Love At First Kick

56

'This place is massive!' Baejongu says, looking around. And she's right.

There are 10 courts around, with stands on both sides. This looks like a mini football stadium. There must be about 2000 people here. But I guess they had to host it someplace like here considering the entire continent is here to fight. This is going to be one loud torunament.

'Does everyone know their fight number and court?'

'Yes, coach!' We answer him

'Great. We will have 2 coaches from Japan join us for the next two days. We need extra in case someone fights at the same time. I can't be in two courts at the same time. They will be here shortly. They speak Korean, so you'll be fine.' He says, and everyone sighs in relief

And surely, soon enough, we had two coaches join us. They introduced themselves as Ijiro and Nitsu. They were pretty young, maybe a few years older than us. But we only need them to sit on the chair. We can do the rest.

Jimin asked one of them something in Japanese and he answered him, then they hugged and started laughing.

'What's going on here?' Jin asks, looking at them

'Ah, we fought last year. I thought I recognized him.' Jimin explains

'Yeah, it was a damn good fight.' The guy, Nitsu, smiles at Jin, talking in Korean

'How did that go?' Chen asks

'I got KO-ed.' Nitsu laughs

'Jesus... I'm not even surprised.' IyeShi sighs

'It's all good. I'm loving my coaching life. I'm way better at it.' Nitsu says

'You're sitting for me then.' Jimin jokes, nudging him

'Who's the first to fight today?' Ijiro asks

'That would be me. I'm fight number 2 on court D.' I smile, raising my hand

'You nervous?' He asks

'Nope. I'm good.' I smile at him

'Love that. Make sure you're ready in time.' He smiles at me

'Gotcha.' I nod
'Pssst.' I call Jimin to come close. 'Is it okay if I change here? I have no idea where the changing room is.' I did tell him I won't do it again, but this place is massive. I'll get lost.

He laughed, patting me on the head. 'Why are you even asking? You are cute.'

'Well, I did say I wouldn't do it, so I figured I'd ask.' I chuckle

'It's fine. I'm pretty sure everyone will do the same.' He smiles

Ijiro asked him something in Japanese and Jimin answered him, smiling.

'Oooooh. Okay. Okay.' Ijiro chuckles

'Apologies everyone, but I'm changing here. I'm not getting lost trying to find the locker room.' I tell them

'Same.' The rest of them agree

I changed as fast as I could, putting my dobok on. I took out my belt and shuffled over to Jimin, giving it to him. He smiled at me, taking it. It's become a tradition that he does it for me.

'There you go, beautiful.' He smiles as he grabs my belt, pulling me closer, and leaving a kiss on my forehead

'Thanks.' I grin at him. 'Now I can warm up and stretch. I'll be down there.' I point to a little area we can see from the stands

'15?' Jimin asks

'Yep.' I nod. I took my phone and my headphones and went off to warm up

Meanwhile in the stands
JIMIN POV