in spite of you | minsung

☆ 5

finally

thursday 23rd august

the first match leading up to nationals

straykids vs ateez

the boys have been preparing for this for a long time, if they win this match they can move onto the qualifiers and hopefully make their way up to nationals

they needed this win

jisung needed this win

ever since he was a kid he dreamed of being a volleyball player, he's been working hard his whole life to get here right now

to think that nationals is only a few games away blew his mind, if only little jisung could see him now

jisung always had a talent for volleyball, it was his love, his passion and he was damn good at it

he was already known nationally for his incredible skills, now all he needed to do was make it

just win from here on out

if he could win nationals he would for sure get signed to a team, there were already lots of eyes on him in the professional scene

the insane rookie is what he's called

yet he still feels like he's not good enough

his constant drive to be better pushes him past peoples expectations, but never past his own.

and never past his father's..

jisung has achieved so much, it truly is incredible how skilled he is and everyone can see that

but not once has his father ever praised him

i mean in jisung's entire 18 years of living he never once has told him that he's proud of him.

no matter what he does, whether its getting high grades or winning tournaments his father never seems to be pleased

this hurts

"hey beautiful what you thinking about" a voice asked gently, sitting down next to him on the bench

jisung looked up at the boy who was staring at him softly, it felt unusual.

as if he actually cared...?

"minho, i'm not in the mood right now please go away" he replied sternly, but it came out at almost a whisper

"the match starts in 20 minutes man, talk to me" the older relaxed leaning forward to stretch out his knees

jisung studied his face carefully, he's never properly looked at minho up until this moment

he gazed taking in every small detail of the boy, he was incredibly attractive and something about his genuine concern for jisung heightened this

maybe he actually does have a heart

jisung internally chuckled

he only ever saw minho as a cold hearted asshole. but lately he was discovering this new side to him

soft, gentle and sad

he couldn't help but remember how broken he looked the other day, it hurt jisung's heart

as much as he hated the boy he still felt bad for him, he hated seeing anyone upset

as he studied his face his eyes wandered over a scar that travelled across the older's right cheek

it was fairly big, jisung's curiosity grew

he wondered about minho's life, what had happened for him to get that scar. what was lee minho really like~