Beep! Beep! Beep!

Groaning loudly, Lucca rolled over in bed and turned off her alarm for the third time. It was time she actually got up instead of ignoring the alarm; she had to get up for work. Throwing the covers back she slipped out of bed. Rubbing her eyes, she left her room to go and get ready.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, throwing her hair up carelessly in the process, Lucca headed down the stairs to find something to eat for her early morning breakfast. Stretching her arms up above her head, Lucca wasn’t even thinking about paying attention to what she was doing as she threw the curtain that covered the stairwell aside.

“HEY~!”

Screaming in sheer panic, Lucca fell back against the stairs, her eyes wide as she stared up at the shorter girl that had just screamed in her face. “What the hell are you doing up?!” Lucca cried, her eyes wide as she stared up at the older girl. “You normally don’t even get up for another two hours….” She whined quietly, slowly picking herself up from the stairs she had fallen back onto.

“I’m sorry, I just finished writing my college admission essay.” Raelyn stated with a laugh, coddling her mug of coffee to her chest. “But in other news, as I was writing, I had a wonderful idea.”

“And what would that be….?” Lucca raised her eyebrow slightly, rubbing her eyes again now that her heart was slowing back down.

“We should go to a club tonight.”

Blinking at Raelyn, Lucca stared at her blankly for a moment. Reaching up slightly, she rubbed her ear slightly before turning her head to listen again. “Excuse me? I don’t think I heard you correctly….”

“Let’s go to a club tonight.” She repeated. “You know, dancing, alcohol, hot men? A club?”

“‘Hot men.’” Scoffing slightly, Lucca laughed a little, looking at Raelyn. “But why are you telling me about this, like, now?”

“So you can prepare yourself.” She replied. “And call in sick, that is.”

“Come again?” Lucca’s eyes widened as she looked at her sister.

“Yeah. Call in sick.”

Lucca stared at her, completely befuddled. “If we’re going to a club in the evening, why would I have to call in sick to my job that ends at 7PM, especially when it’s my day off tomorrow?”

“Because today is my day off.”

“So why can’t you call of tomorrow?”

“Because you’re the one holding a steady job, whereas I just got hired two months ago.” Raelyn explained. “Besides… HongBin has school on Monday and wouldn’t be able to stay out late on a Sunday.”

Lucca cocked an eyebrow, unfoiling Raelyn’s plan. “Oh, so this is what this is all about.”

“Aniya!” Raelyn denied, blushies invading her cheeks. She brought her squid mug up to cover her face. “I just thought that, since you’re birthday is coming up soon, that I would take you out someplace fun… aaas well as bring along a friend or two.”

“Uh-huh. That’s what it is.”

“I swear!”

“Mm-hmm.” Lucca shook her head, rubbing the crust out of her eyes. “So tell me again why I have to call off sick?”

“Because if you go to work today as opposed turning your around and going back upstairs to sleep you’ll be tired and cranky and not feeling up to going out when you get home.” The older explained. “So you go march yourself upstairs and sleep until noon.”

Staring at Raelyn for a moment, Lucca blinked. She was about to let out another argument, but she caved almost instantly at the thought of being able to go back to sleep. “I am a weak and feeble human being….” She murmured, slowly turning back around and crawling up the stairs. “You’re calling in for me!”

“That’s what I thought.” Raelyn laughed slightly, smiling to herself as she coddled her mug.

“So remind me again why he came along?” Raelyn asked, leaning over to Lucca as she glared at Ken slightly.

Laughing slightly, Lucca leaned back into the seat as she crossed her legs the best she could. “Because, he called me around noon when I normally would have been on lunch break, but when I told him what we were doing and that HongBin was going, he freaked out and decided that he was going too.” Smiling a little, Lucca looked at Ken. “Plus, he couldn’t handle the thought of there being ‘hot guys’ around.” She stated a little louder than the rest of her explanation, a slight teasing hint to her words.

“That is not true!” Ken whined, turning and looking back at them. His eyes met Lucca’s and he froze up for a moment. After taking a second, he shook his head, looking away slightly so he didn’t end up staring even longer. “I just wanted to, you know, watch over my brother, I mean….” Looking back up, Ken saw that Lucca was staring at him, making him whine loudly. “Ah, otteokaji!” He cried out, turning so he wasn't facing them anymore.

Laughing slightly in victory, Lucca turned back to look at Raelyn. “See?”

“How are you even going to get my underaged brother into a club?” Ken asked, looking back at Raelyn.

“Why is it any of your concern?”

HongBin looked back, his eyes meeting Raelyn’s for a moment before he shrugged slightly. “I mean, he does kind of have a point…. How are you planning to get me in?”

Meeting HongBin’s eyes, Raelyn couldn’t help but blush slightly. “I have my ways.” He explained. “It’ll all work out.”

