Birthday

Someone woke up from sleep with a smile on their face, it was Kam'zul, she was very excited for today because today marked ten years since she came into this world, and they also had their first match with the kids from the neighboring town today.

Kam'zul jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen. As soon as she got there, she smelled the delicious scent of food.

Behind the counter was her mom, Kam'tzu. She noticed that her daughter had made it to the kitchen quite early.

"Ara ara, looks like an early bird made it here. Sweetheart, go sit next to your father. Breakfast will be ready in a moment."

Kam'zul ran to the table where her father, Kam'op, was sitting. He was looking at the screen and reading some news. He turned his gaze to Kam'zul.

"You're up pretty early today, looking forward to today?"

Kam'zul just nodded and quickly sat down at the table. She just looked at her father, Kam'zul couldn't do anything else but ask.

"What are you reading, Dad?"

Kam'op remained silent, instead he directly showed what he was reading. It was some interesting facts, news, sports, and weather.

Kam'zul returned the screen to her father. In the meantime, someone entered the kitchen. It was her brother, Kam'ra. He yawned and caught sight of his sister. He was a bit surprised, then he actually remembered what day it was today. Kam'ra just greeted everyone.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, brother, do you know what day it is today?"

Kam'ra just smiled and started messing with his little sister's hair.

Today was supposed to be nice weather, a beautiful day for Kam'zul, who couldn't wait to play her first match.

The Kam family all took the day off to support little Kam'zul.

The match was early in the morning.

The Kam family had breakfast and waited. For whom? For the Kog family, who arrived in a hovercraft shortly after. 

Both families headed to the neighboring town. The whole team gathered in front of the field.

It didn't take long, hovercrafts are very fast. It took about ten minutes. Both families arrived at the field where the match was to take place.

The coach and the kids and their families were already waiting for them. Kam'zul ran to the others and started energetically greeting them and then chatting.

The coach just flashed his classic toothy smile.

"So kids, I hope you're ready to win today. Because this is going to be a wild ride."

The children started following their coach. In the meantime, the parents started talking among themselves. Of course, about adult things.

Meanwhile, the kids were ready in the locker room. They were waiting for the coach to start talking to them.

"So kids, I have the lineup ready for you. Kog'we will go upfront. Kam'zul will be on the right wing..."

...

Two teams with coaches climbed onto the field. Both gave each other a hive five and started talking to each other like old friends.

"Haha, I hope you're ready, my kids are pretty fast."

"Hahaha, you haven't seen mine yet."

Their banter was interrupted by their teacher.

"Okay, kids, shake hands and let's start the game."

As Kam'zul was shaking hands with the other kids, she suddenly stopped, someone didn't want to let go of her hand, it was a boy with red hair and a red eye. He just smirked.

"My name is Mon'ke and today, I'll win."

Kam'zul just smiled and accepted the challenge.

"We'll see at the end of the game, how about we play for ice cream?"

The boy named Mon'ke just smiled.

"Alright."

Everyone got ready for their positions.

The whistle blew. The game started, kids started running around the field.

Kog'we passed the ball to Kam'zul, who caught it and looked ahead, two kids from the opposite team were running towards her.

Mon'ke just smirked, believing that the girl wouldn't get past his friends.

Kam'zul ran towards the right sideline. Suddenly, Kam'zul changed direction, or at least they thought so. Kam'zul got past them, and how?

It was a simple feint, and Kam'zul scored.

Mon'ke lost his smile, not believing what he saw. All the kids from the opposite team looked incredulously at Kam'zul.

As they were staring at her, they lost their ball, Kog'we scored.

It was 2:0.

During the next ten minutes, they received three goals from the combination of Kog'we and Kam'zul.

The whistle blew, it was halftime. The main character's team took a little break.

Their coach smiled at them with his classic toothy grin.

"Haha, great job, kiddos, we have them in our pocket, but let's not slack off. Always remember, there are only winners and losers. Nothing in between. So go back on the field and kick their butts."

With the coach's message, they ran onto the field.

Kam'zul started looking around and saw her parents. And she began waving at them. The family just smiled and started shouting words of encouragement to her. Other families looked at them. Strangely except for the Kog family, who were used to their loudness.

...

The second part of the game was tough for the main character's team. The kids from the other team wanted to win and tried harder. And how did it end? Of course, with a victory for the main character's team.

Right now, Kam'zul was licking ice cream with a smile on her face. Next to her was Mon'ke, who was eating a red banana.

Kam'zul quickly befriended him, even before they left, Kam'zul made a promise with him, the next time they see each other. They'll be at the top of Uzurnal.

...

The Kam family arrived home, Kam'zul went to take a shower.

As she turned it off, it was quiet. It was weird, there's never silence in her family. As she entered the living room, it was dark, suddenly.

"""Happy Birthday!"""

They were all there, her family, the Kog family, and the Pul family.

Kam'zul looked around at the confetti balloons, everything.

Out of nowhere, Kam'zul jumped on Pul'tem, who was surprised. She wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Kam'zul crashed into her like a cannonball.

Both of them fell to the ground and Kam'zul hugged Pul'tem.

"Pul'tem, Pul'tem. I'm glad to see you again after a long time."

Pul'tem just looked at her.

"We saw each other yesterday."

"Hmmpf, that's long enough."

The celebration went great, all the families played games, laughed together, and at the end, the kids were so tired that they fell asleep.

The adults had some alcohol and started talking about various adult things.

(End of a chapter)