Lie of Heartbreak

05

"Whoo!"

"Houda, aren't you a little too excited?" Thorn, one of Rose's teammates, asked.

"Of course I am! Rose is with us this year, last year he got sick," Houda smiled.

"Well, you are right. You boost the team's morale, Rose," Gin said, patting Rose's back.

"Do we really have to wear these headbands and have paint on our faces?" Arwen said, frowning.

"Yes, we do! We look like pumas, you know." Houda giggled, "Lollipops, anyone?"

Rose nodded stretching his hand out. Houda put a grape-flavored one on Rose's palm, "Thanks, Houda."

"You're welcome!" He smiled.

"You sure have a lot of energy today, Houda," Aiden smiled. Everyone knows how big of a crush Aiden has on Houda.

"Yes!" Houda smiled.

"Hey, Rose. Wear your headband properly. Don't worry, we'll take it off before the game," Kade fixed Rose's headband. They had to wear headbands, put face paint on their faces, wear the same shirts, and accessories to represent their school.

"Thanks, Kade," Rose smiled at him.

"You look nice," Kade smiled.

"We look so cute though," Aerin looked at himself on his phone's camera.

"The basketball team's out!" Zesiro said.

Rose turned to look for Devon. There he saw Devon wearing the same kind of headband and shirt. Devon waved at Rose once he found him. Rose waved back, smiling.

Devon talked to his teammates and ran towards Rose after, "Hi, Rose," Devon smiled.

"You guys go ahead first," Rose told his teammates, "Hi, Devon."

"Good luck to you and your teammates," Devon smiled, "I'll cheer for you." Devon smiled.

"Good luck too," Rose smiled.

"Oh, wait!" Devon knelt and tied Rose's shoes, "That would've been dangerous if you tripped." Devon stood up.

"Ah... thank you." Rose blushed.

"I'll get going now."  Devon waved.

"W-wait!" Rose held Devon's wrist, "Here." Rose handed Devon a lunch box consisting of lunch, a water bottle, snacks, and a towel.

Devon took the lunch box, "Thank you, Rose!" Devon waved and ran back to his teammates. Rose also caught up with his teammates.

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"Starting line-up, Aiden, Arwen, Thorn, Houda, Yuwen, Kade, and Rose." Their coach said.

"Yes, coach!" They all said in unison.

"Start warming up." He said.

Everyone followed what the coach said. They were in the first game against Ridgeville. The second would be Youngsriver against Louisville. Then Frehces against Queens.

Once they finished warming up, everyone gathered around.

"Let's do our best, Pumas!" They chanted.

Before they knew it, the game started against the Lions.

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