polarize ~ tyler joseph fanfiction

Twenty Two

We part slowly, the inches between us feeling like a thousand miles. Tyler smiles down at me, showing his beautifully imperfect teeth.

"Josh can't know about what just happened." He tells me, his hands still resting on my shoulders.

"Yea..." I mutter, looking over his ear. "So... what now?" I ask. The silence is so awkward I just want to escape the room as fast as I can. Run and pretend this never happened.
He dropped his hand, taking a step back.

"Well, I have to go to rehearsal. You can come watch." He offers, smiling brightly.

"Sure, I'd like that." I reply, walking to the door. Tyler catches up, opening the door just as I reached my hand outwards.

"M'Lady." He says, bowing. I walk out of the room, giggling at how formal he is.

"Vintage." I comment, grinning at him.

"Hipster, as the kids say nowadays." He replies, smiling like a little kid. Oh, I loved his smile. He was such a happy egg.

As we walk in silence I think about our kiss(es). What could happen between us?

We're on tour with the person who we can't tell and it'd be horrible for us to hide it. We'd be seizing up all the time when Josh walks anyways near us.

"Hey guys wait up!" Josh calls from behind us, running up to us. Tyler automatically goes stiff, the hair on his neck practically sticking up. See? I don't want that everyday.

"Rehearsal is about to start, man." He tells Tyler, pointing to his right. "You coming, 'Livia?" He asks me.

"Yeah, thought I would see y'all be weird with no one but the crew around." Josh's face scrunches up, faking a smile.

"How dear of you! Anyways, we need to go." He informs us, walking to the stage. We follow quickly behind him, distancing ourselves from one another so nothing will be suspected.
Imagine this situation, every single day.

"Well, have fun out there." I say once we arrived at the stage, playfully punching Tyler's arm. Tyler gives me a confused look before running out to stage.

Every single day.

I untie and tie my shoes multiple times to occupy my unusual thoughts before a loud snap jarred my mind to life.

"Yes?" I ask, looking up to a squinting Mark.

"You okay? You seemed pretty intense with your laces till ya just stopped like a bear in its tracks."

"That's an invalid analogy, but yes I'm okay." I reply with a sweet grin.

"Aren't you a keeper..." Mark replies, raising his eyebrows before walking away. I shake my head, giggling at his weird comment. What did that even mean?

"Hey, Olivia! We're about to head out to dinner want to come along?" Josh asks as he jogs from his set on the stage.

"I-I'm not very hungry..." I lie. I just want to avoid in interaction involving both Tyler and Josh. I just couldn't look at Josh knowing he didn't know. Lord bless us.

"Yes you are." A sassy voice replies from behind us. Is Tyler trying to make me feel awkward?

"Really," I say, waving my hand. "It's fine."

"Come on!" Josh laughed, shaking his vibrant magenta hair. "There's no reason to lie, wait! Are you... avoiding me?" He questions with a melodramatic gasp.

I roll my eyes. "Fine." This will be a great experience.
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We approached a small little hut but we walked into a large castle full of paper chandeliers and the smell of cooked fish wafting through the air.

"Sushi!" Josh says with delight, following the waitress guiding us to our booth.

"We all need to embrace ourselves. In your case, your Japanese heritage." Tyler says quietly with much wisdom.

"Listen to Dumbledore over here..." I remark, flashing a grin.

"Call Yoda, he wants his wise words back!" Josh jokes, the both of us breaking in to laughter. "Up top." He says, raising his hand.
I lean over an annoyed Tyler to high five Josh and begin to laugh harder at the sight of his face.