Hounded

7. He thinks youre cute

Tyler woke once the sun flooded into Josh's bedroom. The golden Ray's shining through the window onto the floor. He sat up and looked around before getting up. He walked out into the hallway, looking around. He ventured downstairs and explored a bit before finding the kitchen.

He walked over to the fridge and opened in. He grabbed some food and sat on the floor in front of the open fridge door to eat it. By the time momma dun had woken Tyler had made a huge mess on the floor.

She gasped. "Tyler." She scolded. Scared, he dropped the food he was eating and went up in a corner. "Hey no come down Its okay." She sighed. He dropped and walked over to her. She kissed his forehead and he kissed her hand in return.

"We gotta clean this up." She said. He tilted his head at her. She got down on the floor and started picking things up. When Tyler caught on he did so as well. "Are you still hungry?" Momma dun asked once the mess had been cleaned. Tyler tilted his head again. "want more food?" She asked. "Food?" Tyler asked with excitement. "I'm gonna take that as a yes." She laughed softly before cooking some bacon and pancakes.

Tyler sat at the table shoveling food into his mouth as Josh's family slowly entered the kitchen. "Slow down kiddo you're gonna choke." Josh's father chuckled as he read the newspaper over his morning coffee. Tyler slowed his chewing as momma dun set a glass of chocolate milk in front of him.

He smiled and grabbed it, taking a big gulp. He really likes chocolate milk. When Josh entered the kitchen he quickly teleported over to hug him. Josh chuckled softly and hugged him back. "Good morning." He said, kissing Tyler's temple. Tyler replied with a kiss to Josh's cheek and Josh blushed slightly as his mother caught the action. She only smiled.

"Get back over here and finish eating." she spoke to Tyler. Tyler was back in his seat within the same second, stuffing a piece of bacon in his mouth. Josh smiled and walked over to his mom to get his own breakfast from her before sitting next to Tyler.

Tyler quickly stole a pancake of Josh's plate. Josh pouted at him as he munched on it before smiling "you're cute Tyler." He said, grabbing the syrup. Tyler swallowed the food in his mouth and tilted his head. "What?" Josh asked. Tyler's his tilted more. "Cute?" Josh asked. "Coot.." Tyler said. "Cute." Josh corrected. "C-..cute?" Tyler asked. "Yeah cute." Josh said taking a bite of his pancakes.

"Cute?" Tyler asked again. "Means like... adorable... precious.. something you like looking at.. something that makes you smile.... I dont really know how to explain it." Josh said. Tyler sat for a moment before smiling.

"Cute." He said, setting his /sticky/ hand on Josh's shoulder. "You think I'm cute?" Josh asked. "Cute." Tyler said more excitedly. "Yeah?" Josh asked. "Cute." Tyler repeated again, bouncing slightly in his seat, smiling widely.

Josh smiled, blushing as he took another bite of his pancakes. "Cute." Tyler whispered poking Josh's cheek. "Thank you." Josh whispered back. Tyler smiled and grabbed his chocolate milk, chugging the rest of his glass.

He set the empty cup down and let out a small burp. Josh's siblings giggled at the sound. Tyler smiled slightly looking over at momma dun. "Want more food?" She asked. "Food." Tyler smiled. She brought Tyler another pancake and two more pieces of bacon.

"Y'know for such a small boy you have quite the appetite." She said. Tyler paid no mind to the comment and immediately began eating. Josh's father chuckled and flipped to the next page of his paper.

Tyler bounced happily in his chair as he ate, swinging his feet. "You enjoying it Tyler?" Josh asked. Tyler nodded. Josh smiled and focused on his own food.

After they finished eating Tyler followed josh back to his bedroom where he started rumaging through his dresser. Tyler sat on the bed, his tongue running over the stitches in his lip.