A meeting with Lilith

Happy was rushed to the hospital as his heart beats weakly in his chest, his mom who had watched the was there beside as he laid there expressionless but his mom knew that her son felt satisfied. She had seen it all but she felt broken inside that his happiness would be shot lived if he doesn't wake up or he is said to be unfit to play soccer, as she held his hand and said a silent prayer for him when she heard a car pulled up into the hospital drive way, as she looked through the window she saw the car of Happy school soccer team coach.

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"we are here to see the football player that got admitted here and ..."

before the coach he heard a soft silky voice reaching his ears.

"head coach Sam am pleased you came, I think my son needs you right now"

"they are with me", Happy's mom said to the receptionist as she led the coach with Luis, Ash and Luke and were Happy was.

When the group saw Happy state they felt sorry that the victory they achieved came at the expense of Happy's health, Luis subconsciously clenched his fist as the scenario that happened yesterday played back in his head. He could clearly remember the blood that slip out of the corner of Happy's lips, when Ash looked away from him as he transferred his superpotentia energy to him.

'if I had stopped him, maybe the outcome would have been different. His condition would not have been like this if I wasn't careless as a captain', Luis thought in regret.

He might not have liked Happy but he doesn't like achieving something at the expense of someone else life, while he was wallowing in his self condemnation and regrets.

"why do you think I continued doing what I was doing when I realized you were watching me, why would I bank my trust on you that you won't report me to the coach, why would I put my life in danger just to have a win for a hopeless soccer match, why continue coming for training every time to be rejected as a player without affinity to superpotentia but still have high hopes to play soccer even if it's for half a minute", Happy said out of the blue but his eyes was still closed as the room was plunged into silence.

Everyone but Luis thought that Happy was talking to God knows who in his sleep. Luis looked at Happy with a complicated gaze, he stood there and pondered about the questions Happy had asked but it seems that the more he thought about it, the more he seems he drowning. He had always wondered why Happy was persistent on playing soccer despite his shortcoming and as he was lost in his thoughts he heard Happy voice again.

"I did all that because of my passion for soccer, I made a promise that I Happy Petra will prove myself worthy if soccer doesn't accepts me, I don't care it kills me or disable me because I believe if I don't live to fulfill my passion I will live in perpetual regret. I know you felt that way and that is why you didn't say a word, you love soccer don't you? if you do don't regret anything instead play soccer to the fullest", Happy said as he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Luis. Seeing Happy gaze was on Luis everyone now understood that his earlier words was aimed at Luis, so they were wondering what happened between the two but Ash kept quiet as he now clear on the fact that Luis had caught him and Happy act.

Luis felt the passion flames to play soccer more than ever burn in his heart but it quenched by extremely cold water when he heard Happy next words.

"you get it... if you don't gerrit, forget abou-rrit", Happy said with as he looked at Luis with a pitiful gaze.

( the statement Happy just made is a popular slang in Nigeria which means 'I can't say or explain more than what I know and if you still don't understand it, well, then forget about it' )

Everyone looked at Happy with a gaze that meant

'bro, why spoil the mood you just made with you silly joke'. Luis could not stop his eyebrows from twitching as he felt this strong urge to beat him to pulp, then kick him so hard as a soccer ball with the aim of sending him to outer space.

Ash and Luke facepalm themselves as they pretended as if they never knew him, if they were asked if they knew him the would absolutely retort 'do we know him, hell no do we even look alike for us to know him'.

Mrs Petra just giggles as she watched her sons resolve to be happy despite his condition. The coach seeing how awkward the situation was cleared his voice as he excused Happy's mom to talk with her, leaving the four boys in the room.

"ehmm, will you help me sit up my body feels numb for sleeping on the bed for too long", Happy asked but instantly regretted his decision to ask Luis for help as the latter pinched him to oblivion as he helped him sit upright.

"hey, do you guys play abyss warlock cause boredom is really going to kill me", Happy said as he grabbed his phone.

"yeah, why not it is the second best thing to soccer", Luke said as he and the others brought out their phone to play the game.

"I'll create a party so that we raid the ogre boss cave", Happy said said as they were all in gaming spirit.

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After they had played the game for a long while, Happy mom and the coach walked in with a lady whose beauty can melts the heart of men, her black hair hung over her shoulders all the way to her waist.

"uhm, Happy this is a soccer agent from one of the most prestigious high school soccer academy 'Daniest FC of Daniest high school', she wants to offer you a sporting scholarship despite me telling heer about your condition but I hope you two will come to an agreement it will make us proud", the coach said as he pulled Ash and Luke along with Luis who had won a friendship pass with Happy out of the room to give Happy and the agent some privacy.

"I leave my son in your care" Mrs Petra said as she left the room while the agent nodded to her request.

"would you guys stop oogling at the agent's body, you boys are one of hell serious perverts" the coach whispered in a scolding tone.

The trio gave the coach a look of injustice as all of them practically thought the same thing.

'oogling and perverts, really coach, then what of Happy who is already drooling by now'

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After they had all left, the agent took her seat beside Happy but as she was about to introduce herself, she was cut off guard by Happy statement.

"love your horns, wings and tail, they make look more cute"