BXBX NOVEL Chapter 506: Do you want to play?
Chapter 506: Do you want to play?
Street football, although a popular sport worldwide was different here in Brazil. Here the people worshipped football as a religion.
Be it, children or adults, everyone liked playing football.
Even now, Hiro could see people of varying age groups playing together.
Hiro had always wanted to experience Brazilian street football. Though he couldn\'t experience it in his previous life, now he can experience it.
It was at such place that many legends were born.
"Damn! What\'s with that kid? He doesn\'t look older than 15 but look at him go."
"What the heck is with that uncle? How can he pull such flawless moves despite being out of shape?"
Most of Hiro\'s teammates were stunned by the performance of the players on the field. Those flawless flashy dribbles and passes had captivated their heart.
Watching the excitement on Hiro\'s face Carlos couldn\'t help but ask, "I\'m sure you hadn\'t come all the way here to watch. So, what do you say about a match?"
Exactly, he hadn\'t come all the way here to watch the match from the sidelines.
Hiro had come here to experience the game firsthand.
But their coach had forbidden them to take part in any physical activities outside the training until their scheduled match. It was a precautionary measure to prevent unwanted injuries.
So, although Hiro desperately wanted to play, he couldn\'t bring himself to speak about it.
"A single game wouldn\'t hurt," Naoto said as he noticed the frown on Hiro\'s face. He could tell just from a glance that Hiro wanted to play. But because of their coach\'s command, he couldn\'t bring himself to go against his true feelings.
Hearing him, Hiro rolled his eyes to look at him.
His eyes glistened with a deep feeling of gratitude. Hiro was touched but before he could bring himself to speak, Naoto gave him an understanding nod.
Usually, he wasn\'t the type of person who\'d go against the command of the coach. Rather, he had an obedient personality.
Thus upon hearing such disobedient words coming out of his mouth, Tatsuki couldn\'t help but stare at him with his eyes opened wide in disbelief.
What happened to rules over personal interest?
"What?" Naoto asked as he caught him staring at him.
"Why such a change of heart?" He blurted in response as he asked dazedly.
"If you don\'t want to play then you can sit out," Naoto responded dismissively as he tried to shift the topic of their conversation.
He didn\'t want to clarify his reasons.
Knowing him, he should have figured it out. But he was just too stupid to figure it out by himself. And Naoto didn\'t want to clarify either.
"What about you all?" Naoto turned to ask others.
Even if they wanted to sit out, he wasn\'t going to force them to play. So, it was all up to them to decide whether they wanted to participate or not.
Apart from Kaoru who seemed a bit reluctant, others readily agreed to participate. But since he was already here, he agreed as well.
"Then it\'s decided."
After confirming their participation, Naoto turned to look in Carlos\'s direction, "We five will join the match," Naoto announced.
"Five! Why are you excluding me?" Tatsuki growled.
"I thought that you were going to sit out"
Naoto responded calmly without a shred of guilt in his voice. It seemed as if he was truly excluding him from the team.
This further infuriated Tatsuki. Thus he began to complain even more vigorously, "Why should I sit out? When did I say that I was going to sit out?"
Yet still amidst his rampant, Naoto maintained his cool.
Although Carlos found their situation quite amusing, he couldn\'t help but feel slightly awkward.
A lot of people were looking their way, giving them strange glances. It was as if a show was taking place here.
So, Carlos couldn\'t help but feel a bit awkward being at the center of attention.
"Even so, one of you still needs to sit out. After all, it\'s a 5v5 game," Carlos said in an attempt to control the situation.
"Then it\'s decided, he\'ll sit out," Naoto presented his verdict with a solemn expression on his face as he pointed at Tatsuki.
"Huh? Why me? Why don\'t you sit out instead?"
At this point, it seemed as if Naoto was intentionally teasing Tatsuki.
Seeing him so riled up, Hiro and the rest couldn\'t help but chuckle. Even if they were causing a scene, Hiro was finding the situation quite amusing.
But if it went on any longer who knows if it wouldn\'t escalate any further. Also who knows if they wouldn\'t get kicked out for causing a fuss?
So to prevent such a scenario from happening, some of them volunteered to sit out.
"Then, I\'ll sit out for now"
At once two people volunteered to sit out. One was Sugawara while the other was Kaoru.
Coincidentally both said it at the same time.
So they couldn\'t help but exchange glances.
"You can play Sugawara-san, I\'ll sit out," Kaoru said as he tried to persuade him to change his
decision.
"No, it\'s alright. You can play, Kaoru-san"
Both were trying to be courteous to each other. So for a while, neither of them could conclude.
Each was willing to sit out for the sake of the other.
"Ah..., What are they talking about?" Carlos was confused by their exchange.
Although he could somewhat tell what was taking place between the two, he couldn\'t
understand the two. So, he had to turn to Hiro for help.
"Ah..., They\'re fighting over who gets to participate. Each of them wants to sit out for the sake
of the other." Hiro explained.
"Then can you tell that both of them can participate? After all, a single substitution is
allowed." Carlos said.
"Guys...," Hiro intervened. "All of us can play. We can substitute for each other."
As they heard him both felt quite embarrassed. In an attempt to be courteous, they had completely ruled out the possibility of substitution.
Then as the confusion cleared, Carlos walked inside the pitch.