2 Minus 1 | joshua✓ ( School Series )

T H I R T Y T W O

J O S H U A ' S  P O V

"Finally! I graduated!" I shouted.

"All our dreams will come true!" Seungcheol says.

"Study hard, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Jung Chan. Myeong-ho, Mingyu and Seokmin are in their 3rd year. Junhui, Soonyoung, Wonwoo and Jihoon will also be graduating." Jeonghan said to our youngest.

"I'll study hard, hyung!" Jung Chan says.

"That's good." I said.

"Okay then, let's have a drink!" Seungkwan offers.

"You're serious, do you always drink?" Seungcheol asks.

"Sometimes when I'm tired." Seungkwan answered.

We shook our heads to his answer, we left school because we were going to celebrate our graduation, Mom said that I would go home to celebrate. So I was just going to go home with my friends, when we got home we were celebrating, I thought so is Naomi happy now?

Is she with someone else now? I can’t help but think what’s already happening to her, is she studying now? Has she finished school yet? I don't know if I still have feelings for her or not, but I feel like she's close to me, I want to know why she left.

Few years later.

"Doctor Hong." My secretary called me.

"Yes?"

"You have an operation, the patient is already in the operating room." My secretary said.

My secretary left and I got up, I left my office and went straight to the operating room, I changed my clothes and washed my hands. I recognized the operation as a success, and others not because the patients' bodies could no longer cope. I can't force it, when it's their time, I'll just let it go.

"Scalpel."

It took us a long time to fix the inside of the patient, but our operation was successful and thankfully, I left the operating room and got dressed again. I went to the hospital cafeteria, I don’t know if my eyes were joking, but I saw Naomi. I can't just forget Naomi, I still remember her face, I followed that woman and when I caught up with her I immediately grabbed her hand. When she turned around I frowned, she wasn't Naomi, I let go of her hand and averted my eyes.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were the woman I was looking for." I said.

"It's okay, there are people like that." She reply.

I nodded, I didn't think Naomi would come back, a few years ago so I really had no hope. When my phone rang I took it out of my pocket, when I looked that Seokmin was the caller I answered it.

"Yes, Seokmin?"

"Are you busy today?" He asks in the other line.

"Uhm, not really, I just finished surgery on the patient." I answered.

"Shall we have dinner tonight?" He asks.

"Did something happen? You're inviting me to dinner today." I said.

"Our musical show was successful, so I want to celebrate, with you my friends of course. Besides, you're not the only one I invited." He said.

"Okay then, I'll go, just send me the address of the restaurant we're going to eat at okay?" I said.

"Yes, sir."

I end the call and put the phone in my pocket, when I finished eating I left the cafeteria, while walking down the hallway I saw a woman. Maybe I'm looking back because I see Naomi, I think my eyes were joking because I saw Naomi, but I just ignored it because I might make a mistake again. When I got back to my office I lay down on the couch near the wall, wondering why I could see Naomi but when I approached she was not Naomi. Maybe I just missed him, but when I remember him, there are happy memories but my memories are more dominant when someone was next to her bed.

Just forget about her for now.

"Joshua! You're here!" Seokmin exclaimed.

I sat down and smiled because we had just been together again, too busy with our jobs.

"How's your love life Seungcheol and Jeonghan, are you still happy?" Jung Chan says.

"Yes, of course!" Seungcheol exclaimed.

"We are still happy, I really want us to have a child." Jeonghan answered.

"Jeonghan, I hope that you won't regret if I punch you okay?" Mingyu said.

"Oh I forgot you're here." Jeonghan said then smirk.

"Don't tell us that something happened to you and Minju." Wonwoo said.

"I will really punch you, Jeonghan, I swear. You promise me when you'll touch her if you both were married." Mingyu said.

"Hey, calm down, bro." Jeonghan said.

"Stop it, we don't have girlfriends here, so please stop." I said.

"If you could say that Joshua, you'd think you've moved on." Seungcheol says.

"I was able to move on." I response.

"Hey, stop it guys. I'm hungry now, we need to eat." Junhui says.

"Let's order." Seokmin says.

We had already ordered something to eat, when I heard someone say Naomi's name, I turned to them. I saw Naomi’s employees at the restaurant she used to work at. 

"How's Naomi now?"

"She hasn't come back yet, but you can talk to Naomi through text, right?"

Did they talk to Naomi?

I turned my attention back to the menu, when I finished ordering I looked at them, I saw Naomi on the phone (on her friend's phone).

"Naomi! When will you come home?" She asks Naomi.

Where did she go?

I didn't hear Naomi answer, what I want to know now is where she lives now, it's a good thing I was next to Seokmin so I turned to him.

"Do you know where Naomi is?" I asks.

"I don't know where Naomi is," he answered.

"She didn't tell me, why?" He asks.

"I heard from her friends that when she will go home, it means she is not here." I answered.

"Maybe you're just imagining it, and don't listen to them anymore, let's just talk here with our friends." He said.

I nodded, maybe I was just imagining it, while we were talking I couldn't help but look at her friends, but I was distracted by my friends.

"What is it Joshua, his attention is not here." Seungkwan says.

"Have you seen a woman?" Myeong-ho asks.

"No, I'm just looking for something." I answered.

They continued talking and I just listened, I didn't talk as much as before, when we finished eating I got up and went to comfort room. I don't know if what I hear at the other table is correct, but I hope it's her, I want to see her at least one day or just once.

I miss you so much.