PURITY

- twenty -

.:: chapter twenty - assimilate ::.

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The best part of being able to share a room with the freckle faced brunet was the fact that Joshua got to go sleep next to him, and wake up with him in his arms. He loved seeing all the sides of Tyler, from his grumpy tired moods, to his cute cuddly mood.

"Joshie, teach me how to play drums!" Tyler squealed, jumping onto Joshua's lap as he slowed down his movements on the snare drum.

Josh let out a groan as the brunet landed on him pretty roughly, but soon chuckled as moved his arms to rest comfortably around the smaller boy's body.

"Let me see your hands, Bambi." Josh said, his head to the side of Tyler's as he looked at the drum kit. The brunet placed his hands out in front of him and Joshua placed one drumstick in each hand.

"Now put your right foot on the pedal." Josh said, looking down at their feet, laughing silently at the difference between their body builds.

"Now what?" Tyler cutely asked as he began to lean into Joshua's chest. His hands holding onto the drum sticks, while his sock covered foot was placed on the black pedal.

"Now," Josh started, his bare right foot being placed onto Tyler sock covered one, and his hands softly wrapping around Tyler's. "you're just going to press down on the pedal once,"

Josh lightly pressed down onto Tyler's feet, the bass drum humming from the contact. "Now you're going to move and hit these cymbals twice," He then guided Tyler's hands over to the cymbal directly left of them, hitting two different spots. "Now you're going to hit the snare drum once." Josh then led Tyler's hands to where the snare drum was right between their legs.

Tyler squealed happily at the sounds coming from the drum kit and followed Joshua's hand movements. The pink haired boy was going slow so that Tyler would get use to the pattern of the song that they were playing.

"Then you're going to press down on the pedal again, hit the cymbals the same way, but this time hit the snare twice with one stick and the same cymbal once with the other." Josh explained, helping the boys movements as he showed him how to do it. After a while of doing the same pattern over and over again, Josh started to speed up just a little bit.

"Can we try it faster now?" Tyler excitedly asked.

"Of course, Bambi." Josh smiled, helping the boy hit the different parts of the drum kit at a faster speed. The song now coming together.

They were playing the city by the 1975.

"Joshie! I'm doing it! This is the song you played with your friends the other day!" He shouted happily. His freckled cheeks indenting from his smile as his dimples came to show.

"It is baby boy." Joshua replied, loving how excited the boy was getting from playing the instrument that Josh loved so much.

Sophia stopped when she heard the loud happy noises leaving Tyler's lips and stood at the threshold of Joshua's door, watching as her son taught the innocent brunet how to play a song on his drum kit. Even though their backs were facing her, she could tell they were smiling... and that thought alone was what caused her to smile too.

Hours later, Joshua was now sitting on his bed, shirtless, while he watched Tyler tap away at his drums. Still playing the same song, but this time on his own. Josh smiled at the boy when he stopped, placing the drumsticks back where Josh kept them and stood up to face the older boy.

"Drumming is hard." He pouted cutely. "But it was very fun!" He added onto the statement, giggling softly.

"I'll definitely have to show you some other songs later on. Who knew you'd be such an amazing drummer for a beginner." Joshua said, pulling the feminine boy closer by his hips.

Tyler stood in between Joshua's legs, hands being placed onto his shoulders as he leaned down to bravely press his lips to the others. Slowly, the brunet moved to straddle Joshua's lap, knees bending on either side of Josh's hips, and hands going up to hold his face.

"Be my boyfriend." Josh whispered against the brunet's lips, pulling away to peer into the brown doe-like eyes.

"I thought I already was?" Tyler asked, furrowing his eyebrows confusedly. "You are, I just wanted to be official." Josh spoke, his hands working there way up Tyler's sweater.

"I'd love to be you're boyfriend Joshie." He smiled, pecking his boyfriends lips a few times before pulling away and nuzzling his head into Josh's neck. Breathlessly sighing as the older boy sucked bruising marks onto his tanned skin.

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"I miss you monster!" Tyler said over Joshua's computer as he FaceTime'd his sister, his rose gold iPhone sat beside him, and Kobra sat in his lap as he sat in Josh's.

"I miss you too, love bug. But I promise I'll visit soon enough!" Cara said with a bright smile. "What have you been up to since I've been gone?" She asked as a ding went off, leaning out of the frame to grab what looked like her phone, checking whatever notification she had received.

"Joshie taught me how to play a song on the drums though, and I got to meet his friends! They're really funny and nice. They even called me beautiful!" Tyler giggled happily, the stuffed cheetah on his lap being squeezed harder as the boy grew more happier.

"I take that as they're being nice to you and treating you well." Cara said, glancing at Joshua.

"Of course Cara. I wouldn't let my Bambi be treated like shit, ever." He said with a scoff at the thought of someone being mean to Tyler right in front of him. There was no way he'd ever let that happen, ever again.

"Good. I know my mom hates you, not that she matters anymore, but I really appreciate you being there for him. He's never really had anyone to look after him besides mom, dad, and I, and thanks to you he's able to meet new people, as well as he's been smiling more, and that's what I like to see on him. Just promise me you'll take care of him." Cara said seriously.

A serious expression invaded Joshua's face as he nodded vigorously. "Always." He said. The brunet sighed happily, attempting to fold in his body to make himself appear smaller as he snuggled closer to Joshua's chest. Kobra being held into his body with his right arm while his left wrapped around Joshua's waist. A yawn passed his pretty pink lips, and Cara cooed.

"Alright I'll let you guys go. Looks like Ty's getting sleepy. Goodnight Tyler, goodnight Josh." The brunet's on the screen said, blowing a kiss at the camera.

"Bye sissy." Tyler mumbled sleepily.

"Bye baby brother." She said before hanging up the phone. Josh scooping up the tired brunet and laying him onto his bed, curling up beside him and pulling the blankets up around their bodies.

Instantly Tyler, found his way tucked under Joshua's arms, and softly smiled.

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this concept has me completely dead. imagine josh teaching tyler how to play his drums, and tyler actually learning but getting to lazy, so he tells josh to keep playing while he watches still sat in his lap.

a concept that i know has happened in real life. it's practically canon.

|-/ shay xx