Josh Dun Imagines

No take-backs

Warning: Swearing

A/N: let's pretend the wall we are talking about is one of these really scrapy ones that hurt a lot when you brush against them do you know what I mean? 

Summary: The one where Josh always teases  you because he doesn't know how to act around you 
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"I think we should change the colour of the confetti for the last show of this tour", Josh said while looking into the round of crew members that all sat around a table. "That sounds great. Maybe like rainbow or something?", your answer was directed to the rest of your crew.
The conversation continued for a while until you all came to a conclusion. Slowly but surely people left and you were one of the last few people left.

As you stood up and walked towards the door a hand grabbed your arm. It pulled you back and made you turn. "What?", you exclaimed kind of surprised.
"Y/N!" Josh. Great. Exactly who you wanted to talk to. He waited until the last person left before he pressed you against the wall next to the door. "Ouch", you mumbled as your head hit the wall unexpectedly. "Did-did you just agree with me on something?", he asked and chuckled. "I have no idea what you are talking about", you said with an oblivious tone even though you knew exactly what he meant. "Oh I don't know! The moment you agreed with me on changing the confetti", he grinned as if he had just won a race. "That", you avoided eye-contact with him as you dragged out the a. "I wish I could take", he interrupted you in the middle of your sentence. "Nope! You said it. No take-backs.", he laughed and patted your shoulder. "I know you would finally give in and agree that I am just great."

It had been a few months now that you were on tour with the band. You were part of the crew that set up the instruments and stuff like that. You and Josh were never really friends but you also didn't dislike each other. The relationship between you two consisted of constant teasing and irritating the other person. You never seemed to agree on anything and while it bothered you at times he didn't seem to mind.

You scoffed at him and tried to get out of his hold. His hands were firmly pressed on your shoulders and he held you in place that way. "Damn it Josh, let me go", you were ready to give up just so that you could go on with your duties. "Nope", he laughed and pressed on your shoulders a little harder. You didn't think he would be as strong as he was, you had no chance of getting out of his grip. "Josh, seriously let me go. You are hurting me".
Instantly you felt the pressure being removed from your shoulders as he stepped aside. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you". You rubbed your shoulders as you finally made your way to the door. "Yeah, yeah I know. You always say that when you go too far.", you didn't await his answer as you just left the room. 

You had finally finished setting everything up and the boys started with their sound check later than they should have. You felt kind of bad knowing it was partly your fault because you started helping late and you were distracted a lot of the time. You couldn't stop thinking about the way Josh sounded when he realised he had hurt you. Maybe he did like you more than you thought and maybe he even cared about you a little bit.
Thankfully soundcheck went smoothly and after a few small readjustments the show started as usual.

You sat on the side of the stage. You had a perfect view onto the stage but no fan could see you. Jenna sat next to you throwing her arm around your shoulder. You flinched a little as she rubbed the part of your shoulder with her hand that Josh pressed and scraped against the wall.
"Did I hurt you?", she asked while looking genuinely concerned. "No...not you", you paused in between words and looked up towards Josh. She followed your eyes and gasped slightly. "Wait, Josh?", you only nodded in response. "What did he do?"  "He I don't know it's stupid. You know the meeting we had earlier? Yeah he like shoved me against the wall after everyone was gone and scraped my shoulders whilst mocking me for agreeing with him.", you said and she shook her head in response. "He acts so childish sometimes", Jenna said as she looked at you with sympathy. "I know it might sound harsh but you should be the bigger person here and just confront him about it. Either he takes it well and you finally end up being friends", her smile changed into a smirk and she leaned in closer to you " Or more if you know what I am saying.  Well and if he takes it like a child again, then I will have to have a word with him." You laugh at her words even though you secretly hoped the first one would happen.
You didn't like the weird "friendship" you and Josh had.  

The concert passed quickly and soon enough you found yourself on stage again now packing everything away and dismantle pieces of the stage. You were on your way back to the bus when you saw Josh coming out of the room in front of you.
"Josh", you said hoping he would hear you. He turned around and looked surprised as he saw you. "Josh, do you have time? We really need to talk", you didn't grin or smile at all, you were serious this time. "Yeah sure", he sounded unsure as he lead you back into the room he came out of. You sat on the sofa that was at the back of the room.
"Josh! I have one question.", without waiting for his response you continued,  "Do you enjoy teasing me? Does it excite you? Or why do you do it?" He opened his mouth but closed it again as if he was thinking.  "I know that were like three questions but still. Just because, I really hate the teasing. I don't like it anymore. It was fun for a while but now it bothers me a lot. If you don't like me don't talk to me. Easy, but please stop irritating me!", you took a deep breath and leaned back into the couch.
To your surprise he kept quiet for a moment before finally sitting down next to you so he could look at you. "It doesn't excite me! Teasing you. It sounds stupid but when I'm around you I just kind of forget how to act. I don't know what to do. So I just revert back to being mean. I", this time you cut him off. "Just try being nice then. You don't have to love me. Just be nice to me and we won't have a problem anymore." His head sank as he tried to find the right words. "That's the problem. I do. You not just make me forget how to act, you make me feel all tingly inside and my brain just goes into like defense mode. I am sorry but I am just going to say it. I really really like you and I don't know what to do with that."

You gulped hard as the realisation set in of what he had just said. "Josh. I am sorry but I can't say it back and I can't really believe you. You did so many things that say the opposite but and now listen to me. I am ready to give you another chance and ", him taking your hands into his made you suddenly forget all your words.

"Y/N, will you help me get better? Will you help me appreciate and like you?", his words threw you of for a moment. It took you a few minutes until you understood what he meant. "Yes Josh, I will help you change if that is what you are asking me". Josh nodded and with that the rest of the tour would change dramatically for you.