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Chapter 9

The next day, the news of yesterday's match spread like wildfire throughout the university and even beyond.

Articles were posted online and newspaper columns were written regarding the incredible performance made by Yuna, Yeji, and Ryujin.

The three were taking the basketball world by storm, as analysts and reporters talked about them on every sports channel and website across the nation.

Yeji woke up to find that her social media platforms were blowing up, along with Yuna and Ryujin's although Ryujin already had a significant fan base from last years performance.

Yuna was glad to be getting recognition for her talent, excitedly sharing the news to Ryujin all the positive things they were saying about her as the blue-haired girl intently listened, finding Yuna's excitement adorable while reminiscing how she reacted when she made her own debut last year.

Yeji on the other hand, found it a little overwhelming and thus decided to delete most of her social media accounts, not wanting it to distract her from her goals and tasks at hand. 

Everyone that mattered around her had her phone number anyway, so there wasn't much use for social media.

However, their sudden rise in popularity didn't stop there.

As Yeji made her way to the classes she had that day, she was constantly stopped by other students, both male and female, whether it was to give her fan letters or trying to make their move on Yeji, in which Yeji would respond by politely declining the gifts and letters and rejecting their attempts to get Yeji's number since she no longer had any social media presence.

It wasn't that Yeji liked declining and rejecting every attempt made at her, she appreciated the gestures and the appreciation but was just simply not interested and felt that it was rude to accept someone's approach if she knew full well she'd have no intention to respond back.

It would only hurt to give others false hope, as she had learnt that the hard way 3 years ago.

Add to the fact that she already had people she cared about being Ryujin, Yuna and Chaeryeong, while her heart was already taken by Jisu anyway, she saw no point in interacting with her fans and admirers.

She was already content with the people around her.

Upon opening her locker at the main academic building, she was greeted by a huge stack of letters that had piled up from people slipping them in through the thin space each locker door had.

She was appreciative and thankful that people enjoyed what they saw from her yesterday and so didn't want to throw away the ones that were already placed inside her locker, the ones she had no choice but to accept. Thus, she decided to put them inside her backpack to bring back to her apartment later on.

Yuna and Ryujin experienced much of the same thing as Yeji did, although not as often as the two were always around one another which made people more wary about approaching them, knowing the two were already dating each other.

Those who were brave enough to still go for it were only left dejected and disheartened, as Ryujin would always politely decline for Yuna those that wanted to get to know the taller girl better and vice versa.

However, when it came to fan letters, the couple would accept with open arms, appreciating the efforts their fans had made, though they also secretly wanted to read them together later in their shared apartment, thinking it would be a fun activity for the two.

Both of their lockers that were located side by side each other had a significant stack of letters too, much like Yeji's, which they then also placed in their bags to bring back home.