dream boy//[t.j.]

Twenty One Pilots.

your pov

as i hit enter, i seemed to feel my heart beat getting faster. what if nothing popped up? then it proved tyler was a figment of my imagination. and i also needed mental help. it wasn't good to dream about someone who wasn't real, that you'd have conversations with, for three years.

my wifi, being slow as usual, eventually came through. a website popped up and my heart skipped a beat.

twentyonepilots.com

immediately, i tapped on the website. there was a little info block explaining the band. i read it.

twenty one pilots is a duo from columbus, ohio. the band consists of tyler joseph and josh dun. stream regional at best now!

a/n: let's pretend regional at best wasn't taken from them. life would be much more swag that way.

i closed my laptop and stared at the wall.

tyler was real. i met him through a dream.

i met him through a dream.

i met a real live person who exists on earth in a dream. it shouldn't have been possible.

i was panicking at the news. deep down i always believed tyler was only existent in the dream world. although there was times i hoped he was real, i faced reality. or, what i thought was reality.

i decided to shower. i planned to reach out to tyler. the website included their instagrams. but before i did any of that, i needed to relieve some of my stress.

the phrase 'boy of my dreams' felt like something i could only snicker about. tyler was quite literally the boy of my dreams.

after my shower, i blow dried my hair and brushed my teeth. I wore a black t-shirt and blue jean shorts. i wasn't the kind to dress up. there wasn't much of a point. unless i had a special occasion.

i wanted to immediately reach out but it was still early. very early. it was only 7 am. so i did what any logical person who just discovered a band would do.

i listened to their music.

i was an organized person so i started at the very beginning. the album was self-titled. the first song was called implicit demand for proof.

listening to the song, i realized it had deep meaning. tyler never really talked to me about his faith and religion. but i guess he had saved that for his music.

the entire first album was pure sadness. i cried, a lot. especially over the song friend, please. tyler had serious song writing talent.

when i finished the first album, i went right into the second album. regional at best.

that one wasn't as sad as self-titled. but the songs still had a lot of meaning. the song forest gave me a rush of vibes that i couldn't explain.

after i finished listening to the entire discography (what two albums?) i decided it was still too early.

so i took a nap.

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i fell asleep for five hours. the room was empty because tyler was awake. i was bored, but it was a serious time killer.

when i woke up, i brushed my hair and had coffee. then i grabbed my phone. i opened instagram.

i looked up tyler and followed him. it sent butterflies to my stomach, knowing he was being notified that i existed too.

i opened direct message and decided to text him.

you: tyler? it's (y/n).

i set my phone down. i debated whether or not to unsend the message. i walked away so i couldn't unsend it and grabbed a bottle of water. i nearly spilled my water on myself when my phone vibrated.

tyler: no. way.

you: hey :)

tyler: you're real. we're talking and not even in our dreams.

you: it appears so.

tyler: it's just so.. bizarre.

you: you're telling me

tyler: how has your day been so far?

you: it's been fine. i listened to your band's music by the way.

tyler: you have? oh what'd you think?

you: you and your friend have serious talent. i liked the two albums you did. although self-titled had me in serious tears

tyler: yeah. i try to make the lyrics less dark now..but it's not always easy.

you: i get it. i get it completely.

tyler and i texted for hours. knowing that each other actually existed, opened a window neither of us knew about. it was nice.

i got to know more about him. where he was from and all of that. he learned the same from me.

we eventually ended our conversation. we said 'see you when we're dreaming' because we technically would've. normal people would've thought we were weird, but that's exactly what our situation was.

when i layed in bed that night, i expected to wake up in the room with tyler.

but that didn't happen. i dreamt of something else. for the first time in three years i had a real dream.