a/n: this is basically a jihan chapter aGAIn goddamn
joshua was jealous. maybe, maybe not. he won't admit it, he'd rather be dead.
who would, in their right mind, be jealous of someone else being close to jeonghan—who joshua honestly wanted a break from?
like earlier today, joshua caught seungcheol and jeonghan in the fourth floor, playing games while laughing. there's nothing wrong, of course, joshua doesn't own the fourth floor. there's also nothing wrong with laughing, joshua laughs too, like a normal person.
joshua was upset for no reason. he stormed off and hung out in the eighth floor instead.
the next time joshua feels upset again was at lunch time. jeonghan was putting food on seungcheol's plate, intentionally many that rice was falling off his plate. the two were laughing. again, there was nothing wrong with sitting beside each other and teasing, because that's normal. there's also nothing wrong with laughing. agh! what is joshua up to?
the third time, was however, when everyone was teasing jeonghan and seungcheol together. chan, who joshua suspected of having a crush on their leader, was cool and even joined in the teasing. but why was joshua this way? he has to get used to this. it will become a thing after a week or two.
but.... why is he calling seungcheol 'coups'? why is he calling joshua by his actual name, like what joshua hoped from the very beginning? and it all happened over a day! was it only attachment to people other than joshua all it took for jeonghan to stop flirting with joshua?
not that i like it, though! joshua thought as he remembered the times jeonghan flirted. to joshua, not to seungcheol.
"tch."
really?! did the 'nonchalant' and 'undisturbed' joshua just snarl? at his thoughts of jeonghan and seungcheol?! this is news!
"uh, shua-hyung? why are you snarling?" chan asked. when joshua looked at chan, he realizes that two other pairs of eyes were looking at him, other than chan. joshua immediately smiled and straightened his posture, smiling at them.
"ah, chan! i was just thinking of my rank in a battle royale game. i can't get it higher!" joshua made a dismayed face.
jokes on them. joshua is bad at acting, so that face was an illusion, but joshua wasn't planning to put on an illusion as a mask the whole time— so he wavers of the illusion quickly. "you know what? you're scary. i'm being honest." jihoon says, making a sour face.
joshua chuckled and scratched his nape. "not really, jihoon."
mingyu, however, had an amazed expression. so amazed that it looks like mingyu just found the cure for cancer. "hyung, you like jeonghan, don't you?" mingyu tilts his head to a direction, where jeonghan and seungcheol could be seen, playing some card game.
time to use his ability! "what are you saying? never in a million years." joshua made the illusion of his face put on a calm face. so far, it's working—until chan walked up to joshua and held his arm. "aigoo, hyung!" chan screeched, as the illusion faltered away. he pokes joshua's sides.
joshua laughed. "i'm bad at acting!"
"then you shouldn't have!" jihoon replied. the four boys laugh, before jihoon continued speaking. "so you like him?"
"i don't know! i'm just confused. i don't really like him flirting with me from time to time, but now that he doesn't address me by his stupid nicknames, and that he doesn't stick to me from yesterday until now annoys me! he even calls seungcheol 'coups'!"
"oh, my, my." mingyu clicked his tongue and sighed. "we must bring you two together."
"yeah, i don't exactly miss jeonghan full on flirting at you but i'd be glad to help, i guess." jihoon states, making the boys laugh.
"guys, i don't really need it. i'm not sure about—"
"then we must create a plan that will both confirm your feelings and bring you two together!" chan exclaimed. "how about that?"
joshua sighed. he can't do anything about it now, anyway.
JIHAN
meangyu added junhao!, uji, hong jisoo.
meangyu: SO WHATS THE PLAN
uji: jesus i can hear your voice even in chat
junhao!: LETS MAKE THEM KISS
hong jisoo: CHAN!
junhao!: heihei
meangyu: OGAHD JEONGCHEOLS FLIRTING AGEN
meangyu: gotta admit they're kinda cute
hong jisoo: get out of this group chat then
uji: OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH HE SNAPPED HAHAHSHSHSHAJJWJSJS
meangyu: i—
junhao!: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAKAJWKAKAKSKS
hong jisoo: lOL JUST KIDDING
hong jisoo: i'm sleepy though, guys....
hong jisoo: i'll check the group chat tomorrow! bye!
meangyu: DONT RUN AWAY FROM YOUR FEELINGS HYUNG
hong jisoo logged off.
uji: no worries i'm in the fourth floor he's using the keyboard as his pillow he's telling the truth
junhao!: THIS COULD BE OUR FIRST MOVE OML
uji: oh you're tight
uji: *right goddamnit
junhao!: *freaks out in gay*
meangyu: WTF JIHOON
meangyu: THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY SERVER
uji: YOU DIDNT SAY THAT WHEN CHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT KISSING
meangyu: YOU TOO CHAN!
junhao!: sry sry but i just——
junhao!: "tIgHt"..........
uji: I THOUGHT THIS GC IS FOR JIHAN HUH MAKE A FUKIEN MOVE NOW
meangyu: oh then
junhao!: jihoon hyung get out of the fourth floor then i'll tell jeonghan hyung to go up there HEE HEE
uji: ok
meangyu: HIHIHIHIHIHI
uji: i'll be oFf to bed bYE
"jihoon? chan said you called for me!" jeonghan called out, setting foot on the fourth floor. jeonghan doesn't hear jihoon's voice, or any sound that signifies a person being in the fourth floor. "jihoon?"
jeonghan pouts. did chan prank him or something? nothing's here! "aigoo, channie—aigoo!" jeonghan exclaimed.
there was joshua, peacefully sleeping on the keyboard. his posture didn't look comfortable, but his soft and calm face told jeonghan otherwise.
"joshuji? wake up, that's not a good posture for sleeping. i thought you'd be smart enough to know that?" jeonghan chuckled, setting a hand on joshua's back. joshua didn't wake up, probably too tired.
joshua wasn't asleep.