octahate || joshler

chapter eight

:tyler:

i left josh's house to be home alone. i felt terrible after that. i tried to be a little bit smart or sassy but i failed.

i get too overwhelmed in situations like that and i don't want him to be mad at me any longer.

i want him to forgive and i want it now.

the only place where he could forgive me is at his work so i headed down there. i'm very nervous.

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:josh:

my job is the only safe place that i have at the moment. after dealing with the devil child and my parents last night, i can just talk to my only two friends here.

i walked into the door of the local record store that i worked at.

as soon as i walked in, the sassy red haired boy yelled over to me "welcome back josh! i missed my little munchkin."

he came over and squeezed me "i missed you too, gee. anything new?"

he brought me over to the back room, directly behind the desk where he mainly hung out at.

the other boy with the black hair and tattoos sat there, waving at me "welcome, red head number 2."

"well nothing new, we didn't have really any customers on friday so we kinda just hung out back here. now you can join us for once"

i pulled a chair over to the tiny little table where both of them were sitting.

"well this weekend was interesting, i made out with some neighbor that i thought i could trust and he completed snitched on me."

the red haired boy stood up "and you didn't invite me over this week, you fucking fleabag." he giggled.

"im sorry, disguising mole rat. i promise we'll do something this week though."

we heard a customer walk in and both of us peaked out. my eyes widened at the sight of who just walked in.

"shit, hide me." i yelled

"who do i need to fight?"  gerard asked me.

"no one at the moment but that's the kid that i might have kissed."

"well, give me a minute. i'm going to serve him."

he strutted out to the front desk and kind of called over "hey hottie, need any help over there?"

i facepalmed while hiding behind frank's chair and he said "he isn't really helping this situation at all."

he got up and got out on the desk too.

"i hear you're calling someone else hottie, i thought i was the only one?"

"shhh, you fucking rat and move your ass over. honey, this desk isn't big enough for the two of us."

gerard went over to tyler and start joking around with him "so how was your weekend? you seem like the type of person that gets around."

he leaned up against the cd's while almost knocking them over, looking up at him for an answer.

"oh nothing really. i was just kind of looking for someone but it's seems to me that he's not working here today so i'm just giving your cd's here a try."

"well does this boy happen to be like 5'6, has red hair, a nose piercing and is one hot motherfucker that shouldn't be single?"

"sure, that seems just about right." tyler said awfully cheerful.

"hey munchkin boy, get your nice little ass out here."

i walked out of the room and hopped over the desk. i stuck my hand out and gave tyler a handshake "it's been awhile since you kind of walked out on me last night."

"i kinda wanted you to forgive me. i let the other side of me just take over, sorry..friend?"

"it's alright. just don't do it again. you really don't want to know what happened last night with my parents. just don't do that shit again."

gerard just started clapping "aw that's cute. now you two should work things out and be a couple. the two of you would make a good couple."

"you literally just got yourself a boyfriend after two year of being friends." i called out to him.

he grabbed frank and brought him over while tightly grasping at his hand. "josh is the third wheel here, that's why."

they hugged each other while tyler mentioned "you two are cute together."

"thank you. now we have to get back to work so you can walk your little ass out of here and i'll see you later."

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gerard took me outside the backdoor and wanted to talk to me.

"i think that kid likes you."

"how can you tell? you could barely tell that frank had a crush on you for over a year."

"the way he acted around you, can't you see? are you blind?"

"i literally just forgave him and i met him not even a week ago."

"relationships are the best when they start early. if he break your heart, i'll fight him for you. do you like him?"

"i think his fluffy hair is cute, he makes good music and the clothes he wears are adorable. i love the way..shit i think i have a little crush on him."

"alright, that's good. don't let this kid walk all over you though."

"i won't, i promise i'll try to use your advice later today. thanks for being a good friend."