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Summary: After a one night stand on your birthday, you never expected to meet the stranger again. You also never expected him to enter your life permanently.

Joshua X Afab!Reader

Genre: Fluff, Crack, and Smut

Cw: Standoffish reader (only for a bit), SoftDom!Joshua, Sub!Reader, Protected sex (don't get used to it), Slow burn (sorry), Frat parties, Joshua is a butt when he's drunk/hungover, Josua is also bad at feelings, Throwing up (from drinking), Past fling with Jihoon(so y'all are pretty close), Jealous Joshua (sorry if I forgot anything)

W.C.: 17.8K

You never expected to spend the morning after your birthday scrambling around in a cheap hotel for your clothes. It was currently 10am and you were trying to locate your bra in the mess of clothes that decorated the floor, all while trying to stay as quiet as possible. You froze as you heard the stranger shift in bed, praying that he was just tossing and not actually waking up, You’re hopes however were dashed when you heard a rough “good morning,” leave his lips. You said a quick good morning back, as you finally located your bra. You threw it on and turned around to grab your dress, slipping on the small piece of fabric as you pulled it down over your ass.

“Leaving so soon?” the male who was now sitting up, fakely pouted, laughing a bit under his breath as he watched you struggle. “Yup,” you said, groaning once you reached in your purse only to find your phone was dead. “Can I use your charger, I need to call an uber.” the male sighed before reaching towards the bedside table and grabbing the charger, he reached out his hand for your phone which you handed to him. You stood next to the bed waiting for your phone to turn on, the air between you was awkward as you avoided looking at the shirtless male. Once your phone chimed on you quickly ordered an uber, sighing when you saw the closest one was about 15 minutes away.

“You can sit down, ya know, I won’t bite, unless you want of course.” you scoffed at him and looked away, scrolling through your unread messages from all your friends. “How come you’re so silent, I couldn’t get you to shut up last night?” Rolling your eyes, you sighed at him again, “I don’t know if you’re dumb or what, but I don’t plan on repeating this, so you can stop trying to make small talk.” You continued looking at your phone, praying that your uber would get there faster. “Geez, someones not a morning person,” he chuckled before throwing off the covers. He stood up and walked past you towards the bathroom, which made you sigh in relief that you wouldn’t have to hold conversation with the annoying male.

Even though you thought he was annoying, you weren’t going to pass up the chance to get laid, and you were definitely not complaining when you were actually in the bed. Waking up next to him though just reminded you how annoying he had been when talking to you at the club last night. You had ignored it though in favor of taking the gorgeous man on the dance floor and grinding against him shamelessly before making out with him and then eventually ending up underneath him in bed. Not one of your proudest moments, but honestly it was worth it.

You heard the shower running so you took that as your opportunity to leave the room. You waited for about five minutes in the lobby for your ride to arrive. Once you were inside the metal sanctuary, you began your ride of shame back to your apartment.

A couple months passed since that night and you were now starting a new semester in school. Your friend Jeonghan had invited you to meet up at a cafe with him and one of his frat brothers.

You knew most of Jeonghan’s brothers, but knew there was one who you had yet to meet.. His name was Joshua and Jeonghan had actually grown up with him, but you hadn’t had an opportunity to meet him since Jeonghan studied abroad over the summer. You had known Jeonghan the better part of a year, but declined to go to a majority of the frat parties he had invited you to, since you wanted to focus on school. You were now entering your sophomore year and he his junior, so now if he invited you, you would probably take him up on his offer since you had less course load and a better grip on college.

You walked into the cafe, smiling brightly when you noticed Jeonghan, hugging him before sitting down. “Shua is grabbing our coffee and food, iced chai latte with pumpkin sweet foam and a chocolate croissant right?” you nodded, grateful that your friend remembered your usual order. Jeonghan caught you up on the part of his life that you unfortunately missed, telling you about his time in Korea and how he got to reunite with some old friends during his free time and see his family. You caught him up on your much more boring life and looked up once you saw your drink placed in front of you. You wish you hadn’t though because you met eyes with someone you had no intentions of seeing again. “Y/N, this is Joshua, one of my brothers and my best friend.”

“It’s nice to meet you,” you breathed out, taking a sip of your drink to try and cover up the paleness of your face. “You as well, Jeonghan has told me a lot about you.” He smiled sweetly, much different from the smile he gave you the night you were involved. That smile was confident and lust driven, this one was sweet and gentlemanly, it made you sick of the duality this man was presenting.

“Oh really?” you laughed awkwardly, putting on a similar smile, “Yeah, he told you’re pretty chill and study a lot.” You took another sip of your drink and looked away from him, “Yeah, that's me…” Jeonghan looked between you two with a confused expression, you were never this awkward around new people, something was up between you two. “Have you two met before?” He asked, which caused you and Joshua’s eyes to go wide, “No, i'm just a little tired today, sorry.” You defended hoping that would deter Jeonghan away from your odd behavior. The male just hummed around his cup before giving both of you another skeptical look.

You wished you could crawl into a hole and die in that moment. You never expected to see this man again, let alone for him to be best friends with one of your closest friends. You had heard about Joshua too, but not much, all you knew about him was that he was handsome, an English major, with a soft spot for music since it was his minor, and that he was Jeonghan’s best friend. Otherwise you had no clue who this man was. On top of that the man sitting in front of you was definitely not the man you had hooked up with. The sweet tone and personality he was exhibiting was such a 180 from the man in that club and hotel. Not once was there a cocky or teasing remark that left those slightly upturned lips, and his eyes were bright and genuine, not hooded or lust filled. The entire time you were there, you tried your best to not be awkward, you didn't fail to notice how Joshua’s eyes would slip to you while Jeonghan was talking or how he would keep his full attention on you as you spoke. You wanted to leave so bad, tired of looking up from your half eaten croissant or your drink just to see the man's eyes on you. You were enjoying Jeonghan's company at least though and you missed him terribly while he was abroad, so you just tried to focus on him, at least as well as you could.

After a couple hours you parted ways with the two males, sighing in relief once the entire interaction was over. You knew now that since you officially “met” Joshua you would be seeing a lot more of him; unfortunately. Jeonghan was probably under the impression that you two hit it off since you were able to fall into a more comfortable conversation with both of them, after the initial awkwardness. Plus unfortunately Jeonghan had a problem with trying to get you to date his brothers.

First it was Seungcheol, the president of the frat. He liked you but couldn’t see himself with you in a long term relationship, and you had felt the same, also agreeing to be friends. Next, it was Chan, the youngest member of their frat who was the same age as you. He was cute and very eager to please, but he was also very immature, but thankfully understood why you didn’t want to be in a romantic relationship with him. Lastly, it was Jihoon, a quiet music major, he was nice, but much too involved in his producing to have an actual relationship that wasn’t just physical. You both also realized you were better as friends than as lovers, although you agreed on being friends with benefits, for a short while before you both decided to just stay regular friends. You and Jihoon had formed the deepest connection however, and were still close now. The closeness would seem a bit concerning to anyone on the outside, but it was normal for you two.

All three men were quite handsome and also very sweet to you in the time that you were seeing them, but they just weren’t for you, causing Jeonghan to give up. You were hoping since Joshua was his best friend he would refrain from trying to set you up with him, but Jeonghan was also quite close to Seungcheol, and that hadn’t stopped him.

You stepped into your apartment, blowing out a puff of air as your cat Clementine rubbed against your legs. You knelt down petting behind the feline’s ears, smiling softly as the cat began purring. If there was anyone who could make you feel better, it was definitely your cat. “Clem, if only you knew what your parent has been through today.” You sighed out, chuckling a little when she flopped onto her back for a belly rub.

After feeding Clementine you got changed into comfy clothes and climbed into your bed. You noticed you had one missed call from Jeonghan, which was weird because he had just seen you. You decided it was probably an accident, turning on your tv for background noise as you scrolled through your phone. You noticed a new follower request on instagram and decided to check it, but scoffed once you realized it was Joshua. You wanted to deny it, but knew he would probably say something to Jeonghan so you begrudgingly accepted it, following him back. You were expecting to just go back on your feed, but once again to your surprise, you received a DM from the dirty blonde.

Shu495: Hey, do you think we can keep the whole hook up thing on the DL? I already know Jeonghan has a thing for trying to set you up with literally the entire frat, and I’d rather not become his next victim.

Cl3mzm0m: Yeah, trust me I was hoping you wouldn’t blab about it, but I'm glad we're on the same page.

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A few days passed since you messaged Joshua, you were happy that he had left your conversation where it was with your response. You were currently on your way to your first class of the day, a chai in hand as you yawned. Your first class was English 302, which you hated because it wasn’t even a part of your major, but you had to take it because it was a part of your core curriculum, to graduate.

You were a business major, and it wasn’t because you didn’t know what you wanted to do, it was because your parents wouldn’t allow you to major in art, so you made that your minor. You hated business, but it was the easiest major, and you still got to take a lot of art courses because of your minor. Plus after next summer once you took a few more classes you decided that you were going to change your major to art, and switch to a business minor. It would be a little challenging to graduate on time, but you didn’t want to spend the rest of your college career miserably, just because your parents wanted to have one last sliver of influence on you before you left the nest. You stepped into the small classroom, taking a seat in the back, not so you could doodle or anything, definitely not that.

Your professor walked in shortly after, and that wasn’t what made you turn your head. What really made you turn your head was the male who followed behind her. You internally groaned once you saw the familiar mop of hair, praying that he wouldn't notice you. You cursed yourself internally for not bringing a hoodie to class, why did you have to be different and choose a cardigan to keep you comfortable today? You tried to avoid looking at him, but knew you failed when you made eye contact, a familiar smile graced his lips, as he waved in your direction, which made you roll your eyes at him before pretending to scroll through your phone. “Good morning class, welcome to English 302, I’ll be your instructor this semester, Dr. Goodman, and this gentleman next to me is my T.A.. “Hello, my name is Joshua Hong, it’s nice to meet you all.” Joshua said, that same sweet smile from a few days ago overtaking his features. “Today, we’ll just be going over the syllabus and doing introductions. First off on the syllabus, I can be contacted at anytime, but I tend to only respond during office hours, so if you want a much more immediate answer, I advise that you email Joshua.” You were mentally groaning again at this information as well, because you knew that you would have a lot of questions regarding research. You were willing to take your chances on the office hours to avoid as many interactions with the male as you could.

