KEEP MY HEART
goal 20: home
“What the —“ Heizou stopped in his tracks as soon as he got to the field. “Did I get the time wrong? I could’ve sworn the practice was scheduled after lunch.”
Underneath the scorching sun, there Scaramouche was, alone on the field. Heizou did not know what he was supposed to feel — should he be proud or worried that his captain was still playing his best despite not having any opponents? Not teammates, even. On that soccer field, it was just Scaramouche, the ball, and the goal.
He merely sighed.
“Scara!” Heizou called out as he approached the bleachers. The indigo-haired boy then looked at his direction, only acknowledging the other’s presence with a nod before going back to his practice. “What a snob,” he teased loudly.
“Shut up, Shikanoin.”
Heizou sat down as he starts preparing to join Scaramouche. While putting on his cleats, he looked around.
One of the large water containers meant for the soccer team was almost empty, even though they just refilled it to the brim after the previous practice they had. Scaramouche’s towel hang on one of the seats’ back, drenched in sweat. His sharp eyes then trailed back to the lone man playing on the field, whose shirt was almost made see-through due to being wet.
‘Just how long has he been playing here?’ Heizou thought.
As soon as the whole team, together with their coach and her good friend (a certain literature professor) arrived, the real practice commenced. From warm-ups, to drills, even up to practice games — Scaramouche was always there with them. He did every single thing that the whole team did. Even though he already did them more than a hundred times earlier.
Around dusk, Scaramouche was already reaching his limit. His plays were still impeccable, but his own body could not keep up with his own thoughts. He was panting, his legs almost at the brink of failing. His whole being was shaky and unstable. And for a second he stayed idle, crouching and bending his knees as he tried to catch his breath.
"Kunikuzushi," Ei called.
"Coach?"
"You're already tired?" The woman's voice was laced with disappointment. Despite being the star player's mother, she could not spare her one and only son the humiliation. Scaramouche scoffed inwardly. 'She really had to tell me off within earshot of the whole team.'
Scaramouche was about to retort, but shortness of breath stopped him. Instead, it was Heizou who responded to their coach. "Coach Ei, maybe we can let him take a break. Scara's been here practicing since early morning. He must be fatig —"
"I'm not tired," Scaramouche stood up straight. "I can still play."
"Dude." Aether uttered.
Ei merely stared at him before blowing the whistle once again, signaling that the game resumed. Scaramouche however, no matter how hard he tried, failed to last much longer.
"Scara!"
"Captain!"
Every player in the field stopped what they were doing as their captain fell and laid flat on the grass. He was desperately gasping for air while clenching the fabric of his shirt tightly. All of them thought it was because he was catching his breath, but no.
It was primarily because he was frustrated with himself.
His mother stood near them, her friend beside her. "You're clearly overfatigued, Kunikuzushi," Ei remarked. "You're still lacking stamina and endurance."
Scaramouche, still on the ground and short of breath, put his right arm over his eyes. He could not help smiling bitterly. 'When did I ever not lack anything, mom?'
He chose not to say anything.
"Practice for today is now over."
Scaramouche's teammates expressed concern for their captain, while his two bestfriends helped him up. The whole time, they could not read the man at all. He did not say anything, nor was his face expressing anything.
All they knew was that he took what his mother said to heart.
Meanwhile, Ei and her friend Yae remained on the soccer grounds. The purple-haired woman was looking after everything, making sure that the team did not forget anything or did not leave a mess. Her friend merely seated on the benches with her legs crossed.
"You know, Ei," Yae said as she was boredly checking her nails. "You're a little too harsh to your boy."
"You know that I have to be."
"Of course, of course. I do remember what happened to your sister, and believe me, I understand where you're coming from. I know you just want to protect your son."
Yae stood up and headed towards her friend. "But you know, the way you are doing it, I don't like your approach."
"I am doing this for his own good," Ei insisted.
"If you say so."
KEEP MY HEART — scara x reader smau
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SUMMARY — you find plenty of guys around you attractive, but there is only one you’re willing to make the first move on: the guy you first saw during your older brother’s soccer game. spoiler: he's a player from your rival university.
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❀ Flowers ❀
Pairing: Wanderer x Gn!Reader Pronouns used for reader: You
Warnings: None pure fluff (ooc/?/, this is my first time writing so please be nice!! I'm not really that good haha so don't have high expectations thank you!) ______________________________________________________________________________
Wanderer believes that he 'cannot feel' love or any sort of emotion, given that he has no 'heart'. So why was it that he was now buying you flowers your favorite ones too.? Why did he always feel some type of way around you? Ah he gets it now, it's definitely a feeling of irritation towards you He's definitely NOT in love with you.
But then again why was he writing a damn note to give to you along with the bouquet of flowers?
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Wanderer was beyond nervous he was anxious. What if you didn't like them? What if you hated them? Thousands of thoughts we're running through his head as he held the bouquet of flowers attached with a note that he had handwritten himself, but those thoughts stop once he sees you standing there. He hesitantly hands you the bouquet of flowers, preparing himself for you to hate it. Instead he feels you gently take the bouquet of flowers, he looks at you and sees you.. Smiling. He felt relieved that you liked it, no loved it, it was like a weight that had been lifted off his shoulders. Before you could thank him he interrupted you by saying “This doesn't mean I like you or anything. Tch idiot” he says as he uses his hat to cover his rosy red face, but nonetheless you thanked him. ______________________________________________________________________________
It's very short but that's all I could come up with, thank you for reading!! <3
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