Missing Sunshine || Park Chanyeol

Chapter 1: True Beginnings

{A/n: Shin Se Kyung as Yoon Dalnim (/^▽^)/}

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"Yoon Dalnim: Outside Hitter of Women's National Volleyball Team

Young and Dedicated, There's Much More to This Athletic Beauty"

Yoon Dalnim gritted her teeth at the article written about her in one of South Korea's popular magazines, CHEER. When she had done this interview, which commanded by her coach, she didn't think this was going to be the outcome of it. Now that she had read the article, she realized the magazine showed how much of a rare beauty she was on court. None of which included how hardworking her fellow team was or of the upcoming national competition they will be a part of before going into the 2016 Olympics.

"Will you be purchasing this magazine, miss?" The vendor of the stand asked, a tired and wary tone in his voice as he blankly stared at her.

Dalnim glanced back at the magazine in her hands. Disgusted, she placed the magazine back where it previously was. "No thank you. Have a nice day." With a curt nod, she continued down the sidewalk.

She couldn't have felt more peeved off at the current situation. She was more than just her looks, which she couldn't care less of at the moment. Dalnim had achieved her dream of being in her nation's volleyball team straight after college, and there are high chances she'll be participating in the upcoming Olympics. All so fast, her dreams were becoming a reality.

What wasn't part of that dream? The snootiness of fame.

All she wanted is to play volleyball and possibly be the best female spiker in her nation, but why flaunt it around? She didn't join on the team to gloat about to others, she's there because she earned it fair and square.

She turned the corner and hurried closer to the building before her. With a swipe of her ID, she scurried inside and rushed down the hallway until she made it to the main room. The sound of balls hitting against the wooden floors echoed from wall to wall and the smell of sweat hung in the air, everything that had all been so familiar to her since junior high. At least she felt a little better...

Just a little.

"There she is! Girl of the hour. Our precious and most beautiful player, Yoon Dalnim!" Without effort, Dalnim caught the volleyball that was aimed to her face. She glared intensely at her teammate, who just gave her an innocent look. How pathetic must her teammate be to result to violence from hearing the news? "Yah, aren't you coming in a little late, superstar? Finally letting that star status get to you?"

"I'm not late," Dalnim scoffed as she started to made her way to the locker room. "Besides, it was only one article. You shouldn't let your jealousy get the best of you, Hana." Once inside the locker room, she spotted a few more of her teammates, all huddled together. Curious prickling at her, she tip toed closer and peeked over their hunched shoulders. It wasn't a surprise to see that they had the recent copy of CHEER Magazine in their clutches.

"Dalnim's so lucky," one of her younger teammates, Hye Rin, sighed. "Being interviewed by a magazine. She's so amazing."

"She only got to do it because of her looks. I should've been able to do an individual interview, aren't I pretty?" Yeon Kyun, the team's setter, uttered with her arms crossed her chest.

"Not pretty enough!" Tae Ri, the flexible libero, snickered behind her hand. "Stop being such a sour puss, unnie. Dalnim-unnie was able to represent our team, more people will be looking us up on the Internet because of this article."