trapdoor//joshler

Chapter 10; Together

(Tyler's view)

I wasn't alone. Josh wasn't as happy as I thought he was. He had a Blurryface too. He was like me. He felt alone too. He did, or used to at least.

he loved me, too.

He had too. He wouldn't waste a kiss on me. No one would feel so bad that they would go so far as to kiss me out of pity. No one. He had to love me. What was the excuse after that? What would Mom think of this? What about school? Would my siblings look at me like a stranger? Would I be forbidden to hang out with Josh? Would Josh become unwelcome in the Joseph household? Would I be? What now? What would become of our friendship? Are we still just friends?

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I was experimenting with a few new notes today. I bet most of these have been played before.

*click*

I turned to face the source of the noise. The window. I wiped away the fog, evenly spread throughout the glass.

A pebble flew at the window, causing me to jump backwards.

*click*

I sat back up, and looked through only to see Josh laughing hysterically at my failure to notice him the first time around. I opened the window.

"Very funny." I said, rolling my eyes sarcastically.

"It sure was," he said walking backwards toward his car that was parked along side of the road in front of my house, "You comin'?"

"Where to?" I asked.

"You'll see, get your stuff together you're sleeping at my house after this. I already called your mom. It's okay with her.

I ended up packing and extra pair of pants and a shirt, then my notebook.

"Bring piano?" I asked.

"Yep."

I put my keyboard and backpack in the back and Josh opened the door to the passenger seat for me, bowing sarcastically as I stepped in.

We ended up going into the woods a couple blocks away.

"What are we doing?" I asked for the second time, hoping for an answer this time.

"Follow me," he said, clasping my hand in his.

He led me a little deeper into the forest, walking faster now, we finally came upon a wooden treehouse. We both stepped up inside and there I saw on the floorboard was our initials, carved into the plank.

JD+TJ

I smiled and looked back behind me just to see Josh standing behind me, watching as I observed every detail my eyes could find.

"What'd you think?" He asked, and I looked back to face him.

"It's amazing. Did you make it?"

"Found it and fixed it up." He said, "Tyler Joseph?"

"Yes?"

"I love you Tyler Joseph. I mean it."

"I love you too, Joshua Dun."

We smiled at each other again, and again, I felt the beautiful sensation of his lips on mine. I felt as if, maybe I really wasn't alone.

My mind went isolated.

There was no one, no voice telling me how wrong I was. Just me, Josh, and our bodies pressed against each other. No blurry. He was gone.

I was completely locked in the situation, pressing against Josh as he brushed through my hair, his hand lowering to my ear and neck and then waist. We were together. Together. The word echoed in my head. I wasn't alone.