“I don’t trust this.” JaeHwan said, glaring at Raelyn through the rearview mirror.

“We’re here!” Raelyn announced, causing Ken to take an immediate turn into the parking lot to his right, giving everybody in the car a heart attack.

“You couldn’t have told us earlier???” Ken huffed as he pulled the car into park.

“You’re the one who’s driving like a crazy person, not me.” She huffed as the car shut off.

The two bickered even as the group moved towards the building, making Lucca huff and look over at HongBin.

“So since those two are fighting like an old married couple,” She nearly shouted the last part in attempt to drag their attention back the group (which was unsuccessful), “Tell me a little about yourself. Raelyn told me that you’re still in school?”

“Neh.” HongBin replied, taking a formal approach to the conversation since this woman was still a stranger. “I’m currently on my senior year.”

“Oh really?” She asked. “You’re planning on going to college, correct?”

“Neh.” He repeated.

“What do you plan on majoring in?”

“I want to go into business.” He replied, looking up at Ken, who was making a face at Raelyn. “We’ve never had a whole lot of money to buy leisure items, so I figured that applying myself and getting a good paying job would be the best bet.”

Lucca thought this over in her head, staring up at Raelyn before replying. “Huh. That sounds like someone else I know.”

“Huh?”

“Oh, nothing.”

“Uh, what do you think you’re doing?” Raelyn asked, pulling the two out of the conversation.

“Standing in line?” JaeHwan replied, apologizing when he stepped on another line-dweller’s foot.

“Do you know how long this will take?” Raelyn huffed. “Follow me.”

The two men looked over at Lucca in confusion, who only reciprocated their looks with a shrug. Realizing that they had no say in the matter, they followed behind the short woman.

“Hand me your IDs.” Raelyn said, and they exchanged another look before taking out their wallets and pulling out their cards. Just as HongBin whipped his out, however, Raelyn shook her head and placed a hand on his. “You hold back.”

He blinked at her. “But-”

“I’ve got you covered.”

They turned the corner, and a fairly large bouncer appeared. His skin was a pale white, his muscles buldging out of the black t-shirt he wore, and a pair of strap-on sunglasses pulled tight around his bald head. The man only got more and more intimidating as they moved closer and, but even so, the short woman’s stride never faltered until she was standing in front of him.

“JinSung-ah.” She called when she approached him. He looked over and down at her, his hidden eyes only adding on to the intimidation. When he caught sight of her, however, his expression immediately rose into a grin.

“Raelyn-ah.” He said, bowing deeply to her, which she reciprocated.

“You haven’t met your quota for the day, have you?” She asked with a smile.

“Business is kind of dry tonight.” He said, glancing over at the lengthy line that curled around the corner.

“As I expected it to be.” She said, smiling up at him. “Four of us.” The man looked out over the group, his expression faltering when his gaze landed on HongBin. Slyly, she leaned over to him and whispered in his ear, “He’s with me. Has a youthful look to him, huh?” She said, winking at him.

Lucca knitted her eyebrows when Raelyn held the IDs out to him, noticing that there were four as opposed to only three that there should have been.

“I believe everything checks out.” Raelyn said when the man faltered on HongBin’s. He stared at it for a few more second before lining the plastic cards out and handing them back to Raelyn.

“Go on ahead.” He said, opening the door for them.

“Kamsa, Jin-ah.” Raelyn said, smiling at him. In a few moments they were inside the building and the door had closed behind them, shrouding them in completely darkness.

“What just happened?” HongBin asked, searching for the wall to lean on.

“I told you, I have my ways.” Raelyn replied.

“I still don’t trust this.” JaeHwan commented.

“Here’s a better problem though,” Lucca chimed in. “What the hell are we supposed to do now? It’s completely dark in here!”

“Don’t worry about it, just follow behind me.”

They group hesitantly followed behindRaelyn, taking cautious steps in the dark.

“Just make sure not to trip on your big feet.” Raelyn called back. As if almost on cue, a screech came from the back of the group, making the two brothers jump and Raelyn burst into laughter.

“Are you okay?” The brothers asked, moving back in search for the fallen Lucca.

“I’m fine, I’m fine.” Lucca said, gathering her bearings and attempting to stand back up in her high heels.

“Here, let me help you.” Lucca was caught off guard by the gentle hands that grabbed her arm and hand and helped her to her feet. She immediately recognized them as neither Raelyn nor JaeHwan’s, leaving only one person as the culprit.

“Uh, kamsahabnida HongBin.”

“Anieyo.”

Even in the dark of the room, both Ken and Raelyn felt their faces flush in jealousy at the act.

“Um, we should keep going.” Raelyn announced, turning and continuing down the hallway.

“I agree.” JaeHwan backed up.

