After a few weeks, just as the coach promised, the whole team goes to a newly opened hotel with a hotspring for relaxation and team moral. Upon arriving the whole team is astounded, the hotel’s inside looks just like a Japanese hotel. Aidan only joined because everyone asked him to.
He can hear everyone, standing around being amazed at how nice and clean it looks, hut he can also hear the undergoing point of their conversation: Will there be any cute girls here? Maybe in the hotspring part of the hotel? They really want to find some cute girl so they can talk and maybe even play table tennis or more with them. Aidan decides to speak up to overcome the small talk of his team-mates
“I don’t want to be rude, but I don’t think either the coach or your captain will be satisfied if you just try to hit on girls during your stay here, it is not the reason we are here for. We have had a really hard game and our sore muscles need to relax for the season and for school, even though school is a minor thing right?”
Everyone starts laughing, and then Steve comes forward to Aidan
“I was going to say that, but you beat me to it Aidan and I think everyone will listen since in their eyes you are still the captain Aidan, so when you are around we might screw up and call you captain.”
“It´s ok. But we are here to relax, so take your time and take a good day’s rest today; you have earned it.”
“Yes Captain!!” everyone yells out

And so the day goes on, Aidan and his team members try out different things; table tennis, games everything the hotel has to offer. Aidan with his injured shoulder takes it more slowly; he finds a massage-parlour and asks if they could do something about his sore muscles. They charge him for a massage session, a full body massage, which is quite expensive, but Aidan can afford it, so after the massage is over his body feels as it has been reborn, all of his sore muscles are at ease, his right shoulder isn´t hurting as much as before and his small strains and small muscle injuries are all gone.
After going trough it all and since he still has some time left before lunch, he decides to relax some more by going to the hotspring to drench himself in hot water. Aidan has never been afraid to show other people his naked body, so it is with very little clothing (basically just a towel to cover his ”little friend”) that he enters what looks exactly like a real hotspring from Japan.

He sticks his right foot in first, carefully to find out if the water is to hot for him to handle or not, but to his pleasure it is just the right temperature, so he goes in and finds a comfortable space behind some rocks, sits down and he feels like he is in heaven, he has never had such a good experience in his whole life, all of his muscles are relaxed thanks to the massage and he feels relaxed and satisfied with himself as he slowly enjoys his lonesome visit in the hot spring.
Slowly feeling the water is getting to hot, Aidan gets up, dries himself with a towel and changes back into his ordinary clothes.
Feeling hungry he goes towards the dinner hall, upon entering the dinner hall he finds the whole team sitting there and waiting for him.
“Yo, Aidan, what took you so long? The food’s getting cold”
“Try the hot springs later, and everyone will understand why it took me so long to get here. Thanks to the massage I got before I went into the water my body felt like it was reborn. Heaven on earth is a good description. You guys have to try it out”
“Sure thing Aidan, but for now, let’s eat. The food they have served us looks really good”

After everyone has finished eating, the coach stands up and asks for silence
“I know this is a bit sudden, but the manager of this hotel said that as a bonus to the first customers he has hired a band to play for us before we head home, there will be enough time for everyone to hit the hot springs after the concert, no worries. So what does everyone say? This is free of charge; since this is a first-time happening. They also have a small bar where the concert will be held so for anyone who wants they can buy some booze, if you can handle this much freedom, otherwise the bar will be banned.
“Yes COACH!!”

Everyone, except Aidan runs towards the bar and the stage, buying beer and drinks. Aidan has never understood what the fun part with getting drunk is so he has never been drunk, even though he is twenty-one years old. Instead of booze he orders a coke and goes for a seat. His team-mates drink like there is no tomorrow.
Aidan takes it more slowly and enjoys his coke and he has drunken about half when the stage lights up and the owner stand on stage. He grabs the microphone
“Welcome, as the first guests of our hotel we would like to give you all a bonus for choosing us, if this goes well, this will be standard in our future plans. But you’re not here to listen to an old man speaking; you are here for the music. So now let me introduce the band that will be playing tonight, and as a little reminder, you’ll never hear this band again, since this is their last performance before breaking up. I give you: Fire Bomber!!”

“Now where have I heard that name before?” Aidan thinks to himself as the curtain rises and reveals 4 people standing on stage: two guys, one having a guitar and the other standing behind a synth. One tall girl sitting behind the set of drums and the other girl, wearing a white mini-skirt, a lightblue sleeveless t-shirt and white shoes, shoulder length golden hair and standing with her bass: “Mylene!!” Aidan almost bursts out, but at the last moment he stops because it would embarrass him to much. His team-mates, drunk are standing in front of the stage, closing in on it, Aidan is sitting in his seat a little further away from the stage.
“Well, what a nice audience we have today, but I have a pretty good voice so I´ll be heard throughout the whole area and according to safety rules you have to be seated” Mylene tells the greedy boys.

Doing as they are told, everyone goes back to their seats and sits down.
“Much better, well let’s get this show on the road!! Are you ready?”
“YES!!” Everyone screams out
“Alright then, first out today: Sweet Fantasy”

“Bathe me in stardust. Mm… Baby
It’s a fantasy that swirls round in the sky
Creating a rainbow in the night
Mm… Baby, yeah
We begin walking towards rainbow-coloured stars up above
Till the night gives way to dawn (fly fly fly)
You and me, both free as the wind
Play our cosmic melody
A heartbeat turns into a comet
Mm… Maybe
It’s our mysterious paradise
The peace of sleep is falling, slipping away,
Mm… Maybe, yeah
Slowly we both awaken and the words begin to flow
An orange coloured flower
Floating high above the clouds
Dancing its trembling dance
Floating rainbow-coloured
In the dead of night”

As the show goes on, with a variety of music, everyone is satisfied with what they are hearing and they feel like they are drifting away on clouds. When the tunes fade away from the latest song Mylene takes a look around her and when she finds Aidan she blinks at him with one eye and she seems to be happy since her whole face lights up and she gives him a big smile and then she speaks up, with a tired voice
“It seems I´m lucky tonight, I would like Aidan Cleerwater to come up on the stage, I have something I want to give him.”
Wondering what Mylene has up her sleeve this time it is with great caution Aidan gets up and starts walking towards the stage, his team-mates look at him with a grin on their faces since they most likely recognised Mylene since Steve mentioned her to them after their encounter in school.
Walking up on stage he turns against Mylene who is standing with a firm grin on her face. She walks right up to him, grabs his head with her arms and pulls him close to her and starts whispering to him
“What do you want? Or should I ask your team-mates what they want me to give you?”
“You don´t have to give me anything Mylene. But do as you please”
“Ok, I will.”

Releasing Aidan and turning towards his team-mates Mylene has an even bigger grin on her face than before.
“Alright, your “captain” has given me the authority to ask you fellows what you want me to give him for rescuing me. So do you have any suggestions?”

Steve being the one he is stands up
“Well, since our captain hasn´t had a girlfriend in all his life why don´t you give him a kiss? We in the whole team would really like if our captain would become more of a “male” guy instead of him being the one and only soccer fanatic who only cares about soccer. Broaden his horizons as to say.”
“Why not? Does everyone agree on this?”
“YES!!” Everyone almost yells out

Turning towards Aidan Mylene seems to shine.
“There you have it Aidan.”

Walking toward Aidan Mylene gives him a big smile, all of his team-mates are cheering, and even the coach seems to enjoy what´s happening.

End chapter 7