“What's the answer to number 5, Yeonnie?” Taeha had desperately asked, earning a glare from the female. “You should've paid attention in class.” Chanyeon rolled his eyes, causing the male to pout. “But you know it's hard to concentrate sometimes for me.” Taeha defended as Chanyeon shook her head, not buying the male's excuse. “Yeonnie~ I need to finish this homework. I have to go to basketball practice with the guys this afternoon.” Taeha whined loudly, while looking at Chanyeon. The female managed to shrugged and continued eating popcorn, gluing her eyes on the movie she was watching. 

      After a few minutes of Taeha's endless whining, it became silent. Chanyeon looked over to the male and saw him sleeping, with his head buried on the desk. The female couldn't help but smile at the beautiful scene. That soft calm snore, the beautiful sleepy head face, the presence of her best friend..made her feel safe. She had never admitted it but she thought Taeha was the best thing that had ever happened to her. He was her protector. He was the only one that inspired her to open up to people. He protected her from when she was bullied in elementary school. The fact that when she was a child, she was a coward that couldn't advocate for herself. Taeha had done everything for her, and she loved it. 

     Chanyeon smiled and got off the couch, walking down to the kitchen. She opened the covers and spotted a box of cupcake mix. She smiled excitedly and decided to make cupcakes, which by the way was Taeha's favorite dessert. She grabbed the cupcake mix, opened it, and splattered it on the steel pan. She mixed them carefully, as a smile formed on her face. Grabbing the cupcake wrappers, she scooped some of the chocolate mix inside the wrapper and placed it on the other plate. She continuously did that to the other wrappers until the mix was all gone. 

     After she had finished placing the mix on each of the wrappers, she examined them and gently placed them inside the refrigerator. “Something smells good.” The female quickly turned around and found a sleepy looking Taeha behind her. “Yeonnie, what smells so good?” Taeha had asked as Chanyeon her index finger, getting rid of the sticky cupcake mix. “Cupcakes.” Chanyeon muttered, walking over to the sink and washing her sticky hands. “Oh my god, I love cupcakes!” Before realizing, Taeha was already rejoicing as if he had just won the lottery and did a massive hyper dance. The female watched the hyper male as she just shook her head and chuckled. 

      “Yeonnie~~ Are the cupcakes done yet?” Taeha called out from the living room. He was chewing chocolate covered strawberries while watching a romantic Korean drama. Chanyeon walked over to Taeha, fixing her long hair into a ponytail. “You know, I didn't say I was going to give you a cupcake. How about if you finish your homework..you can have half of the amount of cupcakes I made?” Chanyeon smiled, already knowing that Taeha was so easy to bribe especially when it comes to cupcakes. Taeha looked at Chanyeon, chewing another strawberry. “How many cupcakes did you made?” Chanyeon picked up a piece of chocolate covered strawberry and chewed it. “A dozen.” 

      “Alright, I'll go with the deal. You have to keep the promise though.” Taeha said, standing up and walking over to his homework, located on top of the wooden desk. “I will. Since, when have I broken a promise?” Chanyeon complained, taking another strawberry. “That one time when we were 10 years old and you told me that 2 years later, you were going to kiss me.” Taeha looked at the female with an adorable pout. “Yah, first of all, that was a dare. Second of all, we were only children.” Chanyeon rolled her eyes as Taeha did the same thing and concentrated back on his homework. 

       After a few minutes which seemed like forever to Taeha, he had finally succeeded on finishing his homework. He looked up at the big, round wall clock above up and read, '2:45 PM.' He flinched, remembering he has to be there at 3 for basketball practice with his friends. He walked up to the sleeping Chanyeon, laying down comfortably on the couch. Taeha wanted to carry her to her room and let her sleep there more comfortably but there was no time for that. He had to wake her up, so he won't be late for his basketball practice again. 

      Taeha poked the sleepy looking female as she slowly moved and little by little, opened her eyes. She saw Taeha and closed her eyes again, placing the pillow over her face. “Yeonnie, ireona~” Taeha whined, worried about the time. There was nothing Taeha could do since Chanyeon was such a heavy sleeper except activating the Taeckle Monster. Taeha smirked and started tickling Chanyeon on her sides. Chanyeon opened her eyes and bursted out into laughter, as she sat up. “Stop, stop it. Yah, stop it!” Chanyeon shouted as Taeha stopped. 

