It's been a month since that night happened. It was an accident, yes an accident, but I can't help but be awkward around her. It was an accident but I feel like I messed up so much. The night was just an accident yet I still feel her lips against mine and it brings unknown emotions to me. And maybe, the best accident that ever happened.

It's sportsfest week and all the students of Seoul National Academy are aiming to win as much trophies as they can on their own sports for the school. One sports would be held each day. Basketball, volleyball, taekwondo, swimming, and archery, are the games that will be played.

Now each school year, four schools compete against each other. There is Seoul National Academy, Seoul District High School, Seoul International School, and Incheon Academy Seoul. These schools are very determined on bringing home trophies. But out of all those schools, SNA leads in the leaderboard, having more than a hundred trophies for the past 5 years.

Sports events would be held on a different school each year and this time, SNA will host the annual sportsfest.

"Excuse me. Are you done with that? The principal wants to see you in his office." A random guy entered the student council's office and delivered the message to Jennie who has just finished stacking up the papers on her desk.

Jennie nodded and thanked the guy before exiting the room and walking towards the principal's office.

On her way there, she saw the cheerleader squad hanging around one of the lockers' area wearing their cheer outfit. She then met eyes with Chaeyeon and can't help but internally roll her eyes. The girl was like a leech that keeps on clinging onto Y/N. Jennie swore that there is not a day that she won't see Chaeyeon up on Y/N's ass. And that irritates her on so many levels.

She shook her head and continued her journey to her destination. When she finally reached the right room, she fixed herself to make sure that she looks presentable before knocking on the door.

After hearing a faint come in, she twisted the doorknob and opened the door. There, she saw their principal sitting in his black leather chair.

Jennie bowed to the old man. "Good morning, Mr. Park. You wanted to see me?"

"Ah yes, Ms. Kim. I just wanted to ask if everything's set now for the opening?"

"Yes, Mr. Park. Everything is all set. The staff and committees are already at the gymnasium."

"Very well, Jennie. I always knew you would be an effective leader." Jennie smiled shyly and bowed once again. "Anyway, that's all I wanted to know. You can head now to the gym. The program will start in 30 minutes."

Jennie thanked the man and bowed one last time and exited his office. She walked back to the council's office to retrieve her things.

Upon entering, she saw Kai sitting at the couch. When he saw her, he smiled widely and walked up to her. Jennie frowned internally as she knows what this guy wants.

"Hey, Jennie. I just want to invite you to come and see my first game." Kai smiled bashfully. "You can't miss Korea's Stephen Curry." He added and flexed his arms. Jennie groaned and rolled her eyes.

"I'll see if I can drop by. I have so many things to do." She shortly replied and grabbed her things. She walked to the door with Kai following closely behind her.

"Where are you heading to? I'll walk you there."

An audible sigh escaped from her lips. Kai is an okay guy. He can be gentle but most of the time very cocky and that's what gets to the girl's nerves. She dislikes that kind of people.

Looking behind him, she saw one of Kai's friends, Kyungsoo, walking towards them. Unlike Kai, Kyungsoo is a very down to earth guy. If he's not always around Kai, they would have been good friends.

"D.O. is here. I'll go now. Bye!" She took off in a full on run, not daring to look back, afraid that he ran after her. But hearing no footsteps, she sighed in relief and slowed down. But it was too late, she already collided with someone else. She closed her eyes and prepared herself from her fate.

"Oof." The person got surprised with the sudden impact but was able to grab Jennie before she hits the ground.

Opening her eyes, Jennie saw the brown orbs that she has always admired since she was a kid but just recently got more fond with it.

Y/N was holding her waist while staring back at her. In that moment, everything just seemed to have moved so fast. People walking in a fast pace, people talking quickly, and the whole surrounding in fast motion. Everyone was moving fast aside from them. It seemed like they are stuck in that moment and their time has frozen.

"Hey, you okay?" Jennie blinked when she heard her voice. She cleared her throat and stood on her own foot. The people moved in a normal pace again.

"I uh yes I am okay. Thank you for catching me."

"No biggie." Y/N then began to chuckle. "You're so funny. I've never seen you ran that fast in my whole life. Who's chasing you, young cat?" Y/N pinched Jennie's cheeks and the latter blushed at the gesture.

"No one is chasing me. It's just that Kai is being persistent again. He wanted to walk with me." A pout was formed on the cat eyed girl's face and Y/N admits that it's an adorable sight to see.

"Don't mind him now. Here, I got you your fave drink." Y/N and Jennie didn't go to school together today. Jennie left home earlier than Y/N because she has things to finish before the opening. She rode with Irene to school.

"I'm surprised this didn't fall. I mean you're clumsy." Jennie laughed.

