Mute [Joshler]

Part 34 (Josh)

Today is my day alone with Tyler and he's been radiating with excitement to show me a song he had recently made. "Come on, Josh!" He called from the lounge. I quickly put away the last bit of the dishes and hurry into the lounge only to plop onto the loveseat.

"I just finished a song... I think I'm going to call it Addict With a Pen but I don't know. It's kind of a sad song if I'm being honest..." He pulls out his keyboard that he had recently bought from the music store and starts playing an unfamiliar tune. As he sings I notice that the more he sings the more his eyes become red and the streak of white that ran through his hair spreads to fill the brown tuft of hair that sticks up slightly. Tyler must've noticed because he stops singing and gives me a concerned look.

"Wh-what?" Fear is laced in his voice as he asks. I get up and grab my notepad from the coffee table and quickly scribble down my answer. We need to get you in front of a crowd right now.

"Why?" Tyler sets his keyboard to the side and starts tapping his foot on the ground from nervousness. I once more scribble something on my notepad, you should look in the mirror.

Tyler abruptly gets up and throws himself into the bathroom. I get up and slowly trail behind him. Tyler hesitantly walks in front of the mirror, he gasps and then looks at me. I notice that everything has changed and not in a good way. Half of his hair was white and his eyes have become completely red, not a sort of red-brown. His teeth were slightly red too, almost as if his mouth was bleeding.

"Josh, why is this happening? Blurry said he'd give me a month! Why?" Tyler balls up his fists and throws them against the mirror. "Why?" he does it once again and this time a crack forms in the mirror. "WHY?!" The mirror shatters and glass is thrown everywhere. Tyler's falls to the ground and curls into a ball, only to cry into his knees. "What have I become?" He whispers to himself over and over.

I kneel down next to him but he pushes me away, "Don't you see that I could harm you? Leave me alone." I shake my head no and start rubbing his back slightly. He gives up and clings onto my shirt and lets out loud sobs. At times like this I wish I could talk.

I hold up a finger at him indicating that I'll be back in a moment and he nods allowing me to leave. I grab my notepad and instantly return into my place so Tyler feels comforted once more. I kiss him on the forehead to let him know that I'm there for him and start writing on my pad. Tomorrow we should gather a small group of college students and you can sing for them, I know I don't have my drumset but I promise that when we get home I will spend every waking moment either practicing with you or comforting you and loving you. I stop my writing for a second and look at him, none of the new features had left. I tap my pencil on my chin trying to think of a way we could hide them if they don't leave. And if none of your new features leave we could say the red eyes are just contacts and we could shave your head to get rid of the white?

Tyler grabs the note from me and nods his head slightly as he reads it. He takes a deep breath and looks at me, "This could work but I will only do it if I know that you will be there to support me." I nod and hug him leaving kisses all over his face and neck.

"What if Blurryface never leaves me, Josh?" I shift my position and pat my lap. Tyler gets up and sits in my lap while I protectively wrap my arms around him. I grab my notepad from the floor and write him another note, No matter what happens I will still do anything to help you, if he leaves you then we will live a peaceful life together, if he stays then I will suffer every bit with you while I continue to love you.

Tyler kisses me on the lips which quickly leads into a deep and passionate kiss. I open my mouth slightly and let Tyler's tongue explore the inside of my mouth.

"What the fuck is happening in here?" We both break apart to see Dan standing in the doorway. Tyler gets off my lap and Dan takes a few steps back noticing that he looks different.

"Tyler did you dye your hair? What's wrong with your eyes?"

"Uhh. I just put contacts in and yeah, I did dye my hair a little bit to um see if Josh liked it and he did so we started kissing." Dan gives Tyler a look of 'are you kidding me.'

"You started kissing on the bathroom floor- oh my God! What happened to the mirror?" Tyler looks back at me then back at Dan.

"We weren't just kissing." I mentally face-palm myself and Dan's eyes widen while he walks away with his hands up, "I don't want to know the full thing, you can continue kissing. Just please clean up the shattered glass."

"Okay!" Tyler calls back as he sits back down next to me.

"Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will sing in front of people like you said Josh, I promise. I'm just scared and nervous." I hug him as an act of comfort for the thousandth time. It's going to be alright my sweet, lil' dumpling. It's going to be alright.

"Well, let's grab that broom and start cleaning up the glass."

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The day had gone by slowly and I'm slightly worried for Tyler because one, all of his hair had become completely white, and not just a blonde-white, this ghostly white color and two, his eyes were just red now. His mouth had gotten better, it didn't look like it was bleeding anymore which was good but he seems to get angry faster over smaller things.

Nothing makes sense as to why this happening. Blurryface said that he'd give Tyler one more month to sing before he would start possessing and instead he's given him small features of Blurry's. I guess he isn't possessed he's just... mad? No, he get's mad faster, right?

Both Tyler and I were cuddling on the loveseat while Dan and Phil were sitting on opposite sides of the couch. My eyes shift to Tyler's new white hair. He may not like it but if anything he looks quite good with snow-white hair.

"Josh, Tyler, have you ever watched the show Doctor Who?" We both look over at Phil who was eagerly awaiting our answer.

"Uh, no. Have you, Josh?" I shake my head and Phil immediately grabs the remote and switches the channel. "Let's see what episode is playing today. Cold Blood? That is a good episode, it's with the 11th Doctor is that fine?" Tyler and I exchange a confused look but surprisingly both nod our heads in response.

As the show plays I can tell both of us aren't paying the slightest bit of attention. I know both of us are thinking about tomorrow, how are we going to get people to even listen to Tyler? Maybe Phil has some friends he could perform for. I decide that that's the best idea I've had so I leave my comfortable position with Tyler to go and grab my notepad.

After I finish making the note I give it to Phil and he nods rapidly.

"I have a bunch of friends Tyler could sing for, I've heard him sing before and he's very talented. But yeah, there's Louise, Alfie, Pj, Chris, Felix," he continues to list his friends but I've stopped listening. Instead I'm thinking of where everyone could meet up and if we have enough supplies for Tyler to pull off a fitting performance. I remember seeing microphones and speakers in the closet and why don't we all meet up in the cafeteria?

"Does that work?" I snap out of my thoughts and start scribbling on my pad. Yes, tell them to meet in the cafeteria at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

"Okay." I give Phil a smile and take my spot next to my beautiful boyfriend once more. After the show had ended Dan speaks up and what he says makes me chuckle, "Have I ever told you guys how much I love your American accents?" Tyler also laughs but his laugh seems to fill the room with joy and happiness. I look over to see he's doing that cute little smile where he shows his slightly crooked teeth. My heart flutters as I stare at him, there's no way someone this good looking and kind could have pushed their way into my life, I don't deserve someone like Tyler. My thoughts of Tyler deepen and I decide that I should finally do it. I need to seal the deal with Tyler and ask him the life changing question of, 'Will you marry me?'

a/n I meant to publish this last night but I got distracted, sorry. 😂 But I hope everyone had a great Christmas