<i>"You think no one saw when you pushed me?" The boy from the opposing team questioned, mirroring Xander’s expression. </i>


    <i>Xavier tried to pull Xander away but thetter wasn’t yielding at all. </i>


    <i>Earlier, while they were ying their ball, Xander had been cornered one more time by the opposing team. And just like the first time, Xavier had signaled him to pass the ball over to him, but Xander had refused. </i>


    <i>They were ying against a powerful team from the same influential elite school. </i>


    <i>Although they’d scored the first goal, it wasn’t some excuse to y around and not be serious. </i>


    <i>Xander ignored Xavier and decided to score on his own just as he’d done the first time, and the first guy who’d tried to stop him the first time had toe and try his luck again. </i>


    <i>He pulled Xander by the shirt to try to stop him from scoring, and from out of nowhere, he just fell. </i>


    Xander was able to seed, kicking the ball into the without the goalkeeper leaping to catch onto it. However, the goal was considered null and void.


    <i> Xander had tried exining himself but the referee wasn’t believing him. </i>


    <i>The referee in charge of their match had to go watch the VAR to be sure he would be making the right decision by giving Xander a red card and canceling their goal. </i>


    <i>Unfortunately, with the angle the game was taken, the referee couldn’t quite figure out whose fault it was. He had to check several other VARs in the stadium, but the result came out the same. </i>


    <i>"You see my leg bleeding, don’t you?!!" The opposing team member questioned Xander, ready to punch him in the face. However, Xavier quickly jumped in between them to try to stop things. </i>


    <i>"You boys have caused enough trouble. I’m going to have to give you a red card!!" The referee dered, raising his red card in the air and blowing his whistle. </i>


    <i>The crowd gasped in a state of shock as the stadium went quiet for a few seconds. </i>


    <i>Xander wasn’t happy with how things had ended. </i>


    <i>He’d only wanted to do things on his own because he didn’t want to partner with Xavier, although they were on the same team. </i>


    <i>But it seemed he had forgotten he was in the same team as Xavier and he needed to bury whatever indifference they shared outside the stadium. </i>


    <i>Now, he was feeling regretful. </i>


    <i>"Wait! We can still talk about this..." Xavier tried to convince the referee. "Earlier, you saw him..."Xavier pointed to the devilish opposing team member because he didn’t know his name. "You saw him when he was pulling Xander’s clothes, trying to stop him from scoring the goal. You know that’s against the rules!"</i>


    <i>"Are you now trying to teach me my job?" The referee questioned, his eyes boiling red with anger. "Get out of my field!!" He dered. </i>


    <i>The coach had to step up this time around to try to talk the situation down. </i>


    <i>Xander stomped out of the stage with heavy steps. </i>


    <i>When he made eye contact with the guy who’d caused him his red card, he found thetter grinning at him before the medic took him away due to his bleeding leg. </i>


    <i>After that, Xander shared a look with his twin brother before thetter tore his gaze away from him. And it was at that moment Xander realized he’d fucked up. </i>


    <i>A pang of regret hit his chest as he recalled his attitude towards Xavier hadpletely changed. </i>


    <i>Sighing, he walked to get his clothes changed and waited for thepetition to end since he wouldn’t be ying in other sports. </i>


    <i>He felt someone’s shadow cover him as the person sat down beside him. Without looking, he already knew who it was. </i>


    <i>"I fucked up," he mumbled loud enough for Arabe to hear him. </i>


    <i>She acknowledged his words by simply nodding. </i>


    <i>"I’m d you finally realized that," she replied. </i>


    <i>"I’ll fix things," he promised, closing his eyes shut for a second before opening them. "I’ll fix things."</i>


    <i>"Yeah you better do it, else I’ll smack you in the face," she joked to reduce the tense atmosphere. </i>


    <i>Luckily, Xander released a chuckle. </i>


    <i>They stared like that for the longest time, enjoying the sports when Arabe felt Fiona’s re from her back, digging into her skin as if she’d just stolen someone’s husband. </i>


    <i>Swiftly, Arabe turned to meet Fiona’s re with a taunting smile. Then she mouthed, ’Go fuck yourself,’ slowly so Fiona would be able to grab the words correctly. </i>