Joshua hadn't heard anything from Junghan since they broke up.

"Shua?"

Junghan sounded vulnerable, his voice small on the other side of the line.

"Yes? What'd you call for?"

"I just wanted to say happy birthday." Joshua heard the slight slur to Junghan's words. "I -- that's all. Happy birthday and I love you and I miss you."

"You remembered my birthday?"

"Yeah, we had plans for it remember? You, me, and Cheollie were all gonna hang out at his and watch movies and ."

Joshua felt a lump forming in his throat. They'd made plans to be at Seungcheol's because Junghan's mother would be at work and his father had "plans".

"Can you put him on the phone?"

"Cheollie?"

"Yes," Joshua hummed.

"He's not here."

"Junghan, are you home alone?"

There was a pause.

"Alright, I'm gonna call Seungcheol. Get him to head over to yours."

There was a plan. Evan after he and Junghan had broken up, Joshua had told Seungcheol to still spend that night with Junghan.

"OK. Happy birthday Shua."

"Thank you Junghan."

"I love you."

"Love you, too, angel."

Joshua's heart clenched as he hung up. He took a moment to make sure he wasn't going to cry before calling Seungcheol.

"Hi, Joshua. I'm just getting ready to go out, what's up?"

"Heading to Junghan's, I hope."

Seungcheol chuckled. "No, actually, he said he didn't want to see me 'cause it's your day."

Joshua groaned. "Seungcheol, you're a ing idiot. He's home alone."

"He's a big boy. He can deal with it."

Joshua sighed. "It was the plan, Cheol."

"Sometimes plans fall through," Seungcheol said like it was simple.

Something clicked. Seungcheol was probably more than a little buzzed if Joshua knew his soulmates at all. He was probably going out with Wonwoo and Jihoon.

"Whatever. I'll let him know you're busy."

"Wait, you can't speak to him. You broke up with him."

"Cheol, he called me. He's lonely and getting drunk."

"." Joshua could suddenly hear a flurry of noises on the other end. "I'll call the guys and let them know I can't--"

"It's fine. He just wished me a happy birthday. I'll let him know you're busy."

"Listen, you two aren't supposed to be talking until he's realised isn't a necessary part of a romantic relationship."

"I know, but I still care about him."

"This isn't healthy for either of you."

"We're big boys. We can deal with it."

He heard Seungcheol sigh. "I can't stop you from calling him, but please don't go over there. You know how he gets."

[And then joshua doesn't go over but he calls junghan back and they spend all night on the phone together just being like "i miss you" "i miss you, too" "i love you" "i love you, too" "im trynna understand but i just cant" "i get it hannie. Take ur time, its v diff from how u are. But its hard for me to be around u until u get it" "ik. Its just... i wanna believe u and understand i just cant wrap my head around it. Ik ur not lying but i cant help feel like u are" "hannie, ur drunk" "*giggles* just a little. I love you" and so on until they fall asleep. And things arent fixed, but they do eventually get there and get back together.]

A/N:

So, that's what I've got. I hoped you've enjoyed this journey with me. Feel free to drop by my tumblr (divaboo-t.tumblr.com) if you ever wanna talk about auality, any of my fics, or anything really.

Have a nice day!