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"So, what do you want to tell me about?" Hyunjin asked when the both of them settled on the sofa, both covered with soft blanket as Hyunjin let the movie playing on the TV lowered to a decent volume.

"I think I saw an angel today" Hyunjin snorted. Angel? Last time he saw an angel when his teammate cover up him not coming to the practice and that angel was Felix. "What about Felix?"

"Not Felix! Our new manager! She's so cute and friendly. I think I'm in love" Jisung said with love struck eyes as he lifted his leg and sat cross legged on the sofa. "In love?" Jisung nodded his head eagerly.

"Isn't that too hasty of you, Ji?" Jisung snapped from his love struck look and straightened his back. "What are you trying to say?" There was a hint of anger in his voice.

"You had only known this girl for an hour or two, how is that love? You're being ridiculous" Jisung stood up from the sofa. "How am I being ridiculous?!"

"Don't get angry, Ji. I'm only worried about you. You can like her if you want to. Just make sure to take it slow" Jisung sat back on the sofa and hugged Hyunjin. "I know you would support me!" And inside, Jisung was glad he held his mouth. He could have hurted Hyunjin with his thought you're telling me I'm being hasty while you can date as many girls as you can? Talk about being insincere.

"We almost had a fight" Jisung mumbled, pulling a pillow into his chest. Hyunjin patted his head. "When was the last time we faught?"

Jisung tapped his chin and laughed. " I think...third year of middle school?" They taught a lot in the past. One would even wonder how they became best friends. "Yeah, the fight even almost turned into physical one" Hyunjin reminisced.

"What was it about?"

Hyunjin shrugged. They taught about a lot of things and most of it was just some silly fights like 'you should improve you stroke' or 'well, you should improve your shooting' and they both went for each other's throats.

"But we never really fight about girl, did we?" Jisung suddenly said.

"Well, if you fighting over my little sister about who's the better brother then I guess yes?" In the past, Jisung used to visit the Hwang resident a lot and Hyunjin's little sister was the most precious girl ever. Jisung still remember how she had one missing tooth but still manages to smile cutely. "Well, we won't ever fight for such a stupid thing"

"Same. I wouldn't risk amount friendship for that" Hyunjin said, holding Jisung's hand. Jisung slapped his hand away and scoffed. "How cheesy"

"What cheesy?" Hyunjin said , grinning as he pulled Jisung's chubby cheeks and poking them until Jisung felt annoyed. "Get off me...you're being annoying, Jinnie"

"I don't want to!" Hyunjin continued to tease, sitting on his knees as he leaned cloer to Jisung and started tickling him. Both boys laughing uncontrollably until Hyunjin tripped over the remote control and fell on the top of Jisung.

Both hissed in pain. "Look what did you! We both fell from the so-" Jisung stopped talking, his eyes instantly staring into Hyunjin's. He felt his heart started beating before he pushed Hyunjin off.

"That gave me a shock" Jisung laughed and so did Hyunjin but their laughter didn't subside the awkward tension between them.

"I'm going in to sleep!" Jisung yelled, picking up the blanket and running into the extra room.

"Since when does he sleep in the guest room?" Hyunjin wondered, confused as he pushed himself up and sat back on the sofa.

*

When morning came, Jisung was abruptly woken up by loud noises from the kitchen. "Since when does Hyunjin cook?" He groaned against the pillow before poking his head out. "Oh, shit. I have a game today" his head snapped to the clock and sighed in relief.

He has another two hour before the match start. It wasn't exactly a match. It was just a friendly game with a neighbour university although sometimes it wasn't really friendly because Jisung would end up getting involved in a fight again. All because of his strong rivalry spirit and also his anger management issue.

He plopped off the bed and slipped into a pair of house slipper before lazily dragging his feet to the kitchen. His nose itched when he smelled spicy fragrance and sneezed. Who in the world cook such a spicy food in the morning?!  He thought, pinching his nose to block the smell as he coughed.

Two head snapped towards his direction. One was wearing a devilish look on his face and one was wearing a worried face. "What in the world are you two doing here?" He asked his basketball teammate. "We're here to wake you up. Hyunjin left just now for practice"

"Seriously? Practice at 7 A.M?" He scratched the back of his head and sat at the kitchen's counter. "Here, we cook it for you" Jeongin said, taking the plate of rice cakes from Seungmin.

Without thinking much, Jisung shove a piece into his mouth and widened his eyes as he grabbed a glass of water "are you two trying to kill me?!" No wonder he smelled something spicy. This two devilish pair really put such a spicy seasoning into the rice cake soup!

"Mission accomplished! Jisung is now wide awake!" Jeongin clapped his hand and the worried looking Seungmin sighed in relief. "I thought he would faint" Seungmin said before clapping his hands.

"We will leave now. Please finish this...we work hard on it" Jeongin grinned before dragging Seungmin to the door. "And make sure to come to the court on the right time.... Woojin hyung said if you're late-" Jeongin popped out his thumb and sliced it in front of his neck with a senile smile. "I will kill you....is what he said" then he proceeded to exit the room with Seungmin.

Jisung rubbed his shoulder up and down, he didn't know whether to be scared of Woojin or Jeongin.