hugo liked to think that ricky had warmed up to him by now, what with having trained in nova for 8 months now and surviving that horrid christmas evaluation by practicing by ricky’s side the whole time. he felt he had proved he was here to stay and work hard, which seemed to be pretty important to ricky. even so, with this progress, hugo still wasn’t satisfied with their relationship. he had gotten incredibly close to bambam, whom he loved to bits, and he wanted to have that close relationship with the other boys in nova as well.
so, with the end of training for the day, hugo tracked down the other 97 liner before he could leave the building, big smile on his lips. “ricky! hey, are you busy right now? we should hang out together.” he genuinely did want to get to know ricky better, especially since there was a high chance they’d debut together. ricky was the golden boy of nova, he could do anything he set his mind to, and hugo was a really good rapper, so the likelihood of them debuting together was indeed high, and that meant spending lots of time together, and being on a team together. teammates typically helped each other out and supported each other, and if hugo was to do that properly for ricky, he should know him better.
“i was thinking ice cream, since it’s so hot out. my treat!” before the other could say no, he already had their arms linked in a friendly gesture, hoping the other would go along and start walking with him. “there’s a shop nearby, i think. if we walk there we’ll definitely have earned it. what do you say?”