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episode fourteen : good evening

previously at lilly's house: 

we're going on a trip...in our car.. to the medical store

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During the whole car ride, Lucas wouldn't stop talking about his friends. He seemed specifically passionate about how they used to go out and have fun all the time before they were teddy bears.

What's wrong with him?

He never spared me a glance before, but now he won't shut up.

"So basically, we went to the beach right? And there was this really hot girl, and Johnny wouldn't stop staring at her butt. She knew he was staring, but she ignored it. He didn't see her face until she turned around. 

And guess what?! 

SHE WAS HIS COUSIN!", he staring booming with laughter, shaking the entire car.

I giggled, as I could picture Johnny's face after realizing the girl he was checking out was his cousin. Our laughter died out and the car was refilled with the usual silence until he decided to start another conversation.

"So, do you have any funny stories?", he asked, finally calming down.

I had to think about it for a good minute. Actually, a lot of incidents happened throughout my life, I didn't know which one was the funniest.

"Oh yeah, so there was this one time I did something totally out of character.

So basically, I think we were around 19, Sierra came to me crying that her boyfriend dumped her. I got really mad, obviously, and I took her out for milkshakes to make her feel better. When we were there, I saw her ex-boyfriend hitting up some other girl. This is when sh*t went down, and I got really pissed.

I took the milkshake in my hand and threw it at both of them, along with the glass too. Because of that, we all got kicked and we were banned from ever going there", I explained, smiling while recollecting fond memories.

"Really? I didn't expect you to do something like that", he smirked, glancing at me.

"Me too. We're here", I observed, parking the car.

We both exited the car and walked into the small medical shop laughing.

****

"I need you to find the venipuncture syringes for me, you know the ones with the needles? I'm going to go look for cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol", I instructed him.

I decided the best way to test for a disease was to do a blood test. I really didn't want to take a swab from the genitals, and it wasn't that hard to do a blood test anyway.

I earned a couple strange looks from the people around. Now I was completely aware that they couldn't see him and I looked like a lunatic, talking to myself.

Feeling incredibly self-conscious, I took out the earbuds from my pocket and plugged them into my ears. At least then people would think I'm talking on the phone.

"I found them", I heard Lucas from behind me.

"Ok good", I tossed the things in his hands into the cart hanging on my arm without sparing them a glance.

The last thing I needed was vacutainer tubes, which were all the way at the very top of the shelves. I tried looking for Lucas to reach them but he was busy finding latex gloves. Setting the cart on the tiled floor, I stepped up onto the second level of the shelf.

Reaching for the vacutainer tubes seemed like a failed effort since they were just too far up for me to reach. 

As I extended my hand out to grab one, I felt my foot slip off the shelf, I knew I was going to fall. The scene of me falling was playing in my head until I felt two strong arms wrap around my waist.

"I got you", I could feel his breath fan against my hot ears.

I twisted my neck to face him, to see him staring right back at me with big, brown eyes. We stared at each other for a very long five seconds, even though it really felt like 5 years. There was something in the air that made my entire body feel hot.

But there was something even more concerning, his eyes. There was an unexplainable emotion of desire that was swimming in his eyes. The grip on my waist tightened, making me feel hyper-aware of his presence. At that moment, I felt a feeling that I hadn't felt in many years. The feelings that made your stomach flip or even your heartbeat quicken.

 Infatuation. 

An innocent but daring feeling, and it was scaring me. It was like I was my first crush all over again, and so far, I wasn't liking it.

I finally broke eye contact and undid myself from his arms and stepped off the shelf.

The vacutainer tubes that I was aiming for, toppled over the shelf and hit the floor with a clatter.

"Sh*t", I cursed, walking over to the fallen object. I hoped they didn't break from the impact.

I leaned over to pick up the package from the floor, which was upside down due to the fall. As I bent over to pick it up, I could feel the presence of someone's eyes on a certain area of my body.

I gulped while rising up and turned around to face a staring Lucas. I coughed violently and pulled my shorts down, feeling very self-conscious. 

"You have a nice-", he started to say but I cut him off immediately.

"Ok I think we're done, we can go", I interrupted him and grabbed the cart on the floor.

We walked down the center aisle towards the cash register, not saying a word.

After a couple of steps, I noticed a certain object that caught my attention. I stopped in my tracks and walked back towards the object.

I took a glance at the object and back at Lucas.

His lips tilted into a devilish grin as I referenced the boxes of condoms sitting on the white shelf.

He nodded at them and I asked, "Which size?".

He tapped the box that said 'XXL', with his index finger, leaning closer to me.

"Ok......", I hummed, not daring to say anything. 

As my hand darted out to reach the box, I felt a soft hand under mine, reaching for the same box.

I looked up to see the owner of the hand, only to be frightened again.

"SEHUN?!", I gasped, pulling my hand out of his.

The tall handsome man in front of me stared at me with a shocked face,

"What are you doing here?".