Seventeen Imagines

Joshua

Imagine for _KIMKYUNGNXXX, XxWillAlwaysDoxX, kyungsoo_biased and KpopJagi

"Y/N, you ready for your new job?" Your mum calls to you as you frantically brush your hair.

You had recently gotten a new job at a day care centre, looking after little kids. You were usually good with children but you we're worried about messing up or accidently killing one of them.

"Yeah, coming now!" You call back. You ran down the stairs and twirled in front of your mum. "Do I look alright?"

"Y/N, you're gonna be with kids, they don't care what you look like." She replies.

"Thank you so much, mother." You say sarcastically.

You both head to the car so she can drive you to work. You would drive yourself but you were feeling way too nervous.

When you arrive at the day care, you felt actual fear. You get out of the car slowly and say goodbye to your mother. As she drove away you walk through the front door. The receptionist smiles kindly at you as you awkwardly walk up to her.

"Uh, hi. I'm supposed to be working here today? My name's Y/N." You say to her, forcing a smile on your face. She types something on her computer and nods.

"Yup, you're on the list. The kids are in the back, just supervise them for a while, before the parents show up." She says.

You nod and start to walk to the back room when she calls out behind you.

"Oh and you're not the only one working here. Your co worker is already in there."

You nod to her again and open the back door slowly. Inside you see chaos, toys and art supplies thrown everywhere, basically that scene from Toy Story 3. Except, in the middle of it all was a ridiculously good looking guy about your age. He was running from kid to kid, trying to calm them down.

"Need a little help?" You call out to him, trying to suppress your laughter.

He stops and turns to you, breathing heavily. He smiles sheepishly and runs his hand through is orangey hair.

"Uh, yeah a little." He says and he laughs a little, awkwardly.

You step into the room and put your thumb and forefinger in your mouth. You let out a loud whistle which resulted in all the kids stopping and staring at you. You clear your throat loudly and clap your hands.

"Right! Now my name is Y/N and I'm gonna be supervising you today. First thing I'm gonna do is get to know you all so all of you grab some colouring pencils and paper and draw something that makes you happy. Got it?" You say all of this in a rush, thinking of the first thing that comes to mind.

To your absolute delight they all nod and start gathering what they needed. They all find a place to sit and start messing around in one corner. You near to them on one of those tiny plastic chairs. The cute boy walks over and sits next to you. He smiles at you gratefully.

"Thanks for that. I guess I'm not as good at this as I thought." He says, his voice soft.

"No problem. I'm Y/N, by the way." You say, holding out your hand.

"So I heard. I'm Joshua." He says. He takes your hand and shakes it. Neither of you know when to stop shaking so you carry on until you're both laughing. Eventually you both pull away, still smiling.

"So, you're good with kids then?" He asks. You give him a weird look and his eyes widen as he realizes what he just said. "Ah! I didn't mean for it to sound creepy."

You laugh and shake your head at this adorable guy.

"Yeah, I'm good with kids." You say.

He laughs and you notice that he has dried paint in his hair. You reach over automatically and brush it away. When you pull back, you see him staring at you. You immediately blush and look away.

"You had somwthing- Uh, never mind, I'm sorry, that was weird. I'm weird." You mumble.

"I like weird." He says quietly and his voice sends shivers through you.

You open you mouth to say something else but at that moment the kids decide that the colouring they were doing was boring. They started acting crazy again so you got up, Joshua following close behind.

"What do we do, boss?" Joshua says to you. You take a deep breath.

"We play." You reply.

You managed to get the kids settled with several toys. You end up playing car with a bunch of the little kids while Joshua sits against a wall, consoling a crying girl. The little girl sits on his stomach leaning against his propped up legs. He pulls faces at her, crossing his eyes and sticking his tongue out.

Eventually she starts laughing hysterically and he laughs with her. She starts blathering to him and while she's talking his gaze shifts over to you. You realize that you had been staring at him for about 10 minutes and you blush crimson. He smiles at you with affection in his eyes and you smile back. The girl recaptures his attention and you turn back to the kids you were playing with, but you keep glancing at him only to catch him looking back at you.

You didn't get to speak to him again for the whole day until the kids for settled into watching a movie. You sit next to Joshua in the back, talking excitedly.

"I read a lot, even Twilight. But I swear, I like other books too." You say to him.

"Hey, I've read Twilight! Team Jacob or Team Edward? I'm Team Jacob, myself." He says and you're pretty sure he was being serious.

"Jacob all the way." You say and he laughs.

"I like to read too, and I love to play guitar. I'm pretty good at it too." He says, looking almost smug.

"Oh really?" You say, teasing him a little. "Don't believe you."

"Huh? I can prove you very wrong."

"Hm, okay. Have fun with that." You say, raising your eyebrows at him.

"Seriously. I'm gonna play for you someday." He says, eagerly.

"I'd actually really like that."

You smile at him and he blushes, looking at the floor. He pulls the sleeves of his too-long shirt until they cover his hands and he bites his lip, looking nervous. He looks at you and opens and closes his mouth several times, as if he wants to say something but doesn't know how to say it.

"You want to say something?" You ask, laughing a little. He takes a deep breath.

"Uh, I know we only just met but... I really like you. I think you're cool and... stuff." He says and you can see him cringe at himself.

"I think you're pretty cool too." You say, mocking him a little. He rolls his eyes and you stop. "Okay, okay, I'll stop. Keep going."

"I was just wondering... If you wanted to hang out sometime? Outside of work?" He smiles at you, eagerly and awkwardly at the same time.

"I'd love too." You say and he grins.

He's about to respond when the little girl he was playing with earlier came over to you both. She clambers onto Joshua's lap and you wave at her.

"This is Y/N." Joshua says to her, smiling adorably at her.

"Hey there cutie." You say to her.

"Is she your girlfriend?" The girl asks Joshua. Joshua looks at you, not answering.

"Maybe." You say, joking around.

Joshua smiles at the girl, casually flicking a piece of her hair. He looks back at you and what he says next was definitely not in a joking way.

"Definitely."