It's Complicated

09

I walked into his apartment, it was nice, nothing huge or mind blowing but just a regular apartment. He hopped onto the couch and patted a spot next next to him, I sat down, still completely shocked that this was happening.

"Whatcha wanna watch?"

"I don't know, what do you have?"

He crawled off of the couch and kneeled infront of a shelf full of movies.

"Pretty much every Disney movie you can imagine."

"The Lion King?"

He pulled out a movie.

"Yep!"

I smiled, feeling more at ease.

"Wanna watch it?"

"Sure!"

He waddled over to the dvd player on his knees, making me giggle. He put in the dvd and stood up.

"I'm gonna make popcorn, kay?"

"Sounds good."

As he walked to the kitchen I pulled out my phone.

'mELANIE'

'DID YOU FUCK HIM YET'

'well i was going to tell you but just for that im not going to'

'nO baby plEAse'

'im at his apartment'

'what'

'wERE WATCHING THE LION KING HE IS SO ADORABLE AND HES NOT WEARING A SHIRT LIKE HELP?!!?'

'ill be there in 15 with the shotgun'

'MELANIE'

'BUT SERIOUSLY USE PROTECTION LIKE I WASNT KIDDING'

'gurl'

'wait hes not wearing a shirt tho like ???'

'YEAH LIKE TF'

'pics or it didnt happen'

'fuck you hes coming back i gtg'

'have fun baby 👌'

I locked my phone and put it in my back pocket, He sat back down next to me and grabbed the remote.

"It's in the microwave, let's just start watching."

"Mkay."

He pressed play, we watched the unforgettable animated sunrise at the beginning of the movie as Josh started singing along horribly. I started laughing uncontrollably, singing along. At the end Josh grabbed a pillow and stood up on the couch, mimicking the movie and raising it in the air. I was in a fit of giggles, the beeping of the microwave interrupting us, Josh jumped over the couch, walking to the kitchen, laughing. He came back into the room, a bowl of popcorn in his hands, he sat back down next to me on the couch and cuddled into my side, setting the popcorn on my lap. My heart beat quickened as I wrapped an arm around him, he let out a heavy sigh, reaching for some popcorn. I ran my fingers through his hair, becoming more comfortable, he hummed in content making me smile.

~

We were halfway through the movie when Josh did something weird, he moved his hand to my thigh, popcorn long gone, and started slowly running his hand up and down, then his hand froze for a while. And he pulled away... Was he going to- oh god. Fuck, I'm glad he didn't.

~

The movie ended and Josh had fallen asleep on me, so I shook slightly to wake him. I didn't want to, he looked so peaceful, but I couldn't move.

"Hey Josh, wake up."

I whispered, his eyes fluttered open and he stretched, pushing against my chest.

"Tyler?"

He sat up and looked at the tv, then back at me and giggled, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Sorry I fell asleep on you."

"It's ok, you missed the movie though."

"Dang, oh well, I've seen it at least a thousand times."

"Same."

"Same? You're gayer than I thought you were."

I rolled my eyes.

"Oh fuck off. I guess I should get going now."

"What? You don't have to go, why don't you sleepover! I mean if you're not doing anything."

I was a bit taken aback, but I was ecstatic that he actually wants me to stay- I hope he doesn't just want me to stay for that reason.

"Nah, I'm not, of course I'll stay!"

"Yay! Sleepover! Whatcha wanna do baby? I- you don't mind if I call you that right?"

He's biting his lip and I literally can't.

"I- uh- No I don't mind."

"Can I confess something?"

"Sure."

"I thought you were straight all this time because, ya'know you hang with that girl a lot and I just figured."

"Oh yeah, that's Melanie, we're best friends, but nothing more than that. I honestly don't even know which way she swings."

Melanie is a very confusing person, I never know what's going on inside her head.

"My friend Ashley has a total crush on her, I can just tell, she always denys it though, I don't know why."

He talks pretty fast, but I don't mind. He continued to talk,

"OHMYGOD, did you see those two kids in science, Dan and... what's his name?"

"Phil?"

"YES. I ship it so hard, you know what ship means right?"

"I wasn't born yesterday, I may look straight but I know what ship means."

He laughed out loud and I felt sort of proud of myself that I made him laugh.

"Sweet, ohmygod I got this new snapback last weekend with Ashley, it looks adorable."

He ran out of the room and came back with a black and white snapback with intricate designs on his head.

"Like it?"

I smiled widely and eyed the hat along with Josh's whole body. He had a very feminine posture, with his hands on his hips.

"Love it."

"Let's go in my room."

I followed him to where his room was, his room was pretty plain aside from some posters, he sat on the bed and patted a spot beside him.

~

We spent the night shit talking other people at school, he did most of the talking, but I like watching him talk. He's very hyper, I'll say that much, but I love that, I love it when he gets excited over something he likes, it's pretty cute. We were up til 2am and I was dozing off but he was still wide awake.

"Josh, it's two in the morning, I'm tired.."

"Already? Fine, cuddle me."

I was too tired to feel self concious or embarrassed by his request- or rather, demand. So I hesitantly crawled up to where he was sitting and he laid down, facing away from me under the covers. I laid down and wrapped my arms around his torso, he shifted closer to me and sighed.

"Night."

"Night."