"ah! Good morning girls!" Tzuyu waved
"hello!" Sana waved as the ThinkBlack members followed her
"looks like you girls slept well?"
"yeah. are you guys ready?"
"yeah!  speaking of? where is Mina?" Tzuyu looked around

"ah! Rose, has Chaeyoung messaged?"
"they said they are near. they should be here soon" Rose laughed
"great! so.. is Jihyo?" Sana saddened

"he is fine.. do not worry, he should probably get over it s-"
"hey guys."

"ah! Nayeon! yo-you are here."
"yeah. JYP Pride you know.. and I am still gonna support you guys."
"hey, what about us?"

"ah! and ThinkBlack of course!" she smiled
"YES! we can win this girls!" Lisa exclaimed
"YEAH!" they said in unison

Nayeon smiled and cleared
"s-so.. Tzuyu.."
"yeah."
"J-Jih-"
"he is fine. don't worry about him" he smiled gently and patted her head "just give him time"
"r-right."

In a few moments Rose had been looking around the entrance and glancing over her phone

"ah! they're here!" Rose waved and ran towards Chaeyoung. "Chaengie!"
"h-hey Rose. goodmorning to you too?"
"hey Chae. good morning." she smiled and leaned down, kissing her cheeks and capturing her lips.

"uh.. did I miss something?" Nayeon's eyes widened
"ah, Your Chaeyoung and Our Chaeyoung are dating now." Jisoo smiled

"WAIT?! what?!"

"hey guys!" Dahyun cheered as she holds Momo closer to her, Mina followed them with a smile on her face.

"Minari! good morning" Tzuyu ran and wrapped his arms around her.
"Tzuyu! you are pretty hyper in the morning" she chuckled
"hell ya! CAUSE WE ARE WINNING THE CUP TODAY!!"

"Don't be too confident you stupid Maknae." Jeongyeon came in coldly in the morning, Smacking down his head.
"Hey!!! A SIMPLE GOOD MORNING WOULD SUFFICE!"

"ah. Good morning" Jeongyeon mumbled looking at Mina
"YOU SHOULD SAY GOOD MORNING TO ME TOO IDIOT!!"
"what's good in the morning Tzuyu."

"ah.. you do know those are two different things right?"
"same thing for me-"
"why you-"

"J-Jihyo!" Lisa called as Jihho appeared behind them with shades on.
"you okay?" Jennie mumbled

"yeah, no worries" he smiled "-so, shall we go?"
"y-yeah" Sana smiled and Jihyo walked passed them without uttering a word. Everyone watched him from behind walking silently.

Nayeon looked at him with worry, but somehow could not utter a word at all.

"Nayeon." Jihyo called- catching everyone off guard. Nayeon hummed in response. "I am sorry."

"Jihyo.. let's not tal-"
"I just cant help it. but for sure I know, I am giving up on you."

silence engulfed everyone as they walk through the halls of the complex. Jihyo halted as everyone followed
"But- if we win.." he turned and smile "-will you please go out on a date with me?"

Everyone's eyes widened, the boys averted scratching their nape while some of the girls anticipated Nayeon's response. She hanged her head low and slightly nodded.
"great." Jihyo smiled as he continued walking

Mina placed her hand onto Nayeon's shoulder
"I am sure, he is a great guy. why dont you give him a chance" Mina whispered with a smile on her face
"of course I know that.. he is my best friend" she chuckled. As Mina and Nayeon hugged walking towards the complex.

***

"YO!! ICEY!!" Familiar voices and young men approaches the group. "I see ICEY has an alliance with the new rookies?" He smiled

"Hello boys!" They waved "We are ThinkBlack"
"Nice to meet you girls, my name is Kai, and I am part of ECHO."
"Yes, we know who you are" Jennie snickered
"Sure you do.. uh miss?- Jisoo?"

"Close. But it's Jennie" she chuckled
"Right, my bad- Jennie." He chuckled and reached out for a hand shake Which Jennie gladly reciprocated.
"It's okay!"

