I instantly stopped and turned around with anger as I knew who the voice belonged to.

"What the hell do you want?!"

I laid my eyes on the face of Sooyoung the .

She raised her eyebrows as she edged in closer to me.

"Tut tut. Is that any way to speak to your class fellow? I just came to see if you needed any help," she replied sweetly with an artificial voice. 

I rolled my eyes and sniggered, "If you come any closer, you'll be the one who's going to need help. Leave before I really punch you in the face!"

She didn't listen as she stopped inches from me.

"Song Jasmine, you think too much of yourself. You've grown too much confidence and you think everyone likes you. You're such a fool. You're still a waekugin that doesn't belong here and that no one wants.”

I pushed her back, "I told you already, get out of my way."

She roughly put her hand on my shoulder and pushed me back, "What's the rush?"

I glared at her, "Come to me in an hour's time and I promise to send you home in an ambulance. Right now, I need to get back to the hall so MOVE!"

I bent down to pick up the pair of leggings I finally found, but Sooyoung carried on speaking in a low tone.

"No one can take anything away from me. You tried to take Taehyung and look, he came running back! You don't know how to make anyone happy, he's so bored of you."

"Take him, I don't give two s," I replied, grinding my teeth.

"It's no fun without a fight. And I want a fair chance to destroy your existence," she said, still standing in my way.

"What actually is your problem?" I stared straight into her eyes, I was keen to hear why she was such a .

Sooyoung smirked, "You are my problem."

Just then, she shoved me as hard as she could in the spare kit room and shut the door which clicked behind it.

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I banged on the door with my fists, I kicked it and barged it with my arm but it was of no use.

Sooyoung had just locked me inside this room which had a code on the front that only a few people including myself knew.

"Sooyounga, this isn't funny! Open the door now! I need to go on and play! Ya, open the damn door!" I yelled trying to kick the door open, but it wasn't budging.

"Let's see if anyone likes you anymore after you let the whole school down, waekugin!" She cackled back.

I could just make out what she was saying as the walls were stupidly soundproof.

I started looking for something heavy which I could use to break the door open with- this was a serious situation, but I couldn't find anything except for old trainers and clothes.

We'd been preparing so hard for so long, if I couldn't play today, Coach and the rest of the team would go ballistic.

I would let the whole school down, I wouldn't be able to live with myself and no one else would let me live.

Just as I stepped back for a run up to kick the door open, I heard another voice.

"Ya, help me! I'm locked in here! Help!" I shouted, but they couldn't hear me.

I leaned against the door, banging the back of my head against it for a couple of minutes before I could finally hear what was being said.

"Sooyounga, this has gone too far! Where is she?"

It was Irene.

"Shut the hell up! Are you my friend or hers?!" Sooyoung screamed back.

Urgh there was no time for them to debate their friendship; the regional finals were at stake here!

"Irene! Open the door! Irene!" I screamed at the top of my voice.

I heard footsteps pacing towards the door and the handle started turning, but there was no click as she needed the code.

"Irene! I'm going to give you the code!" I shouted, my throat going dry, but she wasn't saying anything back.

, she still couldn't hear me.

Why were these walls soundproof? Urgh, what to do?

"Don't you dare open the door for her Irene!" Sooyoung shouted as I heard a bang on the door, someone was being pushed against it or trying to break it open.

"Sooyoung, this is too much! First you force Taehyung to kiss you and now you're locking people in rooms! Stop acting so crazy, you're going to get in serious trouble," I heard Irene yell as I could hear them having a physical battle over the door knob.

Wait, what did Irene just say?

I immediately shuffled back up and pressed my ear against the door.

"She doesn't belong here! She's taking everything away from me; you tell me how else am I supposed to get it all back!" Sooyoung screamed hysterically.

"It doesn't mean you lose all respect for yourself! You're acting like a for Taehyung's attention! He doesn't like you Sooyoung, get over him!" Irene shouted back as I heard sniffing.

"How can he not like me? Everyone likes me; I'm the prettiest girl in Daegu!" Sooyoung squealed as Irene sighed.

"Even if he did like you before, he'll never like you again after what you did in detention. You should never have pushed yourself on him."

