Eat a Bag Of Dicks! (Joshler) [✓]

14) the fifth bag

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tyler doesn't date.

"i don't date," he repeats to debby's listening ears.

she hums understandably, before announcing with a smile, "you do now!"

tyler takes a deep breath. dating just has so many questions, and so much talking, and so many questions, and public spaces, and so many questions.

"gah!" he exhasperates, "what about all the questions? and did you forget that i usually don't leave the house for months at a time? god damn it, debby, you have to do my grocery shopping!" he voices.

"dude," debby snorts, "josh knows. josh is different. you'll be fine, just chill out!"

tyler halts where he was pulling his hair and pacing, gritting his teeth at debby, "did you just tell me, the worlds most not-chill person, to chill out?"

debby rolls her eyes at tyler's antics, before heading to his bedroom and grabbing a certain package off of his desk that hasn't made an appearance in quite some time, and heading back to the panicking boy.

she tosses him the package,

"go," she nods towards the door.

tyler's eyes widen drastically at the familiar package, "this is your plan?! to freak me out even more than i'm already freaking out?" he whisper-yells.

she smirks, "are you kidding me? sure, as you do it, your rapid heartbeat makes vampire's go deaf, and your shaking hands can be felt from the basement, but you have to admit that afterward you feel so good about yourself," she argues.

tyler looks at the package in his hands and takes a shaky breath, before slowly making his way to the door.

debby whoops and cheers as he steps into the hallway, as she's watching from the doorway, like usual.

he stands in front of joshua's apartment door, taking a deep breath and preparing himself for the racing doubt that is about to take over his mind.

he slowly lifts it to hover in front of the mail slot, movements shaky.

what if this is the last straw? what if josh finally gets annoyed and stops talking to him? tyler, being honest, wants to be josh's friend. he always blushes and gets a fluttery feeling in his tummy when they talk, and tyler isn't too sure he wants to lose that.

tyler thinks he knows josh's personality pretty well, by now. he'll probably still think of it as a funny joke, right? yeah!

tyler nods to himself, and starts sliding it through the slot, before his phone vibrates in his pocket, and he takes it out to look, package still halfway in.

josh: hows tomorrow sound? i'll get you at around 4:30?

tyler smiles and texts back a yes, before halting where the package is almost completely through the mail slot.

what if josh really does find this annoying and cancels their date? oh, gosh, tyler really doesn't want that to happen!

tyler's shaking hands accidentally slid the package the rest of the way, it landing on the warm inside of josh's apartment with a small thud.

"oh, frick!" tyler whispers, "it's a joke, it's a joke, he'll think it's funny, don't freak out," he whispers encouragements to himself.

he turns to debby, where she stands with a large grin and immediately starts to praise him, before he interrupts with a small hand,

"i have twenty-eight hours to prepare myself for this date. help me,"

debby grins wide. tyler's eyes widen in fear.

he's got a date to mentally, and physically prepare for.

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how do you get dick from richard?

you ask him nicely.

ta highkeydun

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