Boys Like You

Chapter 18

Yoongi put the car in park to let Seora out and watched as she leaned through the window after having closed the door.

"The game is at six," she asked.

"Yeah. And I'll come pick you before we start warm ups," he answered.

She smiled as she nodded and started to walk towards the house, waving at him before stepping inside.

Seora dropped her backpack on the chair at her desk as she walked over to her closet to find something to wear to the game. After thumbing through a number of hoodies, oversized graphic tees, and tops that would be too much for a basketball game, she found a simple, flowy white tank top and paired it with some black ripped jeans and Adidas to dress it down.

She laid the clothes out on her bed, then walked into the bathroom to wash her face and do some light makeup. If she was going to go, she figured she might as well make an effort. When she was done with her makeup, she got dressed carefully so she wouldn't smudge anything and went back to the bathroom to brush her hair out.

While she was in the bathroom finishing up with her hair, Yoongi came home to grab his home game jersey - he'd forgotten it that morning - and to pick up Seora a little earlier than expected. He knocked on her bedroom door after grabbing his jersey, but when she didn't say anything he quickly peeked into the room. When he didn't see her, he walked inside and looked around until he saw the bathroom door open.

He walked over and leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed and a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "Whoa. . ."

Seora jumped a little as she turned around, sighing in relief when she saw Yoongi standing there. He laughed a little when she shot him a quick glare for scaring her, but it quickly turned to a smile when he started laughing.

"Why whoa? Too much," she asked. He shook his head.

"No. No, not at all," he answered. She turned away to look for her claw clip so she could pin it out of her face, but Yoongi walked over to move it out of her reach. She looked up at him with an eyebrow raised.

"I need that," she told him.

"No you don't. I like it when your hair is down," he said sweetly while brushing a stray strand of hair from her eyes.

She tilted her head to the side and leaned back against the counter with her hands propping her up, still looking up at him. "Why should that matter to me?"

"Oh, I know better than to think it would by now. Just thought I'd share."

A small smile crept onto her lips and she looked away for a moment. "Let me grab my shoes so we can go."

*****

When the two of them got to the school, Yoongi held her hand as he led her to the gym. It was surprisingly empty seeing as how the game was to start in twenty minutes. Except for the two teams, the referees, and a few onlookers, there were few people. Seora looked around for a moment.

"I see why you begged me to come," she said. Yoongi rolled his eyes.

"I didn't beg, I asked cutely," he corrected. She gave him a questioning look that made him smile a little. "Besides, it'll fill up soon. Come on."

They walked over to their school's team where the boys were gathered with the other players. As Yoongi and Seora got closer, his six friends broke away from the others to meet the pair with huge grins on their faces. Yoongi spread his free hand in a nonchalant shrug.

Hoseok whistled when he saw them. "Seora, you clean up nice. Especially standing next to hyung."

"And you," Yoongi said. "We've got on the same outfit, bro."