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PXG was definitely not what Shidou expected, but it wasn't unwelcome.
Shidou believed Loki would be this cold, oddly chill asshole. Except the man here was definitely not what he expected. He looks frustrated and slightly annoyed,
Like a single dad. His mind gratefully supplied him.
"Rin, no. You have to fucking greet the new players. no, you cannot use your 'training' as an excuse, this is mandatory! No, Charles. You can't use your prank bombs so they could have an 'explosive welcome' or whatever the fuck you mean!"
Shidou snorted.
Loki immediately turned around. "Oh, yes. I remember you. You're the young man who was able to score."
"I'm glad I'm so remembered." Shidou gave the man a Cheshire grin. "Oh, oh, oh! You have nice hair! You look really interesting!" Charles immediately ran towards him.
"I'm Charles Chevalier! You are?"
"Shidou Ryuusei, hello to you too, little man!"
Shidou ended up liking this little man. He was funny, mischievous, a little egotistical. But what could he, Ryuusei Shidou, expect?
"I remember Loki talking about this guy named Rin. Do you know who he is?" Shidou questioned as they walked around the stadium. "Yeah! That's my older brother. He's the best. A little rude, but you'll definitely like him."
"Rude?"
"Yeah, Rin has a tendency to... How can I say this? Not be very friendly. He can be blunt." Charles says, Shidou quietly absorbed the information. The blonde kneeled down to look at the artificial flowers on the grass.
Rin. That didn't exactly sound very French.
"Don't take this the wrong way, little buddy. But is Rin perhaps not French?" He asks. Charles twitched at that. "What's it to you?"
"I'm not being like.. Racist, or something."
"Well, then you don't need the answer. Come on! You should definitely try the food Rin just baked today. Loki only allows him to bake. Loki said it's because I'd probably burn down the stadium on accident, isn't that rude? I'd definitely do it on purpose. Not on accident!"
Shidou grinned. He'll definitely like this little guy here.
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"Holy shit this is good." Shidou says as he took another bite of the muffins. "Right?" Charles hums as he grabs another from the tray.
"That's Rin for you. He makes loads of baked goods to bribe people. And it usually works."
"Definitely. This dude isn't joking around. I feel like my mouth is having an orgasm."
"Orgasm? What's that?" Charles asks as he looks at Shidou. The older blonde sweated nervously. "Don't think about it too much, little man."
Before Charles could ask more. He immediately perked up when he heard the sound of the door opening and closing. "The fuck's that?"
Unfortunately, Shidou didn't get an answer before Charles once again dragged him. "Rinnie!!" Charles immediately pounced on the young man.
Shidou was greeted by a voice, something between english, French, and Japanese.
"Ow, my chest, you fucker!" Rin cursed, Charles giggled and only nuzzled more. "Come on! You left me alone with Loki. He was so annoying. You missed out on seeing the new players. I mean, they arent too bad. But they're definitely mediocre compared to Loki."
"Rude, i believe my skills are perfect adequate." Shidou says.
"Oh, right! Rin, meet Shidou! Shidou, meet Rinnie! My older brother." Charles says with a smile, leaving the older's arms so Shidou could finally see him properly.
He was tall. Above six feet like him, definitely. Long underlashes, oddly familiar eyes and dark hair. He had a good build, clearly athletic.
Shidou whistled.
"Wow. You're hot as hell-"
Rin had punched him in the face.
Shidou had blissfully allowed Rin's twitching hands to steadily clean the blood dripping from his nose, Charles holding a pack of bandaids looking at the two of them.
After, Loki had made the two of them apologize, facing each other.
"Shidou, apologize." Loki said sternly.
"I'm sorry for calling you hot." Shidou says, although he wasn't the slightest bit sincere. "You called Rin hot?" Loki said with a very, very, angry dad stare.
"... Uhm..." Shidou mumbles an excuse that he meant like sweating from the sun kind of hot, and that Rin mistook him from the... Other term.
"Oh, alright. Great. We'll get perfectly along then." Loki gave a friendly smile. "Go and get some dinner, Rin and Charles. I'll just be in a meeting with the others.."
"Alright, bye Loki!!" Charles waved enthusiastically.
When Loki had left, Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, Rin had went to the kitchen to cook something up. Charles was playing a switch on the chair, feet dangling.
"Whatcha cooking?" Shidou asks, leaning his head to look at the meal; Rin had been cooking nuggets. "Nuggets?" Shidou snorted.
"Charles refuses half of any frozen foods except for nuggets. He's a picky eater."
"Hey! I take offense to that!" Charles stabbed his fork into one of the finished nuggets to aggressively eat.
"You guys seem to know each other well. Close enough for little man over here to call you his older brother. Mind sharing the family lore?" Shidou asks with a smirk.
"He's not my blood brother." Rin says, placing a newly fried nugget on the platter. "But I'm closer to him than my actual brother." He says cryptically.
"Yeah! Rin's the best. I've never had siblings before. He's the coolest big brother in the world." Charles cheers as he dumps a large amount of ketchup on his plate.
"Huh." Shidou mutters. "How interesting." He smirks, "Well, can i be your other big brother?"
"Definitely!" Charles squeaked joyfully, pouncing into Shidou's arms.
Shidou had allowed to the other blonde to jump into his arms, though, he quietly pondered. Staring intently at Rin's lashes and eyes.
Later that night, Shidou would sneak in a gadget with some data. Rin, Rin, Rin... A mysterious young Japanese man under Loki's wing.
What is Loki's connection to Rin? Why would Loki bring him into PXG? If they've never met. Perhaps Rin would also be in the Blue Lock program.
Shidou wrote on a sticky note.
Rin hadn't introduced himself. Charles introduced himself as simply “Rin” . No surname at all.
He placed it on the wall.
Rin was quiet. He didn't speak much of himself. He has a slight french accent and his Japanese was casual and not textbook like. Meaning he moved from Japan to France.
Shidou tapped on his desk curiously.
Rin was close enough with Charles and Loki to the point Loki is like their father. Charles and Rin are close enough to refer to each other as siblings. Rin isn't close with his own sibling. Meaning he isn't an only child or an orphan.
Tap.
Rin isn't close with his sibling. Not close enough to possibly move in with Loki and Charles full time.
Tap.
Rin and his sibling... Brother. He has long under lashes. He's a soccer player. His brother must also be a soccer player. Rin has teal eyes.
Tap.
Sae has teal eyes.
Shidou stopped his tapping, things slowly connecting like a puzzle. He bit his bottom lip. "Oh, shit."
He's aware of something he shouldn't be aware of. And that's a very, very dangerous thing.
Shidou shook his head. Grabbing the sticky notes he placed on the wall to the pocket of his bag. If he pretends he doesn't know, then in the end— he'll be alright.
Shidou zips up his bag.
"I do wonder what is up with the Itoshi siblings.." He couldn't help but mutter.
Rin was interesting.
Just like his older brother.
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