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0bsess3d · 4 years ago

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lies | j.m. | part two

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JJ Maybank x Routledge!Reader x Best Friend!OC

A/N: It took me so long to finally get to rewriting this. But, here it is, I guess. I’ll probably start on writing the third part tmrw.

Warnings: Cursing, Lying.

Word Count: 2.0k

Summary: Instead of rejecting your friend, you tell him you’re taken, which is a complete and total lie. Now that he’s asking to meet this so-called boyfriend of yours, you’re going to need someone to play the role of your imaginary love interest.

You woke up the following day, almost forgetting about the mess you got yourself into. Not only did you lie to your best friend, but you also had to pretend to date your brother’s best friend to back up said lie.

What in the hell have you gotten yourself into?

You reached over to turn over your blaring alarm from your nightstand, groaning. You laid there in bed for a second, giving yourself time to fully wake up before you reached over to check your phone.

You had a couple of notifications from apps that you barely even use anymore and a couple of unread messages. Some were from friends, just saying “hey” or “good morning.” But, there was one from JJ:

JJ: What time do your friends want us over there?

To which you replied:

(y/n) : Kassi said 7, so you should probably come over here at around 6:30.

JJ just replied a simple “okay” You just laid your phone back down on your nightstand, standing up to get ready for the day.

Soon enough, you were in your kitchen, fixing yourself the third bowl of cereal this week. John B soon emerged from the doorway, his hair clearly not brushed this morning. “Morning.” He murmured to you, his voice raspy as he had probably just woken up.”

“Good morning.” You mumbled back, pouring the milk into your bowl of fruit loops. Then, you watched as your brother poured himself a glass of orange juice, putting the milk back into the refrigerator.

“So,” John B started, “when are you and JJ going over to your friend’s house?” He asked, watching as you took the first bite of your cereal.

You allowed yourself time to chew and swallow your food before answering him, “He’s coming to pick me up at 6:30.” You simply told him, taking another bite of cereal.

John B nodded, finishing off his glass of orange juice and placing it in the sink. He moved over to lean against the counter beside you as you ate. “So, how long do you think this whole charade is going to last?” he asked you, crossing his arms over his chest.

You shrugged, having not really thought about the answer to that question. “I don’t know. I guess just however long it takes for Julian to stop liking me.” You chuckled a little at the end of the last sentence.

“But what if he doesn’t?” he questioned.

“I don’t know. I haven’t really thought about all that.” You shrugged again.

“Well, you’ve got to. You can’t just keep lying to your friends forever (y/n). One day, all of this is going to come back to bite you in the ass. And, when it does, I will be right here to tell you ‘I told you so’”

You just rolled your eyes at your brother, putting away your empty bowl and spoon. But, honestly, you knew he was right. You were well aware of the fact that you dug yourself a deep hole that you may struggle to get out of.

Before you know it, it was 6:28, and a knock sounded at your door. You had spent the entire day on your phone or watching tv, and to be honest, you weren’t ready at all for the events ahead. You opened the door, revealing JJ, his signature smirk spread out on his face. “Hey.” He greeted, walking past you into your house.

“Hey,” You greeted back, watching as he moved to sit on your couch. “I was just finishing up getting dressed. I’ll be ready in a sec.”

Just as you were about to turn around and go into your room, JJ stops you, “Oh, wait, here.” He threw a red hoodie, one that you have definitely seen him wear before, at you. You quickly caught it, looking down to see what it was before giving him a confused look. “You know how girls usually wear their boyfriends’ shirts? I thought it would be more convincing if you wore one of mine to the movie night thing.” He ended it with a simple shrug.

“Okay, yeah, that’s actually really smart.” You laughed before disappearing into your room.

Around a half-hour later, you were both on the doorstep of Kassi’s house. Kassi lived in between the cut and figure eight. She lived in a nice house with a nice family. She wasn’t as poor as the pogues, but she wasn’t as rich as the kooks either. She was in the middle. Finally, the door opened to reveal the pretty blonde girl that was your friend. “(y/n), hey!” She hugged you before looking over at JJ. “And you must be (y/n)’s boyfriend.”

