The Same Guy￨Lu Xia

七：Matches

Your POV:

" Yu! Hey, how have you been?" I asked after I hugged him from his seat.

" It's been good. My team is good and practicing hard. What about you?" He said as I situated myself in my seat.

" It's been well! Interesting with he team and how they act. I really like them all. Plus, I get to practice with them and I'm on their cheer team." I responds as he smiled.

" That's good. Are you going to cheer for Guo Zi when we go up against Yu Qing?" Yu asked as I smiled. I could tell he had a hopeful face.

" Of course Yu. I'll wear neutral clothing so either side don't look at me weird when I sit down. When Zhi goes up to play, I'll sit on the Yu Qing side. When You play, I'll sit on the Guo Zi side." I told him as he smiled and relaxed.

" Thank you." He said quietly as I nodded.

" We should practice together. I know a place. I just came from there." I suggested as he perked up and nodded.

" Yeah of course, where?" He responded and he pulled out his phone.

" (Address of tennis club)." 

" Thanks. Maybe next weekend, after a game oron Sunday since we have team games on Saturdays." He suggested as well. I smiled and then I got up to get a drink for myself.

I spent about an hour and a half just talking to Yu and I'm glad he's not distancing from me.

" Hey Jia, I gotta go. My senior wants me to meet him in the club room to look over the opponents that we're taking down this Saturday. We should hangout again." He told me as he stood up the same time as I did.

" Yeah, we should. Maybe at home? I'll make sure Zhi isn't there since you're distancing yourself from him..." I sadly said as Yu sighed.

" How, about, you come to my school and we can just practice tennis and hangout there. How's that?" Yu asked me as I thought for a moment and then smiled.

" Sure, I'd love that." I answered as I hugged him and lightly pecked his cheek and then he walked the opposite way from where I was going.

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The next day at practice, Yan had us sit on the bend or near the bench so he teach us some new training methods.

" Jiale can you demonstrated for me please?" Yan asked as Jiale walked up to Yan.

" That's why you were looking at me a whole lot." He commented.

" Now, you will need these ankle weights too. This will add one kilo to your weight." Yan explained as he gave a pair to Jiale.

" This? It's not going to stop me." He said as I smirked.

" Now, you will hit the different color cones according to the colored ball." Yan added as  Jiale got in position.

" If you miss or hit the ball in the wrong place you'll get something." Yan added on once more.

" Okay, start it up." Jiale called out as Yan pressed the remote.

Jiale was quick and agile, but after a little while I could see the ankle weights are slowly affecting how fast he goes. Yan called out something which made Jiale miss.

" Hey! You messed me up!" Jiale said as Yan just simply looked at him.

" You should hit the ball regardless of the color and distractions." Yan explained.

" This is for you." Yan said as he held a green juice in a small glass. It looked good since it's not a murkey green. Jiale hesitantly took a sip as he figured out the tastes.