Good luck charm

It did not take long for Adonia to warm up to Min Yoongi. In fact, she looked forward to every time he would come home with her brother after practice or just to randomly hang out on the weekend. She had even started to willingly go with her mother to watch her brother's games although... she never told any of them that she only went to see Yoongi.

So, she had a crush on Min yoongi . So what?

Adonia couldn't help the heat that would creep up on her cheeks when he would come over to their house, sending a small wave her way when they'd lock eyes. Oftentimes when Seokjin's teammates would hang out at the Kim household, they'd end up filtering to their spacious backyard where there lay a pool accompanied by an area where their parents had recently installed a small basketball court. It seemed Seokjin would be sticking with basketball for a while, and she couldn't complain.

Adonia especially couldn't complain when she'd pretend to go outside and draw in her sketchbook when she was actually just watching the boys play scrimmages of basketball. Her crush only worsened every time Yoongi would come over to her, dragging her with him to get her to play in one of the games with them. And every time, she found herself unable to say no to him.

And when the rest of the boys had to head home, the night usually ended with Yoongi and Hoseok deciding to stay the night as per Seokjin's request. This, of course, always resulted in the three of them plus Adonia staying out in the backyard, teaching her how to shoot and block. However, Yoongi ended up being the one to teach her most of the tricks, telling her that she was his prodigy in the making.

You're gonna be better than me one day," he said one night as she made the ball into the basket.

From the other side of the court, Seokjin snorted. "Don't go lying to her, Yoongi."

"Yah!" she whined, stomping her foot at her brother. "Watch it, four-eyes!"

Seokjin only laughed, quickly tsked at her when he'd heard her insult, while Hoseok, who stood beside him, whacked his chest. "She'll get better the more she practices," he reassured with a warm smile.

Adonia beamed at him, opening her mouth to speak, but a hand resting on top of her head trapped the words in her throat. She blinked and followed the hand, discovering that it was Yoongi who had decided to rest his palm atop her crown, his other hand holding the basketball. "She's already better than you are now," the Min boy teased, raising his brows.

"Really?" she questioned, her voice small and hopeful.

Yoongi looked down at her and nodded. "Way, way, way better," he hummed as he scrunched his nose, patting her head before he dropped his other hand to the basketball. "Just look at those long arms of his. He'll slap you in the face before he can steal the ball."

Adonia let out a burst of laughter, and Seokjin scolded them.

"Stop fraternizing with the enemy!" the Kim boy yelled, his hands out.

Yoongi rolled his eyes. "Your little sister is not the enemy," he began. "Those long arms of yours are.. and that awful hand-eye coordination you got going on."

"Yah!" Seokjin hissed, almost stomping his foot on the asphalt, but stopping himself. "My arms are a normal length."

"Let's put it to the test," Yoongi declared as he passed the ball to Seokjin. "New game?" His eyes drifted to Adonia as if asking her personally.

"New game," she mumbled, trying to find her voice but she was too wrapped up in his eyes. Yoongi grinned at that and she was sure that she was going to faint.

"Me and the kid against you and Hoseok?" Yoongi announced, looking at Seokjin for confirmation. "Or are you too scared to face me and my prodigy?"

Me and my prodigy.

Adonia turned bashful. To the diary, it would go..........

And before she could convince herself that, she heard wedding bells in the background, she heard Seokjin agree and then Yoongi was giving her a friendly pat on the back before he immersed himself into the game. Adonia had no choice but to follow suit, after all, she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of him by making him lose the game. It wasn't until they had actually won and she was convinced Yoongi was some kind of good luck charm.

Kim Adonia had a crush. A big fat one at that.

This carried on even as the years passed; even as she turned eleven and then twelve; even as Yoongi turned thirteen and then fourteen. They both grew, but the bond only strengthened, morphing into a friendship even they didn’t see coming. Even though she knew Yoongi only saw her as if she, too, was his little sister, she didn't care. She realized having him as a friend meant more to her even at her young, immature age. She also didn't mind having Hoseok around, finding herself with a wide grin on her face when all four of them were together. And... Seokjin eventually got used to the fact that his friends were now also kind of his little sister's... although he didn't take this information well at first.

(But she made sure to rub it in her brother's face every chance she got.)

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