ILLICIT ° nct dream, wayv + srg

Chapter Thirteen: Not Enough First Impressions

Dedicated to:
YasminBoubakri

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It was another day— another day for them to spare in their training. Another dreadful day for them to spare without their teammate, Koeun.

It was only around nine in the morning but the Elites was already on the roll. Lucas set their call time earlier this day, moving it to seven o'clock, which was new for the rest of the members. Despite this, all of them tried their best to arrive on time, and when Lucas arrived, he didn't waste another second and let them start training.

"We can't waste any second. We have to make ourselves ready to face the X-Force and save Koeun."

"—Seventy-five. Seventy-six. Seventy-seven..." Lucas mumbled as he threw hard punches against the punching bag as it slightly swung against his hits.

His members would've not minded how determined he was, but he had been too worked up in training. He was feeling tensed— wanted nothing but to train and train more, using Koeun's kidnapping as his main motivation, punching without gloves on— and it terrified the whole group.

"Lucas." Hendery spoke when he approached Lucas' back.

"—Seventy-eight. Seventy-nine..."

"Lucas." He spoke louder for him to notice.

Lucas was about to throw his eightieth punch at the swinging bag when he felt being disturbed. Becoming annoyingly worked up, he unknowingly switched course and turned around, his fist aiming at Hendery.

I will save you, Koeun. I promise.

"Lucas!" Everyone was watching this in horror.

But before his fist could hit Hendery, a hand quickly took action and held his arm, stopping him.

"Lucas!" Hina screamed louder in the distance.

Hearing Hina's voice, Lucas finally snapped out of his thoughts. Returning to reality, he just noticed what was happening around him. He saw Hendery's horrified look in front of him, how he aimed his fist at him, how Xiaojun held his hand to stop him.

He was confused, but he knew he didn't mean it.

Sensing Lucas had finally calmed down, Xiaojun released their leader's arm with a little push, making it fall towards Lucas' side. "You're welcome." He spoke in a monotone before he stepped aside, making way for another person to step in front.

Panting as he calmed himself down, Lucas didn't have a chance to speak to Xiaojun when his attention averted to the person who approached them. "Agent Taeyong." He mumbled enough for them to hear.

"We just arrived and you're already causing a scene." Was Taeyong's greeting for him as he looked around the room.

Lucas found it unusual for their superior agent to come to them. Whatever reason it may be, he already concluded it was really important.

"You don't seem well." Taeyong remarked as he studied Lucas' confused figure. He was wearing a set of black suits that showed his superiority among the others. "We'll just return later—"

"No, no." Lucas quickly replied, finally being himself again. "You came here for something. It must be important."

Taeyong gave him a look first before he spoke again. "Alright." He decided to say, then motioned at the other three men behind him to come forward.