One and Only // lucas wong (#34)

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Lucas

I am always the life of the party everywhere I go, to every single party that I have attended. I used to attend quite a huge amount of parties when I am still back in high school, I have organised some parties and some of the parties that I have attended are organised by my best friends and they just know how to throw the biggest parties that everyone will not want to leave.

There are always alcohol and a dance floor so that I can show off my dance skills to everyone who is there, everyone knew me as the party king Lucas Hwang and it is still a nickname that people call me whenever I come to attend their parties.

I stopped going to parties frequently after I have graduated from high school and a lot of my friends need to work so that there aren't many times that I can relax and play around without the reminder that I need to stop playing so hard, I attended parties once in a while depending on who is the person who organised it and I would go to those places only.

Every party that I have attended, everyone said that I bring happiness to them and I feel very happy as well but not this particular party that I am in right now, this party is making me feel so awkward for the first time ever and I don't know what to do about it. Song Yuqi is at the same party as me and she is here as one of the guests of the newlyweds, I feel so awkward around her and I have no idea what should I do to be less awkward.

Everyone here is adjusting themselves bit by bit, letting themselves loose as they are having fun and being one with the music while I am like a high schooler who has just farted in a public place and everyone heard it. I looked around for my friends and they are all having fun, not even noticing that I have arrived at the party.

I sighed with disbelief, I knew that I shouldn't have come here when I am not in the best condition ever, I just finished a 8 hour shift and I am so exhausted but I had to work, it is something that adults have to do in order to have money in their bank accounts so they can survive for the rest of the month comfortably. Am I going to be like this for the entire party?

I looked towards the balcony and it was empty, maybe I should waste some time and get away from the party for a bit before I get rid of all the awkwardness in my mind and soul. I grabbed my can of beer and I and I headed for the balcony, the night sky is really pretty tonight just like a certain someone. Why does she have to look extremely pretty today?

I couldn't even look into her direction without blushing and this is a huge issue, I shouldn't be falling for her again after what happened to us 7 years ago. I know the consequences of being in a relationship with her and it is not a good ending, the both of us know this very well and that is why we have been trying so hard to avoid each other for the past 7 years.

I was glad that she left Korea to go back to her home country to get a job there, I didn't hear anything much from her for the past 7 years except when SooJin told me that she was having a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend of 3 years, I was feeling a little hurt inside but I am glad that it wasn't me that she was dating. When I heard the news that she was coming back to attend the wedding, I was going nuts because I have never expected to see her again and that was when things started going wrong for me again.

I started to think about her everywhere I go, there will be an image of her laying around somewhere and it was hard to get rid of that memory. I wanted to die when I learned that she is still lingering around here where she should be returning back to China for her business, I have no idea why she is still here after so long when she doesn't have anything to do here. Is she planning to stay here for a long time?

I have no idea but I just wished that she will get out of my life as soon as possible and then I will stop thinking about her, it sounds horrible but it is the truth. I heard a cough and I turned around, it was Song Yuqi and she was just standing right behind me. Has she been here for a very long time?

"Hey, are you free to talk to me now?" She asked and I looked down at the cocktail glass that she was holding onto, she must be a little tipsy to be able to approach me like that. I nodded and she makes her way towards me with a slight smile on her face. "How's life?" She sounded just like a generic question generator but I ignored it because she is so beautiful.

"Great, I have been working most of the time with a little time to spare for my weekends. You? Still on vacation before going back to work?" She looked at me confused so that I rephrased my last sentence to her. "I mean if you are just here for a prolonged vacation or you are going to be working here?"

"I got posted here by my company and I will be here for the time being, the contract says 2 years but it could be longer." She said. "Why? Are you getting affected by me being here?"

"Of course not! I am not affected by you at all, I am attached by the way. " I made up a little lie to her so that I would look cooler to her when I haven't gone on a date for the longest time and I have just broken my record today for not dating anyone. "Are you being affected by me?"

She shook her head. "I have a boyfriend and we have been dating for the past 3 years, we are in a long-distance relationship now because he is now working in Japan." She took a sip of her cocktail and she extended her hand towards me. "Shake my hand so that we can be friends, just friends who are in the friendzone. Don't you want to do that?"

I looked at her, she seemed to be serious about it and it would look bad on me if I don't shake her hands and be friends with her. And so I shook my hands and she passed out, spilling her drinks on my body and she rested her head on my shoulders, I wrapped my arm around her waist so that she doesn't fall. Why is she always like this?