basketball ➸ lee eunsang

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[this one's a bit on the longer side hehe]

the first day of the sports festival passed, and unfortunately, haeyoung's class didn't win at the sack race this year. however, it was the second day, and after practicing basketball almost the whole week, she was sure that they would win in the basketball game. she was also chosen as the team captain, which was a huge job for her.

there were eight class sections in their batch— class one was going against class two, class three (haeyoung's class) against class four, and so on. the four classes that will win would go to the semi-finals, then the two classes that won the semi-finals would go against each other in the finals, which was happening on the third day. it was haeyoung's goal to win the finals, so she can finally have another victory after a long time.

the first round was starting soon, and haeyoung dressed into her purple colored basketball attire. it's been a while since she played competitively, and the last time she competitively played was the first time she met yohan. she wasn't able to join her team's competitions ever since because her schedule was always filled with stress and part-time jobs.

she started stretching and warming up with her class team, and did a small cheer before going in the court. the school court's bleachers were filled with the students of class five and class three, and both classes had balloons to cheer with in yellow and purple, resembling their class colors. some students of other sections also came, including wonjin and dongpyo.

and finally, the round started, and the students roared with cheers, filling up the court. haeyoung went into her competitive mode, and started doing her signature moves that always made her win.

"class three for the win! class three for the win!" the students dressed in purple cheered, waving their balloons. fortunately, haeyoung's class was ahead by six points, but class four didn't dosappoint; they caught up right away.

the competition was tough, since class four had really talented players, but haeyoung didn't want to be a loser, and she was determined to win. she did her best to do everything well, and luckily, her actions paid off.

the game ended well with haeyoung's team in victory, being ahead with seven points. fortunately, class four weren't sore losers and accepted their defeat. since haeyoung's class won this round, that meant that they were going in the semi-finals, and she couldn't be happier.

after ending the game, the class three basketball team ran up to their class, giving them a hug.

"we won, guys!" one of the players said, "it's all because of haeyoung! yay!" he clapped, making haeyoung smile.

"thanks. i couldn't have done it without you guys." she said.

suddenly, two boys dressed in pink pushed through the crowd, heading to haeyoung.

"congrats!" wonjin said, clapping.

"hey, you belong to class one. shoo." haeyoung playfully said, making her class chuckle.

"mhm, we belong to class one," wonjin said, "and we're going to semi-finals."

"yeah, well get ready to lose." haeyoung said.

wonjin frowned, and playfully stuck out his tongue. "anyway, haeyoung, since you won, why don't you treat us to ice cream?" dongpyo said, his face brightening up to the idea.

"uh, sure!" haeyoung said. "let me get freshened up first."

"yay!"

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it was already the afternoon, and after break time, semi-finals were happening. haeyoung sat down on the bleachers, stretching her limbs. eunsang sat beside her, smiling as he handed her a drink.