“I gotta go now, Amber,” Luna said, heading from the bathroom in a pair of jeans and one of Amber’s t-shirts. She walked towards the bed to to find her with her head still buried under a pillow, avoiding the bright light that beamed in from the window.

“So soon?” Amber’s muffled voice came, her body turning in Luna's direction. Luna sat on the edge of the mattress, Amber's bare arms soon finding her and wrapping around her torso. “Don't go.”

“I have to go home and get my things for rehearsal,” Luna chuckled, weakly trying to resist Amber's attempt to pull her down onto the bed.

"You can't leave!” Amber replied, the pillow finally falling off her head once she had Luna lying beside her, arms tight around her. “This is your home now!”  

"Amber!” Luna squeaked when she buried her face in her neck, her feet swinging off the edge of the bed.

“A few minutes. Just stay for a few minutes…”

"Mhmm fine,” Luna sighed, moving her legs onto the mattress, one of her arms swinging over her shoulder. Amber hummed happily, peppering kisses along her skin. “Just a few…”

Amber was only in a sports bra and Luna could feel the heat of her skin pressing against her, her will to leave lessening with every passing second. "Is it too early for me to call a moving company today?” Amber ran her fingers up and down Luna’s side. “Because I really want to.”

"You do?” Luna murmured, combing through Amber's messy hair.

"Mhmm,” Amber grinned, turning to lie on her back, pulling Luna on top of her. She laughed, tossing her head back so she could glance down. Amber’s hair was standing up in all different directions, the sight bringing a smile to Luna's lips. She leaned down, one hand of the side of Amber's neck as she pressed a kiss to her cheek, hearing her make a small noise of contentment in response. “I love you, Amber, but I really have to get going now, baby. I'm gonna be late.” Amber frowned when she started to pull away so Luna stopped to kiss the tip of her nose. “Try not to miss me too much.”

"Impossible,” Amber scoffed, finally letting go of her so she could rise from the bed. She her side, watching as Luna got to her feet. “Let me know when get home, okay?”

Luna stepped into her own apartment for what felt like the first time in ages.  She took a look around at the small flat, not feeling too upset that she'd be leaving it soon. She didn't have an attachment to the place or anything, and Amber's bathroom was far better than hers, so she really didn't mind moving at all.

She walked towards her bedroom, tossing her phone onto the bed just as it vibrated. Bending down to retrieve it, she expected to find a reply from Amber, brows knitting together when she saw who it actually was.

Jinyoung. Her twin. Someone she hadn't spoken to in a span of a few months.

"Hey,” Luna scoffed to herself, “Two months and all you have is ‘hey’?”

Luna: What is it?

She didn't have time to beat around the bush, not bothering with any formalities. Jinyoung’s reply came in a matter of seconds.

Jinyoung: Things are a mess. After that second picture, we've been getting all these calls and questions about you.

Luna rolled her eyes at no one in particular.

Luna: okay

Not a second later, her phone began to ring and Luna picked it up, bringing it up to her ear. “Okay??” she heard Jinyoung exclaim, “Omma is going crazy here.”

"So?” Luna asked in annoyance, fiddling with her perfume bottles, “What more can I do at this point?”

"I don't know,” Jinyoung said, “Just maybe try and-”

"Not make out in front of cameras next time?”

"Sunyoung, look,” she heard her sister sigh into the phone, “I'm glad that you're happy and doing what you want but just…”

"Just what?”

"I don't know. I just called to let you know what's going on.”

"Okay…” Luna thought for a moment before adding, “Well I hope everything is going well with you.”

"Oh well it is, yeah. We just got back from our concert tour in Singapore.”

“That's nice,” Luna said quietly, unable to fight the awkwardness in her voice.

"Yeah…”

"No, I mean it!” Luna pinched the tip of her nose, trying to find the right words, “I really am glad you're doing well, Unni.”

"Well, thank you..”

The call fell silent as Luna tiptoed around her room, her sister finally saying, “I, umm, I think I have to go now.”

"Oh, yeah...me too.”

"I'll talk to you soon,” Jinyoung said, “And-and I'll try and see what I can do with Omma, okay?”

"Thank you, Unni.” Luna's lips formed into a sad smile as she picked at the bottom of her shirt. “Bye, then.”

"Bye.”

And then the call ended, leaving Luna to set the phone down and stare up into the mirror in front of where she stood. She knew she had to start getting ready, but she couldn't help but just stand there for few moments, thinking.

“I'm guessing someone had a good night, eh?” Key said the moment she took a seat beside him in the rehearsal room.

 "Oppa!” Luna blushed, smacking his arm, “Why would you say that?”

"What?” he chuckled, “Now you're shy? Because you didn't look too shy in those pic-”

"Oppa!” she exclaimed, bringing her hand close to his face, “If you don't stop talking now I swear to God.”

"Alright, alright, I'll stop,” he chuckled, putting his hand up in surrender. Luna narrowed her eyes at him, turning her head only to find Chen walking towards them. Her back automatically straightened in her chair. It was their first rehearsal since her and Amber’s relationship went public and though knew her place in the musical was secured, she couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.

"Hello Key, Luna,” Chen said quietly, nodding his head at them as he took the seat beside her.

"Hi, Chen-oppa.”

-

They'd run through this scene a billion times, yet today they just couldn't seem to get it to work. Chen’s hands were placed firmly on her waist and she had her arms lightly wrapped around his neck as she'd done many times before. She didn't know what was going wrong, she felt like she was acting the way she normally did, her voice staying steady throughout the song while Chen was also doing the same.

He had been a bit awkward when they first greeted each other, but other than that, they were fine. As the other actors began to pile in, she knew some of them were looking at her strangely, but no one bothered to ask her about anything. Now, after their fifth attempt at the same scene, their director, tired and frustrated, came heading towards them.

"Cut cut cut!” he shouted, “This is all wrong!”

He pointed to Chen as he and Luna began to step apart. “You need to loosen up. Act like it's a girl in your arms not a sack of flour.” Chen nodded, stretching out his neck while the director then swiveled in Luna's direction, finger pointing at her. “And you.”

Luna stepped back at his stern gaze, “Yes, Director-nim?” she asked quietly, lowering her eyes slightly.

"At least try and look like you’re attracted to him.” He sighed loudly, rubbing his forehead with his hand, adding offhandedly, “Even if that might be hard for you.”

Her eyes widened, cheeks growing red before she looked down at the ground. She could hear scattered sounds of laughter from the various people around them filled the room. When she glanced up, she found him impatiently staring at her. Her eyes moved to Chen who was giving her an apologetic albeit uncomfortable look as he observed the entire ordeal. Shaking her head, she stuttered, “I-I understand,” holding back the angry retort that rested on the tip of her tongue. The director moved back to his original place, she and Chen resuming their previous positions to redo the scene.

“You ready?” Chen asked quietly, fingers just barely pressing into her sides.

"Yeah,” she nodded distractedly, turning her head in anticipation of their cue, “Let’s just get this over with.”

Hey guys, bit of a Luna-centric update today. Sorry it took me so long. I had a lot of school stuff piling up and I ended up devoting a lot of my time to another story I have in the works, so it took me a while to actually sit down and write this. I've got the next chapter all ready and planned and it's just a matter of writing it. Hope you weren't too disappointed by this update or anything and I hope to post the next one soon!