"Sungjae."
She whispered over his ear, about to pull away when he only pulls her back as he rested his head on the crook of her neck.
"Stay like this for a while." He mumbled. "Are you just going to stay like this without telling me something?" Joy softly replied, before caressing his hair. "Was it because of your comeback? Hm? Yah."
"Eomma."
She blinks a couple of times, before slightly pulling away only to see his watery eyes. "What happened?", "She's in the the emergency room right now." Her eyes enlarges, before muttering. "What hospital was she located?", "Molla. They won't even tell me." He sniffs, only for her to carefully hover her worried face over his sad ones. "Sungjae-ah." She murmured. "If you want to cry, then you should."
As soon as he leant back on her shoulder, she can feel his sob already. Her heart breaks, since she wasn't used to see him like this. That's when she realize how hard it is for them to manage their time and stress. "I didn't have time to visit them because of our schedules, I don't know what I'll do when she doesn't survive the operation." He whispers, crying over her arms while she sighs in sadness, feeling herself tearing up as well. She pats over her back softly, before leaning her head close to him. "She will survive." She tried to reassure him at this time, while praying at the same time for her recovery.
After minutes of calming him down, she managed to let him lie down over her lap while they sat over the couch.
She softly stares over his swollen eyes, running her fingertips over his bags. He stares blankly for a while, before lifting his eyes over hers. "Are you feeling a little fine now?" She mumbled, before caressing his cheek. Smiling weakly, he muttered. "I'm glad that I have someone to run into right now. I might've gone crazy right now." He muttered, before she sighs. "What about your members?", "They're disappointed in me."
"Wae?" Joy asks, her eyes widen before he replied. "It's only sixteen days before the comeback, and I was always the reason for our repetition for the practices. I always fail, and I suck at those things to be honest mostly when I'm pressured." He explains, with his somber expression. "I feel shitty right now."
Joy could only stare at him, before he muttered. "Am I a shitty boyfriend as well? I wasn't able to check up on you and now here I am." He mumbled before she smiles. "Aniya, there are some things that matter more than our relationship right now. There's still a lot of time for us." She mumbled, running her fingers to his lower lip. "It's okay to feel shitty, right? Like what've you told me before. It's okay to feel sad and shitty because you're human too."
"Your members aren't disappointed, they are basically worried. You shouldn't take it out in a bad way since they just wanted you to be right for yourself and not just because of the team. As much as I see, BTOB treats you like a baby. They cherish you so much." She smiles, before lightly pinching his cheeks as she felt relief when she saw him smile a little. "Your mom will be fine, your practices will be fine. Your comeback would be the best." She concluded, while smiling. "Sixteen days were much more than you thought, I believe you can do it in five hours." She playfully giggled only to make him chuckle as he lifted his hands over to pinch her cheeks. "Gomawo."
"You don't need to thank me. You were the one with me when I was suffering too." She smiles. "Maybe an hour, or two... your dad would call you and tell it's fine." She snatches his broken phone, before mumbling. "Go to sleep, I'll wait for it."
"Your mom might see us again." He jokingly grins. "She just texted me that she won't be going home, you can peacefully sleep now." She forcefully shuts his eyes as she added. "Don't retort, just sleep.", "How about you?", "I'm fine here, I slept already earlier."
He smiles. "You're lying.", "Don't you want to sleep?" She asks. "It's the only time I've been with you, I guess I won't be."
He sat up, before she meaningfully smiled. "You should head to the practice room later and apologize for sulking to yourself. I'm sure your members are worried since you aren't going home."
He smiles, before leaning over to her shoulder. "I didn't even praise you since you're wearing eye glasses." He muttered, looking at her. "I'm studying, so I'm wearing reading glasses." Joy mumbled, about to take it off. "Aniya, you look pretty." He grabs her arm as she rolled her eyes. "Why does your phone look like this?", "I threw it." He plainly replied before she glares. "Do you know how much this was? Was it easy for you rich people to throw valuable things away!? I..." She trails off, only to see his face as she cleared her throat- realizing that she was just adding fuel to the fire. He laughed, before mumbling. "You're cute."
"It's already four in the morning." She tried to change the topic. He smirks, before mumbling. "You should sleep for a while."
"Aniya, I'm studying. Let's go the the bedroom, you can sleep over there."
...
"I told you to sleep, not to roam around." Joy grunted before seeing Sungjae walking over her room. "Why does my face had a cross over here?" He sat over her bed, staring at her posters. "I hated you that time." She mumbled, unable to concentrate on her works.
