#one-love

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These poems are cupsthat I pour my love into.Here, Drink!

Kamand Kojouri

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one-love (05 out of ??)

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summary: everyone who plays badminton knows the unspoken golden rule of never playing doubles with your significant other. too bad na jaemin has never been good at following the rules.

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“Boys’ Singles Under 19: Bae Jinyoung and Park Jisung, court one, umpire: Hong Jisang. Bae, Park, court one.”

The tournament announcer’s voice resonates through the gym for a sharp second before it is quickly drowned out by the waves of chatter and the sound of competition. You can clearly see the dread weigh down Jisung’s face as he stands up with racquets and a drink in his hands. The towel draped around his neck almost slips off completely before Jisung readjusts it. Bae Jinyoung is already on his feet and slightly jogging in place in what seems like anticipation. You can almost see the anxious thoughts running through Jisung’s head as he looks over at Jinyoung.

“Alright kid, Lele and I are gonna go to court one while you wait for the umpire to come. Chin up, Park.” You pat his back reassuringly while Chenle waves his goodbye. The two of you wish the others good luck as well, knowing their matches will be called soon, before you weave through the packed venue.

Court one is in the far corner of JYPBC and as you and Chenle make your way over, you can see various junior players scatter off the court after being kicked off. When you and Chenle find a place to sit you can see a few other players settle around you as well. Everyone knows it’ll be an interesting match and they’re all curious to see the outcome.

The tournament is running slightly behind schedule and you can still see Jisung and the others in the staging area. Chenle rests his head on your shoulder while he reaches for your fingers.

“I’m so bored,” he whines as he plays with your hand. “I wish I had my phone with me.”

“Zhong Chenle, you’ve been to numerous tournaments already, you should already be used to this by now. You know they take away our phones for our own good. We’ll get them back after our matches.” Your voice comes out annoyed, but Chenle knows you’re not really angry at him, because you still let him mess with you hand.

You’re about to take back your hand, but Chenle perks up when he sees an umpire approaching, flanked by Jisung and Jinyoung. The umpire goes over the rudimentary pre-match drawl as you hear Donghyuck’s match being called overhead. You silently wish Donghyuck good luck, but your eyes are glued to the coin toss playing out on court one. You can see their lips move and their heads nod, and soon enough, you see Jisung and Jinyoung switching sides. Jisung ends up on you and Chenle’s side of the court and when Jisung makes eye contact with you, you give him a nod of assurance. Their warm up starts with simple clears and you can already see how nervous Jisung is just by how stiff his form is. Taeyong has made his way over to the coach’s chair by now, and you know not to worry because Jisung is in good hands.

“Boys’ Singles Under 19: Yang Taeseon and Na Jaemin, court three, umpire: Bang Jinsoo. Yang, Na, court three.”

Your eyes widen at mention of Jeno’s doubles partner. For the past two weeks or so, the myth of Na Jaemin has been continually built up and fortified. It feels strange to now be able to place a face to what once was an idea. You look around to see if Jeno could see who Na Jaemin was, but he was already on another court, and you realize so was Renjun. Their matches must’ve been called when you were chastising Chenle and waiting around for Jisung. You are about to point it out to Chenle, but his attention is already taken by the match that was unfolding on court one. While you were too caught up over the anticipation of seeing Na Jaemin, you didn’t realize that Jisung’s match has begun.

“One-love.”

Jisung manages to win the first point, but only because Jinyoung miscalculated his net drop.

You clap for Jisung, but your eyes can’t help but to wander over to court three. You’ve known Yang Taeseon for awhile now because you’ve seen him at other tournaments, so you deduce the other boy must be Na Jaemin. You can’t make out much of his physical appearance because his body is blocked by the umpire’s chair, but you can see that he is wearing blue. When Jaemin finally backs up to warm up, you can feel your breath escape your lungs. It was sharp and almost painful how hard you gasp.

