18. drunk conversation

18. drunk conversation

it's been about a month since joshua and yumi confessed to each other. they decided to take things slow, since she was still recovering from whatever happened with hojin. since she blocked hojin, he still tries to talk to her at work, but she's always avoiding him. sometimes, she had nightmares about whatever happened, and she couldn't sleep.

joshua was there for her.

whenever she called him, he was always there.

she always felt bad for interrupting his sleep, for disturbing him, but he never complained. he loved helping her. he wanted to do everything to make her happy.

right now, joshua and yumi were both sitting in yumi's room, with bags of chips and chocolates surrounding them, as they watched a movie.

the movie had reached a particularly intense scene, but neither yumi nor joshua were paying much attention. joshua was focused on the bag of chips in front of him, while yumi kept stealing glances at him out of the corner of her eye, making sure he doesn't finish the chips.

"stop eating all the chips!" she said, pulling the bag away from him.

joshua stole the bag again, grabbing a handful and tossing it into his mouth. "i'm just helping you finish the snacks."

"do not talk while eating!" she hit his shoulder.

"sorry, sorry!" he laughed.

they spent so much time at her place since her mother loved joshua so much. whenever they weren't at her place, they'd be together at practice with all of the members of seventeen.

surprisingly, her and woozi had gotten really close. since the day she walked into joshua's dorm crying, woozi felt worried. he asked about her everyday, he actually cared. she was like a little sister to him, and he had no idea why, but their friendship was special.

"hey." joshua turned to her. "there's this new restaurant woozi and hoshi want to try out. i'm surprised woozi wants to go out... but anyway, do you want to go? they said we could join them."

"hoshi probably dragged him out of his studio." yumi laughed. "but sure, let's go. i'm really hungry."

"why haven't you said anything?" it was joshua's turn to hit her shoulder playfully.

they were both already dressed, joshua in a black sweater and grey sweatpants, while she wore black sweatpants and joshua's black hoodie.

her mom was already asleep, so they just left. joshua decided to drive since yumi was too lazy to walk, it was a 5 minutes drive. when they walked into the restaurant, hoshi and woozi were already seated, their eyes scanning the menu carefully.

"hi best friend!" yumi greeted as she sat next to woozi.

"hello there." he smiled at her. "how are you?"

"i'm okay!"

"i'm really jealous of them," hoshi whispered to joshua, but it was loud enough for them to hear.

"we can hear you." yumi giggled. "it's okay, i like you too hoshi." she said, making hoshi grin.

when the waiter came, they ordered their food, which consisted of bulgogi, samgyeopsal, bibimbap, kimchi stew, kimchi, rice and soju.

"so, woozi," yumi started. "how come you're hanging out with us?"

"want me to leave?" he stood up.

"no, no!" yumi laughed. "i mean, you hate going out."

"hoshi dragged me here," he said.

"knew it!" yumi smiled, turning to joshua. "i told you!"

chatter and laughter filled the table as the waiter placed the steaming plates in front of them. they dug in as they started complimenting the food.

the night stretched on, filled with laughter and small conversations. eventually, their laughter slowed down as they enjoyed the last sips of their drinks.

joshua turned to yumi with a smile on his face. "are you having fun, yumi?"

she giggled as joshua slurred his words. "i am, joshy. but are you ready to leave?"

joshua pouted. "noo! let's stay a little longer."

"we're definitely going home," woozi said. "you and hoshi are so drunk right now."

"what?" hoshi slurred. "i'm not! i'm okayy! i'm so happy, i love you guys!"

"yep, let's go!"

they paid the bill and said goodbye to each other, as woozi helped hoshi get into the passenger seat while yumi helped joshua.

"are we going on a roadtrip?" joshua asked excitedly.

"no, we're going home." yumi laughed.

"noo!" joshua complained.

yumi waved at woozi one last time before she got into the driver's seat and started driving back to her house. when she parked the car, they sat in the car for a few minutes in silence.

"yumi?" joshua looked at her.

"yes?"

"i really like you..." he said as he placed his hand on her cheek.

"i really like you too..." yumi smiled.

"i want you to be mine..." he whispered.

"you're drunk." she giggled. "let's talk about this tomorrow."

"drunk or sober, i still want you to be mine." he yawned. "can we go to sleep?"

"sure, let's go."

they walked together into yumi's house, she made sure the door was locked before going into her room. joshua immediately fell asleep on the bed, while she changed her clothes and lied down next to him.

"i would love to be yours, joshy," she whispered. "i just need you to ask me when you're sober."

he hummed, not saying anything.

she smiled at him as she fell asleep.

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