Once your professor finished going over the syllabus the class began introductions, you lied about your major, saying it was art, since you were planning on changing it anyways. You didn’t fail to notice the surprise in Joshua’s face at the mention of your major, Jeonghan must have told him you were a business major, but failed to mention your minor, so his reaction made sense. After everyone introduced themselves your professor briefed the class on what the first research essay prompt was. A researched argument for change, that shouldn’t be as terrible as you thought. You already had a topic in mind that you were very passionate about, so you were confident that you would do well on this paper.

Once you were dismissed, you quickly packed your items up before exiting the room, you weren’t a teacher's pet, so you didn’t care about personally introducing yourself to the professor or trying to make a good impression. Plus you wanted to start working on a piece for your portfolio that you were going to present to a local gallery. Your dream was to make art and tell powerful stories through that art. You were lucky enough to excel in most mediums, including pottery, recently you had been dabbling in 3D art, by taking small pieces you carved out of clay and gluing them to your canvas, after glazing and firing them; using paint to create the shadows and make a new scenery with them. You were very into scenic art these days, painting meadows, city streets, and even some of the nicer areas of your campus. You wanted to start working on profiles, but didn’t know how you could incorporate your current favorite medium into it. You thought about creating a clay bust of a side profile, but didn’t know if your sculpting skills had quite reached that level yet. That was a worry for another time though, for now you decided you wanted to work on two things, the time for your portfolio, and Jeonghan’s birthday gift.

You didn’t know what you wanted to give the male for a long time, his birthday was about a month away, but you didn’t like to procrastinate. You knew booze and other things would be appreciated by him and would definitely be an gift, but you wanted to give him something to show how grateful you were to have him as your friend. You tried to think of all the things he loved and you narrowed it down to his frat and his pet rock. Then it hit you: a painting of his frat, but not just any painting, his lock screen. Jeonghan’s lock screen was a picture of his entire frats hands doing their ritual ring touch. All 13 members had matching fraternity rings that sat on their pinkies; you've never seen Jeonghan or any of his brothers go without theirs, just proving how strong their bond was.

You had asked Seungcheol if he owned the photo, trusting him to keep your secret, he gave you his words and also a copy of the photo, which you printed immediately. You took advantage of the summer to begin your work, you had a job in the art department so you luckily had special access to areas and equipment some students didn’t. Jeonghan’s other frat brother Minghao often accompanied you to help you get the hands just right, he was a contemporary dance major, and your second closest friend in the frat.

You would do all the carving while Minghao would tell you any ridges or details you may have missed. Originally you wanted to make the piece in color, but Minghao had suggested you make the piece black and white, while you left the rings their original silver color. His idea really made the piece stand out more. The white clay hands looked almost like they were broken off of statues which you loved. Minghao praised you for making the hands look so perfect, putting his hand over the one that matched his in awe at likeness in size and detail. This project had been your passion for the last half of summer, and now all you had to do was outline the hands on the canvas and begin painting the shadows. You were still trying to decide if you wanted to put the frat logo in the center or not, but that was something you would probably ask Minghao when you saw him in a bit.

You walked into the large studio, placing your bag down next to the easel you were going to work on. You grabbed the large canvas from the corner of the room that had your photo copy of the hands on it. Before you started painting you went to the table where your clay pieces sat, bringing the canvas with you. You carefully laid each hand in its place, each one fitting together like a puzzle piece. You took the pencil tucked behind your ear and slowly began to trace around each piece, being careful not to bump any of the hands out of place. You sighed in relief once you got to the final hand, tilting your head back as you silently celebrated in your head. You carefully removed each hand, just as carefully as you had put them on and moved your canvas over to your easel. You grabbed your paint and brushes from your supplies that you kept in the studio. You put in your airpods before you sat down and began painting, humming softly as you began working around the outlines. After about 30 minutes of painting you looked up when you heard the door open. You smiled at Minghao as he walked in with a large panera bag and a grin on his face, his wire framed glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose.

“I take it you haven’t had lunch yet?” you shook your head no, pausing your music as you stood up, meeting him at one of the empty tables. “I got your usual, broccoli cheddar soup and a bread bowl, and one chocolate chip cookie, and maybe a cinnamon roll for later.”

“God, what would I do without you Hao,” you smiled gratefully at the male, pouring your soup into the carb loaded bowl before digging in. “You probably wouldn’t eat for twelve hours, and then get yelled at by Jeonghan. Speaking of him, he asked if you wanted to come over later, the frat is having a movie night, just us, plus you our honorary sibling, officially named by Jeonghan and I.” you cringed at the mention of being an honorary sibling, considering you had slept with at least two of the frat members at this point. “Uhm, how about we call me a close friend, I literally slept with two of your brothers.” Minghao cringed as well, remembering the awkward time that you had been with Jihoon, and the even more awkward time that he had accidentally walked in on you two once. “Yeah, close friend… wait two?!” Oh fuck. “I-I meant one, I dated three so I just got my numbers mixed up,” you laughed awkwardly, but Minghao wasn’t buying it. “You would’ve said three then, and I know for a fact you didn’t sleep with Seungcheol or Chan, so spill.” You sighed looking at your friend seriously before you began. “Ok. I’m going to tell you, but you have to swear on your life, you won't tell anyone in the frat or the person I slept with that I told you.” Minghao nodded, leaning in closely, “Remember the hook upI had on my birthday?” Minghao nodded again, with an expectant gaze, waiting for you to continue. “Well it turns out… It was Joshua.” Minghao let out a large gasp looking at you scandalized by the information.

“No!”

“Yes,” you whined out covering your face, “I had no idea it was him at the time, because Jeonghan never showed me what he looked like or anything, I only knew borderline information about him. So imagine my surprise over the weekend when Jeonghan finally introduced me to him. On top of that, he’s my T.A. for English, so I have to see him much more than I actually want to.” Minghao was hanging onto your every word, but your last sentence had him raising a brow at you in confusion. “First of of all, fuck you for breaking bro code and not texting me immediately after you met Joshua. Second, Joshua is really sweet though, he basically had all of Kappa like putty in his hands from how charismatic he was during the greek life field day.” You weren’t surprised by this, he acted the same in front of Jeonghan when you were “meeting for the first time” and also in your class.

“He was anything but sweet when I met him, he was cocky and the morning after he wouldn’t shut up about how he was like making me scream and shit.” Minghao tried his best to hold back his laughter, but couldn’t resist the urge and let out a boisterous sound. “What the fuck is so funny?” You huffed out crossing your arms. “Oh my god. You met Joshua when he was drunk, he’s like a different fucking person. Joshua’s confidence goes up like 110% when he’s intoxicated, otherwise, he's a pretty sweet guy. Probably one of the nicest out of all of us, aside from Mingyu.” You stared at Minghao as if he had three heads, you really hadn’t thought about that. So all those sweet smiles and warm eyes weren’t just for show, they were actually real. “What the fuck, I feel so stupid now, and mean.” You said dejectedly.

You were so awkward when Jeonghan introduced you and tried to avoid him at all costs, even going as far as rolling your eyes at someone who had done nothing to you in his normal sober state.

“You are in fact both, but It’s ok Y/N, he probably didn't take it personally, he knows he can be a tease when he’s drunk, so he probably doesn’t blame you. You nodded as you played with your lukewarm soup, a small frown decorating your features, if you didn’t feel so bad you probably would’ve slapped Minghao for agreeing with you. “Look, you can figure out how to apologize later, as long as you do it it’s fine.” Minghao said while taking a bite of his sandwich, “Yeah I guess you’re right…” Minghao nodded and let out a quick “I know.” With his mouth still full which had you finally hitting his shoulder.

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You and minghao stayed at the studio till around 6pm, you had left for a bit to attend one of your other classes on campus, before coming back to do a little more work. You and Minghao drove to the frat house, making sure to stop at the grocery store for snacks upon request of the rest of the frat. Once you walked in you were immediately tackled by Mingyu in a big bear hug. He lifted your smaller frame off the ground while squeezing you roughly, “Hi gyu.” You chuckled out as he set you down, grabbing the bags of snacks from your hands. “Hey, how was your first day of classes?” He began walking towards the kitchen and you followed him before replying, “Pretty good, I’m dreading my English class.” MIngyu hummed, grabbing several large bowls as he moved to the microwave to start making popcorn. “Oh the one Shua is assisting in, he told us that he saw your name on the roster.” You nodded, pouring some chips into a bowl, “Yeah, what about you, how was your first day?”

Mingyu was a culinary major, with a minor in business, so you had gotten closer with him because of some of your overlapping classes. He eventually wanted to open a café and force Jihoon to perform there, but the shorter male was already on track to becoming a very successful producer. He landed many jobs with film students and local businesses producing soundtracks and jingles to help build his résumé and had been contacted by several music companies with popular artists. Jihoon was nothing if not dedicated though, and wanted to finish his degree before accepting a job like that.

Speaking of the man he had just walked into the kitchen; god he looked good. Part of you sometimes wished you hadn’t ended your arrangement, but you and him both knew that it wasn’t good for either of you. Jihoon felt like he was using you sometimes and although you denied it, you felt it too a few times. Nothing was awkward between the two of you though. He was still affectionate with you, as much as friends could be at least. You both provided each other with a comfort that didn’t come from sex, so the occasional back hugs or times you would allow him to lay his head on your lap, playing with his soft black locks, were nothing uncommon between you two.

