KEEP MY HEART
epilogue: where's the trophy
NOTE: ending the year with the very last update for kmh 🙇♀️ thank you very much for being patient and waiting for more than a year!! i'm so thankful and grateful for all of you 💗 i hope everyone has a great year ahead ^^ - ri <3
Short of breath, Scaramouche's eyes paced back and forth, from one direction to another, rapid blinks in between.
The timer.
03:00
Then the scoreboard.
TNU UI 1 1
He clicked his tongue in annoyance.
He has very little time to seal the game. What's worse, it's the opponent's ball right now. They're at a disadvantage. If someone from the other team manages to score, it's all over.
They're going to lose. Even in his last game.
He could hear the roaring drums from the two cheering teams. He could hear the clashing cheers from both sides. He could hear the narrations of the game commentators.
Hell, he could even hear his own heart.
It was beating—no, it was ringing. Whether it was due to adrenaline, exhaustion, or anxiousness, he couldn't tell.
He took deep breaths. Get your head back in the game, stupid.
He was near the mid-field line, making his position decent. He was quite confident in his ability to make himself available for both options — he can aid in defense, if need be, or he can go for the offensive if the ball manages to get near the goal.
Everyone in the field, including himself, is already exhausted. Every single one of them is running on adrenaline alone.
01:37
"Fuck," he uttered once he noticed that TNU's ace and forward, Xiao, has already managed to position himself near the penalty area. "You better fucking stop him, Heizou."
As if Heizou heard his captain's orders from a distance, he dashed, speedily locking on to the teal-haired male. "No you don't."
"Calm down. I don't even have the ball yet," Xiao replied.
Heizou could not help laughing at how one of Xiao's teammates attempted to pass the ball to him moments after he just said that.
"'Yet?' It's not 'you don't have the ball yet'." He flashed a smile so warm yet so sinister. "You won't even be touching it."
01:01
Xiao moved, intending to receive the pass. Heizou did too. Xiao sped up, Heizou did too. Xiao blocked Heizou with one arm as he ran, the other did too.
"You're annoying."
"Well, thank you." Heizou grinned. "It's my job to annoy strikers, you see."
"You're doing a very good job."
"You're really flattering me here, you know. I'd blush if you weren't my opponent."
Despite a certain someone making it hard for him, Xiao had managed to make his way near the ball. 'Only a hair's breadth away,' he thought. 'I can reach it.'
A much more solid block from Heizou.
Then a heavy, foreign-sounding, decisive step.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao's clear view of the ball was replaced with a blinding scene — one that radiated of long, golden hair. The only thing that came between him and the goal that he was so close to scoring.
"I'll be taking this now, ace," Aether declared with a smirk. "I'm afraid our captain wasn't really blessed with patience."
Heizou beamed. "Nice save, Ae."
The blonde nodded in response.
00:39
Scaramouche, being aware of what had just transpired, positioned himself a little closer to the area where he knew it'd be possible to for him to score.
It was a little farther, yes. But he trusted in Aether and his ability to send him the ball, wherever he is.
00:32
"Scara!" Aether's yell pierced from across the stadium, followed by a resounding noise from the intensity of his kick. The crowd collectively gasped in awe; eyes locked onto the ball that is now spiraling from one side of the field to the other.
Scaramouche leaped into the air, flawlessly cushioning the ball with his torso. "Good fucking boy," Scaramouche whispered with a grin.
00:28
00:24
00:20
Scaramouche could not feel nor hear nor see anything else, except himself, the ball, and the goal. He was now on the left side of the penalty area. He swore he managed to pass by a man with teal braids who tried to block him earlier too, but everything was a blur.
All he knows is he has to get this one shot in.
00:18
And there he was, Scaramouche's last hurdle.
Looking as big of an annoyance as ever. The dependable captain of the other team. The notable and talented goalkeeper. His greatest obstacle.
Kaedehara Kazuha.
Your older brother.
00:14
Scaramouche stalled in order to pace himself. The man standing at the goal was a formidable foe, he could not rush his decisions.
Think. Think. Think.
00:13
Fuck.
Kunikuzushi, think!
00:12
God, please.
00:11
As if on cue, a certain blonde friend of his made his presence known, finally managing to catch up near his captain's position. "Here!"
00:10
Without hesitation, Scaramouche swiftly positioned himself and got ready to pass, alerting the other defenders, and even the goalie. Even Aether prepared himself to receive it.
00:09
Scaramouche hit the ball, causing it to roll in Aether's direction, who was at the right side of the penalty area.
00:08
The defenders flocked to where Aether was, ready to block the ball once it reaches them.
00:07
Kazuha shifted a little to the right, in anticipation for what Aether might do. Scaramouche caught it.
00:06
The raven-haired man took a deep breath, then forced his body to move lightly and quickly, barely managing to catch up to the ball that he kicked himself.
00:05
A light tap, and the ball stops.
00:04
Kazuha's eyes widen upon realization, scrambling to get to the opposite side of the goal. But it was too late.
Scaramouche, the one in the blue jersey #03, has already kicked the ball.
00:03
Please.
00:02
He gulped as he saw Kazuha's outstretched hands. 'Please don't reach it,' he mentally begged.
00:01
Please make it. My goal.
00:00
Scaramouche drew a breath as the sound of the ball hitting the net echoed throughout the silent field.
And for a second, he stood still.
The buzzer rang.
Cheers were chanted. Drums echoed, and crowds roared.
His teammates were running towards him.
But he was running to you.
KEEP MY HEART — scara x reader smau
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