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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17.

"Hah, i can't believe tomorrow's new year." Akatsuki said heading the ball to me.

"Yeah, it almost new year, I wonder what next year holds in store for us." I said catching the ball with my chest and juggling it before passing it back to him.

"Yeah, me too. Somehow I feel excited for next year."

"Same here, practice would start again, I really can't wait."

"Mmhm."

"Hey guys." Akaji called walking into the field with a smile.

*Hah😮‍💨, this guy.*

"Sup' Tanaka-san." Akatsuki said smiling.

"Hey." He said to Akatsuki before looking at me. "Hey, Atsushi-kun."

"Oh, hey."

"Why'd you come outside, thought you guys were having fun?" Akatsuki asked.

"Oh, they've all gone to bed, I wanted to join you guys, I'm excited for new year, so I want to stay awake for it." He said smiling.

*How did he know we were here, sounds like someone's been up to something.*

"Cool then, I have no problem with you joining us, Atsu?" He asked me.

"Yeah, it doesn't bother me either way." I said passing the ball to Akatsuki.

"It's almost 12 so let's have fun."

"Yeah."

"Happy new year." Ueta said smiling at me.

"Same to you." I said smiling.

*She finally spoke to me.* I thought jumping on my bed.

"Feeling lazy first thing in the morning?" She asked.

"Kinda."

*We kept playing till 2, am beat.* I thought rolling on the bed.

"Am going down to join the others, see ya." She said walking out of the room.

"Yeah." I said closing my eyes.

*Am sooooo tired. I had a strange dream yesterday.* I thought placing my arm on my forehead.

"Wake up Atsushi-kun!!" Akatsuki shouted kicking the door open.

"God! Can't you see am sleeping?!"

"Get your lazy ass outta bed." He said dragging me up.

"Hey! Stop that!"

"Come- and prepare breakfast." He said as he dragged me up.

"Geez, it's still too early for that, what are you guys?" I asked trying to kick him.

"Come on, let's go down." He said as I sighed.

"Let's go." I said as he smiled.

"Good." He said putting his hands on my shoulder.

"Stop that, am too weak to stand on my own." I said slapping his arm.

We went down together and prepared breakfast.

"For reals, theirs nothing to do again, it's already new year and the coach isn't back." I said lying on the field with Akatsuki.

"Yeah, it's getting boring."

"Mm-hm."

"I expected Tanaka to gather the whole team for practice but it seems like he doesn't wanna."

"Yeah."

*I don't trust that guy one bit.*

"Hey guys." Someone said.

*Don't tell me it's him again.* I thought.

"Oh, hey Koenji." Akatsuki said as I sat up and turned around.

"Oh, how's it going?" Saitō asked.

"We're doing great."

"So um... I planned on practicing with others but they said they were busy so I came here looking for you guys, do you guys think you can spare sometime for me?" He asked.

*Whoa, looks like we have another hardworker.* I thought smiling.

"So Saitō, what do you want to train for?" I asked.

"Gk, I think that's what my role would be when we start." He said rubbing the back of his neck.

"Cool, am up for it." Akatsuki said.

"Yeah, me too." I said as we grabbed our ball.

"We won't go easy on you."

"I don't expect you guys to." He said smiling.

*He must be happy.* I thought smiling at him.

"Let's go! Akatsuki!"

"Whoa, that was fun." Akatsuki said as we gulped down our bottle of water and used a towel to dry ourselves.

"Yeah, thanks again guys." Saitō said smiling.

"It's no biggie, come to us again whenever you want to." I said.

"Cool, and call me Koenji, it seems weird hearing you call me Saitō." He said.

"Don't you like the name?" I asked lying on the floor.

"It's not that, we've been together for more than a month now, thought we should build a brotherly bond." He said.

"Brotherly bond, haha." I laughed.

"Am not joking though."

"Okay, Koenji." I said as he nodded.

"Yeah."

After resting a bit, we decided to keep playing for some hours before we decided to call it a day.

"I'll be here again tomorrow." He said walking out.

"Cool, can't wait." Akatsuki said waving at him.

"How'd you like it, Atsushi-kun?" He asked.

"It was fun, I haven't played like that before."

"So you still didn't play in any soccer club since you were a child?" He asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I asked looking at him.

"Intuition, but anyone that sees how you play won't believe you stopped playing in middle school." He said.

"Yeah, but I can't remember telling anyone about that." I said as he smiled.

"It's just a guess."

"Nah, it can't be, so tell me... Akatsuki-San, how'd you know about all that when I haven't told you anything about myself." I said.

*If my guess is correct, then...*