The aforementioned male greeted you and Mingyu, before hugging you from behind, placing his head on your shoulder. “Hey, how was your first day?” Jihoon sighed, squeezing your waist before replying, “I slept through it, I only made it to my last class.” You chuckled at his bluntness before reaching behind you to pat the top of his head. “That’s ok, what were you working on last night?” You already knew why he had slept through his classes, but you would never scold him for it, it was his passion and you understood that as an artist as well. “Something for my mixtape,” He hummed out, reaching around to steal a chip, he fed himself one before bringing one to your own lips, which you gladly ate. “How’s that going?” You fed him a piece of candy while plating more of the snacks. “It’s going good, it’s definitely missing something though and I don’t know if i’ll find that something in time.” You turned around to grip his face gently, looking in the sleepy males eyes, “I’m sure you’ll figure it out, you’re the best producer I know. I know you’ll have that missing piece by next week at the latest.”

“I’m the only producer you know, but thanks, I needed that.” Jihoon chuckled, leaning into your touch. “You guys are disgusting, I know you two aren’t together anymore, but you might as well be after that.” Minghao walked into the kitchen gagging at the two of you, which caused you to roll your eyes. “Hao, you and the rest of the frat would hate it if we were together again.” Minghao cringed at the thought, thinking of the times he accidentally walked in on the two of you. Even the one time you two were so horny that you ended up fucking in your car in the driveway, and he had the misfortune of walking past. “Touché.” He said reluctantly, causing you to smirk triumphantly at him, “Exactly, also I’m just trying to encourage him, sorry that I’m actually empathetic.” You shot back, Minghao just rolled his eyes at you before stealing a chip. “ Oh please, you’d never act like this with anyone, the only reason you are like this with him is because he used to be balls deep inside you practically every week.” You blushed furiously at Minghao’s comment, not missing the way Mingyu tried to stifle his laugh or Jihoon who was looking at the man with an unamused expression. “Exactly.” Minghao mocked before leaving the kitchen with a bowl of pretzels in his grasp.

Once all the snacks were made and the rest of the frat, minus Jeonghan and Joshua, had settled into the living room you tried to decide on a movie. With the majority of the frat on the couches, you and Jihoon decided to take the floor so that he could stretch out and lay his head on your lap. You had a paper plate and bowl full of food to snack on and to also feed the short male with. Eventually you decided on a horror movie, but decided to wait for the last two members before starting. “Sorry we’re late, the board meeting ran over longer than we thought it would.” Jeonghan and Joshua were on the student board. You didn't know what the English major’s position was, but Jeonghan was a student rep for the foreign exchange program.

“You’re good, we haven't started yet.” Seungcheol dismissed as he waited for his other two brothers to take their seats.

The movie started and it was pretty silent, a few people were on their phones, but that was expected. You were pretty immersed in the film and so was Jihoon, usually the man would tap your leg asking for food, but he hadn’t done that in the past 20 minutes. You felt your phone vibrate in your pocket and decided to check it, turning your brightness all the way down.

Shu495: Are you and Jihoon together again?

Cl3mzm0m: No, this is how we always are.

You realized this had been your first time Joshua was really seeing your dynamic with the man. To your knowledge, Joshua didn’t move into the house until this year. He was a CA last semester so he had to live on campus, at least according to Jihoon. Even though you and Jihoon did have sex in the frat a couple times, you never crossed paths with the male and more often then not you would have sex in your apartment since you lived alone.

Shu495: Oh

Shu495: You don’t worry about people thinking you two are a couple?

Cl3mzm0m: No, because we don’t really do this in public also it’s none of their business.

Shu495: Oh

Cl3mzm0m: Why are you so worried?

Shu495: I’m not…just not in the loop ig

You put your phone away glancing at the male, who quickly looked away when he noticed your gaze. You couldn’t understand his obsession with looking at you, but you decided to just forget about it, especially since Jihoon tapped your leg. You obliged him by bringing up a piece of popcorn to his lip, him humming out his thanks as a response.

Once the movie was over about half of the house was passed out. You and Mingyu cleaned up the living room with Jihoon’s supervision as your moral support.

Once everything was clean Mingyu drove you home since Minghao had been one of the members to pass out. You chatted about life and your schedules, agreeing to be study buddies for one of your marketing classes since you were taking the same course just with a different professor. Once you arrived home you waved goodbye to the tall male before getting ready for bed.

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A week later you were sitting behind the desk at the printing center in the art department. You worked there twice a week and it helped pay for some of your school as well as your other expenses. You were working on some of your homework for your marketing class when a couple of familiar faces stepped up to the counter.

“Hey, what are you guys doing here?” You asked, looking up at Hansol and Jihoon. “Jihoon texted me asking if I was busy because he wanted to see if I wanted to grab lunch, but then I realized your shift ended soon so we decided to come ask you if you wanted to join us.” Hansol explained motioning towards the shorter male who waved at you. “Yeah, I’ll be done in ten minutes, you guys can chill back here.” You opened the door beside you and both boys walked in, taking a seat behind you. You spent the last few minutes of your shift playing imessage games with the two. You didn’t have everyone in the frats numbers yet, but you had the ones of the people you were closest to. You were growing closer with each member though, so you had no doubt that eventually they would make a group chat with you.

The three of you left the art building and headed towards the center of campus, where the main building with all the restaurants on campus were. You were in the mood for some noodles so you went ahead to the ramen shop, while Hansol and Jihoon got pizza. The three of you met up again sitting at a small table in the corner of the court.

“How’s Jeonghan’s present coming along?” Hansol asked, grabbing a slice of pizza before taking a bite. “It’s going well, I just have to do a little more shading and add in the frat symbol to the center.” Jihoon leaned over opening his mouth, his silent way of asking you for a bite. “You got a picture?” You nodded carefully, blowing on some noodles before feeding Jihoon, trying to make sure none of the broth spilled onto his shirt. You pulled up the photo, taking a small bite of Jihoon’s pizza when he offered it to you. “Wow, it looks amazing, I still can’t believe you managed to get the hands that perfect.” You smiled at the praise, “They definitely aren’t perfect, my sculpting isn’t anything special, I don’t have nearly as much skill as most people my age who work with clay, but I am proud of how they turned out.” Jihoon rolled his eyes at you, he hated watching you put yourself down, but he wasn’t going to say anything since you were stubborn and would fight back. “Either way, skillful or not, they look good, Han is going to love it.” You nodded appreciatively at Hansol while blowing on your noodles, sighing contently at the comfort food.

“How’s your portfolio coming along?” You looked over at Jihoon thinking to yourself, how exactly were you supposed to tell them, that it was nowhere close to finished. “It’s going ok, I still have three pieces to finish.” Both of the men sat up and stared at you in shock, they knew how long a piece took you traditionally and knew you were way behind schedule. “Y/N, how are you going to make that deadline?” You smiled sheepishly before chuckling nervously at Hansol, waving a dismissive hand at him. “It’s fine, I’m used to pulling late nights at the studio, I’m gonna make it.”

“Y/N, it’s not funny, this could make or break your art career, you’re going to be a junior next year, opportunities like this don’t just come to everyone. It’s hard enough for you to get opportunities in the student gallery since you’re only a minor, this may be your last chance to establish yourself as a young artist. If you don’t make this deadline you might as well not switch majors.” Something about that struck you deep to your core, especially since Jihoon said it. He knew how passionate you were about art, but he had never said anything so hurtful. To most it wouldn’t be considered that big of a deal, but as an artist it almost shattered you.

The mood of the table had shifted and an awkward silence took over the three of you. You were trying to hold back your emotions, as you tried to eat your lunch, but couldn’t help the sob that was bubbling against your lips. Hansol and Jihoon looked at each other, panic rising once they heard the soft sound and saw tears begin well up in your eyes. “Y/N, I-“ You didn’t give Jihoon the chance to speak as you grabbed your bag, “Y-you’re right…sorry, l-I’m gonna go, I have some work I need to get done.” You said, quickly standing up and leaving the table, not bothering to say goodbye to the two. You rushed to the library and quickly found a private room in the back corner where you let your emotions out. Jihoon had his ways to motivate you, but he knew how much you hated your major, so saying that was a bit of a low blow.

Jihoon was lucky that he didn’t have to change his major like you, but you had now wasted a year of your college career on a major that you couldn’t stand. When you were together and even now while you were apart, you spent several nights crying in his arms about the classes you hated with a passion. Which made it sting more since he was one of the only people you allowed yourself to be vulnerable around, especially concerning that topic.

You knew you needed a distraction to take your mind off the situation, so you decided to work on your first English paper. You hadn’t made much progress yet and the paper was due in a week, so you needed to get started.

As you worked, you were trying to focus, but the puffiness around your eyes made it very challenging. your eyes were sore from crying and you were still sniffling as you typed. For a while you were immersed in your assignment, but we’re soon interrupted by a knock on the study room door. You looked up and saw Joshua with a starbucks cup in hand, with what looked like… your favorite drink? You motioned for him to come in, breathing out as you closed your laptop.

“Hey… I saw you crying while I was shelving some books, and thought you could use a pick me up.” You sniffled as you looked blankly at the man, how could he be so caring to someone he barely knew? “Thanks, that’s really sweet of you.” You smiled, pulling the chair out next to you, inviting him to sit. He accepted your offer, placing the large cup in front of you. “Do you wanna talk about it?” You sighed, but eventually nodded, “I was at lunch with Jihoon and Hansol, they asked me about my portfolio, which I’m a little behind on because of Jeonghan’s birthday gift. I guess I was acting a bit dismissive about the deadline, and it made Jihoon upset.” You sniffled thinking about his harsh words again, Joshua just touched your shoulder, urging you to continue. You collected yourself, taking a deep breath and continuing, “He started scolding me about not making the deadline… and then said if I don’t I might as well not switch majors,” you felt a tear stream down your cheek as you spoke, “I just, he’s said things to motivate me before, but he’s never said something so mean. I’m used to him being blunt, but he knows how much I hate my current major, so it honestly just hurt more than anything.”

