In love with the way you lie

Chapter 3: We meet again

Jinyoung's pov

As soon as my classes ended, I gathered my laptop and ran out to the field. He was standing in the middle of the field. "Hey Mark, do you have something to tell me?" I sat down next to him and the thought of him confessing makes me nervous. Damn Yugyeom for putting ideas into my head. Mark looked me in the eye and declared that he had made an important decision at the start of the new year. I nodded and waited for him to carry on. "Jinyoung, I think that you are amazing and talented in soccer which is why I decided to make you the soccer captain!"

Oh. So that was why he wanted to meet me after school. Of course, he wasn't going to confess to me. What a stupid thought. I quickly smiled and thanked him. "Thanks, Mark hyung, I promise to be the best soccer captain that the team has ever seen! Wait, does this mean that you are going to leave the team soon?" Mark nodded his head and said that the official announcement would be next week but he was only going to leave the team by the end of the month. "WHAT?? That's SO FAST! ...I don't want you to leave Mark, I am not prepared and there are still many things I have yet to learn from you and ..." I will miss you, Mark. Mark laughed and picked up the ball, "Then let's play now, there's still time!" 

As always, as we ran through the field, my heart started racing. It might be the adrenaline or Mark or both. I don't really know.

Soon enough, the sky turned dark and like usual, we collapsed on the ground out of exhaustion. Mark tossed me a bottle. I chugged it down immediately and passed it back to Mark. "So your attacking skills have improved a lot, your defending skills are still excellent, I am so proud of you Jinyoungie!" I was definitely not blushing when Mark complimented me. "I will miss playing soccer with you Mark hyung, I know this is too much to ask for but...are we still going to see each other even after you leave?" I heaved a huge sigh of relief when Mark said yes. "Of course, I will be back to observe how the soccer team is like..." Mark exclaimed. Things suddenly grew silent and as we were walking back, I told Mark that he was my favourite hyung. Before Mark could say anything, someone shouted his name. Mark silently cursed in English as the person calling his name ran up to him. Wait, this guy looks familiar...isn't he Im Jaebum? What is he doing here? He seemed to be shocked at seeing me. "Mark, you told me that you can't hang out because you were going to hang out with your...oh" Jaebum stopped suddenly and turned to stare at me.  i froze. It's him. Shit, last time he threatened to make me pay...Well, it's not like he can punch me in front of others. I am safe. 

Mark introduced us. "Jaebum, this is Jinyoung. He studies law and will be the future soccer captain. Jinyoung, this is Jaebum. He studies photography and dance." Jaebum extended his hand to greet me. "Nice to meet you, Mark's favourite junior" I don't know what game he was playing at because he was acting as if we haven't met but it was suspicious how he was suddenly acting friendly and polite now. Not wanting to appear rude in front of Mark hyung, I took his hand and gave it a firm shake. "Pleased to meet you too Jaebum." He looked pointedly at me and before he could say anything else his phone rang and he left to pick it up. 

Great, I just need to avoid him. Something about him spells trouble and I don't like that feeling.

Unfortunately the next day, I found Jaebum outside my classroom. Why was he here? Was he here to settle the score? I tried to walk along with my classmates to escape but he had called me out. I sighed and turned to him with a fake smile. "Oh hi I didn't see you, What might you be doing here?" I asked. 

"I was waiting for you."

"For what? We don't even know each other..." I was getting suspicious of him. 

Jaebum replied, "Nothing, I just wanted to see you again...the ever so amazing new soccer captain poster boy and you do owe me something." 

"What? Is this about the jacket incident? Look here, I don't owe you anything because I tried to offer you compensation but you rejected it..."