i'm broken in my faith

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Boundaries were there to be tresspassed, and expectations were bound to be shattered. Joshua broke them all, and life feels pretty darn great as he tries to ignore the fact that he's breaking himself, and to ignore Seo Jisoo's sighs as she watches his regressive metamorphosis from the enthusiastic, zealous, youth leader from church to a playboy beyond recognition.  


 

Foreword

 

once upon a time, they were in the church choir, singing their hearts out in praise to the Lord.


twice upon a time, seo jisoo meets joshua in college theology class, and he avoids her like his life depended on it.


thrice upon a time, she finds him knocked out drunk after making out at one of those frat parties, bloodied against the toilet door.
she rescues him of course. she's a good samaritan, the best one out there. she unfortunately doesn't anticipate what happens in the subsequent future.

 

"Hong Jisoo..." Jisoo says, her eyes half-lidded with sleep. "Do you still hate me?"

"No one calls me that anymore."

"Tell me, though. Why you can't stand me. I'm not interested in dissolving your popularity," she says tiredly, tired, not as much as from the lack of sleep but rather, from being emotionally drained.

 

Joshua stares ahead, defeated."When I look at you it's like you're everything I used to be."


 

 

[that 2jisoo christianity/college//dickjokes/bible pickup-lines au that nobody asked for]

a/n: woAH im lowkey proud of my poster haha + this is gonna be mostly humor and slight discussion abt churches and faith. not like take-me-to-church homophobia kind of au, but more of the process of a person losing faith and finding back hope in a very slice of life way? also there's mentions of alcohol, drug use, but i swear it's not as filthy as it sounds????? so if you're atheist it should be fine, please ignore this fic if it offends you!!! i've always wanted to write a fic not about religion vs mainstream issues but more of the process of believing and dating and exploring boundaries? yeah also please love 2jisoo!!!!!

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kikomizu #1
Chapter 6: I hope one day you will continue your 2jisoo stories. I remember coming across your account on ao3 a long time ago and marked your stories "for later", because I usually read finished ones, but recently I was looking through my bookmarks and stopped to finally read you stories, and now I'm here to tell you that your writing is amazing. And this story in particular is touching because lately I've been thinking a lot about religion and discussing it with my friend, because I am confused about many things and couldn't really find a way to deal with it yet.
bangchansaegi
#2
Chapter 6: i really love thia fanfic. i hope you could update this soon authornim. c:
elixirs
#3
aaa okay so i've been reading your fics all day (particularly bc I need seventeen x girls fic inspiration) and your stories are all just so genuine and witty and amazing. I love your writing style, and this story specifically makes me so happy because i've never read a fic related to my faith that so openly and easily talks about losing faith and godliness and such. ugh, i just love it. never stop writing ❤
purplephoenix #4
Chapter 6: this fic is so good, the humor always cracks me up, and the plot got me at the edge of my seat. can't wait to know how joshua will act after this ><
syxb7z9
#5
Chapter 6: amaazing story here - it's the first fic I've read that had a significant tie to religion and God and I really enjoy it! plus I love jisoo x jisoo fics so happy to have found this one :)) keep up the great work!
supercut
#6
Chapter 6: okay, so i'm going to be honest with you, prior to this i've never read any jisoo fics (both seventeen and lovelyz.) but then i saw this in a recommendations thread so i gave it a try and?? oh my god?? this is so funny but at the same time really cute and i'm so in love with seo jisoo's character. your writing is absolutely hilarious, i love it really. i also like your pacing, and tbh i love everything about this story!! thank you for updating, i'll wait patiently for the next update. c:
matoki_angel
#7
Chapter 6: Gosh, I just started reading this for like an hour ago and now I'm so hooked with it! This is brilliant and I hope you update soon :) I ship Lovelyz and Seventeen and it's nice to come across great 2Jisoo fics like this!
And I just realized that you are the same author of another wonderful 2Jisoo fic I'm reading as well. Oh, I love you very much, authornim. Much power to you. Hwaitiing!
TaoRisPandaLove #8
Chapter 6: :'D Thanks for updating. Sometimes I get confused between Jisoo and Joshua 'cos most Joshua fanfics I read interchangeably uses Jisoo n Joshua XD

"—he doesn't want to lose her, ever." ;D 2Jisoo
Baudelaire
#9
Chapter 6: I thought i was ready for the heavy things but I wasn't. I had to sit for a few minutes to ponder what's going on in this chapter and came up with a conclusion that this chapter is the most beautiful chapter to date in this story despite the heavy atmosphere.
First of all, I'm so glad that Jisoo was saved. I wasn't expecting for Joshua to raid the room and become a knight in extra shining armor to save Jisoo but there he was, saving Jisoo. Those drunkards need to be expelled. They were trying to for goodness sake! Wait, scratch that, they should be charged and thrown inside the jail or something or anywhere that suits their filthy attitude. en stinkk.
Took me so long to realize but Jisoo is like a sweet serendipity to Joshua (though it might be the other way wise for Jisoo). Jisoo is legit a walking wake up call from the god above to Joshua. His conflict with his conscience? That has gotta be the most beautiful part in this story. Five stars for that.
And oh, i think you made a spelling mistake or you got confused or I got confused or both, but I think you changed Chungsoo to Chungwoo? Because Seungcheol said Chungwoo and Sangjin instead of Chungsoo and Sangjin.
Anyway, thank you for the update!
JellyJello
#10
Chapter 5: Am I the only one who didn't get the "persecuted" joke? :/