“Yeah, let’s go before we trip all over each other again.” Lucca agreed, following behind Raelyn.

JaeHwan, who was in front of Lucca and HongBin, stepped off to the side to let Lucca pass. As soon as he felt the aura of the figure pass by him, he immediately swooped up beside it before his brother could, reaching for her hand and intertwining it with his. He felt the soft and smooth fingers nearly pull away in shock at the action, but a second passed and they eventually curled warmly around his own, making him blush. He had never held her hand before, so he was pleasantly surprised at smooth warmth of her fingers as they tightened around his. This caused his heart to thump in his chest as his face began to burn, causing him to smile and give it a slight squeeze.

Another minute or so passed before they began to hear the muffled bass of the music, and after turning a corner they could see the gleam of a purple light behind a curtain, the flashing of white light exciting them and drawing them even closer towards the curtains that lay at the end of the hall.

They came upon the curtain and passed through it, the blaring music immediately filling their senses and taking over their bodies. Raelyn scouted over the room like a hawk before smirking.

“It’s lively tonight.” After a moment, she turned around to the others. “So how about a-”

Her complete shock at the scene cut her off before she could finish her sentence. She stared at JaeHwan and HongBin in confusion, who returned her look.

“What?” JaeHwan asked. After a moment, Lucca walked around him and stood beside Raelyn, confusing JaeHwan.

“I knew you two were brothers, but I never knew you two were so close.” She commented, making Raelyn burst into laughter. The two men, confused as they could be, slowly looked over at each other noticing immediately how oddly close to each other they were. They then simultaneously trailed their gaze down to their hands, which were intertwined ever so lovingly. With a loud yelp, they snatched their hands away and hopped away from each other. causing the two women to laugh hysterically.

"Come on, lovebirds. Let me go get you some drinks." Raelyn said, leading the way.

Following behind, Lucca watched as HongBin rushed ahead of her to walk by Raelyn. He was wiping his hand on his pants, his face obviously red even in the lighting of the club. Laughing again, Lucca stopped to wait for JaeHwan for a moment. Once he caught up to her though, her grin grew even bigger.

“So….. Why exactly were you holding his hand?” She asked, a teasing laugh escaping as she started walking beside him.

“It’s not like I was meaning to!” JaeHwan whined, bumping into her lightly, his face equally as red as his brother’s.

“Right.” Laughing, Lucca couldn’t help but smile up at him. “What were you meaning if you weren’t meaning to hold his hand~?” She asked teasingly, not even thinking about the fact that they were starting to fall behind Raelyn and HongBin.

“I was meaning to-” stopping, JaeHwan’s eyes met Lucca’s blinking when he was once again met with the realization that she wasn’t wearing glasses this time and he kept getting lost whenever he met those eyes. Stammering for a moment, he kept staring, which only made Lucca start to feel a heat in her cheeks.

After a moment, Lucca broke the eye contact with a small laugh. "You just wanted to hold his hand." She laughed, reaching up and gently rubbing her cheek.

"Actually," JaeHwan moved a little closer, not even really sure why he was so nervous after recent events. "I wanted to hold your hand...." He told her quietly enough that only she could hear, but loud enough she could hear him over the music.

Looking at the two who were still walking, Lucca stopped in her tracks. JaeHwan bumped into her, making her look up at him as they stopped for a moment. "Well.... why don't you?" Lucca asked, meeting JaeHwan's eyes again.

"Well...." Smiling slightly, JaeHwan slipped his hand slowly down her arm, his fingers gently the inside of her wrist for a moment before moving down to the inside of her palm. "Maybe I will."

After a moment, Lucca smiled up at him, moving her hand slowly to entwine her fingers with his. Glancing ahead of her, she started laughing slightly. "We should probably catch up to the other two." She nodded towards them since they were stopped, looking around curiously, probably wondering where it was that Lucca and JaeHwan had gone.

"Maybe I didn't want to..." JaeHwan whined slightly as he was dragged behind Lucca. He took the time he was walking behind her to take in more than just the fact that she wasn't wearing glasses. She was wearing a short deep purple dress that only had one sleeve that still hung off of her shoulder. It was mostly loose on her body until it got partially down her thighs. There it was a tighter band that hugged to her legs and going down about two inches more. No matter how loose it was though, JaeHwan couldn't help but notice how well it accentuated her figure.

Only once he caught up and was walking beside her did he notice the silver sequined trim at the top of her dress. It was low enough he could see her collar bones, and JaeHwan couldn't deny that he liked the way the dress looked. Squeezing her hand lightly, he looked her over again, knowing that once they sat down, he probably wouldn't see her long legs again for awhile.

"Hey, there you two are!" Raelyn yelled, pointing at JaeHwan and Lucca. She immediately noticed their intertwined hands and made a face at them. “Ew, gross….”