Even from a distance and in a baggy cerulean pullover that covers his form, Na Jaemin is absolutely gorgeous.

a/n: ok question, for written sections, do you guys prefer this length or longer? cause having them at this length is like have bite sized snippets everyday, or do you prefer long written text to just get it over with? pls let me know, ily <3

terminology:

umpire - they’re in charge of calling out your scores as you play and are basically the big boss of the court. they have the last word, unless you decide to involve the referee in the dispute. you have to wait in the staging area until the umpire comes and collects you for your match.

pre-match procedures - when you get on court, you shake hands with the umpire and he or she will as who you are, so they can make note of it on their sheet. there’s a coin toss and the player who wins the coin toss can decide either service (whether to serve or receive) or side (left or right in relation to the umpire). once that has been settled, the players have a two minute warm up on court before the actual match starts.

clear - 1/3 of the three basic overhead shots in badminton. it’s a defensive shot where you lob it in the air. a good clear should reach your opponent’s baseline (back of the court) and prevent them from smashing.

net drop - a drop from the net. different from an overhead drop shot. basically you use very little force to ensure that the shuttle will land near the net. requires precision and control.

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one-love (03 out of ??)

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summary: everyone who plays badminton knows the unspoken golden rule of never playing doubles with your significant other. too bad na jaemin has never been good at following the rules.

a/n: i felt real self loathing and self deprecating for like a full day today, and i’m not rly satisfied with this update, but no worries! jaemin will make an appearance next update. very exciting times. i wanna say thanks to everyone who talked to me today whether ab the update or the terminology section, u guys are the real ones ily. but i love everyone who stopped by and gave this au a chance <3. pls just swing by and talk to me im so lonely lol

terminology:

diet - this isn’t really a term or anything, but my coach gets super strict with us before a big tournament. like we gotta eat super clean and carefully like a week before the tourney and then for the entire duration of the tournament. we have to avoid fried foods, spicy foods, raw foods, etc. idk if this is universal or if it’s just a my coach kinda thing, but i thought it would be neat to add lol

multiple accounts - as mentioned before, tournament software is the main site for badminton tournaments. all the badminton tournament draws are posted on tournament software. (fun fact: tournament software was just a small company when it started up, but the bwf [badminton world federation] reached out to them and was like yo, can you guys like display our draws for tournaments and stuff, and tournament software was like ofc, and basically ts just customized itself for bwf and badminton. source: my umpire friend) there are players out there with multiple accounts cause they keep creating new ones lol. for local and not serious tournaments, it’s not super serious so sometimes players sign up using their nicknames and stuff which means there are multiple names out there for a single person. for real legit tourneys, like bwf sanctioned and stuff, you have to use your official player profile on tournament software. jaemin probably used a nickname in japan lol

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one-love update

Hey guys, for anyone mildly interested in one-love, I’m so sorry because I won’t be able to update for awhile. I’m currently out of town until late July with little to no computer access which makes it hard to write and format. I do however already have several updates completed, so once I get computer access, they’ll be posted right away. I’m so sorry, but please bear with me 😓

But if you all are willing to wait I will make sure the story won’t be half assed and it’ll hopefully live up to your expectations. With the unfortunate circumstances, I’ll be sure to produce something that is worth all of your time. If you’re willing to stick it out and wait for me, I’ll love you forever ❤️

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one-love (04 out of ??)

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summary: everyone who plays badminton knows the unspoken golden rule of never playing doubles with your significant other. too bad na jaemin has never been good at following the rules.

a/n: and so it begins

terminology:

bwf coaching credentials - in order for a coach to be able to coach his players at a sanctioned tournament, he/she must get coaching credentials. my coach told me the procedure, but like i forgot lol. i think it was basically registering yourself as a coach with bwf, paying a fee, taking a pic for your id, and that was the bulk of it. there might be a few steps i’m missing but that’s like it. in order to coach, you must have your coaching credentials on your body and visible and if you don’t have it, the umpire is required to kick you off the court. you can register to be a junior coach, which is a junior player who also can coach.

playing times - not a term but usually an event and age category will all play at once. usually, the singles matches are played first and then doubles. and the times are grouped by age category. so since all the dreamies are playing u19 singles, they’ll all play the same time and won’t be able to cheer each other on unless they finish early.

check in - you must check into a tournament when you first arrive. 

complimentary shirt - big tournaments usually hand out complimentary (not rly complimentary cause it’s included in your entry fee) shirts and sometimes other stuff as well like goodie bags. usually the goodie bags are filled with items from sponsors of the tournaments (ie. this tourney i went to was sponsored by a private tutoring company so the goodie bag was filled with pencils and stickers and ads from that tutoring company)

staging area - usually 15 minutes before a match, the tournament desk will call your match time to the staging area, which is just a little area where one of the tournament helpers will check your name off. it’s to make sure you’re actually there and haven’t run off or anything so you won’t miss your match time. you’re supposed to stay in the staging area until your actual match is called.

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