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J O S H

Ruby really surprised me when she called me cute. Actually our whole conversation really surprised me. Also, I'm glad I got to at least say a few words to whisperer.

Not gonna lie, I'm honestly pretty scared to see blurryface again. I haven't seen him very often lately.

What is he gonna do to try to make me hate Ty?

It hurts me to hear that Tyler thinks he's a terrible person who doesn't deserve a friend in his life. I wonder what else blurryface has told him...

The bell rings for the end of the day, and as I'm walking out of the class room I bump into Brendon. I've barely talked to him since he told me not to get close to Tyler.

"Hey J." He chirps.

"Beebo!" I exclaim.

"I've been meaning to talk to you for weeks now." He suddenly gets really serious. He walks to my locker with me.

"Mhm?"

"Why are you still hanging out with that Tyler kid? You know his 'alter ego' would bash your face in if he ever switched to it."

"Actually, forehead, Tyler's really nice. He might have some problems, but if you got over that and accepted him, you would see how kind and funny he can be." I correct him.

"Ok, I guess. I'll have to meet him. Do you two want to come over with the rest of the guys tomorrow?" I'm surprised Brendon wants to meet him.

"I'll text you after I ask him. But yeah, I'd go." I give in. He nods and walks off. I pull out my phone as I head towards the back parking lot.

Josh👍: Hey I'm guessing it's still ruby. Meet me by my car in the back parking lot

Ty😬: you guessed correctly!!! I'll be out there in a minute :) 💕

By the time I get to my car, Ruby's walking out the other door. They smile when they see me. I smirk back.

"Hey Josh, thanks for letting me come." I'm surprised to hear Tyler's voice normal again.

"Of course." I hop in the car as Tyler does the same.

"Could we stop at my house if you don't mind?" He asks softly.

"Absolutely! What's your address?" He types his address into google maps on my phone and I start driving. He's scrolling through his phone when he covers his eyes with his hands.

"Oh my god." He squeaks.

"What's wrong?" I question.

"This guy just sent me a dick pic!" He looks like he wants to throw himself out the window.

"How'd you manage to get him to send you that?" I laugh.

"He sent me a dm on instagram asking if I was the Tyler he met today and I said no and he literally just sent me the picture out of no where!" He exclaims.

"Was it at least a good dick?" I joke.

"JOSHUA!" He yells through his laughter.

"What? It was a serious question." I shrug, grinning.

"Well if you must know, I've seen way better. It wasn't very impressive." He decides.

"Really now? Who's dicks have you been looking at?" He laughs.

"You don't even wanna know." He says. "Blurry will probably bring it up. I'm blocking this guy." He unlocks his phone again.

If blurrys gonna talk about it, it can't be very good.

We get to Tyler's house.

"You can come in with me if you want." He suggests. I get out of the car and follow him. His house is pretty small. When we get inside, I almost trip over the clutter  that seems to be everywhere.

"Sorry about the mess. My dads always at work and I usually can't clean up." He breathes.

"It's fine, I understand." I follow him into what must be his room. It's even messier than the rest of the house. There's a plethora of clothes on the floor, ranging from crop tops to muscle tees.

"Again, the mess isn't really my fault. Everyone always pulls their clothes out and leaves them."

"It's fine Tyler, you don't need to explain. I get it." I try reassuring him. He digs through one of his drawers before he pulls of a jar of black paint and what looks like one of those little containers for contact lenses. "What're those for?"

"Well, it's what blurryface looks like. If I know he's coming, he'll want to look like himself. Just like how Ruby dresses me in girl clothes whenever she gets the chance." He also grabs red socks and a white button up shirt with a white jacket.

He grabs a pill bottle off his desk and a black journal.

"Oh and I was gonna ask if you wanted to spend the night?" I remember.

"S-sure." He replies, searching through the piles of clothes on the floor.

"Whatcha lookin for?" I ask.

"S-Sweatpants o-or something."

"You can just borrow mine, I'm sure they'll fit you." He doesn't need to waste his time digging through clothes when he can just borrow mine.

"O-ok." He keeps stuttering, he must be nervous.

"Tyjo, why're you nervous? There's nothing to be worried about."

"I-I just d-don't want b-blurryf-face to h-hurt you." He sounds like he might cry.

"Tyler, if he hurts me I'll forgive you. I know what you're going through and I understand if something happens, I really mean it. You go through so much, you don't need to worry about something happening to me, of all people." I try to comfort him. He sniffles and looks up at me with teary eyes.

"C-can I-i h-hug y-y-you?"

"I've been waiting for that for weeks now." I chuckle. He steps towards me and wraps his arms around my torso. He snuggles his head into the crook of my neck. I wrap my arms around him and hold him close, savoring this moment.

"I'd like to apologize in advance. Also, I really like hugging you." He giggles. I laugh a little too.

"You're pretty nice to hug yourself, Joseph." He lets his arms loosen as he steps away from me. I let him go, smiling. He smiles back before grabbing his stuff.

"Ready to go?" He asks.

"Whenever you are." We walk out of the house, back into my car.

(a/n) i dont know about anyone else, but i celebrate christmas so my christmas gift to you is all the lazily edited updates ive been supplying lately! happy holidays, more to come ♥️