His Name Is Blurryface *Joshler*

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Nearing noon, Dan pages Josh that he’s on the way to the pediatric ward. This signals Josh to slightly prepare Tyler, and make sure that he’s calm.

“Ty?”

“Hmm?”

“Dan is on his way down here, you good?”

“I’m gonna try to be.”

“That’s all I could ask for. You got this Ty, I’ll be right here the whole time.”

“Mmm.” Tyler responds as he goes in for a kiss.

A few minutes later, there’s a knock on the door, and Josh responds. The door slowly opens, and Dan walks in.

Tyler visibly shrinks, and Josh tries to comfort him from the chair. Both boys would prefer Josh to be on the bed, but that isn’t possible in these conditions.

“Hey Tyler! My name is Dan, nice to meet you.” Dan greets as he takes a seat next to Josh.

“H-hi.” Tyler says sheepishly with a small wave.

“How are ya doin today?”

“O-okay.”

“Well that’s good! I’ve heard so much about you Tyler. I know that you probably don’t remember me from the first time we met. Honestly, I hope you don’t because that wasn’t in the best of situations.”

This makes Tyler chuckle, causing Dan and Josh to smile.

“But yeah, I guess I’ll give you a quick intro of who I am. So I’m Dan, obviously. I’m the head doctor in the adult psychiatric ward, and I love my job. I personally like the pediatric ward better, but Patrick beat me to it.”

“Mmm.”

“So, uh. What do you like to do for fun?” Dan questions, looking around: “Do you play that keyboard?!”

“Y-yeah.” Tyler says shyly.

“Would you mind playing it for me?”

“Uhm. I-I don’t know.”

“You don’t have to, I just love music. I sing, maybe we could play around?”

“Really?”

“Yeah! Do you have a prefered song?”

“Uhh. Rut?”

“The killers?”

“Mhm.”

“Nice! Let’s do this!”

Tyler hobbles off the bed, and turns on the keyboard as Dan travels over to the other side of the room. Josh just watches in awe, knowing that this is an important event.

Tyler plays a couple keys on the keyboard to test out the sound, and positions his fingers above the keys.

“Ready?” Dan asks Tyler, and Tyler responds with a quick nod.

Tyler begins playing the first couple notes, and Dan nods his head to the beat.

Dan begins: “Can’t keep my mind off of every little wrong. See the mouths are open, but I can’t hear the song.”

Tyler’s fingers dance along the keys as the song progresses, humming to the beat as Dan sings.

As the song progresses, Tyler begins to sing the words louder and louder, eventually taking the last chorus:

“Don’t give up on me ‘cause I’m just in a rut. I’m climbing, but the walls keep stacking up.”

Dan and Tyler have a duet for the rest of the song, alternating the lines of the outro. Tyler hits the keys harder, and eventually fades the piano out of the song.

It was beautiful. All three of them sat there in a comfortable silence, taking in what just happened. Josh is the first person to break the quiet:

“Geez. That was. Geez I can’t even.”

“That was one of the best duets I’ve ever done.” Dan says, sitting back down on the chair.

“That was really good Dan. You’re an amazing singer.” Tyler says while playing some chords to fill the room.

“Thanks Tyler, you have a beautiful voice.”

“Thank you.”

Their conversation slowly dies down, and Tyler begins playing the melody of everglow by coldplay.

Josh and Dan recognize the tune immediately, and begin singing along. Soon enough, all three are rocking out in the room, and this continues as Tyler plays song after song for the next hour.

Unfortunately, Dan has to go back to work, and all three promise to have a jam out session again in there near future.