The Odd Ball -minizerk AU-

5

For the next hour I have off so I am able to do whatever I would like to do. Sadly the rest of the guys don't and I don't see them till my next class. I'll probably just go to a coffee shop and spend some time there drinking coffee and working on my computer.

As I was walking I noticed someone, it was Josh. He was walking fairly fast and looked like he knew exactly where he was going. I wanted to say hello but I didn't know if I should.

"Josh!" I yelled as he looked back to me and just gave me an awkward smile.

I ran up to him as he kept on walking, but not as fast as before. When I finally caught up to him he looked up at me and then back down at his feet.

"I was wondering if you had a class right now. I don't, so I was thinking we could work on that project thingy." I said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"I...I th...thin...think yo....you cou....could fin...fin....find some....something more...more fu....fu...fun than me." He said as I just laughed.

"Well, I have no friends at the moment and this is my first day of school so I don't really have anything to do, sooo you are my best option. I'm sorry, but your stuck with me." I said as he laughed a little...only a little.

"I..I gue..guess. Ju...just co...come wit...with me." He said as I nodded my head and followed him.

As we walked we both were completely quiet, I thought it would be awkward like when Ethan and I walked but it wasn't. It felt almost comfortable just walking next to him. He is so interesting and I want to know every little detail about him.

As we kept on walking, I noticed that we were walking out of the campus. I didn't really question it because for some weird reason I trust him. I'm not scared or afraid that he's taking me all this way to hurt me or kill me. I think he just wants to take me to where he feels most comfortable. Where he can truly be himself.

We finally reached a tree that was a bit bigger than the other trees. That was when I looked up and saw exactly where we were going.

I had no entire clue if he built it or if it was just here and he fixed it up, all I knew was that there was a humongous tree house and looked structurally okay and neatly decorated. In all honesty it looked stable and I wasn't afraid of going up with him.

He then started to climb up the ladder that was built on to the tree. They were of course just planks of wood nailed on to the tree. I then followed, not really thinking of why I wouldn't. I looked up and saw that he was already inside and I was decently close to the top.

When I reached the top I looked inside and saw one of the coolest tree houses I have ever seen. A lot of the stuff in here was made from wood. He had a little out crop that was made for his bed where there was also a decently size window. Before that, the overall room was decently sized. He had a desk which had a bunch of photography equipment. The area where you come up has a rail around it for safety reasons. He also had a worn out couch which I just sat on because it didn't look horribly dirty.

(A/N: if you've ever seen the movie Closet Monster, the treehouse I pretty much based off of that. Just for visual sake.)

When I did sat down I saw a wall full of photographs. All of them had different filters. Some of them were made from one of those old fashioned cameras and then others were photographs that you would get printed out and made for you.

(A/N: it's not amazing but it's my example 😂)

"What is this place?" I asked still looking around in awe.

"I...I gues...guess you...you could sa...say my sanc....sanctuary." He said also looking at everything with a true, genuine smile and god was it gorgeous.

For the few minutes that he had that smile on his face I took it in and all its glory. Making sure to examine the way around the corner of his eyes wrinkled and how his top lip would get smaller but his bottom lip stayed the same. Or even the fact that his eyebrows just floated above his eyes and weren't constantly stiff. I took it all in and made sure to keep a mental photo in my mind of it.

"Le...lets do..do th..the pro..project." He said as the smile fell off his face and he sat down next to me.

I just want to know everything I can possibly know about this boy.