Lisa squinted and began interrupting them
"My name is Lisa" she grabbed Kai's hand "-and that's Jisoo and Rose" they bowed the moment their names were called
"Ha.. nice to meet you all" he smiled and continued the hand shake. "-I hope we all have a great day today."
"Us too." Jennie laughed
"Well then, I got to go, I'll see you guys around" He left and waved
"Bye!" Jennie cheerfully waved

Lisa scowled at her lover and pouted

"What?.."
"Nothing.."
"Jealous?" She smirked
"Not at all."
"You know I love you right?"
"Do you."
"Do you trust me?"
"You tell me."
"Of course you do." She smiled and slid her hand onto the latters, intertwining it

"Guys! Public" Rose warned
"Aww.." Jennie pouted and Lisa snickered

***

"Ah! Mina, do you need any help?" Dahyun asked
"No, I am fine. Dont worry about me, just sit back and relax" she smiled while trying to carry a huge coolman jug over the bench
"Mina.. let me-" Chaeyoung offered however was interrupted

"You could really just ask for help, Manager." Jeongyeon appeared behind her, extending his long arms onto the jug and grabbing it over the bench
"Ah.. thank you."
"You sure are clumsy"
"But I could have-"
"Well you didnt"
"Why are you so me-"
"I am not."
"Yes you are!!"
"Is it my fault? That I did not want you to get hurt?"
"Ah.."

He scowled and anticipated for another reaction. He clicked his tongue.
"How annoying." He uttered and left

"WHAT THE HE- ugh. Whatever!" She muttered

"Mina?" Chaeyoung called
"Sorry- it's nothing."
"Sure doesnt seem like nothing" she chuckled
"ugh- I can't even believe I like that guy! THAT GUY!!"
"Calm down.. or he'll hear you"
"Ugh.- whatever-" she forced a smile "-anyway, You should be sitting down, let me handle this."
"Are you su-"

"Chaeyoung!!" A familiar voice called her as she waves towards her
"Ah Rose."

Rose smiled and grabbed her hand. Mina saw her come closer and averted her eyes as she continued her manager duty- but was eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Hey Chae. Wanna go out on a date when we win?"
"Sure. We should celebrate with everyo-"
"Aww.. I want just the both of us?"
"Well, usually we'll celebrate with everyone.."
"But.." she pouted
"Okay, how bout we go out on a date the next day?" Chaeyoung smiled As she grabs Rose's pouting chin. Rose turned her smile into a teasing smirk.

"You sure look tall- just because you are standing on that bench" Rose laughed
"DO NOT RUIN THE MOOD YOU IDIOT!" Chaeyoung gripped onto her cheeks pinching it.
"Ow! Ow! Okay! I was just kidding."

"Okay! So.. is that a deal?"
"Yeah!- A DATE"
"If you win."
"I'll do my best for you babe"

"Babe?"
"Ah! Right we can't-"
"It's okay.. 'babe'" she smiled And It made Rose happy to hear it back from her lover

"Okay, I am going to prepare, I'll see you later" She smiled and waved, making hearts with her arms. Chaeyoung smiled and shook her head

"Awww! So sweet! Isn't this great?" Dahyun grinned
"Shut up, we are just going with the flow." Chaeyoung chuckled and went back up her seat, as Mina remained bothered on her works.

Jeongyeon somehow was watching her from the distance. He sighed yet, refocused his vision onto the complex.
 

***

Around 8:30 in the morning, Fans began entering the complex and took their respective seats. Crowds and Crowds of different fandoms attended to support their fellow idols. All idols are now in the games preparing to give them a show.

(Ladies and Gentlemen, Fans of all fandoms! Welcome to the Idol Star Athletics Championships 2019! Where you watch Idols across different entertainment companies- From YG, SM, JYP, FNC, Starship, OffTheRecords, BigHit and many MANY MANY more Royal entertainers- battling for this season's championship cup!)

The idols stood in position per entertainment company and per group. After a few opening speech and some intervals, the Idols were stating their oaths to the crowd to ensure they have the full pledged Idol Athlete. In a few minutes time, the Championship begins!

All Idols began to return back to their places and were somehow seated per entertainment group. the hype was wild and therefore, ICEY and ThinkBlack remained far from each other
 

***

(Men Idols participating on the 100m race! please take your places in the starting line)

"Alright!" Tzuyu hopped around stretching his legs
"Tzuyu, don't look back and remain calm okay? you got this" Mina pep talked him
"No worries Manager! I got this!"
"Please Tzuyu, be fast and careful."
"Ah? Which is it?"
"TZUYU!!"
"Haha! Just kidding Manager! I got this!" He jumped and shook his body around

*Whistle* The referee called Tzuyu over
"Ah! that's my queue!" He waved and smiled as he saw Sana across the field waving at him together with ThinkBlack. He cheerfully revealed a thumbs up as he runs towards the starting point.

"Hey Tzuyu!"
"Hey Jackson!"
"Looks like another year huh?"
"Yeap!"
"I am not gonna lose to you again"
"I wont hold back!"

"You think ICEY would win this season?"
"Well.. I do hope so" Tzuyu laughed and clicked his neck around stretching as they continue to wait for the other representatives
"What about Gen7?"
"Well, somewhat, at least reaching runner up." He laughed
"Goodluck with that then!"

