My Happiness Before His - Jyler [HHBM SEQUEL]

five

Trying to start up a conversation had been more difficult than they both had expected. Seeing each other once again and alone, made them both unease.

Neither knew how to act and it wasn't until Tyler broke the silence between them and lead the way to where they would be going.

It took them a while to get comfortable with each other, but once they managed to get used to each other presence, things were easier for both of them.

"Since I got here, I've been waiting for something to happen and make things a little less awkward, but now I realized that we're the ones that have to make things less awkward." Justin said and Tyler chuckled.

He nodded in agreement. "I guess so. But then again, we're not just normal people that no one knows. If they see us together, they're all going to start assuming things." Tyler said and Justin sighed.

He was right. Justin had noticed how Tyler would constantly be looking around for anyone that would give them away.

"Hey, Ty, lets go to the arcade. People are less likely to spot us if we're inside somewhere." Justin said and without any sign of hesitation, he grabbed Tyler's hand.

Justin led them to the arcade and Tyler couldn't help blush at the fact that Justin was holding his hand.

They hurried into the arcade and they turned to look at each other. They both had the same glint of excitement in their eyes and rushed to see what game they would first play.

They spent most of their time hopping from one game to another and tried defeating each other's scores.

"You're not going to beat it. There's no way you can." Tyler said and smirked. He watched how Justin was having trouble keeping up and bit his lips in excitement as Justin was going to beat him.

"I'm gonna beat you. I don't care how long it takes." Justin said and Tyler laughed a few minutes later as Justin lost.

"What did I tell you? I'm the best." Tyler bragged and flicked his imaginary hair.

Justin playfully rolled his eyes and moved onto another game. After setting a new score for Tyler to beat, he moved out of the way. "Try to beat that." He said smugly and Tyler smirked.

Tyler got to playing and much to Justin's annoyance, he managed to beat his score. Justin groaned and Tyler laughed.

"I told you, I'm the best." Tyler bragged again and Justin chuckled.

"Okay, whatever. Lets go get something to eat. I'm starting to get hungry now." Justin said and absentmindedly held Tyler's hand and guided him out of the arcade. Neither realized that they were holding hands as they walked to the nearest place to eat.

Both animately talking to each other about what they have been doing with their lives recently and how everything was turning out for them.

"What?! You're telling me you had a chance to travel all of Europe and you gave it up? What the hell were you thinking!" Tyler exclaimed and Justin groaned.

"I don't know, I wasn't thinking in that moment." Justin lied and hoped that Tyler wouldn't see trough the lie.

"Isn't that like your dream trip? To travel all of Europe." Tyler said and Justin nodded. Tyler couldn't understand why Justin didn't take the opportunity.

And as Tyler was lost in thought, Justin simply looked at him and smiled remembering why he hadn't taken the offer.

Tyler looked over at Justin just as they heard a couple of screams, making them flinch.

They both looked over and surely enough, there was a group of fans taking pictures of them. Only when Justin pulled his hand away from Tyler's, did Tyler realize that they have been holding hands.

Tyler slightly blushed and cleared his throat as they made sure to not stand so close to each other.

"Tyler, could we get a picture with you?" A couple of the fans walked up to him and he smiled at them and nodded.

He looked over at Justin and surely enough, he was being asked for pictures as well. "Can I take a picture with both of you?" One of them asked and both Tyler and Justin agreed.

After a few more hugs and pictures, the group left and Tyler sighed. Something told him that those picture were going to be posted in the next couple of minutes.

"Should we go? It seems like the mall is getting even more crowded." Justin said and Tyler nodded. "We can go somewhere else to eat. The longer we stay here, the sooner we're going to have more people come up to us."

"Yeah, I know. Let's get out of here before we get our picture taken again." Tyler said and Justin chuckled.

"The one thing we tried avoiding, ended up happening." Tyler nodded and almost naturally, they loosely held hands again and made their way out of the mall.

***

"You didn't have to drive all the way to my apartment, you know? I'm pretty sure that I know my way home." Tyler said as he leaned against his car door.

Justin walked around his car to stand across from Tyler.

"And? I just wanted to make sure you got home safely." Justin said and Tyler shook his head in amusement.

"Well, I did. And I always do when I go out somewhere." Tyler said and Justin chuckled. Things got quiet between them and Tyler momentarily looked around the parking lot as he enjoyed the quietness around them.

"You know Tyler, I really enjoyed hanging out with you today." Justin said and Tyler turned to look at him. Making eye contact with him.

Tyler smiled as he thought back to today. "Yeah, it was nice to hang out. Just like old times..." Tyler's voice trailed off and they both looked down at the ground.

None of them knew what else to say and as Justin looked up, he sighed. "Well, I guess I better get going." Tyler chuckled at how awkward things were once again.

"Alright then, I'll see you whenever we get to see each other again." Tyler said and Justin nodded. Tyler watched him walk to the driver's side and then turned around to get the things he place on the hood of the car.

And just as Justin was going to open his car door, he cursed and Tyler turned around to see what was wrong. And just as he turned around, Justin was already making his way over to Tyler once again.

Once Justin was standing in front of Tyler, he pulled him in for a hug. Tyler was taken aback, but soon recovered and wrapped his arms around Justin's neck.

Justin tightened his grip on him and welcomed the calm feeling he felt hugging Tyler.

-

after this update, i promise to actually post on fridays like i said i would lol