The news that came to his ears that morning made Krist falls into a panic attack. It wasn't serious but he was freaking out to the point he almost spilled his hot coffee onto himself when he saw the headline of the news on the television.

Nation's pride, basketball star Singto Prachaya to be back in America in August, preparing for a comeback in September.

....was what made his day a lot more miserable. His eyes went as wide as the orange basketball beside his bed and he instantly jumped up from the bed when he saw the headline. He's going back?? In a month?!?!

This is not what he was expecting to start his day with. Not having to see Singto for a month was enough torture, he did not need anymore bad news this soon. Krist felt like his head was about to burst from all the craziness and the overthinking that was going on his mind. He paced back and forth, thinking about what he should do. Confessing was the only possible solution he could come out with but if he did, how would Singto react. He never knew that the day would come that he will confess to a guy—a specific famous basketball star to make everything even more worse. He did not sign up for this!

******

Krist couldn't seem to focus on the practice that day. He misses every shot, even the simple pass. Everyone realizes the change but no one said anything. That never happened before since Krist was always the one to stay focus and serious with every game. He misses the three-point-shot that was his known trademark since he rarely ever miss them. That was when the coach calls for a short break.

Krist sat on the bleachers grabbing his bottle and chugged down the water in the bottle. Off approached him with a towel in his hands, wiping his sweats away.

"You okay, bro?" he asked making Krist looked at him. Krist nodded twice and continued to finish the water. Off looked at Newwie besides him and they both shrugged their shoulders and continued doing what they were doing before.

"Uncle!!!!"

The loud voice caught the whole team's attention as all of them turned their attention from whatever they were doing to the entrance of the gym. They saw a pretty woman probably the same age of them skipping her way towards the coach with a big bright smile on her face. The look on half of the team's face showed interest on the girl including Off and Newwie as they were whispering to themselves. Krist just got lost in his own thoughts again, not caring about what was happening.

"Ouchh!!" a loud grunt was heard following after, popped the bubble Krist was in. Beside him, Off and Gun were having some kind of a lover's quarrel due to the jealousy that came over Gun as the boyfriend was busy checking out the girl. Krist just shake his head.

"Don't you dare." Gun gave a last warning with a pout and turned to Krist, showing protest to his boyfriend.

"Gun, you know who that is?" God came and asked from behind Krist, putting his arms around Krist's shoulders. Gun looked at the girl for a few seconds before turning back to God with a raise of a brow, teasing the guy.

"I'm just asking. I'm not THAT interested." God said, a hint of panic showed in his voice.

"You better not be. Or else you'll be hearing news on headline tomorrow, 'Famous singer and the youngest member of SBFIVE, Bas Suradet killed his boyfriend at their house'." Gun said rolling his eyes before continuing, "... that's Janhae Ployshompoo. She's very close to coach's family. I heard that she's P Singto's close friend. And there was a rumor that they were going to get married after P Singto's contract in America ended." he replied God's question eventually. Hearing that, Krist's mind that was already messed up, turned into a complete chaos. His hope that was cracking, eventually shattered to the ground. He could've sworn he heard his heart breaking into pieces.

Gun eyes Krist's reaction. To be very honest, he purposely said that to see Krist's reaction. Of course he knows that P Singto is single and available. And of course he knows that P Janhae and P Singto are just best friends. He wanted to know Krist's real feelings, he wanted to see what was inside Krist's heart. And that reaction from Krist—that change of expressions explains everything and Gun got what he wants. He plans to tell Krist the truth, of course, he's not that cruel. But for now he'll just enjoy the broken Krist. Its actually kinda fun to watch, considering the guy never have interest in other things except for studying and basketball. This is his first time ever having something other than the two filling in his mind and eventually taking up a huge ass space in his heart.

******

"You're Krist, right?" The voice startled Krist from his awful daydream. He was lying down in the center of the gym, wallowing in self pity and crying over his pathetic life. He looked up, about to curse whoever that was disturbing him until he saw the beautiful face, looking down to him. The speed of his movement to get up was probably the fastest he ever moved in his entire life. He nodded as a reply to the Janhae's question. She was smiling, a smile that could melt anyone that see. Krist would too if he's not hopelessly in love with someone else. He was mesmerized by the beauty in front of him and somehow that made him even more sad. She is amazing, almost perfect if Krist could say so himself. She would be the best match for P Singto and from what he heard from Gun earlier, she also has a company in Australia and Korea. How would Krist ever be compared to that? The difference was already obvious.

"Can I sit here?" she asked, still with that smile. She's polite too. Krist was ready to cry but he had to put up his manly act and remind himself that he can overcome this.

"Sure." he finally say and brushed off some invisible dirt on the floor for Janhae to sit. Janhae chuckled before sitting down. Good thing she was wearing her jeans and tshirt, or else she wouldn't be comfortable sitting on the floor if she had worn a skirt instead.

Few seconds of silence made Krist pray for the floor to suck him or some kind of power to take him away from the awkwardness.

"I'm Janhae." she offers a handshake which Krist accepted with a slight hesitation. "You're the team captain?" Janhae's question just received a nod from Krist. He was just too afraid to say anything to the pretty lady who happens to be the fiance of the person he loves. If that doesn't break his heart enough, talking to her this close makes everything even more worse.

"Not much of a talker, are you?" she asked, still with that sweet smile plastered on her face. Krist cleared his throat.

"I'm sorry. I was just-.." he didn't finish his words. Janhae was confused but she didn't say anything. "...I was just confused."

"About?"

"Why you're still here..? Coach went back a while ago. I don't mean to chase you away or anything but I'm just wondering.." Hearing that, Janhae lets out a small laugh.

"I'm just curious."

"About?"

"A person who my friend is getting all headache for.." her words brings a thousand questions to Krist's mind. Huh? Who? What?

"I guess now I know why. He's not wrong." she said before getting up from her place, giving another confusing remarks for Krist to think about at night. Seeing Krist's confused face, Janhae continued her words.

"You'll understand what I'm saying sooner or later." she said, ".....its nice meeting you, Krist. I hope we'll be seeing each other again in the future." with those words, she walked out of the gym, a big smile formed on her beautiful face.