admire || yang jungwon

seven

she walked out of the gym, slightly limping. she bit her lip, trying to hold in the tingling pain on her knees while her very slightly sprained ankle was not helping her either. at least she wanted to believe it was only slightly sprained. those who knew her understood her passion for sport, especially when it came to badminton. being the vice president of the badminton club meant she had the responsibility to ensure everyone's enjoyment AND safety. however, being herself and having the will to sacrifice one for the game, she managed to land on her foot weirdly making her foot parallel to the ground. she even managed to maintain stability after her foot had been injured, saying that she couldn't feel any pain. if it had stopped there it might've been better, but she dived for the shuttlecock, creating friction between the ground and her skin, scarping off a layer on her knees. her elbows were slightly red and she definitely did not look okay. the teacher was out watching today and scolded her for doing such a thing, but couldn't manage to hide her smile when the girl piped that she won that friendly game because of it. the teacher definitely couldn't stay angry with the girl for long and she knew of the girl's strong passion and determination. she was instructed immediately to go to the infirmary. of course, being the stubborn girl she was, she refused any help and that was how she ended up walking to the infirmary herself.

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the boy had been wanting to just go sleep in the infirmary. he finished practice late, almost 1am in the morning, but then couldn't fall asleep until about 5am. in other words, he was just sleep deprived. sunghoon had been quite the opposite and managed to have a really good sleep. he was too wide awake and too alert for jungwon's liking.

"hyung, i'm going to go take a nap."

sunghoon just shrugged and walked off to meet other people, most of who were a part of the skating club. jungwon started to head towards the infirmary, before noticing the girl who was limping towards the same direction. before he could even process what he wanted to say to her, his legs started jogging up towards her. the girl slightly jumped when jungwon appeared out of nowhere.

"are you okay? would you like some help?" he said, looking at the girl genuinely concerned.

the girl's heart started to race again at the boy's stare and the cute expression he was making at her.

"oh no. it's fine. i can manage."

the boy nodded. then jian somehow managed to trip over her own foot, and she yelped waiting for the contact with the ground for the second time, but it never came. the boy had grabbed onto her arm and body, catching her before she could fall. extra flutter points there and jian was sure her face was red. as soon as he allowed her to steady herself, he let go, his hand immediately going to the back of his neck.

"thank you."

then they walked in silence. the atmosphere was slightly awkward and jian really wasn't the social type, but she felt the need to speak up.

"how – "

"why – "

the boy had felt the same and was about to ask something to avoid the silence.

"you first." they both said.

they looked at each and then both smiled. it felt as though the awkward atmosphere already blew off. they smiled before jungwon motioned for the girl to speak first.

"oh. why are you going to the infirmary?"

"for a nap."

she looked at him puzzled. he noticed her confusion and further explained, "i didn't sleep well last night."

jian's mouth made an 'o' before nodding her head in acknowledgement.

"how did you get injured?" the boy asked.

"oh i fell."

this time it was the boy's turn to look confused. there was no way anyone could get that big of an injury from a mere fall. she was flustered at his random interest in her injury and slightly stuttered while answering, "i mean I basically dived for the shuttlecock."

jungwon was shocked. he had never seen or heard of anyone that invested in sports. suddenly, he gained so much respect for the girl. she still wasn't complaining about her scraped knee that also started to have blood trickling down her leg, leaving stains on her socks, nor did she complain about her ankle when her face evidently showed her efforts of hiding her pain.

they finally reached the infirmary after what felt like forever and the two parted. jungwon climbed into one of the beds while jian went to get treated by the nurse. the boy smiled to himself unconsciously thinking about her.

a/n:
- wtf we literally at 1.1k reads ??!? thankyou sm u guys dont understand how much i appreciate it
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