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[aesterblaster]

So uh, have you guys thought about how Noa feels about Isagi, like actually? How he saw the potential in him and tried to help him but doesn't really know how? How he was just thrust into this position of "Mentor" when he's used to being a player on the field.

Do you think he felt a pang in his chest when he turned around and saw Isagi there in the door way, so obviously nervous but eager to learn? Do you think he knows Isagi has watched him since he was a little boy, knows he expects him to have all the answers? Do you think he ran out to get Isagi when he passed out, looked in disgust at Kaiser, his protage when he didn't help his teammate?

But then he remembered that there was a time when Kaiser was just like Isagi towards him...all stary eyed, all ready to learn. He remembers the way Kaiser looked at him after scoring goal after goal on the field and realizing that none of it was due to his "guidance". He remembers the exact moment when Micheal decided to stop listening to his idol, and the way he rolls his eyes when Isagi shows that same naive nature. He knows that even Kunigami, a boy he's never seen in his life, DESPISES him because his ideology was forced onto him.

He never WANTED to be a mentor, he just wanted to play soccer and get out of the slums. But now he's cradling this broken and exausted boy in his arms who fell just because he listened to his advice a little too hard.