Strawberry Lipgloss | Luwoo

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A sigh slipped past Jungwoo's lips as he rolled onto his side for what felt like the millionth time. It was late and he knew he should've been asleep, but he just couldn't fall asleep. Lucas's family was so welcoming and sweet towards Jungwoo but something was just off.

There were no family pictures around the house at all...well except for the torn up ones on Lucas's desk. And even though Jisung had just walked right into the house, Jungwoo hadn't failed to noticed the unnecessarily high tech home security system. Maybe this family just liked to be safe...he was probably overthinking everything.

Even though it should've been obvious, it took Jungwoo a while to realize that the man ripped out of the pictures was Lucas's dad. It was the only person who made sense. He already knew that Lucas wasn't in contact with his dad anymore, but he had no idea what happened between them.

"Yukhei? Are you asleep?" Jungwoo whispered, finally letting his wandering thoughts consume him.

A quiet groan came out of the younger before he grumbled out, "I don't have to be."

"No I'm sorry I shouldn't have...never mind."

Reaching out to pull his boyfriend towards him, he wrapped his arms around Jungwoo and pressed a light kiss to his forehead. "What's wrong, angel?"

Jungwoo pushed himself out of the boys hold and shook his head, "Nothing. It's late, I'm sorry."

"Did I do something wrong?" Lucas asked as he sat up, fully awake now the he knew something was upsetting the elder. "Are you mad at me?"

Another sigh slipped out of Jungwoo before he sat up as well. "I'm not mad at you I'm kinda...kinda...I don't know. 'M going crazy."

"Why're you going crazy?" Lucas asked softly, not wanting to pressure him into talking, but also wanting to know what was going on.

"I don't know if this is going to make you mad...but I was looking around earlier 'n maybe I should've just ignored it but I saw the pictures on your desk." Jungwoo spewed out, feeling a bit guilty for being so nosy.

It took a few seconds for Lucas to realize what pictures the boy was talking about, but when he did, his whole body noticeably tensed up. He honestly didn't know why he hadn't thrown those away by now. He couldn't even look at them without being reminded of everything. "I'll tell you about it some other time."

Jungwoo deflated slightly upon hearing those words once again. He'd told Lucas about everything he'd been through, and he still had yet to know barely anything about his boyfriends life before they met. "You said that the last time I brought up your dad."

"Well I'm sorry if I don't want to talk about what happened where it happened." Lucas spat before scooting away from the elder and laying back down. "I've never forced you to talk about anything you're not ready to," He muttered as he pulled the blanket up to hide his face.

"I'm sorry that I'd like to know one thing about my boyfriend's life." Jungwoo laid back down as well, fighting the urge to cuddle up to his boyfriend. "Y'know, sometimes I just want to be able to be there for you, Lucas. I'm not trying to force you to talk to me, I just can't take care of you if I don't know how. You always comfort me when I'm upset...but I just have to make my best educated guess whenever it seems like you might be the least bit upset. I want you to trust me."

Although he shouldn't have expected a response, it still stung a bit when he was only met with silence. "Goodnight Yukhei, I love you," Jungwoo whispered towards the ceiling, fighting off the tears that were blurring his vision.

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Jungwoo's eyebrows furrowed slightly in his sleep from the commotion coming from downstairs.

"Mom! Tell Yukhei to stop saying Jisung's my boyfriend!"

"I'll stop when you admit you like him!"

"Both of you shut up! Jungwoo's still asleep!"

A small whine came out of the boy as he stretched his body out, finally starting waking up. Jungwoo's eyes fluttered open and he frowned when he was met with a wall. Lucas never left him to wake up alone in the morning unless he had class, and even then he would leave a cute note for the boy.

There was no cute note and Lucas was nowhere to be seen. He knew he shouldn't have been upset, Lucas was the one who deserved to be mad. He should've just forced himself to go to sleep instead of being so stupid.

Maybe the cause of his dramatics were the fact he had just woken up not even minutes ago, but Jungwoo pulled his knees up to his chest and tried his best not to cry. Lucas was probably going to come in here any minute and break up with him.

Coincidentally, Lucas did walk into the room, but with no intention of breaking up with the boy. The smile on his face fell when he saw his boyfriend curled up crying.

"Baby..." He said softly as he sat down on the bed next to Jungwoo. Placing a hand on the boy's trembling shoulder, Lucas tried to figure out why he was so upset. "If this is about last night, I'm sorry. I get defensive when somebody brings up my dad, but I still shouldn't have said that to you."

Jungwoo lifted his head to look at Lucas, "Y—You don't hate me?"

"Of course I don't hate you," Lucas replied, placing his hands on either side of the elder's face. He just nodded, his bottom lip quivering as he leaned forward to rest his head on Lucas's shoulder. "I feel like I'm the only person who can manage to make somebody cry while meeting my family for the first time."

"It's not you fault. 'M just sensitive and I shouldn't make you talk about things you don't want to," Jungwoo mumbled, snuggling up to his boyfriend.

"I think...I think I'm ready to tell you. I do trust you Jungwoo and I want you to be involved in my life too."

A small smile formed on Jungwoo's face upon hearing those words. But he didn't get a chance to respond because the bedroom door swung open.

Chenle's face fell as his eyes widened, "Oh god this could've gone a lot worse...I'll knock next time."

"Chenle, what do you need?"

"Mom wants you to come eat breakfast."

Jungwoo's head popped up, "Ou breakfast." 

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