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Lucas doesn’t know what time it is when he sees the post- it’s some time in the early afternoon when he finally awakens after the previous night out. He gets up reluctantly, to search for his phone which is discarded halfway across the room. He’s missed his lecture and probably the seminar but it is important to note at this point, first year doesn’t count.
He sees a note slid underneath his door and he already knows who it’s from:
BABY!!
You better be relieved halls doors are fire doors otherwise I would be kicking yours down you smelly boy. Please do your washing up, for the love of this flat and at least try and go to your lectures- I worry.
Also check your Facebook
-Mika
Lucas was relieved he wasn’t awake for Mika’s early morning antics. The PhD student was nothing short of enthusiastic when it came to Lucas’ personal life and honestly, could be a bit of a space invader. He wasn’t ready to check Facebook quite yet, honestly. The nightclub he disgraced himself at last night probably posted an ugly picture of him and he wasn’t quite ready for that humiliation.
Not when he was this hungover.
He reluctantly picked up his key card and left his room, stumbling into the kitchen. That feeling when you stand up, a little drunk still and lose your balance? Wow, Lucas thought, it can’t be beat.
He nosily rifled through Manon’s cupboard, knowing how much of a bollocking he’d get if he got caught. He finally found her Berocca and dissolved one in a glass to try and reanimate his corpse like body.
Stumbling back to his room, in fear of running into other humans, he rammed his key card in the door and picked up his phone lying face down on the floor. He thanked his lucky stars it didn’t seem to be cracked because he could barely afford rent, never mind getting the phone fixed.
Le Gang
06:47 Yann: Guys what the fuck
10:21 Arthur: Yann u ok hun
Wow what a shit night
10:22 Basile: It wasn’t! Daphné looked at me and I swear she wanted me but when I tried to go over she was gone somehow
Still good tho
I love the chase
10:25 Arthur: Not really a chase when she doesn’t want you tho is it
Ugh where are Yann and Lucas pls appreciate my sick burn
As for this ~look~ you must be Donald Trump Basile because I’m calling fake news on that
10:26 Yann: Sorry I’m here I’m dead but I’m here
Yeah Basile you need to give it up going out with you is an embarrassment
10:28 Arthur:
10:29 Basile: ☹
10:29 Yann: dude how long did that take you to make
10:32 Arthur: And not a single laugh.
I will take my talents elsewhere
Where’s Lucas he would never do me dirty like this
Seen by Yann, Basile
14:12 Lucas: ugh here
funny tbh Arthur
why’d you have a shit night
and why’d yann text what the fuck at 6am
14:12 Basile: and he doesn’t even ask me about Daphné
the audacity
14:13 Lucas: bc nobody cares sorry
14:15 Arthur: Ugh you know that guy I liked…
14:17 Lucas: yea
14:18 Arthur: I saw him getting with another guy
you guys can say it
I’m officially boo boo the fool
14:18 Basile: Boo boo who
14:19 Arthur: Literally Me this Morning
14:21 Lucas: Whattttttt no dude that sucks
wait but didn’t he ask you if you were going out
didn’t he like wink at u
I’m not making this up right
14:22 Arthur: foiled again by trash men
get it on my grave stone
14:22 Basile: Hey not all men are trash!
14:23 Lucas: whoever carelessly gave basile his rights can take them back
honestly tho Arthur
How I feel about this
14:25 Basile: who is that
14:26 Yann: Honestly no clue. It’s probably a meme, just let Arthur and Lucas have their fun.
14:29 Arthur: Welcome back to the club Yann, we were just discussing how we all struck out last night.
14:30 Lucas: does it count if I wasn’t trying
14:31 Arthur: Don’t even talk Lucas you literally breathe and boys are all over you
14:31 Basile: disgusting
14:36 Yann: Aw lay off him a bit
14:37 Arthur: nobody:
Lucas: I’m baby
14:40 Basile: oh my god
14:41 Arthur: come on Basile, it wasn’t that funny
14:42 Basile: No look at secret admirers you are going to DIE
14:42 Arthur: omg is it about me
oh you’re fucking joking
@Lucas
It was in that moment that Lucas started to panic as he fumbled through Facebook, scrolling through seemingly dozens of posts, trying to find the one the boys were referring to.
Then he saw it and his heart paused a little.
Consider this my love letter to Lucas Lallemant.
I saw you on the first day this year and yet, I cannot forget about you. This is a sincere message of admiration and affection from somebody who can’t find the courage to talk to you. I always see you laughing with your friends and it is so infectious I find myself laughing too. I wish we could talk more privately but I am trying to be careful with my heart. But you make me want to put it in danger.
I am sincere, my heart is waiting
Your secret admirer
Lucas was breathless. He didn’t think he stood out at all from the thousands of peers he swam past every day in the hallways. He didn’t know whether to be flattered or scared but he was definitely flustered by this sudden message.
He saw all the embarrassing comments his friends left below the line and he cringed not only for himself, but for the author. Whether he was flattered or not, there was a certain level of bravery required to post something so open and heartfelt. Mika had left something along the lines of, “get it, baby gay,” and he honestly hoped that some heartbroken girl hadn’t written it.
He took a deep breath and tried to conjure a reply that was both cool and effortless but also warm and kind, to match the vulnerability of its author.
He spent many moments contemplating if he even wanted to know the identity of his admirer. If this was Arthur or Basile playing a joke, he’d rather know now than get hurt.
The curiosity killed him in the end and he wrote up a reply:
Lucas Lallemant: Thank you for the message, I am very flattered- feel free to get in touch with me here or on my Instagram @lucaslallemant 😊 x
It wasn’t even five minutes later when he jumped at a new notification:
@srodulv hi lucas, it’s me.
your secret admirer…