At The Sideline of Love chap 1
At The Sideline of Love
Journal Entry # 1: Saturday - Strangers
Up until now, I've only watched him from afar.
Darwin Medwin is so popular whether being an honor student, being the most valuable player, being a champion in any sport games or simply being a heartthrob while I, Skyler Sterling, am just a nobody. Everybody loves or likes Darwin and for those who hate him are either jealous or rivals. I've been crushing Darwin. Being in an all-boys school and not having any friend of the opposite sex, I can't help liking boys. But whether I'm gay or bisexual, I don't know that yet until I get some friends that are girls or get involve in a relationship with a girl. Anyways, I'm an apathetic kind of guy which is why I don't have friends because I bore people. But being apathetic also has its advantages like nobody knowing that I have a crush on somebody because I act indifferent. Right now, I am writing this journal at the stands while waiting for the basketball game, which Darwin is one of the players, to start. I can see them moving into their positions now so I guess I'll stop writing for now.
Skyler closed his journal and placed it inside his backpack. The stands were packed with people, mostly students. Skyler could see some fans club waving and cheering for a specific player like Darwin or that other handsome guy in the rival school. Skyler read the banner in his thoughts. //We love you Kyler...wow...we almost have the same name.// He looked at the player named Kyler, admiring the handsome look.
Kyler had his black hair tied into a low ponytail. Some bangs, which is now wet with sweat, would fall on his cheek or stick on his forehead. The warm up is now over. The players went to their own benches for water and last instructions from the coach. Kyler took a towel and wiped his face. After wiping, his smoky eyes got contact with bright yellow eyes which belongs to Skyler.
Skyler had his bangs slanting and covered an eye. His cap was also placed a bit sideways and covered the long bangs. His left cheek also has a band aid. He also wear eyeglasses. It seems that only his right face can be seen clearly. He remained indifferent when he had eye contact with Kyler until he gave a thumbs-up to Kyler. Kyler’s eyes widened a bit, which shows that he was surprise by that little action. Then the coach called Kyler’s attention which made Kyler hastily pull his gaze away from Skyler.
It was thrilling throughout the entire game. Kashin High school won by just one point over S.S.S. (Social, Science, Sports) Academy or much known as Triple S Academy. A lot cheered and thanked Darwin because if it weren’t for him, Kashin Basketball Club doesn’t seem to have any luck at all. Ever since Darwin joined the club, the other boys have been trying their best to be as good as Darwin and that strengthened their teamwork. On the other side, Kyler was pissed off. Their team haven’t lost for 5 years straight and now, they have lost. Luckily, it was not an official match but it still mattered. “That’s okay, Kyler. We’ll just train harder.” The Triple S Academy basketball captain told him.
A few minutes later, the people went back to their homes or to party. However, Kyler remained seated on the benchers and still wearing the basketball uniform. Skyler would have gone with the rest of the Kashin High school students to party as a victory celebration if he hadn’t noticed Kyler’s pissed off mood. Before he realized, it was only him and Kyler left in the gym. Kyler threw the bottle to the ground in a harsh manner as he realized that it was already empty. He was still very pissed. He was a sore loser.
“I’m surprise that none of your fans took this opportunity to be with you.” Skyler said in monotone as he extended his hand that has a bottle full of water towards Kyler.
“They know not to bother me when I’m pissed.” Kyler said roughly as he snatched the bottle. He opened it and drank half of the contents. Skyler took a seat beside Kyler. They were both silent and surrounded with silence for a few minutes yet Kyler found it comfortable and started to calm down. “I hate losing.” Kyler suddenly broke the silence.
“You can’t get better if you don’t lose.” Skyler said in a most comforting tone he could muster.
“I want to be the best.”
“You can’t be the best all the time.” With that, they both looked at each other and had eye contact again. “But in other people’s hearts like your fans for example, you are the best no matter what. Whether you win or lose, as long as you did everything you can.” Skyler continued.
“Keep on comforting me. I’m starting to feel better.” Kyler said with a grin.
Skyler raised an eyebrow. “Oh really? I suggest you take a shower then. You seem to be sticky and smelly.”
“Dumbass. That’s not so comforting.” Kyler said but he was chuckling now. Obviously, his mood has lifted up. “I’ll do that but in one condition. You are to remain here and wait for me.” As soon as he saw Skyler’s nod, he went to the shower room.
I can’t believe I stayed with Kyler to comfort him instead of partying with my crush for the victory. Kyler took me to his house and cooked dinner for the both of us. We were silent for most of the part but everything felt comfortable. He even told me that he exactly felt the same before I left his house. We didn’t exchange phone numbers or email addresses. We didn’t even introduce ourselves to one another. We didn’t bother talking about ourselves. He just said “Thank you for everything that you have done. It may not mean much to you but it really helped me a lot. Be around next time I lose, okay?” He joked. Then that’s it. We met as strangers and parted as strangers.
End of Chapter 1
A/N: It's an original fic~ I was planning to turn it into a Super Junior fic but this fic is kinda special to me so I'll leave it the way it is. ^_^ It's the first original multi-chaptered fic that I've finished. Because before this, I usually write looooooooooooong stories that never finished. lolz I'll post one chapter everyday. Well, there's only 4 chapters for this fic. lolz