“Oh shut up,” JaeHwan sassed, sending a face her way.

"Come on, we need to go get a table." She waved, pointing to where the booths were. “First round of drinks are on me.”

“Oh, so I’ll just get the most expensive drink on the menu.” JaeHwan retorted, making Raelyn glare at him.

“No, you’ll get anything that is below five dollars.” Lucca backed her sister up, nudging him playfully.

JaeHwan sneered playfully at her, then caught sight of HongBin, who looking slightly flustered. After a moment, he turned to Raelyn. “Um… is there anything that is, you know… non-alcoholic?”

“What do you think this is, a bar?” Raelyn laughed. “It’s a club - of course there are non-alcoholic beverages served here.” With this, HongBin’s expression softened and fell into one of relief.

The waitress came by, they ordered, and very soon after they received their drinks. Small talk was made within the group, mainly about work or school, as they sipped at their beverages. It wasn’t until Lucca mentioned Raelyn in a comment that any of them noticed that the short woman’s foot was bouncing up and down in an almost impatient way.

“Do you have to pee or something?” Lucca asked.

“No? What makes you say that?” She then noticed her own impatient gesture, and she shifted in her seat to make it stop. “I’m just usually on the floor dancing by now.”

“Well why aren’t you?”

“Because we kind of all came here together, and this is for Lucca’s birthday.” She replied. “I don’t want to run off and leave you guys behind.”

Lucca contemplated this for a moment before turning to the others. “Yeah; why don’t we all go dance? It’s what we came here to do in the first place isn’t it?” Everyone exchanged small glances before mostly deciding that they would get up. When Lucca looked at JaeHwan though, she noticed his slight reluctance to get up. “Or, is there something wrong with dancing?”

JaeHwan chuckled awkwardly shaking his head. “Dancing is alright, I just…. When I was younger I broke my knee and I haven’t really been able to dance well since….”

“You broke your knee?” Raelyn looked at him curiously.

“Yeah, when I was thirteen.” JaeHwan nodded, shrugging a little as he glanced over at Raelyn.

“Didn’t you know that?” HongBin asked. “Haven’t you two been friends for that long?”

Raelyn stared at him for a moment, but then turned red. “Oh yes! I remember now! You were out of school for how long again? Two weeks?” She asked, looking over at JaeHwan for help.

“Three months.” He replied. After he did so, he caught on to what Raelyn was silently passing to him and became flustered. JaeHwan shook his head slightly and looked around at everyone. “It’s alright though. Don’t worry about it~!” He waved his hands over exaggeratedly, standing up to the best of his ability past the table and booth seat. “I’m going to go and get some more drinks, anyone else need something? Lucca?” He asked, gesturing to the almost empty cup in front of her.

“Oh, sure….” Lucca moved so he could get out of the booth, raising her eyebrows slightly in surprise as he quickly moved away from them.

“I have to use the restroom, actually.” Raelyn announced, turning and getting out of the booth and walking in the opposite direction as JaeHwan.

Staring at the two that had just left, HongBin and Lucca were left in silence for a moment. “Didn’t she just say she didn’t have to go to the bathroom?” HongBin finally asked, looking at Lucca curiously.

“She says that a lot.” Lucca responded, shaking her head slightly, laughing a little. "She has the bladder of a squirrel."

There was an awkward silence that passed between the two, making both of them realize that neither actually knew the other at all, let alone having even held an actual conversation.

After a moment, Lucca cleared . “So, you’re JaeHwan-ah’s brother, am I correct?”

“I usually prefer to forget that detail.” He laughed awkwardly, ling at the ice that was left at the bottom of his drink.

Making a face, Lucca tipped her head slightly. “Why? Do you two not get along? I mean, it seemed like you guys were-”

“So how do you and Raelyn know each other?” He asked. Lucca caught onto the fact that he was changing the topic, so rather than pushing the topic, she just went along with the conversation.

“Oh, she’s my sister.” Lucca glanced towards the bathroom, waiting for the shorter girl to return.

“You guys are related….?” HongBin scrunched his eyebrows slightly, trying to figure out what the resemblance was.

Laughing slightly at the confused look he was giving her, Lucca waved her hand slightly. “Our parents married when we were twelve. Well, when I was twelve. She's a year older than I am. So I guess we’re step-siblings, but we’ve been sisters for so long that I don’t ever really think about that part.” She explained, waving her hand slightly.

“That’s interesting.” HongBin said with a smile. However, after a moment, his eyebrows furrowed. “I wonder why I never met either of you then.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I mean, our siblings knew each other when they were younger, right? JaeHwan and I were close back then, yet I had never seen Raelyn before a couple months ago.”

Lucca stared at him for a moment, and then tilted her head. “Yeah, you’re right. I only met JaeHwan on New Years’ day.”