     Chanyeon stared at the grinning, eye-smiling individual standing in front of her. “Morning sleepyhead~” Taeha sang, causing Chanyeon to gently whack him with a pillow. “What was so urgent that you had to wake me up?” Chanyeon groaned, along with a raspy yawn. “I have basketball practice in a few minutes. I can't be late, again.” Taeha explained, along with a sad pout. “What do I have to do with that?” Chanyeon rubbed her eyes softly. “I thought you might want to come with me.” 

     Chanyeon sighed and looked at the pouting Taeha. “Come with you and sit next to those screaming fangirls that will make you lose your hearing? And also, besides the screaming fangirls, most of the girls there are their girlfriends.” Taeha shook his head and laughed quietly at Chanyeon's last comment. “That's crazy. Only a few of them has girlfriends. Yoohwan doesn't have one.” Chanyeon shrugged. “But, still. It's just embarrassing.” Taeha looked at Chanyeon with a sad expression. “Are you saying you're embarrassed to come with me?” 

   Chanyeon immediately shook her head. “I didn't mean it like that.” All Taeha did was shrugged. “Come on, you're my best friend. You should come with me and support me. Now, come on. Lets go.” Taeha grabbed Chanyeon's wrist gently, attempting to get her off the couch and come with him to the basketball court. But, because of how stubborn Chanyeon was, she refused to get off the couch. “Yah, lets go.” Taeha whined hopelessly, but Chanyeon had ignored him. “I told you I don't want to go.” Chanyeon groaned quietly as Taeha let go of her wrist. “Do you want me to carry you bridal style to the basketball court then?” Taeha smirked. And with that, Chanyeon immediately rushed out of the door, without even bothering to wait for Taeha. 

   After a few minutes of Taeha's endless calling of Chanyeon to slow down, they had finally arrived at the basketball court. Screaming fangirls crowded over the bleachers, smiling girlfriends taking selfies with their boyfriend together to post on social media, and a girl named Chanyeon. Chanyeon looked over to Taeha who had took off his T-shirt which revealed a white sleeveless shirt under it. Taeha then put on his basketball shirt and looked down to his sneakers, making sure they were tired. He then walked over to a glaring Chanyeon. 

     “What's the princess grumpy now about?” Taeha grinned, sipping water from his water bottle. “I told you there were going to be screaming fangirls and girlfriends here.” Chanyeon groaned, looking at the crowd. “Oh, come on. Don't be shy. Support your best friend for me, please?” Taeha used his eye-smile, which he knew was going to effect to Chanyeon. “I hate you so much.” Chanyeon muttered as she slowly walked over to the corner of the bleachers, away from the other females. Taeha had smiled, following beside her. 

        Chanyeon sat down uncomfortably as Taeha patted her head and asked for Chanyeon to hold his water bottle for him. Chanyeon glared at him, but grabbed it from his hand anyways. Taeha then leaned down and whispered in her ear, “Don't worry. You're way prettier than those girls.” And with that, Taeha quickly ran down to the court before he received a smack from his best friend. 

          Chanyeon gritted her teeth and glared at the idiot, aka her best friend. After she had heard what he had whispered, it sent chills down her spine. Taeha was always a tease to her and she hated it, yet liked it at the same time. She cherished every moment she spent with Taeha because they were always enjoyable moments, not those boring ones. She couldn't help but smile, replaying the moment when Taeha leaned into his ear. “Idiot.” She muttered. 

    The game had started and there were seven players. They were all divided into two different teams but however, there was an uneven amount of players so the coach had taken the three best players and the intermediate players on the other team. The best players consisted of Sungmin, Taeha, and Yoohwan. The other team consisted of Taewoon, Jungwoo, Sejun, and Jongkook. And with that, the coach blew the whistle and the game started. 

     Yoohwan started with the ball and he dribbled it, only to get it stolen from Sejun which passed to Jongkook. Jongkook aimed to the hoop and shot the ball, but it didn't make it. Therefore, the other team had the ball. Sungmin dribbled it and with Taeha's yelling, “Over here! Over here!”, Sungmin had passed it to Taeha which dribbled it, doing a lay-up, and shooting the ball inside the hoop. The fangirls cheered and clapped and so did the girlfriends. Chanyeon, on the other hand, was just smiling and on the inside, she felt like running up to Taeha and congratulating him with a hug but that'd be so strange and embarrassing. 

