You Can Paint Me

Chapter 44

"Oh my God, I'm so nervous..." Mia's eyes were looking petrified at the two opposite teams competing. Her complexion had lost its golden colour and went pale as a sheet, as her foot was tapping the floor rapidly in agony. She has shown these symptoms of distress ever since the match started, but her condition had become worse with every minute that passed.

"You seem like you are about to puke. Mia my girl, relax, our boys are doing great." I worriedly placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, trying to calm her down. I couldn't understand her reason of being this anxious over a match. Both teams were playing exceptionally good, but so far, our school's team was winning for three points.

Needless to say that the crowd was going crazy when cheering the teams. My ears could bleed any moment now because of that old lady sitting next to me, that seemed to be a mother of one of our school's players.

However, Mia didn't seem to get the least bit comforted by my words, as she focused her attention to the game even more, with furrowed eyebrows. "Yeah, but the other team is doing great as well." by the time she had said that, Skyline's team had scored another goal.

Okay, hold on a moment. Didn't she bet on the Skyline team? Why doesn't she look that pleased about the opposite team gaining a point?

"What's your issue, girl? Supposedly, you want the other team to win...or do you?" I sighed in confusion, rubbing circles to my kneeted eyebrows to ease my frown.

Mia looked at me with an unsure expression, pursing her lips into a thin line before replying with a heavy sigh. "My issue is that I don't know what I want either. That's why I'm so nervous." she bit her bottom lip in despair and I nodded my head in comprehension. "And he had the audacity to threaten me earlier." her expression changed into a dreadfull one, her hands formed into fists.

"When?"

"When you were talking about chocolates with Chris." Mia smirked momentarily, before molding her expression back into a frown. Ava, who was listeing to us the whole time, seemed to get a little confused at the mentioning of me talking about chocolates with Chan and I coughed awkwardly. "And what exactly did he tell you?" I coughed again.

Mia inhaled sharply and closed her eyes for a moment. "He said," she cleared her throat, dropping her tone of voice as low as she could. "And don't you forget our dare, kitten." she poorly attempted to impersonate Minho's voice. She let out a frustrated squeal, making Ava laugh in amusement at her best friend's breaking point. "There there." Ava patted Mia's back comfortingly, although she couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't get so agitated Mia, Minho is just teasing you. He just wants to get under your skin, he cannot possible want to carry on with this dare, since he knows that you don't agree." I said, hearing the crowd cheering about another goal the Skyline school had scored.

"I might do."

"What?!" Ava and I both choked on dry air at the sound of Mia's response. With widened eyes, we watched the way a wash of red colour tinted the girl's cheeks, but a second later the blush was gone. "Nothing, I just... I don't know, okay?! I don't know..." Mia gripped on her hair in frustration, her hands were tightly pulling the hairs of her scalp as if she wanted to get bald. She may claim that she's obvlivious of her feelings, but Ava and I knew better than that. We couldn't help but smirk from ear to ear and exchange mischievous glances with each other, while the self-proclaimed unaware girl was experiencing a mental break down. 

"Last minutes you guys!" Jeongin squealed from behind us, making us focus on the game again. Mia gripped on our hands, squeezing Ava's right and my left hand, as if her life depended on it.
I'm well aware that Ava was rooting for our team to win, since Changbin was a part of it. And I was too, because of... Uh.. Chan. Ahem.  However, considering the small talk we had with Mia a moment ago, I cannot put my finger on which team she truly wants to win. Nonetheless, the three of us, were squeezing each other's hands firmly, keeping our eyes glued to the match as if it would be the last thing we would witness.
The suspense encircling every and each one of the people being here today, was unbearable. What surprised me the most, was the fact that Skyline school had managed to surpass our school for one point, making everyone be on edge.