three am. [DISCONTINUED]

xvi.

tyler: i can't call right now but i can text :(

tyler: i sent you a picture of my ugly face, pls reply.

josh was in the middle of a conversation with a H&M employee when he felt his phone vibrate. he decided to ignore it until the conversation ended.

they waved to each other and walked off in their own direction. as soon as he was out of sight from people, he pulled out his phone and opened the text from tyler.

josh: um...?

josh: ugly where exactly??

josh scoffed and giggled a bit. he walked walked around the store, looking for a stripped shirt.
he remembered the video call from half an hour ago. how he almost told tyler that he loved him. did he even mean it? of course he did. josh knew he wouldn't have said it if he didn't mean it.

but... what if tyler didn't love him back? what if he was just a toy to tyler? they weren't even dating.

tears sprung to his eyes at the idea of that. josh was stupid enough to let his thoughts get the best of him. it didn't matter if they weren't dating. you can still fall in love. just look at me! the dumb author!

tyler: um??

tyler: my entire face??

josh yanked his phone out of his pocket, wiping his tears away with his sleeve in a harsh manner before looking at the text.

he laughed quietly to himself and sent a text telling him he was beautiful and shouldn't worry. then he grabbing a pair of ripped jeans and a black and white stripped t-shirt and he walked over to counter to pay for the two things. his eyes were still slightly red, face flushed, and eyelashes thick.

the check out clerk happened to be the same employee he had talked to nearly ten minutes ago.

"hey, are you okay?" she said while scanning his items.

"yeah," josh sniffled, pulling out his debit card. "i was just over thinking something about this guy im talking to."

"you sure?" she asked sincerely. "if you want to talk to me about it, i could give you my number?" she suggested.

"sure," josh said paying for his items. he then handed over his phone to let the blond haired girl input her number.

she handed his phone back after sending herself a text to make sure she put didn't type her number in wrong.

"jenna, huh?" he red off her name tag. "pretty name," josh smiled at her.

she smiled brightly, a slight blush coming to her cheeks. "what's your name?"

"josh," he responded with a blinding smile.

she bit her bottom lip slightly and smiled.

"see you 'round, josh."

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