Love At First Kick

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*knock knock* 

5 AM it is. Jimin and I are going for a run as we said we would. Besides, who else would knock on my door at 5 in the morning?

'Morning, handsome.' I smile as I open my door. 
Jimin gave me a beautiful smile, even though he is barely awake. He's in a black tracksuit and his sneakers. He put a beanie over his head as it is January and pretty cold.

'Morning, gorgeous.' He grins. 'Ready to get tired first thing in the morning?'

'Always.' I chuckle

We went over to the front desk first. It seems they always have someone there. They did tell us to let them know if we were leaving.

'Good morning, miss. We spoke with Coach Ishijo yesterday, and he said he would sanction our morning runs outside.' I speak quietly

'Good morning. No problem, let me just check that.' She quickly checked through some papers, then smiled. 
'Here you go. Your passes. So you can get in and out.'

We each got one with our name on it. We thanked her as we put them in our pockets and we went out. The centre was practically in the middle of nothing, you could say. It was Seoul, but it didn't look like it. I'm used to the city, buildings, roads and traffic. Here, we are surrounded by a huge field and a little forest on our right. No car in sight, apart from the entrance of the building. This is actually perfect. 

We stretched before we started running and then went down the field towards the forrest. He had to go slower as his legs are longer. I always felt bad about it. We ran together many times and he always had to do it. 

'This is actually pretty nice.' He says as we're running, breathing a bit more heavily. I can see the fog coming out as he speaks as it's freezing

'Right? No people. It's so relaxing.' I say

We didn't talk much after that, as our lungs would explode from the cold, so we just kept running for good 40 minutes before we went back. We ran into the coach as we walked inside. He was just about to go get himself some coffee from the cafeteria.

'Good morning, coach.' We greet him, bowing a little

'Oh, morning, Min, Park.' He greets us back, still half asleep. 'How was your run?'

'Tiring and cold. So, pretty much perfect.' Jimin jokes making the coach chuckle

'At least I have two less people to wake up in the mornings. Thanks for that.' He gives us thumbs up and walks away, making us chuckle

'Well, I need to shower.' I say as we start walking to our rooms

'Need some help?' He smirks at me, talking quietly

'Don't test me Park.' I shake my head

'Oh, damn, I'm Park now?' He giggles at me

'Go away, you're raising my heartrate.' I nudge him a bit towards his room, making him laugh

'You're cute. See you later.' He smiles, walking inside, and I do the same

He knocked on my door again at 8:45, picking me up so to speak. We went to the gym and people were just coming in as well. We both headed straight for the changing rooms to get into our uniforms and all that.

'This is too early.' I feel someone hang themselves on me, almost pulling me down. I started laughing once I saw Baejongu hanging on me, holding me with her eyes half closed. She is only a few kilos heavier, so that's not the issue. But she's tall. She must be 5'6". She's almost as tall as Jimin.

'Morning, Baejongu.' She reminds me a bit of Youji with her crazy antics. 'Sleepy?' I ask, letting her hold me over the shoulders to support herself

'I love training, but this is just too early.' She sighs. 'How come you're so chirpy?' She asks, looking at me