Expect... unexpected.
To say „It's complicated" is like to say nothing. First's younger brother Fourth is in almost happy relationship with famous singer and definitely doesn't need any changes. Khaotung is F1 driver for Ferrari in his last year in...
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Khaotung had been very busy since the morning. It was the first race weekend of the season and he knew he had to give it his all. Especially since he was to be watched by his friends from the Institute of the Knights of Light, whom he invited and for whom he arranged tickets to the paddock. He had already had two training sessions under his belt and this gave him some comparison as to where his new team was currently in relation to other teams. To everyone's surprise, the first training session was won by the lowest competitor in the entire group, the charming Japanese, Yuki Tsunoda. In second place was three-time world champion Max Verstappen, and third was Carlos Sainz, who took Khaotung's place at Scuderia Ferrari. A very angry Lewis Hamilton only finished twelfth and Khaotung knew it wasn't over yet.
The second training session in Australia brought more surprises. RedBull's No. 1 car, with which Verstappen was racing, unexpectedly suffered a breakdown and Max had to stop it on the track, prompting a red flag. When the Dutch car was finally removed, the session resumed and this time Charles Leclerc won ahead of Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso. Khaotung, to his great delight, took a very good fifth place, and his new team partner, Pierre Gasly, eighth.
That's why today was going to be extremely busy, but also interesting.
First accompanied Khao to his garage, took a seat between their team principal and Khaotung's race engineer, put on his headphones and watched the events unfold on the track with the others.
Gemini, Phuwin, Pond, Cooheart, Kaownah and NuNew had already arrived before the third practice session, but Fourth and P'Zee were only able to arrive for qualifying.
First hugged his little brother as if he hadn't seen him in months, not as if they had only seen him two weeks earlier.
“How's your boyfriend doing?” NuNew asked, smiling at First.
“That's quite alright. I don't want to say anything so as not to jinx it, but it looks like Tung finally got the car he deserves. He was incredibly fast in the second training session and I hope he will be even better.”
“Is there a chance for a podium?” Fourth asked in turn.
“I think there is always a chance. But you know, it doesn't depend solely on Tung himself and the speed of his car. Everything has to work perfectly: weather conditions, surface temperature, tire management, race strategy, timing of the pit stop, length of stay in the pit lane. You know, a whole bunch of little things that add up to a bigger whole.”
“I see,” Phu smiled, although First knew perfectly well that Phuwin didn't understand much, but he wasn't angry with him for it. On the contrary, he was glad to have met someone like him. As he looked at the people around him, he felt lucky for the first time in his life. He had a dear, charming little brother who always took care of him even though he was younger. He had a wonderful, handsome, famous and rich boyfriend who always did everything to rebuild his confidence and self-esteem. He had loyal, sometimes quite funny and goofy, but very sincere friends. Most of all, he was in the garage of the Alpine team, to which his boyfriend belonged, and although a year earlier, if someone had told him that this would happen, he would have tapped his head and decided that this person was crazy, now he was here, in the place that had always been his dream.