Joshua nodded, he was slightly annoyed, but didn’t want to show it, you didn’t need negative energy right now. He also knew how blunt Jihoon could be, but that comment definitely took it too far. Joshua also knew how much he cared about you. Sometimes that care could cloud his judgment and cause him to say things that were very harsh, but they came from a place of love. “I’m sorry about that, Jeonghan told me recently about how much you don’t like your major. I hope he apologizes, if he doesn’t, I'll have Mingyu and Soonyoung bother him until he does.” You laughed at the blonde, taking a sip of your tea. “Thanks, and thanks for the tea again, I hope I didn’t interrupt you earlier.” Joshua smiled, pleased with the fact that he was able to get you to cheer up, “It’s no big deal, I was done with my work anyways, I couldn’t just walk by, with you looking so distraught.” You hummed, grateful that the male had come to check on you.

You were talking to Joshua for another hour, about everything honestly. Talking to him was really easy and he was actually pretty funny too. He tended to stumble over his words a bit but you thought it was a part of his charm. Eventually the two of you started working on school. You continued your essay, while he worked on something for one of his 400 level classes. You had no idea how you were going to get to 400 level classes when you could barely pass some of your 200 level ones, but in your defense those classes had nothing to do with what you wanted to pursue.

After two hours you finished your essay. You stretched your arms upwards with a pleased smile on your face. You knew it wasn’t amazing, but you were expecting at least a ‘B’ on it, so it was good enough. You closed your laptop sighing in relief before looking over at Joshua. He was focused on whatever he was reading. His brows were furrowed in concentration as he read, eyes quickly scanning the page. You didn’t know how long you were watching him, but it was long enough that your stomach gurgled loud enough to break his concentration, causing you to break out in a furious blush. Joshua looked at you in shock before laughing loudly, which made you want to sink down in your chair. “I guess we have been here for a while, want to go grab something to eat? I know a pretty good pizza place off campus.” You thought over his offer before nodding in agreement.

The two of you packed up your things in a comfortable silence, leaving the library side by side. You walked to Joshua’s car, thanking him when he held the door open for you, before climbing into the passenger side. The two of you arrived at the pizza parlor and sat down at a booth. You had seen this place but never actually ventured into it, so you were excited to try something new. Joshua ordered a pepperoni for the two of you before turning his attention to you. “So what does Jeonghan’s birthday gift look like? I feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t know about it.” Taking out your phone you showed the man the picture of the unfinished work. “Holy shit, is that the picture from the last field day?” Joshua asked in awe, you nodded in response before pulling your phone away and taking a sip of your water. “That’s amazing, Jeonghan told me that you were the one who sculpted the little thing Mingyu uses to hold his recipe cards, but I didn’t realize you could do anything this amazing.” You blushed slightly at his words, shaking your head dismissively. “I’m really nothing special, if I showed you what some of the other students who use clay as their medium, you wouldn’t be impressed anymore.” Joshua frowned at that, but he decided to leave it alone.

It was obvious someone hadn’t praised you for your skills in the past, so now when someone did you simply stated everyone was better than you were. It was a little heartbreaking to watch you talk about yourself like that, but he tried to ignore it, for your sake.

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Two weeks had passed and you were now sitting in the library with Mingyu working on your marketing course. You were only running off a few hours of sleep and a muffin so your brain was betraying you, making the lines of your textbook run together as you tried to focus. “Y/N, why don’t we order some food and take a break?” Mingyu suggested, noticing your fatigue. You nodded in agreement and took out your phone, so both of you could agree on a restaurant. “I should’ve made us some lunch boxes, I’m sorry.” You waved dismissively at the man, both of you didn’t think you would be in the library this long so you didn’t blame either of you for not bringing food.

Mingyu continued working until the food arrived, but you decided to take a small power nap since it was going to take about an hour. Mingyu woke you up after retrieving the food from the driver, figuring you needed as much sleep as you could get. “Thank you,” you smiled up at him as he set your food in front of you. “No problem, it’s the least I could do, since you fought me about paying.” The man grumbled slightly, causing you to giggle. “You always pay, I feel bad, plus it’s not my fault I already know your usuals.” Mingyu rolled his eyes playfully before smiling back at you as the two of you began to dig into your food.

“So how are your other classes going?” Mingyu asked, popping a fry into his mouth. “They’re going how’s. How about you, how's your culinary course?” “They’re going ok too, my culinary class is actually kind of hard this semester.” You gunned in understanding, taking a bite of your burger. “How do you feel about your class with Shua, have you talked to him at all?” You groaned at the thought of that dreaded class, that you were already failing. “I hate that class, I got a ‘D’ on the first paper. I haven’t talked to Joshua much though, I did last week, which I’m sure you heard about, but he usually sits near the teacher. He is very sweet though. Last class he checked on me and asked if Jihoon apologized. He hasn’t, but whatever, he’ll come around I guess.” Mingyu hummed, wiping some ketchup off the side of his mouth. “You should ask Shua to sit next to you, so he can help you.” “maybe…”

Another week had passed and you were now in the seventeen frat house, celebrating Jeonghan’s birthday with him and his brothers. You and the some of the guys had picked up his cake as well as some chicken and drinks to have while you chatted and celebrated. Minghao had helped you hide his gift the week before in his room, so that way you wouldn’t risk damaging it trying to transport it on your own.

You and Jihoon still haven't talked since that day, and you had to admit , you missed him. You didn’t want to give him the benefit of the doubt though, you wanted him to reflect. Even though it was awkward you still managed to avoid it and tried to focus on Jeonghan.

“So, Y/N when are you moving in?” You choked on your drink, coughing while Minghao patted your back, looking up at Soonyoung who was grinning at you. “Uhm never, I don’t need you smothering Clementine just because you think she looks like a tiger, or trying to dress her up. I didn’t forget about last year.” The event you were referring to is when you asked the frat to watch Clementine while you went home for the weekend. She had taken a liking to the quieter members and she was already accustomed to Jihoon, but despite her not liking Soonyoung he had managed to catch her and put her in a tiger costume. Soonyoung however is now sporting a pretty big scar on his arm, from when she went crazy on him. “You’re just angry that Clementine looked so cute and you weren’t here to see it.” You looked at the man unamused as did a majority of the table, “I’m really not, Clementine hates strangers now because of you.” The whole table snickered watching the way Soonyoung’s face dropped.

“Moving on from his sick delusions, how are you, how are your classes, anyone caught your eye lately ?” Seungkwan asked leaning in like you were going to tell him the secret of the century. “ I’m fine, I started talking to my advisor and he said as long as I pass this semester I might be able to switch my major next semester. Classes are fine too, the only ones kicking my butt already are English and marketing.” Seungkwan hummed, “You didn’t answer my last question.” You blinked trying to remember what it was and rolled your eyes at the man, “I swear your worse than Jeonghan sometimes, no one has caught my eye, we’re only about a month into school, it’s a little early.” Seungkwan scoffed at you, “It’s never too early, besides you’re so much nicer when you have someone around you or inside.” You grabbed a fry from one of the boxes of food and threw it at the male before standing up to try and chase him, but Minghao and Mingyu grabbed you to hold you down. “Let me go, I’m not going to hurt him that bad!” Seungkwan watched you in fear, hiding behind Jihoon who moved away from him. “No killing on Jeonghan’s birthday, kill him tomorrow.” You huffed at Jihoon's words but nodded, glaring at the man, “Sleep with one eye open Boo.”

After eating and drinking a bit, It was now time to open gifts and everyone had gathered in the living room to watch Jeonghan. The majority of the frat knew about your gift and agreed you should go last, since it would be like a big reveal. Jeonghan got some pretty great gifts, a few of them being gag ones from some of the members, but nonetheless welcomed by the blonde haired male. Once it was time for you to bring your gift down you grabbed an easel that was sitting in the corner of the room while Seokmin and Seungcheol went to grab the large piece of art. You told Jeonghan to close his eyes before throwing a tarp over the piece once it was placed on the easel.

“Ok, open.” Jeonghan did as instructed before getting up and walking over to the easel and grabbing the tarp. He slowly removed it with a curious expression before his eyes lit up, realizing what he was looking at. “Oh. My. God.” He spoke softly, fingers running over the hands as he admired the artwork. You stood next to the easel nervously playing with your fingers as you waited for him to speak up again. Jeonghan remained silent, mostly in shock, opening his phone to compare the art to the inspiration. “Do you like it?” You asked nervously, you were sure he did but you really couldn’t tell either, what if he didn’t like it because it was in black and white or maybe he hated the silver paint, frat insignia you decided to add in the circle? Your anxieties began eating at you as more silence enveloped the room.

“Han!” Joshua’s voice cut through the silence which had you glancing at him, thankful he finally snapped his friend out of his trance. “They asked you a question, can’t you see you’re stressing them out?” You blushed at Joshua’s observation because while you were worried you hoped no one noticed, but ever the observer, especially when it came to you, he, noticed.

“Y/N, did you make this, like all of it?” You nodded shyly smiling up at your friend who still had a shocked look on his face. “I can’t take all the credit though, Minghao helped me a lot to get all the details in the hands right, and making sure I didn’t starve myself.” You laughed looking over at the male who rolled his eyes and waved dismissively at you. “Literally all I did was tell you what creases you were missing in some of our hands, otherwise that was all you.” Jeonghan continued to stare in shock at the art before engulfing you in a tight hug. “I love it so much, thank you,” He said smiling before pulling away.

