After falling down hard on the stage, Luda has been massaging her arm and hip after the performance. It hurt like hell, and it's definitely a bruise now

Luda enters the van and immediately goes to the back, there she sees Hyunjung arms crossed and eyes closed. The tiny girl shrugs as she tried to sit next to the older but before she could sit, Hyunjung pulls her, making her sit on the older's laps side ways

Luda didn't even had the chance to scream as everything happened so fast. She looks at the older eyes wide and trying to understand what happens

Hyunjung just smiles at Luda before putting her left hand on the younger's hip, massaging it carefully and her other hand goes to Luda's left arm and massaging it too

"Oh" All Luda could say. Her mind is a mess, the older doesn't even like skin-ships, unless it's Juyeon or Soobin but she pulled her onto her lap, has her arms around her trying to ease her sore body after falling pretty hard on the stage, it's making Luda's head ache

Luda just sighs all her thoughts away. Hyunjung's laps is comfortable anyways, also her warm embrace. The younger leans on Kim's shoulder, she closes her eyes and suddenly she fell asleep

Luda wakes up to Hyunjung carrying her, probably to her room. She doesn't want to open her eyes, she feels embarrassed just by thinking of it. Instead she pretends to be asleep while Hyunjung carries her somewhere

Hyunjung placed Luda carefully on her bed while she's still pretending to be asleep

After tucking the younger down, Hyunjung sat at Luda's bed. She removed the hair that was curtaining the younger's face before caressing her cheek softly

"You should be careful next time, I don't like seeing you hurt. Also you did so great at the performance earlier. I'm proud of you, Lee Luda" Luda hears Hyunjung say. At this point the younger is fighting the urge to not open her eyes and hug the older tight

Hyunjung leans down and placed a kiss on Luda's forehead. The younger almost squealed at the sudden contact, she hopes her ears are covered since it's probably red right now

"Goodnight, Princess" The older says before leaving Luda

Luda open her eyes as soon as she was sure that Hyunjung already left. She screamed at her pillow trying to suppress the sound, not wanting Hyunjung or any of her members to hear her panic

//

"Luda unnie is still crying" Dayoung said when she entered the waiting room. "What happened?" The other members worriedly asked. "I think it's because she made mistakes earlier while performing" Dayoung deflated on the couch, she had tried everything to comfort the older but nothing worked

Hyunjung who just got out of the bathroom heard it all. Immediately, not even bothering to listen at what the others are saying, she left the room to look for Luda

There she saw the tiny girl in one of the stools, head down and sniffing from time to time. Carefully she sat down next to her, prompting Luda to look up, Hyunjung's heart cracked when she saw Luda's red eyes, and lips trembling

"Luda" Hyunjung's voice, soft and calming. With Hyunjung's soft gaze on her, Luda couldn't help but to cry more.Abruptly but carefully, Hyunjung picked Luda up and placed her on her lap side ways, the same position they had in the van when Luda fell on stage

Luda tucked her face on Hyunjung's neck, crying more. She couldn't help it. Both of them stayed silent, noises from the background seemed unnoticeable, only Luda's sobs can be heard

"It's always okay to make mistakes" Hyunjung speaks. "I know you feel bad but know that you still did great. And I'm so proud of you, we're all proud of you" she continues as she rubs the younger's back 

"B-but I practiced so hard and I just ended up making mistakes" Hyunjung feels her shirt getting wet as Luda sobs even more. She moves her head to plant a soft kiss on the younger's head, she let's it linger for a while, before speaking "We all mistakes and that's okay because that means we can learn even more. Don't pressure yourself too much, if anything you did so great that none of us noticed it" 

"You're just saying that" Hyunjung smiles at Luda's response 

"I'm not" The older holds her tighter to show that she's sincere 

"There's always a next time, you can always improve but you really did great today. I'm proud of you, Lee Luda" Hyunjung continues and this time Luda believes her. Maybe it's because of the way the older holds her, the way the older rocks her slowly, the way she hears the older's heart beat, the way she feels a soft kiss on top of her head, but one thing's for sure Luda believes Hyunjung

Luda wakes up on top of Hyunjung

After sobbing on Hyunjung's shoulder yesterday, Luda remembers the older wiping her tears with a comforting smile on her face that makes her wanting to cry more

She remembers Hyunjung not leaving her side the whole time

She remembers Hyunjung telling Juyeon to sleep at LuDawon's shared room for the night

She remembers laying on top of the older

She remembers Hyunjung playing with her hair and  humming a song that made her sleepy 

She remembers a soft kiss on top of her head before falling asleep 

Luda looks up to Hyunjung and her smile grew wide. She lifts her arm up to trace the older's nose with her forefinger, smiling even more when Hyunjung scrunched her nose

She stares at Hyunjung's naturally red lips, using her thumb she traces her lips too. She sees Hyunjung opening her eyes, but Luda doesn't withdraw her hands, instead it stills on Hyunjung's bottom lip 

Hyunjung smiles, she leans in to capture Luda's lip with hers, and as if it's natural for the both of them, Luda closes her eyes and reciprocates the kiss. The younger never expected kissing Hyunjung could feel this warm, maybe that's what prompted her to kiss her more

"I love you" Hyunjung says when they separate 

"I love you too" Luda replies before kissing Hyunjung once more