Jete gives Afo a weird smirk at being called a pedophile and Afo responds to him with a face that without him saying anything it was obvious he found Jete irritating.
"oh your mom brought in another one??"
Jete asked guessing right on the mark since Jete knew almost everything about Afo since they've been best friends since junior secondary.
"your guess it right on the point!!" Ome looks at him as he gently hid behind Afo's back avoiding eye contact with Jete.
"she's shy so let her be she'll get used to you in no time." Afo quickly let Jete know so that he wouldn't misunderstand.
"o then!! let's go we have a game to win!!" Jete said while urging them to get into his car.
"yeah…" Afo grabs Ome by her wrist as he assists Ome in getting into the vehicle, he suddenly feels a sharp pain in his head.
"RESPOND TO OUR CALLS O HERO, BE THE BOW THAT STRIKES DOWN THE DEMON LORD"
He looks around in anticipation to try to get where the voices was from the voice sounded like multiple person's where speaking inside of his head at the same time beckoning on him and one thing that Afo had known.
After reading alot of webnovels, manhwa, manhuas and manga's is that this is the point where a main character is transmigrated to another world and plays a long role as the MC.
But this was something Afo believed only happened in those stories and not in reality and even though it was possible he wouldn't want that to happen until he had won his game but still Afo had no other explanation to the voices he heard and pain he felt so he decided to toss the entire thing aside.
"hey pal are you alright??" Jete asked with a concerned expression on his face.
"did you hear anything at all" Afo asked while looking at his friend trying to make sure he wasn't the only one before giving up on the idea of what he just heard.
"what no I didn't, are you doing alright."
Jete asked once more and this time with a more concerned expression.
"No I'm fine let's go" they all get into the car and zooms off into the street until the disappeared into the distance.
*Divine academy basketball court*
Ome sits down quietly watching the game trying to wrap her head around how basketball works as she saw the team practicing so hard. It was more confusing since the main game hadn't Started yet and they were already sweating as if they were in the game already.
After a while of watching Afo go to and fro the court she could Immediately tell that he was indeed the most talented and he wasn't joking when he said he was a basketballer.
he was a lot more agile and faster than the other players and extremely tactical as well leaving Jete as the second most talented in the Court as Jete was about the same height as Afo but Afo looked a few inches taller.
One could easily see how they both worked together and tell how deep of a connection they shared, the coach's whistle brings Ome's attention back to reality as the game came to an end.
"Afo can I speak with you" the coach beckoned on Afo, the coach was a stern looking middle aged man that stood at exactly 6 foot and a properly built body.
dark skin and bald head with beard that look properly taken care of .
"Yes sir" Afo responded as he hugged towards the coach's position.
"You too Jete" they both turn to look at one another.
"Yes coach" Jete also jugged to meet up with the coach.
"Ok boys I got great news, Jete I want you to play our Center" said the coach with an excited look on his face.
"Sir???" Jete responds with the shock obvious in his response.
"Yes we've got a popular coach scouting for players and we need to show off and by show off I mean you and Afo"
Jete despite hearing this still looked puzzled by where the conversation was heading.
"The problem being that lately you Jete have been skipping practice and lagging and all plus you said basketball was just a side hobby so I was thinking why not just let our star player keep his streak"
Jete tries to conceal his anger with an ok face which he succeeds in doing.
"Sir I don't think that's alright why not place him in as a point guard"
"Don't worry Afo he's still your back up as usual just this time I need him to make all rebounds possible, then azubike would be your point guard, you would be our shooting guard ok"
the coach said to Afo waiting for his response.
Though he was happy that he gets the position he still looked disconcerted on what Jete would be playing, since he was really looking up to being the shooting guard.
Before the game Jete had already invited his parents telling them he would be playing as the shooting guard and Afo as the point guard.
Afo was an outstanding basketballer who was best at playing the role of both a point guard and a shooter guard, though now the plan they both were really looking up to was not going to come to fruition.
"It's all right bro. It's your season, better make it count"
Jete forces out the words successfully masking the sadness within.
"A-Are you sure?" Afo asks with an excited expression despite guessing his friend wasn't really happy about it but wasn't going to try and dig too deep into the topic.
"Of course you need this more than I do" Jete responded with a smile.
"Hmm.... thanks a lot man" Afo said in response after a short sigh.
"Anytime"Jete replied.
"That's my boy I Knew you would understand, ok team captain Azubike" the coach speaks out in joy and calls out to the team captain.
"Yes coach"
their captain wasn't really any less talented than the both of them but wasn't better either and was just as tall as the coach.
"Gather everyone up we've got 10 mins let's go over game plan"
they all gather up and after a while in the locker room they are called for and they all exit the locker room for the game heading straight to the court on the way.
Afo sees Oreva from afar in the crowd he quickly walks up to Jete.
