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as soon as donghyuck stepped on school ground the next monday, the whole school ran to him. donghyuck smiled back proudly at all the attention he was receiving.

"congratulations!"

"well done donghyuck!"

"you're the best!"

"you did so good!"

"bravo!"

"welcome our champion!"


donghyuck waved at them, allowing himself to shake hands with a few students who were holding their hand out.

it seemed like he was the most popular boy out here.

it seemed like he was the preferred one.

it seemed like he was the boss.

and it was a pleasant feeling.


"thanks a lot, guys!" he screamed out as the whole corridor applauded him.

donghyuck's soccer team had participated in the national championship over the week end. and he had made their school enter in history by making them go all the way through semi-finals.

donghyuck's team had ended up fourth of the tournament. sure, they were not on the podium, receiving their big heavy medals, but they had managed to get to semi-finals.

the whole school knew about this never being achieved before.

they knew that donghyuck's team had arrived 4th place thanks to donghyuck's efforts.

they knew how much of a great captain he was.

and they were thankful of him, because he had made their school known.


donghyuck headed towards his classroom, never getting enough of all the attention he was receiving.

during times like those, he felt like he was better than mark.

but let's be real. mark would be so modest that he would be saying that he wasn't the one responsible for their 'win'. he would keep saying that luck was on their side and that they played really well facing opponents who had done lots of mistakes. he would make sure to say this was all thanks to their coach who had trained them well, and made sure they were ready before sending them off.

but donghyuck wasn't like that.

he was more selfish. donghyuck's team had 'won' because they had been good. they had played better than they ever had, and their opponents were hard to beat, but some of them weren't as good as donghyuck's team. there was no modesty, donghyuck didn't like it – it made him think of mark.


"well, first things first, i need to congratulate our soccer team captain for bringing us to semi-finals during the national championship." the teacher declared as he smiled at donghyuck.

"thanks sir." donghyuck replied, bowing.

"oh, it's normal." the teacher chuckled. "i'm sure you've already been applauded, but knowing you, you'll never get enough of it, so, another round of applause for our team captain!"


the whole classroom clapped and cheered again, making donghyuck feel good on the inside.

the tanned male even caught a glimpse of mark clapping his hands energetically while looking at him.

it felt good. having the others respecting you like that.


"well, now let's start concentrating on more serious things." the teacher declared with a cough as he started teaching his lesson.


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