The Hongs Reunite

Ch. 7

Joshua's POV

We ended up splitting, the maknae lines went home while the hyung lines went out to buy ice cream.

But for some reason we ended up playing basketball in the park.

Well, the others were but me and Jungah only sat on the side, not wanting to actually be tired or sweaty.

Jungah sat on the park bench while watching the boys play, so I decided to be a little nosy and ask her stuffs.

Quickly, I took a seat next to her and play innocent for a while, "are you already tired after only half a day with us?" I chuckled teasingly, she averted her eyes to me, "no, I was just resting... my lungs aren't functioning properly so I often need rest or else I'll have an asthma attack" she shrugged as if it was nothing.

"How was LA?" I asked, changing the subject between us, "like usual... hot" she chuckled to herself, "you know, for someone who lived in America you speak fluent Korean... do you often come to Korea?" By then I was truly interested in her, "my cousin is also like me, half Korean and he needs practice because his mom doesn't want him to not know his birth language so I often communicate with him in Korean"

This girl is really something, she has a potential to be something.

"How old is your cousin?" I asked again, I felt like I was a detective, "he's 4 years old, and he's very close to me" she smiled proudly but soon her smile faltered, "he was though... now to think of it... I was the only one to have ever took care of him..."

Her voice shook a little, "I-I... what is he going to do? Aunty... she wasn't the most attentive mother... a-and I don't think she will ever be... oh God... what have I done!? HOW DARE I LEAVE HIM WITH- W-WITH THAT PSYCHOPATH!? I-"

Before she could continue her rambles, I had already held her face in my hands, preventing her from going crazy once again.

"Listen, you're not going to blame yourself because it wasn't your fault, it is not your fault that your aunt is a 'psychopath' or whatever and you are most definitely not in the fault of leaving your little cousin... he was not even your responsibility in the first time"

I thought she was going to cry, but instead she only sighed and put my hands off of her head, "yeah... you're right..."

I was about to ask her why the sudden mood change when Jun suddenly interupt us, "hey, what's going on in here?"

She looked up and smiled at him, a smile that seems like a forced smile, "nothing, we were just opening up" she said while nudging me on my arm with her elbow, "yeah... that..." I mumbled.

Jun raised an eyebrow at the both of us but quickly shrugged it off, "whatever, anyways! Dino wants us back now, appareantly he has been waiting for ice cream eversince we split up... that kid" Jun scoffed, earning a confused and accusing glare from Jungah, "it was your fault that you guys played basketball for a straight hour when you all promised the maknaes ice cream" she scoffed back.

They both soon slipped into *the diamond life* [a/n; lol no, sorry I'm being weird] a conversation full of bickers.

I sat there with a pretty confused face.

Not because I didn't know the point of their constant bickers but because I suddenly had a flashback of me when I was just a little boy with a little girl, bickering because we both want different things.

Her face was vague, I couldn't remember who the little girl was.

I could almost clearly saw a face in my head, the little girl's that is.

But no matter how much I tried, I couldn't remember anything about her, not even her name nor how I knew her.

While my head was busy trying to solve the mystery, Jungah had shook me awake with a worried look on her face, "-shua! Joshua! Are you okay? You've been spacing out for nearly 3 minutes now!" She said.

I tilted my head to the side, "3... minutes?" I asked, not believing what she had said, "yeah man, we were bickering for a minute and suddenly your head was already up in the clouds. Thank God we were able to bring you back to earth" Jun snickered at me.

"Come on, the others are waiting... we're going to buy ice cream for the maknaes" Jungah smiled fondly at me.

I stood up from the bench and walk behind her and Jun who was chatting.

My head was still trying to search for whatever memory I have with that little girl.

She seems so close yet so far, she looks unknown yet I felt a very deep loving feeling for her.

"Joshua, are you okay?" S.Coups asked, he suddenly appeared out of no where.

"H-huh? O-o-hh... nothing... maybe?" I sighed, "something's definitely up, I could tell by the look of your face" he chuckled while patting my back, "I'm all ears, shoot" he added.

Another sigh left my lips, my head slumped down and my eyes could only see the ground, "there's something off..." "what is?" "Jungah... there's something off and odd about her..."

That startled S.Coups, "woah! What does that supposed to mean?" He scoffed, "I don't know! She said she's from America and judging from what she said, she HAD to have some connection to my family! Or else, my mom wouldn't said those things about her before she worked for us" I whisper-screamed at him, affraid that the others in front of us would heard.

S.Coups sighed and put an arm around my shoulder, "well, do what you gotta do to relieve yourself but please keep it harmless to others... we wouldn' want anyone getting hurt physically or mentally because of an assumption" he smiled.

After saying that, he jogged to catch off with Jeonghan and Jun who is chatting with Jungah.

No matter how much I tried, I seem to only see Jungah as an oddness between every normal encounters.

"Who are you actually?"

She suddenly turn her head towards me and she smiled.

Her smile sent tingles inside me and made me shiver suddenly.

"Oppa! I wanna play at that park again!!"

That sudden flashback stopped me on my tracks, 'what was that!?'

My breath hitched and a wave of headache hut me hard, "ahh...." I groaned to myself, hoping no one realized.

But sadly Hoshi realized that I was left behind, "yah, Jisoo hyung! Are you okay?"

That gained the other's attention.

Soon everyone swarmed over me, asking me if I was okay or not, "I'm okay... let's just buy the ice cream and go back" I smiled forcefully.

We all walked to the mini market to buy the ice cream but for some reason my eyes could not shift away from Jungah.

I hope I could solve my problems quickly...

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