Don't Listen In Secret || Joshua Hong

pancake and cupcake

Pancakes are the best thing in the world. 

after hong joshua that is.

as fate would have it joshua was sitting right beside me and my mom was on the other side. i resisted the urge to look at him. as i was cutting the pancake clumsily our elbows touched. i retrieved my arm quickly and so did he. he muttered a sorry before looking away from me towards jeonghan. 

i felt a little disappointed. but then what was i even expecting. he never looks at me for more than 5 seconds. i made a sour face before i accidentally locked eyes with mingyu who was sitting in front of me. he raised his brows at me. and i made a 'what?' face because what the hell do jiggly eyebrows mean?

mom : jeonghan when will you bring home a girl? look at joshua he found such a perfect girl. 

i saw joshua smile shyly at the mention of 'her'. 

jeonghan : mom i am too busy for that. 

dad : is joshua not busy?

jeonghan rolled his eyes only to be smacked by dad. 

dad : brat! both of you siblings have no luck in love. 

as much as i enjoyed jeonghan getting smacked, the mention of 'no luck in love' made me feel gloomy. i packed a huge piece of pancake into my mouth. mingyu scrunched his nose judgmentally as i tried to eat with my cheeks puffing out like a squirrel. and i chewed dramatically to annoy him.

? :  you look so cute

someone whispered on my right. wait... on my right ? i turned to joshua with wide eyes and he started laughing. even his laughter feels like rose petals falling from heaven.

dad : what are you both doing next week?

apparently they had a week off which is why jeonghan was home. 

mingyu : i will be going home. joshua is the only one who is staying back, right hyung?

joshua : yeah 

joshua's soft smile had a hint of sadness in it. jeonghan must have noticed as he squeezed joshua's hand. i want to do that too.

dad : why don't you stay with us ?

joshua : ohh i can't trouble you that much.

mom : don't worry i will kick jihye out if she is uncomfortable

jihye : MOM!

mingyu : then it won't be a problem. 

jeonghan : if you don't like cupcake you can't stay here

dad : looks like your mom and i have to leave the house

mingyu : i like cupcake  (he looked straight at me with a smug face. ) its my favourite dessert.

i pouted and folded my hands in front of my chest as they all made fun of me. joshua turned towards me all of a sudden with a warm smile. 

joshua : don't worry i like you jihye

did he just say what i have been imagining for 3 years???

i looked away from his gentle gaze as my cheeks flushed and my heart fluttered uncontrollably. i managed to mutter a thanks but i didn't even look at him. my face felt so hot. 

Mingyu : why is this cupcake strawberry flavoured?

Jihye : what?

Mingyu : nothing.

Dad : so what do you think?

Joshua : i am not sure if i can stay here all week. I will think about it