high school love || sungchan

14: feelings are weird

WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER, 2017

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Three days later, Sungchan still couldn't get several things off his mind. It frustrated him whenever any of those things came to mind.

"Sungchan,"

One: why did he want to hold Maya's hand so suddenly at the amusement park?, two: why did he make such an elaborate excuse to go to the school just to hang out with Maya?, and three: he could've said no to the McDonald's run at ass'o'clock and Maya would've still been fine with that. Wait, why was he thinking about these things? They already happened, so-

'Am I overthinking?' "Sungchan?" The tall brown haired boy ignored Jisung's concerned voice, choosing to scratch his nape instead, eyebrows furrowed as he tried to think.

"Sungchan!" "Huh?"

"Focus, please!" The tall boy blinked dumbly, "Oh. Sorry."

'Friends' sounded wrong to him, could he have...?

'No, no,' Sungchan thought, shaking his head, 'Focus, we can do this later!'

Locking eyes with the main subject of his thoughts made him gasp, his eyes quickly averting back to the soccer game in front of him. 'Focus, focus,'

Maybe he did have a crush on Maya for a while? He knows these feelings have been surfacing for a while, but as it wasn't sudden, it made him nervous for unknown reasons. Knowing her, it doesn't look like she'd oppose if he'd ask her out, but sometimes it was hard to read her, so maybe not...?

Maya's love life became more of a secret after her crush on Jaemin - but that was years ago. Did he have a crush on her back? Did she still like him? Would it be better just to ask her who she likes? Why was he consumed in his thoughts about her?

Sungchan could imagine holding hands with Maya, walking on the pavement past a beach, sitting down on the back of an old ute with her and stargazing, watching Maya cook while giving her a backhug—

'Holy shit.'

'I do have a crush on her!' Sungchan blinked, eyes widening with his epiphany.

Or is he overthinking all this? He couldn't think straight.

As soon as he heard cheers of support coming from his friends - his crush included - his head snapped towards said crush, who sported a bright grin.

Mirroring the grin, Sungchan noticed that same happy express on her face being replaced with a horrified expression, harshly pointing to something in front of him.

Several yells yanked him out of his thoughts, further confusion filling him.

"Wha—" the next thing the tall boy knew, he felt a searing pain on his face.

What the heck was going on? Did he die? Sungchan was trying to process what happened, closing his eyes to avoid the sun trying to burn his eyes.

The soccer ball had made contact with his face, the force of the ball sending him back and onto the ground. The whole soccer team, and the others on the benches looked at the sight, then to one another in shock.