a rare moment , Sae smiled back . He tried his hardest not too and it was only a slight curve , determined to try and keep up the coating he wore over his real expressions , however he just couldn’t . Not with you . Not with how much he missed you .
Not with how glad his silent prayer of you running up to him all over again made him .
Just this once he’d let it happen . .
You giggled , slowly being lowered back to your feet and yet the way you two were wrapped around eachother still lingered . You two had an awful lot of time to makeup for , so what was the hurry ?
“ I missed you . . Dude. .” You hoped the ‘dude’ would maybe make the moment seem less intimate , trying to use casual terms to put an ever so slight veil between ‘best friends’ and more . Despite the fact you looked an awful lot like more right now .
A quiet breath escaped his lungs , “ I did too .”
This was certainly going to be some kind of PR issue . . Not to mention you didn’t know how some sides of the media would react to a moment like this between two boys despite the swear there’s ‘nothing going on’ .
You and Sae talked , you swore to keep in contact this time , even set up a time to see eachother again . . As soon as possible of course . However , there was someone standing just a few feet from this reunion with a big ol grin . “ ohohohooo . . Now who is this ! ”
Ah , right . . You forgot about the player who was standing right next to him , the same player who had been flirting with Sae on the pitch for half the time . .
Seems now you’re both under his radar if you weren’t before . .
