OMG this last chapter is getting ridiculously long, almost 10K words so I'm chopping it into three parts to make a perfect 60 chapters (OCD brain woops). I'll update this first part first so you dont have to wait so long while I work on the rest. Second chapter will be up in twelve hours or so, if it's ready. VIRAL LOVE Chapter 58 : TRIUMPHANT (PART 1) GROUP EMAIL From : [email protected] To : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Good morning, my dearest fam & football oppas! Please refer to attachment. We need everyone’s co-operation to make this mission successful. If my brother’s sad, longing face isn’t enough to motivate you then I’m here to inform you that Dae-young Oppa’s mom said she’ll treat us all to a feast to celebrate their engagement at her restaurant so ALSO DO IT FOR THE FREE DELICIOUS FRIED CHICKEN AND ALCOHOL! Love, Myeong-joo *attachment* SI-JIN’S TOP SECRET MISSION So he wants to do this on 25th June since that’s the date they met, I mean crashed into each other. The date is non-negotiable. It’s a little tricky because it’s right in the middle of World Cup in Russia and we don’t know how far the team will make it in the tournament. So my brother has laid out Plan A and Plan B. Plan A : If the team loses before 25th June This is HIGHLY LIKELY because we only managed to go that far ONCE back in 2002. That means we’ll be back in Seoul already which makes it easier to plan, to be honest. Pretend there’s a friendly game at Sangam Stadium between all the national team players. Me and Ji-soo will bring Mo-yeon Eonnie to the pitch n get her excited for this fake game. She might feel weird because there will be no spectators other than us but we’ll just tell her to roll with it. 12 player’s jersey will be printed with one of these Hangul words. 강 모 연 결혼해 주시겠습니까 All players will line up side by side until those words form into a sentence. We wait until KMY notices that it says: ‘WILL YOU MARRY ME KANG MO YEON’ Obviously the ‘ME’ jersey will be worn by Si-jin unless one of the players wants to commit suicide. And then he will flash out that ring he had made since last year. Please brush off the dust n cobweb on it first, bro Then he’ll say some romantic to convince her to be his wife and get down on his knees. Harry Potter ready with the cam. She will prob cry and hopefully she’ll say yes. And then we’ll leave them at the pitch for a romantic candlelight dinner set up by Song Sunbae/SDY. There will be fireworks in the sky when they’re eating? Snoopy and Piccolo Oppa, pls reconfirm this? Hopefully they don’t make-out on the pitch after that. Plan B : If we win all the games till 25th June (which would be incredible but highly inconvenient to our plan haish) Well guys, this will be a little tricky. It’ll be especially tricky if you guys are awesome enough to go all the way to fourth/third place bc that particular game will be exactly on the 25th. We’ll set history if we do get this far but like I said, IT’S GONNA BE TRICKY. So as you know the players can choose three family members to stay at the resort in Russia with the team during the tournament. So that means me, KMY and SDY will be there. But we’ll be staying at the family wing and the players will be at the players wing and very busy with training so we’ll hardly see each other anyway. And Coach Rockfish won’t let players see their wife/girlfriend two days before a match so any plan has to be made after the game. Because he said it’ll ruin their concentration n make them tired (………I STILL DON’T GET IT?) Si-jin would love it if he can propose right at the stadium during the game, get all the players to wear the special jerseys. But of course then the national team will get blacklisted and everyone back home will kill us. SO HE CAN’T DO ANYTHING CRAZY BEFORE AND DURING THE GAME. But he said he will beg Coach Park for a leniency to propose to her after the game. He still wants to do the same thing like Plan A so... I will bring her out to the resort’s training field in the middle of the night after the game, Candles/flowers around the field, All players will wear the jerseys, And Dae-Young will set up a candlelight dinner in the middle of the field, She might get creeped out by all of this but we’ll just blame my bro, She will see all these players wearing the jerseys and apparently they will sing a song especially for her? Please confirm this Harry Potter. I hope you guys can sing half as decent as Eonnie because you know this girl has a magical voice, right? No pressure or anything lol..... We wait until she notices what the jerseys say. And then he will FINALLY flashes out that poor ring. And say some romantic to convince her to be his wife. She will hopefully say yes bc he might die if she says no. And then we’ll leave them for a romantic dinner set up by resort management. He still wants the fireworks. We will discuss with resort management. Hopefully they don’t make-out on the training field after that because God helps us if that gets on Naver. EVERYONE PLEASE REPORT BACK YOUR PROGRESS HERE. GOOD LUCK TO OUR FOOTBALL TEAM AND SAFE TRAVEL TO RUSSIA TOMORROW! WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE RESORT NEXT WEEK ONE DAY BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONY!!!! *ends attachment* ----------------------------------------------- “Don’t eat junk food, don't forget to drink eight glasses of water every day, and don’t fall sleep in front of the TV watching that new cooking show you love so much. I won’t be here to carry you to bed, babe. And you’ll hurt your back if you sleep on the sofa.” “I know that already, haish…..” “And don’t flirt with the new barista they just hired down at the cafe. Choi told me he has a crush on you? Maybe you should just get drive-through coffee from Starbucks for now? Less chance of a punk trying to flirt with you that way.” “....Yaah! Seriously? Starbucks' coffee !” Si-jin lets out a sigh and closes their distance. “God…. I’m gonna miss you.” He whispers against her hair, his arms enclosing around her petite body. His luggage is packed and ready; and Dae-young is downstairs waiting to drive him to the airport. The National Football Team will be departing from Incheon International Airport today; one week before the opening of 2018 World Cup. They will spend the next seven days adjusting to Russia’s weather and finalizing their strategies and training at a remote resort near St Petersburg. Mo-yeon smiles and wraps her arms around his waist, inhaling the clean scent of his formal team jacket. Is it just her imagination or do his ab muscles feel even firmer these past few days? Crazy athlete genetic. “Just a week, honey. I’ll be there next week, okay? I can’t wait to see the resort. The pictures look beautiful.” He leans away and palms her face in his hands so he can look into her eyes. “We won’t be seeing each other much even though you’ll be there with us. I’m sorry babe....” She smacks his chest. “Haish, why are you apologizing? This is the most important game in your career, honey. It's your first as the captain. Of course you’re going to need to focus 100% on the games.” She grins widely at him and his heart warms at the child-like excitement in her eyes, “I’m already honored and thankf