         Taeha looked at Chanyeon from the court and he smiled at her, as Chanyeon returned the smile giving him a thumbs-up. Taeha didn't quite understand what he was feeling but with that beautiful smile, it just boosted more confidence on him. The coach had blown the whistle again and Round 2 started. Taewoon had the ball and he dribbled it, but figured out he was too far from the hoop so he passed it to Jungwoo. Jungwoo dribbled the ball and with everyone paying attention to his shot, he made a perfect swish. His teammates ran up towards him and gave him a big hug. The fangirls screamed, as Jungwoo turned around to look at them with a smile. 

    Round 3 had started, with the coach's whistle again. Sejun had the ball and passed it to Jungwoo, which out of a sudden got stolen by Taeha. Taeha tossed it to Sungmin whom dribbled it, but unfortunately got stolen by Jungwoo, who tossed the ball to Taewoon. Before Taewoon shot the ball in the hoop, Taeha immediately stole the dribbling ball from Taewoon and out of anyone's expectation, Taeha jumped as high as he can and did a slam dunk. After he did that, everyone was shocked. Even the coach himself. The other players froze as the coach slowly walked over to the surprised Taeha. 

    “I..I've never had anyone do a slam dunk before..” The coach said slowly in disbelief as Taeha smiled. “I've..I've never thought I would be able to do it myself.” Taeha stuttered and looked up at the hoop in disbelief. And with that, the coach announced the game was over. Because of that slam dunk, nothing could beat it. After the game was over, Sungmin and Yoohwan congratulated Taeha with a group hug. The other players did so as well. Fangirls screamed and crowded over Taeha, girlfriends complimenting for how well they did to their boyfriends, and a little lonely girl named Chanyeon waiting for his best friend who has been hogged by a massive group of the female species. 

     “Why must they hog him..” Chanyeon muttered, glaring at the direction where the girls were hogging Taeha. For a couple of minutes, Chanyeon sat still staring at the water bottle she was holding. Taeha was still being hogged. Chanyeon was getting impatient. “It was just a slam dunk..why must it be super important..” Chanyeon muttered, impatiently. 

   After a couple of minutes of waiting which seemed like 10 years to Chanyeon, the girls had finally left and Taeha had walked back to Chanyeon. Chanyeon looked up at him with a sharp glare, only to see lipstick marks plastered on his cheeks. Those idiots kissed his cheeks, what the heck. She thought and she couldn't understand the feeling inside her but it was a mixture of anger and something else she couldn't define. 

     Taeha sat next to her, plastering a happy grin. Chanyeon shoved the water bottle to him aggressively and rolled her eyes. “Hey, aren't you happy for me?” Taeha asked as Chanyeon shook her head. “Hey, what did I do? Why are you mad at me all of a sudden?” Taeha asked in a concerned tone. 

    Chanyeon huffed and said, “Those idiots were hogging over you and even kissed you on the cheeks.” Right after she said that, Taeha laughed in a cute way causing Chanyeon to glare at him. “Is Yeonnie jealous?~” Taeha smirked as Chanyeon pushed him away from her and glared. “I am not jealous. Why would I be?” Chanyeon rolled her eyes and stood up, causing Taeha to follow after her. “Totally jealous.” Taeha muttered as Chanyeon defended, “I am not. There are much better guys out there.” 'There are much better guys out there,' what a lie. Chanyeon thought. 

    Taeha grabbed all his belongings as soon as he heard, “Taeha! Taeha!” He turned around and found his six lively friends, walking towards him. Chanyeon stopped and turned around to look at them. “Oh hey guys.” Taeha smiled, wiping the sweat with his towel. “Good job with the slam dunk today.” Jungwoo said with a smile as Taeha smiled, “Thanks hyung.” Right as Taeha was about to bid goodbye to them, Yoohwan had spotted Chanyeon and asked, “Who's she?” Taeha looked over at Chanyeon who looked quite shy which made Taeha smile. “Oh guys, this is Chanyeon. My..”

         Sungmin then interrupted, “Hyung, why didn't you tell us you had such a beautiful girlfriend?” Chanyeon blushed. “No, guys. She's my..” Before he could finish again, Taewoon had interrupted. “I have an idea. Lets go walk home together and be all lovely with our girlfriends. Am I right, Taeha-ssi?” Before Taeha could shake his head, Yoohwan whined, “Taewoon hyung, what about me? I ain't got no girlfriend.” Taewoon quickly answered, “Be all lovely with the air, dear Yoohwan.” And with that, they all walked home along with Chanyeon and Taeha's confused expressions and Yoohwan's air girlfriend.