The One That Got Away-s.rj x c.js

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I wore a white shirt as my top before wearing my dobok pants. I put some shirts in my gym bag too.

"Are you done?" I asked Vin as I fold my dobok top before placing it inside the bag.

"Yup, all fixed." She fixed her coat and grabbed her bag.

We headed downstairs to eat our breakfast. My parents are there too, eating breakfast.

"Good morning!" I kissed them both before taking a seat.

"Good morning too, princess." Dad replied. Vin tugged my hand under the table. I looked at her with a puzzled expression. She was about to raise our hands but I pulled it back.

"Is there any problem, Yuri?"

"Uh—nothing, dad." I quickly replied and smiled at him. I glared at Vin and she looked away.

After finishing our breakfast, we walked to school.

"Why didn't you tell your parents earlier?" She asked.

"I don't want them to tease me in front of you." I felt my cheeks heated.

"Aww, why?"

"It's embarrassing." I lowered my head.

We got a moment of silence before she exploded—laughing her ass off—as we walked to school. Her face turned red because of laughing which earned a playful slap from me.

"Oh my gosh, Yuri!" She wiped a tear that escaped from her right eye.

"Stop it!" I covered my face with my hand. This is so embarrassing.

"Okay, fine, fine." She coughed a little before straightening up and held my hand.

A comfortable silence engulfed us. I can barely hear the noise because of my loud heart beat. Her, being this close to me while holding my hand, is making my heart pound dangerously.

"I'll wait for you later." She said and kissed my forehead before walking off to her classroom.

I walked silently with a smile glued on my face.

"Looks like our ace here got a nice morning." Cleo teased. I dropped my bag at the corner of the room and blushed at the thought of my hands with Vin's.

"Kinda." I said before opening my gym bag to get my dobok top and my black belt.

The morning training went pretty fast. Jay and I, did some sparring. We also practiced our offense and defense. Lunch came, coach Hwang allowed us to have a two-hour break.

I walked to the canteen with my taekwondo gang which consists of Jay, Cleo, Kath, and CL. We found a vacant table at the corner, beside the glass wall. Jay and CL agreed that they'll order for us. While waiting for them, I roamed my eyes around the hall and saw a familiar blue-haired girl with a guy.

"Calm down." Cleo and Kath stopped me from standing up after they trailed my line of sight.

"It would be unfair, Choi." Cleo said that made me look at her.

"You're a taekwondo champion and he's not." I breathed heavily, trying to calm myself down.

I clenched my fist when that 'Soobin' guy touched my girl's face. I stared at him furiously. After some minutes, he looked in my way and gulped. I showed him my 'one more move and you're dead' sign. I intentionally popped my knuckles that sounded loud and made everyone in the canteen look at me.

"Yuri!" Vin shouted excitedly and ran to our table. The guy was about to follow but I glared at him.

"Hi, babe!" I replied with a smile on my face. That guy is getting on my nerves.

"I was about to go to you and give this. But here you are, so..." She offered me a bottle of energy drink and a towel with a cute note.

"Aww, thank you!" I said and smiled at her.

"Are students allowed to watch your training?" She asked after.

"Yup, coach Hwang will be cool with it. You just have to keep your mouth shut the whole time." Jay answered.

"I'll be there watching, after my class ends. Gotta go, everyone! See ya later!" She squeaked and kissed me on my lips which left me shocked.

She did not just do that in front of everyone! Gosh, this is so embarrassing!

I felt my cheeks heated with my realization. That sneaky kid!

"Someone's blushing!" Cleo teased. I rolled my eyes at them which earned laughter.

We ate silently after. Totally engrossed with the food we have in front of us. We rested our backs at the couch-like seat as we finished the foods.

"So...how's your session with my cousin?" CL asked. The others looked at me in shock. Maybe they mistook CL's way of delivering the question.

"Erika is good. She let me bent all of my worries to her." I answered nonchalantly. Not minding the gasps I'm hearing from the gang.

"She's a therapist after all. I'm glad she can help you with your anxiety." She added.

"Yeah, I heard that she's going out with Coach Hwang. I even saw them together once." This is some kind of gossiping, right?

"Wait, wait hold up—you mean you're not in a relationship with CL's cousin?" Cleo confusedly asked.

"What the heck?! No!"

"She's my therapist!" I quickly added.

"Like seriously? I won't cheat! I never cheated!" I continued, looking at the others hopelessly.

"Okay, I'm sorry. I just misunderstood CL's question."

We went back to the gym after that small talk we had. I changed my inner shirt before wearing my gear again.

"Ready?" Coach asked. I nodded and popped some bones on my neck.

"Okay, good! Start!" She shouted. Jay and I, are having our third sparring for today. This is kinda exhausting but I love it nevertheless.

The screach of the door made me lost my focus. I looked at it and saw the blue-haired girl. She smiled at me which made me go back to my senses. I turned my head and saw Jay's fist coming to me. I quickly bent down to avoid it and punched her in the stomach as my counter-attack.

That was close!

Jay stepped back and held her geared body. She looked at me and was about to attack again when coach Hwang blowed her whistle, signalling the end of the round.

"That was a close call, Choi. Don't loose your focus next time." She warned.

"Yes, coach. I'm sorry, I'll do better." I said and bowed. I exhaled loudly and the next round started.

Before Jay can even step a foot, I did a flying kick to her face. She held her head and looked at me. I smirked, she can finally resist my low-force attacks. I may call it low-forced but my team mates never agreed at it being low-forced.

She tried to kick me in my face too but I easily dodged it and sweep her other feet which made her fall. She stood up right away and attacked again. She used her combinations on me. I dodged it and gave some counter punches on her face or her body. When she's about to do her infamous flying double kick on me, I counter-attacked by doing the same. We both landed on our feet after. I heard some gasps from the crowd. I think they haven't seen it before, maybe?

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A/N:

Here's for today! Enjoy and keep safe!