Him or Her? // Joshler

Chapter 11: On Tour

(tyler's POV)

FaceTiming Zack Joseph...
Connecting...

"Hey brother!" Zack answers the call with a wide grin.
"Hey!"
"Where are you?" Zack asks, looking over my shoulder to the scene around me.
"I'm behind a really sketchy Taco Bell."
"Why?" Zack laughs.
I sigh.
"I was hungry..." I begin, "Also I wanted to talk to you alone."
"Oh shit, is something wrong?"
"Please please please promise me that you won't even tell a fly what I'm about to tell you," I beg with pleading eyes.
"Cross my heart," Zack pulls the camera back to show himself making an X over his chest.
"Jenna and I are taking a very quiet break," I lower my voice, even though the closest person to me is a guy in a Taco Bell uniform smoking across the parking lot.
Zack's eyes widen.
"Is it because of..." He trails off, unsure of himself.
"Josh. Yeah, it's because of Josh," I sigh yet again, and readjust my gray beanie.
"So are you and Josh, like, together... or..?"
"I don't even know. I just... I don't know what's going on," I start to nervously play with my shoelaces.
Zack looks at me in deep thought.
"But..." I break the silence, unsure of my next sentence, "We did kinda..."
I give him a 'finish my sentence so I don't have to' smile.
"You did not..." He looks half shocked and half amused, "Y'all fucked?"
"No..." I smile, "But he did give me head."
"SHUT UP I DONT WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT LA LA LA LA!" He squints and plugs his ear with his free hand.
I laugh at his discomfort.
He stops saying "la la la" and scowls at me.
"Spare me the details," He rolls his eyes dramatically, "So are you and Jenna getting a.. divorce?"
He looks as pained at the word as I feel.
"No, well, not now at least," I answer.
"So you're just playing things out to see how you really feel?"
"That's a good way to put it," I nod.
"Okay. Well, I have work so I'll have to talk to you later. I'm glad that you trust me- and please keep me updated on everything. I'm here for you, and I don't want you to get tangled in your thoughts."
"Thank you. Okay. I love you. I'll talk to you later," I press the red button and walk back to my car.

Once I pull into Josh's driveway, I pull out my phone and check my countdown. Three days until we're back on tour.
"Hey," I say to Josh when I walk through the door.
Josh looks up from his dinner and smiles.
"Hungry?" He asks.
"Nah. I had Taco Bell."
Josh drops his fork and looks at me with exaggerated shock.
"You went to Taco Bell without me?" He clutches his chest dramatically.
"Boo hoo."
He sticks his tongue out and me and gets back to his food. I walk to the table and sit.
"Guess what," I poke him.
"Hm?"
"Three days until we start touring!"
Josh's face quickly breaks into a smile.
"I'm so excited," He says with obvious excitement in his expression.

The crew is buzzing and I feel like a worker bee in a hive. So much work has to be done to make each show possible but it's always worth it. The day zooms by quick and I find myself on stage with Josh.

I look over at Josh while he drums. With his shirt off and sweat dripping from his chest and hair, I can't help but stare when I get the chance.

"Josh, you look beautiful tonight," I say into the microphone. The crowd cheers. I'll see this in Joshler compilations later.

From the small mic in my ear, I hear him reply, "As do you." I look over at him and smile.

Seeing the way Josh pounds into his drums, every night, with the same amount of passion.. Something about it gets me going.

We close up with Trees and meet back up on the main stage. He puts his arm over my shoulder and we bow. I kiss his cheek and silently wish for more than the one kiss.

We are twenty one pilots and so are you.

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hello hannah. i love you.
i'm excited to crush y'all's souls with the ending. but don't worry, we have a while to go before we get there.
what does everyone think so far?