[If he's not watching, he can't see how Kidou's face changes as those words hit him. His mouth parts slightly, eyebrows lifting to a more open position, and the sides of his eyes not obscured by sunglasses widen. Even when he wasn't at Teikoku...
He couldn't express in words how sorry he was to do that. Even the apologies he gave when pressed were insufficient. Teikoku was-]
That field was my starting point. My team is still my team whether or not I'm on its roster. Even if I'm not there, that's a constant to me.
[There's such a dissonance between Kidou and Yamashita. As the part of him that's Kidou mulls over it, the part of him that isn't already is speaking up without having given consideration to the words. The smile doesn't stay off his face long; it's already woven its way back in place, if a bit softer.]
I may be Raimon now, but... Teikoku will always define me.
[There's more truth to that than he realized until he said it. It IS true; even looking past the part of Teikoku that had seamlessly melded with Kageyama for so long, Kidou would proudly carry the hopes and pride of Teikoku on his shoulders even as he led Raimon to (hopefully) victory. The two schools blended with him. He's glad that he spent half his time at Teikoku if he never transferred back. That way at least... he'd always be half of both.
He could live with that much. As Sakuma had said - they didn't feel he'd abandoned them because he hadn't. And wouldn't, in his heart.]
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He couldn't express in words how sorry he was to do that. Even the apologies he gave when pressed were insufficient. Teikoku was-]
That field was my starting point. My team is still my team whether or not I'm on its roster. Even if I'm not there, that's a constant to me.
[There's such a dissonance between Kidou and Yamashita. As the part of him that's Kidou mulls over it, the part of him that isn't already is speaking up without having given consideration to the words. The smile doesn't stay off his face long; it's already woven its way back in place, if a bit softer.]
I may be Raimon now, but... Teikoku will always define me.
[There's more truth to that than he realized until he said it. It IS true; even looking past the part of Teikoku that had seamlessly melded with Kageyama for so long, Kidou would proudly carry the hopes and pride of Teikoku on his shoulders even as he led Raimon to (hopefully) victory. The two schools blended with him. He's glad that he spent half his time at Teikoku if he never transferred back. That way at least... he'd always be half of both.
He could live with that much. As Sakuma had said - they didn't feel he'd abandoned them because he hadn't. And wouldn't, in his heart.]