BOY IN LOVE || JH

NINE

Y/N'S POV

Before I knew it, it was time to go home. This weekend had been fun but honestly, I was ready to get away from Joshua.

Just his presence alone bothered me and after spending the whole weekend around him, I was more then excited to go home.

Luckily the car ride home seemed to go a lot quicker then the ride here. In no time, we were back home.

Mingyu dropped everyone off one by one, leaving Ari for last so he could spend more time with her.

Speaking of them, I knew I needed to have this talk with Ari sooner now. I was just hoping she didn't start to hate Mingyu because of it.

I really believe Mingyu is the one for her at this current stage in our lives so I'm hoping she takes the news well.

I don't hold any grudges over him for what happened so I hope she doesn't either. I'd talk to her later today but for now, I just wanted to unpack and relax.

There was school tomorrow and so I wanted to take a breather alone and just chill out.

So that's exactly what I did. All day long.

Now came the real stressful part. I had to tell Ari about what happened. Of course I'd leave out how Mingyu wanted to ask her out because I didn't want to ruin the surprise if things did go well.

Not wanting to make her come all the way over, I video call her.

"Hey girl!" Ari grins as she answers the call, her face right up in the camera.

"Hey what's up?" I ask and she shrugs. "Nothing much I just got back from Mingyu's awhile ago. What have you been up to why'd you call?" She asks.

"I wanted to talk to you about something actually. It's kinda important and I've been putting off telling you just because I wasn't sure I should but now I need to." I start and Ari looks confused.

"Well what is it?" She asks and I can tell she's a little on edge.

So I proceed to tell her the whole story, not forgetting to add how I had forgiven Mingyu.

"So that's why you hate Joshua so much, huh?" Ari says firstly.

"Yeah that would be why. About Mingyu though, are you upset?" I ask.

Ari is silent for a moment before she lets out a small sigh.

"I mean a little, yeah. It bothers me that he just sat there at first. I'm glad he did something though." She says then continues with; "As long as you're not still angry with him then I'm not either."

"Good I'm glad." I say, feeling relieved it hadn't ruined things for her and Mingyu. Well, I hoped not since I didn't know how she'd answer him just yet.

"Was that all?" She asks and I nod. "Well I'm glad you told me. I wish you hadn't waited so long to but I understand. I'm sorry for all the stuff I'd always say about Joshua if I knew he was that awful I wouldn't have. I'm sorry." Ari frowns.

"No it's okay. Just don't do it again." I laugh and she does too.

The two of us continue to talk about random stuff for the rest of the night. Then we go to sleep.

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The next day at school I let Mingyu know that I had told Ari and it was all good to proceed with his plans.

He was happy to say the least. I was just hoping Ari wanted to date him or I'd feel bad.

I'd be a little surprised too honestly seeing as there was always some kind of connection between the two of them.

No matter what Ari chooses, I'll support her either way. I mean what are friends for.

As I take my seat in the classroom, I see Hoseok sitting there quietly with his head in a book.

"Is it any good?" I ask, catching his attention as he looked up at me.

"Mhm it's great." He says but his tone doesn't sound too enthusiastic.

"Is everything alright?" I ask as I watch his expression change at my question.

"Actually no. There's something I need to tell you but I definitely don't want to here. Can you come over after school!" Hoseok asks.

My brows furrowed in confusion, not sure what this was about.

"Yeah of course." I say and Hoseok gives me a soft smile before his turns his head back to his book.

Shaking my suspicions away, I pull out my school work and get to it.

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After school ended, Hoseok and I headed to his place, a dreadful silence filling the air the whole way there.

Hoseok was unusually quiet today and I could tell he was in his head a lot, I just wasn't sure what about.

When we got to Hoseok's place, we sat down on his couch, the boxes that were once piled up in the living room now unpacked and gone.

"So I'm just gonna come out and say it...I lied to you." Hoseok says right away, giving me no time to even ask what this was about.

"You did?" I ask, obviously very confused. Hoseok nods as he pulls his lips in.

I could tell just by the vibe he was giving off that he was super nervous.

"I said I've kissed people and well, I haven't. I know I shouldn't have lied but I just didn't want you to think I was some loser. I hope you can forgive me." He says with a look of worry on his face.

"So I was your first kiss then?" I ask, honestly shocked.

Hoseok nods slowly without saying anything. "Oh wow. You could have just told me I wouldn't have looked at you any differently. I'm not mad don't worry. You did say it meant nothing so it meant nothing, right?"

"Of course! Don't worry, I'm not some crazy person who starts liking someone just because of some little kiss." Hoseok chuckles although his laugh was a little forced.

I then awkward laughed too. "Right. Well it's all good then. Nothing to worry about and hey, at least you got your first kiss." I say and Hoseok agrees.

"Now we just have to get you a girlfriend so you can get to having that other first too." I wink and Hoseok seems to blush at my words.

He was so innocent it was cute. I remembered when I was like that. Ah good times.

"So you're not upset with me then?" Hoseok asks. "Of course not! I could never be mad at you. I like you! You're like the brother I never had."

Hoseok seemed to cringe a bit at my words and although that hurt a little, I shook it off, not thinking much of it.

"Well good, I'm glad. Still friends?" Hoseok asks and I smile as I lean forward and poke his cheek.

"The bestest!"

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A/n: I honestly wasn't going to update today because I'm exhausted and not feeling good. If any of you read my board you'd know why but for those that don't, I hurt my back really bad and anytime I laid down I would get muscle spasms that made it hard to breathe and move. It was excruciating and I'm going to urgent care today to hopefully see what exactly is wrong. I can't handle another night of that pain so it's a must. )): wish me luck 🫶🏻