Just for your Information: 
I picked random names for the teammates. I will not put any pictures of them in the chapters nor in the character information as they are not gonna be very important for the story. 

Someday in future there will be two new characters making their appearances and I will put them into the character information so you can check them out. When it will not take long for one of them (or both) to appear I will announce  at the end of an update of mine that i updated the character information. 

There will be others coming too but even if they are important I will    only     show pictures of them when I  'introduce'  them in the chapter. 

But it takes a little bit for the new characters to appear because at the moment I will concentrate on YiZhan  ;D

Now back to the story, have fun :))

When I arrived, my teammates were already there. So I run do the changing room and joined them 10 minutes later. I looked around but couldn't find Ji Yang. 'Where is he?'

"Alright guys. I am happy the new training times are okay with everyone. But it seems someone is missing. Yibo? Where is Ji Yang?" Trainer Lu asked but before I could answer, Ji Yang came.

"I am here. I am sorry Trainer Lu. My car is in the repair shop since two days and I came with my bicycle." Ji Yang said and stood next to me.

"No problem. Now before we start I have an announcement. I have an appointment with my dentist in two hours. So I will have to leave in 1 hour. As Yibo is the captain, he will take over. Listen to him well. That being said, lets start with the warm up. 10 laps around the court within 15 minutes. Go, go, go!" he said and we started running.

After the laps we made two teams and started to play. We know that this is just training but each team still wanted to win so we played very seriously. After about 40 minutes Trainer Lu blew his whistle and we gathered around him.

"Alright guys. Not bad. Keep it up. I will have to go now. Yibo the team is yours but don't be too hard on them, alright? We will see each other tomorrow." Our trainer said and left. 

"Okay. We can do this. Yang Feng, you are too slow. Try to run faster. Ming you have a team, you are not playing alone, don't forget that. Kang Ju and Kang Jin, its okay to separate. You don't have to stay so close to each other. I get it, you are twins but try to play without being glued to each other. The rest is doing fine. Lets continue where we stopped. Go!"

After my speech we played again. This time the game went smoother. Unfortunately Ming is still trying to play alone. 'We have to fix that. But first we need a break.'  I thought after looking at the clock.

"Guys. Lets take a break. In 20 Minutes we continue." I shouted.

While I was thinking how I can get Ming to play in a team, Ji Yang came and gave me a water bottle. "Not bad captain,  but you still have to take care of your body. Drink this." he chuckled.

"Thank you." I smiled.

"Where were you on Tuesday? Trainer Lu just said you will not come because of your family. Did something happen to your brother? Is he okay?" Ji Yang asked worried.

"He is fine. It wasn't my brother." I answered

"Then?" Ji Yang asked.

"Someone needed me more than I needed the training." I smiled while remembering how I met Zhan that day. How he was so scared and hid behind my brother. His first eye contact with me while he was sitting trembling on the floor in his room. Or how he sat in front of my door, scared of the storm outside but to shy to knock on my door. How he fell asleep on my bed with the little bunny next to him. 'He was so cute. I think that was the moment he started to open up to me really fast.'  I thought and smiled even wider.

"Aren't we friends? Best friends? Why didn't you tell us you have a girlfriend? Why didn't you tell me?" Jiyang asked offended.

"I don't! What the hell are you talking about?" I asked him annoyed.

"Not? I mean when you said someone needed you, you smiled so happy, so bright ... So I thought you have one. If not then nevermind." He laughed and I rolled my eyes.

"By the way, what is your plan now regarding Ming?" Ji Yang changed the subject.

"I think we will form new teams. One team will have 5 players like usually, the other team will have only Ming. He has to realize that he cant win a game on his own." I explained my idea.

"Sounds good. I will talk to the others and explain your idea. Which players will be in the 5-Player-Team?"

"Yang Feng, Qing Ru, Song Wang, Kang Jin and you. I will observe the game. Chang Su and Kang Ju will practice dribbling while Guo Han is gonna observe them and try to point out their mistakes."

"Aye, Aye captain" Ji Yang said and run off. 

'What are Zhan and my brother doing right now?' I thought and smiled again remembering how excited Zhan looked earlier when my brother said they will do what he promised. 'They should have bring me along.... so unfair....'

Suddenly two hands laid over my eyes and I couldn't see. "Who is this?" I asked and tried to figure out the identity by feeling the hands. They definitely belong to a girl. 'Xuan Lu?'  I asked myself.

"Take a guess and tell me who I am." the girl whispered in my ear and slightly giggled.

'Its not Xuan Lu. She would tell me right away. Ziyi? She likes to play around...'  I thought and smiled.

"Ziyi, I am working here. Stop fooling around. What are you doing here anyway?" I asked her and took the hands off of my eyes. But when I turned around I saw it wasn't Ziyi but Lu Fei.

