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G N O H N M I K

Long legs stepped out of the bus and stomped into the middle of a puddle of water on the road that had just seen the summer rain. Even though the body was a little tired from traveling, everyone on the team had to be brave enough to walk into the stadium with no regrets. Actually, I don't know whether to blame the people who organized the flight or blame the host country for allowing foreign athletes like you to use the stadium to practice on the first day of their arrival like this.

No sooner had we walked into the building than we heard the familiar sound of shoe tires rubbing against the field. It was loud outside from inside. The newly arrived athletes could only stand and look at the scene in front of them in wonder. According to the schedule in everyone's hands, it said that the first line up of the day was their South Korean national team. And the athletes playing on the field were...

“I'm sorry, I'm afraid the reception that picked you up here from the airport still hasn't informed you that we've changed the practice schedule to accommodate your newly arrived team. In any case, please adhere to the new schedule.” The athlete care department of the organizing country walked in and politely explained the matter to Coach Kim. His expression of remorse and as if he had apologized a hundred times in his heart made everyone on the team who was about to shout out just now look at the employee with sympathy.

“Come on, I think his intentions were good, seeing as we just arrived, he moved our practice schedule like this,” the team's eldest sister, Hyohee, consoled the youngsters after seeing everyone's faces as if they wanted to give in. The bags were all on the ground. Especially Captain Kim, who was ready to burn the baggage he was carrying just because he thought it would be useless to carry it back to his hotel.

I was both tired and exhausted. If I had known in advance, I would probably have been able to rest comfortably. "Let's go."

“Unni, let's go!!” Heejin secretly noticed that something was wrong with Yeonkyung and tried calling again in case the person who was in the trance would come to his senses. But it was as if Hyo Hee and Hee Jin's words had turned into thin air. Because of all the attention Kim Yeon Kyung was standing in the middle of the field over there.

Yeonkyung was not at all fazed by his teammates' words. His sharp eyes were still more interested in the person playing with the ball in the middle of the field. Never mind Heejin's words, he almost forgot after blinking his eyes.

“What is it, Unni? Do you still like the same things?” Heejin's playful words woke Yeonkyung up from his trance almost immediately. Heejin didn't even say anything out loud, Heejin just said it in annoyance. Because Hee Jin's traditional likings aren't too difficult to define. Everything was as if it weren't even a secret code.

“What the hell is wrong with you? Aren't we going to hurry back to the accommodations?” It was as if the South Korean team captain had completely lost to someone standing in the middle of the field. It's been a long time since I've seen Yeonkyung's embarrassment like this.

Even though Heejin has only recently joined their team, But he came in time to see things as they used to be. And still in time to know what has changed. Well, the story between the previous captain and the current captain of the team is a secret that few people know. But one of those few people also had another Hee Jin who knew about it.

It's not unusual for Heejin to talk about the same old things:

The person Yeonkyung stood staring at for a long time. If you don't count the hairstyle, if you look at it all, it doesn't look any different from Zanionni. How much was the previous captain? A wide smile that, if you tried to smile, would make your round cheeks double as prominent. His black eyes flashed with mischief every time his two hands touched the volleyball.

Another thing that if Heejin didn't mention it, he wouldn't be able to see it was his long legs with smooth white skin. As I said, the team's number five player who is currently on the practice field actually has a lot in common with Zanioni.

“Anyway, here it is. Why don't we practice together?" A voice in broken English came from the other side of the bench, causing the entire South Korean team to turn around and look at the source of the voice.

“Coach invited us to warm up. What does everyone say?” Even though we are abroad like this, our Coach Kim chooses to use Korean to communicate with everyone.

And athletes like us have heard the phrase "can't warm up" too. But it really stuck for just a little bit. Many pairs of eyes focused on the tall captain who was standing far away, weighing in on the situation. Only Kim Yeon Kyung was the one who was upset even before flying to Japan.

He kept complaining that he wanted to rest because he was chronically tired from the end of the Turkish competition. She had to quickly fly back to Korea to practice with everyone and then flew all the way to Japan to compete in this competition with everyone on the team.

