Chapter 317 Belief of a young fan
Squeezing his way out of this crowd, even Hiro felt somewhat exhausted. But finally after some squeezing and sprinting his way out of the crowd, he appeared before Kota who seemed very disappointed at the moment.
Lightly nodding his head while displaying a gentle smile on his face, he addressed the lady standing beside Kota.
The lady in turn returned the smile and slightly bowed her head as she expressed her gratefulness towards Hiro's polite gesture.
Afterwards he then turned his attention towards that boy dressed in colors of Kawasaki whose face had seemingly lost its luster and was sulking so deeply that he didn't even notice the arrival of Hiro. Just by looking at the miserable appearance of that boy, one could tell that he was deeply affected.
Glancing at the pen and the picture of Hiro from the time he had lifted the Takamado Cup which this kid in front of him was carrying, Hiro mumbled in a gentle tone, "Don't I look great in that photo?"
Who is this person that's impersonating my favorite player?
Kota who was unaware of the presence of Hiro, upon hearing this remark became extremely agitated. And as soon as he heard this voice which was claiming to be Hiro, he immediately jolted his eyes towards the direction from where this voice was coming, while clenching his fist— he was preparing to throw a fit.
"Who.....?!"
But the moment he turned around, his pupils enlarged as his words froze in his mouth— he became totally speechless upon seeing the sight of Hiro.
Witnessing Hiro walking out of the airport, he had almost given up on any hopes of meeting him today. But somewhere in his heart, he still didn't want to admit it. And because of that he was feeling quite heavy hearted.
"Hi... Hiro...."
Upon seeing the sight of Hiro, the little kid stammered as he called out Hiro's name with great surprise and joy.
The kid was simply exalted upon seeing Hiro so close to him. He had seen Hiro many times on the field and on screens, but it was his first time meeting Hiro up so close.
Displaying a sweet amicable smile on his face, Hiro answered, "Yup that's me but what about you? What's your name?"
'I'm talking to Hiro.... And he's asking for my name'
Several excited thoughts appeared in his mind as his cheeks turned red with exhilaration. It was like right now he was in a dream.
Excitedly he then answered while stammering, "Ko... Kota, It's Wataru Kota"
"So Kota huh? That's a nice name" upon hearing the response of the kid in front, Hiro complimented, "So Kota, do you want me to sign that photo?"
Vigorously nodding his head, Kota answered in his excited tone, "Yes please and also could you also sign my jersey?"
Faced with Kota's favor, Hiro bent down as he adjusted his height in accordance with Kota's height, "Sure, I can do that"
While signing his jersey, Kota asked him a question which was most often asked to players with excellent talent, "How can I play like you?"
Have a system, I guess.....
At first Hiro had the urge of saying that but immediately he dispelled those thoughts from his mind as he answered in a more reasonable manner, "Hmm... let me think"
"Hard-work, discipline, training, mentality, eagerness to learn, ability to accept criticism, all of these things are important but may be the one of the fact which we ignore the most is probably enjoying this beautiful game"
While answering such, he paused and frowned his brows as he recalled that he himself was right now a fourteen year old kid. Although he had achieved some amazing feats with the national team this time but he was still a kid who had yet to make his debut in senior team let alone in the national men's senior team.
"But shouldn't you ask such questions to players who are extremely good? I'm just still a kid myself"
But the next sentence that left the mouth of Kota left him both bewildered and flustered, "You're already good and I know that one day you'll became great as well, so I'm just asking for future reference"
Are these the words a kid his age should be speaking?
Hearing those encouraging words full of belief, Hiro couldn't help but deeply analyze the words spoken by this kid in front of him. Kota however had only said those words because he had faith in Hiro that someday he'd make it big.
It was just pure belief and nothing else. And in actuality there was nothing profound in this sentence and right now Hiro was simply overthinking.
Even so having a complete stranger having this much faith in him; he was touched by this boy's words full of faith.
Reciprocating the feeling he was feeling at the moment, he mumbled in a thankful tone, "Then I'll send you a ticket when I make my senior debut"
May be Hiro had simply said those words to express his thankfulness or may be had just spurred it at the moment but those words had a huge impact on the kid in front. Immediately upon hearing those words, a big wide grin appeared on his face and his eyes sparkled with elation.
"Promise??"
With eyes glistening with joy, Kota asked while stretching his pinky finger towards Hiro.
The innocent look on the face of this kid in front of him somehow helped Hiro relax. Unwittingly as he contemplated about the innocence of this kid, a subtle smile filled with pure joy escaped his mouth.
"Promise"
Stretching his pinky finger forward to make a pinky promise, Hiro played along with the act of this kid as he made a genuine promise to him.
These touching scene was sure to make headlines in tomorrow's news.
And those crowd of people who were gathered around Hiro found his gesture extremely heart touching. Many of them as they recorded this moment in their phones couldn't help but shed tear. With this incident, Hiro had got even close to the heart of many of his fans. And with this act of goodwill, he had even managed to make many of those who despised him because of his early rise to the fame see him in different light.
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