Her Crush

Chapter 1

High school...

Chaeyoung wasn't the type of teenager that went to wild parties. She didn't drink and didn't mess around with boys. She was painfully shy and awkward. She'll flushed bright red whenever anyone tried to engage her in conversation. The halls of high school were torture for a girl like her, but she suffered through it mostly unscathed because she knew when to keep her head down and not to set her sights on friends or boys that were out of her league. More over she was new in this school. Yes she and her family just moved from Australia six months ago. It's her senior year and yet her dad decide to moved in.

For the first few weeks of school, its only her and her books. She just being carefull with all the popular kids and beautiful people. If she didn't engage, then maybe they couldn't make fun of her, she tought.  It worked until the day one of her classmate try to make friend with her. Lisa. She's pretty and popular, fit in seamlessly to shark-infested waters that made up a teenage social circle. 'I knew it, you just being carefull whom you should being friend with. Don't worry, there's no bullied in this school' she said once. Since then the two become close friend in no time. And she help Chaeyoung become more engage with the others.

"Hey nerd!" Lisa sit beside her in one corner of the library. "Why are you still here?"

"Why I'm still here?" Chaeyoung brows furrowed "I always here in my free time" she confused.

"Not always" she smirked "Not when the basketball team were playing"

"I don't understand what are you saying Lisa. Now if you don't mind, I want to read in peace" she said looking at her book she was holding again. Her heart beating hard.

"Oh come on Chae. You are a terrible liar. I know you're fangirling over one of the player from the basketball team"

"What? No! Who said that nonsense to you?" She blushed feel exposed.

"Your blushing cheeks told me that I'm right, or I'm right?" Lisa giggled. Chaeyoung cheeks now red as tomatoes, being teased. "And for your information, the team are going to play the game today, they change the date. Because this friday, student council going to use the place for spring festival." She inform her. "Anyway, I have to go for dance practice" She stand up, "Don't be late or you'll lost a chance to see your prince playing the game today" she laughed before walking to the door exit.

Lisa join in the dance club. Also members of student council. A reason why she knows everything about school events. Chaeyoung exhaled while cupped her own cheeks. Then shoved all her books into her bag quickly before walking and stepped out from the library.

Lisa was right. She have a crush. It's begin when Lisa invited her to watch the game, a basketball game. She was ready to go home when her friends drag her to the hall. The moment she watch the game, that is when she saw him for the first time. He's tall with athletic body. He has the cutest smile and boyishly handsome... and she had a crush ever since. A consuming, engulfing crush that built day after day, because after that, she never missed any basketball game he was playing.

She also want to know more about him. And luckily it's not that hard. Typical a handsome and popular boy. Girls in this school seemed to know everything related to him at the way they always talk about him. Thanks to them now she know that his name is Jeon Jungkook. One of popular boy in school.. see, she was right. And she knew she really has no chance to have romantic story with him. But a girl can dream right..

His personality is just how she like it, nice and humble, with a good humor. And he really good at sport. Make every sport club in their school want him to join them. It really quite the opposite with her. She's not good at sport. The first time she come to this school she was offered to take any activities by his homeroom teacher. She decide she wanted to try things she never done in previous school. Sports.

She tried to enter the swimming club but quit after one week trial or rather because in one practice she nearly drowned at a depth of only two meters swimming pool, blame her cramp leg. Then she tried her luck to join a volleyball, sadly it only lasted three days top. This time, during the trial match she got hit in the face with a volleyball until she passed out. Her mom who knowing this incident didn't let her joining volleyball team again. The last one was cheerleaders. This, also didn't end up well when one day during practice she fell and sprained her hand. Since then her mother completely forbid her to join any club related to physical. Well, in the end she decide to not join anything and she will only focus on her study.

When Chaeyoung arrived, the game already played. She sat in her usual place, in the top corner on the left. Her eyes immediately on him. Jeon jungkook. It's fun to watch him in the game. He has an excellent coordination, fast reaction time, jumping and reach ability, strength, finesse, speed, and agility. A complete skill package for basketball player with good physical support because he's tall and athletic. Not to forget his handsome face.

Her reverie broke when the audience cheered. She looked up back at the game, the ball was in his team now. Of course he was being the center of attention again. He doing that thing on his offense, making a no look pass for an easy target, then the blow from a nice change of pace, and voila, another score for the team. She's clapping along with people who watching the game there. That's when suddenly his eyes shifted her way and his face lit up with smile. Her heart beating so fast. Did he just smile at her? She ask herself. She looked at her left it just a couple of student who's busy with their phone, and there's no one in the back. She furrowed her brows, maybe she just hallucinating. She shook her head and hit it softly with her own fist. She was imagining things about him. This is bad.

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