“How long did this take you?” Jeonghan asked, lining his hand up with the one that matched his, smiling at how uncanny it was. “About two and a half months, I finished it a couple weeks ago.” He nodded moving aside so that the other members who hadn’t seen it yet could get a closer look, all of them in awe as they matched up with their respective hands. “Wait, this didn’t get in the way of your gallery pieces right?” Jeonghan asked, his voice laced with concern, you suddenly shrunk in on yourself, smiling awkwardly at your friend. Jeonghan sighed before flicking you in the forehead, causing you to whine and rub your fingers against the now throbbing spot. “It’s fine, I only have two more pieces, and the gallery doesn’t need my pieces till December, I just have to pull a little overtime in the studio.” Jeonghan sighed at you knowing that these next two and a half months were going to be hell for you. “I’m really grateful for this, but I wish you hadn’t put an opportunity for yourself in possible jeopardy.” You pouted as you looked away from your friend, knowing he was right, but you knew you could get it done, it would just require some late nights in the studio, and you would have time for your other school work while you waited for your pieces to dry or set.

“ I got it Han, don’t worry.” You reassured him, he dropped the subject reluctantly and all of you decided it was time for cake. You stayed for a while longer, deciding that you would spend the night at the frat, not because you were drunk, but it was getting late and Jeonghan didn’t want you driving even though you hadn’t had much.

You and the guys started playing a game of, cards against humanity and about three rounds in you excused yourself to go to the bathroom. Once you were finished you opened the door only to find Joshua standing on the wall opposite to you.

“Oh… hey,” you said a little awkwardly, caught off guard slightly by his sudden appearance. “Hey, I need to talk to you about something.” You were confused why he might be asking you something, but went ahead and signaled him to go ahead. “I noticed you were struggling a lot in the research course, your last essay wasn't very strong and if you don’t manage to get a B or higher on the next paper, you’re in danger of failing. So I was wondering if you wanted some help. Your proposals are always really strong but I notice the sources you use don’t really back up the claims you’re trying to make.” You nodded at his words agreeing completely with him. You always hated research so you usually just picked the first source you could find without really reading it or understanding what it was trying to say.

“Won’t I get in trouble for cheating though?” You asked worriedly, “It’s not technically cheating, I’m not actually writing the paper for you, just helping you edit and with your research. Also there’s nothing in the T.A. rules that prevent me from helping out with projects like this, I obviously just can’t do the entire thing for you.” You thought over his proposal before nodding, agreeing that this would be beneficial for you and also provide the perfect opportunity for you to apologize. “Ok, great, I work in the library every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, I can help you out after then.” He said, smiling sweetly at you. “Thank you, this is really kind of you, also if you don’t mind, is there a chance you can come to the art studio on Wednesdays and Fridays. Minghao can always lead you to them, but it would be easier to work in between me working on my final pieces, since they're the largest in my collection.” Joshua hummed and agreed to which you smiled in response. “Uhm great, now that that's settled, I need to get past you.” You looked at the male confused before realizing you were standing in front of the bathroom, quickly moving out of the way for him. “Sorry…” you smiled awkwardly before making your way back to the rest of the groups.

“Were you two making out or something?” Seungkwan asked, making a disgusted face at you. “No! Joshua was just asking if I needed some help in my class, and I do because let’s face it, I’m only ok at art.” Minghao seconded you, and you punched him in the arm, causing everyone to laugh as he winced away from you. “Can we please get them a ring, I think they should be the first honorary sibling of the frat.” Soonyoung piped in from across the table, causing a murmur of agreements to bubble from the other members. Seungcheol just rolled his eyes at his other members shooting down the idea as he saw the way your face cringed. “ They’ll warm up eventually.” Seokmin chimed, hitting you roughly on the back, causing your eyes to bulge at his strength. “Dude be gentle, you’re gonna break their back.” Joshua cautioned the younger male as he took his spot again next to Minghao and Jeonghan. “Sorry Y/N.” Seokmin apologized smiling shyly. You assured him it was ok as you all continued the game, laughing at all the crude answers and sex jokes that the guys would shamelessly crack.

Eventually you all began to feel the fatigue caused by the drinks and antics that ensued throughout the night, deciding around 2AM it was time for you all to retire to your respective rooms. You said goodnight to all the guys before heading upstairs with Jeonghan, borrowing one of his shirts and a pair of shorts before climbing onto the air mattress they had set up for you earlier. “I want to thank you for my gift again, it means a lot to me, I’m gonna hang it above the mantel so everyone can see it. I’ll make sure to store it for parties though.”

“I’m just glad you liked it, I know how much all of them mean to you, you guys are a family after all.” You hummed, smiling up at the ceiling as you thought about the frat and how close they were. “Yeah, you better be anticipating a ring by the way, Soonyoung is probably going to annoy the shit out of Cheol until he orders one.” You giggled loudly, imaging the scene in your head before yawning. “I’ll try to act surprised when I receive it.”

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A few weeks had passed, it was about 5:15 and you were walking through the library doors. You decided that morning you should stop by a local bakery to get some cookies and other baked goods for you and Joshua to snack on while you worked on your paper. Your sessions with Joshua the past few weeks have gone well, he mainly helped you with some of the smaller take home work that you were assigned the week before and gave you tips on writing. The two of you, aside from working on schoolwork, were getting to know each other well each day you met up. You thought Joshua was sweet, he was always asking if you ate or got enough sleep the night before, and if your answer didn’t satisfy him, he would scold you, but in a way that only made you smile. You enjoyed spending time with him, he made you laugh, and sometimes he gave you butterflies in the same way Jihoon used to. You would try to ignore them though, since you figured it was too early to be falling for a man you just met.

You spotted him at the front desk, a book in his hands looking down at the text with a concentrated gaze. You decided you wanted to surprise him so you quietly approached the desk and placed the box of food down in front of him. He tore his eyes away from his current page, before meeting your own eyes and smiling. “Oh hey, sorry I didn’t notice you came in, I hope you weren’t waiting long.” You shook your head in response before rounding the corner of the desk to see what he was reading. He was able to read your body language very well, guess you really were spending a lot of time together, you didn’t even have to ask before he was answering, “Oh, it’s for a class, nothing interesting.” You hummed in response before grabbing the food as he placed a bookmark into his book, getting up and leading you to one of the study rooms.

“Your essay is really strong, but your sources are basically useless unfortunately. None of them actually back up your claims, and your lack of quotes also isn’t helping. Although there’s nothing to quote since ya know.” you groaned as Joshua looked through your annotated bibliography and your rough draft. You had spent the better part of the week looking up sources and drafting up your essay, but now you felt like you were back at square one. You were grateful for Joshua’s help though, he made English a lot more bearable and always encouraged you to keep going when you felt like giving up.

Joshua opened his own laptop as he took a bite of one of the macarons that you had bought. “I’m going to compile together a list of sources that you can use, but it’s up to you to find and cite quotes that backup your claims. Come closer, I’m going to show you how to find reliable sources.” You did as he instructed, scooting your chair next to his, peering over at his computer. “You know, you should know how to do this already, you have to take 101 before taking any English class, let alone a 300 level one.”

“And if I told you that my teacher let me pass because I blackmailed him…what would you say?” Joshua looked at you in shock, pausing his typing, “What do you mean blackmailed?“ You popped a small cookie in your mouth as you grinned at him. “Everyone has dirt, his was just very easy to access.” You shrugged as he urged you to continue, “Basically he was not only cheating on his wife with another faculty member, but he also had an old twitter account he failed to delete where he regularly participated in making misogynistic comments. Like any good detective I took a screenshot of every tweet and told him if he didn’t give me an ‘A’ on my final, that I would expose him to the school board.” Joshua gaped at you which had you chuckling a bit, putting your hand under his chin to close his mouth, “Remind me to never piss you off.”

“Don’t worry, you already did, but you’ve proven to not only be useful but pretty chill, so I’ll spare you I guess.” You joked while the male turned his head to the side in confusion. “How did I piss you off?” “When you were drunk, I couldn’t stand how cocky and shameless you were, but Minghao told me that you basically have a drunk alter ego. Which made me feel really bad for how I treated you when I met you again and when I saw you were my T.A.. I thought you were fake and that you were only acting nice to me because Jeonghan was there, but now obviously I realize that’s the real you, and wanted to apologize for judging you before I got to know you.” Joshua looked at you dumbfounded as you poured out everything, he was a little hurt, but he knew he shouldn’t take it too much to heart, since you had a very interesting first impression of him.

“Thank you for apologizing, I understand why you felt that way. I’m sorry your first impression of me was so bad, unfortunately my confidence is a little too high when I’m drunk.” You giggled agreeing with him, “Yeah, your cocky remarks were unbearable the next morning, especially the one about not getting me to shut up.” Joshua cringed at the blurry memory before looking away shyly, “Yeah, I promise that isn’t me,” he chuckled.

The two of you worked in a comfortable silence. Using the list Joshua had made you were able to find quotes and other material to back up your claims. After proofreading your essay again, Joshua smiled at you, congratulating you on a well written paper. The two of you decided to grab dinner again this time on campus. You saw Jihoon and Soonyoung in the food court and immediately went to the opposite end, still not happy with how the man hadn’t spoken to you in over a month after what he did. Joshua noticed, but didn’t question it, he had stayed true to his word and gotten Soonyoung and Mingyu to annoy, since the producer had a lack of urgency when it came to you and your feelings, but if Jihoon was anything, it was stubborn. Joshua didn’t miss the way the man looked over at you and his direction, or the bitter expression he wore watching you laugh at something Joshua said.

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“You’ve been spending a lot of time with Mr. Hong, anything you want to share?” It was thursday and you were sitting in your studio with Jun and Minghao. Jun had been talking the entire time as you tried to work, which you didn’t mind, you’ve been meaning to hang out with him more honestly. You felt your heart speed up at the mention of you T.A., but tried to keep your cool as you spoke, “If by spending time you tutoring me, then yes, he’s also been my company though otherwise since a certain stubborn ass producer won’t apologize.” You grumbled thinking about the short man who still had yet to put aside his pride. “Yeah I heard about his little blow up, Joshua came home that day and talked to him, even had Mingyu and Soonyoung mess with him.” Minghao slapped his hand to his forehead looking at Jun in disbelief, “You weren’t supposed to tell them that.” Jun’s eyes went wide when he realized his mistake, “Don’t tell him I told you that please!” You looked at the two with a confused expression, “What do you mean he talked to Jihoon, I’m not surprised about the MIngyu and Soonyoung thing, but what did he say to Jihoon?” Minghao and Jun looked between each other before the redhead sighed. “After your little quarrel with Jihoon, Joshua came home and immediately went to Jihoon’s room to talk to him about what he said to you. Basically he told him that he needs to apologize, and Jihoon told him he would, but obviously he hasn’t since you’re still grumbling about him.” You nodded, slanting your eyes slightly at the two, “Wait, why didn’t he want me to know?” Minghao and Jun looked at each other again before Jun spoke, “He didn’t want you to get upset at him for interfering, that's all.” You thought over his answer for a moment before humming in response. MInghao and Jun shared a silent moment of relief as you began working on your project again, thankful that they were able to keep their brother's secret safe.

