Xiao watched as his teammate, your brother, scored yet another goal. His eyes instinctively went to you, who was now screaming and cheering incredibly loudly. It only made him feel both worse for not scoring a goal, and more fired up to score one, to see if you’d cheer the same.

The game ended with a solid win for your school. Xiao was pretty satisfied with the way he performed during the game, definitely could’ve done better, but he was far from average.

When the stands were clearing out, Xiao found that his eyes followed you, watching as you hopped over to your older brother, excitedly congratulating him. Xiao grabbed his water bottle and sipped from it, his eyes glancing over at you more than they should, but he minded his own business. He wasn’t the type to speak unless spoken too, mainly because he’d rather not speak to anyone.