“Yep, that’s me. My name’s JJ.” JJ shook her hand with a friendly smile.

“Nice to meet you, JJ. Come on in, guys. Julian and I already ordered pizza, and we’re looking for a movie to watch right now.” As she spoke, Kassi opened the door wider to let you and JJ inside.

You walk in to see Julian sitting on Kassi’s couch with the TV remote in his hand. Not gonna lie, you did feel kind of awkward seeing him for the first time after you rejected him. And, there was a small part of you that regretted lying to him.

He was wearing a white t-shirt and grey sweatpants, and his brown hair was messier than it usually was. He looked good.

As soon as he noticed you two walk in from the corner of his eyes, he finally looked in your direction. For a moment, you could see a hint of jealousy in his expression before he quickly hid it with a friendly smile. He stood up as you and JJ approached the living room. “Hey, man. I’m Julian. You are?”

“JJ.” The boys shook hands before everyone piled on the couch. You and JJ were cuddled up together, Julian was on the other side of the couch you two were on, and Kassi sat in the recliner by the couch.

The room was silent besides the sound of the remote clicking as Julian searched for a movie to watch. “So, how did you guys meet?” Kassi asked, trying her best to save the awkward silence.

“Oh, uh, JJ’s friends with my brother.” You answered casually, only earning a nod from Kassi. This question was easy. It was one of the few questions you’ve actually thought about.

“How long have you guys been dating?” She asked.

“About to be four months,” JJ answered this time.

Julian’s head snapped in your direction. “You hid a relationship from us for four months?” You could tell he was hurt, and that made you feel even more guilty if that was even possible.

“Julian, I’m sorry, but we couldn’t risk people finding out about us.” You tried your best not to get into a fight with your best friend of 4 years over a stupid, fake relationship.

“Oh, yeah? And why’s that?” Julian asked, his arms crossed. You and JJ looked over at each other, not knowing how to answer this question.

Okay, so maybe you should have thought this through a little bit more.

Just as you thought you were going to be caught in your lie, Kassi spoke up. “Julian, you know how protective her brother is. He wouldn’t let you hang out with her for a year unless someone else was there with you. So how would you think he’d react to finding out his best friend is dating his sister?”

“Exactly.” You agreed, nodding at Kassi.

“Maybe, but why couldn’t you at least tell me?” Julian asked, now turned towards where you and JJ sat with a hurt expression painted on his face. JJ just sat there as you did the talking, not wanting to get this guy mad at him and make everything worse.

“Because you could have told Kassi, and Kassi can’t keep a secret for the life of her. No offense, Kassi.”

“None taken.”

“Okay, I guess that’s understandable,” Julian muttered with a sigh, but you could tell he was still suspicious. “Now, what do you guys want to watch? I can’t find anything.”

Once the movie was over, everyone was exhausted and ready to go home. You all helped Kassi clean the living room before saying goodbye and heading out the door. “Bye, guys! It was nice meeting you, JJ!” The sweet girl shouted from the doorway, barely able to keep her eyes open.

“Nice meeting you too.” JJ smiled back, walking in front of you to his truck. You and Julian waved at the blonde girl before watching as she shut the door.

Just as you were about to catch up to JJ’s truck, Julian stopped you, “Wait.” You turned around to face him, giving him a questioning look. “I wanted to apologize.”

“For what?”

“Well,” Julian chuckled, scratching the back of his neck. “I didn’t necessarily believe that JJ existed.”

“What do you mean?” You asked, tilting your head to the side a bit.

“Like, I thought you were lying to me about having a boyfriend.”

“Why would you think that?” You chuckled nervously.

“Well, I don’t know. You’re just so sweet. I thought that you were pretending to have one just so my feelings wouldn’t get hurt.” Julian laughed as if what he was telling you was stupid. If only he knew.

“What? That’s crazy.” You laughed with him. “I would never lie to you, Julian. You’re my best friend.”

Julian nodded, smiling. “I know, and that’s what I love so much about you.” After that statement, the silence between you two became extremely awkward. “But, uh, I like JJ. He’s cool. You should invite him to hang out with us more often.”

“Of course.”

