Chapter 3 - "Tennis Match"

The next day, June woke up on the bench once again, this time she went to the public restroom to change her clothes and then headed to the tennis match, where Joshua was going to play.

She used public transportation, the only card she could use was to ride the bus, she didn't eat anything and took her shoulder bag with her.

When she got there, she was surprised to see that there were lots of rich and elite people, dressed up in branded and luxurious accessories, taking pictures, and gathering around with the food they served, she really need to get in for her breakfast, and lunch.

"Ticket please" said the ticket collector to her

"I'm invited here actually by Joshua Marshall, the athlete himself" said June explaining to the ticket collector

"Don't you tell me you're the other fan that's trying to sneak in and watch some free match, it's not going to happen" said the ticket collector annoyed at her

Some people there stared at her and started whispering, "It's so embarrassing, if you can't afford a ticket, you shouldn't even try to sneak in, it's just embarrassing." muttered a stranger in a crowd, "What was she thinking, people nowadays are so weird" muttered another strangers in the crowd.

Hearing those words, June felt hurt because she had been humiliated in front of the crowd, she immediately walks away from there, she was embarrassed and planned to wait for the bus at the station.

At the same time, the ticket collector suddenly shouted June's name loudly in public. "Wait Miss Sawyer, I'm sorry, you're free to pass, I'm sorry for misunderstood you earlier" said the ticket collector apologize to her and let her pass

June was shocked, but she finally went in, everyone there was quite embarrassed because they had misunderstood her. Entering the large Courtyard stadium, June was confused about where to sit, so in the end she chose one of the seats above.

A few minutes of waiting later, the game started there. June started to see where Joshua Marshall would appear, but instead she was distracted by Kenneth Liston, who was also a tennis athlete.

"Wait, he's also a tennis athlete, so his match will be against Joshua...?" muttered June shocked as she saw Joshua appears after him

"What a coincidence?" muttered June in disbelief

Joshua and Kenneth were warming up with their tennis racket, they're both ready, as soon as the coin toss begin, Joshua is the player who serves for the first set.

Joshua started serving the ball to Kenneth and Kenneth hit it back, and there were a few rallies, and then Kenneth missed and Joshua won, 15-0.

Joshua served again and Kenneth missed again, so it was 30-0, and so on in the game Joshua won by a landslide and Kenneth failed. Everyone looks annoyed with Kenneth, who knows what's wrong with him.

June, who watched the match up from the audience seats, feel anxious, because it feels very tense.

Kenneth started to feel anxious, and he himself was breaking out in a cold sweat, because he was nervous, Joshua then continued to serve and once again Kenneth missed, and Joshua win 40-15. And the first set score was 1-0, Kenneth lost, the break started, Kenneth was reprimanded by his trainer.

"What's wrong with you, are you out of your mind?" ask the trainer mad at Kenneth who's looking very tired

"You are the next to serve, don't fail this time" said the trainer gave him the bottle water

Kenneth was very exhausted from the match, he was anxious, this was his first match after a long time on being hiatus, while on the other hand, Joshua was praised by his trainer, June watched all that from afar, and became quite worried about Kenneth, because he looked sick, and happy for Joshua because he did had skills.

The next set starts this time Kenneth is the one who serves, Kenneth hit the ball hard and Joshua managed to receive it, when Joshua hit it back Kenneth missed, so the score was 0-15.

Kenneth felt threatened, finally he tried to lock in, this time he looked at Joshua who smiled slightly ambiguously at him, Kenneth then served the ball, and Joshua missed, and now the score is 15-15.

The game continued and Kenneth won the second set, with a score of 40-30. The break didn't last any longer, they continued again, and the next set Joshua won, and the score became 2-1, then Kenneth won again to 2-2, the score continued.

Until the final set started because they ended in a draw 6-6, tiebreak, Now is the time to determine the winner, June is quite surprised because she didn't realize this game would be so intense.

Joshua who served this time, Kenneth He looked nervous as he looked around the audience and noticed June was there. He was shocked because he didn't expect June to be here. June looked at him from afar and gave him a wave with a smile.

Seeing this, Kenneth was distracted and failed to receive Joshua's first blow. Kenneth's trainer was quite frustrated because of this. Everyone who supported Kenneth felt a little disappointed because of his nervousness and lack of focus after his comeback from hiatus.

At the end of the decisive set their score was 30-30, and this time it was either Kenneth or Joshua who won, and this blow lasted a long time, everyone rallied, Joshua was the one who never gave up, and Kenneth was the one who tried. However, in the end Kenneth lost to Joshua with a final score of 7-6.

"Congratulations to our winner today, Joshua Marshall" said the host to all the audiences there

Joshua gave Kenneth a warm hug because they were both comrades in arms, as soon as he finished Kenneth immediately went to the back of the break room as did Joshua.

"I think Joshua's win is fair, Kenneth has been on hiatus for a year, so it's fair that his skills are lacking because he skipped several tournaments." said an audience sat beside June

Hearing that, June wanted to go to see Joshua to congratulate him, and thank him for inviting her to this game, it was truly a new experiment for her.

Countinued...

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