A few days after Neil does a post-match interview with Kevin, he comes across with its recording on TV. He rarely rewatches his interviews, so he takes the remote to change the channel but he stops. He is not looking at himself talking his mouth off, no, he knows what he said. Something along the lines of that the other team's backliner was a an asshole and an embarrassment to NCAA Class I Exy. No, he is looking at Kevin standing close to the TV Neil, his eyes on him, he has a soft expression in his face. Something foreign, something he never shows to anyone unless they are the captain of the Trojans. Kevin looks... proud. Proud and something else.. Neil can't tell. No, that's must be wrong. Neil remembers that interview, he remembers the scolding afterwards, he does not remember that smile on Kevin's face. He stares until Aaron comes and calls him a narcissist for watching himself talk. He replies something unpolite to Aaron and turns off the TV. But he cannot look at Kevin without blushing or a week.

















