A/N: Hello everyone! I've had this idea for this story for a really really long time now, and I've finally posted it! Yeah I know, new story, but this is pretty different from what I've done before. More drama/angst the likes. So please review and tell me what you think! This is like a sort of prologue by the way.
Winners and Losers
follow . me
{taking lefts, then taking rights
how many right turns will take me up
i'm lost when on my own
but i'll find my way back home}
till . we . can . reach . that . bright . place
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"I can't take it anymore. I can't be here."
"You're kidding me, you're not leaving are you?"
"I can't stay here. Not this school, not this place."
"What about the team? You can't just leave the team!"
"This isn't the place for me. So take care of the team."
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"Shiori-buchou left already! And I can't be here either. This is driving me crazy. They hate us here. They hate us, and we will never be able to gain their respect again, not without Shiori, and she's never coming back!"
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"It's time for me to take my leave too. I'm sorry, but with everyone gone, we don't stand a chance anymore. Everyone at this school is a vulture."
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"You're going to hate me, but there's no place for me here. There's no place for us anymore. Things have started to go downhill, and you know it. We don't belong here. We can't stay because we're not like them."
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"You're still going to have the first years. I can't stay here for another year. I'm leaving now, and I'm not going to wait til graduation. Everyone else left. Open your eyes, please. See that this is useless. We lost our place at this school months and months ago."
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"You honestly can't keep living like this. I don't want to be here for another school year. They're going to destroy you, and you'll have nothing left. Even the captain left. Don't you understand that these people are not human. They're demons who only want to win."
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Every night, she would replay their last words in her head. Their friendship wasn't strong enough to overcome the burden of being a winner at Rikkaidai, and the pressures that came with it. Being a failure was not an option at that school, and they left because they couldn't handle the rejection that came with their failure. They couldn't live with the weight of everyone's expectations sitting on their shoulders. She couldn't stop them from leaving, even when she begged and pleaded. Their friendship was nothing more than weak bonds that disintegrated as soon as the entire school turned their backs on them. Instead of trying to prove themselves again, the team left, disbanded and transferred. Their words still played in her head.
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"I'm moving to Tokyo and going to Hyotei."
"I'll be going to school with my cousins in Osaka at Shitenhouji."
"I know people will be angry, but I'm going to Seigaku."
"This isn't a school for people like me, so I'm going to Fudomine."
"You know I don't want to leave you, but I'm transferring to Yamabuki as soon as possible."
"I've found a place where I belong. A place where I'm accepted no matter what. St. Rudolf."
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