/ˈpetrīˌkôr/
: the pleasant smell of earth after it rains
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"Do you like Byeol?"
Seungcheol threw him a disgusted look, slapping the back of his head. "T-that's like liking a- a sister! Hell nah!"
"Okay..." Jeonghan looked down, aw...
Wednesday turned into Friday, which meant Chan's soccer tryouts. He was hoping that they wouldn't go too hard on him, considering he's a freshman and all, but pressure slowly faded when he remembered that his sister's best friend was the new captain.
Lee Byeol sat on the field bleachers, watching Chan leave her side as tryouts started. She looked to the right, where a few girls were, probably there to watch their oppas. Scratch that actually, a lot of girls. They took up the whole bleacher beside the one Byeol was sitting on, who couldn't help but snigger a bit.
She went to wipe her glasses, which were getting fogged up by her hot breath and how cold it was outside. A loud series of squeals and shouts erupted from her right, and she snapped her head back up to the field, putting her glasses back on.
"Your brother made a shot. 1 against 3. You know t-thats... impressive for a- for a freshman."
Byeol looked behind her, a bothered look on her face from the amount of 'lee-chan-oppa's she was hearing. He's not even older than them!
"Oh, you." She said, seeing Yoon Jeonghan walking down from the top row to sit beside her. This resulted in Byeol sending him weird looks. "Hi... noona."
Byeol nodded at her co-captain as he meekly lowered himself beside her, facing the front to look for her brother. He was sitting on the bench with Mingyu congratulating him after his turn, chugging a bottle of water. Lee Chan and Kim Mingyu spotted the two of them, and they waved. Jeonghan returned the gesture to both of them, while Byeol only waved at her brother.
"Omo! Mingyu's waving at us!" "Lee Chan hi!!" "He's so cute!" "Yah! Why aren't you waving?!" "Mingyu is looking at us! Fix your hair!"
"Dumb*sses.." Yoon Jeonghan and Lee Byeol mumbled in unison, and they immediately face each other. The two seniors stared at each other for a few minutes, not knowing what to say.
"Yah Hyung." Mingyu nudged Seungcheol, who was assessing the players with their coach. "Hm?"
Mingyu puckered his chapped lips towards Jeonghan and Byeol, who already ended their 'staring' competition. Seungcheol followed his line of sight, spotting them as well. Even the coach looked, but the second he recognized them, he flicked Mingyu's forehead. "Ack!-"
"Mingyu-ssi! Focus on tryouts, and not on your seniors' lovelife! You didn't get in last year because you got injured before the day."
"Chan, stop laughing!" Mingyu, embarrassed because of the coach, pouted at said boy, who was busy 'HA-HA-HA'-ing himself off.
Lee Byeol furrowed her brows, trying to make sense of what was happening in the distance with the boys. She shrugged it off, and just watched the tryouts, occasionally cheering her brother on when it was his turn.
Yoon Jeonghan smiled to himself, feeling like he finally made some progress. 'Progress in what?' you may ask? Well, progress in trying to make Lee Byeol one of his friends. (or maybe more than a friend- hEHe)
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It has been a week since Chan's tryouts, which ended rather badly as he passed out when Mingyu accidentally hit the back of his head during the game. He got good news however when the student council released the names of those who passed the soccer tryouts, and his name was on the top.
Now it was Byeol's turn to experience tryouts, but instead of being the ones who were trying to make it into the team, she was the one who was conducting it, with the help of her coach and co-captain of course. It started off with a 10 minute jog around the two courts, Lee Byeol and Yoon Jeonghan leading them.
Byeol fixed her ponytail after, which caught the stares of many boys who were spectating in the gym. "Hey hey hey focus on the tryouts." Jeonghan frowned, clapping numerous times to get the players' attention off of Byeol, which worked.
1 and a half hours later~
"Yah Boo Seungkwan."
Seungkwan slightly flinched when Byeol approached him, noticing his nervous state, "Yeah?"
"You did better than the others, don't sweat it." With that, she swung her gym bag over her shoulder and went past him to change in the girl's bathrooms. Seungkwan grinned, nodding to himself proudly.
"Hey Kwannie, you did really good." Jeonghan patted his back, taking a seat beside him. Seungkwan looked at him expectantly, eyes sparkling, "Really?"
"Really. Besides, Lee Byeol-noona wouldn't have said it if she hadn't meant it."
The co-captain gave him a genuine smile, before leaving to fix his stuff as tryouts have already ended.
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"Wah.. I actually made it..." Seungkwan sighed in relief, eyes glued on the name at the top of the paper. Students congratulated him left and right, to which he bowed at them. "Stop pretending like you didn't say 'Obviously I would pass' yesterday during lunch."
Seungkwan rolled his eyes at Kwon Soonyoung. "You're gonna get scammed in five years."
The junior just mocked Seungkwan, but dragged him to the cafeteria nevertheless.
