And On the 14th | Seventeen JiHan | Joshua x Jeonghan

May 14, Rose/Yellow Day

Joshua walked down the sidewalks of his campus. He had woken up early that day so he was in no rush. He only had the one class with Seungcheol that day, and he was glad about it. It was only a Tuesday, but it was also one of the holidays that he had no clue about. He was a little nervous about it, but now it was the fifth one, and he was sure that nothing that would happen today would be too bad. It was a holiday to celebrate love after all.

As he walked, he noticed a lot of people wearing yellow shirts and tugged at his own matching one. When he had woken up the shirt had been hanging on the front door with a message written on a sticky note attached to it.

The note had read, "Joshie, you gotta wear this sweater today. You'll thank me later. -Cheollie."

Joshua had been confused at first but had slipped the top on anyways. Seungcheol had helped him with the holidays before, and it seemed as though he had done the same today. It was a light sweater, one that would keep him warm and not too hot, and one that Jeonghan loved on him. Even if the sweater had nothing to do with the holiday, Joshua was glad Seungcheol had chosen it.

Though walking through campus on his way to class, he would be hard pressed to believe it didn't have anything to do with the holiday. He had never seen so much yellow on campus before, and they'd once had a giant rubber ducky by the fountain. So, unless this was a coincidence, yellow was important today.

The air conditioning blasted him in the face as he walked into the building, and he was even more glad for the sweater that Seungcheol had picked for him that morning. The classroom was just as cold as the hallway, but he had been expecting that. What he hadn't been expecting, however, was seeing Sehun sitting in the seat that was usually left empty on Joshua's right.

He greeted them both as he sat, taking note of Seungcheol's blue shirt and Sehun's yellow one, "Hey guys. What's with the yellow shirt Sehun hyung, you never wear colorful clothes."

Sehun smiled and pulled at his shirt, "Yeah, but I had to today. Jongdae hyung wanted me to and Jongin might be right when he says I'm whipped. This is one of hyung's favorite holidays, so I try to do it all right."

Joshua nodded, "So what do you plan to do today?"

If Sehun didn't know that Joshua didn't know, he would tell him everything about today's holiday, and he could plan for it. He had known that Sehun's boyfriend really liked the holidays, but he didn't know it would come in handy so soon.

Next to him, Seungcheol made frantic cutting motions at his throat, as if to tell Sehun to be quiet.

Sehun tilted his head at Seungcheol, "I don't- I don't get it. What's wrong?"

"Joshua doesn't know any of the holidays. It's a secret don't tell him anything."

Sehun said, "Oh. Good cause I thought you didn't want me talking about Jongdae hyung and I was about to get very offended."

Joshua had glared at Seungcheol but turned and smiled at Sehun, "No hyung, you can talk about Jongdae hyung all you want, it's just that Jeonghan is trying to keep the holidays secret from me, and Seungcheol is being a terrible friend and helping him."

Sehun smiled and then continued to talk about his boyfriend until the professor arrived and they had to quiet down and start taking notes. It was nice to hear Sehun talk about his boyfriend, his smile bigger as he talked than it usually ever was. The older boy was usually so blank-faced and bored all the time, only smiling that big when talking about his boyfriend or his dog. Joshua was content to just sit and listen to the usually private boy gush.

Sehun's words had spurred something inside of Joshua, causing him to only think about Jeonghan as the class went on. Sure, he had managed to take notes, but they were nowhere near as detailed or as nice as they usually were. His thoughts were on a certain pretty boy, and what he could possibly have in store for them later on.

He didn't have to wait for much longer though, because when he finally was able to leave his classroom, Jeonghan was waiting for him right outside. His smile was sweet and held in his hands a bouquet of flowers. The flowers inside were all roses, but of varying colors, primarily yellow. Jeonghan handed them to him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Happy Rose Day, Bambi."

Joshua smiled, and he could feel his face flushing pink. He sniffed the roses, their sweet scent filling his nose.

He took the hand that Jeonghan offered him, "Happy Rose Day Jeonghannie."

They walked a little way through campus, heading towards Joshua's apartment. They swung their interlocked hands, walking past more people in yellow clothing. The sight made Joshua take note of Jeonghan's own yellow button up.

"What's with all the yellow clothing? Even Sehun hyung was wearing it." Joshua asked.

Jeonghan looked down at his shirt, and then over at Joshua's sweater, "Today is also called Yellow Day, and a lot of people wear yellow to celebrate. I know Sehun hyung is wearing it because it's one of Jongdae hyung's favorite holidays. He said Jongdae hyung really likes the flowers. I'm glad you were able to follow theme though, I wasn't expecting that."

Joshua bumped his head gently against Jeonghan's shoulder, burrowing further into his side as they walked, "You'll have to thank Seungcheollie for that. This was hanging on our door when I woke up."

"Woah what a helpful boy, huh."

Joshua giggled, clasping Jeonghan's hand tighter, "Yeah, I was glad. There's so much yellow on campus I would have felt left out. And besides, this is a really comfy sweater."

Jeonghan pulled on the bottom of it, "It's really cute on you."

"So what do people even do on Rose Day."

"Usually, Rose Day is for confessing to the one you love. But you already know I love you, so it's more of letting you know I appreciate you. I figured we'd go get some ice cream and maybe do some window shopping, how's that sound?"

Joshua smiled, kissing Jeonghan on the cheek, "Sounds perfect."