61 Regaining Peace 2 (2/2)

Sofony, after confirming that every player got their sports drink or water, threw the balled up plastic bag on the nearby trash bin. She then turned to the captain before replying, ”You're welcome. I'll go now. Do your best, I know you can do it. The red team still has a whole quarter to chase their score and win.”

After giving everyone one last polite smile, she walked away under the heated and fired up gazes of every eleventh-grade player. They watched how she gracefully strode towards the exit and got caught by the hands of another equally beautiful girl before getting dragged to the sides. The captain looked down to the can of energy drink on his left hand, something threatening to explode welling up from his chest.

When the red team's captain, George Li, raised his head, his eyes were no longer dull and lackluster. Instead, they were full of hope and energy as they scan his team members' faces one by one. In a voice full of passion and excitement, he suddenly shouted, ”Juniors!”

Every pair of eyes belonging to the red team suddenly turned his way.

Next, they heard him bombard them.

”Just what the heck are we doing!? Look at our stinky score up there!” He angrily pointed a finger at the scoreboard.

”Get yourselves together. Stop thinking of defeat. We should not be feeling inferior to our seniors!”

”Who cares if they have a celebrity-like captain?! Who cares if they a battalion of girls cheering for them at the stands, lining up for their autographs?!”

”We should not care!”

”We don't have to give a f*ck, because even if they have another goddess from our grade traitorously hanging out there,” he slightly paused to give a certain traitor a glare. ”Even if they have tons of girls cheering for them, we have our own gentle goddess not only cheering for us but also PERSONALLY getting us drinks and encouraging us with her smile!”

”Tell me, you useless bunch. Are we inferior to our seniors now?!”

George's boys loudly roared their answer. ”NOOOO!”

A savage grin appeared from the captain's face as he raised the can gripped by his hand. ”We have the skills, the drive, and most importantly, the gentlest goddess behind us waiting for us to deliver a victory to her. Now, you dumbasses and bastards, are we going to fail her?!!!!”

”NOOOOOOOO!!!” They once again shouted.

”Very good!” George nodded in satisfaction after seeing the enlivened mood of his team. Afterward, his right pointing finger extended to their bench's opposite direction. ”Now that I know you're all with me in this, it's time to work our asses off. Red boys! Remember, we have to win for our cause, we can't be eliminated! Our Miss Sofony is expecting a trophy from us! You know what we must do, right? If you do, shout it to me!”

”WIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN!!!”

”That's right. WIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!”

...

After more or less fifteen minutes, the game ended in a way that dumbfounded almost everybody in the mini-stadium.

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In the next few days that come, the red team turned into a controversy. They actually became associated with Sofony Mendez, something that successfully made the girl very confused and embarrassed.

It all started with the red team's unexpected and unwelcomed triumph over the blue team. This had turned into a campus sensation because many known school celebrities like Wilfred Gonzaga and Franz Jordan were involved. The two male gods now belonged to the first team eliminated by Sofony's fanboys. Yup, they're just the first, since due to something called 'miracle of youth', this red team managed to reach the finals on the fifth day of the Fest. They even became champions.

And that was for the basketball accomplishment of the juniors which they, in great fanfare, had associated with Sofony.