Love At First Kick

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'Welcome back, everyone. It's great to see everyone once again. How's everyone feeling?' Coach Ishijo greets everyone

The next world's is in 3 months in Russia, so naturally, here we are again. At the centre.

'Jimin, I must admit, I barely recognized you.' Coach Ishijo laughs a little once he got to him

Jimin cut most of his hair off. He has an undercut, and everything else is pretty short and almost silverish. Insanely hot.

'Last time, I ended up looking like one of those dogs that look like mops. My hair got way too long. Figured I'd save myself the trouble this time.'

Everyone started laughing at his explanation, but everyone agreed that he looked great.

'You two married yet?' Coach teases us

'Almost there, coach. Almost there. You'll be the first one to get an invite.' I give him thumbs up, and Jimin giggles. The rest of the team all laughed along

'I bought the damn suit last year. If you two don't hurry up, I won't fit into it anymore.' Chen joins in on the joke

'Then I better make sure you lose some of that weight in the training.' Coach fires it Chen

'That's just uncalled for, Coach. I never said I mind my weight. It keeps me warm.' Chen argues, patting his tummy. Even though he's got 70kg, he doesn't have any fat on him. It's just muscle. He's got a pretty good body, to be honest. All the guys on the team do. That's just what happens when you are a national athlete. All the hard work pays off.

'Well, I'm happy everyone is in high spirits. Now, go have some lunch, unpack, and we're back to training first thing tomorrow morning. You two have your running passes ready at the front counter.' Coach tells me and Jimin

'Thank you, coach.' We bow a little

We kept our tradition. Running at 5:30. No one joined us. Yet. But that's okay. At least we don't have to ask for it anymore. It's all done and ready for us.

'Right. You're free. See you in the morning.'

'Yes, coach!'

Everyone gathered in the cafeteria for lunch like we did so far. It took the new members a bit to actually start joining us. They thought IyeShi and Jimin were scary, so they were on the lookout. It was hilarious. IyeShi is just the type to have a resting bitch face, so he might seem a bit unapproachable. But since then, they realised they're all a bunch of cracheads, so they're all more than happy to sit with us. They do still bow to us all the time, which we told them not to do many times.

'Rin noona, can I sit next to you?' Royun, a 20-year-old that joined just a few months ago, kind of latched himself to my side. But he looks 15, honestly. Everyone keeps pinching his cheeks. He looks like a little steamed bun

'Go for it, Royun.' I smile

'Jimin hyung, Jimin hyung. I've decided. I'm gonna kick your ass this year.' Iye sure is a feisty one. She's still not as crazy as Baejongu, but she is getting there

'Wow. You've got some balls, little one. Threatening the King like that.' JinWoo giggles

'The king?' Jimin started laughing, almost choking on his food. Took him a good minute to calm down.
'Go for it, kiddo. You've got my blessing.' He pat her on the head, snickering a bit. It just fires her up even more

'Yes, you may eat mine. Enjoy.' I chuckle at Jimin, telling him off sarcastically as he started stealing the food from my tray

'Wuw u.' He mumbles with his mouth already full