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As Jurou arrived at the Gym, he noticed the team getting their things and preparing to leave. As they made their way out of the gym a few whispered curious things to each other about Conrad that Jurou didn't quite catch but shot them a disappointed glare, they instantly shut up once they saw him. "Is Conrad practising?" Jurou asked trying to hide what was really going on.

"We're not sure to be honest." They all seemed a bit hesitant to speak up. Jurou found it slightly annoying sometimes when people acted like they were stepping on egg shells around him. Trying their best not to say the wrong thing to pis him off when he was really a chill guy and enjoyed speaking with every team mate. "He just told us all to go. Well to be fair it is getting dark."

"Alright, thanks guys. You all did great today! But tomorrow we'll be practising ten times harder!" Jurou said this with a big grin on his face as the rest of his team groaned, followed by a few chuckles as they waved goodbye and were finally out of sight.

Jurou finally entered the gym, noticing some lights were off; Conrad was definitely practising then, he remembered his friend would always do this when he was deep in thought and concentrating. He watched Conrad from behind, listening to the sounds of the ball hitting the hard floor. Jurour was amazed at how hard his friend was concentrating, as if the real world around him didn't exist; the moves he was doing, the way his body moved and reacted to the invisible players around Conrad, all Jurou could do was stay where he stood and watch Conrad in awe. He always looked up to his friend, his ability to look into the details of everything about Basketball and see past the players masks. Conrad could seek out their weaknesses and even use their strengths against him, he was what Jurou thought held the team together. Even though they had spent a long time without Conrad as he was overseas, Jurou still felt lost without him on the team, he saw what Jurou couldn't as Jurou tended to get a bit careless sometimes on the field in the heat of the match. Plus he couldn't see every player on the court at once and it was a very fast paced game after all.

Sometimes, at times like this Jurou felt a bit useless, he didn't think it would be best to interrupt Conrad as it would just make him more angry. But for a brief moment, Conrad had turned to his direction and Jurou saw it. His eyes. Jurou's heart felt like it stopped for that brief moment, he was surprised and almost a bit afraid, he couldn't recall the last time or a time at all when he saw his friend's eyes like that. "Conrad..." Jurou spoke to himself in a soft, concerned voice. What could he do?? Would randomly joining in Conrad's little match calm him down or make things worse? He thought he knew his friend better than this but for some reason Jurou couldn't think straight and irritated him greatly. All he could think about was that guy that knew Enma, his stupid face kept popping up in the back of his mind. Jurou gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He really wanted to physically harm him and Jurou hated feeling this way. But at the same time he felt more determined than ever to play Basketball and defeat this rival team they had set themselves out to defeat.