Julian glanced behind you at JJ, who was sitting in his truck waiting for you. “I’ll let you guys get back home. But, first, uh, one question.”

“Yeah?”

Julian lowered his voice to an almost whisper so JJ wouldn’t hear from the truck. “Does he know that I, uh, asked you out?”

You immediately shook your head no. “Of course not. I wouldn’t want him to get mad at you, especially since you didn’t know I was in a relationship.”

“Thank you.” Julian gave you a small smile, starting to head towards his car. “Good night, (y/n).”

“Good night, Julian.”

During that whole car ride, you and JJ talked and talked about just about everything. You laughed about the movie and about conversations that happened earlier. It was like you could never get bored when you were around JJ.

All good things come to an end, though, and JJ finally arrived at your house. “You spending the night tonight?” you asked him, your hand on the door handle.

“No, I think I’m going to stay at home tonight.” He told you, tapping his fingers on his steering wheel. “But don’t worry, you won’t have to miss me for too long. I’ll always be here in the morning,” He told you, making you smile.

“Can you walk me to the door?” You asked, only earning a nod in response as you both got out of the truck and headed to the front door. “Oh, I almost forgot. Julian said that he likes you and to invite you to hang out again.”

JJ smiled, putting a hand on his chest dramatically. “Well, I would be honored.” You both laughed, now standing on your front porch. “Just let me know when you guys are planning on hanging out again.”

“Will do. Good night.”

“‘Night.”

You were about to walk inside, and JJ was almost off the porch when you turned back around to add something. “Oh, one more thing.”

“Yeah?” JJ turned around to face you.

“Thank you.”

“For what” He furrowed his eyebrows, confused as to what you were thanking him for.

“For agreeing to, you know, pretend to date me. I would have been in so much trouble if it wasn’t for you.” You explained, causing JJ to give you a small smile in return.

“It’s no problem.” The sweet smile on his face soon turned into a cocky smirk. “But, remember, you’ll owe me one.” The blond boy winked before walking off to his truck and driving away.

You watched him drive off while rolling your eyes with a grin on your face. “Asshole.” You muttered to yourself as you entered your home and went straight to bed.

a/n again: so, I didn’t really change that much because I realized that I don’t actually hate it that bad, and I was just overthinking it as usual. It is definitely longer, though, so I guess that’s a plus?

taglist: @is-it-really-a-secret (sorry for tagging you again lol)

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morkmywords · 7 years ago

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Sk8 Bb | NCT | Winwin

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Length: 3.2k

Summary: Skateboarding was never really your thing until you met a certain someone.

Note: I actually wrote something wow. This has been in my drafts for at least 2 months, don’t hate it pls

You headed to school, it was Monday again and it felt like the weekend went by in only an hour. You trudged along the familiar path that led to your school, you passed the familiar corner store bending down to pet the big orange cat that always sat by the door. You continued on to the little bakery where it always smelled like fresh bread, this is about where the pleasantries stop. You next passed the skate park, you didn’t have anything personal against skater kids but you weren’t one for the huge amounts of noise they always seemed to create wherever they went. You mainly kept to yourself, focusing on school work and staying out of trouble which meant staying away from bad influences. In your parent’s book, bad influences were the skater kids previously mentioned but you didn’t necessarily avoid them like your parents would have wanted, you still greeted them in the hallway and thanked them if they held a door open for you which was a very rare occurrence.

So here you were wandering into the school ground s sleep still very evident on your face when you bumped into something hard. That something hard was a person who’s back you walked straight into. He spun around and you would have been decapitated by his skateboard if you hadn’t ducked out of the way. You looked up to meet his eyes expecting an angry jerk only to be met with somewhat soft looking eyes instead. The boy was about average height with a soft looking face, you wouldn’t have thought him to be a skater if it wasn’t for his ripped jeans and skateboard he still held up high. You mumbled out a quick apology before turning and walking away as fast as you could.

“HEY, Y/N!” a voice that you knew all too well called out. You looked up to see Johnny bounding towards you with a huge smile on his face and some piece of paper in his hands. The giant boy seemed to be loud and happy 24/7 and he always had a huge smile on his face. You smiled back at him, his brightness even on a Monday morning seeping into you as well.