“So,” the voice brought them back to their senses, making them look over to find Raelyn already back from the restroom, “We came here to dance, did we not?”

“But shouldn’t we wait for JaeHwan to get back?” Lucca asked, glancing over at JaeHwan who was fumbling with the cash in his wallet.

“You can wait for him to get back.” Raelyn reached down and pulled the blushing HongBin out of his chair. “I only need this one to dance.”

Blinking slightly, Lucca held up her hand slightly. “But you just said that we hould all go dance together!”

“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of fun over here!” Raelyn called back before she disappeared into the crowd.

Lucca blinked again, shaking her head. “Alright, alright, I’ll stay here.” Laughing a little, she looked up to see a rather confused looking JaeHwan heading over, four glasses balanced in his grasp. Standing up, she took two of the drinks, from him, smiling and thanking him before gesturing for him to sit across from her.

“Where did they go?” He asked, his confusion getting the best of him as he pushed HongBin and Raelyn’s drinks to the other side of the table.

“They went to dance.” Lucca shrugged. “So that’s where I would assume would be the best place to look for them.” She laughed a little, taking a sip of the drink JaeHwan had brought back for her.

“I guess so….” JaeHwan shrugged slightly as he took a sip from his drink. Looking at Lucca, he tipped his head a little. “Had I known you were going to take today off, I would have offered to take you out for dinner instead.”

Laughing as she looked up at him, Lucca smiled broadly. “I’m sorry, I didn’t exactly know I was going to be taking today off.” Looking around, she shrugged slightly. “Besides, this is a nice a change.”

“What~?!” JaeHwan instantly started pouting as he met her eyes. “Are you trying to say you don’t want to go to dinner~?” He accused, pouting even more.

“No! That’s not what I was saying~!” Lucca waved her hand at him, reaching out and hitting his arm lightly.

“Aw, it’s okay, at least now I know you would rather come out to a club then spend personal time with people.” Winking slightly, JaeHwan grinned as he looked at her.

“Yah~!” Whining, Lucca kicked him under the table lightly. Laughing, she pouted at him the best she could past the small chuckles that kept escaping. “What do you think I’m doing now?” She asked, gesturing around.

“Resisting the urge to get up and go dance.” JaeHwan teased, grinning at her.

“Whatever.” Glaring at him slightly, Lucca took a drink from her glass, trying to decide in her mind what exactly it was he had brought back to her

Smiling slightly, JaeHwan took another drink, finishing off his glass. Turning and looking over at the dance floor, JaeHwan searched the crowd for his normally reserved brother and Raelyn. After a moment, he found the two standing behind a thin line of people, dancing together. Every now and again, HongBin would stop and place his hand up to his mouth in an embarreassed manner, giggling nervously, but Raelyn would always send him a flirtatious grin and pull his hand away from his face, placing it back around her waist. JaeHwan could see that his brother was internally doing his best to calm down, but even despite his shyness, he watch as his brother's hand began to trail over various parts of her body.

Almost instinctivly, JaeHwan eyes began to travel down her body until the little red dress opened at her thighs. Rather than dwelling at the sight, JaeHwan turned away, his wide eyes landing on the  table. He was sure a gasp had escaped him too as he looked away since Lucca looked at him in surprise.

“What?” She asked, tilting her head slightly.

JaeHwan looked down at his cup that was now only filled with ice. Panicking, JaeHwan started searching the table for something else to drink. Spotting the drink that he had originally bought for Raelyn, JaeHwan snatched it up. Downing the drink in a few gulps, he set it back on the table with a loud thunk.

Lucca stared at JaeHwan with wide eyes, surprised by the outburst. “Should I give you mine too?” She asked curiously, holding up her’s in a slight joking manner.

“Are you offering?” JaeHwan’s eyes widened, his breath leaving heavily.

“What is wrong with you?” Lucca asked.

“Do you see them?!” He exclaimed, pointing at HongBin and Raelyn. “Oh God….” He put his hands up and grabbed his face, his eyes still wide as he tried to wrap his mind around it. “I need another drink.”

“JaeHwan, jeez….” Lucca reached out, gently grabbing his arm. “Why are you so freaked out? It’s not like they’re doing anything wrong, they’re dancing. It’s not like they’re having on the dancefloor.”

Taking a deep breath, JaeHwan shook his head. “Oh God….” He shook his head, blinking his widened eyes. “Let’s go get drinks, come on. I think we need something stronger than this…. At least I do….”

“I guess I can’t let you drink alone.” Lucca sighed, sliding out of the booth and waving for JaeHwan to follow. “Come on, I’ll buy this time.”

“Oh, no, no, no.” JaeHwan waved his hands and he ran up to walk beside her, his arm sliding around her shoulders. “It’s still your birthday, I’ll buy.” Laughing awkwardly, JaeHwan led Lucca over to the bar to find a drink that would satisfy his needs.

