Kim Taehyung and Jeon Jungkook shared a desk for six years of primary school. Taehyung had tormented Jungkook for every second of this time, but Jungkook saw his moment and chose a secondary school to end their friendship. Who would have thought tha...
The assembly of the ice hockey team was to prepare for the upcoming Korean Ice Hockey Championship. As Dauntless Dragon Club's youth talent team, the RCU men's ice hockey team would be participating in the competition as a full-fledged team.
The host city of the championship was Rain City.
The day Taehyung was to return to school happened to be the day that the RCU ice hockey team was going to have their first match.
He originally wanted to buy tickets online. When he searched it up five days in advance, the tickets were already sold out... sold out...?
Isn't ice hockey supposed to be a niche sport? When did its tickets become so highly sought-after? It's only Group B of the group stage and the tickets are sold out? Am I missing something here?
Taehyung began to question life.
As he spaced out while clutching his phone, Jungkook sent him an electronic ticket as if he had sensed his thoughts.
Taehyung sent him a string of ellipses.
Jungkook replied to him with a similar string of ellipses.
Taehyung felt that their conversation was going in a peculiar direction. Thus, he sent him a sticker of a cheerful Lolita gesturing a heart with her hands. This was a sticker pack that he had asked for from Nayeon.
After Jungkook received the sticker, he sent him an even longer string of ellipses.
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Even though he knew that Jungkook was referring to the sticker, Taehyung still blushed like an idiot. His lips quietly curved as he held his phone and looked at his message.
When Mr. Kim passed by with a cup of wolfberry tea and saw how Taehyung was staring at his phone with a blush, he let out a grumpy "humph".
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To avoid being late on the day of return to school, Taehyung changed his ticket to an earlier train. After putting down his stuff in his dorm, he did not stop to rest before bustling over to the ice stadium despite being worn out from travel.
When he saw the filled venue at the ice stadium, he finally believed that the tickets had indeed been purchased by actual people instead of being a marketing strategy by the organizer.
As for why so many people purchased tickets, the answer was quickly revealed.
When Jungkook appeared, everyone broke into cheers and applause. The entire stadium whipped into a frenzy and the girls on Taehyung's two sides let out wild shrieks. He felt his ears ringing from the noise.
A 'who am I, where am I, what am I doing here' expression appeared on Taehyung's face, displaying his stunned amazement as he gazed blankly at Jungkook.
Jungkook raised his head and look towards where Taehyung was. This was the first time that the two of them met face-to-face after almost ten days of separation. As there were too many people around, Taehyung felt that it was unlikely that he saw him.
However, he waved in his direction.
The girls next to Taehyung started shrieking maniacally again. Intimidated, Taehyung stayed in his seat meekly and did not dare to move an inch.
Under this oddly enthusiastic atmosphere, the competition began.
For this match, RCU's opponent was an ice hockey team from City Z. It was clear that the skills of both teams were on par. However, they had very different styles. City Z's ice hockey players were a bit older and their playstyle was stable. As for the RCU team, they were a bit more dynamic, flashy, and aggressive. Of course, this also meant that they had more openings and mistakes.
When the RCU team scored, the girls next to Taehyung broke into applause. When Jungkook scored, they not only applauded but cheered as well. When City Z players scored, they duly observed a moment of silence to show their strong allegiance.
Taehyung felt that Jungkook had executed several excellent passes that the girls might not have noticed. He was no expert but he observed that the playstyle of City Z's ice hockey team counteracted the youthful playstyle of RCU's ice hockey team. The tempo of the competition was always in the former's hands. Though RCU seemed to be carrying out a strong offense, their pace was a little messy.
Right now, Jungkook had to pull the tempo back into their hands.
He's trying to control the tempo.
When Taehyung realized this, admiration flooded his heart.
......
Ultimately, RCU's ice hockey team managed to obtain a narrow victory, kicking off to a good start.
When the competition was over, Taehyung exited the stadium and planned to head over to the west wing. To his surprise, he saw numerous people gathered outside the ice stadium. More than half were girls. Taehyung was puzzled. Why was there still a bunch of people gathered when the competition was already over?
He dodged behind a small shrub nearby to surreptitiously observe what they were up to.
After a while, Jungkook came out.
From how he immediately headed toward the girls, it was plain to see that he was intentionally seeking them out. When they saw him, the girls cheered in unison and surrounded him like he was royalty.
Humph...
Taehyung was so mad that he began grinding his teeth. Tightening his grip, he accidentally broke off a branch.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Taehyung patted the shrub's wound and felt extremely apologetic.
When he turned to look at Jungkook again, he had fished out a pen and was currently giving his signature to the girls in a practiced manner.
Taehyung did not know what he was angry over. He crept over and stood at the outer edge of the crowd, his arms crossed as he glared at Jungkook.
After signing yet another signature, Jungkook lifted his eyes and happened to see him.
Though he was angry, Taehyung still felt his heart race when their eyes met. It had been so long since he last saw Jungkook.
There was a barely discernible smile in Jungkook's eyes. He tossed him a meaningful glance and gestured towards the west wing with his eyes, indicating for Taehyung to wait for him there.
Taehyung rolled his eyes at him, turned around, and went back to his dorm.
