Part 1

Street SEKAI

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Akito

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Alright, let's try it once from the top...
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Toya

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Okay.
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Len

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Oh, I wanna watch!
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Akito

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Sure.
Ready, Toya?

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Len

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That was so cool!
You guys looked really solid the whole way through!
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Akito

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Thanks, but we still have to hammer out the details for some of these other parts.
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Toya

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Right.
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Toya

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And once our performance comes together, I'm sure your friend will appreciate it very much.
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Len

You mean Akito's old classmate from elementary school?
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Toya

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Yes. I believe they also played together on the same soccer team.
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Len

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Hmm...
Akito in elementary school, huh?
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Len

Hey, Akito! What were you like back then? You don't have to stop taking your break, but I'm really curious!
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Akito

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What was I like...?
I doubt you'll find it very interesting.
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Len

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That's totally fine.
I just wanna learn more about you guys!
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Toya

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I'd like to as well.
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Toya

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I've hardly ever heard you talk about yourself from that far back.
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Akito

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I mean, I don't mind talking about it...
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Akito

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So to put it simply, I guess I was pretty cocky...
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Len

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Hm? How's that different from now?
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Akito

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Hey, do you want me to talk or not?
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Len

Eep! Sorry!
That was meant to be a joke!
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Len

I'll stop, I promise. Please, continue...
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Akito

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...
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Toya

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And you say that you were cocky, but I suspect that there's more to this.
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Len

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Yeah, or maybe... How or why were you like that?
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Akito

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I've liked playing sports for as long as I can remember, and my teachers back then recommended that I play for clubs and stuff. But I kept refusing to for a while...
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Len

Really? I would've thought you wanted to play for teams like that.
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Akito

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I tried joining this baseball team once and kept getting into arguments with the team's ace, who was already there and a lot older than me.
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Akito

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The same thing happened for basketball. I'd usually have no problem picking up a new sport.
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Akito

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Looking back, it never felt like I had ever accomplished anything.
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Akito

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But when I was a kid, I'd always say stuff like, That's it? This is easy!
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Toya

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So another way to put it is, you were very athletic...
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Len

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Yeah. That part of you really hasn't changed at all, huh?
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Akito

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True. And out of all the sports, I did try, I stuck with soccer the longest...
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Akito

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It was rough at first because the pitch was huge. I had to think about where everybody was positioned, and it felt like way too much for me to remember.
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Akito

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But whenever we gelled as a team, it felt like a lot of fun. That was probably why I stuck with it for so long.
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Akito

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And... Somewhere along the way, I'd convinced myself that I was taking it seriously.
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Toya

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Convinced yourself...?
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Akito

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Yeah, I didn't understand what it meant to be good or what losing when it mattered really felt like.
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Akito

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Then, during my last match as a sixth-grader, the favorites, to win this one tournament, clobbered us...
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Akito

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That team was apparently full of kids that left home just to go play soccer and train to become pros.
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Len

What?! But they were just elementary schoolers, right...?
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Akito

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Yeah, I froze after I heard that too. I had no idea whatsoever.
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Akito

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I asked myself if I could commit like that too and I just couldn't find an answer.
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Akito

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I felt like an idiot for thinking I was so good and not understanding what it meant to take the sport seriously, so I quit.
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Len

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I see...
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Toya

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But you're helping the soccer club even now, no? Is that...?
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Akito

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Oh, that? They were talking about doing scrims but just barely didn't have enough for two teams, so I ended up joining them.
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Akito

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I get what it's like to want to practice as much as you can to find ways to win.
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Akito

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So I'd feel like the bad guy if I sort of became the reason they couldn't do that.
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Toya

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I see.
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Akito

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And in the end, you know what?
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Akito

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I guess I just like playing soccer.
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Akito

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I still haven't forgotten how I felt back then, but now, just kicking around a ball helps me push that away...
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Akito

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That makes me pretty lame, huh?
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Len

Really? I think that's a good thing.
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Len

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I mean, it'd be awful not to be able to do something that you really like doing, right?
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Akito

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...
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Akito

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You really know which buttons to press sometimes, don't you?
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Len

Hehe!
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Len

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Oh, hey, Akito!
I kinda feel like playing soccer now. You think we can do it here?
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Akito

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Hm? Maybe...
We can try juggling a ball or something.
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Len

Juggling, sure!
Just keep the ball in the air for as long as I can, right?
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Len

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Yeah! Let's do that!
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Akito

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We still have dance practice, you know?
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Len

That's that! This is this!
It can be just during our break, so please, teach me!
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Toya

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Throw him a bone, Akito.
He's already helped us out this much.
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Akito

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Lately, it feels like we've been giving more than receiving...
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Akito

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Okay, fine.
I'll bring a ball next time.
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Len

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Yay!
Promise, okay? If you don't and forget like KAITO always does, I'm gonna be mad.
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Akito

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Sure.