EVENT: The Game Begins! (Pre-game through Inning 3)

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After closing ceremonies, there was some scrambling and gnashing of teeth as people with tickets to the Lions game were separated from people without them. The group that was going was pushed towards the shuttle bus, which took off for the park as soon as everyone was safely in place. A representative of the online network stood, distributing

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[fork_u_up]

Hearing Ren call him Shuu-chan was about five times better than reading it on his phone, too. Kanou's face felt like it was about to split from smiling so much.

"I wanted to see if you'd get any awards," Kanou admitted, laughing as he stepped around Oda and stood in front of Hatake's seat to talk to Ren. It was just for a minute and the game hadn't even started yet; Hatake could go without a view for that long. "Next time you will, right? I want to see you on that stage!"

He took Ren's awkwardly outstretched arm and pulled him in for a brief hug. He meant it to be a manly hug, not touching a lot and a pat on the back, the end--but there wasn't a whole lot of room and he got a little too enthusiastic. It ended up being a tight squeeze and a let's-not-fall-over steadying pat before Kanou pulled away. A little awkward but it'd felt nice. "I am happy, I guess. Yeah." I get to sit next to Oda, he didn't add. Because he knew enough about his feelings to know that it was probably weird to be so happy about that. "What about you? You're happy too, right? Everybody's treating you well?"