After a few more serves, it became evident to both who would be the one to win this game. Adrien had spent many of his summers enjoying himself with his friends in the beachfront bars of his hometown; ping-pong was one of his favorite games to play as he dried off between one swim and the next - and, as such, he'd become quite good at it. Generally, Adrien's moves were faster and more precise; Valerion put up a decent fight, but he soon had to accept that he was no match for him.

"Nine to four!", Valerion said as he handed the ball again to Adrien. "One more and you will have destroyed me completely. Really, I should have retired many points ago", he giggled.

Adrien laughed, then moved his hair away from his face. "Aw, I'm sorry, I didn't want --".