'Great....exactly the person I want to meet now...'  I hought sarcastically and let her hands go. 

"Wrong answer, Yibo. Why did you think I was her?" she asked and I could see her pouting.

"Because that is something she would do. Unfortunately its just you. What do you want?" I asked her in annoyance.

"What do you mean unfortunately? Be happy its just me or that girl would jump on you the moment she sees you." she said and sat next to me.

"I don't see the problem with that. What are you doing here?"

"I missed you. I knew you would be here so I am visiting you. If you need help, tell me. I am Trainer Lu's niece, they will definitely listen to me." she answered and smiled at me.

'You wish!'  I rolled my eyes. "Thank you. But I don't need your help." I said and saw Ji Yang running towards us. I saw him looking at me with pity and I smiled weakly.

"Hello Lu Fei. What are you doing here? We don't have time to play with you." he greeted her and I suppressed a chuckle. He was so right.

"Ji Yang, I am not playing. I am here with Yibo as you can see." she said with a smile and sat closer to me. 

"But Yibo has to work. He too doesn't have time for you." Ji Yang was annoyed as well but he never stopped smiling.

I stood up and looked around. "Where are the boys? Did you talk with them. What do they think?" I asked Ji Yang.

"They like the idea. Chang Su, Kang Ju and Guo Han went to the small court inside the building to train. The other are coming over there." he pointed to a direction where I can see Yang Feng, Qing Ru, Song Wang and Kang Jin walking and stopping in front of us.

"Hi Lu Fei. Hey Yibo, I really like your idea. Ming never plays the ball to any of us. Hope he learns how important teammates are. Ah ... there he comes." Song Wang says and we waited for Ming to join us.

"Alright, guys. Chang Su, Kang Ju and Guo Han are inside and train separately. We will start a new game." I explained." Yang Feng, Qing Ru, Song Wang, Kang Jin and Ji Yang are team one, Ming you will be team two. As you like to play alone, let us see how good you are. Any objection?" I asked but no one raised his hands.

"Good, then lets go. I will stay here and observe you." I said and the boys started the game. I sat back on the bench and observed them. To be honest I totally forgot about Lu Fei still sitting next to me so I flinched when she linked her arm with mine.

"You look good when giving orders, Yibo. I like seeing you as the captain." she said and smiled at me.

"If you like it then I will give you an order as well: You are not needed here. Go home!" I ordered without taking my eyes from the game in front of me.

"Of course I am needed here. I assume that Ming doesn't play with his team but alone. Should I talk to him? I bet he will listen to me. I am Teacher Lu's niece after all." she asked me.

"Stop saying 'I am Teacher Lu's niece.' No one cares. I am the captain. They will listen to me without any help. I know how I can help myself." I said irritated. When Lu Fei didn't say anything I thought she understood and smiled. But suddenly I felt two hand on my cheeks and she moved my head in her direction so I would look at her and not at the game.

"Yibo, tell me. What do I have to do, so you will give me a chance?" she asked while looking into my eyes.

'Something is wrong. Why am I so calm? Why is it quiet? My heart is always noisy and beats so much but not now? What is different?'  I thought.

"Nothing, Lu Fei. I already told you I am not interested in having a girlfriend now." I answered her.

"Yes you did. But what is with Meng Ziyi then? You are interested in her, right? What does she have what I have not? Tell me and I will change it." she pleaded with me.

"Why do you think that? Ziyi is not my girlfriend. I don't have one and I don't want to have one. How many times do I have to repeat that for you to understand!?" I said and I could feel it. I am getting angry.

"You are right, she is not. But I can see that she is interested in you. She is trying so hard to gain your attention, to make you interested in her. Don't you see that? If you let me, I can help you. I will pretend to be your girlfriend, then she will get bored and search for someone else. Maybe then you will start to feel having a girlfriend who loves you is not as bad as you thought" she said and stroke my cheeks with her thumbs.

Funny, isn't it? Her idea is similar to what I am doing with Ziyi. Except that part where I will feel that having a girlfriend is something not bad. I almost laughed out loud. It wasn't even my idea but Ji Yang's and Ziyi's. I know I cant use Ziyi too much even if she has fun annoying Lu Fei. 

"Don't you think that is a good idea? How about we will try it?" she almost whispered and I saw her coming closer. So I took off her hands and backed away.

"Thank you, but I don't have feelings for you. You don't need to help me with anything. I can help myself" I said firmly and stood up. When I took only a few steps towards the court I could feel arms around my waist. Lu Fei was hugging me from behind.

'Again.... my otherwise beating heart is quiet. When I am home it is  always beating  so fast. But not now. Its ... cold. I feel nothing.'  I thought.

