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Isagi was shaking in excitement as he stood inside of the train. His parents had managed to get him a ticket for an exhibition match in Tokyo. Re Ale, one of the most powerful teams, was having an exhibition match here in Japan and Isagi couldn’t wait to watch it. Once he reached his stop, he got out and looked around. He took out his phone and looked at the time, he still had some time before the stadium doors opened. Isagi decided to look around Tokyo for a bit, the city was a lot different compared to his hometown. He noticed a lot of advertisements for the match plastered all over the city. His stomach growled a bit and decided he would get something quick to eat, not wanting to spend money on overpriced food at the stadium. He stood on the sidewalk with a bunch of other people as they waited to cross. Isagi took his phone out and checked the directions to make sure he was going the right way, what he didn’t hear were the people around him. 
Isagi 站在火车内，激动得浑身发抖。他的父母设法为他弄到了一张在东京举行的表演赛的门票。雷亚尔，一支实力强劲的队伍，正在日本进行表演赛，Isagi 迫不及待地想要观看。一到站，他便下了车，环顾四周。他拿出手机看了看时间，离体育场开门还有些时间。Isagi 决定在东京四处逛逛，这座城市与他家乡大不相同。他注意到城市各处贴满了比赛的广告。肚子咕咕叫了起来，他决定先吃点快餐，不想在体育场花高价买食物。他站在人行道上，和其他人一起等待过马路。Isagi 拿出手机查看路线，确保自己走对了方向，却没注意到周围的人。

“Hey look out!” “嘿，小心！”

A loud voice brought Isagi back to reality as he watched a young man flipping over a car and flying…
一声大喊将Isagi从现实中拉回，他看到一个年轻人翻过一辆车，飞了起来……

FLYING STRAIGHT TO HIM!!
直直朝他飞来！！

Isagi started panicking and didn’t know where to go, he closed his eyes to brace for impact but nothing happened. Opening his eyes the young man, who seemed roughly his age as he could still see bits of baby fat on his face, landed perfectly and stood straight up.
Isagi 开始惊慌失措，不知该往哪儿去，他闭上眼睛准备迎接撞击，但什么也没发生。睁开眼时，那位年轻人——看起来和他年纪相仿，脸上还能看到些许婴儿肥——完美着陆，笔直地站了起来。

“Thank goodness I didn’t lose it.”
“谢天谢地，我没弄丢它。”

Isagi saw the young man walking away and noticed the printing on the piece of paper he was holding. Excitement ran through Isagi’s body and quickly ran to him.
Isagi 看到年轻人走开，注意到他手中纸张上的印刷字样。Isagi 的体内涌起一阵兴奋，迅速跑向他。

“Hey!” He noticed that the taller boy wasn’t stopping so he ran even more and placed a hand on his shoulder. “Hey!”
“嘿！”他注意到那个高个子男孩没有停下来，于是他跑得更快，把手放在他的肩膀上。“嘿！”

“What,” teal eyes looked down on him and made Isagi flinch a bit.
“怎么了，”蓝绿色的眼睛俯视着他，让Isagi有点畏缩。

“He looks really pretty,” Isagi mentally shook his head, “Uh are you okay? I mean you did some crazy gymnastic moves back there.”
“他看起来真的很漂亮，”Isagi在心里摇了摇头，“呃，你还好吗？我是说你刚才做了些疯狂的体操动作。”

“I’m fine.” “我没事。”

“That’s good…hey I noticed you had a ticket for the Re Al exhibition match today, and so do I!” Isagi pulled his own ticket out and showed the taller boy. “I was wondering if you  wanted to go together?” 
“那就好……嘿，我注意到你今天有 Re Al 展览赛的票，我也有！” Isagi 掏出自己的票，向高个子男孩展示。“我在想，你要不要一起去？”

“No thanks, I don’t waste my time with NPCs,” Rin was about to walk away, his stomach growled a bit.
“不了，谢谢，我不浪费时间在 NPC 身上，” Rin 正要走开，肚子却咕噜叫了一声。

“Oh are you hungry too? I myself was about to go get some food before the doors opened.” 
“哦，你也饿了吗？我正打算在门打开之前去弄点吃的。”