"Hey bro she's in the crowd" he taps Jete by the shoulder as he spoke excitedly.
"Then you better look good enough for her don't you think" Jete responds with a smug look.
"Im going all out" Afo tells Jete with all determination.
"Well you better, you just got my spot"
he pointed out to make sure his friend would do his best although Afo could still sense that he wasn't completely over the spot he wanted to play.
"S-Sure, you got it" he answers reluctantly as he looks at him, he took of the headset on his shoulder and handed it to Ome as she waved her hand wishing him luck.
she was then taken by their captain alongside the substitute player's to sit on their team bench wearing their team jersey which looked really cute on her and with her holding the huge popcorn bucket she couldn't look any better at the moment.
he waves at her as she shyly waves back once more. After the referee gives a brief talk and explanation the whistle goes off and the game had begun.
Ome watched carefully on how Afo continuously shined on the court even better than he was during warm up practice as if trying to Impress someone, she looked through the crowd and sees a familiar face that was on his PC.
She quickly realized she must be the Oreva he had a crush on, she looks further and finds IJ in the crowd and waves at her the moment their eyes met which IJ responds to by waving back at her.
The game proceeded smoothly till 15 second to the end of the first half Jete who was about to make a rebound shot suddenly slumps for a moment as his head ached.
["Respond to our call, o hero of the lance"]
he grabs his head as he felt dazed, everyone in surprise looks at him as he gently stands up himself Afo quickly heads to assist his friend but Jete insisted he was fine.
the whistle is blown rounding up the first half and they all gather up for a brief check up on the players especially Jete who kept insisting he was good to go.
After a while the second half of the game began Immediately but Jete bothered about what the voices meant and his father in the crowd couldn't be any better distraction to a point where he could no longer continue the game and eventually gets substituted.
In no time the game was over with a score of 130 to 98 giving a win to Afo's team. After the game Afo heads to meet Ome who hugs him in excitement.
"Told you I was good" Afo said with a narcissistic look on his face.
"Yeah you proved it, but you still owe me an ice cream" for once she spoke to Afo without shyness which Afo definitely took notice of.
"Seriously that's what you kept in mind the whole time"
Afo asked trying to look surprised but he wasn't at all since he knew she wasn't going to forget about her ice cream.
"Don't tell me you plan on breaking your promise" Ome responded grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't break promises" Afo responded with a proud demeanor.
"Congratulations bro" Jete greets Afo with a handshake.
"Thanks man, sorry about the final--"
"What are you apologizing about, it ain't your fault" Jete interrupts him before the completion of his sentence.
"Wanna--"
"Look up there, better go make your confession clear plus my dad wanted to see me"
Afo is once again caught off mid sentence by Jete as he pointed towards Oreva.
"Alright don't do anything crazy ok"
Afo jests to his friend with no real meaning behind his sentence.
"Sure" Jete said and tapped on his friends shoulder.
"Hey tiny can you stay here for a bit I'll be back ok"
"Sure"
she nods, he Immediately rushes to catch up to Oreva who was already exiting the arena, he finally catches up to her as she stood waiting for her driver, he stops to catch his breath and heads up to her.
"Um im Afoke I meant Afo Iruo"
she turns around to look at him he couldn't believe he was actually speaking to her she had a dark skin that shone under the evening moon with dark braided hair that hung just below her waist level although she was indeed average heighted about one hundred and sixty-eight centimeters but her body physique and beauty paid for all that no questions asked.
"I know who you are, im Oreva"
"Um you " he pauses for a while.
"I wanted to let you know I loved you and was hoping you'll go out with me and be my girlfriend!!"
She didn't respond for a while letting tension rise inside of Afo, he had kept this feeling bundled up for four years and had finally found the courage to say it.
though he really didn't have high hopes it was better he spoke his mind than having it bundled forever at least that is what he has understood from his otaku life and library of light novels so far yet he continued looking at her in anticipation of her response Hoping it be a positive response.
" I was wondering when you were finally going to ask"
hid heart had a sudden liberatef feeling in it as if a huge weight had been lifted off of his shoulders, and at the same time confused at the final part of her statement.
"Waiting?"Afo asked in surprise.
"Well yes I mean it has been so obvious" she replied mockingly.
"Y-You think so huh?" her driver Immediately arrives just in front of them.
"Well I have to get going sorry"
"Wait is that a yes or a no?"
"Call me tomorrow and give me the best date I can expect and I'll give you an answer" she hands him her contact card.
"You've got it"
his body spirit and soul began to tingle in excitement, meanwhile back in the arena Ome sees IJ being taken away from her seat by a group of two girls and five boys.
she decides to follow them to know what was going to happen but they all took a turn into the lady's restroom too scared to go alone she decides to go get Afo.