Second Half

“I don’t need your hand, so f**k off, you son of a b***h.”

After tasting a bitter defeat in the Champions League final for the second time in his career, Jerim rejects the hand of the opposing team’s striker and previous teammate in the youth academy, Aaron, causing rumors of discord to swirl again.

In truth, their relationship wasn’t good, so it wasn’t just rumors—it really was discord. Since they were in different leagues anyway, he had never been particularly concerned about it.

“Let’s try to get along again, Jerim.”

…Until a month later, when Aaron came to the same club as him via free transfer*.

It was already infuriating enough to be on the same team with the guy who had humiliated him in the recent final, but to make matters worse, that guy happened to be his ex from way back.

And they had broken up in the most terrible way possible.

*Free transfer when a player’s contract has ended and they move to a new club without paying a transfer fee

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[Benefits for Aaron Reyes if he naturalizes as a Korean]

– Ban Jerim

– Guaranteed number 9 shirt on the national team

– Free penthouse with views to the Han River in a residential complex (excluding management fee)

– Direct delivery of the day’s freshest seafood from Noryangjin Fish Market (once a week, king crab/snow crab once a month)

– Free entry to Lotto World (includes one companion, once a month)

– Free use of public bikes for life

⤷Hmm, isn’t using the bikes for free a bit too much??

⤷Damn, they’re even throwing Jerim in? If I were Aaron, I’d never pass up this opportunity.