come closer. | yeongyu

09

a tense atmosphere filled up the entire volleyball court as the third and the deciding set of the match neared its end. deep breaths, ringing ears, the noise from the audience gone silent to the players who were now up at 24-24.
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it was the opponent's serve that started the rally. by the second touch, beomgyu set the ball towards taehyun who hit it hard over the net. the opponent's team managed to save the ball, spiking it over once more.

once more, the same way.

but this time taehyun makes the first spike, causing beomgyu to set the ball gently to the tallest hitter on their team, xavier. and as xavier jumped up, the room went silent as though the world came to a pause — only the sound of his shoes lifting up resonating through the air, then the hitting of the ball, and then its squeaking against the floor as it landed clean inside the opponent's court.

the sound of the whistle resumed all noise, and everyone on their team lunged at xavier, their own screams deaf to their ears from pure adrenaline rushing to their heads.

they won. we won.

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the ride back to their university in the afternoon was full of happy-singing and wide smiles. even their coach joined in on the chaos. and to call it a chaos, would be a mere understatement.
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in the evening when they were still basking in the afterglow of their victory, beomgyu went to the outdoor rugby court with a jolly taehyun.

as they were early and the seats had only begun filling in, they managed to settle where appeared a clear view of the field, as well as a comfortable view of the large screens set to display close ups of the game. soobin couldn't join them directly due to the cheer team having a performance ready for the match.

the test-through screening started almost right after, filming the players on the field who were busy warming up. beomgyu noticed yeonjun waving out excitedly at them two, to which he waved the school's flag, reciprocating. taehyun waved his banners that, in his handwriting, read yeonjun and kai's names with big hearts drawn around them.

soobin and his partner centered for the cheer performance, their team's synchrony bringing even the students of the opposing university to an awe. when their routine ended and the marching band no longer lapped the field, the game kicked off officially.
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the first half of the match wasn't looking very good for their team. the opponents played nasty, almost bordering on foul but never explicitly crossing that line. it earned them a leverage by 27 points.

during the halftime break, substitutes were made on both sides. yeonjun and kai were still on field, with yeonjun playing as 9 and kai as 4.

for the second half however, it was evident how the opponent wanted to play. and it was anything but fair.
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"i think they are out for blood, literally,"

commented taehyun, his eyes fixated on the big screen where a player of their university was getting tackled to the bone for the ball.

at some point, kai managed to snatch it out before making a successful pass at yeonjun — one of their key players who was being tagged by the same opponent player since the start of the match.

but this time, instead of focusing on the player breathing down his neck, yeonjun makes a straight run at the opponent's in-goal area, slamming a bold try of 5 points alongside 2 extra points for the try.
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the next 30 minutes had beomgyu sweating. by the 25th minute, atleast 3 open fouls were made in which one player was severely injured and had to be subbed out. the rest of their team members looked battered, with some even bleeding from cuts in their mouth.

yeonjun was constantly under attack as one of the most scoring player, and it showed just what kind of strategy the opponent team was going for. its most apparent characteristic seemed to stem from spite, or perhaps it was spite itself that kept their gears grinding. but with the gap increasing against their favor, their plays tredged on desperation and started lacking more and more in logic, ultimately leading to their absolute blunder which in turn brought forward their defeat.

beomgyu and taehyun jumped up from their seats, their cheers blending in with the crowd's. with that, their university earned its 3rd sport qualification at the nationals.

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yeonjun was walking back from the nurse's office along with kai when one of his teammates headed the opposite way let him know his girlfriend was waiting for him by his locker in the changing room. when yeonjun did reach the said place and found beomgyu standing alone, he didn't hesitate pacing up to him and embracing him in a tight hug.

"we won! we won, we won, we won,"

he chanted, their bodies swaying side to side, rejoicing.

"congrats to you, you were un-stoppable on the field,"

beomgyu replied, his arms bracing yeonjun's neck with the same intensity. yeonjun thanked him first then congratulated him as well, and they stayed like that for atleast a minute, almost twirling in a circle while giggling uncontrollably.
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once yeonjun managed to collect himself, he pulled away from the hug but didn't seperate — his hands still around beomgyu's waist, holding onto it gently. upon this gesture, beomgyu's hands made their way from yeonjun's shoulders down to his chest, and his pretty eyes stared up at yeonjun with an alluring gaze. 

before yeonjun could think rationally, his lips had already found their way against beomgyu's; their touch soft and shy, almost innocent. almost.

because when their tongues finally meet, the kiss they share becomes everything but innocent — think grabbing hair, pinning body to the surface behind, kisses all over the neck, trail of saliva down the chin, running short of breath from passionate, passionate make out and all the in between's and similarly's.

and when yeonjun finally moves apart from the skin beneath beomgyu's jaw, he couldn't help but say:

"i want you in my room tonight, please."

he couldn't help himself. not when the bliss of their victory was still surging through his veins. definitely not when beomgyu was pressed up against his locker, staring at him with flushed cheeks and hazy eyes, looking so so pretty.

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a.n. : my longest chapter so far :) hope you guys didnt get bored from it. also, be warned for the next one ;D