There was a short pause as for once, both my heart and brain where whizzing at the same speed.

My brain was trying to understand what had just been said whilst my heart was telling me that I should've trusted it from the beginning of the situation.

"Irene, just know if you open that door, our friendship is over," Sooyoung firmly replied.

There was another pause before I banged on the door to make my presence known.

"Jasmine can you hear me? Bang if you can!" Irene shouted through the keyhole.

I banged as Irene shouted again.

"What's the code? Tell me through the keyhole!"

My hands were trembling as I held onto the inside door handle for support.

"5..5..5..4..3..7," I said through the keyhole as Irene pressed down on each number until the door finally clicked.

I flung open the door and bowed to Irene, "Thanks Irene, you're a lifesaver."

There was no time to sort Sooyoung out, so I barged past her as I ran back out of the changing rooms.

If everything Irene said was true, that means just as Taehyung saw Jackson at the wrong time, I must've seen Sooyoung on him at the wrong time.

After all, I never gave him a chance to explain himself...

"There you are! The game is really crazy, where the hell where you?" Krystal bumped into me on the way as I was walking back in.

I immediately pulled myself back to reality and remembered the seriousness of the situation.

This game held the school's honour and I wasn't about to let that go.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you later. How much did I miss?" I replied with shock as I heard the sirens of an ambulance van.

I turned around and saw the van turning in to the school as two paramedics came rushing out.

"You missed a whole quarter! I had to play instead of Kris, he's been injured real bad!"

We entered the hall and instantly heard shouting from the stands as the game was on pause.

All the players were huddled around the centre of the court as the paramedics pushed us out of the way.

Coach raced to where I was and pulled me by the arm to the side.

"Don't say anything, just listen. Kris broke his ankle, there's a two minute break. Get yourself sorted; we are losing by four points!"

I nodded and wiped my sweaty face as I turned to look up at the stands.

Everyone on our side were standing up, watching eagerly and hurling protests at the officials who were desperately trying to calm them down.

Eonni and Appa were shouting at one of the officials whilst Halapoji was in conversation with Jimin.

And sure enough, beside Jimin were Namjoon, Hobie and finally Taehyung.

My stomach was doing somersaults as I saw he was too busy shouting curses to have noticed me staring at him.

I gulped and shut my eyes for a couple of seconds, trying to block out all the noise and my reoccurring thoughts to just concentrate on game tactic.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the paramedics taking Kris away on a stretcher as he was tossing and turning in agony.

Yoongi was walking beside Coach as they came over to me.

"You have to take his place as point guard, are you up to it?" Yoongi asked me calmly, even though his face was dripping in sweat.

Point guard was right at the front, it required confidence and excellent communication with the point shooter who was Yoongi.

I was susceptible to fouling, intimidation and blame if anything went wrong but there was no other option.

They were already all so worried, so I nodded as Yoongi gave me a quick assuring smile.

"I'll be on your left; you just get the ball off the other side and always pass to me. They are playing really rough and I don't know why the officials aren't disqualifying them," Yoongi high fived me as we both jogged over to the centre front.

Kai, Baekhyun and Jinwoon nodded to me and patted my shoulder as we all got in position again.

The stands had calmed down upon seeing us running back as the commentators got back to their commentary.

"That was an unexpected turn of situation, wasn't it?"

"Yes, poor Kris, he was so talented. Let's see if Song Jasmine can play up to his standard!"

"Jung Krystal slipped up in the previous quarter, two more left. Hopefully the only other girl, Song Jasmine can help bring Daegu High back in the game!"

The cameras swerved between all of us, as our names were quickly repeated again.

The biased official approached Yoongi and the well built opponent who fouled him before.

He didn't say anything, just tossed the ball in the air as both jumped up.

The other guy grabbed the ball this time and passed it to another team member as Yoongi shouted for me to take his other side.

As I was trying to take the ball off him, he started dribbling the ball between his legs, but his eyes were fixed on me and he started laughing.

I didn't once look up as I remembered Coach saying that's how some players dazzle their opponent, via foul play distraction.

