the bad blind date | joshua bassett

3. sooner than later

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two weeks passes by and eventually the event that occurred was somewhat forgotten. joshua was busy with his finals, as well as y/n. naila and erik both hung out together regularly, and y/n usually just stays at home.

y/n sometimes thinks about maybe contacting him, not because she misses him or has some excess baggage from that day.

she just wants to see how he's doing? maybe because since naila and erik are both out now, he would probably be hurt.

joshua wasnt as sad. in fact, he accepted to to with them to a few dates hoping maybe he'd get some sort of closure from you about the kiss. he also tasted the strawberry flavored lip gloss. sometimes he thinks that he just needs a girlfriend and that's probably why he somewhat is looking for you. not that he misses you, he really just wanna talk to you about his feelings, of course.

that lip gloss tasted really nice. josh thought but then his eyes trailed to naila. she walked gracefully towards him with a huge smile. her tanned skin glowing as the sun hit her face.

he gave her a huge smile, as she hovered over him giving him a kiss on the cheek. "hey joshers." she squeezed his arm and said, "where's erik by the way."

josh turned to face the house behind him, "in his room." naila nodded and thanked him. she also screamed, "also! if you can drop off the stuff at my house that would be great."

"yeah, I was gonna do that right now."

"thank you josh!" she yells the last time before coming inside their house. josh turns to go into his car while holding naila's house key.

would y/n be there? he thinks before starting the engine. shrugging it off he drove away and even stopped by a fast food restaurant to get some food.

he bought ten piece nuggets and some french friend and decided to even get a milkshake. as soon as he got it, he plopped one into his mouth and went on with his day. the fries seemed to be left out for a while since they were kinda limp, but besides that he finishes the last nugget in a matter of 5 minutes.

he opened the door of the large family home. no one was there visibly until a girl behind him said, "who are you?"

he turned around and saw a girl behind him. he jumped in shock and turned and said, "I'm here to drop something off for naila."

the girl smiled and said, "oh, uhm I'm yua." josh awkwardly grinned and made way for her to go inside. then he heard another voice, "yua-" he stares at the girl he had kissed weeks ago. your cheeks become tinted as yua goes and hugs you.

"josh?" You questioned. yua looks at her and looks at josh. "you two know each other?" josh laughed awkwardly and said, "yeah." but at the same time you said, "no."

yua connects her thoughts and says, "wait, he looks familiar- OH! he's the guy you told me you kissed." josh pursed his lips trying not to laugh as you tried to shut your friend up by saying any more embarrassing details you told her.

"you're lucky I need to go to the bathroom," she says, walking up the stairs. josh closes the house door and drops the bag of equipment.

you awkwardly went towards him and said, "so.."

he looked at you with a smile and also said, "your gloss—lip gloss? whatever. it's strawberry right?" he tried to change the subject to be less embarrassing but he realized that it was as embarrassing. you were speechless but then your cheeks turned even more red and he rubbed the back of his neck.

"you ghosted me," he says. you gritted you're teeth and then you mentioned, "well, see, I don't think it was really a good blind date..."

he opened his mouth in disbelief, "wow, I think I'm actually a pretty good kisser in fact."

you laughed sarcastically, "you're really funny but uhm see— when you wanted to watch netflix shows all day but your sister forces you to go to an uninvited blind date, eating somewhat decent food but nothing extraordinary, and you end up kissing him because your blind date has feelings for you sister, yeah. it's something else."

"well I can make it up to you."

"what are you proposing."

"a second date."

you wanted to burst out laughing but it kinda make your heart feel something. you nodded and said, "you're not falling in love with me right?"

he shook his head and said, "nope, I just wanna be friends." assumingly joking about the whole date thing."

you laughed and said, "you got me there for a second."

"no, I wanna be friends but I also want to go on a second date to make up for the first. its called the joshua experience. I think I'm pretty good at dates," he winks. you wanted to punch him. you don't know why, you just had an urge to.

you shook your head, "josh, warning, you might fall in love with me because I look like my sister".

joshua laughs and said, "yeah, no."

you frowned and crossed his arms. she said, "well yeah, she looks like her mom and I look like my mom."

joshua laughs, "she's pretty and you're cute." I'm CUTE?

"o-oh. well, you're dumb," you pointed out. he laughs and said, "sure yeah." after a few seconds he puts his hand in his pockets and said, "I better should get going."

"so when's our 'second date'?" you asked. he gives you a smile and says, "tonight?"

you nod and said, "that works."

he bites his bottom lip and then took out his phone, "you might ghost me again so, give me your number."

he hands you his phone and you added a contact. you typed your number and texted yourself, "i luv ur strawberry lipgloss."

you handed it back to him and he said, "tonight at seven."

"tonight at seven," you repeated.

"wear something regular," he says after, walking out of the door. he looks at his phone and checks his contact list. 'strawberry flavored lips aka y/n'

he laughs and receives a text, 'you must've really liked my lip gloss.' seeing the thing she texted on his phone he bit his lips. she's cute.

he texts back, "well you must've really liked me to be going on a second date huh."