Fun In The Summer "Camp"-Joshler fic

Chapter Seven

Im back and very sorry I didn't upload in months it's just with school and friends and moving and my boyfriend (yes me no loner) that I couldn't upload but I'll try to find some time to fit to make chapter so here's a long one again I'm sorry and enjoy

Josh and tyler walked to the bridge in silence, enjoying each other’s company and the weather outside. it was a peaceful environment, even better that it was a secluded area surrounded by trees and water. josh had found a place to sit near the water’s edge, the hill slightly slanted, but not enough to where they would fall in the lake. as tyler was about to sit down, he spotted a yellow dot wandering aimlessly near him.

“what is that?” he asked, more to himself, but josh still heard nonetheless, craning his neck past tyler to see what he was talking about.

tyler walked closer to it, cooing when he realized it was a duckling, alone and lost. he felt bad for it; it sucks when you get separated from your family. he slowly got closer to it, holding his hand out to it. the duckling blinked and moved back a few steps from tyler, who plopped down right in front of it patiently.

“come here, i’m gonna help you find your mom.” tyler smiled, as if the duckling could understand him.

it stared at him.

tyler held out both hands to try and get it to come to him, smiling widely when it waddled into his hands, circling his palms and resting in between them. it was so soft, tyler couldn’t help but pet it. it closed its eyes with tyler’s finger as he got up slowly again to try and find this duckling’s mom.

“josh, do you see any ducks around?” tyler asked, holding the duckling in his hands.

“the one in your hands.” josh said matter-of-factly.

“any other ducks.”

josh shook his head, looking around the river just in case he did find any. tyler shrugged, bring the duckling back to josh and sitting next to him, plcing te duckling in front of him. the duckling sat down again, staring up at the both of them.

“isn’t it cute?” tyler asked.

“eh...” josh wasn’t really fond of animals; he didn’t like them.

“how could you-” tyler pointed at it. “look at that face. look at it.”

josh pursed his lips and looked at the duckling, and then looked away.

tyler laughed.

“you’re such an ass.”

josh gave a tiny chuckle in return, looking back at the river and basking in the natural sounds around him. silence made him think, yet the sounds of birds calling or the river flowing made him think happy things. he found himself thinking about tyler, and his clothes, or his bubbly personality. josh sometimes wondered what it was like to be so happy, and he wondered if tyler got tired of him sometimes. he was the complete opposite of him, yet, tyler seemed to enjoy his company.

he still couldn’t remember the last time he was happy like this, just being with someone and not talking.

“hey, tyler?” josh asked, breaking it.

“hm?” tyler looked to josh to give him full attention.

“can i ask you about the marks on your skin?” josh asked, turning to face him.

tyler glanced to the floor, but nodded anyways.

“who did that to you?” josh asked.

“i had this boyfriend last year, name was axel; he was handsome, but was also a huge flirt. i knew he was rich from his parents, but i never liked him because of that. other people did, though. apparently, it wasn’t wrong to mess around with other people because they like how you look, or what you have.” tyler’s voice rang soft, the ends of his sentences hushed. he didn't ever mind talking about it, but the memories still made him feel small.