OMEGA (Kaisoo)

Chapter 35 TentTalks

The firewood crackled as kyungsoo stretched his palms out to it. Moving his fingers slightly while he glanced onto his dirty cast.
It was aching, he thought. Now and then he'd find his wrist aching through movement, specially if he'd overused the hand and then kept it still and rested for too long.

It was irritating the least to deal with, now after he used his wrist extensively during the game and then just sat while the teacher talked to the students and half scolded Kyungsoo and the other for taking the game too far, for being too competitive again.

Jongin sat down beside him, a cup in hand and he hummed as he reached it out to him.
" soup?" He asked once taking it to peak inside and the beta sighed adjusting his seat while he took the shorter hand to get a glimpse of the cast as he corrected him " tea"

Kyungsoo took a little sip before letting it rest in his lap exhausted as he watched jongin open the cast to his wrist and gentle put a cooling pad on. He'd winced at first but found himself feeling relieved as it numbed some of the pain.
Jongin had frowned at the said wrist, fingers examining his discoloured bone before he lifted the cooling pad little to trace the scars and then lower the pad over the swollen parts again. He seemed irritated by it, kyungsoo thought as he watched his furrowed and focused eyes, perhaps a little mad? But then again jongin usually looked a little mad and if he wasnt then he was annoyed or unbothered.

Jongin looked up then unexpectedly meeting his eyes and kyungsoo thought he kind of liked it. There was something comforting in the expression the beta made while focusing on his hand like hed done several times before.

" we killed it !" Jay's call interrupted his thoughts and made them both look up to him and chanyeol taking a seat beside them" like I feel embarassed for the others "

Chanyeol laughed along with him and kyungsoo watched them eating something from their own cups  " I'm sure the teacher doesn't exactly share that enthusiasm " chanyeol snickered and the omega couldn't help but smile little aswell.

" come on, have you seen his face ? He's never seen a game this exciting" jay joked, nudging him by his arm while he looked up at students passing by with a smirk "and fun, mh?"
A girl giggled in return and he looked after her.

" more like disturbing" chanyeol corrected, poking at his food as he rolled his eyes, most definitely annoyed but not necessarily bothered. He would probably have hit the back og his head or kicked his leg if he was. Kyungsoo found that that was what they mostly did when jay acted out of line.

" attention everyone! gather around!" the teacher repeated in a call and all 4 of them turned to his direction, stepping up to stand just behidn the fire olace as other students also turned his way and made space for more arriving.

kyungsoo held onto the cooling pad now, causing jongin to retreat his hand. It wasnt hurting anymore but he knew the beta wouldninsist hed kept it on for a little longer and he was just glsd to leave the said wrist resting for a bit more without the hard medal in the cast oressed up against it.

He drifted his eyes over to the few students that had limped and others who'd been bandaged up on visible placing, taking seats slowly and with grunts and cries. Others needing support from pitiful faces. It was pathetic, he thought and he had to remind himself not to glare or spent any glances toward them, knowing they overreact as they always did. He couldnt understand or fathom how theese people grew up to be this fragile at this age. He was sure he'd seen children endure worse than this without the dramatic reactions.

He looked over to chanyeol, who pat his shoulder little as if in support and he wondered if, afterall he ended up staring them down and making them uncomfortable. God forbid they get uncomfortable. Hed half expected chanyeol to lecture him now but he stayed quiet. He'd say something like alpha sojoon would about circumstances and accepting others and their weaknesses but during the game he just couldnt care less and it wasnt like anyone died, which jongin said was what mattered most.