Okay... So, Here's The Thing...

Chapter 22

When the photoshoot was finally finished and Raven was back in his sweatshirt and pants from earlier, Lukas tugged the boy over.

The first thing he had Raven do, was call his brother and tell him what the director had told him to do with the particular outfit shoot.

Raven shot him a weirded look with a hint of surprise, but complied. After he'd told Eun-sun what the staff lady had told him, Lukas took over and told Raven's brother everything the staff lady had told him, word-for-word.

Of course, Eun-sun was raging, and Lukas worried the building would burst into flames soon. He could practically hear the older stomping towards them.

"Eun-sun hyung's coming this way." Raven drawled. Lukas looked around, but did not find the orange hair of Eun-sun.

"I can hear him storming over." Raven rolled his eyes.

Lukas raised his eyebrow. He couldn't exactly hear anything but...

And ten minutes later, Eun-sun was barging into the room, the door banging against the wall behind it.

"Where's the director! I need to speak with him! Immediately!" He thundered.

And that was the short story of how the director was fired. A little shouting from Eun-sun here and there, the director arguing back, then— oops, the director was fired.

He shot nasty glares at Raven and Lukas (the latter in particular) as he stormed out and Eun-sun glared right back at him.

Hilarious.

—

"If you're okay with it, do you want to come over to our house? Maybe stay for dinner, you know, for once? You always leave." Eun-sun said.

"Oh, um, I'll ask my mom. I don't think she'll say yes, but I really want to stay over." Lukas said shyly.

Raven grinned. "We should have a sleepover!"

Eun-sun shrugged. "Sure, I'm fine with that." He nodded. "I'm just not sure if your mom will be okay with it." He turned to Lukas with a frown.

Lukas hesitated, looking down at his feet. He knew his mom would say no. She had said she would try trusting Raven more, but...

"Alright, how about this then? I consider myself a trustable adult and I'll come with you to convince your mother!" Eun-sun proposed. "I'm a really convincing person— I doubt she'll say no." He laughed.

Lukas brightened. "That'll be good!"

—

And that was how Raven and Lukas got in the former's car and drove over to Lukas' house, with Eun-sun following after them in his car— a blue Mercedes.

When they arrived, luckily his mom's car was in the driveway. Lukas clicked open the door, and then called out, "Mom! I have visitors who want to ask something from you!"

Raven looked decidedly nervous, but Eun-sun looked confident. Lukas wasn't sure how he was feeling. This felt oddly.... like he was asking his mother permission, but in a different way.

He shook off the thought.

Lukas' mom emerged from the kitchen and frowned at Raven and his brother.

"Hello, ma'am." Eun-sun said pleasantly. "I'm Eun-sun Gwon, and this is my younger brother, Raven, who I'm sure you know. He's your son's friend."

"I have met him before. Briefly." Mrs. Meyer nodded at the dark haired boy who gave a shy bow of the head politely.

"Mom, I... I wanted to ask if I could sleep over at Raven's? For the night?" Lukas said.