™ ⠀ 🏀 𝄒 緋紅 ; 𝖩 𝖩𝖴𝖭𝖦𝖪𝖮𝖮𝖪. ⠀⠀͏͏. . .

The sound of the ball bouncing in the gym barely reached his ears. Jungkook remained standing, his jaw clenched, as the coach's words echoed in his head: Kim Taehyung is the new captain. He had worked too hard for that position, sacrificing hours of sleep, perfecting every move, giving it his all on the court. But none of that mattered. In an elite institution, where only the most talented had a real chance of being seen by NBA teams, the competition wasn't a game. They had snatched the leadership from him and given it to the one person he couldn't stand.

Taehyung had always been his rival, the shadow that never disappeared. From their first year, they had competed for every recognition. But while Jungkook strived to the point of obsession, Taehyung made it look easy, as if everything came to him effortlessly. Now, with that arrogant smile, he looked at him from his new position of power.