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Kyousuke ran a bit on his way to the hospital, the test had ended quite late, and he wanted to go talk to his brother before visiting hours closed. He was in the football club, at long last.
Once he reached the hospital, quickly checking in at the reception to make sure it was okay for him to visit his brother in that moment before going up to the older Tsurugi's room. Opening the door, he found his brother looking out of the window, sitting in his wheelchair.
"Yuuichi."
His voice called the other's attention, who smiled as he looked at him. Kyousuke was still a bit grass stained as he hadn't changed before coming here, he hoped his brother didn't mind.
"Kyousuke! For a moment, I thought you wouldn't come visit me today. I assume the test went well."
Kyousuke gave a small smile in return and nodded as he approached the other.
"Yes. I passed the test. I'm officially on the first team now."
His own excitement for the fact only grew when Yuuichi smiled wider too and turned his wheelchair towards him completely.
"I knew you could do it. You've trained so hard for it, it would have been impossible for you to not make it in."
"Thank you..."
Kyousuke felt admittedly a bit embarrassed by the praise his brother gave. Even if he had passed, it still hadn't been easy and, for a moment, it had felt like he wasn't going to pass.
"Help me onto the bed, yeah? Then you can tell me all about the test and the team. I'm sure I can convince nurse Fuyuka to let you stay for a bit longer after hours if it's necessary."
Kyousuke easily obliged, helping his brother get out of the wheelchair and onto the bed before moving over to the other side and sitting on one of the chairs there.
"It was hard. I can't deny it. Captain Shindou went quite hard on us."
Yuuichi nodded as he got comfortable on the bed before turning his attention fully to his younger brother.
"Well, I didn't expect it to be a cake walk seeing as it is a school known for their football team. How was the exam done? How many others tried out for the team?"
"It was like an unofficial match of sorts. Thankfully it wasn't necessary for us to score to pass. There were six of us in total there. If I'm honest though, the three students that didn't pass only seemed to want to enter the team for the praise of it."
"There are always some people like that. We can't really help it... But that means two others passed with you, right? What were they like? Seeing as they will be your future teammates, I expect you to have at least tried to speak with them."
Kyousuke hummed at the comment even as he looked away. He admittedly hadn't talked much to them, but it wasn't like he'd been bad to them or anything either. He wasn't a very social guy, sue him.
"They are okay. They are first years like me too. Nishizono Shinsuke and Matsukaze Tenma were their names if I'm not wrong. They clearly did like playing soccer unlike the other three... They were okay. Just a bit too excitable and happy for my liking."
Yuuichi laughed lightly at his words but tried to hide it behind his hand.
"Well it's good to have some teammates who are in your same grade at the very least. Maybe, you'll finally have friends for me to meet."
Kyousuke frowned a bit and crossed his arms. He knew his brother would want to meet some of his teammates, obviously, but he wasn't bringing them here after one meeting.
"We'll see about that..."
Yuuichi still had a glimmer of humor in his eyes but let it rest for now, something Kyousuke was grateful for.
"And anything to say about the other team members? Or the coach? You told me you'd met the team manager before too, didn't you?"
"Yes. Miss Haruna is the team manager. Coach Kudou seemed okay, though he was a bit mysterious and didn't really explain the requirements to pass even after the test was over. I can't tell you much about the rest of the team either, they seem okay... The captain was a bit upset today though. I heard him saying something about my face made him angry."
Yuuichi nodded again at his words, frowning as he heard about the captain's annoyance. He hadn't been there to truly see what had happened, and he obviously didn't know the captain's life, but he didn't like knowing his brother had heard the other boy say he made him angry.
"Well, let's hope he was having a bad day or that it's not something serious. We don't really know him so maybe he was just upset over something you couldn't have controlled. I know you won't be comfortable with the idea, but you could try and speak to him about it tomorrow if you get a moment alone."
Kyousuke nodded even as his face hardened. Yuuichi was right, he didn't like the idea.
"I'll try... But only if it feels like it could affect the team as a whole. The captain having a small tantrum over my attitude or whatever isn't that important if we can still train and play normally."
Yuuichi was silent for a moment before sighing and nodding in agreement.
"I'll accept it since I know I won't convince you of anything more. I'm not the one who has met them after all. But still, remember to go to the coach or Miss Haruna if it doesn't get resolved on its own, okay?"
"Yes Yuuichi, I will."
"Good."
There was a moment of silence between them as they looked at the other before smiling as Yuuichi reached over to ruffle Kyousuke's hair as the other groaned in complaint and moved out of his brother's reach.
"Stooooppp!"
"My little Kyousuke is part of Raimon's team. I'm so happy. I promise I'll watch all your matches."
Kyousuke was frowning again at the other's infantilizing tone, but he was still too happy about his success himself to stop the small smile that quirked at the edge of his lips.
There was a knock from the door then as nurse Fuyuka walked in. Kyousuke stood from his seat as both brothers looked towards the woman, who looked at them fondly.
"Visiting hours are ending."
"Understood. Thank you."
Kyousuke turned to look at his brother one more time with a smile.
"I'll see you tomorrow or the day after, okay?"
"Alright Kyousuke, don't worry about coming every day though, I want you to focus on training now that you're in the team."
They both knew that was an almost impossible ask. Kyousuke would still use any chance he got to visit Yuuichi. Being in the team will only make him want to come more to tell him about it. Still, Kyousuke nodded.
"Sure. See you tomorrow."
Yuuichi let out a small huff of laughter as Kyousuke walked towards the door where Fuyuka was still standing with a smile of her own at the brothers' interaction.
"Goodbye Kyousuke."