“Y/n, hey look at this.” He said waving the paper in front of your face. You managed to grab it from his hands and skim it over before you shouted out.

“WHAT!” he grinned and snatched it back from your hands.

“I got the lead in the school play, and I signed you up for backstage!” he smiled mischievously. you groaned and smacked him on the arm.

“Why. Would. You. Do. That!!” you said as you continued snacking him.

“C’mon y/n you need to get out more and who would turn down the opportunity to hang out with this guy?” he said pointing to himself before winking at you. You saw the boy from earlier looking at you with a quizzical look on his face and you felt a blush rising on your cheeks. You grabbed Johnny’s arm and yanked him into the school building to shut him up before he shouted anything else.

Time seemed to move twice as slow during the day, finally, the bell rang but before you could make your escape you were met with the smiling face of your best friend leaning on your locker. You groaned as you shoved some books in your locker before slamming it and turning to face him.

“Hurry up or we’re gonna be late,” he said as he grabbed your hand and dragged you to the theatre.

By the time you arrived everybody was already sitting in seats facing the stage. As soon as the door opened all eyes turned to you and your giant of a best friend. You tried to shrink back to the door but were foiled when Johnny dragged you down the aisle saying a greeting to the theatre teacher.

“Oh hi Johnny, and you must be Y/n,” he said with a smile, “ cast is on this side and backstage is on that side,” he said motioning to the two sets of seats on either side of the aisle. Johnny gave you a sympathetic smile before splitting from you and going to sit down with the other cast members. You quickly walked over to sit with the other members of the stage crew letting out a small sigh as you took your seat at the back. While the teacher was handing out scripts to the members of the cast and giving them a few quick instructions you scanned the crowd of crew members around you. You noticed a few familiar faces so you wouldn’t be completely alone but what surprised you most was the skater boy you bumped into that morning sitting in the row in front of you. You stared at the back of his head wondering why he was part of the crew for the school play also noticing his ear filled with shinning piercings. You were snapped back to reality when your name was called.

“We’re a bit short staffed so Y/n and Sicheng you’re on props and set painting.” The teacher said with a smile before heading back to where the cast was practicing lines. You looked back to see most of the other crew members were dispersing to go work on their given jobs and soon enough I was just you and the boy Sicheng sitting there.

“Hi, my name is y/n, I’m really sorry about this morning,” you blurted out as you sat down beside him. He looked at you shocked for a moment before smiling.

“Hi y/n, my name is Sicheng but everybody calls me Winwin,” He said smiling at you and sticking out his hand for you to shake. Your first job was painting the sets, Winwin was surprisingly good art in general so you left him to sketch out the designs while you went to go scrounge up some paints and cutting tools. You stumbled back into the backstage area arms full of various sharp things, paints, and paint brushes. You set everything down with a loud huff and you saw winwin obviously amused by your dishevelled appearance. You just wandered over and shoved what you expected to be a saw in his hands and started cutting. You expected the next hour and a half to be filled with awkward silence but you were pleasantly surprised when Winwin made conversation with you. He was really sassy which you didn’t expect and you found yourself having very interesting conversations and you enjoyed his company in general. Before you had to clean up you even exchanged numbers so you should coordinate times to work out props and stuff.

You were all packed up and everyone was heading home, you wandered out of the front gates and started walking home when someone called your name. you turned around to see Winwin gliding down the sidewalk on his skateboard. He jumped off right as he got to you, making you jump because you thought he was going to hit you.

“Let’s walk together,” was all he said before hopping back on his skateboard and gliding at a walking pace this time. You two walked in a comfortable silence, neither f you talked a whole ton but it was okay because you just enjoyed each other's company. You passed the skatepark and Winwin stopped.

“Wanna see something cool?” he asked, you nodded then he wandered over to one the weird ramp things. He started doing tricks and it was amazing, so amazing that even a small crowd formed around him to cheer him on with you. it had been almost half an hour when he stopped and offered to walk you home again. The walk this time was much louder with you asking questions about skateboarding and all the cool tricks and sinny things he did.

When you finally arrived at your house you were met with two grumpy parents.

