✨joshua bassett and ricky bowen imagines and preference ✨

🥴imagine: did we just...?

just to clear out, the two of you are already 21 yrs old in this imagine and...

You sighed in boredom, familiar faces greeted you. It was one of the party that your cousin just held.  Music blasted loudly at the living room, your classmates enjoyed the reunion party that your cousin's stupidly held.

You heard a commotion on the yard, in all seriousness, you didn't even wanted to attend this party. Your best friend, Joshua dragged you into this party.

You knew that your cousin's party would end up like a mess and with a coating of regret in the end.

"Hey, have you seen Joshua?" you asked one of your classmates and they just shrugged and didn't mind your presence. What do you even expect you were just known as Joshua's best friend.

Making your way out of the kitchen, you grabbed a red disposable cup and checked the substance. You were debating on whether drinking it or not.

"Where are you Bassett?" you murmured, and could feel the dryness of your throat. Walking around the living room, holding the untouched red cup on your hand, you searched for your best friend.

" Why can't you just like me back?" you accidentally walked in, in such a heated conversation. Before you could make your way out, a hand grabbed your wrist, meeting Joshua's intense gaze.

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" Y/N! I thought you'd wait for me—just go along with it. " he whispered under you, making your way to the other girl. The other girl raised her brow as she witnessed how Joshua's arms went around you.

" Look, I'd like you to meet—" before you could even yank yourself away, Joshua's arms tighten around you when the girl's hand met his cheeks. The girl walked away, crying her heart out. You feel pity surges at the pit of your stomach. To be honest, you couldn't blame her for falling in love with this guy.

He's not that hard to love.

" Ouch." Joshua let go of you and massaged his cheek. You could smell the reek of alcohol as he made the situation laughable.

"That wasn't funny." you scolded, but he just shrugged. To be honest, you have no idea how your relationship strengthen despite his stubbornness and hard-headed along the way.

You almost screamed when Joshua's body met the floor. Without a thought, you tried to held him up. He's absolutely drunk, you thought.

"Hey, get up." you slapped him, making his brows creased. Then you came to an idea, that it's better not to slap him, he'll wake up with such a sore cheeks early in the morning.

"You know," his eyes half-opened as he spoke. " I have a girlfriend?" that made you stop.

" I'm not the other girl, so just drop the act—"

" She's too good for me you now?" Joshua leaned, his elbow went itchy because of the grass. You sighed, and put his arms above your shoulder helping him up.

Tomorrow this boy will woke up with no pair eyes, you thought.

" What are you staring at? " Joshua's eyes glued on your lips but of course he didn't allowed you to notice that and fixed his eyes on the ground.

" N-Nothing."

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You struggled holding his weight up as the two of you went to his apartment. You know what, you have this idea on just leaving him on the corridor but of course, his physical looks would be the problem.

His head met the cold wall and groaned. You gasped in surprised, as the impact of his face made his expression all scrunched. Joshua straightened on his seat.

"Hey, don't you dare sleep." but Joshua was almost asleep.

"Joshy, don't sleep. You might get concussion—"

"It's been a while since you called me that." he said and slowly opened his eyes. His gaze were all intense making you cough in awkwardness.

" Did you know that I have a girlfriend?" His seriousness changed into a drunk state. You sat in front of him, leaning on his apartment door.

" Really? "you couldn't help but to ask.

" After she rejected me, because she didn't want to ruin our friendship... But still to me, without any validation from her, " Joshua's cheeks blushed as he spoke. You could feel your heart beating fast.

" She's still my girlfriend." He mumbles as he speak more about you.

" She's one of the person that I'm lucky to have. Besides the fact that she's very pretty and she didn't know that drives me mad as other guys asks me about her. Well... she loves to take care of me without anything in return... Maybe that's the reason why I fall for her. " Joshua was about to lay comfortably at the floor when you quickly grabbed his shoulders.

" See, how she cares for me to not to fall alone. " without even realizing Joshua leans forward, presses his forehead to yours.

" What—" his hand cupped your cheeks with such gentleness that almost break you.

His lips pressed onto yours, it was like his touch on your cheeks, gentle. You moved away, making him sighed in disappointment.

"You're drunk, Joshua." your hand stopped him from leaning closer.

" I'm not." making you turn to him, his eyes focused on your lips like before.

" Don't you get it? You're her...I love you."

"You love me...?" Joshua leans making almost impossible to resist him. His hands touches your cheeks and your lips.

" I love you, Y/N."

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Joshua groaned in pain as he opens his eyes. Hangover was one of the things that made him hard to comprehend what happened.

"You're already awake?" you asked, sitting at his couch. Joshua's eyes left the room and  it was a bit mess, his clothes everywhere. His eyes widen as he remembered what he did last night.

"W-What happened last night?" You couldn't help but to laugh at his confused state but didn't respond.

" Did we...?" your eyes bulged open at his idea and quickly shook your head.

"No! Nothing happened." Joshua sighed in relief, and sat, massaging his head. He knew what his limitations were and he's okay with that. Trying to recall what happened last night. But what made him stop is what the last eight words that he remembered saying.

" Y/N, I love you?" not even knowing he said it out loud.

"I love you too, Joshy."