jaebum is nowhere near clumsy, especially when it comes to his feet. they're perfectly left and right. he dominates the field and walks fine on the streets but somehow, he manages to trip over his own two feet whilst opening the door of the convenience store.   well, actually, he managed to trip over his own two feet at the sight of kang seulgi so early in the morning.   "you okay?"   and it's a beautiful sight.   "yeah, yeah, i -"   "let me help you up."   especially up close.   "thank you,"    he is inches away from her. or maybe, she's inches away from him. no, they're inches away from each other. touching. seeing. he sees her but keeps his hands to himself. he sees her eyes and her unruly bed hair and her wrinkled nose and her good morning smile. she's looking at him. he's staring right back.    "jaehyun, right?"   he blinks and the halo of sunlight around the crown of her head flickers slightly in his eyes. "ummm," wow . "it's jaebum "   "oh, shi -" she smacks herself right on her forehead. the leaves rustle above them and the morning breeze passes by. her hair half-heartedly allows itself to get carried by it. "i'm so sorry. yes. lim jaebum."   "it's just im."   she closes her eyes. "right," when she opens them again, she shoots him an apologetic look. "right, right, right, of course. i'm sorry, i'm not very good with names. i swear though, i won't forget yours ever again."     he smiles a little. "that's nice."    "hey,"    fingers snap in front of his eyes.    he blinks. suddenly, he's back in his apartment.   "your class starts at 8 on fridays right?" nayeon is standing before him, hand on her hip and an eyebrow raised questionningly. "stop staring into space if you don't want to be late."   jaebum sighs. nayeon bids him goodbye before closing the door behind her as she leaves. he's alone with his thoughts, but he knows he can't be late today. their first period professor can be pretty stingy and annoying, so he tries to get on his good side.    he gets up from the dining table and pushes the memory of this morning - her silliness and him being even sillier - at the back of his head.   he can daydream about it later.                when he closes his locker door, jinyoung is suddenly there invading his sense of sight. "personal space bro, have you ever heard of it?" jaebum shoves him away before practically peeling off his sweaty shirt from his body. he grabs a towel from the nearby racket. "you did good today though, let's use the new tactic this weekend."   "of course i did good." jinyoung, like the goof he sometimes is, grins widely. "what'd you expect from a guy wanted by like, half the universities in south korea?"   "don't get too cocky." jaebum throws him a stinky sock someone left lying around. jinyoung barely dodges it. "i'm kind of hungry, do you want to go get fries and burgers or should we eat rice?"   jinyoung fishes out a can of cologne from his bag. "both sounds good." he says. "but hey, speaking of all this good, you did great out there too. the tournament is four days away, but i've known you since we were in diapers. you don't take practice all that seriously, what's up?"    jaebum doesn't really like the smile his friend is aiming at him at the moment, but he's too obvious and jinyoung knows him better than anyone in the world. something is up, jaebum can't hide that but he can't tell jinyoung about it either. the guy is a total blabbermouth.   "besides the sky?"   "oh," he rolls his eyes. "you and your grandpa jokes. come on, never mind, i'm really hungry. let's just go."   jaebum doesn't really feel tired right after practice. it's only when he gets home that he feels the fatigue kick in. he even zips through the campus with jinyoung trailing behind him. when they reach the gates, they both stop to catch some air. jinyoung's ranting on and on about how he wished he could major in soccer rather than minoring in it all because he doesn't like every single one of his professors.   "you rarely like anybody." jaebum points out. "you barely even like me."   he snickers. "nice point."    they laugh and jaebum shoves him a little. "hey, when we -" he stops when he spots an all too familiar face across the street. familiar laughter is