“Come on! I'm not that tired.” His sharp face was adorned with a bright smile almost immediately. When her brain finished processing that if she allowed this mini-warm-up match to happen, she would only gain and gain. You might get sweaty, but it's fun. And what you'll definitely get, like soaking in flour, is getting to know that older sister for sure.. Well, this Kim Yeon Kyung was born to do nonsense and serious things at the same time.

The game began with the assistant coaches of both teams as referees. In this game, in addition to the athletes getting to warm up. With the main coaches of both teams also exercising their own brains in controlling the teams. Measured from the size of their palms, the two teams looked like close opponents. both goal-post balls and fast balls

And many other strategies have been used without anyone giving in. Just finishing the first game was enough to make the main characters who lasted throughout the game sweat quite a bit. The coaches of both teams agreed that they should give the seniors a break and send the substitutes out to try out on the field.

"Thailand! Thailand!” Cheers from the other team's bench rang out as the referee blew his whistle to allow both teams to take the field for the start of the second game.

The game just now brought back the pain in my feet again. But that doesn't make Nong less sassy in the slightest. Everyone's troublemaker is still enjoying the game despite the sharp pain in his ankle.

“It's just fun, it doesn't have to be that serious,” Coach Aod reminded Captain Nong, who was cheering the game on with all his might.

“Coach's agreement. This is probably just for fun, right?” Nong frowned almost immediately. The coach spews the words "just fun" out of his mouth. If it's as fun as that, why put the pressure on making that crazy deal?

“Run around the field equal to the number of points lost.. Isn't this fun, Captain?” It's a crazy agreement that answers every question that everyone likes to ask. Is Coach Od really that brutal? You can get it comfortably.

“It's like the coach is telling us to run around the field 75 times.” Nong's words were not at all wrong. Even though the game is going to be very close. But the final score of the second game was unmistakably the same as the first game. On the scoreboard it said that the 25th score belonged to the South Korean team again.

"Saying this like you're thinking of stopping for just Game 3 or what?"

“He's good at this..”

“Referring to the South Korean team. Or do you mean someone in particular who praised Nong like that?” Nusara, who had been listening for a long time, secretly teased Nong. If the qualities of a quick eye and ear belong to a volleyball player. This Nusara brought it to the fullest extent. Someone's eyes were unexpectedly fixed on Nong, and Nuss felt it. Even though he may not even know anything yet.

“All in all, they get along well. It's even strange that the main character like the captain plays in a foreign league, but it turns out that a person who doesn't have much time for the team like him is a good link for everyone on the team, Peenus.” His sharp eyes were still fixed. with games on the field His mouth analyzed the opposing team to his closest sister.

“I think he looks like a special player. There aren't any people with this kind of personality on the number 1 team like China yet. Someone who is like another coach on the field. He's not like other talented people who just show off their power and don't care about the team. But he is a talented person who makes you see. He is like teaching the younger members of the team how to do it.

And make everyone believe that if I can do it, you can too.. His face, his demeanor said so. Nuss and Nong, try observing."

“What is his name, Uncle Od?” Nuss turned to the person who could answer this question, who was standing not far away from himself.

“Kim Yeonkyung or something like that?”

"Wow, are all Korean people's names difficult to remember?" As soon as Nong hadn't finished speaking, Both Nusara and Coach Aod laughed together as if making an appointment.

“Look.. if you don't plan on knowing him for the rest of your life, you don't have to remember his name, right?” Nusara's whispered voice was still loud next to his ear. Even though he walked onto the field with others Leaving Nong lost in his own thoughts for a while.

G  N  O  H  N  M  I  K

“The game is fun. Why are the Thai captains standing confused in front of the water dispenser like this?” A difficult English accent spoke up before he even appeared.

“I.. don't understand much Japanese.” Nong's pleading eyes stared at the many drinking water cans inside the cabinet. It's as if if you speak, these canned people will understand. I'd like to find a can of drinking water that I like.

“What kind do you want?” Yeon Kyung slowly explained to Nong, one can at a time. Even though he spoke slowly and clearly in his life. But the person in front of him's slender eyebrows were furrowed until they were almost tied into a knot. Even Koreans' English accents are difficult to understand for foreigners like you.

