It's not my fault!

At her shouted words he hunched his shoulders, his ears flattening, and then zinging upwards again as he fought the urge to fall into an embarrassed stance. Did she have to yell so loudly? His own words had been hissed, and he hadn’t been trying to make a scene. Just let his anger known. That win was supposed to be his.

As she got closer, he turned back to her. Darting a look behind her to ensure no one else had followed. Then he turned his angry, disappointed eyes to her. “My dad expects me to win, and I should have. I was supposed to win.” He said. He couldn’t lose, not when Azure was watching him. He hadn’t before. This was the first real disappointment he had given Azure and he could feel his anger and fear rising.

"Speech"