It had officially been one month since Kenneth agreed to become Lucien's pair.
The memory of that decision lingered, his heart thrumming like a persistent drumbeat, echoing through the quiet moments.
After a few weeks of getting to know each other—or in Yoosung's words, 'basically courting'—the time had come to sign the damn papers and officially mark their partnership as legitimate. Kenneth felt his throat tighten at the reminder.
"So it's finally happened, huh?" Lennon said as he poured himself a cup of oat milk.
"…Yeah, I guess so." His eyes fluttered closed as he pictured the tall, dark-haired Striker who'd been a constant thorn on his side since the day they met.
He could never understand how someone so calm and stoic on the outside could be such an annoyance on the inside. Kenneth's irritation manifested as he drummed his fingers against the table, each tap echoing his internal churn.
