ocd || knj

chapter tweleve: jc pov

"She hugged me," Cara whispers, not having moved and still looking kind of shocked,

"Doesn't she... always?" I ask, confused, as Crawford follows,

"Yeah, she can never get her hands off of someone usually, she's always hugged me," I nod, but Cara stands, shaking her head,

"She, seriously, hasn't I don't think even touched us past us like guiding her into or out of a room or helping her up for something in I don't know how long. She used to, yeah, like last year, but after we got back from summer break, or more like last September, nothing," I raise my eyebrows, shocked, but then the realization dons on me and Cara nods, "I told you something happened around then. None of us here know what, but it's something." I nod slowly, Crawford looking between us. I just shrug, sighing,

"I guess we're just gonna have to figure that out too, aren't we?" She nods slowly and so does Crawford. We stand in silence, all processing the last five minutes, until Chloe walks out, Brian behind her carrying all the bags. I laugh as I see his face, mocking Chloe as she starts taking in front of him,

"Ohhhkay, the princess is, mostly, all moved out folks, she is ready for California!" I close my eyes shaking my head, as the extroverted girl waves her arms around. I know she likes Dani, but she has very little regard for other people just in general. Which is unhelpful. I know they've lived together for almost two years, and there's some reason for that, and that Dani likes her, but wow.

Dani and Nezza walk out next, Dani with a small smile on her face as Nezza laughs, "Franny could not be more excited to see you, girl, seriously. She misses you," I smile as Dani blushes, nodding,

"I miss her too, I miss everyone, pretty much," I can see the nervousness on her face, her eyes darting towards the door every few seconds. She rests her eyes on me though, and I see a different expression then before behind them, "Did, um, did K-Kian not wanna... come?" Brian closes his eyes, passing me without saying anything to the door to set down the bags as Nezza's smile drops and she walks over to Crawford, both of them looking at me expectantly. Chloe and Cara look between all of us with confused eyes, but I also watched Chloe perk up a bit when Dani said Kian's name. Chloe may or may not have been a fan of well all of us in high school. Mainly KnJ. Mainly Kian. We've never confirmed it, but it's... pretty obvious.

"He... um," My mouth hangs open slightly, me somehow unable to find a way to finish that that doesn't sound horrible or won't make her feel guilty. Crawford clears his throat, throwing his arm over Nezza's shoulders,

"He um, he and Bobby were like shopping today, y'know because we're all moving in together, the three of us, and he, yeah, he was just busy today," She nods, looking down at the floor. I look at Crawford and he nods, but I can feel Brian's eyes on me. I sigh, shaking my head and touching my forehead,

"Alright, are you, um, Dan, are you ready?" I look at her, noticing she put converse on in her room. She scrunches her face up, looking around before walking over and putting one arm around Chloe and Cara each. Both of them widen their eyes a little before smiling, hugging her back tightly. I hear Brian open the door, turning as Crawford jogs over to follow him out to the car. Nezza smiles at Dani once she's out of the hug, putting an arm around her shoulder and leading her out. I watch Dani's head swivel back, anxiety nearly popping out of her eyes as she walks through the door but I just offer her a tight smile, noticing her get tenser and tenser the further they walk. Her feet are clearly dragging and I notice Nezza's hand start rubbing up and down Dani's arm. I look back at Cara and Chloe, smiling wider, "Just don't destroy my apartment please, I really don't wanna deal with things out here right now," Cara nods,

"Thank you for still paying for it when she's leaving," I nod, looking at Chloe who smiles,

"Just worry about taking care of our girl, alright?" I take a breath, swallowing as I nod,