5/10/24 Drabble: The Never-Ending Match

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What started as a friendly tennis match against friends turned into a curse that cost them their lives. They had no idea when they began just how competitive it would get. They traded shots, drawing their match well into the night as the lights kicked on. But they kept going into the next day, then the next night, and the next day after that. Weeks passed, then years, neither noticing how they could survive without food or water. Only the match mattered. The friends were unaware as they aged into old men, eventually dying before either could claim absolute victory.

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