"But I was expectin' you. I saw your last Juniors match. You and Atsumu..."

It was one thing to read stats in a pamphlet. Another to watch the flesh and blood twins. Screaming and stomping, desperate for the ball. Like it was going to disappear any second. The game end before they wrung out every last scrap of love.

The memory still sends Kita's heart jumping.

"You were a level I'd never seen. Even if you spent as much time fightin' as playin' I wanted you on Inarizaki. Bad as anythin'."