Promise Me Slowtown

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Josh walked through the doors of the school and was shortly greeted by his girl friends that he spends all day with. Instead of greeting them, he seemed rather distracted. His eyes were scanning the busy halls looking for Tyler. Nowhere to be seen.

"Josh," said Melanie waving her hand in front of his face to bring him back to reality, "are you ok?"

"Yeah," began Josh, looking for the finale  time before giving up, "I'm fine."

"Where's Tyler?" Asked Jenna. 

"Um, he's probably just late." Replied Josh whilst taking out his phone.

Josh: Hey, I can't see you, are you ok?

Straight after Sarah, Jenna and Melanie whisked Josh away to there usual place where they go every day outside.

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A chime sound echoed around the bathroom as Tyler sat on the floor in a stall sobbing silently, thoughts were numbing his brain. The sound made Tyler fall out of the daze, so he reached into his pocket to see who it was. His hands were shaking, afraid to see what it was.

Josh: Hey, I can't see you, are you ok?

More tears rolled down his cheeks. He let him down. If Josh saw him like this he would run off. Tyler loved Josh and would do anything to keep him by his side.

The bathroom door burst open startling Tyler, his breath not wanting to be heard. There were two voices talking, one of which was scarily familiar.
Oh no.
It was Josh.
Tyler froze as he heard the voices which were both talking happily, mute. Could they tell it was him?

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"Josh," Mark chuckled whilst opening the door to the bathroom, "that's so not true!"

"Dude, I swear on my life it's true."

Josh froze seeing a stall door was closed. He indicated to Mark to leave and that he'll text him. With no questions, Mark left.

"Tyler." Josh called out.

He waited for a couple of seconds before a reply.

"Josh?"

"Yeah it's me. Are you ok?"

A weird feeling formed in Josh's stomach, it felt weird because this was a situation, except flipped, where Josh first met Tyler.

Tyler gave a shaky sigh, "yeah I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" There was no reply. "Tyler, I'm always here for you. I love you. That kiss wasn't just for nothing. I don't know if it meant anything to you, but it sure as hell meant an awful lot me. I liked you ever since I laid eyes on you. You make me happy and confident and I get a feeling with you that I haven't felt with anyone else before. Ty," Josh gave a little sigh, "you mean a lot to me and if you're ever sad or have any trouble, just know that I'm always here for you. I love you Tyler Joseph and I hope you love me back."

There was a tiny pause before he heard a sniff, some shuffling and then a lock snapping open. Tyler collapsed into Josh's arms and sobbed silently.

"I love you too Josh." Came the muffled voice of Tyler.

Without thinking, or caring, who would walk through the door, Josh held Tyler's puffy, damp face and kissed him. A firework of excitement and love exploded in Josh.