Joy bounced around, her wavy auburn hair floating behind her. She stopped skipping and reached behind her, tying her shoulder length hair into a ponytail. I smiled as a watched her, sipping my coffee. She looked stunning, like an angel. She smiled at me, waving, and picked up her phone that was ringing. “Hey dad!” she greeted her dad chirpily in English. I walked up behind her and back hugged her, making her yelp in surprise. “Sorry dad, that was Jungkook hugging me.” she giggled. “Do you want to talk to him?” I nuzzled my nose into her neck, making her smack my arm lightly. “Oh?” her smiled faded, leaving behind an expression of surprise. Her eyebrows creased and she gulped loudly. I lifted my head in alert. “Okay. I’ll tell him. Bye dad.” Joy hung up and spun around, hugging me tightly. I wrapped my arms around her and heard her sniffle. I pulled away quickly. “I don’t want to leave. I want to stay. I love you Jungkook.” I stared blankly at her. “The university in LA I applied to, they accepted me.” I sighed in realisation. It must be hard for her. She’s not long settled in South Korea, and now she’s moving away from all of her friends, and from me. “Don’t worry. I’ll wait for you. You can call me any time you like, you know that.” Joy nodded and kissed my cheek softly, pulling me over to her little cousins. “Oh no. Not me. Help!” Her cousins giggled and leapt at me with bows and wigs and fairy wings. “Joy! Help!”   You prevent me from becoming lonely, I want to hug you without reason.   It was now the middle of November. Things had been relatively alright since Joy left for America. I kept busy with my part time job and the rest of the time, I hung out with my best friends. They understood how much I missed her, and so they did their best to keep me busy. But I couldn’t help thinking about how Joy was doing. Would she meet another man in America? I shook my head. No, Joy wouldn’t do that, not without telling me. Was all the studying making her tired and stressed? I couldn’t bear the thought of her stressed out any longer. I’d seen her like that before. She used to study and revise so hard for exams that she’d start to lose weight rapidly. I then dragged her to her parents and told them that she was coping badly. From then on, they babied her. They let her do whatever she wanted. And that included going to study media. I had always stuck by her. After all, it was her dream.  didn’t know mine yet. I always knew that Joy dreamed of being an MC of her own show. So now I was watching variety shows on reruns, and I was thinking of seeing Joy on one. I wondered what she was doing this Christmas. “Hey Joy.” I greeted her in English over the phone. “Jungkook! I’ve missed you so much. How are you doing?” I smiled from hearing her cheery voice. “I was wondering… what are you doing for Christmas?” I heard her puppy barking in the background. “Jungkook, I can’t fly to you, I’m too busy. I’ll be with my family.” I looked at my calendar. “I could fly to you if you’d like me to. I’d have to find the money but I’d do it just for you!” Joy sighed in distress. “Jungkook-ah, wouldn’t your family miss you? I only have 7 months left and then I’ll be coming back for summer break. It sounds a long time but it’s not that long, right?” “I just miss you so much, I wish I could spend Christmas by your side.” I heard Joy smile widely. “I’ll send you a present. I’ll make it really special for you.”   I just want you here tonight holding on to me so tight.   I arranged the plates on the dining table ready for dinner. My older brother glanced at me, raising an eyebrow. “What’s up with you? You seem out of it. Is it because you’re missing Joy?” I passed him a plate and he took it, placing it on a placemat. “This is the first time I can’t spend Christmas with her. How am I supposed to have a ‘merry’ Christmas if all I want to do is call her every hour of every day?” Junghyun sat next to me, pulling me down to sit too. “Wow, you really have it bad. Mum wasn’t lying, was she? Hey Kookie,” he poked my side. “Maybe you’ll get married soon.” I felt blood rush to my cheeks. He laughed at me and punched my arm. “Ooh, what’s up with you? You look lonely sweetie.” My mum placed bowls of foods on the table. She looked over at me, then at my hyung. He slung his arm around my shoulders. “He’s missing his girlfriend. S