The Next Morning (2)

"Haah haah, don't worry bro. You did your best." Ken said, between his gasps for breath.

Daichi just looked at him weirdly, not knowing how to respond. His emotions were still in turmoil after both last night and his brother's actions this morning.

After a few minutes of recovery, Ken moved to the spot where they usually cooled down and began to stretch his muscles.

"Are you not going to stretch?" Ken queried, sending his brother a glance.

Daichi couldn't refuse since he also needed to stretch his muscles.

He went to the opposite side and began to stretch out his legs, avoiding eye contact with Ken, his emotions still in turmoil.

"Hey man, I'm sorry for what I said last night about your mother. I shouldn't have spoken like that to you, I deserved to be hit."

Daichi's eyes widened. The apology had come out of nowhere and he'd not been expecting it.