Panel 1:
[Ben turns away from the adoring crowd gathering around Rachita, tugging his hoodie's hood up around his head self-consciously.]
Hood SFX: SHFF

Panel 2:
[The emcee from the match calls out to Ben sympathetically. In the foreground, Ben looks disgruntled.]
MC: Better luck next year, Ben! She's a toughie, but you did great for your first time!
Ben: Yeah. So great. Thanks.

Panel 3:
[A view of the sky as the sun slowly begins to sink in the horizon. Ben's thoughts appear floating among the clouds.]
Ben (Thinking, Off-panel): Assuming there even is a next time...
Ben (Thinking, Off-panel): ...
Ben (Thinking, Off-panel): Man, screw this.

Panel 4:
[A side view of Ben sitting at the Robo Recoup Tent, texting anxiously. His text bubbles appear on a green background, with occasional pictures interspersing the conversation.]
[A picture of Ben taking a selfie from the tent, throwing up deuces as the emcee announces in the background.] Ben (Text): hey sonia!
Ben (Text): hows ur sorority thing goin?
Ben (Text): dunno what delta tru parties are like but i bet they slap lol
Ben (Text): hope ur having a better time than me
Ben (Text): i did some robot battles and was doing good until i wasnt [crying emoji]
Ben (Text): real footage of lil dude right now
[An image of an in-universe meme, which is blatantly just the Yamcha's Death Pose meme but with a character from the TrueCorp version of Dragon Ball Z. A muscular man in an orange gi with dramatic cyan, magenta, and yellow hair lies beaten and bruised in the middle of a rocky crater.] Ben (Text): kinda ready for the gang to get back 2gether tbh, so lmk when ur free!

Panel 5:
[Now seen in a front view, Ben texts more calmly, arms resting on the purple table.]
Ben (Text): yo iro! done doin nerd shit, wya

Panel 6:
[Ben rests his head impatiently on his hand, tapping at the table with the other.]
Ben (Thinking): At least they're not huge dicks.
Ben (Thinking): Wonder if SOnia ever games...
Ben (Thinking): Or watches anime...


Panel 7:
[Ben jolts in surprise as his phone lights up.]
Ben (Thinking): Or...
Phone: PING!

Alt Text:
Narrator: Sonia was not having a better time than Ben.