Upon hearing his reply, everybody turned their attention towards him. Looking at him with their sparkling eyes, they were amazed by his confidence.
“‘Woah!!”‘
Since most of the Japanese students found english very hard to learn, they were surprised to hear that Hiro was actually fond of english language.
The teacher had similar reaction to that of the other students in the classroom. But she was also doubtful about his claims because of his inattentive behaviour from earlier.
“Is that so!! Then why don’t we test it out? Since you love english so much, you won’t mind my tests right?”
Sounding somewhat skeptical, she asked him if he was uncomfortable with her testing him.
“No mam.” While trying to flaunt his basic english, he replied in english.
“Good!! I like that confidence. Now then why don’t you tell us few things about yourself in English.” The teacher asked him with a smile.
‘Argh!! Shit!! What did she say? All I heard was the word yourself. Does she want me to introduce myself in english? I shouldn’t have said I loved english earlier.’ He thought while maintaining his poker face to hide his nervousness.
While still maintaining his facade, he tried to think of few words to say to the teacher.
“Yes mam. I yam Takahashi Hiro. I yam 12 years old. I liku football.” Speaking in his broken english, he confidently spoke few things.
After listening to his broken english, the students who were staring at him with expectant eyes could see through his facade. Their eyebrows frowning, the spark in their eyes faded away. But noticing his confidence, they couldn’t even make fun of him.
Just as he finished his sentence, the female teacher started to clap her hands. And soon everybody followed suit.
“Good!! That was a good try. We just need to improve your english a little bit more. Then you can speak even more perfectly. But good try for now. And also pay attention to the class from now on.”
Saying such she walked towards the podium and resumed the class.
After that Hiro too paid attention to her class and refrained himself from peeking outside the window.
After a while, the school bell rang to announce lunch break.
Ring!! Ring!!
“Oh!! It’s already the time for lunch break.” The female teacher mumbled after hearing the ringing sound of the school bell.
She then closed her books and spoke; “Everyone you can go and have your lunch now.” Saying such she dismissed the class and walked outside the classroom.
And just as she left the classroom, his classmates came rushing towards him and surrounded him.
Masao who was seated just beside him was pushed by that wave of students.
“Are you also staying in the hostel with the senior students? I heard that all the other senior footballers are staying in a hostel.” A girl with average appearance questioned.
“Ahh yes!!” Hiro nervously nodded his head.
“Do you have any social media accounts?” The girl from the 2nd row who was simping over him before, questioned.
“Ahh right!! Can we add each other?” Another girl with a dimple in her cheeks inquired in her girly voice.
Their questions continued one after the other giving him no chance to respond.
‘Argh!! God!! Please save me.’ He prayed to God to get him out of that predicament.
Suddenly the boy who sat infront of him came towards him and spoke; “Hiro!! Shun senpai is calling for you.” 𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝙜
“Excuse me everyone!! I need to leave for now.” Saying such, he rose from his seat and squeezed his way out of the crowd.
But just as he reached the hallway, he didn’t see anybody at the hallway. Feeling confused, he looked to his left and right. Still he didn’t see Shun or any other players from his team.
While he was standing dumbfoundedly looking here and there, the guy who told him that Shun was calling for him approached him.
“You can stop now. He’s not calling for you. I just made it up to take you out from that situation.” The guy intoned.
Straight black hair, black pupils, sharp nose and milky white skin, the guy infront had a round face. His body was somewhat overweight but not too much overweight.
“Ahh!! Thank you for saving me …”
“I’m Rin. Rin Yamazaki. You can call me Rin.” With a smile on his face, the guy infront spoke while stretching his hand towards him.
“Ahh!! Nice to meet you Rin. You can call me Hiro.” Hiro shook his hand. “And thanks for helping me back there.”
“Also how did you know about Shun?” Hiro asked.
“He studies in my older brother’s class. And he’s also friends with him.” Rin replied.
“Ahh I see!!”
Just as they were talking to each other, Shun too made his appearance from behind him.
“Oi!! Hiro!!” Yuya shouted.
Accompanied by Yuya, Shunta and another unfamiliar guy, they made their way towards Hiro and Rin.
“Oh!! They’re here.” Hiro mumbled. “But who’s that other guy??” Hiro was confused by the sight of other guy.
“Oh that’s my elder brother Kin Yamazaki.” Rin replied.
The other guy who was with Yuya, Shun and Shunta was Rin’s older brother. And surprisingly he looked almost similar to his younger brother Rin. His facial feature was almost similar to that of Rin. But the only thing that was different was their hairstyle and their bodyweight.
Being slightly overweight, Rin had a rather puffy face as compared to his brother who had a charming face.
Rin hadn’t styled his hair. However Kin’s hair was parted at the middle which in turn was revealing his forehead. Compared to Kin’s charming manly face, Rin’s was similar to that of a guy who never paid any attention to his appearance.
“How can you be so different from your brother?” Hiro mumbled in awe after looking back and forth.
“Well I know I’m more cute looking than that thug looking brother of mine. But trust me we literally have the same face. Some people even mistook us for twins several times in the past when we were of the same weight.” Rin replied while exaggerating his looks.
‘Although I agree with you. But I didn’t mean it that way. I was asking you how could your brother look so charming with the same face as that of yours.’ Hiro thought while revealing an awkward smile on his face.
“Indeed that’s what I meant. Just how can you be so good looking than your brother when you both have the same face.” Hiro praised Rin’s appearance after listening to his self praises. He didn’t want to hurt his feelings by stating the truth