𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐏 sounded around the whole gymnasium as niki's throw made yet another three-pointer, ultimately winning the game for his team. he fist-bumped the air with a loud "YES!" as his friends and teammates huddled around him, screaming and cheering. although the celebration was happening right next to niki's ears, he found his eyes scanning the entire audience for a certain blonde. once their eyes locked, niki stopped jumping and his face slowly subdued.
this was ultimately the deal-breaker for him. sunoo in a sweater twice his size, and knee-length shorts. to be exact, niki's sweater. the one he had lent sunoo that night when he accidentally stayed too late at niki's dorm and decided to have a sleepover. in sunoo's arms was the fox plushie niki gifted him, snug and cradled against his chest while its owner was jumping up and down, waving at niki. he had an award-winning smile on his face and looked oh-so-cute.
well, now he had done it. niki was in love.
he was broken out of his trance as his subject started moving, down towards the court. now, more people were coming down from the bleachers to congratulate or comfort the players standing. "shit." niki mumbled to himself. he swam through the crowd of people to reach sunoo first, watching the other run down the last stair and toward niki.
"you won! you won!" sunoo chanted as he threw his arms around niki's neck, hugging him tightly with the plushie still in his hold.
"of course." niki breathed out, bringing his arms around sunoo's torso and bringing him into a tighter embrace.
sunoo chuckled and looked up at him. "wanna get ice cream? we can have a little celebration by ourselves!"
"sure. yeah- of course." niki shyly said with a little pink dusted on his face. "i just need to get my bag first."
"okay! i'll wait for you at the entrance!" sunoo smiled while removing himself from the warm hug and walking away with a little skip in his step.
niki entered the locker room, grabbing a towel and dabbing at his neck and forehead. he then slipped a light grey jacket on while putting his bag over his shoulder.
'ice cream? with sunoo? like a date? no, couldn't be.' niki thought as he chuckled to himself. the crowd had subsided for the most part now, the majority already changed and headed home. niki stepped out of the locker room and spotted niki at the entrance. but he was with two people.
niki quickened his steps to meet them faster, stopping behind them and clearing his throat. they turned their heads and stepped aside.
"oh, hey niki."
"jay?"
"good game, huh? you were amazing." jay chuckled and ruffled niki's damp hair.
"thanks. you too." niki reciprocated the compliment while smiling.
"oh, this is jungwon, by the way." jay motioned to the shorter male next to sunoo, who waved slightly at the mention of his name. niki waved back.
"well, anyways, we'll get going. see you tomorrow?" jay turned back to the youngest.
"yeah. bye." niki watched as the two left together, furrowing his eyebrows at their activity while walking next to each other suspiciously.
"we should head out as well. the shop might be closing soon." sunoo suddenly spoke, appearing next to niki and effectively making him flinch.
"yeah. come on! last one there has to pay for the other's ice cream." niki grinned, staring at the other before taking off.
"hey- wait! you don't even know what ice cream shop it is!" sunoo yelled to no effect, sighing before tightening his grip on the fox plush and running to catch up with niki.
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a.n kinda short but wtv next chapter will be 🤭🫢🫢🫣😳😳
