the florist ❀ joshler

(19) white clover

think of me

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"this weekend was fun. i wanna do it again sometime," tyler nudges josh's shoulder, taking a pause from research. partner projects sucked—unless they were with your secret boyfriend.

"what? you're just saying that because you beat my ass at various wii games. i didn't have fun," josh humphs. he continues to work on the history project.

"don't say that. i know you had fun too."

josh takes a moment to look up from his paper to briefly glare at tyler, who mockingly frowns back.

"you're mean," josh grumbles.

"rude."

josh doesn't respond.

"i'll take that silence as a reluctant agreement with me. i know you had fun, and so do you," tyler pokes out his tongue.

"can you just work on your part of the project?  i wanna get a good mark on this," josh grumbles.

"alright, whatever you say. as long as you admit you had fun. i won't stop prodding till i hear it."

"no. 'm not gonna."

"please?" tyler rolls out the word.

"nuh uh," josh shakes his head, "because it wouldn't be true."

"fine, you big dumb. what part of the project am i doing anyway?"

"we've been working on this for three days!" josh almost shouts. almost. wouldn't want the entire class staring at him, though everyone else was quite loud either way.

"i'm kidding. jour un et trois, oui?" tyler confirms, mostly in french. it was a french project after all.

"mm hm," josh nods, finally content tyler hopped off bugging him for not admitting his weekend was really fun. because it wasn't. definitely. "à paris. y'know, i'd really like to actually go there someday."

tyler does pause, resuming with his work. though, this pause only lasted about .2 seconds with the idea that popped into his head.

"hey josh, how's about you speak french to me after school, if you know what i mean (like... like french kissing? no...?)," tyler leans over to whisper to josh, whom of which's face heats up, though he tries to hide it.

"um, no. that's not... that's not happening," josh blushes, voice the slightest bit hoarse. "and besides, that's not even close to what i meant."

"your loss," tyler hums.

and they finally continue on their work (in silence—give or take the odd question) until the period ended.

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"you're... you're what now?"

"uh, yeah..."

"he must be outta his mind then. dating! ha!" brendon laughs. "you're a funny one, joseph."

"i'm being serious! why don't you believe me?" tyler pouts. "i thought we reconciled, dude."

"um, no. not quite. i'm still upset. and now you're feeding lies to me," brendon shrugs, continuing on with his work.

"i'm not lying! do you want me to prove it or something?!"

"yes, actually. that'd be nice, you lying-liar!"

"oh my god," tyler rubs his face. "oh my god."

"i dunno, man, maybe you shoulda treated him better. maybe then i'd believe you," brendon deadpans.

tyler sighs. then, an idea pops into his head. "a double date!"

"what now?"

"well, me and josh could go on a double date with you and dallon. proof!" tyler exclaims as if making a scientific discovery. his eureka moment, if you will.

"i thought you wanted your relationship a secret."

"i told you, didn't i?"

"yeah, but what about da—"

"he's josh's, like, best friend. josh has probably told him already," tyler scoffs.

"right," brendon rolls his eyes. "but... i'll go through with it. i'll go on this double date i guess. i just have to ask dal before confirming. you better not be fucking with me."

"i'm not."

"uh huh. we'll see."

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"a double date?! are you insane?!" josh practically screams at tyler.

"well i thought—"

"no! you didn't! you seem to be incapable of thinking!"

"you're the one talking," tyler mumbles. "i mean, look at who you're dating."

josh completely goes over tyler's point. "i haven't even told dallon, i haven't told anyone just like you wanted! yet you scamper over to brendon and propose a double date! unbelievable!"

"alright, if i'm being honest, i thought you'd have told dallon at the very least," tyler admits.

"that was a very unintelligent assumption," josh scoffs.

"yeah. i know. i kinda realise that now, thanks,"   tyler states passive-aggressively.

"good," josh pauses. "well, i guess since i have to continue with this date... i might as well ask where we're going."

"movies, restaurant. that's it."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

josh sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. "fine. but you'd better wear something nice. and by that i mean something that hasn't seen the light of day in a while."

"anything for you, sweets," tyler winks. josh rolls his eyes.

"don't make me make you regret this, tyler," josh adds sternly.

"it's only a double date. with our friends. c'mon, how could you possibly make me regret it? how could it possibly go wrong?"

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i love not updating for three weeks :')

actually though, i'm sorry guys i've been re a ll y busy with school and also writers block and update i did end up getting a dog and i love her so much

anyway that's pretty much all. i'll try to update next week, but like i posted on my profile, updates may become infrequent with school an' stuff.

peace out my dudes
-parker