ａｓｙｍｐｔｏｔｅ // guanho

Fourth

"Yah, Yoo Seon Ho!"

Seon Ho ignored his friend's cry, still running to the indoor sports hall as a huge smile took over his face. With his long legs, he reached the hall soon, smile however dropping slightly when he saw someone else there as well.

"I thought I would be the earliest." Seon Ho muttered, taking a peek of his watch. "I came 30 minutes earlier though..."

He stayed at his position, staring at the person as who then made a clean shot. It seemed effortless, awing Seon Ho as he clapped. His applause caught the attention from the other who then spun his head back, eyes on Seon Ho who tensed up at the moment.

"Y-You, j-jerk!" Justin breathed out as soon as he caught up to Seon Ho, holding onto him for support as he tried to catch his breath.

Seeing that Seon Ho was looking at something else, full attention at a certain direction, Justin followed his line of vision when he finally calmed down, letting out an 'oh' when he saw what was in sight.

"Guan Lin-hyung!"

The called out guy gave the both of them a blank stare before treating them as if they are invisible, turning back to pick up the basketball that bounced away from him. He proceeded to take another shot, a three-pointer this time but the ball still went into the hoop flawlessly as if it was nothing much.

Seon Ho's wonder grew, completely amazed by his ability. Justin merely smiled as response to Guan Lin's perfect shot, a rather dubious one at that.

Losing track of time, Seon Ho merely watched at the sidelines in admiration at how Guan Lin managed to get consecutive shots in as if he is a shooting machine. He did not even see others coming in the hall or his friend who had already left his side.

"All right guys, time to do warm-ups! Coach is coming soon!" A voice echoed loudly in the hall, getting both Seon Ho and Guan Lin's attention. Seon Ho quickly ran to gather with the others, though eyes never leaving Guan Lin who ignored the instructions, still shooting the basketball he had. It is the same basketball that Seon Ho saw before.

"Guan Lin! Stop shooting and come do warm-ups now! We need to start practice soon!" The same guy ordered, seemingly the captain. Guan Lin stopped shooting and picked up his basketball. He then reluctantly walked towards them, clicking his tongue while at it.

When he stood beside the guy, the guy gave him a mini lecture that he rolled his eyes to.

"All right, let's have the newly selected Year Ones to introduce themselves before we start our warm-ups!"

Guan Lin frowned at the other's loud voice, looking as if everyone offended him.

The Year Ones started introducing themselves and Seon Ho is the last in line so it was burdensome as he thought of how to make his introduction stand out from the rest, since people tend to have higher expectations for those who are the last to present.

As soon as Justin spoke, Seon Ho knew he is next, heart thumped faster in nervousness. He doesn't want to screw up and give people a bad impression of him, even though most of them probably know how he is since people talked about him often, mostly compliments on how well-behaved he is. He is friendly and outgoing too, so it only takes a while for him to talk to others as if they already knew each other for a long time, but that doesn't change the fact that self-introductions are less scary.

He was too caught up in his own thoughts that he failed to see others' eyes on him.

"Seon Ho..." Justin nudged, smiling awkwardly to the others as his hand pat Seon Ho at the back before Seon Ho jolt out of his trance, giving him a blur look before realisation hit him.