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"BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

I screamed and covered my ears at the low and booming voice, putting my head on my desk. "LEE. BYUNG. GONNNN!!!!!!!" I shrieked.

Byunggon let out a loud 'HAHA' and sat down next to me, swinging his arm around my shoulder. "Hi best friend."

I rolled my eyes. Best friend. "Get away from me you freaking giraffe, leave me alone."

"You know I won't." Byunggon whispered in my ear, giving me a million chills down my spine.

I pushed his head away. "Okay, totally unnecessary."

Byunggon chuckled and smiled with his cute dimples. "Are you actually studying?" He asked. "Our teacher gave us free time and you're studying?!"

I scowled. "I have to. I'm failing this class and my volleyball coach says that if I don't get my grade up I CAN'T PLAY IN THE NEXT GAME--"

"Everrrrything has to be about volleyball." Byunggon snickered.

"Because I'm the captain, and I'm failing a class and setting a bad example for the new children that joined." I said.

"I will make a massive board to bring for you on the game and cheer as loud as I can for you, so now you have something to look forward to if you get to play." Byunggon said haughtily.

"If you do that I will pretend like I have never seen you in my entire life." I said.

"I'll bring an entire billboard. And flowers. No, I'll plant an entire garden for you."

I slightly blushed. "Now you're being too much."

"I know you like it."

I scoffed. "You're head is too big for the world, just like your height."

"You're height is too small for the world." Byunggon said back.

My jaw dropped. "I am offended. My height is average, thank you very much."

"You're welcome." Byunggon replied.

The bell soon rang after, indicating lunchtime. My favorite part of the day.

I sat down with my squad and we started eating. The Squad consisted of Me, Byunggon, Heejin, Ryujin, Hyunsuk, and Byeongkwan.

I raised my eyebrow when I saw an unfamiliar kid walking with Hyunsuk to OUR TERRITORY.

"New kid?" Byunggon asked.

I shrugged.

Hyunsuk and the newbie sat down in front of me and Byunggon, and suddenly there was an awkward silence, because even though we're all either the captain of some sport, or the president of some club, we were all pretty socially awkward.

"HELLO!" The new kid yelled loudly, SHOOKing us all.

"Uh...hi." I said.

"This is Woo Jinyoung." Hyunsuk introduced us all to the Jinyoung kid. "He's new, and pretty chill so I figured he can hang with us."

"Nice to meet you." I said.

Jinyoung smiled. "Why hello there pretty lady. Nice to meet you."

I chuckled and blushed lightly, not noticing the silently fuming Byunggon next to me.

"Nice to meet you too dude." Byunggon said, rather stiffly.

I raised my eyebrow at Byunggon, but returned to Jinyoung. "You joined today?"

Jinyoung nodded. "I was in your class."

"Were you? I guess I didn't notice." I said.

"You were sleeping." He said.

"Aaand this is why you're failing your classes." Byunggon said.

I yanked on Byunggon's ear. "No one asked, Byunggonasaurus Rex."

Byunggon let out a cry and rubbed his ear.

"Anyways, welcome to the school, we hope you have fun even though almost 90% of this school smokes crack and bangs each other behind the garbage cans. Good luck." I said.

"Uh...thanks." Jinyoung said.

"You're gonna scare him away!" Ryujin whispered.

I snickered and we all continued talking about the school and ourselves to Jinyoung, so he would be more familiar. He was a very bright guy, with lots of aegyo.

Jinyoung soon was comfortable, and we all were talking like we met each other years ago. Everyone was exchanging jokes and laughing.

I glanced at Byunggon, who was quiet and spacing out and waved a hand in front of him. "Earth to dinosaur~"

Byunggon grabbed my hand in front of his face and pulled it down under the table and interlocking our fingers.

Heat rose intensely up my face. "O-okay then..."

LATER

I was so distracted in my next class. I kept thinking about how Byunggon held my hand at lunchtime. We were best friends, so of course we had skinship and stuff, but this time felt a lot different.

What am I thinking? I thought. He only thinks of me as his best friend.

I let out a sigh and glanced at Jinyoung, who happened to be in my class as well and whom seated next to me. This was the only class in which I (sadly) didn't have my dinosaur in.

Jinyoung was staring right at me. "What are you sighing about?"

"Nothing, nothing at all." I said.

Jinyoung snickered. "Liar."

"Yeah huh." I rolled my eyes away from him.

"Who do you like in this school?" Jinyoung suddenly asked.

"Huh?" I was caught off guard by his question. "Nobody." I lied.

Jinyoung pouted. "I thought we were friends now, how could you keep secrets from me??"

I let out a sigh and motioned for him to come closer. I whispered a name in his ear and he retreated back, and snickered.

"I knew it."