Nong humbly accepts the can of juice from Yeon-kyung's hand. She couldn't guess the age of the person in front of her. Because the South Korean captain is taller and looks more mature than himself.

“How can you read something so difficult?”

“Many years ago I was traded to play for a club in Japan.”

“So?”

“I don't want to speak Japanese. Being traded here isn't as difficult as what happened after this.”

"this! Isn't the game fun? Shouldn't the captains of the team be on the sidelines?” After a long while, the pair were in silence. She invites Yeon Kyung to follow her into the stadium. Cutting words was the first choice that Nong intended to pull Yeon-kyung up from the hole of his own bad feelings.

Nong never knew and never knew a single thing about Yeon Kyung's background. But the feeling of uneasiness when listening to Yeon-kyung talk about stories that seemed to cause pain to her was overwhelming. It was considered a difficult matter for Nong. Both Kim Yeon Kyung's expression and voice reveal that everything that happened in the past was not as admirable as it should have been.

The eyes of the Captains of the two teams were glued to the game that had reached its third game. They looked at the athletes all over the field enjoying the game. There are few times when everyone plays carefree. And don't take the points of each game to put pressure on yourself. Therefore, it can be said that athletes from both teams played extremely relaxed in this match.

Yeon Kyung is still interested in the game on the field. without feeling the eyes of another person staring at himself The smaller person secretly looked at the tall figure beside him intently. Yeonkyung's eyes when he keeps a calm face appear cold. It was as if there was an emotion of rejection in his eyes. It's like she's saying don't come in. But that's it.

It made Nong even more attracted to him. Can't explain in words.

“Do you… like volleyball?” Yeonkyung, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up, breaking the surrounding silence. It might not be the best question. But it's the first question Yeon Kyung keeps asking every volleyball player she knows.

"I like it. Don't you like to play for ten years?"

“That's it…” Yeonkyung's hard-to-describe eyes stretched out so far that the person next to him couldn't tell where the focus of those eyes was. It was as if Yeon-kyung was trying to explain something to him through the silence that he was feeling right now.

“And you like it?”

“I don't like it very much. It's just that right now there's nothing I like more than this.”

“Huh? You mean volleyball?” It was like a question mark was in the middle of Nong's head when she heard the dedicated team captain say she didn't like volleyball as much as she should have.

“No.. meaning you.” His sharp face was covered with a small smile. It was as if she had carefully intended for those who saw her to know the sincerity of what she was giving.

Every part of his brain is working hard. She thought about the previous conversation, looping it back and forth. The meaning that Yeon Kyung intended to explain to her was not difficult. But to understand and accept it is different and difficult. From the time she was born until she reached the age of three, this may be the first time that the middle daughter of the Tin Khao family has been as embarrassed as she is today.

“Awww!! Will both Mr. Kim and Miss Nong talk to each other for a long time?” Nusara, who had been secretly watching the situation for a long time, shouted, breaking the silence between the two of them.

“Okay.. If you don't want to talk, I'll go right now.” The awkwardness when Nong hurriedly ran towards Nusara until he forgot the pain in his own ankle was in Yeonkyung's eyes all the time. Is this goofy Captain Nong the person who has taken the Thai volleyball team to dozens of courts? Yeon-kyung isn't sure.

“Hey..don't force yourself to play hard again. Please take care of yourself for me.” Every word that Yeon Kyung said. It was an important factor that caused Captain Nong's round cheeks to glow red. A huge expression of embarrassment created a wide smile on Yeonkyung's face.

After this, there might be many stories waiting for the two captains to face. In the future, we may get to know each other more. Both Open Zone and Darkside, which even you may not be able to handle. But I believe with all my heart that the two of them will get through this together very well..

E N D I N G

Talk: Okay!! This is a fix fic. It has been on since the first match of the Olympics. The first match against Nippon... We feel that it really has an effect on our minds. Because the previous match they met and Nippon lost to South Korea made many people think that Nippon allowed it to be according to their plans.. But it has passed.

And we also won in the first game of this Olympics. Yay! I'm glad I got it fixed. Finally, I want to tell people who have read this far that he has never written a female fic. The accent is really strange.. No matter how much I endured reading his vow fic, thank you. Thank you.

Enjoy reading.. ♥ Short fiction