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Hansol POV
I take some toilet paper, dabbing the corners of Joshua's mouth as he leans back from the toilet bowl. He barely even made it here before he started vomiting.
His face is pale and I stand up briefly to get some water, unfortunately, there weren't any cups so I had to use my hands. "Here, rinse your mouth." I try not to spill any water on him as he sips from my hands. "Thank goodness for your ridiculously large hands." He jokes, trying to lighten the mood.
After flushing and closing the lid, he sits on the toilet and holds his head in his hands. "You wanna talk?" I ask, and he starts to cry. Kneeling in front of him, I hold his hand as he sobs silently. I hate how that old prune could get away so easily for damaging Joshua even to this extent. I hope he burns in hell.
Waiting for Joshua to calm down, I calmly rub his back and let him rest his head on my shoulder. Slowly the sobs recede and he hugs me. "It's ok, we can talk in depth once we get home." He assures me, "Ok, just please don't bottle up negative stuff, ok? I love you and you know it." a small smile makes its way to his face and I know that everything will be ok.
"Let's just leave, I can't stay here any longer."
So I take his hand and we get the hell out of there, he got his confirmation and that's all we needed.
3rd Person POV
Back at the dorms, Jeonghan, being Joshua's best friend, worked hard to make him comfortable because they all knew that he'd just gone through something that signified a new chapter in his story, it was a huge step and the whole group was ready to help him along the way.
They gathered around his bed, sitting in silence for a while because nobody knew what to say.
"How was it?" Soonyoung finally asked, getting right to the point.
"Well, it was weird at first, then I cried in the bathroom, and then we left and came back here." Joshua said softly, "I'm just glad that it's over and that we're still friends at the end of it all." he stood up, reached his arms out, smiling innocently. "Group hug?"
Of course, they all hugged, smiling and giving him kisses on the cheek and forehead, initiated by Seokmin who knew he loved small gestures like these.
"Let's all go out tonight, how about karaoke? We can go to a barbeque restaurant for dinner, chill a bit, eat, just let go for a night as high school buddies?"
"Yeah, that sounds nice." Joshua said, getting a bit teary-eyed and emotional.
"OMG don't cry, precious baby!" Seungkwan said, and Hansol immediately went to hug him and wipe his tears. "Thank you guys so much for always being with me, even though I'm not special or anything, and I make mistakes all the time." Hansol held his hand, kissing his forehead and looked him in the eyes. "Hey, babe, you don't need to be perfect." He said in a soft voice, "You're cute and lovely even when you make mistakes." they all gathered for another huge hug. "The most important thing is that you're ok."
"You're really such a precious one." He said, and soon, Jisoo was finding it hard to maintain his composure but soon busted out laughing when Junhui started fanning his eyes. "Who's cutting onions in here?!"
Mingyu quickly slipped out, returning in mere seconds with an onion and a knife, "Me." Wonwoo had to make him put them down though, the knife was obviously a safety hazard, especially in the hands of a klutz like Mingyu, despite being an exceptional chef, he was always dropping things.
In that moment, nothing else really mattered, they were laughing as a whole group again and that's how things would stay.
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It's been months sorryyy
I have a few stuff planned out but idk how to put them into words and not make them sound like I'm rambling, this chapter's another short one, but they should start getting longer again soon but yeah, I'm gonna try to get my stuff back on track and sorry for such a long wait.
