Watching with all those people, however, I couldn't help but feeling uneasy. The boy, later I learned, his name was Tom, gave me a small headband of Asteroid team. His mom, who just a moment later helped me put it on. After learning I had Japanese Origin, they became much much nicer for literally no reason. 

"Let's try our best to cheer for Asteroid team, Emma-chan!" 

Tom's mom was a cheerful person, the father concentrated like a stiff mountain with furrow eyebrows, and the kids were a noisy bunch. 

I followed the ball on the green court, I constantly turned left and right. Aster Academy in red uniforms was just in control of the ball a moment ago and going on the attack, but now the ball was stolen by number 3, who's wearing the captain armband. Number 11 on the white team was a fierce attacker, and together with number 18 and number 19, formed an effective threesome squad since the start of the game. The ball was passed with lightning speed to the center from the penalty area. The guy was rather plain and quiet ever since the start of the match, all of a sudden, his whole body emitted such an intimidating aura, he shot the ball, made a pitch-perfect pass fly high. The ball traveled seemingly 50 meters ahead to the left-wing. My heart throbbed for a second, I shivered. 

Waiting there is number 18. This couldn't be a more perfect counter-attack. 

Suddenly, number 8 of Aster Academy appeared out of nowhere, fastening his speed right after the shadow of number 18. The battle of speed. The moment number 18 jumped high up and got the ball bounced off his chest, number 11 was right there received the ball, left the other defender dumbfoundedly ran ahead. 

In a split second, I realized all the attackers of Asteroid were already pushing to the other half of the field. All of them, running like hungry beasts, all looked like they desired to score for themselves. 

Number 11, now dribbled the ball to the penalty area, where he faced 2 red team's defenders, waiting. Aster Academy had all withdrawn to defend their goal, formed a dense formation surrounding the penalty area. Without a moment of hesitation, number 11 suddenly shifted his balance of the left leg, and... to the right RAN PAST THEM! 

The wind wasn't strong, but I saw his black hair flying, his wide back cast a giant terror shadow on the faces he left behind. Number 11 ran with the fastest speed I'd ever seen, the ball passed from his left and right leg like everything's planned by the book. 

I could smell the sense of a goal. 

The big tall goalkeeper's standing right there, with his head vigilantly fixed on the person who's holding the ball. Number 8 appeared again right next to the goalkeeper, blocking the shot to the right!

It's 1 versus 2 all of the sudden. 

From the left, appeared number 19, with his hand waving high. Is he asking for a pass?

There's no other way. The ball will be passed to number 19. And that'll make it 1-0 for Asteroid. I thought. 

But for a second, I saw the goalkeeper turned his head to the left!! Such a crucial moment like this, he didn't look at the ball!!!

I held my breath. Is this... THAT moment? 

From the left leg of number 11, the ball flew past an overly-extended hand of the goalkeeper, fiercely pierced through the wind into the net...

Silence. 

Silence could be so scary at times. 

But silence could simply mean, we're stunned. 

"A SENSATIONAL GOAL BY NUMBER 11 NISHIYAMA!!! 1-0 FOR ASTEROID!!!!!!!" The commentator's voice echoed in the big stadium. 

Now the whole stadium exploded!!! People literally screamed from the deepest part of their hearts!!! The kids next to me were jumping up like crazy. 

But strangely I couldn't hear much of the surrounding noise, all I felt was this pounding heart, so loudly. This... 

This felt so... alive. 

This felt so... joyous. 

Like my heart could explode into pieces, and somehow, I felt more alive than ever. 

"Touma, yer free?" I texted Touma

"I think football is so great!!!" I couldn't even understand what a simplified stupid text I just sent. 

 Incoming call "Touma"... 

"Emma? You're watching football? Where are you? WAIT WAIT WAIT A SEC!!!!!!!!!! JUDGING BY THE NOISE, COULD YOU BE AT THE CITY STADIUM??" 

I heard Touma over the phone, all the noise on the other side of the call surprised me. 

"TOUMA, YOU'RE HERE TOO?" 

"LITTLE SISTER, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU START WATCHING FOOTBALL! WHERE ARE YOU?" It's big brother's voice, he sounded triumphant. 

I told them I was on the Spectator Section E4, while they were at H1, in the Aster Academy cheering section. 

"BUT TODAY I DECIDED TO CHEER FOR ASTEROID!" I told them 

"IF ASTEROID WINS, I'LL TREAT YOU RAMEN, WHICH THERE'S JUST NO WAY THEY'LL WIN!" big brother said 

"Deal" 

I ended the call. 

I am going to win this bet and have free ramen. 

The victor hadn't yet to be announced, I felt like I was the winner. The three siblings could finally meet together.