“Fine, but I’m picking the spot.”
“好吧，但地方得我来选。”

“That’s fine with me,” Isagi gave the other a smile, “my name is Isagi Yoichi!”
“我没意见，”Isagi 对另一个人微笑道，“我叫 Isagi Yoichi！”

“My name is Ito…It’s just Rin.” 
“我叫伊藤……只是Rin。”

Isagi blinked a few times, “Okay, Rin, I’ll be in your care!”
Isagi眨了几下眼睛，“好的，Rin，请多关照！”

*****

Rin had brought them to a special Japanese restaurant. Isagi found it adorable at how different it was compared to other food joints in Tokyo. A waitress greeted them and brought them to their table, where they sat down on the tatami and ordered their food.
Rin带他们去了一家特别的日本餐厅。Isagi觉得这里与东京其他餐饮店相比的独特之处非常可爱。一位女服务员迎接了他们，并带他们到座位上，他们在榻榻米上坐下，点了餐。

“So Rin-san, are you from around here?”
“那么Rin君，你是本地人吗？”

Rin glared at the shorter boy, “No, I live in Kamakura, and please drop the honorifics.”
Rin瞪了眼那个矮个子男孩，“不，我住在镰仓，请别再用敬语了。”

Isagi was jaw slacked, “Ehh?! You live as far as I do! I’m from Saitama!” He regained his composure. “So you must be really excited to see the match then huh? I heard a prodigy from Japan is going to be playing.” Isagi noticed how Rin’s jaw clenched at his words, before he could get another word in, their waiter returned with their food.
Isagi惊讶得下巴都快掉了，“诶？！你住得和我一样远！我是埼玉来的！”他恢复了镇定。“那你一定很期待这场比赛吧？我听说日本有个天才要上场。”Isagi注意到Rin听到这话时咬紧了牙关，还没等他再说什么，他们的服务员就端着食物回来了。

“Please enjoy!”  “请享用！”

“Thank you!” Isagi gave him a small smile and looked down at his plate of curry, he put his hands together in a prayer motion, “Thank you for the meal!”
“谢谢！” Isagi 给了他一个浅浅的微笑，低头看着他的咖喱盘，双手合十，“感谢款待！”

Rin did the same thing except much quieter and started to eat. Isagi saw in the corner of his eye and noticed how cute Rin looked eating his food.
Rin 也做了同样的动作，只是更加安静，开始用餐。Isagi 用眼角余光瞥见，注意到Rin 吃饭时的可爱模样。

“So you must really like sea bream with ochazuke.” 
“所以你真的很喜欢鲷鱼茶泡饭。”

“It helps relax me.”
“这能让我放松。”

Once they finished their meal and paid for their food, Isagi noticed they still had time.
他们吃完饭并付了账后，Isagi 注意到他们还有时间。

“Anything else we can do?”
“我们还能做些什么？”

Rin shrugged his shoulders and the two started walking. His teal eyes spotted his reflection in the mirror. Isagi noticed his companion wasn’t with him and noticed Rin looking at a building. 
Rin 耸了耸肩，两人开始行走。他那青绿色的眼睛瞥见了镜子中的自己。Isagi 注意到他的同伴不在身边，注意到 Rin 正盯着一栋建筑。

“Disgusting,” is what Isagi could make out when he got closer to Rin.
“恶心，”这是 Isagi 走近 Rin 时所能听到的。

Blue eyes noticed the taller boy balling his hands into fists. “Hey, is everything okay?”
蓝眼睛注意到高个子男孩攥紧了拳头。“嘿，一切都好吗？”

Rin’s teal eyes became cold and it made Isagi flinch. Before Rin could say anything, a couple of little girls walked past them. They looked like sisters and they were holding ice cream. 
Rin的青绿色眼睛变得冰冷，这让Isagi不禁退缩。在Rin能说些什么之前，一对小女孩从他们身边走过。她们看起来像姐妹，手里拿着冰淇淋。

“Hey switch with me, I don’t want vanilla anymore.”
“嘿，跟我换一下，我不再想要香草味的了。”

