Under The Covers {joshler}

sophomore year - part three

josh:

are you okay???

pls talk to me

i'm so sorry if i pushed you into something you didn't want to do

Tyler:

josh it's okay.

i didn't mean to scare you.

i just, i needed to be alone for a bit.

josh:

we won't ever do that again, i'm glad you're okay!

Tyler:

wait..

maybe i want to do it again?

josh:

really?

Tyler:

yes.

josh:

meet me on the roof at lunch tomorrow, i want to hear you say it in person

Tyler:

really Josh, it's fine.

josh:

then you wont mind meeting up then! :)

Tyler:

fine. 

...

Josh burst onto the roof of the school the next day, startling Tyler who was hunched in the corner like always.

Josh sat next to him panting hard.

"S-sorry Mr Weekes really hates me right now. He held me back after class to give me detention."

Tyler winced when he realised that was probably his fault. He brushed a stray curl from Josh's eyes, before tracing some of the fading bruises on his throat with his fingers. Josh shivered.

"It's okay." Then Tyler was scrambling into his lap, knees bracketing his hips and he was smiling. "I missed you."

Josh blushed letting Tyler kiss him sweetly. Tyler placed a second kiss to his forehead.

"Sorry I ran away yesterday." He mumbled into Josh's shoulder, resting his head there as Josh rubbed his back gently.

"It's okay but you need to talk to me, this is only going to work if we talk to each other." Josh replied and Tyler nodded, sighing and then lifting his head to make eye contact briefly before he looked down.

"I just, it all felt too real, I-" Josh could hear the break in his voice and moved a hand to his cheek, guiding him to look at his face. Tyler looked up tears in his eyes, he was shaking and crying within seconds of making eye contact. Josh pulled him into his chest shushing him softly and rubbings his back some more. Tyler's fingers clutched his shirt as he sobbed into it. "I'm so scared." He all but whispered out between sobs and Josh only clutched him harder.