park.sunghoon ✩ amore

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2:20 pm

"YO AERA!" I was started by the sudden call, looking towards the ice rink where the voice came from. One of Sunghoon's friend, Jake, was waving at me. I tilted my head in confusion as Jake pointed towards something, or more like someone.

I turned my eyes to where he was pointing at, and found Sunghoon walking towards where I was seated. Shit. Why is he coming over here? Did he notice me staring at him earlier?

Mia and Zoe had quieted down, all three having their eyes glued to Sunghoon as he suspiciously made his way over to us.

Sunghoon stood in front of me now, looking down at me with a small smile. He extended his left hand, showing his hockey jersey jacket.

"Wear it, you look like you're about to freeze to death," he said, his voice was soft and worry was shown in his eyes. Was this guy really worrying for me?

"Thank you," I said as I took his jersey, immediately wrapping it around my body. The heat engulfed me as I could smell his cologne on it. Sunghoon had rushed back to the ice rink, the game starting in a few minutes. His jacket was too big on me and it brought unknown comfort.

Jihyun punched my shoulder as she made a smug face.

"Oohhh he gave you his jersey jacket~ Mr. Badboy likes you~" she teased, earning a glare from me. I was rubbing the spot where Jihyun had punched me.

"He's worried about our president, I see," Zoe joined, wiggling her eyebrows at me. These kids better shut up before I send them gliding over the ice rink.

"Yall better shut the fuck up before I throw you into that rink," I warned glaring at all three of them as they giggled at my flustered state.

This was going to be a long day.

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2:48 pm

It had been around 30 minutes since the hockey game had started and our school was taking the lead.

There was a lot of dirty play by the opponent and I could see the anger rising up on our team players.

I wasn't fond of hockey rules, so I cheered when everyone else did. Sunghoon was indeed a good player, as he effortlessly dodged the others, shooting multiple goals for our team.

Mia had bought me a hotdog from the stand outside, and I was filling up my starved stomach. I looked down at my plate of hotdog picking it up to take another bite.

BANG

My head shot up at the sudden noise as loud cheering and booing echoed in the gym. Our goalie was on the ground as all the players started rushing over and yelling broke out in the rink. I saw Sunghoon rush to an opponent, slamming hard into them and knocking them over.

"WHAT HAPPENED," I yelled at Jihyun, the screaming of the crowd making it hard to hear. Getting up from my seat and putting my hotdog aside, I looked at the ice rink, more chaotic than it started off as.

"PLAYER 31 FROM THE RIVAL TEAM SLAMMED INTO OUR GOALIE ON PURPOSE," Jihyun yelled back, explaining to me and filling me up on what I have missed out on. Well shit, this was going to be bad.

Many students had their phones out, recording the scene unfolding in front of them. The players were pushing and slamming into each other, raging at what had happened.

I could make out Sunghoon's jersey in the crowd of players. Were they fighting? The ref and coach rushed into the rink, pulling players off of each other. I scooted closer to the rink, taking in the whole situation.

Jake was pulling Sunghoon off of a guy and things started settling down. No one was injured badly as everyone had protective gear on. The ref held out a red card, forwarding it towards player 31, while handing a yellow card towards Sunghoon.

A new player was added in the opposing team as Sunghoon still seemed to be fuming with anger. The crowd had settled down as well, taking their seats and watching the game resume.

Sunghoon's play was much more rough than it was before, probably still angry from the previous incident.

The rest of the game went well without much trouble, and it resulted in our school winning by quite a lot of points. Everyone stood up and cheered for our team as the players huddled together.

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3:30 pm

Everyone started exiting one by one, and we sat and waited as they piled out. Both teams had already exited after shaking hands, probably washing up.

"Aera, let's go," I looked up at Jihyun as she motioned me to get up from my seat. I put my phone in my pocket as I picked up my trash, standing up to follow Jihyun. I threw my trash into a nearby trash can, following right behind Jihyun to not get lost in the crowd.

"FRESH AIR," Mia shouted as she ran onto the campus, dramatically inhaling air. I laughed at her as she looked like an idiot.

"So what are we eating?" I asked as I watched Jihyun take out her phone from her pocket. The hotdog did nothing to fill in my empty stomach.

"KOREAN BBQ, MIA SAID SHE WAS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF US," Zoe said as she jumped in happiness. She linked her arms with Mia's, dragging her in the direction of the restaurant. Jihyun and I walked behind them, watching them be all excited for some meat.

I put my hands in the pocket of the jersey- THE JERSEY.

"SHIT I DIDN'T RETURN THE JERSEY," I yelled out of nowhere, startling Jihyun and making the other two turn around. My eyes were wide and my jaw hanging, my hands clenched tightly on the jersey.

"Well, it's too late now, return it on Monday or something," Jihyun replied as she patted my shoulder, trying to comfort my panicked state.

"What if he needs it?" I asked, worry written all over my face as I looked at the three girls. Mia laughed at me, amused by the state I was in.

"Chill, that's probably the least of his worries," Mia said as she turned back around to see where she was going. I was still worried but I tried brushing it off.

I just need to remember to return it to Sunghoon on Monday.

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