Everything Seventeen

Joshua

It had been 3 hours and I was still not done studying. I had 3 chapters left and a little less than 2 hours left. If I went over this time, I would not get the minimum sleep duration I needed to actually function tomorrow. Worry grew with each passing minute. I started to panic. It was pretty important that I scored well on the exam tomorrow. I was screaming internally while my pen danced on the papers super fast, my handwriting getting more illegible.

It got to the point I could barely absorb whatever I was studying. A few minutes after, I heard my phone ring in the distance. I went over to answer the call. It was my boyfriend, Joshua.

"Josh, I'm studying..." I grumbled.

"How much left?" he asked.

"3 chapters..." I felt my soul leaving my body as I recalled the reason for my panic.

He was silent for a short while. He then mentioned that he should not disturb me. Right after, he ended the call abruptly. I was pretty disappointed. I kind of wanted him to encourage me.

I trudged back to my table and rushed my studying, still in the same panicked state. The chapters were not short ones. Even more, I hated the last chapter.
Half an hour later, I heard knocking at my front door. Everyone was asleep by now so I got up to answer it.

I opened the door and there was a black gift box on the floor. It was almost midnight by now and this was pretty creepy but...

"Josh. Come out. I know you're there," I called out.

He came out from behind the wall with a goofy grin on his face. He picked up the box and held it out to me. I gave him a questioning look before slowly opening the box.

"This is the 17th bear you've given me," I frowned.

"You don't want it? I can take it back-"

"No no no, nevermind. I didn't mean it was bad! I-I'll take it. Thank you," I quickly cut him off and hugged the box.

I looked inside and noticed a small envelope. I took out the envelope and opened it to reveal a polaroid picture of him. It had a short hand-written message behind it containing words of encouragement.

"YOU ARE TOO NICE FOR ME!" I cried out.

He gave me a hug silently and rubbed my back.

"No, I'm giving you what you deserve. I think you've been studying hard so you deserve something nice. Plus, you need to relieve some stress or you'll never be able to absorb what you're studying," he told me humbly.

"Of course I'm stressed... I don't have much time left. The paper's tomorrow. I'm scared. I'm worried. Every paper counts," I expressed my concern, putting the polaroid and envelope back in the box and closing it.

Then, all of a sudden, he came closer to me. It made my heart flutter for a split second before he flicked my forehead.

"BE GONE, THOUGHT!"

I blinked a few times. What? I ended up bursting out laughing. My forehead hurt a little but hahaha.

"What was that?" I laughed.

"I'm expelling the negative thoughts in your mind. This is not good. You need to think positively. You can do it! You will nail this paper! YOU. ARE. CARAT. YOU CAN DO WELL! I believe in you- WHY DID HITLER KEEP MUSTACHE?" he attempted to motivate me the quickly throwing a question only we knew the answer to.

"Because he thought it made him look adolf-rable..." I answered, rolling my eyes.

"That's my girl!" he exclaimed.

As lame as it was, it made me feel better. I love him so much!

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I did not finish studying all the chapters but thank god the last chapter was not tested. I tried my best anyways and scored average on the test. It was not an 'A' but it's ok. I made up for it with my other subjects. Honestly, if not for Joshua, I would be panicking and unable to think clearly which could have led to a much lower grade. So thanks, Joshua. :)

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A/N: It's been soooo long and this one-shot was pretty long overdue. SORRY ;-; I've stopped working for the meantime and I'm starting school next week. It's not regular school hours so I guess I have a little more time to write. (provided I decide not to work.) I may also be working on something else but idk.

I just wrote the second part of another one-shot and istg, these ideas can really extend to a solo book. BUT I HAVE LIMITED TIME TO WORK ON THESE. I'll see how it goes. HOPE Y'ALL STILL ALIVE!