Unknowingly Yours

14

"Ryujin! Over here!" A tall giant waves his hands up in the air like I wouldn't be able to see him without it.

"Sup?" I nonchalantly approach him.

"I'm glad you're here. Let me introduce to the rest of the team" he waves me to follow him.

"Everyone! Gather up! I want you to meet someone!" He shouts since they're on the field already practicing.

Once everyone has gathered, "Everyone this is Ryujin. Make a good impression so she will want to join us." Its interesting that the team is almost half and half with men and women. I was expecting it to have more men.

"Winter?" I see a familiar face.

"Hey Ryujin. Long time no see" she avoids eye contact with me.

"You two know each other?" Soobin ask.

"Yea, she's my cousin" I say without looking away from Winter.

"I'm just gonna catch up with Ryujin for a little bit. We will be right back, captain" Winter drags me away to somewhere more secluded.

"Please, don't tell your parents or my parents that you found me" she begs.

Winter ran away when she was sixteen. Her parents were very strict on her. She couldn't have short hair, she always had to wear a dress, she always had to be proper. They were making her act like what they thought a woman should act. One day, Winter snapped and never came back from school.

She did leave a note saying she's leaving because she doesn't want people thinking she was kidnapped or anything but her parents still contacted the police. They searched for her until her parents told them to stop when Winter reached 18 years old.

"Don't worry, I don't talk to my parents but where have you been staying all this time?" I ask.

"A friend of mine but why don't you talk to your parents?" She ask and I give her the whole speech about being gay and them being not gay and not liking gay.

"Wow, that's messed up. Our family is messed up" she laughs and I laugh with her because it's true.

"How did you end up in this soccer team with Soobin?" I ask.

"I was actually here before him. We made him captain because it seemed like a good fit at the time. How do you know him?"

"He's dating a friend of mine."

"Small world" she smiles.

"I should probably go back. Really think about joining though. It's fun and you've seen the pretty ladies in the team earlier. I can help you get a girl" she winks before running off to the field. Everyone just wants to set me up with someone. Do I look that pathetic so they think I can't find someone by myself?

I watch them practice for a while and I'm not sure if it's something I want to commit to. Honestly, by the time I get home from work, I just want to relax at home and watch TV. This requires a lot of running.

After practice, Soobin joins me in the bleachers. "So what do you think?" He ask.

"I'm not sure. I don't know if I can commit to this."

"Aww but that's alright. I'm not gonna force you" he messes with my hair like I'm a kid.

"Hey!" I pout while I fix it.

"Thank you for coming though and actually check it out."

"It's alright. Thanks for inviting me. Because of that I saw my cousin for the first time in years" I smile at him.