vii. the power of love

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"unnie, finally you're here! we saved your seat." lisa motioned for jisoo to sit next to her. they were at the gym where all the boys had a basketball game and had invited them. they sat right up front, a single railing being the only thing separating them and the lower court.

both taehyung and jungkook saw her as they practiced a a few freee throws and waved, both with a smile on their face. jisoo waved back.

"i want snacks," chaeyoung commented, looking for where the nearest vending machine might be. spotting one, she perked up and tapped lisa's shoulder.

"lisa, there's a concession booth over ther, you wanna come and get snacks?" she pleaded with her eyes. lisa made a sour face. "but the game's almost starting," she whined like an upset kid.

chaeyoung scoffed at this. "we'll be quick. i'll even buy you a fishcake," she offered. and with that, lisa relented and went with the blonde to get whatever snacks she wanted.

"unnie, you've got an admirer," jennie whispered and subtly tilted her head towards the court. jisoo looked out and saw, just before the starter ball was thrown up in the air by the ref, eunwoo in his position sneaking glances at her.

but then, the ref blew the whistle and threw up the ball. jungkook jumped up and grazed it ever so slightly with his fingertips, bringing it to their team, and just like that th game had started.

"i'm telling you, unnie," jennie started. "there's something there," and before jisoo could deny it, lisa and chaeyoung had made their way back and sat in between the eldests, their laps filled with different junk foods.

"yah, unnie, we got honey butter chips, you want some?" lisa asked, offering it to her.

during half time, when their university was thrity-nine points up and the rival team was thirty-eight points up, the girls were called upon by the guys.

"jennie-ah," yoongi called, looking exhausted. "what d'you think so far?" he smirked. jennie reached out to pinch one of his sweat caked cheeks. "not bad, min." the cat-eyed girl flirted.

meanwhile, on the bench next to him was taehyung, laying down on it completely and breathing harshly.

"psst!" taehyung wiped the sweat off his brows and looked to see a worried jisoo offering him a towel by the railing. "you want me to get you a water?"

the boy gave her a tired smile and took the towel she was holding out for her. "you might not make it. second half starts in less than five minutes and," he lookes over to the concession booth which seemed to have a growing line of other students standing by. "seems like it'll take longer than that."

jisoo pouted at her best friend. "well, if i go now, i might catch you," she smiled. taehyung grinned and reached into the thigh of the spanks under his shorts, pulling out a bill for five-thousand won. he reached out and handed it to her.

"here, get a snack for yourself too, okay?" the girl with heart shaped lips gave him a skeptical look. "do you always keep money inside your pants?" taehyung rolled his eyes playfully. "just go, soo." he waved her away with a mischievous smile tugging at his lips. and with that jisoo made her way to the concession stand.

just like taehyung said, when jisoo was about six people away from the counter, the whistle sounded and the second half of the game had started.

jisoo made her way back, with a bottle of evian and a beancake in her hands. she eyes the court and of course, taehyung was out there being the star player everyone expects him to be. jisoo smiled unconsciously at the thought.

sitting by the bench she spots a certain pretty boy and an idea pops in her head. certainly she didn't want to just keep taehyung's water for the rest of the game, right? better for him to have it when he needs it, obviously. so she goes by the railing once more and whispers out.

"eunwoossi!" she whisper shouted and immediately a very beautiful face darts toward her.

"jisoo?" he looks a mix of confused and delighted. "what's up?" he fully smiled. behind them, jisoo could feel the watchful eye of one jennie kim burning holes into the back of her head.

"can you keep this waterbottle and give it to taehyung if he gets like a timeout or something?" she asked, handing him the evian. "yeah, sure."

huh, who could have guess that he had a little sparkle in his eye whenever he smiled, jisoo thought.

but when eunwoo grabbed hold of the bottle and jisoo didn't immediately let go of it, there was something in the air for a split second. were the two perhaps having a moment? before jisoo could linger on the thought eunwoo spoke again. "you and your friends enjoy the game alright? i'll be back out the court shortly." he smirked and took the bottle.

before jisoo could even turn around and get back to her seat though, the referee blew his whistle and everyone had their eyes on taehyung. taehyung who was struck down right in the middle of the court, his nose bleeding because he had been hit by the ball.

unbeknownst to jisoo though, the cause for his trauma was her. because, really, did she expect him not to get distracted when she was flirting with his teammate right in front of the whole school?

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