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It was now friday night and you were sitting in the passenger seat of Mingyu’s car. The frat was hosting a party and had invited you for the pregame as well as the actual festivities. You weren’t wearing anything super over the top, but you were dressed a little nicer than your usual t-shirt and jeans. You were wearing a skirt and a crop top, you also decided to curl your hair and do your makeup. If you were lucky you’d be taking someone back to your apartment, but you were also just going to have a good time. Once you arrived and joined the rest of the frat, you were met with whistles from Minghao and Jeonghan. You blushed slightly but blew it off, thanking Wonwoo when he handed you your first drink. “Jeez, if you dressed like this all the time, you actually might have a boyfriend.” Minghao teased, “Right and if you actually started buffing up those arms, you might have a girlfriend!” You smiled fakely at the man who rolled his eyes. You both laughed it off though and continued drinking. During your pregame, you could feel someone’s gaze on you, you knew it was Jihoon, because the man was terrible at being subtle and every time you looked in his direction he would look away quickly.

Having enough of Jihoon’s stubbornness you motioned for him to follow you. Figuring the easiest place to talk and actually get privacy you led him upstairs into his room, closing the door behind you. “Jihoon, I know you’re stubborn but enough is enough. I know part of this is my fault too, for not talking to you sooner, but I was really hoping you would push your pride away for once and just apologize.” He looked away from you, leaning his hands back on his desk, “Well you seem fine to me, Joshua seems to be treating you pretty well.” You gaped at him, Jihoon has had a hard time apologizing before, but this was ridiculous. “Are you serious right now, you’re jealous of the fact that I’ve been hanging out with Joshua? Jihoon, he's been helping me out with my school work!” He scoffed at you before crossing the room to challenge you, “Yeah well what about the first time you two were in the library after what happened.” You pinched the bridge of your nose, “He saw me crying, because of you by the way, so he came to make me feel better. I seriously thought we would be able to have a civil conversation and maybe you would apologize, but this is seriously so childish.”

You walked passed him to the door, but before you could grab it Jihoon stopped you. “What?” You realized it came out harsher than you expected, but you didn’t care at this point, this was over a month of pent up emotions that had reached its boiling point. “Look, I'm sorry I shouldn’t have said that, I just know how passionate you are about art and it seemed like you weren’t taking this opportunity seriously. I care about you and even though we aren’t together anymore, I still love you, I always will, and I just want to see you happy and successful. Also I guess I was a little jealous of Joshua… because he was there for you and I wasn’t.” Your expression softened at his confession, “I accept your apology, and I'm sorry that I walked out instead of letting you talk…I was just really hurt.” Jihoon nodded in understanding and pulled you in for a hug, you returned it, breathing out contently. You definitely missed him and his hugs, “I missed you.” Jihoon pulled back and smiled at you, “me too, no more fighting ok?” You nodded and both of you went back downstairs, returning back to the rest of the frat.

“We’re you guys fucking up there, please don’t tell me you two nastys are back together.” Seungkwan said making a disgusted face. “Seungkwan, am I not allowed to have a private conversation with anyone in this frat without it having to lead to something else?” You deadpanned looking at him, “Well we know you and Jihoon have history, and Josh-. Ow!” Everyone looked at the male confused at the sudden outburst, “You good Kwan?” Seokmin asked, “Yup, just a cramp, I should probably drink some water.” You all nodded and continued your conversations, but wanted to know what Seungkwan was about to say. You decided to leave it alone though.

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Two hours into the party, you were past the point of being drunk. Currently you and Seungkwan were singing an interesting rendition of Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love while dancing along. The two of you were in key but teetering on the edge of being off. You usually didn’t sing in front of others, but there was a reason they called it liquid courage. Half the party was cheering you and the male on, as you sang together, you allowed Seungkwan to have his moments to shine and he did the same in turn. The moment was something you definitely wouldn’t remember, but Soonyoung, ever the opportunist, wasn't far and had his camera trained on the two of you the entire time. You could barely make out who was in the crowd, but you definitely didn’t miss Mingyu who was screaming for the two of you, and a smiling Joshua who was swaying his head to the beat. The two of you were at the rap, Seungkwan allowing you to take center stage as you let the flow take over you. Everyone in the crowd erupted into a loud frenzy of cheers as you rapped, while Seungkwan sang the backing vocals. You winked at Joshua and MIngyu before passing the focus back over to Seungkwan, allowing the man to take the melody of the bridge as you danced beside the man. You took the melody with him for the last section of the bridge. Once it came to the high note you let Seungkwan hit it along with the ad libs as you took the melody. Both of you finished the song, back to back, harmonizing, before you struck your ending poses, you both smiled at each other when you heard everyone cheer for your performance. You took Seungkwan’s hand so the two of you could bow and did so before putting the microphones back.

You and Seungkwan stepped off the stage, still feeling the performance high, you had a large grin on your face as Seungkwan led you to the kitchen for another drink. On your way though you managed to lose the man and bumped face first into someone's chest. “Woah there rockstar, you need some water.” You looked up from the chest you were currently against and smiled, “Joshy! Did you like me and Kwan’s performance?” He chuckled before nodding, leading you over to the sink, “I did, who knew you had a set of pipes like that.” You smiled and took the cup he gave you, frowning at the taste. “That’s not alcohol.” He chuckled at you again, “It’s water, you need to take a little break before you have more to drink.” You pouted, but nodded and finished your water, allowing Joshua to fill it up again before drinking a second cup.

Once you drank at least 3 cups of water, Joshua handed you a mixed drink that was more juice than it was alcohol, but you didn’t need to know that. He led you outside with an extra cup full of water, trying hard not to spill it as you clung onto his arm. It was much cooler outside, by the fire pit, Jihoon was playing his guitar, a much different contrast to what was going on inside. You swayed slightly to the melody the short male was playing, smiling contently as you watched the fire crackle in front of you. You leaned forward slightly to get warmer, but you were pulled back by Joshua. “Your hair isn’t up, you shouldn’t get too close.” You nodded, shivering a little at the loss of warmth. Joshua took notice and quickly draped his jacket around your shoulders. You smiled up at him gratefully, taking a sip of your drink after.

Hansol who was next to Jihoon with a blunt between his fingers, took a puff before, passing it to Minghao who took a quick puff before handing it to Joshua. Who took a longer drag then handed it to Wonwoo. You tried to reach over for it before the taller male could grab it, but failed, pouting a bit. “You don’t need to be crossed, you’ve already had too much.” Jihoon commented, he walked over to you and grabbed your drink before taking a sip, causing you to whine. “It’s literally juice, you’re not going to get much more out of this.” Jihoon chuckled before walking back over to his seat, your drink still in hand. You leaned on Joshua’s shoulder, he stiffened, but you were too drunk to notice. He didn’t fail to notice the smirks that decorated his brother's faces, but he quickly shook his head. It was no secret in the house that Joshua had a crush on you. He didn't want to act on it initially because of Jihoon, thinking you were off limits since the two of you were so close, but he assured Joshua that there was nothing between you now that wasn’t platonic. He also assured Joshua that he was free to pursue you, knowing if he hadn’t the male would spend the rest of his days endlessly pining after you. Joshua was still trying to figure out how he was going to ask you out, but he didn’t want to do it while you were drunk obviously.

Joshua was brought out of his thoughts when he felt a tug on his shirt. He looked down to see you, but with a look in your eyes that said you had renewed your energy. “I wanna dance, come on.” Joshua thought it over, but he felt embarrassed when he thought about dancing with you, “How about you go find Mingyu or Soonyoung, I bet they’ll dance with you.” You frowned for a moment but nodded, shakily getting up from your seat. All the guys reached their hands out in an attempt to steady you, but you were able to do it yourself and took off into the house.

“Nice going Joshy,” Jihoon teased, Joshua just sighed, “Look I know, I got nervous, I’m sure They’ll be able to find one of the two.” All of them raised an eyebrow at him, “And if they don't? They’ll be dancing with some random guy that they might end up taking home.” Joshua looked to the side to try and hide the twinge of jealousy he felt. “Well…that’s fine, I’m not their boyfriend so I can’t control them.” All of them groaned looking at their hopeless friend. “Josh, you need to be confident, I know you didn’t want to get plastered, but that might be the solution at this point.” Minghao said seriously. “I’m not getting plastered, I’ll work up the confidence, it’s just hard because I know they don't have feelings for me yet.” All of them looked at their friend sympathetically. They knew Joshua had been crushing on you since he properly met you, and after having a few study sessions as well as dinners with you, he couldn’t help the way he fell for you.

“I’ll tell you what Shua, I’m going to take Y/N out to lunch or dinner this week, and I'll be your wingman. Y/N doesn’t like listening to Jeonghan, but they’ll listen to me. I'm also better at being subtle when it comes to these things. You also need to give them time though, but I can promise you, if you’re not together by the end of the semester, I’ll shave my head.” Everyone looked at the man in shock, but nodded, knowing that if there was anyone good enough for this job, it was Minghao.