The representatives came into their starting line
"So, who are we trying to beat this time?" Jackson smirked
"Dang it. Chanyeol is running again for ECHO?!"
"Dang.. he sure is hard to beat.."
"Let's see. Be*ST has Jungkook again"
"I see."

"Looks like we are trying for Chanyeol then"
"Yeap!"

(Okay boys! Take your positions!)

"Goodluck!" Jackson uttered

(Ready?)

"You too." Tzuyu smirked as he looked from the corner of his eye Chanyeol getting ready for the run

(Set?)

Tzuyu breathed and focused. Aiming for the win and beating Chanyeol once and for all
"Well- here we go again.." Jackson chuckled

(Go!)

a starting shot can be heard as the young idols began their accelerated run.

Tzuyu launched over gradually increasing his speed as fast as he can trying to catch up to Chanyeol who seemed to be ahead of him by 2m. Their run were neck and neck, with only a few meters to spare as Tzuyu stepped on the finish line landing onto the cushioned wall to halt.
Unfortunately, Chanyeol may have stepped late but however reached the ribbon on time to break it. Tzuyu and Chanyeol's difference were 0.3 meters- making Tzuyu fall on second from ECHO.

"Dang it!" Tzuyu mumbled and waddled
"It's okay, come here" Mina assured as she called Tzuyu over. Tzuyu appeared with a long face.

"Sorry, Manager... I faile-"

"It's okay, we got second. If we can continue being second we are fine."
"But JYP said he wanted to win this season"
"He said he doesnt want to remain in third place- if we can win it even better, but second is not that bad"
"Are you-"
"You did your best Tzuyu" She smiled
"T-Thanks"

"Ah! 100m for the girls is up!" Dahyun yelled as they looked across the starting line

"Dang, Red Scarlet is participating this season huh?" Nayeon sighed
"It's fine we can cheer for them too!" Mina exclaimed
"No need, Red Scarlet had always been fast" Nayeon chuckled
"But there are rookies, i*Zone and ThinkBlack joining them-"

"Oh look, and It's Rose who's is running for them!" Nayeon cheered "Rose!!" They waved and Chaeyoung actively jumped and gave her a heart over her head. Rose smiled and winked.

"THINKBLACK!! Let's go!!" They cheered actively

(Oh! What is this? JYP's ICEY is cheering for our rookies YG's ThinkBlack!- mmm seems to me we may have a new couple of the games today. And of course! I AM KIDDING!!)

"Ah.. Red Scarlet's representative entered" Chaeyoung shouted
"Oh... isn't that Irene?" Dahyun called as Nayeon immediately to Jeongyeon who had been watching her enter the race.
She saw Jeongyeon's eyes widened in disbelief and squinted at the race track.

"Jeongyeon! Irene is run- oh.. you saw her" Tzuyu huffed beside him
"Get her out of there." Jeongyeon commanded
"But, the fans. They are-"
"What the heck is she thinking!!" Jeongyeon mumbled and gritted his teeth.

(Female Idols get ready!)

"Jeongyeon.." Tzuyu uttered

"Oy! JEONGYEON! Get her out of there" Jihyo commanded
"But-"
"Either that or you want her to suffer again"
"Ugh!! What a stupid thing to do!" Jeongyeon gritted again

Mina walked closer to the fuming idol, and held his shoulder
"Jeongyeon.. Calm down- fans are watching you"
"I am sorry Manager.. it's just that"

(Okay! Take your positions! *whistle*)

"Wait we can tell them to stop!"
"Let me."
"But-"
"I'll just explain to JYP and SM."
"Jeongyeon?!"

He walked out of the track as everyone stopped to watch him move forward. He eyes Irene and pierced it onto her. Fans cheered once again and louder

(JeongRene! Omy gosh! He is stopping Irene to race!!)

"J-Jeongyeon"
"What do you think you are doing."
"Playing and running for my team"
"Why not let Yeri do it?"
"Because I wanted to run- what's wro-"

Jeongyeon raised his hand at the referee and quickly  attended him.
"Sorry Mr. host! But Irene cannot run."
"What? Why is that"
"Her ankle broke- Yeri is taking her place"
"Are you-"
"Yes sir!" Yeri raised her hand and took the switch with Irene

Jeongyeon bowed and smiled at the crowd
"Thank you." He grabbed Irene's hand and pulled her away from the tracks as the crowd eyed the dead couple

"Jeongyeon! Let go!"
"Stop being a nuisance Irene"
"But I wanna run!"
"And what! Damage your heart again?! YOU CANT DO THAT!" Jeongyeon's voice raised and quickly got the attention of some of the crowd

(Oooh.. Jeongyeon is getting mad at Irene..)
(Yeah.. he is only protecting her)

"But I want to try racing!"
"You can't and never will- I can't let your heart fail in the middle of the crowd!"