“Where have you been?” your mother exclaimed as you set down your bag.

“Do you know what time it is?” your father continued. You sighed not wanting to deal with your overprotective parents tonight.

“It’s only 7:30,” you said with a hint of annoyance in your voice, “It’s not even dark out.

“That doesn’t excuse you, so where have you been?” your mother demanded. You let out a huff deciding that telling them might shut them up.

“I joined the school play and I’m doing set design and stuff,” you mumbled as you walked into the other room. That definitely shut them up.

“That’s so great honey!” was all you could hear you mom squeal before you went upstairs. You pulled out your computer to work on some school stuff for a while, before you knew it the clock on your desk said it was already 9:30. You groaned stomach rumbling and headed downstairs to find something to eat. You quickly made yourself a sandwich and headed back to your room. You plopped down on your desk scrolling through your phone while you ate your sandwich. You phone buzzed and you got a text.

Winwin: want to walk to school together tmrw?

Sure! :You

Where :You

You quickly replied. Before going back to eating your sandwich. You didn’t know why but when your phone buzzed again you almost... giggled?

Winwin: Skatepark at 8

You quickly agreed before finishing your sandwich and getting ready for bed. For some reason, you were extremely happy bouncing around and humming a tune before turning your lights out and scrambling under the covers.

The next morning you could hardly wait until 8, you ended up waking a little late so you had to shove an apple in your mouth before running out the door. You saw Winwin leaning on a railing idly scrolling through his phone as you walked up to him. he didn’t seem to notice your footstep so when you went up beside him he almost dropped his skateboard and his phone.

“You should teach me how to skateboard,” you said as you got closer to the school gates. “You want to learn how to skateboard?” he asked astonished.

“why, do you not want to teach me?” You said with a fake pout.

“It’s not that I don’t want to, its just that I never thought you would want to skateboard but I will.” He quickly assured you and laughed when your fake pit turned into a huge smile. You walked into the school grounds where you were met with Johnny giving you an annoying smirk. You introduced him to winwin and then some of Winwin’s other friends came over. You met Yuta who had the brightest smile you’d ever seen, Taeyong who seemed to treat Winwin like a cute little kid (Which he didn’t seem to appreciate), Doyoung who was really nice but acted like an annoyed mom to the other guys, and Mark who was the youngest and sweetest like an innocent kid.

You all ended up getting along really well and by the end of the month, you were all one big group. Then the fateful day came where they were going to teach you and Johnny how to skate.

It was currently 10:45 am and you had to be at the skatepark by 11 but you knew they would be late anyway, ‘Why did I think this was a good idea?’ you thought to yourself. You were incredibly nervous and you weren’t getting hurt today, the night before you had ventured into the storage room in your house in search of protective gear. You pulled on your wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads, ankle pads, and helmet before you set off to the skatepark. You rolled up with Johnny both covered in protective gear determined to kick butt because it was too much effort to put all this on and suck.

All of your other friends burst into laughter at your appearance, covered in pads with a death glare in your eyes. You stalked over to the group of giggling boys with Johnny on your heels, after a heated discussion you decided that Taeyong and Doyoung would Teach Johnny while Winwin and Yuta would teach you. Johnny walked away from you with a sad glance before you wandered away behind Yuta. You walked up to where Winwin was standing behind the skateboard the nervousness suddenly returning to your body. Winwin went through the basics of where to put your feet and balance etc. and you got most of it but you were still freaking out. He held out his hand and gave you an encouraging smile, you were still hesitating to get on.

“You wouldn’t want Johnny to be better than you at skateboarding,” he whispered and you stepped on with determination. You wobbled around a bit before finally finding your balance and before you knew it you were zooming in circles around Johnny who could barely move forward. You laughed at the cheers of the other guys and you took your eyes away from where you are going.

Bam, you were groaning as you rolled over on the pavement. You looked up to see the many faces of your surrounding you, you covered your face trying to hide from their gazes as you felt the heat crawling up your neck. You must have looked like a total idiot.

Once everyone had calmed down a bit you were pulled up by two of the guys and escorted to a bench where you waited for Doyoung to patch you up.

