“Huh…?”
A sudden request from the staff makes Boom completely speechless.
He never dreamed that he would ever hear those words again.
“Wait, Can the staff even enter the race?” Chompoo asked.
“Yeah, he can. No one volunteered. You used to be a runner, right?”
That staff came and grabbed Boom’s shoulder. Right now Boom's head is completely empty. He had no idea what to say at all.
“Is this a high schooler level race?” Lifa asked.
“Yeah. Actually, Its includes both middle and high schooler race”
“Is that even a thing?”
But this is not the time to think about a minor detail. If the team can’t find the replacement in time, they would immediately get disqualified.
“Damn it all…”
“Boom…”
Lifa goes to check on Boom’s condition, who is now holding his head and breathing hard.
Although his ankle injury is long gone. But deep down he’s still hurt. Afraid that if he wins, it will cause the same loop that he encountered back in primary school.
There is about half an hour left to decide. That staff member said before leaving the room.
“Fucking damn it…” Boom swearing.
Half an hour is still not enough time to make a decision.
What makes things worse, is that this is the final round. The most stressful round too.
“I’Boom, If you won’t do it, Why don’t just let the other do it?”
“You think others will agree? They’ll just make a bunch of excuse to avoid it”
Tar’s idea is rejected by his girlfriend without any mercy.
Suddenly, Boom stood up.
“Where are you going?” Beam asked.
“I need some time to think…”
And left the room.
It’s true that there may be other people who might want to anticipate, But from looking at the list of names, Beam found that most of the people who are participating are the top athletes who had completed countless times before. If they choose some random person to go participate, they will definitely lose.
“Um…Losing just one event wouldn’t hurt a lot, right?”
It might be true like Lifa said because this sport event is supposed to be for entertainment. But if you do nothing and lose like a bitch, it's still too much.
Because in the past year, The blue team won in this category 3 years in a row. Having to lose this year would be a huge blow to morale.
5 minutes has elapsed just by talking alone.
“I’ll go look for Boom”
“K”
Lifa immediately ran to find Boom. She searched for a couple minutes until she found him sitting blankly in a chair under a tree not too far away.
“Boom…”
She calls him out.
“Hm? Oh, It’s you”
“What are you doing…”
“Uh…No idea”
*Sigh* She let out a sigh.
If he agrees to go participate and loses, it would be a shame and embarrassment for a long time.
But on the other hand, if he rejects the request then his team will be disqualified. The other would definitely come and scold him.
“I wanna use shadow clone jutsu so bad…” He mumbled.
Seeing that his mind began to falter. Lifa then sat next to him and told him to calm down first.
“Are you nervous…Dumb question, You’re definitely nervous right now”
“.....Please give me some time to think”
“Still 20 minutes left. It should be in time”
“Yeah”
Boom replies back with a heavier tone. Lifa immediately knows that he’s getting annoying.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to put more pressure on you”
“Uh…”
Boom expression visibly paled. Right now Lifa must find a way to get Boom back to being as strong as before.
She doesn't want to force him to participate in this competition at all. But she has to make Boom decide for himself whether to compete or not.
Judging by his expression, His head must be blank right now.
“Hey, Boom…Why don’t you want to compete?”
“Because if I lose…I’m afraid that I will…”
“It’ll be like back then, right?”
Back when Boom destroyed everyone’s hope.
“If I lose this time…I would never dare to go meet my team again”
“You think that deeply?”
“Yeah”
Normally, Boom is a person who thinks a lot about his own status in society. And often think about how other people will judge him. That is another reason why he didn’t want to stand out much.
It’s like there’s a voice in your head that's always talking. ‘You sure about this?’, ‘No one is going to make fun of me, right?’ something like this.
So much so that he can even think about all possible consequences that will follow later. But sometimes it might be a little too extreme.
Like if he didn’t submit this work, he’ll get F and have to take a supplementary exam and will get scolded really hard by his parents.
Just an example though. Boom is a lot worse than this.
Now he has to bear such a huge burden. It makes him more nervous than before, thus it makes his heart beat a lot faster.
15 minutes left…
“Damn, what should I do…” Boom speaks nervously.
And while he’s about to have a mental breakdown.
“You know…Everyone won’t think much about it” Lifa said.
“.....Huh?”
“It’s kind of sudden, right? Who would have thought it would happen”
…..Boom stunned.
“Remember when I said ‘It’s not like everyone will know me’ to Tid? It’s the same principle”
“...What do you mean?”
“Well…Even if you’re famous, it’s not like everyone knows or remembers your identity, is that true? Some people don’t have time to follow other people’s lives around. They too have their lives. And I think everyone wouldn’t want to remember or getting involved with celebrity that much”
Well…That’s true. Boom thought.
Lifa slowly leaned over and put her head on Boom’s head.
“Leave those mistakes to the past. Don’t try to remember it at all. I think it’s better take your precious time to remember all the good things that happened in your life”
“.....You thought so?”