After grabbing a few drinks at the bar, they finally took one back to the table. They were walking closer to each other than they normally did, but their expressions didn’t give that away. Getting back to the booth, JaeHwan took the seat on the side that he couldn’t see the dancefloor very well from, watching as Lucca sat across from him. Smiling at her, he leaned forward against the table as he watched her.

They spent almost an hour going back and forth, laughing over little things they had done when they were younger, or about things that happened while they were at work. JaeHwan couldn’t stop himself from grinning as Lucca told him about a story that had happened the day before at her workplace.

“And, and-” laughter cut her off, Lucca choosing instead to cover her face with her hand. “I wasn’t even sure what was happening, but I still tried to get past everyone, only to find out that my boss was-” again, Lucca was cut off but this time it was by a loud cat-call from the dancefloor.

Both of them were still laughing slightly, turning to look at what the commotion was. Their laughter stopped soon after though when they realized that it was Raelyn and HongBin that had caused the loud cheering.

Raelyn had her arm wrapped around HongBin’s neck, they’re bodies pressed closer together than was comfortable. HongBin had his hands grasping onto her hips, pulling her closer as they continued moving carefully to the music now. They had somehow gotten past the awkwardness to get ahead to the dancing. Neither of them seemed to care who was watching as they moved together suggestively to the strong beat.

“Gah! He is underaged!” Lucca’s protest was slurred together like much of her speech already was. Pushing out of the booth hastily, JaeHwan caught her by the arm as they both turned to go towards their siblings.

Getting to them, Lucca broke away from JaeHwan to go to Raelyn. Grabbing her sister’s arm, Lucca pulled her away from HongBin, not even noticing the loud protests as she did so. Raelyn grabbed onto Lucca’s arm, trying to get her to stop as she was dragged off of the dancefloor. “Yah! I was dancing!” Raelyn complained, forcing her sister to stop.

“I know~” Lucca looked at Raelyn with wide eyes, her words slurring together. “But Raelyn!” Getting closer, Lucca grabbed onto Raelyn’s other arm as though she was going to tell her some amazing secret. “HongBin-ah is underaged! He’s not even supposed to be in here, and-”

“Shhhhh!” Raelyn put her hand over Lucca’s mouth, her eyebrows furrowing as she looked at Lucca. “Are you drunk? Why are you screaming at me?”

“I am not drunk.” She shook her head wildly, pushing Raelyn’s hand away from . “I only had a few drinks…..” She looked away, her eyes landing on where JaeHwan and HongBin were standing over by the booth they had been sitting at.

“Jesus Christ, you’re drunk.” Raelyn groaned, able to smell the alcohol on Lucca’s breath. “How many did you have?”

“Umm, well, we had two before you guys disappeared, and then we went the bar and had a few, and then had…..” Lucca shrugged slightly, shaking her head. “A few….?”

Groaning, Raelyn shook her head. “Come on, you need to go and sit back down…..”

Without noticing that the two girls were on their way over, HongBin pushed JaeHwan away from him. “Hyung, you’re drunk. Stop.” He pushed the elder’s hands off of him.

“I’m not drunk enough to know that you shouldn’t be doing that!” JaeHwan’s argument was slurred together, his hands reaching out for HongBin again.

“Don't touch me!” HongBin pushed his brother’s hands away, backing away from him. “I thought you made a promise. I thought you told me that you would stop drinking. I should have known you wouldn’t keep it.”

“I am keeping my promise, Bean-ah!”

“Don’t call me that.” HongBin shook his head, pushing JaeHwan away from him once again.

“JaeHwan-ah~!” The female voice made JaeHwan stop from advancing after HongBin. He was about to turn to face her, but he was suddenly captured in her arms. Laughing slightly, JaeHwan reached down and grabbed onto her arms lightly.

Resting her head against his back, Lucca took a deep breath of his warm scent with a small smile. She turned her head, nuzzling against his spine gently. Almost instantly, though, JaeHwan jumped, yelping slightly as he tried twitching out of her grip. A huge grin passed over Lucca’s face as she looked up. “Ah~! You’re ticklish right there~?” She giggled, stretching up on her toes to press her nose back into the spot once again.

“Lucccccaaaaa~!” JaeHwan whined loudly, trying to squirm away from her.

Going to HongBin, Raelyn stared at the two with a surprised expression. “Oh my Jesus, they’re both drunk.” She looked at HongBin, blinking as she shook her head. “I’m going to have to drive home.”

“Stooopppp!” JaeHwan’s voice carried even over the loud music, making Raelyn’s eyes widen as the two turned to face each other, giggling loudly.

