his big tournament was tomorrow. nationals.

his nerves are on end, and he hasn't been able to focus at practice at all today. being his closest friends, the managers of the team requested for you to at least attempt to chill him out before the morning.

of course, it seemed like a lost cause.

he was arguing back and forth with you, bringing up only the bad. 'what if we lose?' 'I trained so hard for this!'.

he couldn't afford to lose, but he also didn't plan to think positively any time soon.