The older sister shook her head, “Nope, you asked for vanilla so you get vanilla,” she smirked at her younger sister.
姐姐摇了摇头，“不行，你点了香草味的，就得吃香草味的，”她对着妹妹得意地笑了笑。

Rin felt like he was brought back in time when he was young, how Sae would buy them ice pops when they were younger.
Rin感觉自己仿佛回到了小时候，那时Sae会在他们小时候给他们买冰棍。

“Rin?” “Rin？”

“We still have plenty of time and I’m kind of craving something sweet.” 
“我们还有大把时间，我有点想吃点甜的东西。”

So the two found a cute dessert shop and sat down at a booth. Isagi took a good look at the menu, debating whether or not he wanted to bring up as to why Rin said disgusting beforehand. Their server came to the table and the two ordered their things. Once the server left, Isagi was looking around the cafe, trying to distract himself.
于是两人找到了一家可爱的甜品店，在卡座里坐下。Isagi仔细看了看菜单，犹豫着是否要提起为什么Rin之前说恶心的事。服务员来到桌前，两人点好了东西。服务员离开后，Isagi环顾咖啡馆，试图分散自己的注意力。

“Something’s troubling you,” Rin’s voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
“你好像有心事，”Rin的声音将他从思绪中拉回。

“Ah, sorry,” Isagi rubbed the back of his neck, “I was just thinking.”
“啊，抱歉，”Isagi 揉了揉后颈，“我刚才在想事情。”

“Of what?” “什么？”

The shorter of the two was twiddling his thumbs, “Well you were looking at the window of a building and I heard you say ‘disgusting’.” 
两人中较矮的那个正无聊地转着拇指，“呃，你刚才盯着一栋楼的窗户看，我还听见你说‘恶心’。”

Rin clicked his tongue, “It’s nothing, I just saw how messy my hair looked.”
Rin 咂了咂舌，“没什么，就是看我头发乱糟糟的。”

“But your hair is perfect though!”
“但你的头发很完美啊！”

Rin took a good look at Isagi, as if he was studying him. The intense look he was receiving made Isagi fidget in his seat. Thankfully their waiter came with their orders. Isagi had gotten a parfait with a glass of water, while Rin got a mont blanc dessert with a cup of hot cider. The two ate in peace until they were done and paid for their things. 
Rin 仔细打量着 Isagi，仿佛在研究他。Isagi 被这强烈的目光看得坐立不安。幸好他们的服务员端来了点单。Isagi 点了一份芭菲配一杯水，而 Rin 则要了一份蒙布朗甜点配一杯热苹果酒。两人安静地吃完，结账后离开了。

Isagi took his phone out and checked the time, “I guess we should head over to the stadium now, huh?”
Isagi 掏出手机看了看时间，“我想我们该去体育场了吧？”

“Sure.” “当然。”

The two continued their walk until they reached their destination. There was already a big crowd waiting in line to enter. Isagi saw people wearing jerseys for the two teams playing today alongside foreigners. 
两人继续前行，直到抵达目的地。那里已经排起了长长的队伍等待入场。Isagi 看到人们穿着今天比赛两支队伍的球衣，还有外国人的身影。

“Wow, big crowd.” Blue eyes fell upon his companion who seemed hesitant about moving. “Rin, is everything okay? Are you not a fan of big crowds?”
“哇，人真多。”蓝眼睛转向他的同伴，对方似乎对移动有些犹豫。“Rin，你还好吗？是不是不喜欢人多的地方？”

“It’s not that,” Rin was gripping his shoulder bag pretty tightly, “I’m debating whether or not, if it was a mistake coming here.” 
“不是那样的，”Rin紧紧抓着他的肩包，“我在想，来这里是不是个错误。”

“What do you mean, a mistake?”
“你说的错误是什么意思？”

The taller boy just shook his head, “Nevermind, we’re here anyways, might as well head in.” 
高个子的男孩只是摇了摇头，“算了，反正我们已经到了，不如进去吧。”