After school, Jinyoung invited me to go to some nerdy arcade with him, and I gladly accepted. He was a very kind guy, so I didn't mind being with him.

"My volleyball nationals competition is soon." I said after we had a heated competition of games. "You should come."

Jinyoung lit up. "Of course I'll come! I'll see you smash the ball into the other team's face like a beast."

I snickered. "I'm a setter, dude."

"I don't know what that is but COOL!" He cheered. "I'll come, don't worry."

I nodded. I also have to invite Byunggon. What is he doing right now?

A WEEK LATER

I was in the stadium of where the volleyball nationals were being held. I was so excited, I wanted to show everyone how FUCKIN LIT our team is.

I scanned the crowd looking for Byunggon, and I immediately found his dark blue head and waved at him. He grinned at me and shook his two signs around violently. I chuckled after reading the cute and cheesy messages on them.

I also found Jinyoung in the crowd, and he waved as well. I found it weird that the two weren't sitting next to each other. I thought they were close?

The last game in the tournament soon started, and the heated battle began. Our team made it into the top two, now we just have to get the first spot.

Throughout the game, I could hear Byunggon and Jinyoung's vicious screams of "GOOOOO!!" or "WOW, YOU'RE SO AMAZINGGGG!!!"

I was sweating buckets because our score was tied, for the winning point.

There was a chance to spike, and I set the ball to our best spiker.

SHE SMASHED IT DOWN, IN A FLASH AND IT HIT THE FLOOR WITH A LOUD BOOM.

WE HAD WON NATIONALS.

I excitedly jumped around as the crowd went wild. I was absolutely speechless.

Nationals, out of almost EVERYONE in the volleyball community. And we had won it.

I was literally on the verge of tears, and I didn't see Jinyoung yelling and running to me, until he crushed me in a hug.

The two of us had surprisingly gotten very close throughout the past week.

"Good job." Jinyoung whispered.

I grinned and I hadn't realized I was scanning the crowd for Byunggon, until I realized he wasn't there.

Little did I know, Byunggon was watching from far away, looking depressed until he couldn't take it anymore and walked out.

I looked around more. Did he go home without me??

Throughout the past week, Byunggon was distancing himself from me as well.

I wondered why, and that wonder started turning into anxiety.

We received our awards, and I immediately bolted out after to look for the missing dinosaur.

I passed a hallway and quickly turned back after seeing a flash of blue. Byunggon was there, leaning against the wall and looking lost in thought.

I made my way up to him. Why does he look so sad? Did I do something?

"Byunggon?" I asked.

Byunggon's head snapped up and he looked at me. His gaze turned cold and he looked away.

"Are you avoiding me?" I asked. "Why? What's wrong?"

"I wish you weren't so naive sometimes." Byunggon said, again with his coldness that was very unlike him.

"Naive?" I scoffed. "Well sorry that I wouldn't know because you've been avoiding me for the entire past week!"

"I cheered you on, didn't I?" Byunggon asked.

"You did...but why do you keep avoiding me at the most random times?" I asked. "I don't get it."

"You don't get it?" Byunggon asked and stepped closer to me.

My eyes widened when I backed up into the wall. "What are you do--"

I was cut off when Byunggon pressed his lips against mine. My head started spinning and my heart started pounding in my chest. WHAT IS HAPPENING--

A million thoughts spun around in my head as he pulled his soft lips away from mine. I madly blushed and we initiated in a staring showdown. I opened my mouth, but couldn't say anything. LEE BYUNGGON JUST KISSED ME--

"I like you, don't you know it?" Byunggon asked.

I like you.

I LIKE YOU.

ILIKEYOUILIKEYOUILIKEYOU--

Those words repeated in my head over again, and I couldn't say anything because I was so confused. I thought he only thought of me as a friend-- I started blushing madly because I finally realized it.

Byunggon likes me.

"But you don't like me, do you?" Byunggon asked. "You like Jinyoung."

My eyes widened. "What?! No!"

Byunggon looked at me. "What?"

"I like you! I like you a lot." I said. "I like you, I don't like Jinyoung. I only like you--" I blabbered.

"You don't like Jinyoung?" Byunggon asked.

"Why would you make that assumption? We're only friends..." I muttered. "Why didn't you tell me before? I thought you only thought of my as your friend..."

"What?? I thought I made it obvious! I thought you only thought of me as a friend..." He muttered.

.............

I bursted out laughing. "So you're telling me, we made each other suffer because we both kept on thinking the same thing?!"

Byunggon started laughing too. "I guess so. Did you see how depressed I was because of you?!"

"I'm sorry that I didn't notice, Byunggon." I said.

"And I'm sorry for avoiding you." Byunggon smiled and reached up and caressed my cheek.

"And what was that kiss? I can't believe you..." I muttered.

Byunggon chuckled.

"I'll do it again so you can believe it."