"Yibo, at some point you will want to feel loved by someone else than you family. You will want to have a girlfriend, want to have a wife. And when that happens I will be there and open my arms for you. I will stay close to you so you can see me and my feelings, you can see how much I love you. I will not stop them, and I will not stop with my attempts to receive your love. I will wait for you, Yibo, and I will fight for you." She said while wrapping her arms more tightly around my waist.

'Did I say I feel nothing? That is wrong. I do could feel something. One tiny part of me was grateful that there is someone who loves me. Someone else than my brother. I always hoped for that. The other, more dominant part was ... anger. Yes, I am getting angry. How many times do I have to tell her that I don't want her, that I don't love her. I don't want a girlfriend now. Either she really doesn't understand or she does but she doesn't care. What can I do now? She hugging me feels so wrong!'

"Yibo!?" I heard Ji Yangs voice and I looked up. I don't know what my face showed him but Ji Yang run to me instantly and dragged Lu Fei away from me.

"Listen here, Lu Fei! Stop bothering him! He doesn't have feelings for you. Go now! We have training here! You are a nuisance!" he yelled at her. He always smiled, and is very calm. Seldom he gets angry but when he does, he looks scary.

"Stop yelling at me! You have no right to do so! I will go now! See you tomorrow, Yibo. Think about what I told you. Take care." she said and went her way. When we couldn't see her anymore I sat down on the ground.

"Guys! Take a break for 10 minutes. " Ji Yang shouted and my teammates walked away. Of course I could see them eyeing me with curiosity but they didn't say a word. They knew what ever happened here was something they shouldn't ask about unless I talk about it on my own. Its good to know that I can count on them.

"Thank you, Ji Yang..." I mumbled. Ji Yang gave me a water bottle and I drank till the last drop. 

"I don't know what happened here as we only saw Lu Fei hugging you but whatever it is, calm down. It doesn't help if you freak out now" he said and sat next to me.

"What do you mean with freak out?" I asked clueless.

"Yibo, when I looked in your face I thought you are gonna kill me. You looked so angry and your eyes more or less screamed desperately for help." He explained.

"I didn't know... I am sorry and thank you for your help." I apologized.

"No need to apologize. I will help you with everything. We are best friends after all. But Yibo listen to me. Talk with Trainer Lu. Do it tomorrow. He will understand and talk with his niece. If you don't, nothing will change... till then I am gonna be your bodyguard." Ji Yang said and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. He was right. I have to talk to him. There is no other way.

"Ji Yang? Can you do me favor?" I asked him when I realized something.

"Of course, tell me." He answered.

"Can you .... put your hands on my cheeks and... look into my eyes?" I asked him and closed my eyes.

"This?... I can .... but first..... tell me the reason. "

"I ... want to know .... if .... it will be loud. I really want to know. I have to check...." I answered truthfully.

"Hmmm.... What should be loud?"

"M-My heart...I want to check if its beats strong when someone is doing that. Can you help me?"

"....." Ji Yang  widened his eyes and was speechless but he did help me. He put his hands on my cheeks, turned my head to him and looked into my eyes and I too looked into his. We sat there for a minute.

'Nothing? Why?'  I thought and broke the eye contact.

"So? Do you have your answer?" Ji Yang asked.

"It didn't beat loud. I didn't feel anything except being rather calm." I said. 'But that time.... It was so loud, it beat so fast....I really thought it will  burst...'

"Yibo! Don't tell me when Lu Fei held you like this your hard was racing like crazy? Please tell me I am wrong!" he pleaded. I looked at him in confusion.

"It didn't. Not when she did it.... but when I was with someone else.... " I said and just stopped talking.

"What exactly happened? Tell me more." Ji Yang asked while starting to giggle.

"I .... I was with that person. We talked a lot about different things. We smiled and laughed. Sometimes I hugged that person, sometimes he hugged me. Two times he put his hands on my cheeks and I was forced to look at him. My heart was beating loud. I want to spend more time with him. Whenever I am with him I feel ... really good. If someone else does the same thing, I will get annoyed and angry really fast....

And when someone else is too close to that person for whatever reason I ... don't like it. I hate it. I really hate it.... Ji Yang? What is this?" I asked and looked at him desperately. First he just looked at me.

"Congratulation, Yibo!" he said and started laughing.

"What do you mean?" I was confused. 'Is this something to be congratulated for? Does that mean I am not sick?'

Ji Yang stood up, still laughing. "Of course I know this. If you ask my Ziyi or Xuan Lu, they will tell you they know too. Well to be honest I never expected you would feel like that one day. But it seems I was wrong." he said and turned around and walked towards the court where the others waited for us.

"Ji Yang, tell me? What do you mean?" I went after him, gripped his arm and forced him to look at me. 