Isagi had to run up to catch up with the boy. The two exited out of the bag check area and finally got to the lobby of the stadium. There were vendors selling food, drinks and merchandise. 
Isagi 不得不跑上前去追上那个男孩。两人终于通过了安检区，来到了体育馆的大厅。那里有商贩在售卖食物、饮料和纪念品。

“Hey Rin, let’s sit together!” 
“嘿 Rin，我们坐一起吧！”

“Why?” “为什么？”

“Well because no one that I know is attending the match today.”
“因为据我所知，今天没人去看比赛。”

Rin raised a brow, “And what if I know someone here?”
Rin 挑了挑眉，“那如果我认识这里的人呢？”

Isagi shrugged, “Then introduce me to them, that’s what someone with manners would do.”
Isagi 耸了耸肩，“那就介绍给我认识，这才是有礼貌的人会做的事。”

The taller one just rolled his eyes, “I don’t know anyone else here, so I guess I have no choice but to sit with you.”
高个的那个只是翻了个白眼，“我在这儿谁也不认识，看来只能跟你坐一块儿了。”

“Jeez Rin, way to make a guy feel special,” Isagi playfully elbowed him, “come on!”
“天啊Rin，真会让人觉得自己特别啊，”Isagi俏皮地用胳膊肘顶了顶他，“快点啦！”

The two managed to get some decent seats despite there being a whole lot of people already sitting. Isagi cheered when the announcer introduced the Kawasaki Breakers, though the entire stadium shook when Re Al was introduced.
尽管已经有很多人就座，两人还是设法找到了不错的位置。当播音员介绍川崎破坏者队时，Isagi欢呼起来，而当 Re Al 被介绍时，整个体育场都为之震动。

“And the player that everyone should keep their eye on, Itoshi Sae!!”
“而大家务必关注的选手，Itoshi Sae!!”

Isagi winced as the cheering became a lot louder when Itoshi Sae was announced over the speakers. He noticed how Rin froze at the Japanese player’s name.
Isagi 听到广播宣布 Itoshi Sae 的名字时，欢呼声变得更加响亮，不禁皱了皱眉。他注意到 Rin 在听到日本球员的名字时僵住了。

*****

While the match started, Isagi was not only focused on the game but also the person sitting next to him. He could see how different Rin’s body language was each time Sae made a play or scored. Isagi found himself cheering whenever Sae made a goal. The whistle blew, signaling that the first half of the match was over. Isagi took a deep breath as he tried to calm himself down, it had been a while since he’s seen a professional game in person.
比赛开始后，Isagi 不仅专注于比赛，还留意着坐在他旁边的人。他能看到每当 Sae 做出动作或得分时，Rin 的身体语言是如何变化的。Isagi 发现自己每次 Sae 进球时都会欢呼。哨声响起，标志着上半场比赛结束。Isagi 深吸一口气，试图让自己平静下来，他已经很久没有在现场观看职业比赛了。

“Man, Re Al is some team, huh Rin,” Isagi noticed he didn’t get a response, “Rin?” He looked over and noticed his companion was gone. Isagi looked around and couldn’t find the taller boy. He got up and quickly ran hoping to find Rin.
“伙计，Re Al 队真是厉害啊，Rin，”Isagi注意到他没有得到回应，“Rin？”他转头一看，发现同伴已经不见了。Isagi四处张望，却找不到那个高个子男孩。他站起来，急忙跑开，希望能找到Rin。

*****

Rin found himself unable to concentrate on the match before him. He could see the difference in skill between him and his brother. Their little match was nothing compared to how Sae was playing in the exhibition match. Standing up, Rin quickly left, not bothering to say goodbye to Isagi.
Rin发现自己无法专注于眼前的比赛。他清楚地看到了自己与弟弟之间的技术差距。与Sae在表演赛中的表现相比，他们的这场小比赛简直不值一提。Rin站起身来，迅速离开，甚至没有向Isagi道别。

“Then again, why should I care about some random lukewarm idiot I just met.”
“再说，我为什么要关心一个刚认识的、半吊子的蠢货。”

