Love At First Kick

53

'Dismissed. I will see you back here at 6 PM. Be stretched and warmed up by then.'

'Yes, coach!'

Most of them pretty much collapsed the second the coach left. I didn't feel like collapsing, but I definitely needed to sit down. I was exhausted. These guys are lethal.

'I gotta say, in two years, no one almost killed me the way you did Park.' Chen nudges him, chuckling at him

'I'm sorry man. I thought I didn't need to pull back with you. I won't do it again.' Jimin chuckles at him

'You almost died, and I got molested by this one over here. What the fuck was that weird kick?' Baejongu throws her helmet at me, laughing

'Oh, she got you didn't she?' Jimin laughs

'The weird clinch thing? I got a few of those myself. It's damn tricky. I didn't see it coming.' Jin blows out

'You need to teach me how to do that.' JinWoo tells me

'No matter how many times she smacked me, I'm still not used to it, and it's been months.' Jimin chuckles

'There's only so much I can do. I gotta connect my points somehow. I think I'll be a few ribs short from Chen, Jin and IyeShi. You guys are insanely strong.' I tell them

'I don't know. You took those shots like nothing. You kicked my air out a couple of times.' IyeShi sighs

'I got conditioned into it.' I joke, looking at Jimin

'You're welcome.' He bows a little, grinning at me, making them chuckle

'At least you weren't lying. You two don't go easy on each other.' AiSoo says

'Told you.' I chuckle

'I'm sure we will have more chances to get our asses kicked. Let's eat something now.' Sumi says

'Let's all meet in the cafeteria in say, half an hour.' IyeShi suggests and everyone agrees

And we did. Everyone showered and we met in the cafeteria for lunch as it was almost 1 now. They seem really nice. As much as I can see within a few hours of knowing them. I knew Baejongu is pretty fun and we will be getting along great. Jimin got friendly with Chen now that he kicked his butt. He makes friends in such a weird way.

We got to know each other even more. We are all around the same age, apart from Sumi. She is 18. We also found out that Jin, IyeShi, and Baejongu knew about Jimin way before they met him today. Again, I'm very proud. He seemed even prouder when Sumi and AiSoo said they knew of me as well.

'I gotta say, I was surprised you didn't make the team ages ago. Instead, we had Imanu here.' JinWoo says to me

'Yeah. I don't get how she even made it here. She's good, but you seem a head and shoulders above her. I remember sparring with her last year, and it never ended well for her.' Sumi mumbles

'Is that the one that you knocked out for silver last time?' Jimin asks, looking at me

'Yeah, that's the one.' I chuckle

'You knocked her out?!' Chen looks at me, raising his eyebrow

Jimin starts laughing, then answers for me. 'You bet she did. She does that if you tick her off. I suggest not to grab or kick her legs, or kick her on her ass.' Jimin shudders a bit, still chuckling

'You look like you have experience.' Baejongu teases him

'You bet I do. The first time we sparred, she kicked the shit out of me. I didn't know what hit me. ' Jimin answers her, but it's smiling brightly at me