Wednesday - Junbob

'only birthday boys get compliments'

At break time, there were so many people gathered around something and Chanwoo raised an eyebrow, about to simply weave through them to get to his form room but before he got even halfway, someone was pulling him into the mayhem. "What the-"

"Why do you think this crowd is here? The junior and senior boys' football teams are up, dummy!" a familiar voice whisper-yelled at him as he came face-to-face with Donghyuk who was holding tight onto his arms. Chanwoo blinked, his eyes widening for a moment.

"Oh...that's today? Oh my God, it's been so long since the tryouts that I completely forgot."

"Dude, it's literally just been three weeks!"

Chanwoo wasn't surprised about the crowd anymore. After all, his school was known for its football tracing back to Jiwon's school days there, and it would barely be half of what it was now without it. Donghyuk looked a little dazed by it all, but this was the second year that Chanwoo had dealt with it so he smiled. "Let's look, shall we?"

Donghyuk quickly shook his head, pressing closer and Chanwoo frowned as he wrapped his arms around Donghyuk from the side, patting his head. "What's wrong?"

"I'm scared. What if I didn't get a spot?"

"Donghyuk, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You're amazing, okay? I'm the only one who needs to be worrying about stuff like that."

Donghyuk pouted at him but nodded, pulling back and linking their arms. "Let's look."

"Let's."

It was a hassle to get through everyone while keeping his bag on his back, with more 'sorry's and 'excuse me's than Chanwoo ever wanted to hear in his entire life but finally they got there and in less than a second, Donghyuk was already letting out a sharp gasp that obliterated Chanwoo's right ear.

Junior Football Team 2019!

Team Captain: Donghyuk Kim

Chanwoo's mouth fell open. "Woah. I'm friends with royalty."

Donghyuk just let out a strangled yelp, throwing himself at Chanwoo who hugged him just as tightly in return, spinning around a little from the impact before Donghyuk tapped his shoulders. "Wait, do I captain both teams?"

"Mhm. Don't worry, it's not that difficult, and you'll have a vice."

"But it doesn't say-"

"You get to choose him."

Donghyuk's eyes widened as he stared at Chanwoo head on who blinked, confused for a moment before it clicked and he quickly shook his head. "No, no, Donghyuk no, NO-" 

"But we'd be such a good team-"

"Look, you haven't met the Year 9s yet, they're older and they'd be a better fit than me, you'll probably wanna choose one of them. Just look at the whole picture first." 

Donghyuk looked down, seeming unhappy but he still nodded, tapping Chanwoo's shoulder again as he said quieter, "We still need to look for you."

Chanwoo winced. Honestly, he didn't expect much, just like last year. "Eh...we can find that out lat-"

"No way, look now!"

Chanwoo sighed but nodded. He smiled as Donghyuk got excited again seeing himself put down as a forward and Chanwoo's eyes naturally travelled to Team B, and for a moment everything stopped when he didn't see his name for goalkeeper, or just anywhere. So...okay.