About a week later Jackson's tournament rolled around. He had been practicing a lot and he knew he was ready for it. Though he was anxious about the results, the adrenaline rushing through his body made him forget this.

After Mark and Jackson's second meeting a little while ago, Jackson asked Mark to come to the championship. Mark requested if it was okay to take his two friends. More like Jaebum and Youngjae persuaded him to ask Jackson if it was okay for them to tag along. Jackson agreed to it, saying it was no problem.

And so it was the day of the game.

Beforehand Jackson had gotten his friends plus Mark and his companions the best tickets so they could see him shine. Jinyoung, Yugyeom and BamBam have been waiting for Mark and his friends to arrive. It was approximately 20 minutes before the game started and the arena they were in was quite full already.

After a couple more minutes passed Mark, Jaebum and Youngjae walked in. Mark had the tickets in his hands and looks around to search their spots. As soon as he sees Yugyeom and BamBam, at the opposite of where they were now, he waves at them.

Yugyeom and BamBam wave back, earning a confused look from Jinyoung.

"Who are you waving to?" he asks, furrowing his brows.

"It's Mark hyung and his friends. They also work at the grocery store, we see them sometimes." Yugyeom answers.

Jinyoung was actually quite excited to meet Mark. After he came home the night of their second meeting, he had heard all about him. Jackson seemed so relieved that they talked, that he also talked about what happened before he wrote the letter.

Jinyoung knows like no one else that that's a thing Jackson rather doesn't talk about unless he trusts someone a lot.

Of course, somewhere Jinyoung had seen this coming but he didn't know it'd be this fast. He did feel really happy for Jackson. Mostly because he was relieved to see the other happy instead of confused and slightly frustrated.

The blond haired boy fussed all about Mark and Jinyoung couldn't help but smile when he heard the stories.

The other three boys walk over, making the other boys stand up. Mark flashes them a smile and BamBam pulls him in for a hug. It surprises Mark but he hugs back.

"Mark hyung! It's so good to see you, how are you?"

"I'm good." Mark answers back. "These are my friends Jaebum and Youngjae, you two may know them from the store."

"Hi!" They both greeted the other three boys.

"Hi! I'm BamBam, in case you guys didn't know. This is my boyfriend Yugyeom and Jackson's best friend and roommate Jinyoung." BamBam said excitedly.

Jinyoung and Mark shake hands. Also shaking the hands of Jaebum and Youngjae after.

They start to talk among each other. Jinyoung and Mark seated in the middle, next to Mark were Jaebum and Youngjae and next to Jinyoung being Yugyeom and BamBam.

"Oh guys, that reminds me," BamBam begins as he grabs his backpack to take something out of it. "Yugyeom and I made some banners, do you want one?"

Youngjae's face lit up. "Yes of course!" BamBam smiled and gave Youngjae a banner.

All of a sudden it went quiet and a man in a suit comes out with a microphone in his hand.

"Hello everybody! I welcome you all to the 89th international fencing championship. The final rounds will be played today. I hope you all will be excited. The athletes are waiting to impress you with their skills. May the best one win today. I will introduce them all one to one to you before we start. After that the first match will be played. There will be one break in between all the matches so I hope you're comfortable because you'll be here for a while. The top 10 of the world is currently here and at the end of the day the number one will be given the honor of best fencer 2017." The man said and the crowd goes wild, aswell as the boys who are cheering Jackson's name loud and clearly.

The boys look at each other with anticipation, waiting for Jackson to come out. They have their banners ready in their hands.

"Participant number 7, representing China. He has won best Asian fencer earlier this year and here he is once again. Ladies and gentlemen, let yourself hear for Jackson Wang!"

The boys get up, screaming and waving their banners. Jackson walks up to the middle of the room and bows to everyone, waving at his friends with a smile on his face. He is wearing his gear, holding his sable in one of his hands and holding his helmet in the other.

Jackson takes his place next to the other six that were mentioned before but Mark was only having eyes for Jackson. He didn't even hear the other participants being called and as Mark looks at Jackson it seems like Jackson was staring right back at him, smile on his face.

If Mark isn't mistaken he even sees him wink when he walks away as the first match was about to start.

All the boys watch the first few games carefully, noticing that the games ended at fifteen points with a little one minute break when one of the fencers made their eighth point. The athletes would drink a little and quickly meet with their coach to discuss their next moves.