(AHHHHHH! My JeongRene heart!!)

"Stop caring for me Jeongyeon" she scowled
"Just, please, for your fans!" He mumbled

(Irene! Listen to Jeongyeon please!)
(JeongRene! JeongRene! JeongRene!)

"O-okay.." she mumbled softly

The crowd cheered and chanted. The couples smiled and bowed. Irene hanged her head low as Jeongyeon held her hand and pulled her away.

"What are we going to do about these ships again.." Irene panicked
"We'll just let them. Come on. Let's go"

They smiled and waved as Jeongyeon lead her back to SM's zone

***

(Go!)

the starting shot began as the girls ran fast for the finish line. Rose and Eunbi were both neck on neck with a few meters to spare. The girls had stepped onto the finish line, yet having a review of the race. Rose and Eunbi were close enough to toggle the ribbon, yet Eunbi, reached the ribbon slightly ahead of Rose. Gaining i*Zone the first spot and ThinkBlack running second.

"Dang Eunbi! Why are you that fast!" Rose huffed
"You are fast too Rose." She laughed
"Now.. i am quite nervous for the Relay race"
"Yeah.. me too!" Eunbi laughed

"hey! Why are you nervous?"
"Cause, I only beat you what? meters away? and it was video checked too. I was just lucky!"
"Yeah well.. Relay depends on all team I guess" She laughed
"Absolutely!- better make sure you are the final player"
"You too!- this should be fun!"
"Yeap!!"

Rose and Eunbi bowed, leaving the tracks and onto their seats. She found Sana and the other members walking around all the way to JYP Entertainment's Zone.
"Girls!" Rose waved
"Rose! Come on! it's still the Men's shooters! Archery has a long time gap!" Jennie called
"eh? You sure we wont get in trouble?"
"No. as long as nothing happens you know." Lisa laughed
"Great! cause I've been meaning to see Chaeyoung!" she pounced

"Oy! Rose.. do not get caught up to Chaeyoung that much" Sana warned
"I know- i know. It's just a trial thing.."
"Even so. I don't want to see you get hurt" Sana said monotonously
"Don't be too serious Sana-chan" Lisa laughed
"It's just that.. I don't want Rose to-"
"We got you! Don't worry too much. Chaeyoung seems to be a nice kid."

"i know.. and it is dangerous.." Sana sighed
"I love you Sana-unnie!" Rose smiled and hugged the older
"Of course" she laughed

ThinkBlack began walking closer to ICEY's spot. Fans watched closely of the two rookies however, luckily ICEY left for the shooters placement and left Nayeon and Mina in the spot.

"Hey girls!" Nayeon called
"Hi! We wanted to visit- Archery has a long Time gap" Jisoo laughed
"yeah, well- you guys gotta leave once the boys comes back from the games" Nayeon warned
"aww.. why" Rose pouted
"because.. you'll get a scandal. Fans watch your every move." Mina chuckled
"but.."

"It's okay Rose. I'll be here watching you" Chaeyoung smiled onto the guests seats
"aww Chaengie.." she smiled
"You better be good okay? I may not be down there to support you.. but you know I will"
"Stop being sweet you idiot!"
"Well.. we are here anyway.. Might as well give you the full service" she grinned
"I am definitely a fan" she chuckled
"good. a few fan service would suffice.. plus- being a good lover is part of the package"
"oh shut it." Rose walked closer and reached for her hand onto Chaeyoung. They both smiled sweetly.

"You really have to stop, or else.."
"I don't mind." Chaeyoung said with a grin and Rose chuckled, shaking her head as she lets go.

"Come on girls. ICEY is coming back." Jennie called
"Right. Bye girls!" the girls waved and moved back from their zone

Chaeyoung fixed her position and seat as she sits straight beside Dahyun sighing with a smile placed onto her cheeks.

"You sure know how to make her smile" Dahyun uttered
"It's all part of the package-"
"yeah.. a package that would make her fall for you more."
"No. i am just being a good lover.. so she can feel that even as a pretend lover.. we-"
"Yet, your heart belongs to someone else."
"We're doing this so I can forget about her..."
"is it working?"
"It's just been a day.. no- hours.. who knows."

"I see.." Dahyun's eyes saddened as she watches Mina do her work, laughing and moving. Talking to Jeongyeon and the other members of ICEY "I wonder what would happen... if you finally moved on." Dahyun mumbled
"excuse me?"
"ah. nothing.- I was just thinking out loud" Dahyun smiled
"i see.."