I noticed a loop in his dribbling and successfully grabbed the ball off him, as cheers erupted from our stands.

He  was very fast and I could hear him breathing behind me as I put my arm out to stop him from reaching out.

I noticed Yoongi and bounce passed the ball to him as the guy tumbled on me from behind, causing my elbows and knees to splat on the floor hard.

"Ya!" I shrieked as he wouldn't get off, he was crushing me and I couldn't breathe.

The official blew his whistle and the guy slowly got up, lifting his hands in the air defensively, but didn't help me get up.

Baekhyun ran from behind and lifted me up by my hand as I brushed my front, looked down and saw blood leaking out from a fresh gash on my knees.

We were all wearing shorts and Coach warned me beforehand they'd play rough, but I didn't get a chance to wear leggings because of the Sooyoung.

"Aw, has the cutie pie fallen over? You want mummy?" The idiot sniggered as I gave him the dirtiest look I could.

The camera came close to my face as the commentary was being overpowered by booing and hissing from our stands.

"Minnie, you okay?" Jinwoon shouted and I put my thumbs up as the official gave the ball to me to throw back in.

Looking around, I saw the other team were tailing everyone, but Kai was darting back and forth which made the guy tailing him always look behind.

I threw it to Kai as he caught it and gave an overhead pass to Yoongi who signalled for me to run forward.

I ran as fast as I could, paining all over but determined to defeat these cheaters as I caught the ball and immediately passed it back to Yoongi who jumped up and slam dunked the ball in.

Cheers erupted from our side which was now at the far end as I had come very close to the Danwon High side who were booing loudly in my direction.

"She's only a girl, destroy her!"

"Ya Minwoo corner her; make sure she doesn't pass to that blonde guy!"

I turned around to glare at them as they gawked back at me so I put my middle finger up before I joined the team who were now all furiously patting Yoongi on the back.

We high fived each other before getting back in our positions and the rest of the quarter was played relatively calmly, but no one managed to score and Danwon High were still one point ahead.

The commentary recommenced as we took a break to get water and catch our breath, whilst our stands wouldn't stop cheering.

"Gather around and listen up. Kai, Baekhyun pay attention! We are only one point behind; I want Kai and Baekhyun to firmly defend whilst Jinwoon, Minnie and Yoongi work as a trio to get as far to their side as possible. Jinwoon use your agility and speed, Minnie your accuracy and Yoongi your shooting skill, arasso?"

We all nodded and went back on the court, our expressions turning stone cold as we tried to match the intimidation Danwon High were giving us.

I turned to look back at the stands and the first pair of eyes I met was Taehyung's.

He was sitting down, laying back as his intense gaze fixed on me and I saw his mouth form into an upward smile.

My tummy twisted as I blushed and turned away, only to lock eyes with the other team's captain who'd been fouling us all.

As the final quarter progressed, we were all getting tired and slowly losing any hope of winning.

Danwon High were using all their power to defend whilst our tactic ensured solid consistency, but not enough time for us to shoot.

"Hey little lady, pass it here!"

One of the burly members in the other team tried to confuse me by pretending to be on my team as I was dribbling the ball, my vision blocked by his towering physique.

"Ya Minnie, ignore him! I'm free!"

I turned to my right and saw a darting Jinwoon who was managing to dodge the player that was constantly tailing him.

I jumped up and passed the ball to him as he caught it and ran at full speed to their hoop, signalling Yoongi to run parallel from him so they could tag team and score.

The morale of our team began rising again as our stand exploded in cheering, Jinwoon only inches away from their hoop and there was only two minutes left until the end of the match.

We actually had a chance of winning; Jinwoon and Yoongi were both dodging the other team members so well!

All of a sudden, the cheating captain of Danwon pretended to slip as he stuck his leg out in front of an accelerating Jinwoon who tripped and tumbled on the floor, rolling over the ball, landing on his front as his knees and face skidded on the floor.

"What the heck! FOUL! Ya, disqualify him!" I shrieked as I ran over to Jinwoon who wasn't getting up.

The official blew his whistle as the rest of our team and Coach Gwok raced over, shouting insults at the other team.

