Chapter 316 A young fan
Looking at Hiro with eyes full of doubt and shock, Shun simply couldn't digest those nice words of Hiro. And right now, he couldn't even bring himself to look away from Hiro.
Noticing that strange look on his face, Hiro immediately caught the whiff of the meaning behind that strange stare. Even so, Hiro didn't feel like explaining everything to Shun in detail and thus instead urged him to move forward since he was blocking his path, "How long are you planning on staring at me? Just move fast or give way if you want to remain here"
Saying so, Hiro gave him a light push which in turn caused him to lose his balance and stumble.
Clumsily stumbling forward, he complained as he tried to stabilize his balance, "Why do you have to push? Can't you use just speak?"
"I did, so now move forward or else everybody will leave us behind" answering such, Hiro treaded forward while carrying his luggage.
Walking out of the airport door, immediately players were greeted by a flurry of camera flashes and the booming applause and cheers of hundreds of fans. Part of this seemingly huge airport was right now cramped with people.
"Hiro? Hiro..... Please give me your autograph...."
"Please sign my shirt...."
"How do you feel on becoming the champions of Asia?"
Mixed with the deafening sound of cheers, reporters were asking various questions and at the same time many fans were either asking for a autograph or a picture.
Right now, these players were not just ordinary individuals but a symbol of their country's collective spirit and unity. They were like celebrities.
Expecting such scenario to take place, security personnel were hired by the team to ensure players safety and clear the path. And right while those people dressed in black blocked the path of this hundreds of excited fans, players moved forward while waving their hands to the fans.
Although the security personnel were preventing a scene from taking place by blocking the fans, upon receiving the love of fans, by interacting with the fans close to them players were sending back their love.
And right now, Hiro was no exception either. With this many people fawning over him, it was impossible even for him to move forward undetected.
"Seems like we won't be able to get his autograph today" a kid who was barely 7 or 8 year old mumbled disappointedly upon seeing the flock of people crowding around Hiro.
Unlike most of the people this kid was dressed in the jersey of Kawasaki Frontale's youth club with number 10 behind his back. Judging by his appearance, one could deduce that he was a supporter of Kawasaki.
"Sorry Kota.... It seems like big brother Hiro is really busy today"
A lady probably in her late twenties apologized to the kid in her gentle tone while showcasing a helpless smile on her face.
The words of this lady seemingly had little to no effect on the kid as he continued frowning. Just looking at the dejected expression on his face, it was evident that he was looking forward to meeting with Hiro.
Unlike most of the kid's his age who idolized the senior players of their team, this local fanboy who attended almost every game of Hiro played home which didn't overlap with his school was a huge fan of Hiro. Still because of the large number of crowd gathered around Hiro, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to meet his hero today.
Moving along the crowd while signing autographs, exchanging greeting, clicking pictures and answering some questions, Hiro couldn't even see the figure of Kota who was eagerly looking forward to meeting with him.
Finally after sometime, ignorant of Kota's presence he walked out of the crowd. But just as he was about to board the bus, he noticed the boy dressed in the colors of Kawasaki seemingly looking dejected getting consoled by the lady from before.
It wasn't his first time seeing this boy who was right now on the verge of tearing. He had seen him many times during his matches. Thus, it took only one glance to recognize that familiar face.
Immediately upon recognizing that familiar face, Hiro informed Shun that he was heading out for a minute, "I'll be back in a minute"
"Wait, where are you going?"
Shun tried stopping him but before he could even finish his sentence Hiro left him behind like wind.
"Why is he coming back?"
"Did he forget something?"
The crowd which was starting to scatter after the departure of the players, upon noticing Hiro rushing towards the airport started hurrying towards Hiro. Those who couldn't get an opportunity to interact with him, those who couldn't get an opportunity to get his autograph immediately rushed towards Hiro in hopes of meeting Hiro.
Hiro however as he came face to face with this crowd politely denied their approach and continued treading towards the direction of Kota, "I'm really sorry but can you please open up a way?"
"I'm really sorry"
Apologizing, he squeezed his way out of the crowd.
"Don't be sad Kota, I'll take you to meet him in the training ground tomorrow Kota"
Unaware of the commotion taking place around them, the lady standing close to Kota consoled her son and tried to cheer him up.
Yet Kota remained stubborn as he refused to cheer up. Sure he could meet Hiro some other day but being a huge fan of Hiro just like many other fans who had showed up in the airport, he too wanted to meet Hiro this very day and celebrate the win with him.
He was there when Kawasaki were crowned the champions of east league, he was present in the stadium when Kawasaki were crowned the champions of Takamado Premier Trophy, almost in every joyous moment since Hiro started playing for this clubs youth team he was present there, but today despite being so close to Hiro, he wasn't able to meet his hero.
Seeing her son's dejected look, the lady frowned as she was overcome with the grief of seeing her son's saddened face. Her heart felt heavy as she couldn't bear watching her son's dejected face.
And just as she turned away, she found Hiro rushing towards her. She immediately wanted to break this news to her son but was stopped by Hiro.
While rushing towards her, Hiro was gesturing her to remain silent.
As requested by Hiro, she kept her mouth shut and stopped herself from breaking the news to her son. A subtle smile filled with joy appeared on her face and her cheeks turned slightly red. Her eyes sparkled as she felt extremely grateful towards Hiro.
She knew that he was already on his way to the bus. She had seen him walking towards the bus. But just because he had noticed her son, he had deserted his teammates and rushed towards them to fulfill her son's wish.
Thus, out of Hiro's consideration towards her son, she felt extremely grateful towards Hiro for his polite gesture.
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