it was the next day at school and yuna was just dying to get out of class.

sunghoon had got to skip his last 2 periods due to last minute practice for his competition afterschool that his friends were planning on going to.

the bell finally rung and the teacher dismissed the class.

yuna began packing up her things, stuffing her books into her bag

"hey yuna" yuna put her bag over her shoulder as she saw soovin walk into her class

"hey soovin" she smiled, "have a club meeting?"

"nope. jake actually cancelled it so he can go to sunghoon's competition" soovin responded

"oh that's new" yuna chuckled, "sunghoon will be happy to hear that"

"yup. let's go. do you know if we're getting food after his competition" soovin asked but yuna just shrugged, "then let's get hot pot before going, i've been starving"

soovin linked her arm with yuna's before dragging her out of the class but only to bump into someone else

"oh hey heeseung" yuna greeted

"hey yuna and soovin. where you two heading?"

"getting hot pot before sunghoon's comp. do you want to come with us?" soovin offered

"would love to but i have last minute tutoring with a few of the kids in my study group. i'll meet you two at the comp though"

"sounds good. see you later" yuna smiled as heeseung ruffled her hair before saying bye to the girls and he walked off

"still like him?" soovin asked as they began walking

"of course i do, why wouldn't i like him?" yuna questioned

"you don't seem as shy or red around him as much. your ears are usually a dead giveaway but they haven't been as red" soovin noticed and yuna looked at her weirdly, weirded out of how she even noticed that, "so i thought maybe you're losing feelings"

yuna couldn't deny soovin though.

she could feel herself not feeling the same anymore. she wish her feelings could be easy to figure out but no she kept having to go through these rollercoasters of emotions trying to figure out how she truly felt.

"okay soovin, you're right. i think it's because of what happened with jake" yuna spoke

soovin stopped which caused yuna to stop, "what happened with jake?"

it then hit her that she never told soovin. yuna widened her eyes, shaking her head, "n-nothing! let's go eat!"

"no no!" soovin refused, "tell me"

yuna bit her lip, and gave in, "jake and i..uhm..kissed?"

"you kissed-?!!" soovin shouted and yuna quickly placed her hand over her mouth, muffling her shout

"any louder??" yuna scolded her as soovin shushed herself and yuna sighed

"yes..we did..but it was a mistake!" she quickly clarified herself

"was it yuna? was it?" soovin asked her

"i-i..don't know" yuna ruffled her own hair out of frustration, "can we just go eat?! even i'm confused with how i feel"

soovin nodded and chuckled at the girl

♡

the group of 6 plus yuna and soovin stood around the rink, waiting for the competition to start.

"think sunghoon's going to win?" jake asked yuna

"of course. he always does" yuna responded

"who knows maybe saerom will beat him today" jake chuckled

"who's saerom?" soovin then questioned curiously

yuna roamed her eyes around the rink before pointing to a girl, "see that girl with pink hair?" soovin nodded, "that's noh saerom. she's the next best ice skater next to sunghoon. it's always them against 1st place and usually hoon wins so if i was her, i'd be pretty mad to be constantly losing"

"noh saerom??" soovin asked in shocked and yuna just nodded at her, "a-are her and sunghoon friends or something?

"not that i know of" yuna shrugged

quickly after their short conversation ended, so began the ice skating competition.

there was 8 contestants; 4 boys and 4 girls.

each person's performance was about 5 to 6 minutes long and while a majority of them were good; none of them could beat sunghoon's.

were they biased?

yah, probably.

"next up! is park sunghoon!"

immediately everyone in the crowd cheered. he was infamous for being one of the best skater's and usually always winning. he was also known for being extremely good looking among the girls and just in general

"go sunghoon!!" jake and yuna shouted in unison really loudly

the boy heard this and looked up at the two before giving a slight smile, waving his hand before beginning his performance as the music started

his performance felt so quick even though it was 5 minutes long. his moves were graceful and elegant. not once did he mess up or make a single mistake. he had it down to the core.

he bowed at the end of his performance which made everyone clap and cheer.

the rest of the performances quickly went by and it was now time to announce the winner.

jake and yuna held onto each other's hand tightly, praying for 1st place to just be sunghoon.

"in 3rd place..han yujin!" everyon quickly clapped as the girl got her medal, smiling at everyone and bowing

"now 2nd place is.." the announcer dragged on their sentence, "noh saerom!"

once again everyone clapped as saerom got her medal and bowed to everyone

"i think we all know about 1st place" the announced chuckled, "park sunghoon!"

his group of friends along with his family cheered loudly

"sunghoon!" they all shouted, happy for the boy winning even though it usually happens

sunghoon received a bouquet of flowers along with his 1st place, a bunch of pictures being taken at the same time.

once the whole competition was over, sunghoon quickly skated over to his family and friends.

"we're so proud of you sunghoon" his mother smiled, placing a necklace of flowers around her neck, "can't wait until yeji comes back to see you win"

"thank you mom" he smiled, hugging her tightly.

his mom took his flowers while he went to his friends.

jake and yuna quickly ran to him, hugging him tightly, "so proud of you hoon" yuna spoke

sunghoon chuckled, hugging them back, "love your support guys"

the two pull away before sunghoon realized something and looked at jake, "wait..you actually came?!"

"we had the same reaction" sunoo spoke from behind

jake rolled his eyes at this before nodding, "yes, i came to see you win. i promise to try and come as often as i can"

sunghoon then turned around after hearing him speak.

the group of friends along with his mom looked at each other weirdly.

yuna went to the side of him, checking on before gasping, "why are you crying?"

sunghoon pushed her slightly, "i-i'm not crying!"

jake just laughed at this before patting his back.

sunghoon turned back around after wiping his tears but now his eyes were red, "i'm just happy you came, that's all"

"and you say you hate me" jake scoffed jokingly and now it was sunghoon's time to roll his eyes

quickly the rest of his friends congratulated him and they all took pictures together.

just as they all were about to leave, someone stood in from of them

"s-saerom?" sunghoon stuttered, feeling a bit red, "..did you need something?"

"he likes her.." yuna whispered to jake and the boy nodded in agreement

soovin heard this from yuna and frowned a little bit, covering it up quickly

"nothing" she shook her head, "just came to congratulate you on 1st place"

"oh. thank you" he smiled and just as she was about to turn to walk, "wait saerom"

the girl stopped, looking back at him.

he took a bouquet of flowers from his mom and held it out, "here"

she chuckled lightly, "i don't need your bouquet that you got for winning but thank-"

"actually those are for me" sunghoon pointed to yuna who was holding two bouquets of flowers, "i got these for you before hand"

he could hear sunoo and jungwon ooo from behind and he rolled his eyes at them, "just take them alright?"

she stared at them before taking them, "thank you sunghoon"

he nodded, trying to conceal his smile

saerom then looked at sunoo, "let's go?"

"yup!" he grabbed his bag before saying bye to all his friends and walking away with saerom.

the two were actually best friends since they went to the same school.

sunghoon then turned around seeing all his friends just stare at him

"so you never told your best friends you had a crush?" yuna sighed, "do we not mean anything to you?" she jokingly spoke

sunghoon scoffed, "she is not a crush okay. just..a good friend i guess. now let's go, i'm tired"

the group of friends grabbed their stuff, leaving.

once they were outside, soovin realized she forgot her wallet inside, "i forgot something, you guys go. i'll take the bus home"

"but-" before yuna could speak, soovin ran back inside to get her wallet.

she sat down on the bench and sighed, "good friends.."