ON HOLD Casino Lights • Joshler

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Trigger warning: blood

"I'll get you a jacket and walk you out-" Tyler began to say, but Josh cut him off.

"Actually, can we go back up to your room? I wanna talk to you privately" Josh was at the bottom of the staircase already. He had one sentence twirling in his head, he just had to get to the bottom of it. He had assured himself something regarding that sentence, but he'd always believe someone else before himself.

Tyler was a bit caught off guard, but didn't complain about Josh's wish "Uh, sure. Let's- Let's go"

The couple climbed the stairs and Josh could hear one of the brothers imitating Tyler's last words. He leant back on the staircase a bit to find it was Troy.

Tyler shut the door of his bedroom gently behind Josh and stuffed his hands into the pockets if his sweatpants "So? What did you want to talk about?"

"Thomas told me you were in love with me" Josh stated carefully.

Now, Josh wasn't sure if Tyler was choking on something that unnoticeably flew into his mouth or his own breath.

Tyler cleared his throat "What? What did he tell you? Thomas you said? Haha, oh that joker! Funny, ain't he? What did you say he said? He's really a fun guy I have to admit that"

"Tyler, you're rambling" Josh blushed; he took the rambling as a confirmation of what Thomas had said and it honestly made him feel warm inside.

"I- I am?" Tyler's cheeks also crept with a blush.

"C'mere" Josh chuckled, gesturing for Tyler to take that one step forward that oh so separated them.

Tyler inhaled shakily and took the step. Josh hung his arms to lay on Tyler's shoulders, connecting his hands on Tyler's (muscular??) back.

Josh closed his eyes and so did Tyler, as Josh leaned in to kiss Tyler. It was a short kiss, but sweet enough for Tyler's heart to melt and for Josh to feel a million winged, soft, tiny creatures flying in his stomach.

Ah, right! Butterflies!

Tyler was now even more in love with the pink-haired boy, and Josh was frankly starting to feel the same way.

The two giggled as their noses touched. Tyler gave Josh another fast kiss, and another, and seconds later Josh's lips were getting blessed by a near billion kisses.

Josh giggled and giggled like crazy, but didn't want Tyler to stop. He walked backwards, slightly led by Tyler, until the both collapsed onto Tyler's bed and Tyler began to tickle Josh. Josh laughed loudly and smacked Tyler's hands repeatedly, begging him to stop.

Tyler did eventually stop, only to kiss Josh more passionately than before.

Then, both boys' smiles dropped and both their head's shot up in an instance. They heard gunshots from the lower floor.

Tyler cursed under his breath and stood up. He pulled out the bedcovers from underneath Josh and covered the confused boy. He pressed his palm on the wall until a metal slot revealed itself, along with many buttons.

"You need to promise me you won't move or make a single sound" Tyler looked Josh straight in the eye "You need to trust me"

Josh was too terrified to do anything other than nod.

Tyler pressed three or four numbers and the bed started to move. Tyler said one last 'goodbye' before running out of the room. Josh wanted to screech or full-on scream, but covered his mouth to obey Tyler. The bed moved into the floor and to top the darkness of the extra room Josh was currently in, some kind of a door prevented any access of light from Tyler's room.

Josh was left in complete darkness. He was in some sort of a small and secret chamber. He didn't dare to move. From where he currently was, he could hear the happenings on the lower floor clearer. The chamber was probably in between floors.

Many, many gunshots he heard. The sounds he could hear right now could easily top any war movie. This was real, whatever it was.

He could hear the shouting that came from the brothers. Worry and panic filled his entire being.

What the hell was happening?

Josh wasn't sure how much time had passed before the door opened and the bed moved upwards to return to its former position. It was somewhere between fifteen minutes and half an hour.

He saw Tyler (he guessed it was Tyler; the previous outfit was replaced with a black military uniform) panting above the bed and holding a palm tightly on his left shoulder. His face showed incredible pain. There was blood dripping from his shoulder and his whole hand was bloodied.

"Oh my God!" Josh sat up "Are you okay?!"

"I'm fine" Tyler was still panting as he sat down next to Josh "How are you? Are you okay?"

"Oh, shut the hell up" Josh frowned "You're goddamn bleeding and you're asking about me?"

Tyler lied down onto the bed, too weak to fight Josh right now. He was panting in pain, shutting his eyes tightly and hissing every now and then.

The rest of the identical quintuplets entered the room, all wearing matching black uniforms. They reminded Josh of uniforms in movies about secret agents. But the brothers' uniforms looked far more special than the ones in the movies. Somewhere between agent and military.

"Are you okay?!" one of the brothers approached Tyler, very worried.

"He'll be fine" another one sighed, but Josh could see he was worried as hell too "Father will send somebody to check up on us"

"Well" another brother spoke proudly "Good job, y'all. We did it! Again!"

"Keep the victory talk for tonight" the last brother snorted with an eye roll (Taylor?).

"Ooh yeah!" the previous brother clapped "Where will we go tonight?"

"Troy, can you please drive Josh home?" Tyler begged from the bed, eyes squeezed shut in pain.

The brother so excited about celebrating, Troy, nodded "Sure. C'mere, Joshie"

Josh gulped. He'd rather be driven by Taylor. But, since he had no choice, he stood up and leaned down to give Tyler a kiss before walking out of the rook and into the elevator with Troy. They were both quiet all the way to the basement garage. There, they entered yet another elevator and Troy uncovered another secret slot that led to two additional floors underneath the 'last' one.

He didn't press the lowest one, but the one above that. When they reached the floor, Josh's jaw dropped all the way to China.

The garage was beautifully illuminated and held every boy's dream in it.

Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, Maserati, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Porsche, Jaguar and many more were the names of the gorgeous cars in all rainbow's colors.

Josh was certain he was drooling.

"Are these all Tyler's?" he had to ask.

Troy shook his head "No, Tyler drives a white BMW. These are here for any of the five of us if we want or need them. There are garages like this one under nearly every building in this city"

"Just for the five of you?" Josh was amazed, but it was weird too. Who the hell are the quintuplets? Even better, who are their parents?

"Just for the five of us" Troy confirmed with a smile, he then gestured toward the cars "Pick any car you want"

The darkblue Maserati was almost screaming Josh's name as he stared at it. Troy laughed quietly as he walked to the wall behind the pretty car and pressed a palm onto the wall. A tiny bit of the wall opened and revealed a key.

Troy took it and called Josh over as he sat down into the perfect white leather seats.