Backstage Jackson is nervous, he sits down at a bench, fumbling with his sable as he is in deep thought. He isn't the normal kind of nervous he'd always be when he had a match like this one. This nervousness he feels right now is different.

He couldn't stop thinking about how Mark was staring at him when every participant was being introduced. He had a sparkle in his eyes and he was smiling brightly at him, as if he was his whole world.

Jackson couldn't do anything but to look back at him the very same way, even doing something he thought he wouldn't do, ever. He winked at Mark when he left to go backstage and wait for his match to start.

When he realized what he'd done he felt a bit weird. Like it wasn't something he had planned on doing and he wasn't at all planning on doing it where everyone could see what he did. Luckily it hadn't appeared on the big screens, or so he hoped.

Somewhere Jackson was very foreign to this feeling, he didn't know what it was but it made him feel good aswell as at the same time it made him feel incredibly nervous as he didn't want to disappoint Mark.

The encounter was fun but it had put some extra pressure on him, something he thought he'd not experience.

He wants to win, he is willing to give his everything just so he could win the match and maybe more importantly so he could show this trophy off to Mark later. Though of course he somewhere knew it wasn't just for the trophy. Not that he is going to admit that.

Only moments later Jackson is called by his coach to warm up for his match. Jackson stands up feeling more nervous and of course his trainer notices it.

He massaged Jackson's shoulders as he told him that he shouldn't worry and he rambled about how he had it all. His words calm Jackson a little bit and he tries to focus on his match instead of Mark, who he had to admit, looks very good today.

Jackson requests his earphones so he could listen to some relaxing music before his match starts.

He warms up his body once more before putting his earphones away and walking out to the match area.

He hears his friends scream from the first row, he was glad that they were being so supportive but it didn't burst his concentration bubble once second.

He greets the crowd and his match partner, someone presenting the United States, before standing in his starting position, ready to defend and attack.

'Let the games begin.' He thought as he felt adrenaline rushing in his system again.

All of the boys look at Jackson hopefully. As expected, he was doing amazing during his first match. He won with 15-11. The boys cheering for him loudly when he wins the match.

The first match he always thought of as the most important one as it indicates how well you will do during the rest of the competition. So, when it was over Jackson is glad he survived this first match.

He greets his match partner once again before leaving to go backstage. He glances at his friends as he walks by and they were all putting thumbs up for him. Jackson smiles and gives the gesture back as he walks by.

He can't help but to notice how close they look. Seeing them all supporting him and it makes his heart happy. Especially seeing how even Jaebum and Youngjae, who he had never seen or met before are cheering him on like one of the guys.

The Chinese male sits down again and the moment that he sits down he goes back into deep thoughts. This time his mind clouded with slight sadness, coming from the fact that his parents couldn't be there today as they were too busy to fly out to Korea. He had promised to call them right after the championship ended.

Beforehand they had of course wished him the best of luck. His dad even joked that he wouldn't need their praises as he would win anyways. The Chinese boy laughed about the comment, he for sure knew that he did actually need it as all the other fencers were really good and he couldn't just win against them.

They day passes by and as prospected Jackson is actually going towards victory. The boy keep cheering him on loudly whenever he plays a match and they were almost pretty sure the people behind them were getting annoyed with all their screaming. Not that one of them cared, supporting their friend was way more important than those people complaining.

Over the break the boys decide to meet up with Jackson.

They wait for him to get out from the backstage area and as soon as they see him they pull him into a group hug. Mark surprisingly being the one who is literally pressed against Jackson's chest.

All the boys are screaming and cheering for Jackson as he was currently one match away from getting the title. They let go of each other and they all smile at Jackson, proudness clearly visible in the faces of his friends.

Jaebum and Youngjae aswell are very positive and Jackson of course introduces himself to the two. They start talking and complimenting Jackson about how well he was doing and how cool he looks during fencing.

They laugh a bit before Jackson's coach walks up to him, telling him he needed to come back to prepare for his last round. They bid goodbye to him and telling him they'd be waiting for him to come out when it was over.

All of them got some drinks and went back to their places with a few minutes to spare before the final two rounds were starting. One of which had to decide who Jackson's final match partner would be.

The match had decided that a guy representing South-Korea would be his final match partner. The crowd of course was going wild, seeing that someone from their country had a possibility to win against Jackson.