"And now?", "Ah, I'm studying!" She retorted, heat sprawling over her cheeks as he laughed. "I'll be coming back to the dorm later before practice." She looks over him, nodding. "You should, are you fine now?" He nods, smiling. "I guess it wouls be fine, I just really need to tell what I feel especially for a specific person." She giggled, nodding. "You can change to your sweater there, you also had your coats over the rack."
"Are you telling me to strip here?" He playfully smiled, only for her eyes to widen. "That's not what I'm saying!" She blushes, before standing up to go over her closet. But she was a little glad since he was finally going back to his normal self even for a while.
He laughed, before following her.
"Here's your sw- shit, back off!" She was surprised when he pushes her gently over her over the wall, his hands entrapping her from escaping as he smiled to her, teasingly leaning close to her. "Yah, are you finally okay that you're back to pissing me off!?" She retorted, leaning away as soon as he rested his forehead in her, making her blink away the fear. "Yook Sungjae."
"Should we resume?", "Hah?"
He laughs, before muttering. "I can't believe you're still nervous around me in this.", "What do you mean?" She slowly lifted her arms to cover her upper body, making him grin as he teasingly leans closer to her, as her eyes closed shut before whining. "Don't do this to me, we're too young." She whimpered before he bursted out laughing, "What am I doing?", "I don't know, you know the bed is here. It's dangerous." She stuttered, catiously looking at him before he chuckled. "You know great idea, let's-", "No!" She yelled, only to see him laugh.
After a while of teasing, he hugs her all of a sudden, making her shut up.
"Gomawo, Sooyoung-ah." He whispered genuinely, squeezing her over the hug as her hands held over his arm while her tensed expression softens. "You're really a gift to me." He mumbled, before she smiles.
"Appa texted me earlier, even if my screen was broken I saw it when you were studying." He whispered, "How was your mother?", "She survived. She's fine." He mumbled over her shoulder, smiling.
"That's a relief." She sighs in content, ruffling his hair.
"I can't believe that you're still a baby.", "I'm sorry you had no sleep because of me.", "That sounds a little inappropriate but that's fine." Joy smiled, finally rejoicing that everything is falling into places.
"If our schedule turns free, I want to bring you to my house."
Her eyes widen, before pulling away. "What?", "I'll introduce you to my parents."
She nervously blinks, "But... no one knew about this except for us yet and... Mom... Well." She murmured. He was lightly taken aback, but he smiles. "Arasso, after your graduation then.", "I mean your company, your fans-" she was cut off when he squeezes her hands. "I promise you, it'll be fine."
I think I'm finally inlove with her.
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"He's still not home." Ilhoon bit his finger nail tips. "This is my fault." He added. "No, don't blame yourself. Also, it's... already five in the morning."
The door suddenly slams open, only for them to see Sungjae walking inside the dorm.
"Sungjae-ah!" Ilhoon yelled, only for the maknae to smile over them. "Let's practice now!", "Are you okay?" The members asked, only for him to nod attentively. "We should polish the dance now! We have a lot of shooting for the next day." He smiled, weird enough to keep his members worrying. "He didn't even sleep, why does he look so happy?"
"Ilhoon, this is weird." Changsub taps his shoulders. "We really should keep an eye on him."
Nodding, Ilhoon whispered. "Do you think he's dating?", "Joy?", "It would be impossible for him to date her even if he had a crush on her, right?", "He knew it would be chaotic so I guess not.", "And also Joy didn't even like him."
"You're right." He stood up, before they tiptoed over Sungjae's room- seeing him changing his clothes. "He looks inlove." Changsub whispered.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Both of them flinched in surprise, turning around to see Eunkwang. "Ah, well... You...", "You should get ready. We'll be practicing in a few hours.", "I'll just go out, I'll head back to the practice room." Sungjae suddenly went out after changing. "Sungjae, are you dating anyone?" Changsub yelled, only for him to flinch before blinking a couple of times. "No."
"He's not hanging with us anymore, is he mad?" Changsub knot his brows together. "Should we follow him?"
Eunkwang suddenly sighed. "Let's go, cover yourselves."
...
"Did you made up?"
Joy looks over her phone while walking out from her campus. She was along with her friends, but she seems to fiddle with her phone once again.
"Joy, let's go eat over the restaurant! I didn't even know why they cancelled class today. It's frustrating that I studied hard for the exam." Wendy retorted. "I know. I didn't even get sleep." Joy mumbled, only to surpress her smile- remembering last night. "You seem happy about not sleeping." Wendy scowled, "Let's go now, I'm starving-", "Joy!"
Irene turns around, only to see the president calling out on Joy. "Why does he call always on you? Does he like you?" Seulgi murmured. "It's not like that." Joy mumbled. "Can you come with me for a while? I need your help." The president of the student council pleaded her.
