This is Us* Vol 1*

*Yixing*

As the ball was dribbled and then launched in the air the audience all grew quiet. Waiting and watching for the ball to either miss the basket or make it, if it made it then our team would score a point and win the game. I watched with intensity even though I didn't like basketball, because number 10 was on the floor. Suddenly the clock to the game goes off as the ball makes it's way to floor and the crowd stands up and screams as our team wins. Me and my bestfriend, who actually watched the game for interest, both stand and cheer as the players all go after number 10 and throw him in the air. 

When we get ready to leave the gym I take a glance to the players as they all high five each other. I try not to make it noticeable I was looking for 10, suddenly I find him and he catches my stairs. He smiles and sends a wave my way and I can only feel my cheeks get warm, I send a wave back though. When I look in front of me I had lost Sena. I sigh and continue my way out and look around the empty parking lot where I see the bright white jacket standing off to the side alone, Sena. I quickly jog and she puts her phone in her back pocket, "Lost in Yixing's eyes again?" she asks as she starts to walk away leaving me shook. "What?!" I ask and again jog up to her, "You vanished!" she says smiling and nudges my shoulder. "You where in front of me! I was left behind, I is smol!" I tell her and she laughs as we leave the school gates and start heading home. 

"I wish you would talk to him," she tells me suddenly and kicks a rock and again I am shook. "He has none of our classes," I say sternly and focus on the path home. "You don't even like basketball...yet you are always willing to come to the games. When he isn't playing you get upset, when he gets hurt you get upset! He notices you Isa!" she says and stops walking but I continue. I stop once I know she is far behind, "C'mon!" I yell and she slowly stomps her way back. 

When we reach our neighborhood I see my street and we hug before heading in our separate directions. I make sure Sena walks to her street ok and take only 2 steps in my own direction when I hear, "Isa Loves Yixing Zhang!!" I feel my eyes widen and turn around and run back to the cross road and see Sena running off into the dark. I look around praying nobody heard anything and then run off to my house as well. I lean against the door and sigh, I pull my phone out of my pocket as I begin sending message after message to Sena. 

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The next day at school I am still scolding Sena about her little shout in the night. "He doesn't live near us," she says with a simple smile and I head palm myself, "Yeah well if I screamed 'Sena Loves Minseok' you'd have been on my porch!" I say and she thinks about it. "Would not," she says and I poker face, "Would so," I say and the bell goes off. "Ahh I'm sorry! I just ship too much," she says and waves before walking to her class and I only shake my head and smile as I head to my class which was just next door to where we were. 

I enter my class and take my seat, "Hey um, Isa?" I hear someone ask and I look to my right where I see Yixing smiling and looking at me. I at first feel like I'm staring at him with wide eyes, but I soon snap out of it and nod my head. "Yes..I'm Isa!" I say a bit too overexcited, he smiles and then looks to the floor and then back to me again. "Can I barrow a pencil? Mine needs lead," he asks again and I nod and look in my pencil pouch. I pull a purple lead pencil out of it and hand it over, "Thank you!" he says and then our teacher calls for all of our attentions. 

I manage to get through my class without feeling overwhelmed with Yixing sitting to my right, but why was he in here? Once the bell rings everyone packs up and starts leaving, "Thank you, Isa," he tells me as he hands me my pencil back. "Your welcome," I say and he heads out where I hear a couple voices shouting at him, perusal. 

I head out and begin to head the stairway as I make my way to my next class when I see Yixing again, but he is entering my next class. I stop momentarily but continue heading into the class and when I search for my desk I see the once empty seat to the left was now occupied by Yixing. I make my way over and sit down as we both smile at one another again. 

"Uh..don't think I am stalking you!" he says quietly and rushed causing me to look at him and away from the lesson. "Oh..um, no I didn't think that," I say and he nods and goes back to looking at the board and then his notebook, but the burning question in me is too much to hold in. "Why are did you transfer, it's the second semester?" I ask him and he smiles, "I didn't want to be in the honor versions of these classes, I was barely passing," he says bluntly and I nod my head. "I saw you at the game," he tells me changing the subject and I look to him and he makes eye contact, "You where really good out there!" I tell him and I see his cheeks turn a slight shade of pink. 

When that class ends it is time for early lunch and everyone leaves. As I pack up I can't help but notice Yixing placing a blue lead pencil into his backpack and then swinging it onto his back. I thought he didn't have a pencil?

"See you later Isa," he says again and waves in my face snapping me out of my daydream like state. "Oh! See you later..Yixing," I tell him and he smiles and heads out, as I make my way out I head to the lunchroom where I spot Sena at a table. "Guess what!" I tell her and she holds her hands up, "I have something to tell you too!" she says and I take my seat. "You go first!" she tells me and I begin to tell her of how Yixing was in my classes for the first morning of the day. "He is!" she says out of disbelief and I nod my head, "Well someone said Yixing transferred out of two classes for unknown reasons and supposedly it was for a girl!" she tells me and I look at her with wide and confused eyes. "I never told him my name, he already knew it," I tell her and she screams and covers her mouth as everyone eyes us but soon go back to what they where doing. "He likes you! You're the reason!" she says suddenly and I stiffen and shake my head, "We don't know that! He probably asked our teachers for whoever was sitting near him, which was me, plus he said he left honors!" I say and Sena shakes her head. "Hmmm? Do we even have honors of the electives you are taking?!" she asks me and then I feel my eyes widened, "Let's not get over our heads! Maybe we do," I tell her simply and she still smiles big and says small jokes as we finally head to a line for food. 

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By the end of the day I head to where Sena waits for me when someone jumps out in front of me. "Isa," I hear them say and I realize it's Yixing again, "Hi," I tell him and he puts both hands in his pockets. "I see you at the games," he tells me and I feel myself freeze, "I wanted to give you tickets for the last game. Ever since I noticed you at them I feel my team does better," he tells me and I can't help but feel like melting. "School Spirit! I'd enjoy going," I say as a lie but not technically because I get into it once Yixing plays. He smiles and pulls tickets out of his pockets and hands them over, "See you there," he tells me and begins to walk away but then stops and jogs back to me. "Cheer for me," he tells me bluntly and he smiles as I think my cheeks might be cherry red. "Oh..yes! I can do that," I say and he suddenly hugs me and then hurries off leaving me standing there shook. As I look into the distance I spot Sena and she is jumping and cheering and I could only imagine what she would say. Then I see her cup her mouth and I start running to her, not today!