Y13 [EN]: Chapter 164

00164 2011 Off-Season

“Dad! Dad! Is that Y13, the older player?”

Tyson Chandler, who was the only one to bring his son, introduced Youngjae to him.

“Okay, son. This is Tyson Chandler Jr.”

Youngjae had thought Chandler wasn’t married, so he and the other players could only stare at Chandler with dumbfounded expressions. Chandler just shrugged, as if it was no big deal.

“If you love my girl, you have a baby, right? We were just being careful in our relationship. I took this championship as an opportunity to propose properly, and we’ll have a small wedding before the season starts. We haven’t had the ceremony yet, but it’s as good as being married.”

He seemed to be saying it coolly, but he felt a little guilty and gave a detailed explanation without realizing it. The players saw this other side of Tyson Chandler, a father with responsibility, and clicked their tongues in acknowledgment.

Of course, in the United States, the rate of premarital pregnancy is quite high, so it’s common to have children before marriage. Cohabitation without a ceremony is also common, and many couples maintain common-law relationships, so Chandler’s case wasn’t that unusual.

“Who’s saying anything? Come to think of it, isn’t there a bit of an age difference?”

“Did you keep chasing her and get her pregnant because you liked her so much?”

Even though the conversation was quite explicit, the team atmosphere was warm.

Each player was assigned a seat, and Youngjae got into the same pickup truck with Chandler, Brewer, and Beaubois.

“Beaubois, you know how to smoke a cigar?”

Beaubois, who was slowly getting back into shape, suffered a recurrence of his injury just before the playoffs and was ruled out for the rest of the season. Perhaps because of the two major surgeries, Beaubois, who used to be full of confidence and charisma, had changed a lot. Now, his expression was hardened, and he looked haggard, as if he had suffered a lot. Nevertheless, the championship was a happy event for everyone, and Beaubois smiled slightly, pretended to chew on the cigar he was holding in his mouth, and then spat it out into his palm.

“Do you think I know how to smoke it? It’s just a fashion item, right?”

Youngjae wanted to say, ‘What a load of crap. What kind of fashion item is that?’ But when he saw Chandler Jr. sitting with Chandler, he couldn’t bring himself to say harsh words, so he replied lightly that cigars are bad for your health and not to even think about smoking them.

“Chandler, will Chandler Jr. come to the photo shoot too?”

“Ah, the official supporters’ photo shoot after the parade? No. My mother will take care of him for a while then. I’m going to tell her to buy my grandson a delicious hamburger for the first time in a while.”

The parade vehicle finally started, and even though it was early in the morning, just past 8 o’clock, hundreds and thousands of Dallas Mavericks fans were lined up on both sides of the barricade, cheering.

Waaaaah!!!

LET’S GO MAVS! LET’S GO MAVS!

The players were naturally immersed in the tremendous cheers and waved to the fans with both hands. Cuban, the owner, also held the championship trophy and waved to the fans, cheering. The pickup truck with Chandler, Brewer, Beaubois, and Youngjae slowly moved forward right in front of the parade’s main car, and people greeted the four players with tremendous cheers, though not as much as the main car.

“Ooh!!!”

At that moment, a familiar flag was seen in the distance. Rather, Chandler and Brewer made more of a fuss and gestured to Youngjae to look over there.

“Yoon Youngjae~!!!”

The identity of the waving flags was the Korean flag. Many Korean immigrants were waving the Korean flag with proud expressions. Dallas had a significant Korean population, so the Korean community was also large. Of course, everyone was enthusiastic about Youngjae’s performance, and many people came out to the car parade to celebrate.

Youngjae was happy, but he was also slightly embarrassed. He dismissed such feelings as useless and pretended to be happy, pointing to the Korean flag and waving his hand. Chandler and Brewer roughly noticed that something was off with Youngjae, but they didn’t bother to say it out loud.

The grand parade, which lasted for more than an hour, ended with the arrival at the American Airlines Center, and the players were smiling even though they were tired, as if they had finally finished a great performance.

“Now, only the captain, Chandler, and Yoon have additional schedules left, right?”

Nowitzki, Chandler, and Youngjae shook their heads with bitter smiles.

“We have a photo shoot left…”

“Ah~ don’t even mention it. I’m tired! I should be rolling around at home with my son~”

Nowitzki sighed as if his heart was breaking, and Chandler hugged Chandler Jr. and whined, but he wasn’t a player without professionalism, so the players just told Chandler to have a good one.

“Oh, by the way, there’s something I want to ask you all.”

Eccentric owner Mark Cuban grabbed the players who were about to disband and opened his mouth with a playful smile.

“How about making the championship ring in a special shape other than a ring? Like a necklace?”

…

“Rings are good!”

“Smile, one, two, three!”

The people gathered were wearing Dallas uniforms, but they weren’t players. They were fans who had become official Dallas supporters. The Dallas Mavericks were recruiting official supporters as a member of Dallas, with the concept that fans are also another player, and they are now taking promotional photos like this. This was tantamount to a direct criticism of LeBron James, who did not hesitate to make real-world remarks, and in reality, more and more people were turning to Dallas fans, saying that Dallas’s moves were really attractive.

