O17. Nothing to Worry About

A Broken Doll

 

“Lu Han! Kick it! Kick it!”

 Ke Xin could hear Yi Xing scream from across the soccer field. The twins were getting up from their bleacher seats so Ke Xin lifted her eyes from the flash cards she had in her hands to stand with them as they excitedly cheered for Lu Han.

Lu Han was quick on his feet. He navigated the soccer ball smoothly around one of the defenders, doing a trick play as another one tried to steal the ball from him. With the coast clear from defenders, Lu Han had a second to score. The goalie didn’t look like he was about to let Lu Han score that easily either. At first, Lu Han made it look like he was going to blast the soccer ball into the left side of the net, even lifting his leg high enough to look like he was going to kick it with all his strength. The goalie fell for the bait, driving to his left just as Lu Han changed the direction of this foot, shooting the ball directly into the net with a thwack sound.

There was a lot of cheering after Lu Han had got his team the winning goal. The twins cheered from the stands while Ke Xin clapped and smiled proudly. Inside she felt slightly guilt missing the majority of the game while she tried to multitask between studying and watching.

As Ke Xin went to pick up her flash cards from the bench, Jia Li gave her a disapproving look, “Ke Xin, don’t try to spread yourself too thin. Maybe, you should study in a more quiet area.”

Ke Xin just shrugged and smiled at her friend’s concerned suggestion. “It’s okay. I can focus with all the noise. I wanted to watch Lu Han and Yi Xing’s soccer game anyways.”

“Did I hear the names of the winners?” Yi Xing came skipping up the stairs of the stands, grinning widely at his and Lu Han’s recent victory.

“Taking my credit.” Lu Han joked, giving Yi Xing a slight push on the arm.

While Yi Xing tried to argue with the twins that he really did help Lu Han throughout the game, Lu Han approached his girlfriend, giving her a big, sweaty bear hug.

“You were great Lu.” Ke Xin smiled as she tried to wipe some of the sweat off his face with some tissues she had found in her purse.

“Psh,” Lu Han laughed, “Says the one who was glued to her flashcards for half the game.”

Ke Xin’s cheeks colored a little with embarrassment, “Sorry…”

“Why are you even apologizing? Seriously, I heard that American test you’re taking, the SATs or something, are stressful. You should be studying instead of coming to watch me.” Lu Han gave Ke Xin’s hair a little ruffle, while she sighed. She didn’t even know why her teachers insist that she’d take this test. They said it’d increase her chances of an acceptance from a prestigious American college.  

“Still…” She dragged, wiping Lu Han’s forehead, “You want go get ice cream as a reward for that awesome fake shot? And a sorry for not watching your entire game?”

“Sure.” Lu Han smiled. He really needed something to cool him off from that game and from the summer heat.

Ke Xin went on to ask her friends if they wanted to tag along and get some ice cream with her and Lu Han. But as Yi Xing perked up, Jia Li elbowed him in the rib and told the two to go on ahead without them.

“Ouch, what was that for?” Yi Xing rubbed his side after Ke Xin and Lu Han left hand-in-hand to get some ice cream at a nearby café.

Jia Li rolled her eyes, “You do realize you’ll just be a third wheel and a er if you did go with them, right?”

“But I want ice cream. C’mon, let’s go get ice cream!” Yi Xing whined, jumping up and down on the spot. When he continued to whine, Jia Li sighed and looked to Jia Yi for advice. When her sister simply shrugged, Jia Li gave in.

“Alright, alright. Let’s go.”

“Woo!” Yi Xing started sprinting down the bleachers. Jia Li chuckled, grabbing her tote bag and began to walk down the bleachers after Yi Xing. When she noticed that Jia Yi wasn’t following, she turned around just in time to see her twin with a dazed expression and shiver even though there wasn’t the slightest breeze.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t like it.” Jia Yi replied as she picked up her own bag from the bleacher seat.

“Don’t like what?”

