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tyler had been sitting at the small table with noah directly by his side. instead of cookies, the two had been eating dinosaur chicken nuggets as it was a childhood favorite dinner. the young blond had been playing with the nuggets, growling and attacking the other dinosaurs with a little giggle escaping his small mouth as he laughed at himself. tyler watched the boy with a soft smile etched on his face even though his thoughts had ran off to think about the older male who came home from work recently.
it didn't take a lot for tyler to understand that something had been annoying the older blond. usually when he came home from work he was all smiles, and if he was grumpy about something, he'd surround himself by tyler to make himself happy again... but this time he had shut the door in his room, hiding behind the wooden object like it would protect him from something.
his thoughts were cut off when a knocking on the front door was heard. noah began to kick his feet while whining, stating how he 'didn't want to leave' and how he 'wanted to stay with tyler forever' but tyler just ran his hand through the curly tufts of hair with a laugh trailing after. jihoon, walked over to noah, sitting next to him as he watched the brunet open the door to reveal the england native man standing behind the door.
"hey, thank you so much tyler for watching noah, i hope he wasn't a handful..." oliver trailed off with a look of concern taking over his eyes. oli looked at tyler with nothing but sincerity as he watched the brunet walk around the living room, collecting a few of the toys that the british man made are to pack to keep noah occupied.
"actually no, noah was amazing and he did great keeping me company. he's honestly such a good child." tyler wholeheartedly answered, smiling as he let watch the dark haired boy shut the wooden door to the shared apartment.
just then joshua walked out of his room wearing his normal attire to a club. tyler frowned as he smelt that all to familiar cologne that he wore when he knew he was going to hook up with someone, but looked away to instead focus on the others inside his home. oli nodded a hello at the newer face, while noah decided to pull jihoon closer as a safety net. not that the older blond scared noah, but he kind of did. josh nodded back without looking at him, walking into the kitchen without saying a word.
tyler ignored the awkward tension traveling throughout this body while he continued to stuff the child's bag with the items he came with. "earlier we made cookies together, so i'm going to put a few in a baggy so he can take some home if that's alright with you?" the brunet questioned as he sat the bag onto the couch, he looked off towards oliver who chuckled.
"of course, i don't mind." noah made a loud noise of appreciation and tyler giggled, nodding his head before rushing off into the kitchen.
he stopped when he spotted joshua airing on top of the countertop eating some oreos with a glass of milk in his hand.
"i made some cookies if you'd like some." tyler said with a bright smile while placing some cookies into a bag.
"no thanks, i'll stick to my oreos, they look good though. i'm going out later with a few friends so don't expect me to come back till later, or not even at all." joshua informed with no hint of serenity in his voice like usual.
still feeling confused, tyler just silently packed a small baggies of cookies and returned to the living room to see oli conversations with his son, petting the hairless cat as noah told him stories about what he had done during the day. tyler's heart swelled at the cute action.
"here's some of the cookies... anyways, how was work?" the brunet asked as he crossed his arms behind his back in a shy matter.
"same old, same old. couldn't wait to come home and spend time with noah, hey bub why don't you go play over there for a few seconds while i talk to tyler yeah?" the older man asked his son who easily complied. tyler led oliver to the dining room so they could sit down and talk.
"would you like something to drink?" the brunet asked with a sweet tone lacing his voice. oli shook his head no, and took a seat next to tyler who had been looking at him with wide doe eyes.
"once again, i'm sorry for springing on you to watch noah after we just met about two weeks, maybe less, ago... things have just been very rough lately and with me transferring to america to work, so i really have no friends here or connections of people willing to watch him." oliver said with a sigh, his tattooed hands crossing over each other's as he spoke.
"oliver, stop apologizing! it's fine that i watch noah, i wouldn't mind doing it again for you... i'm your friend, and friend's help each other when they need it! if you ever need any help or want to be shown around the city with noah, just let me know and i'll gladly show you around." tyler said with a soft smile, his eyes casting to look at the still fresh tattoo on his wrist, fingers delicately tracing the pattern as he blushed from the intensity of the conversation.
"i would actually like that. if anything i'm off this weekend, and i've been wanting to take noah to the santa monica pier i believe it was... maybe if you'd like to join us that would be great?" the england native asked with a shy grin as he awaited for an answer.
"that sounds fun." tyler smiled, not noticing the blond in the kitchen who was rolling his eyes at the words spewing from both boys mouth.
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unedited. first somewhat long update. it was a little over 1,000 words which usually these chapters are 400-600 that's really it. once the drama kicks in, longer chapters will ensure!