“Yeah, Most of them are not that vengeful. And this time you can say ‘It’s sudden’,’I didn’t train’ and many excuses this time. In addition, your body is not in your prime anymore. I think everyone would understand that”
Lifa stands up and touches Boom’s left cheek with her finger.
“If you really decide to participate. Think of it like having fun exercising with friends. There is no need to be too attracted to winning. If we lose this year, Then we’ll make a comeback next year”
Hehe. Lifa smile.
“You need to decide for yourself whether you want to participate or not. I won’t force you. Just saying it for you to think about”
‘That’s all I want to say’ As Lifa is about to leave. She got called by Boom again.
“I’Li…”
“Hm?”
While she is confused about why he called her. He immediately hugged her.
“Wa- Wait- B…Boom? What are you!?”
“Thanks”
And he back off.
Right now, Lifa’s face is completely red to the point where he can see a steam on her head.
“It’s been so long since I got really good advice like this. Uh….Thanks a lot”
Boom thanks her. Lifa, who is flustered, replied ‘N- No, it’s ok’.
“About 8 minute left…I should get going”
“Y- Yeah…”
Before leaving, Boom patted her head and went back to the team. Leaving Lifa alone by herself.
She supped both her hands on her cheeks and sighed.
“You dummy…”
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“You serious about this?”
In the preparation room. Tar comes to talk to Boom one last time before the competition to ask if he is sure about this.
“Yeah, Just this time, isn’t it? I’ll be fine”
“What about your ankle?”
When Tar brings that up. Boom pause for a moment and then gently touch his left ankle.
“It’s ok, I can endure it for a short moment”
“It’s a damn football field, I’Boom.You know how big this shit is? Are you really sure about this? ”
This is not a relay race. It’ll definitely cause the body to bear a heavy burden. This makes Tar clearly worry about Boom.
(If I lose…)
He rubbed his own head to get rid of that thought before getting up.
“C’mon, I’ll be fine” and walked out coolly.
“Don’t act cool this time, you asshole…”
At the field, Boom, who is in the runner outfit, is drawing lots to choose the order. Which is label number 3.
Getting the second from the last position is not a good thing. But what really matters is not the position. What matters is your running posture.
‘All the runner, Please be in your position’ The referee’s voice sounded.
“What did you say to Boom to make him agree to participate like that?”
On the grandstand. Chompoo asked Lifa who’s stand next to her.
“Oh uh…Just a little encouragement. Nothing much” and turned her head away.
‘Ready…’
They all ready.
‘Set…’
Stay focus.
‘Go!’
*Bang!* After the gunshot. All the competitors immediately ran at full speed.
The green team is currently on the lead. Followed by blue team, Yellow team and Orange team.
(I can do this! I am the flash!)
After encouraging himself and all the screaming, so loud that could explore someone’s ears. Boom increased his speed and successfully overtook 1st place.
‘Whoa whao whao! Blue team! The blue team!’
“Brother…” Beam, who is at the bottom of the grandstand, Cheering her brother with all her heart.
Until…
‘Goal!!!! The blue team won!!!’
Boom successfully got 1st place.
All the cheering erupted from the blue team, drowning out everything else.
He removes his headband, throws it away and sits there to rest.
“Bro!”
Beam saw him and quickly brought him water and took him to sit at a nearby table to rest.
“You good?”
“Y…Yeah…”
Judging from his tone of voice,It’s not very convincing, But that’s ok.
An award ceremony must be held after this. Boom proceeded to carry his own body to the stage to receive the award.
The 1st place goes to the Blue team, Followed by Yellow team, Green team and Orange team.
After the award ceremony, Boom went to sit alone at the back of the grandstand and opened a water bottle then poured it all over his head.
“How..did I…do that?”
He thought, still questioning his own skill.
“But you did a really great job”
“?”
When he turns toward the voice, he sees Lifa who is handing over a BZ-100 brand of energy drink.
“Tie-in?”
“C’mon, Do you want it or not?”
“I do, give me that”
Lifa pouted a little at being teased, but she handed it to Boom anyway. In which Boom gladly accepted it.
“No, really. You did an amazing job" She praised.
“Yeah, I had no idea how I did that. But whatever”
“You really get ahead of yourself”
“Of course, I’m the best”
They both laughed.
“So…Why are you here? You don’t want to take a break with the others or something?”
“The wind is cool around here and there aren’t any people, So I came”
“Huh…”
Lifa shrugged for a moment.
“Right back at you…”
“Hm? what’s tha–!?”
Lifa immediately hugged Boom.
“Wha-!? What the hell!?
“You did this to me..I just want to take a revenge”
This is the cutest revenge Boom has ever seen.
“I’m literally soaked in sweat…”
“Who’s care?”
Lifa hugged him tighter than before. It wasn;t long before she finally let Boom go.
“I’m heading back to watch the basketball match”
She smiles and waves as she leaves. Leaving Boom alone by himself.
“...God fucking dammit”
Boom cursed before throwing the bottle into the trash can and sitting back to rest.
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