"Hey don't be mean now. I got you a drink." Y/N pouted then laughed with Jennie.

Taking the cup, it's just then that Jennie noticed Y/N's outfit.

"Has she always looked this good?" Jennie asked herself because there is no denying that Y/N looks so cool and well and pretty right now.

"C'mon. Lisa texted me a while ago and she said that they're already at the gymnasium." Y/N grabbed Jennie's free hand and dragged her to the gym.

•••

"With this being said, I'd like to officially welcome all of you here at Seoul National Academy for this year's sportsfest. Have a great time and remember, sportsmanship matters. Have a great day!" The president of the school ended her speech and people erupted in a round of applause.

"Okay so according to the schedule, basketball would be held today. It's SNA boys versus Incheon Academy Seoul at 10 am, main gym and SNA girls versus Seoul International School at the same time, at the second gym." Lisa read the schedule on her hands. It's currently 9:30am and the five of them are gathered outside the gym, drinking some juice.

"What are we watching?" Rosé asked while munching on her burger.

"I'll go wherever you go." Jennie replied.

"I don't know about you but I won't watch guys sweating. That's just gross." Y/N said while scrunching her nose in disgust. The rest of the girls laughed at her comment. "I'll see the girls' game." She added.

"You sure you just don't want to see sweating guys or you also want to see Chaeyeon-ssi?" Jisoo teased her.

"Oh right. Pretty little captain invited you to see her halftime performance at the girls' game. You wanna see that ass dancing around huh?" Lisa joined and wiggled her eyebrows.

Y/N blushed and smacked the two. "Shut up. It's not that!" She ducked her head low because of embarrassment.

"What ass?" Jennie muttered to herself.

"Well in that case, I'll go ahead now to the boys' game." Jennie said and stood up before walking towards the gym and never looking back.

"I don't wanna see that non existent ass of hers. And I'm not sitting around just to watch another leech episode." Jennie angrily mumbled to herself while kicking the stones.

"What's wrong with her?" Rosé confusedly asked.

"I don't know. But let's just let her be. C'mon, it's a long walk there." Lisa stood up and started walking with her friends following her. The second gym is a 10 minute walk away from the main gymnasium.

•••

"Kim! Over here!" Y/N and Jisoo whipped their heads in sync to the source of the voice. Looking back, they saw the head coach of the girls' basketball team. Seeing who the caller was, Jisoo understood that it was Y/N that they are referring to, not her. But she walked with her cousin and friends nonetheless.

"Hey coach. What's up?" Y/N greeted and bowed.

"It's been a long while since I last saw you Y/N." The girl tilted her head in confusion since the coach always sees her in the hallways or just around the school.

"What do you mean? You always see me coach."

"Right right. But what I am talking about is seeing you play in the court." Hearing this, Y/N realized what was about to happen. She stood straight and gave a serious look.

"Coach, you know that I don't play anymore. It has been almost 2 years." Y/N was once a part of the team. She was the rookie of the year back when she was a freshman. But after things went down with Mina, Y/N didn't play again on her 2nd year.

"I know but we could use someone like you in today's game. SIS would surely be eager to win since they ranked 2nd last year, below us."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Kang but I won't do it. Besides, I have a duty to do." She raised her camera up then walked away leaving her friends and her former coach behind. Ms. Kang could only sigh as she failed to convince the girl once again.

After some time, the girls caught up with Y/N and sat beside her on one of the front row benches, perks of being the game's photographer. Y/N and Lisa sat beside each other with Jisoo on Y/N's left and Rosé on Lisa's right.

As the game began, the two started roaming around the gym, taking shots of the players, scoreboard, referees, and the audience. They were all over the place making sure to get the best shots possible since it'll be published on their school's magazine. They just walked and walked around until the end of the third quarter.

The cheering squad indeed performed in the halftime show and their captain can't stop on flirting with Y/N who was taking pictures. It was fine for Y/N at first but it started to get on her nerves. She just wants to do her job without anyone flirting.

On the other side of the school, Jennie was sat on one of the benches not really paying attention to the game. Her mind is on the other gymnasium and thinking about a certain someone.

She sat at the top to avoid being seen by Kai since she doesn't want him to think that she's there for him. She's just there because she's annoyed. It has been an hour since the game started yet she's still sulking.

Her thoughts were cut off when her phone rang. She didn't actually hear it since the whole gym is loud but she felt its vibrations.

Pulling it out of her pocket, she saw that Jisoo is calling her.

Best Cousin Ever 💁🏻‍♀️💖

Jendeukie, come over here. Y/N's playing.

Jennie heard the crowd on Jisoo's side roar accompanied by someone calling out Y/N's name.

Just come over here. I'll tell you later...oh shit!