"She's having date with us." Wendy whines, only to receive a slap from Irene. "You're a student council, stop interrupting them. It would be better if it's Sungjae." Irene suddenly whispered over the two as they nodded. "We'll go now Joy." Wendy pouted, only for Joy to sadly nod. "Let's just date tomorrow girls!" She calls out as they smiled.
"I'm so sorry for it." The president bowed down to her as she smiled. "Aniya, what's the problem?"
"I really want to ask Wendy out now."
Her eyes widen, "Hah? All of a sudden?", "The school year was already near the end...", "President. Shouldn't you act close to her first?" Joy murmured, "She's my bestfriend. Even if you're the president, I can kill you anytime." She glares.
The president laughed, before nodding. He placed his hand over her arm, reassuring her. "Arasso, I promise I won't hurt-"
"Park Sooyoung."
Her eyes widen, familiarized by the voice around as she saw Sungjae all covered up as he furiously walks over them. "Who is he?" The president couldn't see Sungjae very clearly, only for Joy's expression to tense up. "What are you doing?" She mouthed, only for Sungjae to slice their arms away from each other, pulling Joy away from him.
"Do you like Joy?" Sungjae suddenly yelled.
"What the hell is he doing?" Ilhoon whispered into Eunkwang, seeing how the scene looks tense. "Holy shit, is he in a fight?" Eunkwang hurriedly grabbed Changsub and Ilhoon's arms as they ran to their direction.
"I.. like her?" The president confusedly ask. "Who are you? I'm talking to my student co-", "My?" Sungjae's brows furrowed as Joy slaps his arm. "Hey, what's with you!?"
"Well she's a student council. I'm talking with her, please don't interfere-", "The student that you're claiming all of a sudden is taken."
"Huh!?" Eunkwang's company along with Joy had their eyes widen. "Sungjae-" Joy was cut off.
"She's my fucking girlfriend, you asshole!" He yelled, only to surprise everyone around even Joy.
"Holy... Crap." Eunkwang trailed off. "Sungjae!" He yelled, only to see the couple flinch as they look over their direction.
"H-hyung.." Sungjae nervously trailed off.
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"You're not dating anyone?"
Both Joy and Sungjae sat over the practice room floor, guiltly averting their eyes away from him members- especially Eunkwang.
"Spill." Eunkwang pointed over to Sungjae who was embrassingly covering his face over his knees. "Hyung." He whimpered, while stealing a glance over to Joy who seems frozen as well. "Since when did this happen?"
Both Joy and Sungjae stares into each other oddly, as Joy mouthed. "You're dead." He frowns, "It's not my fault!" He mouthed back.
"Stop bickering and tell us every single detail." Changsub crossed his arms, as the two sighs. Joy shyly covered her face with her blazer, constantly burning in embarassment because of his outburst earlier.
"You're lucky that we resolved everything with your president, Joy." Eunkwang retorted, as Joy replied. "Mianhe."
"I knew this is totally happening." Hyunsik trailed off, before chewing over his candy. "It's been suspicious since their meetings nowadays were private without our knowledge." He added, only for Sungjae to mutter. "I was the first to confess.", "Of course you would be! How can you not tell this to us!?" Ilhoon yelled. "It was all of a sudden." He murmured, tilting his head before scratching his arm. "Nobody knows except for us."
"Aish, jinja. What do I do with the two of you?" Eunkwang murmured in annoyance.
"Please don't tell manager." Sungjae pleaded as Joy shyly mumbled. "Please let it be among us."
After a long awkward silence. All the members from BTOB bursted out laughing, leaving the couple surprised and baffled.
"Yah, you should both look at your pale faces!" Peniel laughs, high-fiving everyone only to see their maknae dumbfounded. Laughing, Hyunsik said, "We already saw it coming.", Joy hastily hid her face over her knees, shaking her head in embarassment as Minhyuk laughed. "Aigoo, look at them being cute!"
"Aish, jinja!" Sungjae yelled in embarassment. "Congratulations!" His members yelled, only to leave both of them awkwardly turning away. "I'm going to murder all of you." Sungjae hissed, hiding his face in embarassment.
"Can I leave now?" Joy murmured shyly while covering her face. "Ani, Joyie. You're going to stay here while we practice since we need to know everything!" Eunkwang smiled, as everyone agreed. Sungjae lifelessly whispered to her. "Mianhe.", "You want to die early?" Joy mouthed, shotting him a glare as he weakly chuckled. "No."
"Aigoo, so cute!"
Face palming, Sungjae sighs to his self.
This will be a long day.
Joy awkwardly sat over the couch while the boys decided to practice. Luckily, they had no classes for today. She was still worrying about the situation, though.
