Fragile //Lucas NCT ff

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Flashback

Lucas walked inside his house after getting back from school.

"Appa?Eomma?Hyung?"

He felt weird because the house looks empty but he knew that all his family was inside the house.

Suddenly,he heard glasses shattered.

He felt scared but curiousity also numb in so he slowly walked to the source of the shattered sound.

He carefully walked up the stairs as he heard it from above.

As he reached upstairs,he slowly walked to his parents room.

The more steps he took,the more clearer he heard the voice of his parents.

He heard like both of them were fighting and cursing each other.

He leaned his head to the door wanted to hear it clearly.

As he was listening,he almost slipped and  hit the door but then Jungwoo held him then pulled him away from the door.

He was shocked but then he felt glad to see his brother.

"Hyung,I --"

Jungwoo quickly closed Lucas's mouth and put one of his finger to his mouth signalling to keep quiet.

Lucas understand it as he nodded.

They both flinched when they heard their dad yelling.

Lucas felt scared when then Jungwoo closed Lucas's ears with his hand.

Lucas sobbed.

He then hugged Jungwoo cause he felt safe to be with his brother.

His brother is the only one that love him and can protect him.

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Jihye wiped her tears while walked away from the hotel.

She walked barefooted as she held her high heels.

She felt very embarrassed after what happened to her.

Anger,embarrassment and anxiety engulfed her.

She stopped by at a supermarket nearby as she cant go back home with that condition.

Jihyo will noticed it and things might be more hard if she knew about it.

Suddenly,she heard her stomach growling.

She held her stomach,she must be very hungry.

She walked inside the supermarket decided to eat ramen there.

She paid the ramen then sat at the table near the entrance.

She wiped her face with some tissue so that she looked better and didnt attract other people's attention.

She realized that there's a guy also sitting there eating the ramen but she just ignored it as she deeply drown in her situation yet.

"Jihye,is that you?"

Jihye stopped.

Nervousness trickled in her.

"Who the heck recognized her in this mean of time?",she mumbled herself.

She turned around then saw Taeil looked and smiled at her.

She felt relieved as long as its not Lucas.

"I didnt realized its you",Jihye said.

Taeil grinned,

"I stopped by here cause i felt very hungry",he answered.

Jihye nodded then looked back at her food.

"Wow!you must be a heavy eater right",he laughed.

Jihye looked back at him when she pointed her finger to herself.

She tried to figure out what Taeil tried to say.

"You must have eat a lot at the hotel earlier then you came here to have some ramen",he explained followed by a giggle.

When she heard that,she suddenly looked down to the floor.

All her feelings came back to her abruptly until she didnt realized that tears trickled from her eyes.

"Jihye,are you ok?"

He stopped laughing when he realized Jihye's face changed.

"Im just joking earlier",he said as he was panicked that his words might hurt Jihye.

Jihye looked at him then suddenly she hugged him.

Tears flowing from her eyes symbolizing all the pain she felt after she held it for a long time.

Taeil was astounded but he calm and carefully patted Jihye's back.

"Its ok,im here for you",he said to Jihye as Jihye kept on crying.

He felt worried as her cries was very loud that people inside the supermarket might misunderstood him but he cant just like as Jihye to stop crying.

As jihye was crying,he kept on thinking what did happen at the hotel.

"Does Lucas cheated on her?or does Lucas not love her anymore?",

Questions rambling inside his head when then Jihye released the hug.

She sniffed tried as she began to stop crying while Taeil quickly reached out the tissues near him.

He gave some tissues to Jihye and smiled at her.

Jihye smiled back at him then wiped her tears with the tissues.

Her face was red especially her nose.

Taeil opened the cap of the bottle then gave to Jihye.

Jihye took it and drank to calm herself before she thanked Taeil.

"Feeling better?",Taeil asked.

Jihye smiled at him,

"Yes,thank you Taeil"

She moved her body closer then she hugged him back.

Taeil completely shocked as he get to hug Jihye twice.

He felt like he was dreaming.

His feelings towards Jihye getting bigger and bigger but then

He realized that he must find a suitable time to confess about his feelings.

He also have to think about the aftereffects especially the bad part like

'she will get further away from him'