"I guess if I tell you you wouldn't believe me. Your brother is a psychologist, right? Ask him. He will tell you. Then you know it is the truth. And now, lets train. We have only 1 hour left." he said and run towards the field. But then he stopped and turned around again.

"And Yibo, talk to your brother today! It has to be today. Because I will tell about this to Ziyi, Xuan Lu and Paul later." he shouted and laughed out loud.

'What ever my problem is.... Ji Yang has the time of his life...'  I thought and run after him.

When I came home at 7pm the house was empty. 'Are they still outside? What are they doing?'

I made my way to the kitchen and started cooking lotus soup. Zhan will be very happy as he is craving for this. 

While cooking I thought about my conversation with Ji Yang... is it really something to be congratulated to? 

I guess I will now when I talk to my brother later. 'But I think it shouldn't be something bad or else Ji Yang wouldn't laugh like that.... right??' 

I tried to think about what is wrong with me but .... I really dont know!! Why is this so complicated? And the problem with Lu Fei is also still there....

'I have to call Trainer Lu. I have to talk to him tomorrow.' I thought, took out my phone and dialed his number.

"Yes, Yibo? What is the matter? Were there any problems today?" Trainer Lu answered the phone.

"No, everything was very good. Its just .... are you alone right now?"

"What? No, we have family dinner right now. But the reason you called seems to be important. Wait a moment I will walk out of the room." he answered and I heard him opening and closing a door.

"No, no need! I don't want to disturb. I only .... can we meet tomorrow one hour earlier than the training starts? I have some issues to talk about with you. They are really important .... can we do that?" I ask nervously.

"That sounds serious. Alright. Lets me one hour earlier in my office." Trainer Lu agreed.

"Thank you. Then till tomorrow." I said and cut the call.

Half an hour later when I just finished cooking I heard the front door. 'Zhan is home!'  I made my way to the living room where I could hear my brothers voice.

"Welcome home, you too." I greeted them. When I looked at Zhan I was shocked. He looked tired but ... I could see he was happy. Very happy. 'But I am not the reason he is....' I thought sadly.

"Yibo is dinner ready? I guess Xiao Zhan is really tired." My brother asked.

"It is. Zhan eat first, then you can sleep." I gently pushed him to the dining room. My brother went to the kitchen and brought out the soup. I smiled when I saw Zhan looking even more happy when he saw the soup. We began to eat. I observed Zhan. I could see he really liked the soup but still... he didn't eat much, only a few spoons.

"Xiao Zhan, even if you are not hungry, try to eat at least a little bit more. Can you do that? Yibo cooked this only for you." My brother asked. Zhan looked at him and nodded.

When I saw that he ate one whole portion I was satisfied but ....I don't like it that he did this only because my brother said it. They seemed to be .... closer after they time together today. 'I don't like this ... If I was with them today .... would we be closer as well?

After dinner, despite being very tired, Zhan led me to the living room and pointed to the couch, so I sat down. Then he wanted to run outside but my brother stopped him.

"Xiao Zhan, first take your medicine. Then you can bring them in." My brother said and took out two little bottles with pills in it, one is blue and the other was red. He took one pill out of blue one.

I saw Zhan looking not happy but he took it and swallowed it with a lot of water. My brother stroke his head.

"See? It wasn't that bad, right?" he asked smiling and Zhan nodded slightly.

> Can I bring them in? Am I allowed to go outside now?< he asked.

"Yes you are. You are allowed to go outside anytime you want. You don't have to ask. Just now I stopped you because I wanted you to take your medicine. Because its very important to take them. Do you understand?" Brother explained to him. Xiao Zhan smiled and after getting an approving nod from my brother, he run outside.

"Brother, where is he going?" I asked him.

"He will bring something we got today. He really wants to show it to you. Lets wait two minutes." my brother smiled and sat next to me. Soon Zhan came back with a box. He sat on the ground and signaled me to do the same. So I sat down next to him and waited.

Then he opened the box and 5 little white bunnies came jumping out, one of them straight into my lap. "B-bunnies?" I asked surprised but happy. I didn't know I would like bunnies that much but I really do. I would even say they are my favorite animals. And truth to be told, even Zhan looks like one.

"Okay, now tell me. What did you do today? And where do the bunnies come from?" I asked them. 

Zhan giggled and signaled my brother to tell me the story.

to be continue......

Thats it today. Did you like it?

Again about 4000 words ... 😅😅

Guess I will have to give up writing a chapter smaller... If I start to write I cant stop... Even more so if I cant find a good cut...^^ 

Next update will be on Tuesday . 

See you then <3 <3 

1. I am sorry if there are any errors as english is not my native language. Do point it out.

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