Aphenphosmphobia » k.jw & w.yh

forty three.

"Underneath it all I'm held captive by the hole inside."

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"Hey, Lucas!" The furious shaking and the loud voice made Lucas sigh deeply, with a groan he opened his eyes and glared at the person. "It's just 10 in the morning, why the fuck are you sleeping?"

"Why do you care?" The taller male sighed, rubbing his eyes as he stretched. "I already did my job, is it bad to take a rest?"

"I guess not—"

"Exactly." Lucas added, looking back at the papers that were on his desk. "But now that you've awoken me from my slumber," He put emphasis on his words. Watching as his colleague looked at him like he was saying sorry already. "I better do something work-related."

"Look, I was just looking out for you, man. You know our boss, she tends to get really strict." Jackson shrugged, sitting down on the desk beside Lucas'.

"I don't care." Lucas answered, suddenly frustrated. He massaged his temples and leaned back on his swivel chair, his eyes then landed on his phone. Lucas reached for it and looked at the message he got a few minutes ago. "Reunion?"

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With great confidence, Lucas walked out of the airport, with his backpack swung lazily on his shoulder and his sunglasses sitting atop his tall nose, saying that he was handsome was an understatement. After a few weeks of trying to make his Boss let him have a week off, he booked the next and soonest flight to Korea and before he knew it, he was walking out the doors of Incheon National Airport.

It had been long 5 years since he graduated from their school. And 5 years since him and his family moved back to HongKong. Lucas rode a bus rather than a taxi to go to his hotel. He wanted to experience it again, the memories that were made in these places were just too precious not to relive again.

The bus passed a really familiar building, that made Lucas' memories explode. At that exact same moment, he realized about something.

"Is he... Doing alright? Is he still here?" He spoke to himself, biting his lip and partially cursing at himself for cutting off all the connections he had with everyone here.

It's even a shock that Minhyung found a way to contact him. He looked at his phone and mentally slapped himself. He doesn't have reception here. Of course. This is a different country. He sighed and looked out again.

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A few hours later, Lucas had finally managed to finally convert his money and buy a new number for the time being. He smiled at the woman who helped him, who was also smiling back at him. Lucas was pretty sure he forgot how to speak Korean but it flowed out of his mouth naturally, much like Chinese.

When he got reception, his notifications blew. All messages from his old friends asking where he was. He chuckled a bit before walking towards somewhere, he wasn't sure where. But Lucas wanted to tire himself for a bit.

Everything was just the same or either renovated. Soon, Lucas found himself walking towards a quaint little café, a café where a lot of memories were made.

"The name changed." Lucas breathed, slightly chuckling at the colour scheme of the small store. The tall male sighed before pushing the glass door open, in an instant the same nostalgic smell hit him.

The smell of coffee, powdered sugar and bread had made the air pleasant. Also making the shop warmer and if possible, it made the shop more cozy. Lucas chuckled a bit before walking towards an empty table. He smiled before sitting down, the table set was different, but the memories were still there.

"Some things never really change." Lucas whispered, looking at the exact scenery that met his eyes years ago.

After a few minutes, he stood up and walked towards the counter to order something. He looked up at the self-written menu on chalkboard above head, instantly noticing the similarities and differences from when he was still a teenager. Lucas pulled his wallet out and looked at the person behind the counter.

"Good afternoon, sir, what would you like to order?" She smiled beautifully, her eyes almost vanishing in a cute way.

"One vanilla milkshake." Lucas said, giving the girl the exact money for the said drink.

"Name, sir?" She answered, taking the money. Lucas smiled, he didn't know that this place started doing that, too. As far as he knew, years ago, it didn't.

"Lucas." He said without any thought, while the girl jotted his name down on a piece of paper. "On second thought..." She looked up, looking at Lucas, a bit confused. "Yukhei. Just put Yukhei."

"Y-u-k-h-e-i?" Lucas nodded, and smiled before walking back to his table. He waited for his drink to arrive, as he typed away on his phone. Talking and updating his family members about what he was doing.

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"Vanilla iced coffee for Yukhei?" Finally. Lucas stood up and walked over to the counter.

After 10 minutes, his drink was finally here. He grabbed his iced coffee and turned around, about to walk back to his table again, but a familiar face stopped him from doing so.

"Yukhei?"

"Taeil-hyung?"

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so i've been drowning in the sea of paperworks and exams

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also this isn't the only update this time

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