diff --git a/src/future/join/array.rs b/src/future/join/array.rs
index e96a395..800b222 100644
--- a/src/future/join/array.rs
+++ b/src/future/join/array.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use super::Join as JoinTrait;
-use crate::utils::{self, PollArray, WakerArray};
+use crate::utils::{self, FutureArray, PollArray, WakerArray};
 
 use core::array;
 use core::fmt;
 use core::future::{Future, IntoFuture};
-use core::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
+use core::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit};
 use core::pin::Pin;
 use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::ops::DerefMut;
 
 use pin_project::{pin_project, pinned_drop};
 
@@ -23,13 +24,20 @@ pub struct Join<Fut, const N: usize>
 where
     Fut: Future,
 {
+    /// A boolean which holds whether the future has completed
     consumed: bool,
+    /// The number of futures which are currently still in-flight
     pending: usize,
+    /// The output data, to be returned after the future completes
     items: [MaybeUninit<<Fut as Future>::Output>; N],
+    /// A structure holding the waker passed to the future, and the various
+    /// sub-wakers passed to the contained futures.
     wakers: WakerArray<N>,
+    /// The individual poll state of each future.
     state: PollArray<N>,
     #[pin]
-    futures: [Fut; N],
+    /// The array of futures passed to the structure.
+    futures: FutureArray<Fut, N>,
 }
 
 impl<Fut, const N: usize> Join<Fut, N>
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ where
             items: array::from_fn(|_| MaybeUninit::uninit()),
             wakers: WakerArray::new(),
             state: PollArray::new(),
-            futures,
+            futures: FutureArray::new(futures),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        let mut this = self.project();
+        let this = self.project();
 
         assert!(
             !*this.consumed,
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ where
         }
 
         // Poll all ready futures
-        for (i, fut) in utils::iter_pin_mut(this.futures.as_mut()).enumerate() {
+        for (i, mut fut) in this.futures.iter().enumerate() {
             if this.state[i].is_pending() && readiness.clear_ready(i) {
                 // unlock readiness so we don't deadlock when polling
                 drop(readiness);
@@ -102,10 +110,19 @@ where
                 // Obtain the intermediate waker.
                 let mut cx = Context::from_waker(this.wakers.get(i).unwrap());
 
-                if let Poll::Ready(value) = fut.poll(&mut cx) {
+                // Poll the future
+                // SAFETY: the future's state was "pending", so it's safe to poll
+                if let Poll::Ready(value) = unsafe {
+                    fut.as_mut()
+                        .map_unchecked_mut(|t| t.deref_mut())
+                        .poll(&mut cx)
+                } {
                     this.items[i] = MaybeUninit::new(value);
                     this.state[i].set_ready();
                     *this.pending -= 1;
+                    // SAFETY: the future state has been changed to "ready" which
+                    // means we'll no longer poll the future, so it's safe to drop
+                    unsafe { ManuallyDrop::drop(fut.get_unchecked_mut()) };
                 }
 
                 // Lock readiness so we can use it again
@@ -145,9 +162,9 @@ where
     Fut: Future,
 {
     fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
-        let this = self.project();
+        let mut this = self.project();
 
-        // Get the indexes of the initialized values.
+        // Get the indexes of the initialized output values.
         let indexes = this
             .state
             .iter_mut()
@@ -161,6 +178,21 @@ where
             // We can assume they're initialized, and this is where we drop them.
             unsafe { this.items[i].assume_init_drop() };
         }
+
+        // Get the indexes of the pending futures.
+        let indexes = this
+            .state
+            .iter_mut()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(_, state)| state.is_pending())
+            .map(|(i, _)| i);
+
+        // Drop each future at the index.
+        for i in indexes {
+            // SAFETY: we've just filtered down to *only* the pending futures,
+            // which have not yet been dropped.
+            unsafe { this.futures.as_mut().drop(i) };
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/futures/array.rs b/src/utils/futures/array.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..111afd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/futures/array.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::{
+    mem::{self, ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit},
+    pin::Pin,
+};
+
+/// An array of futures which can be dropped in-place, intended to be
+/// constructed once and then accessed through pin projections.
+pub(crate) struct FutureArray<T, const N: usize> {
+    futures: [ManuallyDrop<T>; N],
+}
+
+impl<T, const N: usize> FutureArray<T, N> {
+    /// Create a new instance of `FutureArray`
+    pub(crate) fn new(futures: [T; N]) -> Self {
+        // Implementation copied from: https://doc.rust-lang.org/src/core/mem/maybe_uninit.rs.html#1292
+        let futures = MaybeUninit::new(futures);
+        // SAFETY: T and MaybeUninit<T> have the same layout
+        let futures = unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&mem::ManuallyDrop::new(futures)) };
+        Self { futures }
+    }
+
+    /// Create an iterator of pinned references.
+    pub(crate) fn iter(self: Pin<&mut Self>) -> impl Iterator<Item = Pin<&mut ManuallyDrop<T>>> {
+        // SAFETY: `std` _could_ make this unsound if it were to decide Pin's
+        // invariants aren't required to transmit through slices. Otherwise this has
+        // the same safety as a normal field pin projection.
+        unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() }
+            .futures
+            .iter_mut()
+            .map(|t| unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(t) })
+    }
+
+    /// Drop a future at the given index.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The future is held in a `ManuallyDrop`, so no double-dropping, etc
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn drop(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, idx: usize) {
+        unsafe {
+            let futures = self.as_mut().get_unchecked_mut().futures.as_mut();
+            ManuallyDrop::drop(&mut futures[idx]);
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/futures/mod.rs b/src/utils/futures/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8658e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/futures/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod array;
+
+pub(crate) use array::FutureArray;
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index ac5d38e..b8c6073 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 //! Utilities to implement the different futures of this crate.
 
 mod array;
+mod futures;
 mod indexer;
 mod pin;
 mod poll_state;
 mod tuple;
 mod wakers;
 
+pub(crate) use self::futures::FutureArray;
 pub(crate) use array::array_assume_init;
 pub(crate) use indexer::Indexer;
 pub(crate) use pin::{get_pin_mut, get_pin_mut_from_vec, iter_pin_mut, iter_pin_mut_vec};