Before Jennie could question more, the call ended. Jennie then quickly got down the benches and walked out the gym. She started walking fast with questions in her mind.

[Fourth quarter already started and SNA is down by 15 points. Not too much but every point counts as the time is running down. Since the last 8 minutes from the previous quarter, things started to get heated. Players from the other school was so aggressive resulting to fouls and one player even got ejected while two SNA players got injured. That's how messy the game turned to be.

Last 5 minutes and SNA is only down by 5 points. That's when Y/N decided to go in. She can't just sit and watch her former teammates get played dirty like that. After all, they are still her friends. She approached the coach and talked to her. To Ms. Kang's delight, she brought out the extra jersey shorts and shirt, which turned out to be Y/N's freshman jersey. They never changed their design so it would be fine.

While they are on a timeout before the last 5 minutes start, Y/N quickly got changed into her jersey and ran to the side of the court. That's when she was announced to be entering the game and while Jisoo was on the phone.

The moment Y/N got the ball from her teammate, she dribbled across the court and did a crossover against Shin. Outside the three point line, she readied herself to aim. She jumped, but the moment she was up, her foot hit Jung's foot, which she purposely put out to trip Y/N making the latter lose her balance before releasing the ball. But fortunately, it still went in after hitting the board.

When Y/N came down, she winced in pain. Jisoo's scream was heard.]

73-75, in favor of SIS. Staff of SNA rushed to Y/N but the girl told them that she was fine and can still play. It surely hurts like a bitch but she won't back down easily. Jung has always been mad at her ever since they first fought against one another in freshman year so it wasn't a shocker for Y/N to know that it was Jung who tripped her.

Last 2 minutes, Y/N kept making shots. You could say that she was over determined and was unstoppable despite the pain on her ankle. 73-75 turned into 81-75, courtesy of Y/N's two more 3 pointers and her teammate Oh's two pointers.

Jennie was still walking towards the gym. She could tell she's near since she can already hear the faint screams.

The game ended with 86-77 making SNA win the match. Y/N fired another three points and made everyone know that she's not just a three point shooter when she dunked right above Jung's head. "Karma's a bitch." She thought.

The other team walked out of the court in defeat. Not even bothering to shake hands with their opponents because they know themselves that they played dirty and had no guts to face the winners. It was shameful, a well recognized school with students that have shitty attitude. What happened in today's game would surely reach the Seoul High School Division, the head of all the schools in Seoul, in no time.

Y/N's friends and teammates gathered around her and celebrated the win and Y/N's comeback inside the court.

"Woah. It's been so long since we saw you fire shots like that, Y/N!" Jisoo praised her cousin and Y/N couldn't help but feel flattered. "But I always knew that you are still the same Y/N from 2 years ago. Greatness is natural within you." Her cousin has always been one of her best supporters. Every game she had before, she was present with a huge sign board. If today wasn't unexpected, Jisoo would have had that board raised up.

In the middle of celebrating, an arm grabbed Y/N and turned her around. When she did, she was met with a soft pair of lips that tasted like cherries. In an instinct, she closed her eyes and held onto the person's waist for support since she felt dizzy with the kiss. It's intoxicating at the moment.

The people started cheering louder when the two was caught in camera sharing a passionate and heated kiss and was then flashed in the huge board.

The crowd was so loud. It was deafening.

Before I reached the gym, I heard the final buzzer signaling that the game has come to an end. Loud screams were heard and based on what they are chanting, I knew that our team won. I smiled at the thought of that since Y/N is once again a part of it.

As I step foot inside, I felt my eardrums break from the maximum volume of the audience's scream.

But it wasn't just my eardrums that broke.

I felt my heart ache and break slowly as I watch Y/N and Chaeyeon kiss through the huge board. Everyone was cheering for them. Everyone was happy for them. But despite the happiness surrounding me, I feel myself getting drowned in this unfortunate misery that fell upon me.

My tears started to flow as I watch more of what is being unfold in front of me.

As I felt oxygen leaving my lungs, I pulled away and slowly opened my eyes. What I saw shook me through my core. It wasn't who I expected it to be.

How is that possible? Her lips tastes just like her lips.

I walked away from the crowd and saw the person I hoped it to be, standing near the gym's door with tears streaming down her face. When she met my eyes, she softly wiped it away and walked towards me.

"Hey. Congratulations. I wasn't able to see it but I know you did well." She smiled softly at me but I could tell it was a weak one. She then hugged me shortly before walking to our friends.

What's wrong with her? What happened? Who made her cry?

It's been so long since we last saw you. Just wait and we'll come and get you.

This time, I won't give you up. This time, I will fight for you and protect you.

I love you so much, nini. I hope you know that.

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