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"Will you be at the game?"

Chanhee looked around the classroom in confusion, wondering if Younghoon actually was talking to him or just accidentally looking in his direction. "I'm sorry...what?" He asked quietly.

"Tonight's game—are you going?" Younghoon repeated.

Glancing over at the girl with her back towards him, Chanhee let out a dramatic sigh. "I usually go with her but we're still not talking so I don't know," he whispered just quiet enough so Yeri couldn't hear.

"It's the last one before you graduate," Younghoon stated, trying not to make it sound like he was indifferent about the younger to attending the game. His eyes quickly swept across the room, making sure that nobody he'd seen the two talking. "Do you go to all of the games?"

It was quite strange to the boy that Younghoon had a even initiated a conversation with Chanhee. He wondered if maybe the elder had gotten hit in the head during practice. "I didn't go last year but we started going because it's the last year we could go."

A small hum came out of Younghoon as he finally looked away from the boy and back at his own desk.

"Why are you so talkative today?"

"I..." Younghoon started, "I'm just bored. Just want to pass the time."

Chanhee slowly nodded, "I see." He wasn't sure why he expected the elder to talk to him because he actually wanted to, but the statement still stung.

Ever since Chanhee walked through the doors on his first day years ago, he just wanted to fit in. He knew not everybody was going to agree with who he was...but he never expected the whole school to be against him. He didn't have the greatest first impression of Younghoon, but he thought that just maybe somebody other than Yeri was starting to realize he was a real person just like everybody else.

But then again he wasn't sure why he expected so much from another asshole like Younghoon. 

"why would it be for any other reason..." Chanhee whispered in frustration as he tried to focus on his work.

Now that Chanhee had looked away, Younghoon subtly turned to examine the boy's features. Of course he felt a little guilt for the frown on Chanhee's lips, but it felt as if he reached his word limit for the day.

He wondered if he truly made Chanhee upset with his words or if the boy was just still upset over what happened with Yeri. Forcing himself to look away from him, Younghoon wondered why he even cared if Chanhee was upset at all.

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"I'm going to miss you so much!" Eric sobbed as he held onto Younghoon for dead life.

"Eric—" Younghoon started as he tried to pull the boy off of him, but no matter how hard he pulled his grip didn't falter, "we'll still be in school together...I'm not going to just disappear after the game."

The younger let out another loud sob, "this is the last game we get to play together! We'll never play as this team ever again!"

The coach walked into the locker room and froze when he saw what was happening. "The...game starts in fifteen minutes guys," he stated awkwardly as he tried to figure out what was going on. "Is he okay?"

Juyeon walked over and patted Eric's head, "he's just sad because this is our last game together."

"Well would you rather make this a good memory or one where you're just crying the whole time?" The coach asked, trying to coax Eric into letting Younghoon go.

Finally letting the elder go, Eric brought a hand up to wipe at his tear stained cheeks. "I guess let's make it a good memory..." he whimpered.

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"Who are you looking for?" Juyeon asked Younghoon in between gulps of water.

Younghoon felt his cheeks heat up from the embarrassment of being caught. "Nobody—I'm not," he stammered before jogging away from the boy.

The truth was that he had been distracted for most of the game trying to see if he could find Chanhee in the crowd. He knew if he saw the boy cheering among everybody else it would mean he didn't completely mess things up with their conversation in class earlier. 

"Where are you?" He whispered to himself as he tried to focus on the game. He looked to his right just in time and caught the ball hurtling towards him.

After the ball successfully made it through the net, Younghoon saw somebody jumping up and down on the bleachers out the corner of his eye. Looking away from the ball for a split second he finally saw him. Chanhee was one of only a handful of people standing up. There was a wide grin spread across his face as he clapped wildly for the shot Younghoon had just made.

"Younghoon!" Juyeon screamed when he saw the boy's attention on the stands once again. He knew the boys on the team weren't infallible and were bound to get distracted at some points in the game, however, that had never been a problem for the elder before.

The rest of the game Younghoon didn't seem to have a problem focusing now that he knew Chanhee was there cheering him on. 

"Who was so distracting?" Juyeon pried as he corners Younghoon in the locker room after the game.

"I noticed it too," Sangyeon added as he walked up to the two, "You were glued to the bleachers the first half then smiling like an idiot for the second."

Younghoon let out a dramatic sigh, "It was nothing guys."

"The girl he has a crush on was definitely there..." Sangyeon muttered.

"The girl I have a crush on?"

A small laugh slipped out Juyeon, "You don't remember telling us about the girl you can't stop thinking about last week when we went out?"

Leaning towards the two, Younghoon whispered, "I was drunk as shit of course I don't remember a word I said."

"So was it her?"

"It..." the boy started, not quite knowing how to answer if he couldn't remember who it was supposed to be. "Yeah, it was," he blurted out. 

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