Watching the whole dance choreography, she noticed how Sungjae was averting his eyes away from her, mostly shy because of their dance. She enjoyed the new song and dance, but she couldn't help to admit that her eyes keep on adoring Sungjae who seems so shy in showing his dance over hers.
"Ah, why does Sungjae looks so shy now? He wasn't even getting mistakes." Minhyuk teased while the choreography continues, only for Ilhoon to grin. "The girlfriend is watching, that's why.", "Ah, hyung. Shut up!"
Probably hours, and even the night was already falling. Joy constantly enjoyed the company that BTOB had gave her, and she'll admit that she felt warm with them. Now that Sungjae was laughing along, she feels overjoyed that he was now okay compared to yesterday. He had talked to her about being left out for once and expecting disappointment from his hyungs.
She's glad to see that his members proved him wrong by accepting him whole heartedly.
"You all should be ashamed that we're sweaty! We had a girl here. I'm taking a bath!" Minhyuk grins as he ran over the bath room downstairs. "I bet everyone is hungry, we shoud take a break and buy something. What do you like Joy?" Changsub asks, only for her to shyly laugh. "Gwenchana, anything would do."
On the distance, Sungjae couldn't help but adore how his members started to welcome Joy as part of them after knowing their relationship. To be honest, he first expected disappointment. He just keeps on remembering what Joy told him last night. Just like how the members cherish him, they were already being affectionate with Joy now. It was the perfect picture for him, after all.
"Yeokshi, pizza it is! Let's all order and not let the maknae suffer when he's infront of his girlfriend!" Hyunsik stood up, chuckling as Sungjae yelled. "Yah, let me order that-", "Aniya, you should spend time with your girl since we'll be having our comeback soon."
Joy couldn't help but laugh at how the members treat Sungjae as a baby. Is this why he's a spoiled brat? She grins to herself.
"I'll order cola!" Ilhoon stood up, dragging Changsub. "You're coming with me!"
"Are we leaving the love birds here?" Peniel laughed. "Yep, utilize the practice room. Minhyuk would soon climb up. Tell him that we were going to order pizza."
Everyone finally left, except for Sungjae and Sooyoung who was currently on the practice room.
"I can't believe that you busted out a secret." Joy murmured, before throwing him a towel to wipe his sweat. He shrugs, "You keep being touchy with that president even before we were together.", "I'm not!" Joy yelled, "Yes you do!" He retorted.
Finally coming up in a realization, Joy laughed. "Don't tell me you're jealous over a student.", "Ar you insane? I'm more handsome than that asshole." He mumbled, averting his eyes away from her. Laughing, she sat down on the floor to face him. "Hey." She taps his arm, "Cover your legs, you're wearing a skirt." He muttered, draping the towel on her legs. "Are you really jealous!?" She laughed, grabbing his arm while he glares at her. "What do you think? This is degrading my pride as an idol you idiot. You should be the one getting jealous with me having a lot of fans but we're on a different situation all of a sudden." He retorted, enough to leave her laughing. "I thought you had confidence with yourself." She teases, before he yelled. "Are you teasing me!?"
She laughs, before he finally looks at her. "You're out of your mind."
"I might be!", "You're still jealous.", "No!"
"I can clearly see it." Joy sarcastically replied, before he mumbled. "If only you weren't my girlfriend I might've shoved you down in the ground." Smiling, "You're cute."
"I'm not cute. What am I, gay?", "Cute aren't meant for girls only, hey." She teasingly grins as he whispered. "Are you pissing me off for earlier?", "Took you long enough." She playfully smirks, "Hm." He suddenly smiles, before pressing his lips on her. She giggled through the kiss, his tongue nudging forward inside her to explore the depths of her wet cavern before she laughed, pulling away.
"Are you still jealous? He was about to ask my friend out that's why he's scooting close to me.", "Not anymore, I guess." He whispered while feeling embarassed, laughing.
"You look cute when you're dancing in person." Joy murmured, as Sungjae scrunches his nose up. "You're pissing me off.", "Wae? I'm telling the truth!"
Their night was spent bickering with each other, before the boys came back with the boxes of pizza. "Yah, hide Joy!" Eunkwang ran inside, placing the bottles of soda carelessly on the floor as Sungjae mouthed. "Why?", "Our manager is here!"
"Oh shit."
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A/N:
So I just finished this chapter after being on twitter. (Sorry I wasn't able to reply to some notifications and dm's, I was in a rush.) But I just saw the hates on Joy, I couldn't help but wonder why they always attack that angel. *sighs* I hope Joy doesn't see those hates. Let karma come for them.
Anyways! Thoughts about this chapter once again!? ;)