March 24th 2025
The rain pours down on the field when the referee blows the whistle, full time.
Osaka Kōkō High lost 9-1 to Tokyo Gakuen FC. Yorunobu Kisaki scoring 8 of those. Kisaki was undoubtably Man Of The Match.
Ren sits on the grass outside the stadium crying.
'How is someone that good?'
He asks himself. Ren always prides himself on his scoring ability, but Kisaki destroyed that. Ren is good but not great.
Ren is a 16 year old High Schooler, with black hair, brown eyes. He's 5ft 11 inches tall, and he has a slim build.
This was his first match with his school's football team, and he could only score once. His first match he got demolished 9-1, this pain is unbearable.
"Are you alright man?"
Someone asks. Ren wipes away his tears to see it's the Left Winger for their team, Itoshi.
Itoshi is a Blonde haired, blue eyed kid. He seems to be around 5ft 6 inches tall. He has some stubble on his chin.
"Yeah.. What's it to you?"
Ren responds, spiteful. "You're very cocky I find..." Itoshi comments. But Ren is furious with this comment.
"The fuck you just say!?"
Itoshi puts his hands up in defence, "Hey man, I wasn't insulting you. Looking back on that match, I was a bit heated in the moment, but I would've done the same thing in your shoes."
"Do what?"
"Not pass. I actually don't know if I could've scored that, the angle was slim. Sure, I'm an attacker, but my shooting isn't that good." Itoshi says. Ren is a bit confused, he would hold a massive grudge if that happened to him.
"Do you not take football seriously?" Ren asks.
"Not particularly."
"Then why the fuck are you on this team!?" Ren shouts, some bystanders glance at him.
"Because football's fun, I guess."
"I'm going to be off the team now... And people that don't even care about the game that much will stay" Ren falls on his back to look at the sky.
"You'll be taken off!? But that was an amazing match for you! You scored a goal!" Ren stays silent. "I'll talk to the coach, see if he can keep you on."
Ren's eyes light up, "Really!? Please do!"
Itoshi chuckles and stands up, "See you around... What's your name again?"
"Ren."
"I'll see you Ren." Itoshi jogs off.
Ren grabs his bags and starts walking home.
By the time he gets home it's already night time. He opens the door and goes inside.
"I'm back mom!"
He leaves his shoes by the door and runs upstairs to get into the shower.
While he's in the shower he thinks about Kisaki, that utter genius at football. His pace, his strength, his way he can predict everything. Kisaki will definitely be the next big footballer.
"I'll surpass him! Definitely!"
He gets out of the shower and leaves to find his 1 year younger sister. Takashi Akari, "There you are! There's someone at the door for you."
Akari is black haired with brown eyes just like Ren, she's around 4ft 10 inches tall. She's wearing a baggy hoodie and jeans.
'Someone at the door?'
Ren runs downstairs and opens the door to find, Yorunobu Kisaki!?