“Okay, we are leaving.” She shook her head as she waved her hands at them. “Get your stuff, come on.” Getting on the other side of them, she waved them towards the booth. As she forced them into the booth to get their stuff, she looked at the table to see over ten drinks stacked up on the table. “‘A few’ she says.” She rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, looking at HongBin as she held out his jacket. He took it, quickly avoiding anymore eye contact than was necessary.

“This was a bad idea from the start.” She heard him say under his breath as she turned away. She paused, frozen for a second, but when she looked over at Lucca and JaeHwan again she pushed her feelings of guilt away with a gulp and began to them out of the club.

They had fallen and stumbled down the dark hallways a couple of times, but overall the sober party had managed to get them out of the building with little to no injury. Raelyn noticed as HongBin reached into JaeHwan’s pockets in search for the car keys that he had a very disapproving scowl in place, making Raelyn bite her lip.

“Here.” He tossed her the bundle of keys when he had found them, quickly tossing his brother into the back and sliding into the passenger side of the vehicle. Raelyn felt a little uncomfortable about driving JaeHwan’s car, but quickly got over that and hopped in.

Aside from the drunken noises of an already on-coming hangover coming from the back, the car was silent. Raelyn fought her attempts to look over at the youngest in the vehicle that sat to her left; out of her peripheral vision she could already tell that he was looking straight ahead, his expression twisted into one that she had never seen on his usually-smiling face, and she knew that looking over at him would only increase the feelings of guilt that she already felt.

Lucca let out a groan from the back, placing her head on her hand. “My head is… is pounding…..”

“You want to know what helps that?” JaeHwan said with a sly grin towards the woman, making the hair on the back of Raelyn’s neck stand up.

“Acetaminophen. Lots and lots of acetaminophen helps that.” Raelyn butted in, increasing her speed slightly and quickly pulling into the parking lot of the next convenience store she spotted.

She pulled the car into park, hopped out, and opened Lucca’s door. “How about you get out and stretch your legs a bit? A little fresh air would do some good anyways.” She said with a glare sent JaeHwan’s way.

HongBin watched as Raelyn set Lucca down on a bench right outside the door before disappearing into the store. After a moment, he noticed that the short woman had left her jacket sitting in the seat that had been vacated, and bit his lip.

“Bean-ah~” The boy cringed up as a pair of arms reached up behind him and grabbed him on the shoulders. “I want to apologize~”

“Don’t touch me.” The words stung Ken’s heart as HongBin snatched up the black jacket and hopped out of the car with one swift move. The older sighed as he watched his brother disappear into the store with the jacket, but after he had his eyes instantly moved over to the woman who was sitting on the bench. She crossed her legs over themselves and firmly began to rub up and down her arms for warmth, thinking back to HongBin having grabbed the jacket, this gave JaeHwan an idea.

Lucca didn’t even know that JaeHwan had gotten out of the car until she felt the jacket slide over her and the presence sit down next to her. Her eyes immediately shot open and she looked over to find JaeHwan sitting there in a black t-shirt.

“Jaehwan-ah! You’re going to get cold.” She tried to take the jacket off as she protested, but Ken pulled it back up over her.

“I’ll be fine. You need it more than I do, what with your skimpy outfit and whatnot.” He giggled, but Lucca pouted.

“My outfit is not skimpy….” She defended, pulling the jacket over more of her body.

JaeHwan chuckled and looked down at his hand. “I know, I was just teasing you….” He stared at her with that goofy grin for a long moment before letting out another chuckle and leaning back to stretch. “YAAAWN!!!!” He sang ever-so-obviously as he slowly wrapped his arm around Lucca’s shoulders.

“You are such a loser.” She replied, making JaeHwan pout. She laughed again and leaned over to rest her head into the crook in his neck, immediately making him giddy and squirm slightly. “What the hell is your problem?”

JaeHwan’s giddiness fell into a grin as he stared off over the parking lot. “I just like you a lot.”

Laughing lightly at this, Lucca worked her arms through the sleeves of the jacket after fighting the larger jacket for a moment. Resting her head more assuredly on JaeHwan’s shoulder, she reached over and rested her arm over his stomach lightly in a slight hug. “You’re so silly.” She laughed again, looking up at him.

JaeHwan smiled broadly as he looked down at her, wiggling slightly again as he touched the arm that had fallen over his abdomen. Unable to think of anything else to really say past his alcoholic fog, JaeHwan just sat there smiling down at Lucca. After a few moments, the soft and slow music that was playing suddenly got JaeHwan thinking.

“Ah, Lucca~!” He said excitedly, reaching out and shaking her arm slightly.

“Mwwoooo~?” She whined, looking up at him with a slight pout.

“We never even danced tonight....” JaeHwan smiled a little shyly, wiggling a little closer to her.

