PLAY ON- Taekook

23

"Jeon. Wake up." The sheets were pulled from on top of me, leaving me shirtless in the cold room. I squealed, looking up to see an unamused Taehyung standing next to the bed. He grabbed a pillow and smacked me across the face with it.

"What the hell Taehyung. Give me the blanket." I groaned, reaching out for the sheets that he pushed further away from me.

"You've been asleep all day. Coach Park sent an email. We need to go practice."

"Where?" My voice was still raspy, I sat up and rubbed my eyes. Taehyung froze for a second, staring at me before clearing his throat.

"I-I don't know. We're supposed to meet him downstairs in ten minutes." He was already dressed in his football uniform, water bottle in hand. I shut my eyes for a second and he had already disappeared, the hotel room door shutting behind him. I sighed, getting off the bed and heading to my bag which I hadn't unpacked yet. I missed it when things were normal between me and Taehyung, I was still mad at him for what happened back at the club but I thought things would calm down. My plans were shattered when someone decided to post a video of Taehyung at the club.

There was no way it was Jaehyun or Jackson, and nobody else knew about red flame. Once again I hit a dead end. Deciding to just ignore it for now, I quickly threw on my uniform and made it downstairs. Taehyung was sitting alone, waiting for Coach Park to finish checking our names off the list.

"Ah and Jeon is here now." The coach ticked my name off and Taehyung's head slowly raised up to look at me, turning away as soon as his eyes met mine. He didn't look angry anymore, just sad. My heart ached at the sight. What could I do to prove my innocence?

The team all stood up, following the coach outside. I walked alongside my two friends, all of us getting on the bus and sitting together. Coach Park clapped his hands, signaling for us to focus.

"As you guys know, we'll be going against the Daegu University tomorrow. There's going to be a match every other day and the finals will be held at the end depending on the results." Everyone nodded silently in return before he continued. "Let's bring our A game, we've got this. We aren't going home without that trophy." The bus erupted in cheers, everybody was motivated and ready to win this. Taehyung was seated on the row next to mine, he twiddled with his fingers silently as everyone continued to chant our school's name.

"You don't look too excited." I leaned over towards him, watching him jump at my sudden presence. He rolled his eyes, turning around to look out the window. "Why are you always picking windows over me Taehyung, you know i'm much better looking."

He didn't say anything, but I heard a scoff leave his lips. I smiled, turning back towards Jackson and Jaehyun who were looking at me with large smirks on their faces.

"Oh he's definitely into you." Jackson snorted, sarcasm laced in his voice.

"Shut up. Things aren't looking too good right now but it'll get back to normal when we find out who leaked the video." I made sure to lower my voice as I leaned back on my seat.

"Why do I have a feeling Jennie has something to do with this?" Jaehyun furrowed his eyebrows.

"You're onto something." Jackson sat up.

"But how?"

"I mean, she's a bit possessive over you." Jaehyun said

"A little?" I chuckled as we pulled over into the football field parking lot. One by one we left the bus, standing outside as we waited for orders.

"Listen up, I need you all fully focused and doing your absolute best, alright?"

"Yes Coach!" We all said in unison, receiving a proud nod from him in return. Once everyone was inside and in position, I gave Taehyung a wink. He didn't even have time to react before Coach Park blew his whistle and we started practice.