Rin found himself going to one of the vendors and buying a ball. He managed to find an empty soccer field and started dribbling and kicking the ball into the net. Rin found himself stumbling as he tried to recreate the moves his brother was using in the match. Angry, he ended up kicking the ball with a powerful kick, making it spin and hit the top left of the goal net. 
Rin发现自己走向一个摊贩，买了一个球。他设法找到了一个空旷的足球场，开始带球并把球踢进球门。Rin试图模仿他哥哥在比赛中使用的动作，结果踉跄了一下。愤怒之下，他用力一脚踢出，球旋转着击中了球门左上角。

“I didn’t know you played,” Rin turned around and spotted Isagi walking over to the net and grabbing the ball, “guess the game got you fired up, huh?” He threw the ball back to Rin.
“我不知道你会踢球，”Rin转过身，看到Isagi走过来捡起球，“看来比赛让你热血沸腾了，是吧？”他把球扔回给了Rin。

Catching it, Rin let out a snarl and dropped the ball. He swung his right leg, making the ball fly to the goal. Isagi saw this and quickly ducked before the ball had a chance to hit face. The sound of it hitting the net rang through his ears.

“Hey, watch it! You could have killed me!” 
“嘿，小心点！你差点要了我的命！”

“Why are you here?”
“你为什么在这里？”

Isagi went to grab the ball again, “Well you disappeared on me. I was lucky that one of the vendors told me you bought a ball so I tried to look for a field and hoped you were there. Took a while though.”
Isagi 再次去抢球，“好吧，你突然消失了。我运气好，有个摊贩告诉我你买了一个球，所以我试着找了个场地，希望你在那里。不过花了点时间。”

“Well, you didn’t have to look for me.”
“嗯，你其实不用找我的。”

Isagi shrugged and started to juggle the ball with his legs and feet, “Well I got worried, you didn’t seem okay during the game.”
Isagi耸了耸肩，开始用腿和脚玩弄球，“好吧，我有点担心，你在比赛时看起来不太对劲。”

“It’s none of your business,” Rin walked over and snatched his ball away, “we’re just strangers, that’s all.” 
““这不关你的事，”Rin走过来抢走了他的球，“我们只是陌生人，仅此而已。”"

Isagi just looked at Rin, “Who cares if we’re strangers, it’s still nice to make sure someone’s okay even if they didn’t ask for help.”
“Isagi只是看着Rin，“就算我们是陌生人，关心一下别人是否安好也是好的，即使他们没有求助。”"

“Well I don’t want your help,” Rin let out a growl, “so you can go back and finish watching that match.”
““我可不需要你的帮助，”Rin低吼道，“所以你可以回去继续看你的比赛了。”"

“Itoshi Sae is your brother, isn’t he?” That made the taller boy freeze. “I kind of just put the pieces together, it wasn’t hard especially how you acted whenever Sae had the ball. You seemed pretty pissed at him.” 
“Itoshi Sae是你哥哥，对吧？”这话让高个男孩顿时僵住了。“我只是把线索拼凑起来，不难猜，尤其是每次Sae拿到球时你的反应。你看起来对他相当不爽。”

Rin clicked his tongue, “It’s just a thing between siblings.”
Rin 咂了咂舌，“不过是兄弟间的小事罢了。”

“SIblings huh? Can’t relate since I’m an only child though.” Isagi moved to the side as Rin began to kick the ball around. He felt his heart beating, it beat even more than when he first watched Noel Noa play on the TV, and even more than it did during the exhibition match. 
“兄弟啊？我倒是独生子，没法感同身受。”Isagi 向旁边挪了挪，看着Rin开始踢球。他的心跳加速，比第一次在电视上看诺埃尔·诺亚比赛时还要快，甚至比在表演赛时还要剧烈。

Rin’s movements were just…
Rin的动作真是……

Beautiful 美丽

He could obviously see the difference in playstyle between the two brothers. Even if Sae was a prodigy, Rin’s skills just moved Isagi a lot more. 
他显然能看出两兄弟打法上的差异。尽管Sae是个天才，但Rin的技艺却让Isagi更为动容。

“I gotta say, you’re a lot better than your brother.”
“我得说，你比你哥强多了。”

