Falling For You (A Seventeen Joshua fanfic)

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Jiyeon's POV:

Jae and I are already waiting at the Incheon airport. The teachers who will be joining us and some other students are also here.

'I'm so excited~' My excitement is clearly visible, since I'm jumping around Jae, slapping him ever so softly on his shoulder.

'Noona!' Someone comes running to me and jumps on my back, making me almost fall to the ground.

'Lee Chan!' He chuckles and jumps off my back, hugging me right after. I gladly hug him back and we sway from side to side.

'I've missed you!' Aish, this cute little boy sure knows how to get to my heart. I ruffle his hair and smile whole-heartedly.

'I missed you too Lee Chan.' Dino and Jae greet each other and a few seconds later DK, Wonwoo and S.Coups came running to me.

'JIYEON!' the 3 boys basically attack me. I lose my balance and with the 3 boys still hugging me, we all fall to the ground.

'Haha, yah! This hurts get off me!' I scream and laugh at the same time, tears forming in my eyes because I can't breathe but my chuckles aren't helping with trying to at least breathe normally again.

'You're killing her!' Jae pushes everyone off me and helps me up. 'Why are you crying?' his worried eyes examine my face, even my body to see if I got bruises.

'I'm okay, don't worry.' I lift my hand up to wipe the tears away, but Jae suddenly grabs my hand with his left hand, and wipes away the tears with his right hand, slowly and carefully wiping it away with his thumb.

'I thought they.. you know.. reminded you of him.' He whispers so that I am the only one that can hear that. My eyes wander everywhere as I think of him. A smile full of pity plasters on my face. I shake my hand and turn to the 4 guys that I haven't seen in so long.

'Jiyeon-ah, how are you doing?' S.Coups puts his arm around my shoulder, and ruffles my hair. He chuckles and looks at me, waiting for my answer.

'I'm okay, I miss being with you guys though. ' S.Coups nods and does a quiet whining sound.

'It's so empty without you Jiyeon! We don't have anyone to nag at us when we're being too loud, or someone who livens up the mood in a different way than Seungkwan does. I'm so glad we're going on this MT together.' He shifts so that he can give me a hug, his breath softly on the crook of my neck.

'Jiyeon, I'm getting worried..' He says oh so softly. 'Joshua has been acting really different lately. He always nags, isn't the gentleman he used to be. He never smiles but he always leaves us, probably to go to her.' The way he says her.. full of hatred.. Now I know everyone doesn't like her, even S.Coups.

'Everyone has been down because Joshua has been acting so weird lately and because you're not with us anymore. I don't know what to do..' He seems so lost.. So broken actually. I feel his breath become a little heavier and then something wet falls on my collarbone.

What.. no..

'Hey.. Don't cry. We'll figure something out.' My hands automatically rub his back, trying to comfort him. 'You don't have to feel responsible for the things that are happening right now. It's something between Joshua and I. Don't think it's your fault, you're doing the best you can and you're doing a great job.. I..' His tears won't stop, they keep falling onto my collarbone. Tears suddenly form in my eyes. I can't stand him being like this.. I quickly blink them away.

'I'll.. I'll talk to him okay?' He nods and I break the hug to look into his eyes. They're a bit red and puffy, filled with desperation. I smile and pat his shoulder.