The group were brought out of their seriousness when they heard someone running towards them. “Guys I need your help, Mingyu is very drunk and has Y/N on his shoulders and won’t let them down, and they're also very drunk and won’t come down.” Jun said slightly out of breath. All of the men around the fire looked at Joshua who’s eyes bulged. “Look, I know I have feelings for them but the only one who can probably get them down is Jihoon and Wonwoo.” All of them nodded and got up to speculate and also help with the situation.

When they all walked in they saw you and Mingyu immediately because of the height. They began panicking when mingyu started jumping up and down, giggling furiously with no concern about your head. All of the men made their way over to the two of you, grabbing Mingyu to stop him from jumping. You looked down and waved at all of them, and they waved back to entertain you. “Gyu, can you let them down please, someone is going to get hurt.” Wonwoo asked the slightly taller man. Mingyu quickly shook his head before trying to make a run for it, but he was surrounded on all sides. “Y/N come down please, you’re gonna hit your head.” You looked down in defiance at Jihoon, shaking your head just as Mingyu did. Jihoon rolled his eyes

before motioning over to Wonwoo. Wonwoo grabbed you by the waist, enlisting the help of Jun and Joshua, and Jihoon once he could reach you. Despite your protests, you were no match for all 4 men, so reluctantly you gave up. Jihoon led you to the kitchen and made you drink some water, you looked up at him with a scowl the whole time, but then got a familiar feeling. You quickly got up and raced to the bathroom, grateful that it wasn’t occupied before releasing the contents of that night. Someone came behind you and suddenly pulled your hair back so that you wouldn’t make a mess while rubbing your back. “Yeah, you’re done for tonight.” Jihoon sighed as he continued rubbing your back.

After you finished throwing up, Jihoon helped clean your face, but insisted you take a shower since he hadn’t managed to get to you in time, causing some of the contents to end up in your hair. The frat began shutting down the party anyway so it was good timing. You left the bathroom where Jihoon passed you off to Joshua since he wasn’t one of the designated drivers for the night. The English major led you upstairs, handing you some of his clothes and an extra towel before leaving you to go shower. The shower helped you sober up more and made you realize how gross you felt also.

Once you finished in the shower you went to Jihoon’s room, figuring you would crash there for the night, but to your surprise it was locked. “Shit…” you sighed as you went to your only option: Joshua. You knocked on his door waiting for the man to open it, but what you weren’t expecting was for him to be shirtless. You don’t know why it caught you off guard since you’ve literally seen him like this before, but you forgot how toned the man’s upper body was.

“Sorry!” You squeaked out turning around quickly. “Oh sorry, I thought you were Mingyu, was Jihoon’s room locked?” You nodded quickly, still turned around causing the man to chuckle. “You can turn around, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before.” He said in a slightly teasing tone. Breathing out, you finally turned to face the English major, trying your best to keep your eyes up. “You can sleep here, it’s gonna take them about an hour to get everyone home, and I’m sure you’re tired.” You nodded, stepping inside once he moved for you. You looked around his room curiously, you’d only ever been in Minghao, Jihoon, and Jeonghan’s room, so you were trying to take in what was at least visible. His room was very him, if that even made sense. Joshua had a few posters of his favorite bands on his wall. His desk was neat and had pictures of him and the frat as well as his family. In one corner on a stand sat his acoustic guitar, you weren't aware that he played, you figured he just played piano like most musicians.

“You can take the bed, I’ll take the floor.” Joshua stated as he grabbed his throw blanket and the extra pillow off of his bed. You frowned at that, knowing from experience how uncomfortable the floors were. “We can just share, I don’t mind, as long as you don’t cuddle me.” You joked, climbing into the bed, patting the spot next to you. Joshua stood in the same spot for a moment before shrugging and taking his place next to you. Satisfied, you turned on your side so that your back was facing him, the male mirroring your actions as he stared at his desk. “I didn’t know you played guitar.” Your soft voice cut through the silence of the still room. “ Yeah, I’ve been playing for a while, I sing too.” You turned around, intrigued to know more about the man. “What else don’t I know about you Joshua Hong?” Joshua hummed in thought as he decided what to say next, most of your conversations up until this point involved him trying to get to know you, you knew things about him, but not as much as he did you. “Well, I’m an only child, when I’m not grading papers I enjoy reading and playing my guitar. I want to be an editor or journalist when I graduate, I still haven’t decided which. I enjoy movies, especially horror, but I’ll always prefer a book to a movie if given the choice.” Joshua turned so that he was laying on his back, staring up at the ceiling. “What else?” You asked, inching closer to him, “ I’ve always wanted to travel abroad to the U.K. or something, I wanted to go with Jeonghan to Korea last summer, but didn’t have time. I like to cook, Mingyu and I tend to do the most cooking actually, I can’t wait to cook for someone other than the guys in the frat though.” Joshua turned to look at you, breath slightly catching in his throat at the way the moonlight that slipped in through the blinds illuminated your figure. Joshua reached his hand over to push a strand of hair behind your ear, he couldn’t say what compelled him, he was never this bold, but he couldn’t deny how much he wanted you right now.

Your breath hitched slightly at his action, something about the way he looked at you ignited something in you, something that caused you to lean forward and capture his lips. The kiss started out slow, with Joshua bringing his hand up to cup your cheek to help him deepen the kiss. Joshua moved so that he was hovering over you, not breaking the kiss as he did. Eventually he pulled away so the two of you could catch your breaths, but it didn’t last long because a few seconds later he dived back in with more vigor. You whimpered into the kiss, bringing one of your hands up to cup his cheek and the other to play with the hair on the back of his neck. Joshua began grinding his hips down onto yours, you could feel his hard on through his sweatpants which made you feel undeniably hotter than you already were. “Fuck me, please.” You whimpered against his lips as you brought your hands down to the waistband of his sweats. “Ok,” Joshua breathed and with that, you knew you had permission to pull down his pants. As you did so, he grabbed the hem of your shirt and lifted it over your head, you helped him remove it and he helped you remove his sweats. He climbed back over you capturing your lips again as he removed your shorts and panties in one go, the shorts were pretty big on you, so you didn’t need to do much to help him get them off. Joshua wasted no time bringing his fingers down to your entrance to tease your folds. You moaned against his lips as he used his thumb to rub your clit, while his other hand found its way to your breast. He lightly squeezed it, tweaking your nipple slightly, causing you to moan loudly. “Shhh, these walls aren’t exactly sound proof,” Joshua chuckled, you nodded, choking back a moan as he pushed his middle finger into you. Joshua slowly pumped the finger in and out of you, while leaning down to place soft kisses against your neck. You whined softly into the stillness of the room, holding back the louder moans that threatened to escape from your lips. Joshua trailed his lips up the column of your neck before kissing the outer shell of your ear, “So gorgeous,” his voice made you shiver slightly and whimper out as he trailed his lips back down to where he was before. Kissing your neck with more fever as he added a second finger next to the one inside of you.

Joshua’s ministrations on your neck grew rougher as he started leaving marks against your skin. He was now three fingers deep inside you, you were trying your best to hold back your moans, but you and Joshua had given up at this point. “Josh, that's enough, need you inside.” You whined, trying to pull away from his fingers, “I am inside you, what are you talking about?” Joshua tried to feign innocence as he continued fucking you with his fingers, “No, not in that way!” You moaned as his thumb found your clit again. “What do you mean then love?” You groaned before reaching your hand towards his cock, stroking it softly, “This, I want this inside.” Joshua pulled back from your neck shuddering slightly at the look in your eyes, it was equally as soft as it was lustful, and made him lose all the confidence he had suddenly. He knew he couldn’t chicken out now though, not when either of you were this far gone. “Let me get a condom, hold on,” Joshua pulled away from you, but you nodded and waited patiently for him to put it on. Once he did he came back hovering over you, smiling down at you softly. “What?” You asked, laughing a little, slightly confused why he wasn’t continuing. “Nothing, you just look so beautiful.” You blushed a little looking away from him, but he grabbed your chin gently, making you face him, before leaning down to capture your lips again. You moaned into the kiss as you felt him lining himself up with your entrance, gasping out in pleasure once he finally pushed into you. Once Joshua was sheathed completely inside of you, he waited a moment before he began thrusting. His pace was slow but calculated, making sure to reach deep inside you and draw the prettiest sounds from your lips. He swallowed each moan that came from you, his own soft moans mixing with yours as he continued to pleasure you. “S-so good,” You mumbled against his lips as he increased his pace slightly, Joshua hummed against your lips before pulling back to look into your eyes. He brought his hand down and intertwined it with your own as held eye contact with you. His gaze alone said what he was feeling: love, adoration, and longing. You knew this wasn’t just sex to him, and you felt the same. You never realized you had these feelings for the man, but it all felt so right.

“Joshy, I’m close.” You moaned, his hips began to stutter slightly as he felt his own high approaching. “It's ok love, you can let go.” Joshua groaned out, as he started thrusting into you at a rough pace. It only took a few more thrusts before you were coming undone, a mantra of the man's name falling from your lips. Joshua came undone shortly after from how hard you were clenching him, his head falling into your shoulder as he stilled inside you. The two of you stayed silent, breathing heavily as you both came down from your heights. Joshua eventually rolled off of you, he tied the condom before laying on his back looking up at the ceiling. He looked over at you, wanting to say something and hopefully finally confess to you, but your eyes were already closed and your mouth slightly open. Joshua smiled before turning over to also get some sleep, he decided the two of you could just talk in the morning.