Meanwhile all of the boys are nervous for Jackson as many people from the crowd are actually cheering against Jackson instead of for him. The boys had all looked at each other and concluded that they should be as loud as they can for Jackson.

One last time they have to show how much they support their friend.

The last match starts and Jackson and his match partner walk up. They shake each other's hands and greet the crowd. The crowd goes wild and the boys are screaming on top of their lungs for Jackson, waving their banners proudly.

The match is incredibly nerve wrecking, the one minute break after the eighth point rolls around after a fifteen minute match. Jackson's concentration is to the fullest, he can't even hear the crowd anymore, he is in his own world.

Determent and full of adrenaline he starts the match again. He fences like he has never before, the crowd gasps and they scream as the judge decides on who the points belong to. All of them want their favorite to win. The points are critical and they need every single one they can get.

The score is 14-14 and the next point will elect who is the next fencing champion of 2017. Everyone holds their breath as the match is about to start. Everyone looks at the two athletes full off anticipation.

Jackson feels tired but he gives his all for the last point he has to win. His match partner moves forward and Jackson defends himself, jumping and going backwards trying not to get hit by the other's sable. After he ditches his attack he quickly moves forwards and seeks an opportunity to hit the other and he does.

The crowd cheers and his friends who are on the first row start to scream and cheer, hugging each other as the last point appears next to Jackson's name.

Jackson takes off his helmet and greets his match partner once more before being pulled into a hug from his coach. He screams and jumps up and down with his coach as he completely feels alive again. New adrenaline rushes through his body as he realizes what just happened. He is the new fencing champion.

As soon as his coach lets go he runs to his friends. They reach down as far as they can and Jackson reaches up as far as he can and they shake each other's hands and try to hug each other.

"Yes ladies and gentleman the winner of the 89th international fencing championship is concluded. Representing China, Jackson Wang!" The sound of the presenter echoes through the hall. Jackson runs back to the presenter who is waiting for him.

"So tell me, how do you feel?" he asks while pulling Jackson by his side, handing him the microphone.

"I feel amazing! I want to thank my amazing coach, my parents and of course all my friends on the first row. I love you all! And to those who came to cheer for me today, thank you so much. I'm so happy right now."

"Well Jackson, get changed and we'll see you at the award ceremony." He let go of him and Jackson runs backstage.

When he comes backstage his fellow athletes congratulate him on winning and he thanks them all. He leaves to his changing room and changes into a new pair of fencing gear. It feels good to put on something that isn't wet because of all the sweat. After he quickly washes his face and dries it before going back to his trainer.

His coach accompanies him to the award stage. He waits backstage as he sees the number three and two being honored by the judges.

"And then, the star of the night. Give your all for the winner of the 89th international fencing championship, Jackson Wang!" The presenter echoes through the microphone.

Jackson walks up to him and bows and waves to the mass of people on his way. He takes place at the stage for the number one. One of the judges walks up to him, he shakes his hand and gives him a medal. After that the other judges walk up with flowers and his trophy.

For one last time Jackson cheers and screams for the public before walking off and heading backstage for one last time.

After he walks off the others rush to get outside the arena to wait for Jackson. They wait for about twenty minutes before Jackson comes out in normal clothing, a big bag swung around his shoulder and his cup in his hands.

Jinyoung is the first one to congratulate him on his win, after that come Yugyeom and BamBam who hug him what almost looks like to death.

Jaebum and Youngjae are somewhat formal, they shake his hand and tell him how amazing it looked and how much they enjoyed it.

The one and only left being Mark, who wasn't sure what to do so he just awkwardly walks up to him. But Jackson had another idea, he pulled him in for a hug. Mark is surprised but he hugs back.

"You did so well Jackson, I'm so proud of you." He whispers only for Jackson to hear.

They let go and Jackson beams of confidence, his smile infecting Mark to smile aswell.

"So, shall we go for dinner to celebrate Jackson?" Jinyoung asks.

"Yes, I'd love to. I'm so hungry, treat is on me!" Jackson responds.

"Mark, Jaebum, Youngjae, are you coming too?"

They all exchange quick glances before all nodding.

Only then Mark realizes that Jaebum and Youngjae will probably take this opportunity to interrogate Jackson.

'Oh god.'

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A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this part! Next part will be 👀 So anticipate on that. I love you all. See you next time!

~Jacksonsidiot❤