Step Brothers | Joshler (UNDER EDITING)

Chapter 7

It had been 4 months and Josh and Tyler had grown really close together. They were with eachother all the time, and everytime Tyler's scars opened up again Josh would be there to make things better. They had really become brothers.

The school had ended for this semester and it was summer time. They both wanted to spend as much time together as possible, so they planned to be in the tree house as much as they could.

"When do you think your scars will heal?", Josh asked.

They were looking at the forest from the treehouse porch, admiring the beautiful trees and the birds that flew from branch to branch.

"I don't know, maybe they never will..."

"They must heal at some point. You've had them for more 4 months now. Maybe we should ask doctor to fix-"

"No!", Tyler shouted.

Josh looked at Tyler confused. He rarely shouts, which means there must be something really wrong. Tyler realized that he got Josh worried and fast tried to calm down.

"I-I don't think that's a good idea...", he stuttered.

Josh knew that when Tyler stuttered he was scared.

"Okay, we won't, but your scars need to heal, because it's hard to see you in so much pain"

"They will soon, I hope"

They stayed in silence for a few minutes before Josh spoke:

"Maybe we should get home"

"Can we just stay a little longer?", Tyler asked, "I like it out here"

"It's getting late, and Chris will get worried"

"It doesn't matter. As long as I'm with you, he can get as mad as he wants. I won't get scared when we're together. You protect me in some way"

Josh smiled at what Tyler said.

"Fine, we can stay a little longer", Josh said, "But what are we gonna do?"

"I could sing if you want to...", Tyler said with a smile.

"I actually wanna talk about what you sing. Like, explain the lyrics to me. Make me understand what you're singing about"

"You just have to understand, there is nothing to explain"

"Well, how am I supposed to understand?", Josh asked and looked over at Tyler.

Tyler faced Josh and they made eye contact. He licked his lips while thinking of what to say. He looked away from his friend and down at his hands as he played with his thumbs.

"One day you'll... you'll just understand. You may wake up one morning with many feelings inside you, or maybe none at all, and you'll understand. You'll get what I sing about", Tyler said, "Until that day, you just have to wait"

"Damn... is that how things are for you?"

"Yeah, but that was before I met you though", Tyler said with a small smile.

Josh smiled too and looked back at the forest.

"God, I wish things were like how it used to be when I was a kid", Tyler said out of the blue, "That was the times I was happy 24/7, and I had no worries. I could be with friends, and we could be different people. We could be whatever we wanted. Now, I have to pick ONE thing and hope that's the right choice..."

"I remember...", Josh laughed a little, "I remember that when I was young I used to build rocketships with my friends and we would pretend that we visited different galaxies and saved the world from aliens. That was good times"