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It was now 9:00 AM and a feeling of deja vu was hitting you as you looked at the man beside you. You were hoping Joshua would address what happened last night. You felt embarrassed over the fact that you had fallen asleep so quickly after sex, especially since you realized the two of you had a lot to talk about. You watched as Joshua stirred awake, blinking the sleep out of his eyes as he looked at you. You smiled softly whispering out a small, “Good morning,” as he stared at you. He let out a hoarse greeting as he sat up before getting out of bed to retrieve his clothes. You watched him slightly confused and gaped slightly when he left the room, not saying anything else to you. He was probably just going to use the bathroom, is what you told yourself. You decided to get dressed yourself as you waited for the man to return, but when someone knocked on the door, you were surprised to see Jeonghan on the other side. “Hey, where’s Joshua?” You asked the man, tying up your hair in a messy bun. “Uhm…he asked me to come take you home…” You were slightly taken aback by his words, but nodded reluctantly as you followed Jeonghan downstairs. You saw a few of the guys cleaning up the last remnants of the party, and at that moment you felt so small, as if everyone present was watching you. This felt worse than a walk of shame, this felt like a walk of Idiocy. You felt stupid thinking that Joshua liked you the way you liked him. You didn’t want to think Joshua only slept with you and left to get back at you, but you were beginning to overthink everything as you put on your shoes.

“Hey Han, I’ll take them home, I know you have a pretty mean hangover.” Jeonghan tried to protest against Jihoon, but couldn’t as the producer grabbed your wrist, leading you outside. He could see that you were trying to hide your emotions from the rest of the guys, but you weren’t succeeding very well at least to Jihoon. Jihoon led you to his car, both of you climbing inside, sitting in silence for a moment before he heard your sniffles. Jihoon began driving, as he heard you continue to sniffle next to him. He stopped in an empty parking lot, getting out of the car and letting the seats down in the back before coming over to the passenger side and pulling you out. You allowed him to drag you to the backseat where he had a blanket laid out. He climbed in behind and pulled you into his lap, stroking the back of your head as you began crying into his shoulder. “That's it, let it out…” He soothed, allowing you to let your emotions out. “I feel like such a joke, he called me so many nice things and looked at me so sweetly, just to walk out this morning.” You sobbed out, gripping the front of Jihoon’s shirt. He grimaced at your state, he could tell you were falling for Joshua and falling hard, after seeing the way you looked at him when the two of you weren’t talking. Unfortunately he also knew that Joshua was an idiot when it came to his feelings and could admit to everyone but you that he liked you. He knew you were even more embarrassed because you had to face some of the frat this morning, just not on Joshua’s arm like you were hoping. “He’s just being stupid right now…he’ll come around.” Jihoon said in another attempt to soothe you. You simply shook your head before sniffling as you shook against him.

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Two weeks had passed since and you were currently in your studio with Minghao. You’d been holding out hope that Joshua would contact you, but he wouldn’t even spare you a glance in English. The only thing distracting you at this point was your art, but everyone close to you could tell that it was taking a toll on your health physically and mentally. You hadn’t been eating properly and Minghao, Jeonghan and Jihoon could count at least 10 times collectively that you had asked them to feed Clementine since you were pulling all-nighters at the studio. They had only given into you 4 times though, the other 6 times 1 of the 3 men would drag you home, making sure you ate and washed up properly before making sure you fell asleep.

Today was one of those days where you had been in the studio for at least 20 hours, drowsily painting as your headphones blasted music. Minghao and brought you some food that you only ate about half of before deciding your appetite was lost and offering the rest to him. Minghao couldn’t hide his worry for you, he tried his best initially, but watching you push yourself to the edge of exhaustion just to take your mind off of the stupid English major he called his brother was tearing him apart. He knew if Jeonghan or Jihoon saw you today they would probably have Joshua’s head for basically breaking you. Minghao knew with time you would get over it, but he also knew that there was no reason for you to get over it since Joshua had feelings for you too. He knew that he had to confront Joshua, and soon, so he made a plan.

Along with avoiding you, Joshua had also been avoiding Minghao and Jihoon. He felt daggers being stared into his back anytime he walked into the kitchen and either of the males were there. So he chose to keep their conversations limited knowing that the two would try and talk to him about you. Joshua had been successful, until today that was. Now he was sitting in the living room intervention style, with Mingyu guarding the stairs, Jihoon guarding the front door, and Jeonghan the back.

“I’m sure you know why we’re here, and before you say anything, I’m not going to yell at you and neither is Jihoon or Jeonghan.” Minghao shot a pointed look at the two, specifically Jihoon. “So, we all know what happened a few weeks ago, congratulations, but why didn’t you finish the job and ask them out?” Joshua stared at the red head as he thought carefully, knowing that if he said the wrong thing 1 of the 3 attack dogs would possibly go off. “I think I was just nervous, I was going to, I told myself before I fell asleep we needed to talk in the morning, but then I hid in the kitchen and asked Jeonghan to take them home.” Joshua admitted looking down in shame. “Right, and you know if you had just confessed Y/N wouldn’t be working themselves to exhaustion in their studio everyday.” Joshua looked surprised at that, he didn’t realize how much of a toll this had taken on you. He did notice you looked more tired than usual, but he figured that was because finals were coming up, not because of him. “Shua, I don’t know if you realize, but Y/N likes you a lot, even though they haven’t said much to any of us about it, it’s obvious by the way they look at you,” Jihoon supplied from his post by the door. Joshua felt horrible now, he couldn’t read any of the signs, too caught up in his own self doubt to see your feelings. “God, I’m truly a fucking idiot.” The English major said with his face buried in his hands. “Yes, you truly fucking are. You better get your shit together Hong, because Y/N isn’t going to wait around forever.” Joshua nodded at Minghao’s words sighing loudly.

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It was Friday and you were getting ready for a party the frat was hosting. You didn’t really want to go, but Jeonghan was forcing you to go saying that you needed to get drunk and just forget about your problems. You kind of agreed with him, but you didn’t really want to get drunk just to have fun. You reluctantly gave in though, not seeing the harm in having one night of fun. Jihoon picked you up from your apartment, skipping the pregame since he figured you didn’t really want to see a certain English major. You knew you wouldn’t be able to avoid him all night, but you were going to try your best.

Jihoon led you to the kitchen where Minghao and Jun were serving drinks. Both of them smiled at you, happy to see you looking normal at least. Jun passed you a drink, which you began sipping on immediately. You stayed in the kitchen with Minghao, Jun and Jihoon, who spent the first hour passing out drinks. Now that everyone was slightly tipsy and working on their third drink, the four of you could begin having some actual fun. Jun brought out some tequila so that you could start doing shots, and catch up to the rest of the party.

After the shots and another drink you could say that you were tipsy, tipsy enough that you were currently dancing with Jihoon. The man had voiced his protests, but after some very good puppy eyes and pouting, Jihoon reluctantly gave in and was now entertaining you, with his hands on your hips, while your arms rested on his shoulder, as you swayed to the music. For the first time in the last few weeks you actually forgot your worries, now you were grateful that Jeonghan invited you, not being able to remember the last time you felt this relaxed. That feeling soon disappeared though as you felt someone grab your shoulder and turn you around. You were now face to face with a very pissed off Joshua and before you could say anything he was grabbing your arm and leading you up to his room.

“Joshua, what the fuck!” You shouted angrily, tearing your arm away from his grip. “What the fuck me? What the fuck you? Why were you dancing with him?” You stared in disbelief at the man in front of you, the same man who hasn’t talked to you for two weeks. “It’s a party, I’m allowed to dance with people, we aren’t dating, so why do you care? We had sex twice and obviously both times didn’t mean anything!” Joshua breathed out stepping back, knowing that if he was going to do this, he shouldn’t be angry, “It meant something to me, and I know it meant something to you too, don’t lie.” You looked at him before looking down at the ground, “It did mean something to me, but I don’t understand how it meant something to you, since you walked out so easily the next morning and then proceeded to ignore me for two weeks. I know I did the same to you the first time, but that was different and you know it.” Joshua’s eyes went wide in panic, he was hoping you didn’t think that was the reason he left, but even he had to admit if you did this to him he would probably feel the same. “Y/N, no, I didn’t leave to get back at you or something, that’s not it… I-I was just scared. I was fully ready to confess to you after we had sex, but then you fell asleep. When I woke up and saw you looking at me, I got nervous and chickened out, then I was too scared to contact or talk to you because I was so ashamed of how I handled things.” You stared at the man with a confused expression, you couldn’t believe how many 180’s you had experienced with him at this point. “You’re so confusing, oh my god. After calling me beautiful and saying so many sweet things to me during sex, you got nervous the morning after?” You began laughing while Joshua pouted slightly. “If you don’t stop laughing, I’m just going to ignore you for another week.” That quickly shut you up, you couldn’t imagine another week without the English major. You never realized how attached you had become to him, and didn’t want a repeat of the lonely feeling his absence created.

“Look, I know I can be confusing and a little bit dumb at times when it comes to voicing my feelings, but I like you a lot. I’ve liked you since I met you in that cafe and I like you now. I love the way you look when you’re concentrating on your work, the way you sound when you laugh, the way you stuff your cheeks when you eat. Everything that I’ve gotten the pleasure to experience with you has made me fall for you more.” He finished looking at you with soft eyes. “Now, Y/N, will you please be my partner?” Joshua asked closing the distance between you two. “Yes!” You crashed your lips onto his, smiling into the kiss. You looped your arms around his neck, while he rested his hands on your waist, kissing you back passionately. The two of you pulled away smiling like idiots, leaning back in to peck each other’s lips softly like if you didn’t continue kissing the other would disappear. “I love you Y/N.” Joshua smiled against your lips. “I love you too Joshua Hong.”

The morning after you walked downstairs hand in hand with Joshua, rolling your eyes at the members who gave the two of you whistles. "Jeez, what did you do to the, they look like they got mauled by a bear." Seungkwan pointed out, gesturing to the red and purple marks on your neck. "I got a little carried away last night." Joshua replied with a shy chuckle. You pulled up the hoodie you had borrowed from Joshua in response, as you tried to ignore Seungkwan's observation. "Whatever, at least they are finally together, now we can stop listening to Joshua whine about how much they like them." Seungcheol said without glancing up from his phone. Joshua let out in embarrassed groan in response before dragging you towards the kitchen. You giggled at his shy behavior, smiling to yourself. You knew for a fact you liked this version of Joshua best, and you definitely knew you'd keep falling for him, like a domino.

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