Our stand all stood up as they were protesting again, someone threw a bottle of half empty water at the other officials on the sidelines which triggered a full on hurling of all sorts of various items.

"I tripped! It wasn't on purpose, honest to God!" The guy called Minwoo shouted from the sidelines as his coach was now protecting him.

Coach Gwok stormed over to the other coach, "What the hell do you teach your kids? Is that how anyone plays basketball? Mark my words, I'll ensure you never coach in your pathetic life again!"

My mouth dropped open, Coach Gwok looked terrifying.

His massive muscles were all veiny and his face was a bright red as he looked lethal.

I turned back to Jinwoon who was staggering as he had now been helped up by Kai and Yoongi.

"Hang in there Jinwoon, ya is he going to be okay?" I worriedly asked Baekhyun and Krystal who had come running as well.

This was our second player who was being taken away from injury as Miss Mina and Gyojang Yi came down from the stands to intervene in the situation.

"That was horrid play by Danwon High's captain Lee Minwoo, I wonder what the decision will be?"

One of the commentators boomed out on the speaker as it was Danwon High's side that now erupted in protest.

"Biased commentary!" Someone yelled from their stands.

I stormed right up to their side of the hall.

"Shut the hell up! You've bought over the officials!"

I pointed at them and screamed back as they looked on at me in shock before laughing patronisingly.

My blood was boiling as we were all awaiting the outcome which should be a penalty.

Yoongi jogged over and crouched down beside me, taking deep breaths in and out.

"This is so ed up; I've never played in a situation like this. My older brother was the captain of Danwon High basketball team four years ago and they were never this bad."

I turned to look at Yoongi, I didn't know he had an older brother who went Danwon High and was the team captain.

I learn new things about him every day.

The whistle blew loudly as both teams were called to the centre.

"Could the captains both come forward," a new official with black, thick framed glasses said.

He looked much younger than the other one and was much calmer.

I turned to the sidelines and saw the old official taking off his whistle with a furious, red face; I hope he gets fired for being so corrupt.

Yoongi and Lee Minwoo both stepped forward as the new official stood between them.

"The intensity of the last foul regardless of whether done by mistake give the injured team a penalty throw. The captain of Daegu High will take it as the injured player is in no position to do so," he firmly told them both.

Kai, Baekhyun and I exchanged anticipatory glances as Krystal who had now been put on instead of Jinwoon, stood beside me.

We all shared the face of hope as we saw a chance of winning.

Yoongi just nodded and pursed his lips, ignoring the loud objections of the other team.

We wished Yoongi good luck as we stood on the sides of the hoop, ready to grab the ball in case it rebounded.

Yoongi was amazing at shooting hoops, he could do this with closed eyes.

The official blew his whistle as only a few cheers were heard from both stands, everyone went quiet to watch the outcome.

"Yoongi oppa, I'm going to sue you! You've stolen my heart and now look at you! Oppa saranghayo!"

Immediately, we all turned around as the hysterical scream came from our stands, a fan girl had sneaked in the hall and was now crying over Yoongi who turned around and waved at her, flashing his gummy smile.

We chuckled as someone told her to shush whilst Yoongi got back in position.

He bent his knees and aimed the ball at the hoop, it was on target and was inches from going in.

It was circling the hoop for two seconds before it bounced out.

I took a deep breath and ran like lightning to catch the rebound.

My eyes closed for half a second as blares of shouting were erupting from both sides, figures were looming over me.

In that half second when my eyes were shut, I only saw the grinning face of Kim Taehyung and I smiled as my heart pounded under the Daegu High logo.

Everything was in slow motion as the clock was counting down from ten seconds, 9...8...7...6...

I bent my knees and aimed at the back square of the hoop.

I let go of the ball as someone pushed me, but my eyes were still fixed on the revolving basketball.

4...3...2...

An explosion of cheering exploded as the ball slid into the net and we were instantly added three more points, which meant...

"Wonderful rebound catch by Song Jasmine of Daegu High, making them the winners of this intense match! Daegu High are the regional basketball champions!"

The commentators threw off their headsets and went wild as the team ran towards me as fast as they could.

"GET IN!"

"Yes! Oh my god Minnie!"