Rin froze and looked at Isagi with a blank look on his face, “Wh-what did you just say?”
Rin 愣住了，面无表情地看着 Isagi，“你……你刚才说什么？”

“I said, you’re a lot better than your brother. I’m not saying this just so I could meet Sae,” Isagi had a wide smile on his face and Rin swore he could feel the ice cold walls surrounding his heart starting to melt. “I really mean it Rin, you’re really good.”
“我说，你比你哥强多了。我这么说可不是为了见 Sae，” Isagi 脸上挂着灿烂的笑容，Rin 发誓他感觉到那颗被冰冷围墙包裹的心开始融化了。“我是认真的，Rin，你真的很棒。”

Rin had a shocked expression on his face. He just couldn’t believe what Isagi was saying, then again he was just some half baked NPC. Rin wanted to believe that Isagi was lying to him, everyone knew that Sae was better than him. Maybe….just maybe
Rin 脸上露出震惊的表情。他简直不敢相信Isagi所说的话，毕竟他只是个半吊子的 NPC。Rin希望相信Isagi是在骗他，大家都知道Sae比他强。或许……只是或许

He could have this one moment
他可以拥有这一刻

“Thanks,” Rin wished he had his little owl fidget pin so he could play with it.
“谢谢，”Rin 希望自己有小猫头鹰的指尖陀螺，这样他就可以玩弄它了。

Isagi giggled, “No problem! Hey from one footballer to another, let me learn some of your skills!”
Isagi 咯咯笑道，“没问题！嘿，从一个足球运动员到另一个，让我学学你的技巧吧！”

The taller boy snorted, “Please, I highly doubt you have the stats to keep up.”
高个男孩嗤笑道：“得了吧，我严重怀疑你那数据跟不上。”

“Well, maybe not with the outfit I got on, perhaps another time?”
“嗯，也许不是穿这身衣服的时候，改天吧？”

Rin was hesitant but nodded, “Sure, sounds good. Our cities aren’t too far apart so a train ride won’t be too bad.”
Rin有些犹豫，但还是点头道：“当然，听起来不错。我们的城市相距不远，坐火车也不会太久。”

“Awesome!” Isagi ran over to where he put his crossbody bag and pulled out his phone. “Here, put your number in here and I’ll text you so you can add mine.” Rin nodded again and entered his numbers into Isagi’s phone. “Hey, how old are you?”
“太棒了！”Isagi 跑向他放斜挎包的地方，掏出手机。“来，把你的号码输进去，我给你发短信，这样你就能存我的了。”Rin 再次点头，将自己的号码输入Isagi的手机里。“嘿，你多大了？”

“I’m fifteen.” “我十五岁。”

Isagi’s jaw dropped, “Fi-fifteen?! And your parents let you go to Tokyo all by yourself?!!”
Isagi的下巴掉了下来，“十五岁？！你爸妈就让你一个人去东京？！！”

“My parents really don’t care what I do, they’re rarely home anyways.”
“我父母真的不在乎我做什么，他们反正也经常不在家。”

Isagi felt his heart shatter, “I’m sorry.”
Isagi 感到心碎，“我很抱歉。”

“Don’t be,” Rin looked up and noticed that the sun was starting to set. “We should probably head to the train station before it gets too late.”
“别担心，”Rin抬头注意到太阳开始西沉。“我们最好在天色太晚之前赶到火车站。”

“Good idea!” Once the two grabbed the rest of their stuff, Isagi just stopped, “Uh, do you mind leading the way? I’m kind of bad with directions.”
““好主意！”两人抓起剩下的东西后，Isagi突然停下，“呃，你介意带路吗？我方向感不太好。””

Rin raised a brow, “What are you, five?”
“Rin挑了挑眉，“你怎么回事，五岁小孩吗？””

“I’m sixteen! You brat,” Isagi playfully shoved Rin, who just barely moved. “Have some respect for your senpai!”
“我十六岁了！你这小子，”Isagi 笑着推了推Rin，后者只是微微挪动了一下。“对前辈有点尊重啊！”