“It’s a good thing you wore all that gear or else you would have ended up with a lot worse than some scrapes and road burn,” He said as he sprayed disinfectant on your scraped up hands and you hissed.

“We all did that our first time, you were better than Mark for sure,” he said reassuringly and you cracked a smile at the thought of mark faceplanting off his skateboard while thinking he was super cool.

“Winwin freaked out and he won’t stop talking about how it was his fault and he should have taught you better,” Doyoung said as he bandaged a cut on your arm, “Poor dude really cares about you.” You blushed at his comment waiting for him to finish.

You were done being bandaged up and wandered over to Winwin. You assured him it was okay and it wasn’t his fault so he would stop freaking out and he looked obviously relieved.

“I want to try again,” you said and he looked like he had just been slapped in the face with an oversized fish.

“No.,” he said bluntly.

“I will steal your skateboard if you don’t let me use it,” you said with a frown and he sighed before handing over the board. The rest of the day passed without a hitch and nobody else got hurt, you and Winwin agreed to go prop hunting tomorrow before you all parted ways.

You and Winwin both let out a huff as you set down the final boxes of props opening night was a week away and it was the first full dress rehearsal. You really only had to stick around to make sure people had the correct props and nothing was broken.

“Y/n, when’ s your birthday?” Winwin suddenly asked.

“Actually it’s the day of the first performance,” You answer nonchalantly and you both continued on with your jobs chatting quietly.

It was finally opening night, everybody had been working for almost 3 months to get it perfect and tonight was the first time other people would see it. According to the tickets, many people came since the entire auditorium was sold out which made people even more nervous. People were rushing around backstage trying to find props or pieces of costume before the curtains opened, you were in the back helping with makeup when everyone was called for a meeting. The director was standing on a chair every member of the cast and crew surrounding him and listening to his speech.

“And before I forget happy birthday Y/N!!!!” he said as he finished his speech and everyone went to their positions.

The show went off without a hitch and the audience absolutely loved it, the roar of the clapping and cheering was deafening. You were so happy that people loved it after all you had spent 3 months working on this along with the rest of the cast and crew. After all, if Johnny hadn’t signed you up to work backstage you wouldn't have met Winwin who you may have developed feelings for but you wouldn’t ruin your friendship. The curtain finally closed and the actors got out of their costumes while the crew set up for the next show.

Most people had left wishing you a happy birthday on their way out as you and Winwin reset the sets, did any minor repairs, and reset all the props. It was only you two left in the building when you were finally done, you had your bag and were heading out the door when Winwin called your name. You turned to see him running towards you with a large brightly coloured box in his arms.

“Happy...... Birthday....... Y/n!” he said as he regained his breath and handed you the box. You opened it to find a skateboard almost identical to Winwin’s although it seemed to be personalized to you.

“Did you draw this?” you asked in astonishment as you examined the beautiful designs that seemed to match you perfectly.

“Uh-oh yeah, read the card too,” he said as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. You opened the envelope to find a note written on a piece of torn out notebook paper.

Dear Y/N,

The first time you bumped into me I was incredibly annoyed until I saw your face, you had the cutest expression I had ever seen and I instantly wanted to know more about you. I couldn’t get you out of my head and when I saw you walk into the auditorium for the play (even if you were being dragged by Johnny) I was soooooooo excited. I secretly hoped we would be placed together and when we were I could almost feel the happiness leaking out of my ears and my nose. After the 3 months we spent together I already feel like I’ve known you for years and I can feel myself falling deeper in love with you everytime I see your smile or hear your voice.

Y/n, will you be my girlfriend?

You looked up with tears pooling in your eyes to see him standing there with a nervous smile on his face holding a bouquet of flowers.

“Will you?” he asked, “It’s oka-” You shut him up by grabbing his face and bringing it down so you could kiss him. You stood there under the lamplight for a couple of moments before you broke apart.

“I guess that's a yes?” he said with a cheeky smile and you burst into laughter. You started walking home hand in hand, not caring about what your parents would say.

“Hey, does this mean I can’t steal your skateboard anymore?” You asked with a small smile. He just laughed and kissed you on the cheek before he continued walking pulling you behind him.

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