Seventeen Imagines III

#81 "Score to my Heart" (part 4)

"Manager,can you put this pain relief patches on my back?" Hoshi, the volleyball team right wing spiker, asked their girl manager. Without hearing her answer, he put the patches on her palms. Then, he turned his back against her and lifted his shirt.

How many times did (Y/n) saw a man's upper body?

It's countless.

All of her siblings are guys. Also, when she was young, she was used of watching her brother and his basketball teammates' practice. It is useless to feel embarrass over seeing something like a half naked man; that's her case so far.

And so, she asked, "Where should I put this?"

"Here." Hoshi pointed the aching spot on his side.

As she was about to put it with a nonchalant face, a face says: 'Whatever. Let's just do it', someone snatched the patches from her hands. With rounded eyes, she looked at the man who stole them. He has clean cut brown eyes, cat like eyes, small face and pointed nose.

"Ahhh!" Hoshi winced after he was harshly aided by someone from the back. "Manager~ Do it lightly," he pouted. Opposite to his request, the perpetrator harshly slammed another patch on his back. "Ouch!" Hoshi gritted his teeth as he looked back. "Hey...that's...!"

When he saw the other person behind him, he froze.

"Y-You...W-Why?"

"There are still few patches left," Joshua said with a smile; a kind of grin that isn't pleasant to see.

Glancing at Y/n) and Joshua with his small and slanted eyes, Hoshi forged a laugh. "Ha ha ha. No need. For some reason, my body isn't aching anymore." He got his patches from Joshua and walked away. "Is there something between them?" He whispered to himself.

The penthouse hallway is still noisy. But now that Joshua and (Y/n) are alone, the other sounds seemed muted.

Even if (Y/n) was known for being serious and quiet, there's no way she'll surpass their team's libero, Joshua, who was labelled as the most sheepish guy she met. Thus, she opened her mouth to open a conversation.

"How do you feel right now?"

Joshua put his palm and cupped his forehead. "I think I'm a bit okay. Thanks for looking me out."

After that incident at the kitchen, when Seungcheol licked his thumb which he used to wipe her lips, she shortly forgot the thing that happened a moment ago.

She still isn't sure if Joshua intentionally hugged her while there were asleep. Worst, they got caught by the person she likea, Seungcheol.

'It is okay to ask him about that incident? Or to persuade him to explain everything to our captain?' (Y/n) pondered inwardly, biting her lower lips. 'But it's Joshua after all. Maybe, making this a big deal will make me oblivious. I should let it pass. Besides, who am I to explain to Cheol? It's not like we're a couple. Tss~'

"Manager (Y/n)," Joshua called. She met his eyes and answered, "Yes?"

"Since I helped you, can you ask you one more favor?"

'What kind of help he was talking about?' She wondered. Still, she agreed, "Sure. What is it?"

"Can you put pain relief patches on my body?"

So it's that help he was talking about: the time when he volunteered on putting the patches on Hoshi's back. However..

'Why did he say the word body? I felt weird with my imagination. Damn it,' (Y/n) protested inside her head.