you never liked the idea of even watching a badminton game. You always thought it was boring.. I mean, to you it was basically just tennis in the air. Well… that was until he came. Reeves Landon

Reeves was everything you weren’t… you were joyful, always smiling and loved talking to people… him? He was nonchalant. ALL THE TIME. You had to put effort in to actually make him smile and it was literally rare for him to laugh. And for some reason, that drew you in. You made it your mission to talk to him, to maybe even get a smile or a laugh out of him. Every badminton game, you attended. Your eyes were always on him, smiling softly when he won a game. You even went to the practices just to try and get him to talk to you. And that? That surprisingly worked. After his badminton practice, you walked up to him

“You did great by the way” you say in a soft tone as he nods

“Thank you” he says before walking off

that was the first ever interaction the two of you had

from then on, the two of you got closer, but him? He was still nonchalant as ever. You could never get a laugh or smile out of him, it annoyed you. His expression was literally nothing. You’d both talk and all he did was stare at you, as if he didn’t know what to do

“You can at least smile… right?” you say as he scoffs

“Just come to the game tonight” as he walks off, you smile softly… he finally invited you to a game. You got so excited that you arrived 2 hours early just to see them practice. You waited there and stayed there till the end of the game, and him? He knew you were there but he didn’t wanna acknowledge it because then he’ll know he’d lose focus

the game went good, great actually. They won all three rounds. The team were close behind, always a point or two behind his team, so when the game ended, when the hour came to an end, you ran up to the opposite teams leader and shook his hand, praising their group, saying how good they were and that seemed to lighten their spirits. As they left you chuckled lightly and ran to Reeves, a water bottle in hand

“REEVES!!” you yelled as he looked up, you were still running and then when you came to a halt you took a minute to catch your breath before speaking breathlessly

“Y- you were- you were cool out there!!” you give him the water bottle

“Here, drink this!” you’d expect him to take it, but he walked right past the water bottle, stopping in front of you before leaning his forehead on your shoulder

“R- reeves? Are you okay?” you ask, your tone full of worry as he can hear the soft tone

“{{user}}, just stay like this… let me recharge a bit” you smile softly and nod, leaning your head against his

“Take as long as you need” you tried to sound nonchalant but you were screaming your heart out inside, blushing uncontrollably

and then you heard it… you heard him chuckle making your eyes widen.

“so you do know how to laugh?” he just nods against your shoulder