Weeks have passed since Yuqi and Lucas changed their relationship status from close friends to dating. Those who knew are none other than the WayV members, (G)i-dle members and manager from both side that’s often with the two and are witnesses the development of their feelings towards each other

 

Even though the situation hasn’t changed much, yet. The difficulties to freely meet still exist because of busy schedules and days off that often collides

 

Yuqi with her Queendom, shows and festivals. While Lucas with his debut show in the US and WayV’s comeback set after SuperM’s

 

Video calls and text messages continue to be their reliable source of communication. But before, the amount of contact wasn’t as much as it is now

 

Luclint : Me and the hyungs are now on our way to the airport

Luclint : Still fully dressed in our suit

Yucisha : Safe flight

Luclint : I’m still in the van

Luclint : Am I bothering you?

Yucisha : Kind of?

Yucisha : I’m in the middle of doing my hair

Luclint : Since when you can’t reply to chat messages while getting your hair done? 

Yucisha : I can’t help wanting to be extra careful not to get caught

Yucisha : Hairdresser unnie might peep to whom i’m currently chatting with

Luclint : You had no eeriness before

Yucisha : Before is different

Luclint : I know. Finally right?!

Yucisha : 🐒

Luclint : Hehe fine. Contact me when you're done. Ok?

Luclint : I want to video call you before I take off

Yucisha : Yuan yi er fei you’re ready to take off

Yucisha : Chaoxiang tianwai zhi wai take off

Luclint : Stop before I bomb this chat message with spams of..

Yucisha : 😱

Yucisha : I’ll contact you when i’m done

Luclint : I MISS YOU

Luclint : I MISS YOU

Luclint : I MISS YOU

Luclint : I MISS YOU

Yucisha : Stop

Luclint : I MISS YOU

Luclint : 🐒

 

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Lucas made the right decision to video call Yuqi before the time of his departure. He just got an info by the manager from Capitol Records, the same manager that handled NCT127 when they promoted in the US, the flight will take about 13 hour, “Time difference will also be around that time” he said

 

The time differences is one of the main reason why Yuqi prefers they just concentrate on work every time they’re scheduled overseas and only video call when the work is done

 

Kai whose seat number is beside Lucas, notices the contempt facial he has on asked if he’s alright at the moment, “Flight gives you anxiety?”, Kai offers a water bottle

 

Lucas turns to Kai with reassuring smile and small laughter telling Kai that he is, “No thanks” he politely declining Kai’s offer of water

 

Kai sits comfortably first before he starts their little conversation about his experience visiting LA alone and with the EXO members, “Your first time?” he asked Lucas

 

Lucas nods as a yes, saying it will be his first to step both of his feet in the city the people call, the city of angels, “Can’t wait to explore the city”

 

Kai then randomly whispers asking about Yuqi, “Last time I remembered you were going to take her out on a date?”, he recaps the time when Lucas asked some piece of advice from him, “Did you score?”

 

“Yeah”, Lucas downloads a political way to continue, “We got more closer”, he said not ready to confirm the truth yet to the others than the WayV members

 

“That’s it?”, Kai raises his brow expecting more to the story

 

“Yeah”, Lucas nods again

 

Kai smiles, getting mixed feelings towards Lucas’s truthness of words. But he understands if Lucas needs more time to trust and able to be more open to him and the other SuperM members. After all, before SuperM, they rarely talk because they rarely even meet

 

“Remember when I said, try to remember you got a nice and lovely girl waiting for you at home?”, he asked, “Well, the level of temptation there with Korea aren’t the same”, he leans closer to Lucas’s ear and whispers how Lucas might find and might experience something in LA that he hasn’t in Korea, “Don’t let Mark’s history repeat itself”

 

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Yuqi opens Lucas’s chat messages the next morning giving her a heads up he and the others landed safely in LA and will be staying at a mansion somewhere around the upper hills SM have rented throughout their stay

 

She is aware about the time difference that’s very significant between Korea and the US and starts guessing what Lucas might be doing at such an hour before deciding the perfect time to reply to him, “10 Thrusday morning here means 6 Wednesday evening over there. Resting or practice for the debut stage?”, she assumes, “Or he’s ready to have dinner with the guys. So I don’t know”, she couldn’t make up her mind in the end

 

“Woogie”, Miyeon knocks and slowly opens Yuqi’s room door, letting her know the manager has arrived and ready to take them to Cube, “Soyeon and the others already waiting downstairs”

 

Lucas till this very day hasn’t been able to accustom with Yuqi’s reluctantly ways of communication when they or one of them are outside of Korea for work 

 

The only thing his mind can digest is about how the time differences clash with their video call routine. While the matter about sending text messages that needs to be limited makes him want to scream, “Nonsense”

 

With him now in LA and (G)i-dle going to be in Jakarta for a Spotify event later in the evening, today, questions him whether he will even receives a reply from his last message he sent her

 

“Lucas boy?” Ten appears in Lucas’s room he isn’t sharing with anyone to check and see what’s taking Lucas’s time to rejoin in with others and guests back in the living room, “Ah. I see”, Ten immidietly can guess as soon as Lucas lifts his phone that’s charging, “May i?”, he asked permission to sit besides Lucas

 

Lucas heard the long sigh of relief from Ten able to excuse himself from the crowd a bit to accompany him wait for something he isn’t even sure will happen, “Which one makes gege most nervous?”, he nudge his elbow to Ten’s

 

“I shouldn’t have entered myself to the weird side of youtube before coming here”, Ten chuckles massaging the back of his neck saying almost everyone in living room made him nervous

 

The so-called weird side of the internet Lucas is aware of and likes to enter once in a while are sites with free files he can download and watch. Something all men in their 20’s have done in their lives

 

But it’s wasn’t Ten was trying to say, but conspiracy theories about the entertainment industry in other country beside Korea, “Better to know the characteristic of it so we can escape before being the sacrifice” he laughs like a devil ready to pounce his victim

 

“Ge. Stop. I have things going on in my mind right now and it’s not the perfect time to burden me more with other things that are spooky”, complaint Lucas

 

Ten laughs and apologizes, “I don’t know. Maybe because it’s not work related. I’m an easy going guy, but that doesn’t mean I can click right away with new people. When once again, it’s not work related”, he confesses to why he‘s kind of disturbing Lucas’s solitude moment waiting for Yuqi’s reply, “But it isn’t polite though if we stay here any longer”

 

Lucas totally agrees with it, “Better we go out before the big boss come here instead”, jokes Lucas

 

Ten joins in the laughter getting Lucas’s dark humor while he pats Lucas’s back to cheer him on, “It usually comes when we don’t think or wait for it”. And Ten was right. Yuqi did reply Lucas back when he at l