-"Oh, my God, are you kidding me?" Josh hisses as the coffee machine sputters and stalls.
His mother slaps the back of his head as she enters the kitchen, scolding him for his language, immediately making Josh flush and look down in shame.
"Sorry, Ma..." he mutters, lamely gesturing to the broken coffee maker, "Coffee machine's broken, n' y'know I suck at wakin' up early..." He chuckles weakly.
His mother scoffs, "Don't say "suck"," she says sternly, but still gives her son's head a sympathetic pat, going on her tiptoes to dig through the cupboards and find the French press.
Josh smiles warmly at his mother, rushing to prepare himself some coffee.
Laura clears her throat after taking a sip of orange juice, "Hey, hun, can I use your computer to check my email?"
Josh pours way too much creamer in his coffee, "Yeah, yeah, sure. Password is on one of the sticky notes on my desk. I'm leaving now, love you!" He calls hastily as he quickly gathers his school supplies and heads for the door.
It's a busy day today. He's gotta get to school early to put up some homecoming flyers, then he's got a math test, an English test, he's volunteered to clean up the schoolyard, and then he's got homecoming planning afterschool.
With his hazelnut-flavoured coffee in hand, he's out the door and sprinting toward his best friend's awaiting vehicle.
He hops into the passenger seat and is immediately slapping Brendon's knee,
"Drive, drive, drive! We're gonna be late!"
Brendon scoffs, but speeds away nonetheless, "If by late, you mean an hour early, then yeah, we're really fucking late." He grumbles, a hand coming up to rub at his tired eyes from behind his glasses.
He sends Josh's travel mug a dirty look, "Give me a sip of your coffee, whore."
Josh flushes and lets out a small giggle as Brendon take a big gulp, before pulling a face and forcing the mug back in Josh's hands,
"I forgot you use that gross creamer. Yuck."
Josh gasps overdramatically, "It's not gross! You're just a bitter person."
Brendon scuffs at that, his fingers tapping a rhythm on the steering wheel, "Nah, man. I just like my coffee like I like my woman,"
Josh looks at him weirdly, brows furrowing as he tries to put the two together.
Brendon's eyes are squinting as he nods to himself, "Big tits."
Josh flushes and gasps, looking away from the grinning boy in embarrassment, "Brendon!"
Brendon chuckles as his best friend looks as if he would rather be anywhere else. The two gradually fall out of conversation and let the dull radio lull their tired minds as they approach school.
They pull up to the brick building, and Brendon is barely parked before Josh is released from the safety of his seatbelt and ripping the door off its hinges on his way out.
"Jesus fucking christ, what is in that fuckin' coffee creamer..." Brendon mutters to himself as he calmly gets out of the vehicle.
Josh's head pops out of the front doors of the school, "Brendon, hurry up!" He groans.
Brendon shakes his head and chuckles.
Josh thrusts a pile of flyers and a roll of tape into Brendon's hands, and they start their trek around school to put up the posters and flyers.
Josh is humming to himself in the quietness. They approach a water fountain and he holds an expecting hand out for tape.
Brendon supplies it. "Why do I let you drag me into this shit?" He asks groggily.
Josh blushes but can't help but grin with an added little skip in his step, "Because you love me,"
Brendon lets out a playful scoff, "No, you just think that I love you." He dismisses with a dramatic hand-wave.
Josh squints his eyes with the force of his smile, "Oh, yeah?" He hums, "Then why are you here?"
Brendon pauses, biting his lip as he searches for a response.
"Fuck you." He settles for when he can't find one.
Josh laughs, stopping at a row of lockers to plaster a few pages on.
Brendon stops him, "Woah, woah, woah. Isn't this one Tyler I've-Been-To-Jail-Twice Joseph's locker?"
Josh furrows his eyebrows, "I don't know," He rolls his eyes, snatching the tape from Brendon.
Brendon snatches it back, "Dude, if you get tape marks on it, he'll probably set the school on fire in a fit of rage," He laughs.
Josh makes a disgruntled sound, "Brendon, shush! Don't be rude." He says, successfully taking reigns on the tape and nicely advertising the homecoming right on Tyler Joseph's locker.
Brendon raises his hands in surrender, "Fine, but when he guts your cat, don't say I didn't warn ya."
Josh's eyes widen, "He's not going to-- Brendon!" He whines, swatting his pile of flyers at his friend.
Brendon grabs them away from him, causing the boy to groan.
Brendon starts to back away slowly, "Now that you're on his hitlist, I can't be seen with you," He says teasingly, starting to jog away.
Josh lets a pathetic noise pass his lips, "Brendon! We're literally the only people-- Bren!" He calls as his friend turns the corner.
After stomping his feet a little, Josh blows a deep breath out, a tiny grin on his lips as he starts to chase after Brendon and the stolen flyers.
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Who Is Tyler Joseph? (Joshler) [✓]
Fanfiction"I heard he's a felon." - Josh likes to consider himself a well behaved student. Tyler Joseph is the last person he would have expected to start a friendship with.