Their trip took an hour and a half. Leo managed his very slow walking admirably, but there was over twenty minutes delay at the metro station. Trail problems, the announcement explained.
They arrived late. Leo’s mates played on the football field of the nearby elementary school. They all had themed hoodies with funny pictures on the back. The sweat suits were similar to Leo’s, which made Eeli feel melancholy. He remembered how Leo had slumped in the camping chair at his ruined old jogging ground. Eeli wanted to do his best, he really did. He wanted to do this one for Leo, but he hadn’t lied. He sucked at football.
It was his childhood’s nightmare come true. Looking at those smoothly running figures, zigzagging with a ball as if they were programmed to the task in their mother’s womb, mad
