adventures with enhypen

XII - 18: p.js

At 24 years old, it feels like I've accomplished nothing. The job at the office isn't what I had hoped for, I'm still single, my parents find me a disappointment, and just ugh. It feels like I'm drowning. But that's when I'm reminded I have my best friend. My best friend since we were children, Park Jay. He only lets me call him that though, everyone else calls him Jongseong. That best friend is the one I've had a crush on for years, and at 24 years old, it's still there. He's my coworker and roommate as well, we just never separated. We've picked up new friends along the way too, like Jake and Sunghoon. Neither capturing my heart the way that Jay did though.

I was laying on the couch, it was our day off when Jay finally woke up. It was nearly ten, I had cooked breakfast long before, now in the microwave, ready for him to heat it up.

"Good morning Y/n." he tiredly says, a yawn escaping his lips afterwards.

"Good morning Jay, breakfast is in the microwave." I reply, not looking up at him due to a conversation I'm currently having with Jake and Sunghoon. They're the only ones who know about my crush on Jay.

{y/n: normal, sunghoon: italicised, jake: bold)

losers club

UGH HE LOOKS SO GOOD EVERY MORNING WHYYYYYYYYY

why not just ask him out

because im a little pansy and don't want to risk our friendship

well, morons, ive got a plan

spill

for ?

for you to see if jay likes you

go on

YEAH KEEP GOING IM EXCITED

so, jake will flirt with you, and we all can tell when jay is angry. i think if he liked you he would get angry that one of us is flirting with you.

okay but why me

because one, if flirting was a job you'd be getting paid a lot more and two, my face is too beautiful to risk damage

im ignoring the second part. :|

keep being blind from the truth then

okay so when will we execute said plan

today, tell him we're coming over in a few hours and we'll spend the whole day there, and jake will flirt with you until something happens, which if jay pulls you aside, either of you, i want voice notes

okay slay will do

THIS IS SAUR EXCITING

IKR I HOPE U GET KNOCKED ON UR ASS

Jay walks in just as I turn off my phone, taking a seat right beside me on the couch. We sit in silence watching tv before I decide to speak up.

"Sunghoon and Jake are coming over today by the way." I blankly state, acting as if I'm paying attention to the tv instead of him.

"Okay, coolio, what are we gonna do?" he asks, not looking away from the tv either.

"I haven't figured out that part yet, but I'm going to go pick up around the kitchen and grab a shower before they arrive." I say, standing as I do so.

"Hey." he says loudly, so that I turn around. I stare at him, waiting for him to continue. "Don't worry about the kitchen, they don't cook anyways, plus I'll get the dishes. You've worked really hard this week." he says with a smile while walking towards me, and finally embracing me. God I love his hugs.

We let go, despite how much I wanna just stay like that.

I quickly get a shower and get dressed, walking into my and Jay is sitting on his bed in our shared bedroom, shirtless. I just needed the hair dryer, not heart palpitations.

It's not like I haven't seen him without a shirt on before, it was just always when we were younger and we'd go swimming at his grandparents' house.

I was just standing in the doorway of the bathroom and our bedroom. He finally looks up after reading something on his phone, and notices me standing there.

He smiles, patting the spot next to him as a sign for me to sit there. He has the hairdryer in his hand, ready to dry my hair. He always likes drying my hair, he does it everyday. And I dry his. It's something we've always done.

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Sooner than thought, Sunghoon and Jake show up, ready to execute on the plan. Jake flirts with me the whole time, but Jay doesn't do anything. Sometimes his facial expressions would shift a little but that's all. It was around 9 when they left.

I've never felt this defeated in my entire life. Not when I didn't get the job of my dreams. Not when I found out that girl was talking about me when i thought we were friends. Not even when my parents told me I continuously disappoint them.

Jay is playing video games on the couch, I tell him I'm going to bed and try to go to our room as not-upset-seeming as I can manage. I lay down face first on my bed.

Not two minutes go by before I hear Jay calling me downstairs.

I take my time getting up and walking, trying to remember earlier.

I find him standing at the kitchen island, head down and fidgeting with his hands.

"What's up?" I ask, sending him into over dramatic shock due to how quietly I had come towards him.

"There's something I need to tell you." he answers, looking up at me. The only secret I've ever kept from Jay was that I like him, it hurts a little knowing he's kept something important from me, but I'm trying not to be hypocritical. I just nod my head, signaling for him to continue.

"I have loved you since we were 18."

His eyes were shiny, filled with worry, as he said the lyric. 18 by One Direction, one of my favourites.

A smile rises to my face as I quote the lyrics that come before that one.

"So kiss me where I lay down, my hands pressed to your cheeks." I state, walking towards him before he pulls me by the belt loop on my jeans. My hands rise to his cheeks as our faces inch closer.

"A long way from the playground." I quote, before smashing my lips onto his.

I can feel him smile a bit, hands rising to my back, pulling me as close to himself as possible, as mine wrap around his neck.

We part ways, staying in the same position.

"So what made you confess?"

"Did you really think Jake wasn't going to tell me about your little plan?"

"That coward. I'll beat his ass."

"Settle down, love. Let's go to bed, we have work tomorrow." he says, before picking me up and running to our bedroom.