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Untitled Part 11

~JOSH P.O.V~

We walked through the mall getting a few odd looks by old people. Marie ran up to Chris " I have one question..." She dropped down and pointed at his lower torso 

"WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEEE???"

"They are comfy." Chris replied curtly

I simply shrugged shoulders in response to mark's look of confusion. He nodded understanding what I meant; we haven't known each other for long but we understood each other perfectly. I wasn't sure on what happened for the rest of the day , I was lost in thought. I had to make sure that Chris didn't take things to fast with Ben and hurt him. There was no way I was going to lose a friend just because my brother wanted to pork somthing. Sometimes we joke that Chris took my sexual side and doubled his but I kinda hated that my lack of basic desires automatically meant that I had to keep my brother in check so he wouldn't do somthing he would regret.

"Josh!"

"Huh"

"I've been trying to talk to you for the last twenty minutes"

God was I really that spaced out?

"Oh sorry"

"That's fine I was asking if you wanted to come with us to the movies to see the premier of the hobbit lost stories"

"No, I haven't finished watching all the movies. I would rather stay at the book store and read."

"Ok then let's meet at the frozen yogurt shop after the movie?"

Sure I guess I mean- the hell was I going to do at the movies while both of my friends are with a date... make out with the popcorn druing the Romaric scene? Not a bad idea but I would be more comfortable here with a manga and a beanbag chair.

"Is that Tokyo ghoul?" The voice was so quiet it might as well have been a whisper

"Yeah it is" I turned around and ended up face to face with a gray haired boy about my age who was wearing a chicken hat.

"AAAAAAAHHHHH" I shouted in surprise falling out of my chair

"AAAAAAAHHHH" the boy shouted just as startled

 From the place that I landed on the floor I could see he was terrified, ironic since he was the one who scared me.

"sorry sorry-sorry I'm so sorry" he said quietly while hugging himself , he turned and walked away while under his breath muttered to himself

"you idiot why would you do that you worthless waste of air why do you even exist."

I walked up to where he was sitting and tapped him on the shoulder he looked at me with a look of worry on his face while he tugged on the strings of his chicken hat. 

"Hi sorry you caught me off guard , my name is josh"

"I'm Bernard ..." He replied quietly while still tugging on the strings of his hat

"Hey, do you want to go get some frozen yogurt ?"

His face lit up at the mention of frozen yogurt

"Yes-no I can't, well I mean I've never had it before."

"Well then why wait, come on" I got up and walked out the door. I was half way down the street when I hear fast footsteps from behind, I turned to see Bernard running towards me stopping a foot or two away clutching a book to his chest.

"You bought that?" He looked down at he feet and held it out to me waiting for me to take it

 "...for me?" He nodded and stepped towards me still holding the book out for me. This was so sweet

"Thank you " I took the book and gave him a hug "this is amazing"

"So frozen yogurt , what is that like?" He asked nervously trying to change topics while playing with the strings of his hat.

"Come on , I'll show you" I grabbed his hand and dragged him to the frozen yoghurt shop down the street.

 "It'll be fun."