“This bad feeling I have. Happy times don’t like to last too long without giving us something dreadful. I feel like something’s going happen.”

“You’re just being paranoid,” Jia Li tried to reassure her sister who just nodded absentmindly, “C’mon, let’s catch up with the others.”

But what Jia Yi had said bothered Jia Li for the rest of the day. The summer was beginning to end and it had been one the most fun summers Jia Li had had with her group of friends.  To be honest, she was starting to get the feeling too that these happy times were not going to last.  But she didn’t want to jeopardize anything so she tried to shove these thoughts out of her mind. She had nothing to worry about. 



 

 

 

(A/N) Hello lovely readers, if you haven't noticed I've gone through a name change :D If you want to know why, go read my blog post because I don't feel like explaining it now. 

Also, 've cleaned up the foreword and description. What do you guys think? ^_^

And I'd just wanna let you know that some of the updates are going to be delayed by summer school. But eh, whatever. I get paid to go to summer school :P Not even joking, I legit get paid to go for five weeks, four days a day, and four hours a day. That means $200 at the end of five weeks (woot woot, shopping spree at the end of summer :3). 

 

 

 

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yifancakes #1
One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking, exo x oc fics i read in the earlier days with my old account. You have a wonderful writing style although the ending did throw me off at first, but it was practical and realistic. It made the fic memorable. :)

(January 27, 2012??? I feel old lmao)
NinjiPandi #2
I know this is kinda late but i just finished your story. I'm gonna be honest and say that I liked the ending. It was realistic and practical. Sure it wouldve been nice if Ke Xin and Luhan ended up together, but i mean hey, its not like first love is always going to be he last love. Anywhos, awesome job author! I'll definitly be looking foward to your future works.
alizarin #3
Chapter 11: OMG author-nim, you're the admin of FY-Exo tumblr and twitter??
_-Sumin #4
Chapter 20: The ending , no offense.
But the rest of the story was on point!
lululemon_lover24 #5
Chapter 20: I was disappointed with the ending...
I totally understand why you might want to stray away from the happy endings that readers typically love, but I just don't think this ending was the best fit for the story. I respect that it is your story and you have all rights to do whatever you want with it. I loved the first 18 chapters and am grateful that you wrote them, as they were such an intriguing and captivating read.
I feel like with this ending, there are still quite a few loose ends. But, as the chapter is titled, happy or sad endings depend on where you decide to end your story. I think I would've been happier with the ending if we were given more time to see Ke Xin without Luhan and with her current husband, so things wouldn't have felt so rushed. It felt to me that going into this story, it focused on this young girl, who seemed to lead this perfect life, and a boy, and the two of them opening up each other's worlds. The ending didn't really seem to conclude or address the focal point of the story. But those are just my thoughts. Anyways, thanks for the story.
PorcelainCreations
#6
Chapter 2: omg Cai's my last name. i can actually try to feel more for this story^o^
Perpetual #7
I really like your flow of writing and the way you made the entire story very realistic. I wasn't happy with the ending and I just felt really empty inside and the entire ending just made me feel very unsatisfied. I completely respect your ending though I guess I'm just a er for happy endings :') thanks for writing this and I'll be looking forward to your other stories in the future.
dawnxiamara #8
Chapter 20: I guess her father's prediction didnt come true that Luhan and Kexin would be them but with a happier ending. And as for me who really loves happy endings would have an alternative ending in which Luhan and Kexin found each other again after so many years and realize that their feelings are still strong for each other and with purple lilacs as the background, Luhan proposing to his girl ending it with the wedding of the century.... I am just romantic girl maybe who loves Luhan i suppose.....
AeroRyuu
#9
Chapter 20: I completely understand why you decided to end the story the way it did but it still seems off. The way this story began and flowed seemed like it would end either happily or contently but you just completely turned it on its head. It made me feel like I had been lied to or cheated on. I always learned not to lie to your readers so I guess that's why it's so strange to me. I'm not trying to sound mean or anything but this is my opinion on the ending.