Boy Friend or Boyfriend | Luqi

Chapter 17

'Baby, I really need to go...we can continue to cuddle as long as you want...'

'Baby...'

'Baby...'

Yuqi could feel her whole face and the tip of her ears reddened as she staring down at the remaining piece it ups of pizza they bought last night, feeling conflicted. Those exact words kept ringing and echoing in her head since she got up this afternoon in Lucas's room, in his arms, being unreasonably clingy to him. She didn't know why she did something like that in the first place. She must be losing her mind and thanks to that she has been trying to act casually in front of Lucas ever since, pretending as if nothing out of the ordinary happened between them in this very afternoon.

Luckily Lucas didn't say anything either, he acted like his usual self, no teasing or bringing up anything related to it, though she did notice he looked more cheerful compared to this morning and that annoyed her so much. How could she be the only one who felt this way while he looked so composed and peaceful? So unfair—

"Hey, are you okay?" Lucas's deep tone voice snapped her back to the present.

"Huh? What?" She glanced up from the leftover pizza on the dining table and found him staring at her with mix concerned-amused expression. "Oh yeah, I'm fine..." she mumbled, lowering her gaze to his long-slender finger that gracefully held a cup of coffee, avoiding his intense stare. For a second she forgot Lucas has been sitting in front of her the whole time she recalling this afternoon event and now she had to explain this suddenly flushed cheek to him! Great!

"Are you sure? You look so red..." said Lucas again, extending his long arm to touch her forehead. She groaned inwardly, she could feel her heart pounding like crazy as his arm drew near to her face and landed gently on her burning skin. For a moment she froze on her seat, didn't know what to do or how to react. So she just sat there, waiting for him to retract his arm and be done with his inspection. She had no idea whether Lucas did it on purpose or not but he surely taking his sweet time checking on her temperature. She never knew that ten seconds could last this long. "I don't think you got a fever..." he murmured in a low-deep familiar tone after some time. Her stomach did a somersault.

Of course not, smarty-pants! You did this to me! It has nothing to do with a fever! She rolled her eyes and both cheeks flushed even more. "Told you... I'm fine... I'm totally fine..." she grumbled, pushing his arm away from her flaming-red cheeks. Lucas raised his eyebrows at her, probably confused with her flustered reaction. "It's just... I think I need to get a shower. Yeah, shower! I definitely need that..." she added quickly in a rambling sort of way, then scrambled up from her seat and bolted up upstairs before Lucas could open his mouth.

She went straight to her bedroom and locked the door behind her, panting hard, inwardly cursing herself for being panic and stuttering like an idiot in front of Lucas. So much for being casual!

'Baby...'

"Stop! Stop thinking about that Yuqi!" she groaned as her brain started replaying the word again in Lucas's just-woke-up voice. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she scolded herself before jumping onto the piles of fluffy white pillows on her bed, burying her scarlet face into it. "It's not a big deal. He said that word so many times before, it means nothing, could be a random sleep talking..." she mumbled low, trying to calm her racing heart and convince herself. 

'It's different you dummy...' her mind argued back.

"No it is not, he joked about it numerous times before..."

'But he's clearly not joking this afternoon...'

"Well..."

'Besides, why would he joking around while holding half-asleep you in his arms?' argued her subconscious again, savagely.

Yuqi blushed hard again at the thought of Lucas holding her in his arms for six-freaking-hours. She didn't know how to describe her feeling at the moment. All of the emotions were kinda blending together, overwhelming her. She never felt like this before, especially not toward Lucas. Until this day she never really gave that much thought on those trivial things he did for her or casual words he said to her. She always thought it only natural for them to be close and comfortable with each other since they've been friends for a long while now.

So it kinda baffled her why his action and words affected her differently this time. Yes, he did treat her like a princess and spoiled her a lot on this summer trip but there was nothing new about it, he usually did that on a daily basis. Well, it could be one of the reasons.

She also wondered whether this happened because they've been spending so much time alone lately? Of course, there were his parents on this trip too but she mostly spent her time with Lucas. Just like these last two days, his parents basically left them alone in the house, not that she mind spending some time alone with him. To be honest, it was kinda nice to have him for herself—

"No. No. No. This is not right. This is crazy..." she shook her head, trying to push those wild thoughts to the back of her mind. "Yuqi, you like Jaehyun and Xuxi... Xuxi is your best friend and he is so—"

'Baby... we can continue to cuddle as long as you want...'

"OH GOD! I'm losing my mind!!!" she let out a low squeal while repeatedly punching the fluffy white pillows out of frustration. "Arrgh!!! Just why on earth do you have to hear him saying those damn words?!!"

She never knew that one particular sentence would hold this strong effect on her.

This is not good. No good at all. They still had one week left. This is Lucas's fault. If he hadn't said something like that and gave her weird and wild ideas about—

Her train of thoughts interrupted by a series of knocks on the door which followed by a deep tone voice that keeps ringing on her head since this afternoon, "Yuqi, are you really okay?"

She jolted up and sat up from the bed and replied as calmly as possible, "I'm fine..."

"Open the door first..." he mused while continuously pounding on the door. She let out a helpless groan at his persistence but she didn't move from where she sat, glued to the bed while nervously staring at the closed door. "Why are you locking it in the first place?" she heard him grumbled on the other side of the door.

"No! I'm going to take a shower..." she said again.

"Fine..." he gave up. She let out a relieved sigh when he stopped pounding on the door but then he spoke again, "Dress up when you finished, we're going out—"

"What???" She got up from the bed almost immediately, jumped onto her feet and unlocked the door. "Do we have to?" she asked him, peeking up from the slightly open door between them.

"Yes, there's nothing to eat..." Lucas arched one eyebrow at her. "What are you doing?" he asked, referring to the slightly open door. She shrugged. "Are you naked or something?" he tilted his head, teasing her.

"Of course not!!! You pervert jerk!" She fumed, opening the door completely, punching his arm, face blooming red again. To her annoyance, he managed to dodge it and chuckled at her reaction.

"Alright then princess, go take a quick shower, I'm starving..." He said afterward, patting her gently on the head then left with a knowing grin.

She unconsciously touched the part where he patted her as he strolling away from her room, humming a cheerful tune. For some unknown reason, she felt strangely pleased by those small gestures. She didn't know why but she kinda liked—

Oh God! Snap out of it, Yuqi!

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Hello everyone!!! I'm back! How are you guys? I'm sorry for the slow update. I've been super busy with works these days😭 I finally manage to get 3 days off and took a short trip to get some rest and start writing again. Adulting is hard😔

But I have good news for y'all, #luqienthusiast(?) I'll be updating several chapters within this week! Yay! I guess I need more vacation in order to enjoy writing again, lol!

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