Love At First Kick

31

'Most of the fights are happening between the courts B and C, so find a spot on the stands somewhere in there.' Coach Yong gives instructions

'The tournament starts in an hour. All of you who have early fights, please make sure you are warmed up and stretched. Rin, you are 3rd fight. I hope I don't have to explain anything to you.' He says

'Nah, I'm good, coach. I'll be ready.' I smile at him

'How can you be so calm?' Youji asks

'What am I supposed to do? I came here to fight. Doesn't really make much difference which fight number I am.' I shrug

'You are scary on so many levels.' Jimin comments, and Jungkook agrees

'Instead of judging me so early in the morning, can you help me warm up and stretch?' I ask Jimin

'Got it. U get dressed. I'll get the things.' He smiles

People tend to do their own things to prepare for the fight. But 90% of us warm up and stretch. You just find a spot, anywhere in the arena, visible or not, and you get on with it. You can do it on your own or have someone hold pads or something for you.

I was about to go to the changing room, then I saw a line of about 40 girls waiting in front, and turned around.

'I thought you were going to change?' Suri asks

'We might have to do that here. There is a line down the hall just to get to the door. It'll be 1 in the afternoon by the time I get to the changing room. I'll just change here.' I say, putting down my bag. It's not the first time I changed in the stands. No one really cares about these things in these competitions. Everyone does it.

'Do you want us to make a little wall around you?' Jungkook asks

'Nah, I don't care. It takes 10 seconds. Besides, the arena is not even half full, as most of the people are still on the scale.'

I take off my club jacket and the sweatshirt underneath, leaving a thin strap shirt on. I take off my shoes and my sweatpants, and then I pull off the shirt as well. I'm in my sports bra and panties. I take the dobok out of my bag and put on my bottom part, tying it around my waist. Then I pull the top part, pulling it over my head, tightening the little rope underneath. I'll do the belt last after I put all the pads and things on. I decide to put my hair in a ponytail, so I take my hairbrush and a hairband out of the bag. I brush my hair and pull it up, tying it.

Then I heard Youji and Suri snicker, and I turned towards them. 'What is it? Do I have something on my ass?' I try to look behind, pulling my dobok

'It's not that. It's the guys, bless them.' Suri says and starts laughing again
I look at the rest of the group, which is 5 guys with us. Jimin was looking anywhere but at me, Jungkook was looking at the ground. One of ours, Han, was looking at his phone. Except his phone was upside down. Ijui was taking out his things, and he is fighting in about 4 hours. Jeo was just bright red.

'Oh, I see.' I start laughing. 'By the way, Han, your phone is upside down.' Suri started laughing even more

The only thing I don't get is Jimin. I nudge him a bit, 'Are you okay?'

'I had to look away. I can't get excited here.' Oooooh, that's what he was doing. I'm happy I have that effect on him, but it's still funny.

He smacked my butt with a hitting pad, 'Shut it.'

'Sorry, sorry.' I laugh, moving so he can't hit me. 'I'm going over there to warm up. Give me 15 minutes.'

'Sure.' He nods