løvely ↠ a joshler fic

secret

The camera was so shaky and blurry for a moment, but Josh's face soon became clear.
"Hey, uh, Anna, I have to tell you something and I don't know how much time I'll have before Tyler gets back from Taco Bell."
Josh rubbed the dark circles under his tired eyes as he glanced over to the front door. He set the camera down on a counter that gave the whole outside wall of their apartment as a backdrop for the restless Josh. He sighed and sat in a bar stool, resting his chin on his hand.
"Someone robbed me yesterday. Like, straight up mugged me. They took my wallet and my book bag and my gift that I had bought for Ty..."
Josh's voice cracked when he thought of the ukulele that he'd spent a big chunk of his pay check on. It was the one that Tyler had been eyeing for weeks and giving Josh hints about.
"I can't tell him because he'd freak out. He'd be afraid for my life every time I leave for class. Funny thing is that I'm afraid like that anyway. The guy came up to my car and pointed a gun in my face and told me to give him everything. I had to beg him not to take my phone."
Josh looked down at his hands that were fiddling with his old tie dye t-shirt. He didn't notice that he was crying until he saw the tear slap on the skin of his hand.
"I thought I was gonna d-"
The sound of keys rattling outside the apartment door made Josh's head shoot up and his hand reach up and wipe his face.
"Babe, they got the rolled chicken tacos again and they're totally sick!"
"Oh really? How many did you get for me?"
"I mean I got you ten but I ate a couple on the way home, so..."
"So I get to have a couple of yours."
"No, it means you just have eight, baby doll. But I'll let you have one of my burritos."
Josh sighed, his smile coming back to his face. He reached over and grabbed the camera. Tyler was shoving another chicken taco into his mouth when Josh pointed the camera at him.
"This is the man that eats my food, uses all the hot water, and still expects me to play drums for the songs he writes."
Josh made a tsk tsk sound as Tyler shook his head slyly, ready to fire back once he got his food down.
"Yes, but you broke the camera."
"Hey, I got it fixed!"
"You mean you bought a new one."
"Same difference, Ty. Bottom line, you are a meanie."
Tyler gave him a smirk and took another bite of a taco, quickly leaning in to give a kiss to his boyfriend.
"No, man, swallow your food."
"Come 'ere."
"No, gross!"
Josh ran down the hallway, letting the camera shoot his scared, but still smiling face as he ran from Tyler's half-chewed taco kiss. The two finally came to a halt in their bedroom.
"Kiss me."
"Swallow your food."
"Kiss me!"
"Swallow your food!"
Tyler lunged at Josh, landing both of them on the bed in a pile of giggles and a couple of chokes from Tyler before the camera was turned off in the process.

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A/N: sorry this is kind of a filler chapter but there will be more soon! Thanks to anyone that still reads this crappy story 💕