“Dang, you’re really aimin’ to hit me hard here, huh?”
Raihan’s silent for a moment- It’s unbecoming of him to confess to either of these sins (Is this... Public?), but maybe it could be kind of cathartic to confess to something he keeps close to himself, right?
“Well, I’ll throw you a bone ‘n tell you something that relates to both of these, how ‘bout that?
Y’know... How that kid- The current champion, yeah- how they beat Leon? I always thought it was gonna be me.”
He pauses to laugh, hollow and dry. Thinking of that day embarrassed him, he’d let his true feelings out for a moment and he regrets it. He’s only glad that neither Leon nor the kid was there to see it.
“Well, when I heard that they’d beat him, I lost track of myself for a moment there. Don’t think the staff appreciated having to clean up after me in the locker room after that.”
Raihan sighs dramatically.
“I’m over it, though. The kid deserves it if he beat Leon, I’m jus’ a lil’ bit jealous that it wasn’t me, y’know? Don’t get me wrong, Leon’s my friend ‘n all but damn... I’d love to win against him one day.”