FALLING IN LOVE

CHAPTER 23

MINA'S POV

~TWO WEEKS LATER~

Today marks the day of the game between JYPE School team and HYBE School team.

You know, the game Chaeyoung tricked Taehyung into having. The same game I feel is just about the dumbest one ever which is exactly what I'm telling Chaeyoung.

"Oh come on! That doesn't mean you shouldn't come!", Chaeyoung argued, raising his voice.

"That's exactly what it means, Mister. There are million other things I could be doing other than watching two schools headbutt because two arrogant, scratch that, one arrogant player couldn't control himself!", I replied matter of factly.

"But Mina~", Chaeyoung whined.

"But what? Give me one good reason why I should come. Just one", I raised a finger up.

"It shows school spirit?", He offered. I faked a yawn and yelled out.

"Pass!".

"Come on, Mina. You have to come! You just have to!".

"I don't want to!", I shook my head before turning to face my locker.

"Ugh! You're so impossible!", Chaeyoung leaning against the locker close to mine.

"Thanks Babe", I blew a kiss his way with a wink.

"I know the real reason why you don't want to come to the game", He continued after a pause.

"Oh really?, then tell me, what could that be?".

"You don't want to go to the game because you don't want your little nose, Taehyung to see you like this", He said, booping my still swollen nose.

"First off, oww!, I yelled, pointing to my nose.

"Secondly, that is not true and you know it. You're just trying to bait me and honestly, that was a weak attempt at best".

"Say whatever you want, Babe. You're just scared that if your little admirer sees you with a nose as big an onion and as red as a tomato, his crush on you will melt faster than ice in a volcano", I was stunned but beyond that, I felt crushed.

"Can you even hear yourself? I don't care what anyone thinks about how I look, least of all for Taehyung. You know why? Because unlike you, he's sweet, caring, fun to be with and he wouldn't mock me for something that wasn't even my fault!", I closed my locker with a bang and walked out angrily.

Jerk!!!.

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CHAEYOUNG'S POV

As I watched Mina walked out, I fought the urge to palm myself. I can be such an idiot sometimes. Whatever possessed me to tease her for something sensitive?.

Ugh! Now I've gotten her mad at me. And we were just starting to get close.

The last two weeks have perhaps been one of the best ones of my life. While I made no particular breakthrough in finding who threw the basketball at Mina, we got pretty close during her stay at the hospital.

Amidst all the fighting and mild teasing here and there, we'd really grown a bond. And now I just had to go and ruin it. Gosh, I can be so stupid at times.

Still, maybe I can fix this. All I have to do is find her first.

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MINA'S POV

I stared at my reflection in the fountain and lightly touched my nose, careful not to press it so as not to hurt myself. It still hurt and bled occasionally.