13.
I Don't Like Your Girlfriend
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Lucy leaned back. "What are you doing?"
Lua's eyes popped open. "I was kissing you. Apparently you want me to stop?"
Lucy's mouth quirked into a mischievous grin. "I didn't say that. I'm just trying to figure out what's happening here."
"Well..." Lua said, "I was hitting on you, then I saw an opportunity to kiss you, so I did. Then you leaned back so I wasn't kissing you anymore. And now we're talking."
"No, silly," Lucy said with an infectious giggle. "I meant big picture what's happening here. You really want to be with me?"
Lua took her hand. "Why is that so surprising to you?"
Lucy shrugged. "I don't know. I just... never considered you as someone I could be with."
Lua looked crestfallen. She stood up from the bed. "I guess I should be going then. See you around."
Lucy grabbed Lua around the waist and pulled her back onto the bed. "Not like that! Like, I always thought you were out of my league."
"Yeah right," Lua said, rubbing her head where she'd banged it on the headboard. "I do own a mirror, you know, and I'm not as big an airhead as I act for the fans."
Lucy wrapped her arms around Lua and held her tight. "You're prettier than you give yourself credit for," she said, looking into Lua's eyes, "and you're kind, and funny, and you're smarter than anyone else realizes." She shrugged. "I never felt like I could measure up."
Lua looked stunned. "Never felt like you could measure up? Girl, if you don't know that you're straight up beautiful, I'm going to have to find a way to convince you. Plus you're funny, and you're a great dancer, and... why are you crying?"
Lucy tried in vain to wipe away her tears. "Because all the things you're saying are things that I'd lie in my bunk and wish that someone would say to me. Sei never would - you'd think compliments cost a hundred billion won apiece as rarely as she handed them out. She was never mean, she just never seemed to notice how much saying - or not saying - one little thing could affect my mood. It's not easy being the maknae you know. I mean, we all have to be 'on' whenever we're out in public, regardless of how we really feel, but I always have to be that little bit extra, you kno
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