Josh Dun Imagines [2]

Forgotten Birthday - TUMBLR

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You had been living with Josh for close to a year by now. Even when he wasn't home he still felt closer than back when you were living alone. At least now you were surrounded by his things. To you it was one of the best decisions you two had made, the big apartment was in a nice area and the neighbors were lovely.

This morning you had however once again woken up to an empty bed. Josh was halfway across the country but you still had hopes that by the end of the night the bed next to you wouldn't be empty. It was you birthday after all and you had overheard him talking about wanting to visit you for it.

That was the reason that for most of the day you didn't even care about not receiving a text from him saying Happy Birthday. In your mind he was going to tell it to you in person. Your friends and family had all called by the afternoon and even part of the tour team had managed to wish you a happy birthday.

The house was still empty, except for you and when the doorbell finally rang at around four in the afternoon your heart jumped. You practically ran to the door, ready to fall into Josh's arms. You ripped the door open, and your jaw dropped in surprise, surprised by the woman you saw on the other side. It wasn't Josh, no it wasn't. Your lovely recently retired neighbor Jane stood in front of you, big smile on her face and a cake in her hand. "Oh Happy Birthday Y/N!", she greeted you. "I noticed that nobody had come over today and Josh is on tour so I thought I would bring you a birthday cake". 

You let her in, showing her the kitchen where you sat down at the table across from her. You hadn't expected her at all, you had definitely not expected her to be so observing. It almost made you feel guilty that you never payed attention to who or if somebody was visiting your neighbors. "Do you want a coffee Jane?", you asked and stood up again after she nodded. You filled the coffee machine and waited for it to start working. "You really didn't have to do that.", you smiled at her and grabbed two mugs out of the cupboard. "I know but I wanted to, I had lonely birthdays before and they are sad", her genuine tone almost brought tears to your eyes. "Yeah, I had really hoped Josh could have come home, especially since he knows that my family doesn't live here", you sighed and poured the coffee into the mugs. 

"I bet he makes up for it", she smiled at you and poured some sugar into the coffee you had placed in front of her. "A text would have been enough, I know it must be hard to take a break in the middle of the tour", you grabbed two plates and some utensils to cut the cake. "He forgot you?", you could hear the surprise in Jane's voice loud and clear. You nodded in response, "He texted me a good morning but that was everything, until like three I was still convinced he would surprise me but I guess not", you sat across from her and all you wanted to do was to drown your thoughts in sugary cake. "Anyway you are here, making this a lot better so let's get into this cake", you forced a smile and cut two big slices. You sat in silence for a minute, just eating the cake. You thanked her again for bringing the cake and began chatting about random stuff to her.

Jane actually stayed for way longer than you had expected and when she had left the house in the evening you had practically forgotten about Josh still not having said anything, at least for the moment. You spent the rest of the night watching TV and trying to distract yourself. It quickly approached midnight and your eyelids felt heavy. You were dead asleep by half one, without a happy birthday from your boyfriend.

The next morning was a lazy Sunday, with you waking up late and preparing a nice breakfast just for yourself. When you sat down on the couch, ready to dig in your phone lit up with messages. "Hey good morning babe, I wanted to text you earlier but got a bit too drunk yesterday and slept too long so sorry xx", Josh. Good to know that he had a right old time the night before. "Had a good night? What were you celebrating?", if it wasn't for being a text he could have tasted the saltiness in you words. "Nothing really, just the tour doing well and yeah it was good. What were you up to?", he was so oblivious and you felt like virtually punching him in the face. Your appetite had diminished and you set the food down on the table. "Oh 'celebrating' my birthday with Jane, the neighbor...", you wanted to wait for him to figure it out on his own but your fingers typed faster than you were thinking. There was no reply for a few minutes and you had leaned back into the couch, resting your head in your hands. Part of you felt sad, disappointed and angry at him for forgetting you while the other half knew how stressful his career was, how he always wanted to do his best and that you were glad he was enjoying himself. "I'm so sorry, I really fucked up didn't I?", he finally replied a few minutes later. "I mean yeah kind of", you didn't wait with your answer. "I'm going to make it up to you, i am sorry y/N", this time he texted back quickly, even double texting to also say that he loved you. You waited for a couple of minutes to reply, not because you didn't love him, even if you wanted to and you were incredibly annoyed at him, you still loved him a lot. You waited just to let him sweat for a moment but ended up texting him a 'I love you too' anyway. You would have liked to see Josh's reaction when he realized what he had forgotten, you would bet the look on his face was priceless.