"She hid your toilet paper and glued all the things in your shower with super glue?" Manager Kang was biting his lips, laughing. He always fell for Seonghwa's tricks, so when Lucy promised retaliation he agreed to it. But he didn't know it would be such fun.
"So I guess you are going back to dorms today?" He laughed at Seonghwa's angry face and hurdled them all five in the nanny car. It was something he was looking forward to seeing Seonghwa totally stunned by her pranks.
When they arrived at the dorm parking lot. He actually went up with them, which was unusual, but thankfully he prepared himself and carried a few boxes of chicken with him..
"Don't tell it to me, but we should have fun too," he said and placed the bags on the counter. The dorms were cleaner than he thought. Maybe it was because all the members were cleaning after themselves or maybe that they weren't here that much, well he took out the boxes on the clean counter and had no problems waiting for all of them to change into more casual clothes.
Sunjun was the first that came in, of course as it was his favorite food, and Kangmin followed. Only those two were sharing rooms, as the other three all won the game they played and had their own room. The manager heard a big crashing sound.
"What the hell is this?" Hwa's voice rang throughout the apartment and was followed by another bang.
"What did she do to him?" manager Kang asked giggling Kangmin, and placed the chicken in front of them.
"Rearranged his room. To be honest we helped a bit. It was fun. If you open the doors too much you will tip over his gaming chair because it's holding only on a fishing line. The other bang was probably the mini library he has with books that tipped over if he put the chair in normal position because there is another finishing line connected to it." Kangmin talked with admiration in his voice. And heck manager Kang wasn't surprised. That was some leveled-up pranking.
"How long has she been here?" he asked, admiring her determination.
"Three hours and it took her another ten minutes to get out of the room without stepping on one of her booby traps that she set up. But don't worry nothing would hurt him. It always falls in a different direction than the starting point is." Hyunjun came in with his insight, for which the manager Kang was glad.
"Who was it?" Hwa shouted from his room, trying to see where the fish lines were, but deep inside he knew. No one would think of such an elaborate prank. No other than Lucy.
"I'm going to retaliate. She will lose sleep over this. This means war!" he shouted as he tripped over his bed that was in the middle of his room falling down on it. He turned around to lay on his back when he heard another fishing line snap and a pillow and all his blankets fell directly on him from above.
"I will make her suffer!" he shouted, but the blankets totally suffocated his words, not letting everyone else than him hear it.
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"Are you sure about this?" Lucy asked, unsure. The manager nodded and led her to the building he wanted to show her. "We just need to take all your electronics just to be sure you won't record anything. I'm sorry about that." he smiled apologetically, but Lucy laughed.
"It's okay I get it. I'm actually glad to see how this goes." Lucy sounded pretty enthusiastic. Manager Kang only smiled at her and took away her bag with her laptop and phone inside. Lucy waited for him at the same place and then obediently followed him to the set.
C-land was making new promo photos for the new comeback. And Manager Kang asked her if she wanted to see it, then, of course, Lucy agreed. Maybe she wasn't their fan, but it was surely interesting how it worked.
The building was buzzing with life. Everyone was busy doing something. Tring lighting, running around the members, doing their hair or makeup, helping him into clothes, setting the set. Everything had to be perfect. She saw the photographer change five lenses before he decided on two, one for normal shots, and one for close-ups.
"This is so interesting," Lucy exclaimed but it was only so loud that manager Kang would hear it.
"It is, I've been doing this for six years but sometimes I'm still surprised about it." He admitted without any shame and Lucy grinned at him.
"Hyunjun is ready!" someone shouted and Lucy's eyes opened really wide.
"He won rock paper scissors so he was first to go." Now it made sense. Lucy watched as Hyunjun walked out of the changing room in a black uniform, white shirt and golden shoulders, and white trousers. The red sash and some details made sure that he was to be noticed as a prince. And Lucy knew that. Heck, she wanted to be his princess. He looked stunning.
His eyes had perfect makeup on, making him look mysterious and noble. His hair became blond since the last time she saw them and he had colored lenses that were hazel green.
"Do I look charming?" he asked, walking towards the garden they had set up, while his gaze fixated on Lucy. He was burning a hole in her heart.
"Heck yeah," she exclaimed and then calmed down, regaining her composure.
"I think your concept will be successful," she whispered as soon as she saw him posing by the fake column among the colorful flowers. All of them were professional, quick and stunning. But what Lucy feared the most was Hwa.
When he walked out, his shirt wasn't fully buttoned, his hair was longer and flowed down in slight waves. His eyes, with his original color, were usually big, but now the slight glitter on the lower lid made them stand out even more and added a sparkle of mischievousness, too.
Once he leaned his hand onto the column and smiled with a hint of seduction Lucy turned around and had to breathe in and out. She was sick, there was no way he made her feel this way.
"I think I need to find a toilet," she whispered to the manager next to her who nodded and showed her the way. Lucy leaned over the sink and splashed some water on herself. Her stomach made a few more somersaults in her belly and then after a few breaths, it calmed down. Why was she so repulsed by him? He was really handsome and actually a bit her type. So weird… It was so weird…