Speak to Me (Joji x Reader)

Awkward

H/N knocked on my apartment door at 1pm. I rushed to the door and unlocked it. 

"Hey," I said, looking up at him. He looked vaguely annoyed, but also happy to see me. "how was the ride?" 

"Long as fuck, but I'm here now so it's all good." he hugged me and kissed my forehead. "The place looks great." he said, looking at my kitchen and peeking into my living room. 

"Yeah, I'm not fully moved in yet but it's coming along. Let me show you the rest of the place." I showed him my bathroom and bedroom, and the small patio that had room for two chairs and a small table. We hungout in my living room and just talked, until we got hungry. 

"Do you know any places to go out and eat?" he asked me.

"No, I got take out last night so I haven't left the apartment building since I got here." and then I thought about Joji. He's lived here a while, he probably knows some places that are walking distance from here. I pulled out my phone and texted him. 

Me: Hey

Joji ❤❤: hey, what's up?

Me: H/N and I wanna go out to eat, any ideas for us?

Joji ❤❤ :  well there's a few pizza places like two blocks from here, and there's a burger place that's like a ten minute walk from here too

Me: Okay, cool. thanks. 

Joji ❤❤ : i could come with you guys, to show you where it is and everything

Me: I feel like that would be awkward

Joji ❤❤ : only if he makes it awkward

Me: I'll ask him

Joji ❤❤: alright ❤

I turned to H/N, who was looking down at my phone. I blushed a little, but I'm sure after he meets Joji he'll understand that he's just kinda strange. H/N looked pretty pissed though. 

"Hey, so...my friend wants to come with us." I began. 

"Why does his name have hearts next to it?"

"Yeah he put those there this morning. He's really nice, you'll like him. He's funny, too."

"Okay. I guess he can come, so I can see if he's trustworthy or not."

"Alright, I'll tell him to meet us in the lobby in fifteen minutes." I looked back to my phone. 

Me: He said yes!!

 Joji ❤❤: sweet, where do you wanna go?

Me: Let's go to the burger place, he likes that kind of food. Meet in the lobby in 15?

Joji ❤❤ : sounds good, see you guys in a bit

I put my phone in my pocket and went to check my make up. I fixed my eyeliner a little, and tried to get my hair to look nice. H/N was waiting in the living room, on his phone. I went to my bedroom to pick out something nice to wear. I threw a ton of dresses and shirts onto my bed, until I found a cute black dress. It was cut about halfway on my thighs, and tight on the top. It was really cute. I put it on with my black boots that had a small heel. My phone vibrated. 

Joji ❤❤ : i could wait all day and night to see just you, but im getting a little impatient to meet your boyfriend 

 Me: Shit, sorry. We'll be down in a minute. 

I got my purse together and went to the living room. I smiled at H/N, and he got up. 

"Let's go, I'm starving." I said, taking his hand. 

"Me too." he said, and we were out the door. The ride in the elevator was quiet. When the doors slid open, I saw Joji sitting down in a red leather chair. He was wearing black jeans, a light pink t shirt and a cap. He stood up when he saw us, and smiled wide. He looked so cute. He shook H/N's hand, and I was staring at Joji. I didn't mean to make it so obvious, but it clearly was. He looked much more put together than when I saw him this morning. His hat was covering his black hair, which was sticking out in spots. He had shaved his face, so I assumed he was trying to impress me or H/N. They both looked to me, and I hoped H/N didn't see me daydreaming about this other boy. Joji laughed a little and looked at H/N. 

"She does that a lot." he said. Fuck. 

"Not to me." H/N replied, half jokingly. 

"Can we go now?" I interrupted. 

"Sure thing. You guys like Five Guys?" Joji asked us. 

"Yeah, we went a few times back home." I said. I went to hold H/N's hand but he dodged it by running his hand through his hair. Alright then. I looked at him; hurt, and walked a little faster to walk beside Joji instead. "He's pissed." I whispered. H/N was too busy looking at the city anyways. 

"I know." he whispered back. He looked down at me, a slight smile on his lips. "He'll live."

"Yeah. Let's just not tell him that you slept in my bed last night. He'll assume the worst." I looked back at H/N. Joji nodded. "Hey babe! Catch up with us, I thought you were hungry!" I called out to H/N. He jogged towards us, taking my hand this time. We all talked and joked on the walk to Five Guys. Joji and H/N seemed to really be getting along. We entered the restaurant and fell silent when the smell of fried food had flooded our senses. Numbers were being called out, and there where people laughing and eating all around us. Joji turned around and gave us a quick smile. 

"You guys know what you want?" he asked. 

"Bacon cheeseburger with tomato and cajun fries."  I said

"A girl after my own heart." Joji smiled at me. "That's exactly what I'm getting no tomato though."

"I'm just gonna get a cheeseburger with fries." H/N said, walking up to order. He went first, and after I went he paid for the both of us. Joji ordered and paid for himself. We sat down by a wall of windows, and looked out. It was about 5:00 pm, so it was still light out. We people watched for a while until Joji broke the silence. 

"So, have you guys ever had to deal with distance before?" he asked, innocently. 

"Not really. We've both taken trips that have lasted well over a few weeks, though. So we have spent time apart, we just haven't lived this far away from each other before." H/N stated. Joji nodded. 

"We broke up once and didn't see each other for three months one time." I said, barely paying attention to the fact that I brought up such a touchy subject. I had broken up with H/N earlier this year because I felt emotionally drained, and he often made me feel useless. He often called me useless, too. 

"Oof. Drama." Joji said. Our number was called, and H/N went up to get it. He looked really mad. Joji had already gotten his food, he was just waiting for ours to come out. He looked over to H/N walking away, then back to me. "Why'd you guys break up?" he asked quickly and quietly. 

"He can be a real asshole sometimes. He's better now. But he used to be horrible to me. He was pretty verbally abusive and often physically as well. I have scars from it." I stated simply. It wasn't a big deal to me now, I had gotten over it. 

"That guy?" Joji pointed to H/N who was grabbing our bags of food 

"Yes, stop pointing." I said, grabbing his hand. I placed it back on the table and kpet my hand on his for a second. "Don't mention it while he's still here." I let his hand go. 

"Okay." he said. H/N handed me my food. I could tell he felt really awkward after I brought up our break up. I ignored it and ripped open the tinfoil on my burger.