Between Us : The Month of September | Luqi

Twenty Three

Yuqi wakes and looks up to the morning light that's peeking behind the still closed shades not knowing the exact time it is but got a gut feeling it's time to get up to start the day

And like the days before, the eyes couldn't resist itself of not glimpsing to Lucas's gift she placed on top her desk since the night they last met as she stumbles out of her bed

The gift is an auto reminder of how many weeks there is left to make the decision whether to accept or decline Lucas's proposal to be her boyfriend

But thanks to the reviews of last nights Queendom episode, her mind wasn't in the mood to count today, it flew straight to Soyeon whose name got the most mention in the comment section

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Soyeon have dealt with much more worse and hasher words to hear and read but it didn't felt as heavy as this one

The critics started from her choice of words to focusing on other details from the performance and connecting it with the past ones those people find offensive and problematic

She felt bad the girls got dragged along and just learned that some words often said in Korea as an expression of compliments can mean and interpreted as something else outside

Minnie just finished eating her breakfast when she receives a chat message from Yuqi wanting to check on Soyeon's condition. She told Yuqi the call they made to the PR manager on the same night was a great idea

The stress and pressure on Soyeon's eyes Minnie saw were no longer there the next day

Minnie : How is Lucas's jetlag?

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Ever since Lucas's return from the fashion week and photoshoot for Burberry in London 4 days ago,  he hasn't able to restore his sleeping schedule back to normal

It's like when he got back from Dubai all over again. Flipping night with morning. Morning with night

The last time Yuqi chat messaged Lucas, he plans to build the Lego she gave him on the finale of Keep Running along with the couple others he owns to fill in the hours

That plan and intention to do so actually existed since a few months back but it kept put on halt because of the busy schedule

Waking up to a view of Lucas's back sitting in the same spot and position he memorized before going to sleep kind of surprised Winwin

He thought Lucas will already be in bed by the time the sun rises and birds are chirping outside. But he guessed wrong

Winwin startles Lucas a bit with his big yawn getting out of his bed, "Xuxi" he calls, "Please get some sleep. The days off are for you to rest, not aiming a target to build each of the Lego's you bought before getting back to work"

Hearing Winwin's voice made Lucas realize the day was no longer dark, "No wonder my eyes begin to feel tired" he jokes leaning back to chair

Winwin counts the Lego's Lucas done building in just one night and said it'll be weird if Lucas's eyes doesn't give any reaction after all the hours spent with only one lamp radiating the desk area

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Few hours later when Yuqi and the girls is getting ready to be one of the performer in a university festival, she receives a chat message from Lucas asking why she didn't tell him the drama that happened when he was still awake yesterday night

Luclint : I read through the comments while tuning in the performance they posted
Luclint : I found a couple unpleasant ones
Luclint : Went on twitter to check and shock to read the tweets underneath the post you girls made
Luclint : You girls ok?
Yucisha : We are
Yucisha : A bit sad but don't worry :)
Yucisha : Maybe we need to understand deeply about other cultural beside ours
Yucisha : Afterall
Yucisha : Kpop now is becoming more international than it was before
Luclint : I wish I can tell those people they also need to understand where we are coming from
Luclint : To balance each other out
Yucisha : Agree
Yucisha : It doesn't feel pleasant getting called out for something that's not intended to go to that certain direction but did
Luclint : Kind of feels like crap when they demand an apology for the result of their own thinking and interpretation while continue on cursing at us
Yucisha : Let's not forget it's not nice calling out others who disagree with them just because those others sees it differently
Luclint : 💔
Yucisha : You seem to have been in such situation before
Luclint : Discussion within the fandom how I reacted to something
Luclint : They thought it was offensive and thought I could've done it in a better way
Yucisha : They don't know we read what their saying on the internet though we cannot reply even if we wanted to so bad
Luclint : It's a secret that will forever be a rumor among them
Luclint : Sorry for being noisy
Luclint : I can't help myself for not worrying, cause you just went through an accusation of misunderstandment not long ago
Yucisha : You did as well 😌
Luclint : But you had it worse 😌
Yucisha : I'm blessed to have such a supportive and positive environment to get me through to it 😊
Luclint : You're welcome 😬
Yucisha : Anyways
Yucisha : 🐒
Yucisha : How many hours of sleep did you get today?
Luclint : Not bad. Why?
Yucisha : I asked how many hours, not how was it
Luclint : You've been quite obsessed with my sleeping hours since yesterday
Yucisha : You don't like it that I care about you getting some rest?
Luclint : Kidding me?! I'm flattered
Luclint : 😅
Yucisha : ⏳
Luclint : I slept around 10. Woke up around 2
Luclint : A leap of progress right?
Yucisha : More like baby steps of progress
Yucisha : Let's just hope you can sleep normally tonight
Luclint : I'm done building the Lego you gifted me by the way 😊
Yucisha : Oh?
Luclint : I wish I can post it up in my weibo page or my anon accounts but that's like digging a hole for a new problem
Luclint : (picture sent)
Yucisha : LOL
Yucisha : Did you tell Win ge to pose or he offered himself to do it?
Luclint : I told him if he wanted me to stop building Lego's and sleep, he needs to do me a favor
Yucisha : So if it wasn't for Win ge, you might be still up around 10 building Lego's?! 🤔
Luclint : Not really
Luclint : I felt the drowsiness kicking in as soon as i lay my head down on my pillow
Luclint : My eyes probably wanted me to sleep but my mind were still on my Lego's
Yucisha : After a day not getting any, i'm sure your eyes were begging you to
Luclint : Hey Yuci
Yucisha : What?
Luclint : I haven't asked  about the location you are at right now
Yucisha : Salon
Yucisha : Waiting for Miyeon unnie getting her makeup done and off we go for another festival stage
Luclint : And?
Yucisha : Back to Cube to prepare more stuff for our fan club opening ceremony on the 22
Luclint : Afterwards?
Yucisha : Dorm
Luclint : Chat message me when you arrive back
Yucsiha : Video call?
Luclint : Still ask? 🙄