#1. Lucas and Jungwoo go ice skating. Jungwoo isn’t very good, and Lucas has to help him.
“You’re not allowed to laugh, no matter what! Okay?”
Lucas forces his mouth to turn downwards into a neutral expression before nodding solemnly in agreement. By the looks of Jungwoo’s unimpressed face, he wasn’t doing a very good job of it. His hyung’s wide-eyed look of terror makes him want to break down into pearls of laughter, and the urge to coo and pinch his cheeks is getting stronger by the second. Lucas was the one who’d suggested they spent one of their rare free days doing something fun. Jungwoo hadn’t made any complaints about them going ice skating right up until they were moments away from stepping onto the rink, where he’s now having a minor freak out.
“I won’t laugh! We’re just here for a bit of fun, you know?” Lucas says the last part in English while flashing a charming smile in hopes of calming down the other.
Jungwoo doesn’t take any notice as he’s too busy focusing on teetering around the entrance way, getting more and more worked up. Despite it all being slightly over dramatic, the sight makes Lucas’s heart flutter and his stomach twist with butterflies.
“Here,” Lucas begins, skating forward close enough that his outstretched hand is easy enough to grab onto, “hold my hand so you won’t fall. I promise you won’t get hurt!”
Jungwoo narrows his eyes at the offered hand but grabs it without hesitation. Lucas bites down on his bottom lip to fend off an on coming smile.
“You’re grinning,” Jungwoo comments sourly, letting Lucas know that he’d failed to keep a straight face, but the flush on his cheeks suggests that he isn’t mad at all.
Lucas tugs at their joint hands to encourage Jungwoo to step onto the ice, “if you take too long, the ice will melt and then we’ll have to go home!”
“Xuxi, I don’t think that’s -”
He’s cut off when Lucas tugs again, a lot harder this time, and Jungwoo stumbles straight onto the ice. A small scream echoes through the rink, but it’s overtaken by Lucas’s laughter as he winds his arms firmly around Jungwoo’s waist to keep him steady. Any warm flush of colour on his face has been washed away with a queasy shade of white, yet it doesn’t stop him from laughing along too.
“Thanks,” Jungwoo says through bursts of laughter, not bothering to pull away from Lucas’s hold just yet.
“No problem, man!” Lucas replies with a giant grin on his face. “I don’t think we can skate like this, though…”
Jungwoo snorts and attempts to stand up straight, holding onto Lucas’s shoulders to help keep him steady.
“Since I already broke the promise about not laughing at you, I guess I’ll just have to make right on mine to hold your hand to make sure you don’t fall over.”
Big doe eyes meet his, there’s a prolonged silence that makes Lucas nervous that maybe he’d taken it a bit too far.
“Of course - that’s the least you could do,” Jungwoo finally replies, voice soft.
Barely after the last word is out of his mouth, Lucas reaches up to grasp at one of the hands on his shoulder. He entwines their fingers together and squeezes reassuringly, a small smile on his face.
“Now let’s go have fun!”
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