The younger snorted, “Not going to happen. Sixteen years old and terrible with directions, how embarrassing.” Rin began to walk away and looked over his shoulder. “You coming or what?”
年轻人哼了一声，“不可能的。十六岁了还路痴，真丢人。”Rin开始走开，回头看了一眼，“你来不来？”

“You’re a brat, you know that?”
“你知道吗，你真是个小鬼？”

A playful smirk appeared on Rin’s lips, “Not my fault you’ve got a shitty sense of direction.”
Rin的唇边浮现出一抹调皮的笑意，“你方向感差可不是我的错。”

*****

For the next few months, Rin and Isagi had gone back and forth to each other’s cities to hang out. Mainly it was Rin going out of his way to go to Saitama, Isagi felt bad and tried to offer the younger money as compensation, but Rin refused. Over the time they spent together playing soccer, Rin had gotten to meet Isagi’s parents, who were astonished at the handsome young lad their son called friend. Isagi found himself falling in love with his junior while Rin found the walls he put up after his fallout with his brother, being torn down. It got to a point where the two couldn’t really see each other, due to games and finals making their way, so they were able to text one another. 
接下来的几个月里，Rin和Isagi频繁往返于彼此的城市相聚。主要是Rin特意前往埼玉，Isagi感到过意不去，试图给这位年轻人一些钱作为补偿，但Rin婉拒了。在共同踢球的过程中，Rin有幸见到了Isagi的父母，他们对儿子这位英俊的朋友感到惊讶。Isagi发现自己逐渐爱上了这位学弟，而Rin在与兄弟决裂后筑起的心墙，也逐渐被拆除。由于比赛和期末考试的临近，两人难以见面，只能通过短信保持联系。

Isagi’s phone pinged on his desk as he was studying, he picked it up and smiled at Rin’s text.
Isagi的手机在书桌上发出提示音，他正埋头学习，拿起手机看到Rin发来的消息，不禁微笑。

[Good luck with the game tomorrow]
[祝你明天比赛好运]

[Thanks Rin!] [谢谢 Rin!]

Unfortunately, Isagi’s team had lost and he found himself downtrodden. As he arrived home, his parents had announced a letter had arrived, addressed to him. Isagi opened it and it was about a soccer program called ‘Blue Lock’. Excitement ran through his veins and he quickly ran to his room and jumped on his bed. He pulled out his phone and began to text Rin. Isagi was a bit worried that Rin didn’t answer him right away, but guessed that the younger one was busy with school or practice. A few hours later, Isagi’s phone pinged, alerting him of a text message. His heart was pounding, he hoped Rin also got a letter to join the Blue Lock program.
不幸的是，Isagi的队伍输了，他感到沮丧。当他回到家时，父母告诉他有一封信寄来了，是给他的。Isagi打开信，里面提到了一个名为‘蓝色监狱’的足球项目。兴奋之情涌上心头，他迅速跑回房间，跳到床上。他拿出手机，开始给Rin发短信。Isagi有点担心Rin没有立即回复他，但猜想可能是对方忙于学校或训练。几个小时后，Isagi的手机响了，提示有新短信。他的心跳加速，希望Rin也收到了加入蓝色监狱项目的邀请信。

Isagi fell onto the floor and his phone slipped out of his grasp. Running up to his room were both of his parents.
Isagi 摔倒在地，手机从手中滑落。他的父母双双跑上楼，冲向他的房间。

“Yoi-chan, is everything okay?”
“阳一君，一切都好吗？”

“Yoichi, what’s wrong?” “Yoichi，怎么了？”

Isagi turned to look at his parents and tears fell down his face. 
Isagi转头看向父母，泪水滑落脸庞。

[Hey Rin! So bad news, my team lost.]
[嘿 Rin! 坏消息，我的队伍输了。]

[Good news is, that I got a letter to this program called Blue Lock]
[好消息是，我收到了一封参加‘蓝色监狱’项目的邀请函]

[Let me know if you got one too!]
[如果你也收到了，告诉我一声！]

Rin: delivered at XX:XXpm
Rin: 于 XX:XXpm 送达

[Who is this?] [这是谁？]