6

Na-Eun only had agreed to be her uncle's basketball team manager because she owed him a few things. First, he let him stay at his house when she ran away from her house and second, because he was the one who came to her graduation when she was in high school while her parents were busy fighting again at home.

It wasn't a difficult task given that she used to be the manager of the basketball team in her high school  and she knew her way around people. She might seemed like a shy person but she was really reliable. She might even know more things about basketball than her uncle.

She used to be in the basketball team until she got into an accident. It was a car accident. The one driving was her father. Her parents received minor injuries but she who was sitting at the backseat received major injuries. She woke up in the hospital with a few stitches on her leg and also a cast soon after.

Her life went downhill from then on. Her parents lost hope on her as she fell into depression. Anxiety, lack of appetite and she started eating less until her mother gave her a new set of camera. The one she had was crushed in the car. That day, she excitedly told her parents that she would take a lot of pictures on her birthday despite being a bad photographer but her birthday turned out to be the most dreading day ever.

The new set of camera gave her a new set of life.

So, she thought, why not face her fear? Back then she tried to face it but couldn't do it and ended up quiting the basketball team. She couldn't even be a simple manager because she couldn't control her anger when she saw her teammates playing when she couldn't.

Initially, she came to face her fear but ended up finding few interesting characters. She liked to observed his uncle's team. Some liked to gossip about the football team and some liked to talk about food. There was this one guy who picked her attention the most.

Han Jisung.

His uncle warned her about him before she came to meet the team. From what she heard, Jisung was an MVP player but was also a reckless young man who couldn't control his emotion.

Maybe because she understood how hard it was to control one emotion but she got along with him. Unlike what she heard, he was rather a funny guy. Instead of being unable to control his emotion, he was more sensitive than a normal guy?

They excahnged number and the more she got to know him and was able to understand his anger. Maybe his opponent never attacked him but they did it verbally. Just because people couldn't see what they did, they thought they would be safe as long as they weren't the one attacking first.

Na-Eun pitied Jisung. People took advantage of his weakness and used it against him.

"Jiji! here!" Na-Eun yelled, raising both hand when she saw Jisung jogging into her faculty. He waved back at her and smiled, his lips shaped into a heart shape.

"Let's go" Na-Eun held his hand and dragged him to the previous cafe they talked about. She could have come with her friends but she really thought it was a good chance to be a close friend with Jisung. She had always wanted a male friend but when she got close to a guy, people would start calling her name, sluts and whore when she really just genuinely wanted a guy friend and Jisung just happened to share the same interest as her.

"Did you see Got7 going on live last night?" She asked, fishing out her phone after ordering a green tea cake. She opened her gallery and showed the previous live that she recorded through her screen recorder. "Maybe because they just had a comeback but they look so tired." She said, putting her phone back into her pocket. Jisung nodded. "Well, they choose to be an idol. I'm sure it's very hard for them but at least, they are happy with their career?"

"Ah, right. I never ask you but when did you start being a fan of them?" Jisung hummed as he looked up, trying to find the specific time when he started listening to Got7. " In high school?" He nodded and said again. "Yes in high school"

"My best friend really like Got7 so, he wouldn't give up to show them to me every single day. At first I was annoyed but I found myself singing ' everyday~ every night~ feel like a fool~' when I was answering my add math test." He laughed, remembering how he had cursed at Hyunjin after that. "Funny right? I was supposed to remember how to solve a quadratic equation but I was singing the lyric of 'If you do' instead"

Na-Eun shook her head despite the smile that escaped her lips as she laughed. "I really respect your best friend. How can he be so persistent to turn you into a fan? I give him thumbs up" She cutely raised her hands and popped out two thumbs."Yeah, thanks a lot to that brat, I still have this song stuck in my mind every single day"

"Are you still friend with him?" She asked once their orders arrived. Jisung had a piece of strawberry cheesecake and a glass of blue lemonade while Na-Eun got herself a piece of Green Tea roll cake with a glass of oreo milkshake. Jisung smiled at her drink. She really had such a sweet tooth but he wasn't one to talk. He couldn't live without consuming sweets a day.

"Friend? we're stuck to each other! we even go to the same university!" Jisung proudly said, stabbing a fork into his cheesecake. "so, he's also a student at your uni" She mumbled mindlessly before cutting her cake and eating it. 

"I will let you meet him one day but he is always busy with practice. He only know how to practice all day long. He's even worst than a workaholic. It's like he is addicted to the swimming pool" He shoved another piece of cake into his mouth. "I even asked him if they put weed in the pool" His small comment made Na-Eun laughed. "I can see how you are friends"

"How so?" Jisung tilted his head. "Well, first, you two have such a strong passion when it come to your interest and the both of you are quite stubborn. The both of you are quite alike"

"huh..." Jisung huffed. "That's the first time I hear someone saying that. Usually people Wonder how we even become friends. We used to fight a lot like children in kindergarten"