𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝚂𝙿𝙰𝙳𝙴𝚂 § 𝙹𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝙰𝙵𝙸𝙰 𝙰𝚄

18: Dieciocho 🏴‍☠️

Joshua woke up with his head pounding. He immediately grabbed onto it, groaning in the process. When he tried to sit up, he felt the soft mattress. Then he noticed someone beside him.

"Seokmin?" he said in a low tone.

"How are you feeling now?" Seokmin asked. Concern was heard in his voice as the young man looked at him.

"Uhm, I'm fine, unlike yesterda-," he couldn't finish as he turned away from the bed and walked immediately to the bathroom. He vomited as a result of the dizziness and weariness he was feeling.

Seokmin followed him.

Someone was knocking on the cr's door. "Joshua, are you all right?" he says. Seokmin was even more worried.

"I'm good; it's just a morning nausea," Joshua shouted while still inside the bathroom. He abruptly stopped vomiting and took a look in the mirror. Because of the enormous eye bags, you can see the weariness in his eyes, and his undereye is almost black.

'I look like a panda now.'

"Seokmin? Are you still there?" He asked inside of the room.

"Yes, Joshua. Do you need help? ", he replied, making Joshua smile for a moment.

After the incident, he felt as if he were drowning alone in the vast ocean, with no one to save him.

In the series that happened to him, he also had a hard time accepting it. Even more so when he witnessed his father die lifeless in front of him, which traumatized him.

He let his emotions slide down and noticed the tears dripping down the sink. He turned on the faucet gradually, so no one could hear it.

However, outside of the room, Seokmin overheard him sobbing, and the cries he let out that Joshua was unaware of echoed.

'I don't like hearing you say that. I'm sad whenever you're in pain.'

He lowered his head and touched the door sadly.

'You don't deserve this, Joshua. How can an angel like you experience this kind of suffering'

After half an hour, Joshua came out. He's wet and looks like he's showered. He had no idea Seokmin was still in there, waiting for him outside. He, too, was astonished; all he knew was that he had left because there had been no noise.

Seokmin's eyes widened when he saw Joshua's toned abs because he was just wrapped in a towel around his waist. He immediately turned his back to him.

"I'm sorry," he muttered nervously as he exited the room. Joshua felt dumbfounded until he realized what he was wearing. He laughed and headed to his closet right away.

After he changed, he immediately went to the dining area where his friends are.

"How are you feeling, Joshua?", his friend asked at the same time as he sat down at the dining table.

"I'm good", he said, and they nodded.

"Are you sure?" Seungkwan inquired, confirming whether he was okay.

"Yes," he simply said. Suddenly, he was faced with a plate, and he looked up to see who had given it to him. It was Seokmin.

They still haven't asked what happened in Los Angeles. Seungkwan was about to open his mouth to ask about it when Minghao abruptly got up, drawing everyone's attention to him.