John Simmons, who was assigned number 101, gave a thumbs up! He took a picture wearing a ‘JOHN SIMMONS’ uniform with his name on it. Then, when his wife and children, the so-called Simmons family, all gathered and finished filming as Dallas Mavericks official supporters, the children were excited and giggled, and his wife said it was a wonderful experience and looked forward to Dallas’s continued success next season.

After the filming of other ordinary people was over, the last to appear were people who were not expected at all.

“It’s, it’s Yoon! It’s Y13!”

“Wow~ it’s Tyson Chandler!”

“Dirk Nowitzki is here too!”

The three thanked the fans who had been waiting to see their photo shoot, greeting them one by one. Around the time the greetings were over, three women who had changed their clothes and finished preparing appeared shyly.

“Wow, so cute~”

“Oh my, she looks like a doll~”

The fans couldn’t help but be surprised by Emily Kinney’s cute and beautiful appearance. Tyson Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki’s girlfriends were ordinary people, but they were already known, so they weren’t very surprised, but Emily Kinney was different.

After the final Game 6, they announced that they were dating by posting a selfie of the two hugging affectionately through Facebook, but this was the first time the two had appeared together in public.

Each was assigned a three-digit number of their choice, and Emily shyly asked Youngjae while wearing a Mavericks uniform with 777 on it.

“Does it, look good on me?”

“Of course. It looks good on you.”

The other two couples smiled warmly and nodded as they watched Youngjae and Emily talking affectionately. As befitting a photo shoot of three couples, the atmosphere was very soft, and the photos taken by the three couples created a quite humorous and natural atmosphere. In particular, Emily, as an actress, digested various concepts well and received praise from the general manager, and Youngjae, unexpectedly, could not properly adapt to the concepts and was awkward and embarrassed, so he was properly scolded.

“Acting is really hard.”

“Yeah, yeah. But I think you’re doing well for the first time. I guess the director is pointing out things meticulously because it’s an important photo shoot for official supporters. Don’t take it too hard. No one will criticize a basketball player for not being able to act.”

The two sat side by side and chatted as if they couldn’t stand being apart during breaks. In the end, after more than an hour of filming, the group photo of the three couples and the couple photo of Dirk Nowitzki and Tyson Chandler were all over.

“Lastly, I’ll take a picture of the two of you.”

At the word ‘last’, Youngjae felt a slight heaviness in his heart. Emily is also a woman who is working hard to be active as an actress and singer. That’s why she has been taking care of him and giving him a lot of love since the playoffs, but she couldn’t neglect her work.

‘I’m going back to the set tomorrow.’

Youngjae kept fiddling with something he had put in his pocket and decided to take courage. He didn’t want to delay any longer, and he thought it would be too unfair to Emily if he delayed any longer. It was the last chance to say thank you, sorry, and I love you. But whether she knew Youngjae’s determination or not, Emily was trying to get into the mood, thinking that she should take the photo shoot as the director had told her.

Click!

At that moment, all the lights in the studio suddenly went out, and Emily was embarrassed and had no choice but to fumble in the dark.

Flash!

Then, only a few lights flashed on, and pink and red petals were beautifully laid around Youngjae and Emily. And in front of Emily, who was standing, Youngjae slowly knelt on his right knee and carefully took out the box he was holding.

“…”

With a click, the lid of the box was opened, and inside were a pair of silver necklaces.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t do it sooner. Ah… You held onto me when I was mentally broken in the middle of the season. You gave me a lot of attention even though your work was hard, and now I’m telling you to you, who looked at me more beautifully and cutely than anyone else.”

Emily quickly lowered her head and rubbed her eyes as if tears were welling up, but she couldn’t stop the tears from welling up in her eyes and falling to the floor.

“Please, date me seriously.”

Youngjae got up as if no more words were needed and gently twisted Emily’s long straight hair with his right hand and handed it forward. Emily just shrugged her shoulders and cried without saying anything, and Youngjae put the necklace on her, then picked up his necklace to do it himself.

“Wait a minute…”

Emily couldn’t care about crying at Youngjae’s appearance and snatched the necklace away. Youngjae just smiled and leaned slightly, and Emily put the necklace on Youngjae.

“Oh oh! Hey~ Kiss her! Kiss her!”

Chandler had been itching to say it, so he whistled and encouraged her, and even the gentle Nowitzki nodded, saying, ‘Well, that’s a natural procedure.’ As a result, everyone who saw it applauded and cheered for a kiss, and Youngjae and Emily looked at each other awkwardly.

…

Emily soon smiled and closed her eyes, and Youngjae wiped the tears from Emily’s eyes with the thumbs of both hands, then kissed her.

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＠Finally, real confession time lol

＠Dallas is a region where Koreatown is quite developed. It is also the financial center of the southwestern United States and a city of art and culture. After the financial crisis, the number of Koreans increased rapidly, reaching 90,000 as of 2014. It is not as much as New York or LA, but it is enough to say that there is no problem with Korean-related food or conversation. Thanks to this, the Incheon-Dallas direct route was opened in 2013. That’s why the Texas Rangers are partnering with the Korean Association to carry out various marketing activities to attract Koreans to the stadium after signing Choo Shin-soo. But Dallas is a team with a seat occupancy rate of over 99% without Korean marketing;; Basketball is a small stadium, so most popular teams are almost over 90%. It is possible to sell out every game just by Youngjae playing without marketing.

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