C L O S E | Josh Dun x Reader

Down In The Forest

This is a filler chapter I made cause I was feeling sad- feel free to skip to the next chapter if you're impatient like me lol

It was Saturday evening. You spent the day sketching and looking out the window, making the most of quiet. After a while, Tyler finally got out of bed and joined you at the window. He gave a smol little grin, as if to say "How weird, it's quiet..." and "wanna go to the moor?". You guys had this thing where you could talk to each other without saying a word, ya know it's just a twin thing. You nodded and went to get your favourite hoodie from the end of your bed. It was ripping at the cuffs and had holes in the pockets - but that's what made it great.

Tyler got the bike out. Yea the bike. The only bike that you owned because your parents said you could share. That was another thing about being twins, you basically had to share everything. But you where okay with sharing the bike, Tyler would peddle and you guys put little stands on the sides of the wheels so you could just climb on the back and ride through the wind. You grinned as the wind blew through your hair, but not so attractively into your mouth too.

"whOooooOOOOooo" Ty yelled, as you swiftly rolled down the hill and got to the little gate. Ty tied [lol] the bike to the gate with a random piece of rope that you found one day, just in case. You clambered over the gateway, and there it was - The moor. The moor was not an actual moor, ya know like the ones you see in movies; rolling hills, pretty flowers, endless grass. It was prettier. With big ol' oak trees and a rushing river, that you used to splash in with your khaki, knee-high wellies when you where four. You loved this place. No yelling. No obnoxious "roadmen". And, of course the beautiful forest at the end of the river where it collected into a lake. Down in the forest. That's what you say to your mum when she asks where your going.

It was around 4pm, just the time when the sky was getting slightly less bright blue, and harsher winds came. You and Tyler walked through the trees until it got to the deeper, thicker part of the forest. You and Ty had made a little hut out of sticks and leaves, where you used to play The "Pirates and Indians game", in which Tyler would raid your "camp" and steal all your "precious gems" and you would chase each other around the forest. You clambered inside the lil' hut, leaves rustling and dusty dirt flying everywhere, it looked magical. Yes, it was a dirt hut made with crusty leaves and twigs, but you hadn't been there in a while yet you could still remember all the magical stories made there.
Tyler grinned at you as he took his song book out of his bag. Oh boy, oh boy his song book. Tyler was a wonder with words. He could create a whole world with a few planks of wood and tell a whole novel with a few words. His songs where so deep, and you loved them.
Flipping through the tattered old note book, he landed on a song that read Forest as the title. You where intrigued already.
You got comfy, and Tyler took a deep breath:
"I don't know why I feed on emotions,
The stomach inside my brain,"
His voice was clear and unique and beautiful, and it brought the words to life.
"I don't wanna be heard, I wanna be listened to,"
Too right - you thought.
"Does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name?"

"I scream, you scream, we all scream 'cause we are terrified of what's around the corner,
We stay in place 'cause we don't wanna loose our lives,
So let's think of something better.."

These words touched you, yes, but the next where so deep and beautiful and meaningful that a tear came to your eye.

"..Down in the forest, we'll sing a chorus ,
One that everybody knows,
Hands held higher, we'll be on fire,
Singing songs that nobody wrote.."
Tyler stopped, and looked at you with that grin. You laughed heartily, tears rolling down your cheeks. Tyler look slightly confused yet he still smiled "I'm confused, are you laughing at me and crying cause it's bad, or are you laughing and crying with happiness 'cause it's good?"
"What?!" you said between laughs "What the heck did you just say?" you both laughed endlessly at his confusing sentence, and after you'd both calmed down he said "Seriously though what did you think?"
"IT'S AMAZING YOU DUMBO!"

(765 words)
Waoh
This chapter is very long but also quite adorable in my opinion. Next chapter it will still be Saturday in the story, yes Ik very confusing. Anyway thanks for reading - important drama coming soon so stay tuned!
BYE!
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