Looking up as the soft music caught her attention, she started blushing slightly before she was pulled up from the bench. Yelping, she barely kept herself from falling off balance by grabbing onto JaeHwan’s arms. “But we’re drunk.” She whined, her head pounding not only from the alcohol killing her, but now the embarrassment as she found herself moving even closer to JaeHwan.

The music played around them, making them sway gently together to the beat. It was obviously a song that JaeHwan knew, as he started humming along softly to the song, his hands tenderly placed on Lucca’s waist as they swayed back and forth in the parking lot. Slowly, Lucca’s arms wrapped around his neck, her every instinct telling her to back away slightly. Her eyes looked up to meet his, surprised slightly by just how sincere they looked.

Continuing to hum along to the song, JaeHwan couldn’t help but smile fondly as he looked down at her. Swaying together, he couldn’t help but slowly pull her closer as they started to move around a little more.

A small breath left Lucca as she tried her hardest not to move closer to him. When she started realizing that he was humming along to the music though, she couldn’t help but sigh lightly. Even though they were both drunk, his voice was drawing her in even closer. It was practically more intoxicating than the alcohol that was making her feel fuzzy already. Gently wrapping her arms around his neck, she moved a little closer to him, her eyes meeting his.

Raelyn knelt down, searching the medicine for some acetaminophen. She was completely oblivious as the bell on the door rang again and someone else walked into the store. Searching the shelf, she finally found a tylenol bottle and made a sound in victory as she grabbed it. Looking it over, she nodded happily.

“Ah, Noona~!” The voice was louder than was really necessary and startled Raelyn just as much.

Jumping, Raelyn hit her head against the shelf above her, a few of the products toppling over. Groaning now, she held onto her head as she looked up to find HongBin side eyeing someone across the store. Raelyn rubbed the spot that was starting to swell as she stood up to look at HongBin.

“HongBin….?” She questioned, confused by his new name for her.

“Noona, you left your coat in the car. It’s cold out, and you’re going to get sick.” He stated this again a little louder than was really necessary, but when Raelyn followed HongBin’s slight glare over to where an older man was sitting, his eyes averted now. She now realised that the reason why he had been speaking so loudly was because the older man had been staring at her attentively.

“Thanks…” She said, blushing a little at her embarrassment. Taking the coat, she pulled it on, smiling a little up at HongBin in gratitude. She reached out and held up the medicine bottle. “I got it…. We should go get some snacks too.” She stated, gesturing to the aisle over where the food was sitting.

“Yeah.” HongBin nodded as he followed closely behind Raelyn.

They walked to the food, and HongBin couldn’t help but watch as Raelyn carefully picked through the snacks to find something. Smiling a little, he leaned against the end of the shelf and continued watching her slightly.

Looking up when she found a bag of chips, Raelyn smiled up at him. “This look good?” She asked, tipping her head a little.

“Yeah.” HongBin nodded. “You know, red is my favorite color.” He stated when Raelyn stood up.

Making a face, Raelyn looked down at herself, then back at him. Her eyebrows were furrowed as she looked at him. “Really…?” She blinked, confused by this thought. “You never really struck me as a red guy….”

“Okay, navy blue is really my favorite color, but red is definitely one of my favorite colors on you.” HongBin stated, waving his hand towards Raelyn with a slight wiggle. He shrugged a little, blushing slightly as he looked away and towards the window that looked out on the parking lot. When he saw Lucca and Ken dancing together, he made a slight face at it.

Raelyn blushed at HongBin’s words, standing up and carefully straightening her dress out slightly. Looking up at him, she tilted her head a little. Following his line of sight, Raelyn saw Lucca and JaeHwan moving together slowly to the music she hadn’t even realized was really playing. Lucca fell a little closer, her arms wrapped around his neck as they moved together. Moving to go after them and get Lucca away from JaeHwan, Raelyn stopped when she caught sight of how he was looking at Lucca.

Blinking a little, Raelyn realized that while she had reverted to thinking that JaeHwan was just being sleezy because he was drunk, she was wrong. As JaeHwan rocked back and forth, stumbling slightly with Lucca in his arms but quickly gaining their balance, he was smiling genuinely down at her. His eyes weren’t taking in anything more than her face, and he seemed more than content for that to be the only thing he was looking at.

Noticing that Raelyn was staring at the two, HongBin laughed slightly before moving over towards her. “Hey, Noona~” he waved his hand, catching her attention quickly. “I never got to slow dance with you…”

Blushing harshly, Raelyn looked up to HongBin awkwardly. “Oh, I-”

Before she could bring up any argument though, HongBin gently reached out and caught her waist lightly, slipping his hands under the jacket as he pulled her closer. Raelyn took a second before she put her arms up around his shoulders. They started swaying back and forth, an awkward blush covering both of their faces as they moved to the slow music that was moving their siblings out in the parking lot.