You had two brothers, one younger and one older than you. The youngest one was in love with soccer and the oldest one always took him to matches. You didn't really care about soccer. You were more interested in hanging out with your friends and going to movies and such.
This particular day was rather boring for you, though. Since it was holiday all your friends were on vacation and you were getting bored to death. Mainly because your parents still had to work from early in the morning until late in the evening.
As you lay on the couch, reading a book, your brothers walked into the living room, the youngest chatting away happily while your older brother simply listened.
"(F/n)." You sighed and looked up from your book. Your older brother seemed to think for a moment before continuing.
"Would you like to come too?" He then asked. You looked at him for a moment.
"To that soccer match?"
"Yes. Since you don't have anything to do anyway.." He shrugged. You opened your mouth to decline, but then again, he was right. You had nothing to do. Might as well go to a soccer match then.
When you arrived at the stadium it hit you that you didn't even know who would be playing.
"Uhm.. Nii-san? Who are playing anyway?" You asked doubtfully as the three of you found your spot on the tribunes. He let out a deep sigh and shook his head lightly.
"Arakumo versus Mannouzaka, but I doubt that the second name makes any sense to you."
You sighed. He was true, and the only reason you had heard of Arakumo was because it was your brother's school. Otherwise you'd been in complete darkness. But still you didn't know the name of any of the players on either side.
"Mannouzaka is known for its rough play. They're the ones in the purple with red uniforms. Their captain is Isozaki Kenma."
"Right." You started scanning the field, trying to hide the fact that you didn't know anything about the team of your brother's school. You heard him sigh.
"The captain of Arakumo is Amemiya Taiyou. He's in my class."
"Oh.. okay." You said.
"Taiyou-san is said to be the genius soccer player of the decade, right?" Your younger brother asked.
"Well, yeah. He has great control of the ball."
"I hope he's gonna use Taiyou Shin Apollo and score lots of goals with Sunshine Force!" Your younger brother happily chatted away like that with your brother grunting in agreement every now and then. You shook your head and turned your head towards the field. The boys in purple uniforms indeed looked like people you shouldn't cross. Those in the blue and yellow ones looked far more pleasant. You started looking for the one with the captain's band. He was rather easy to find because of his bright orange hair.
"So that's Amemiya Taiyou.." You muttered under your breath.
Since he was the only one you knew by name from Arakumo and it would've been kinda rude to not cheer for the team of your brother's school, you followed him with your eyes the whole game.
The first time he called out his keshin 'Taiyou Shin Apollo' you couldn't help but chuckle. His own name is in his keshin. That's some kind of sweet.
Your brothers gave you a weird look.
"I'm sorry." You muttered. Your older brother raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to say something, but then your younger brother suddenly yelled.
"GOAL!" He had jumped up. "Taiyou-san scored!"
Your older brother jumped up as well, grumbling something like "never bring (F/n) to a soccer match again."
You pouted and turned towards the field again, searching for the orange-haired captain. You quickly found him being hugged by his teammates. You smiled.
The rest of the match went back and forth. Goal after goal was made. Halfway in the second half the score was 3-3 and your eyes were still on Taiyou, but you noticed that something was wrong with him.
That's odd. Taiyou seems close to collapsing.. but he doesn't seem tired, per se. So what's going on then?
You followed him with worried eyes.
It was nearly the end of the match when Taiyou got the ball once again and made himself ready to use his keshin once more.
You held your breath as the shining keshin emerged.
"Sunshine Force!" You could hear him yell as he kicked the ball towards the goal.
The whistle blew signaling both a goal and the end of the match.
While your brothers were yelling and cheering about how awesome Arakumo and Taiyou were, your eyes searched for that particular person.
Taiyou was sitting on the ground, seemingly too tired to stand on his feet again. The goalkeeper sat crouched next to him.
I wonder if Taiyou's okay.. He looks so worn out..
"Oi, (F/n). I didn't know you fell for athletes."
You jumped out of your trance by that sudden voice. You looked at your older brother who was smirking broadly. Then his words finally sunk in and you felt your cheeks growing warm. You shook your head and stood up.
"I-I don't. I was just wondering why Amemiya-san looks so worn out."
Your brother snorted. "Yeah, right. Gammon and spinach."
"W-what? I'm not making excuses!" You demanded.
"Yeah, yeah." He waved his hands. Just as you wanted to retort your other brother pulled the older one's sleeve.
"Ne, ne, onii-san? You said that you could arrange a meeting with Taiyou-san since he's in your class, right?"
"Huh? Oh yeah.. I did say that, huh. All right. You wait here, (F/n). You wouldn't understand a word we say anyway."
"Hey! I'm not gonna stay here!"
"Ohhh.. So you wanna meet Amemiya too, eh?" He smirked again.
"N-no, that's not it! I just don't want to stay here alone."
"Of course." He shot you a glance you couldn't decipher. Then, he marched off with quick strides.
"Hey, wait!" Your younger brother hurried after him, pulling you along by your sleeve.
You sighed. Why couldn't I have two sisters?