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1. Bittersweet

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"Josh! Stop it! I have to pack!"

A huge grin made its way on to Josh's face as he heard the melodious sounds of his boyfriend's laughter. "I'll stop tickling you if you paint your nails with me!" Josh replied.

"Fine!" Tyler cackled, letting out a sigh of relief as Josh's hand left his sides. "Joshie," he whined. "I'm not gonna have time."

"Yes you will!" Josh ran over to the cardboard box that was holding all of Tyler's nail polish that the brunette had currently been in the middle of packing. He grabbed out a black bottle. "What color do you want, babe?"

"Yellow."

He searched for a yellow before pulling it out. Hurrying over to the bed, he plopped down quickly causing Tyler to rise a little off the other side of the mattress. He let out a giggle and Josh smiled widely. "You're so cute."

Tyler blushed as he opened the nail polish bottle. "Thank you," he replied quietly.

"You've been packing since nine this morning and it's almost four. It's okay to take a little break," Josh hummed as he flawlessly painted his first nail black. He did it often so he used to it.

"The movers will be here tomorrow and my mom said if I don't have my stuff packed by then then she'll be upset with me. And I have a lot of stuff."

"When we're done I'll help you," Josh assured. "I promise."

It was quiet for a moment before Tyler let out a sigh. "It's all so bittersweet."

Josh glanced up at him. "What is?"

"I've lived in this house my whole life. I can't believe I'm leaving."

"It's weird to see your parents split up. They've been together since the dinosaurs went extinct."

"Josh!" Tyler giggled. "No they haven't. And trust me, it's weird for me too. Zack's lucky he's away at college and doesn't have to deal with it," he said, referring to his older brother. "I'm just glad my mom got majority custody. It just sucks my dad gets the house."

"And you're moving into that old ass house at the edge of town which doesn't help."

"Josh," Tyler gave him a look.

"Okay, sorry, that doesn't help either."

"It was the cheapest house my mom could afford."

"That's okay," Josh replied. "That house just looks like it's gonna collapse the second you walk in."

"Well I hope it doesn't," Tyler scoffed. "I have too much left to do in life. I still haven't become a famous movie star yet that's my number one priority," he joked making Josh laugh.

"I know, babe," he smiled. "How's the play going anyway? Is Miss Black okay with you missing practice for this?"

"She knows I'll learn my lines regardless. She's okay with anything I do. She loves me," Tyler stated proudly.

"Well it's hard not to," Josh pointed out. "Everyone loves you."

"No they don't."

"Yes they do! You're literally the nicest and sweetest person ever. I've never heard one negative thing about you because everyone adores you."

Tyler blushed at that as well as he closed the nail polish bottle and let his finger nails dry. "I guess it pays off to be nice then."

"I'm just the lucky one who got to snag you," Josh winked, making Tyler laugh again. "I love you," he added easily.

"I love you too," Tyler smiled.

The door, which was open a small bit, opened even further and a small meow was heard. Josh looked down and saw Tyler's cat walking into the room.

Tyler perked up and gasped excitedly. "Gracie! My baby!"

The mentioned jumped up onto the bed and let out a loud purr, rubbing her head against Tyler's cheek. "She loves you so much," Josh gave them a look of adoration. Gracie was only about two years old and Tyler's only had her for one of those years but he was in love with her.

"I love her so much," he kissed the top of her head a least a dozen times. "I'm sorry I can't pet you right now, baby. My nails are wet."

Gracie let out another meow before pawing over to Josh and looking at him with her brown eyes. Josh's heart melted and he tried petting her the best he could with his own drying nails.

"It's good she loves you as much as I do because I didn't want to have to pick my cat over you," Tyler spoke.

Josh looked at him and gasped. "You'd pick her over me?"

Tyler giggled. "Obviously."

"You're gay my ass," he mumbled making Tyler laugh even harder. "Picking a girl over me."

"I only like four girls and my cat is one of them. You don't have anything to worry about."

"Good."

Once their nails were dry Tyler went back to packing and put Josh on book and movie duty, making him pack every single one of those. The only problem with that is that Tyler seemed to have a million of each.

"Ty, why do you even have so many movies? Don't you get tired of watching the same ones?"

"Never!" He assured as he cleaned out from underneath his bed. "I could watch the Breakfast Club every day for the rest of my life."

"Okay then why don't you only have the Breakfast Club on DVD then?"

"I need options or I'll get tired of the same movie."

Josh gave him a weird look as his words contradicted one another. Tyler looked up and giggled. "You're ridiculous," Josh shook his head with a laugh.

"You love me," Tyler sang.

"With my whole heart."

"I love you just the same," Tyler hummed.

They continued packing until Josh ran into a problem. "Babe?" He called.

"Yeah?"

"Do you want these in box too?" He asked, looking down at old chapter books he knew Tyler hasn't touched since middle school.

"Let me look," he got up and began making his way to Josh.

However, as he was walking over, he didn't see Josh's skateboard on the ground and stepped on it.

Josh managed to catch him right before he hit the ground and he looked down at him worriedly. Tyler put a hand over his heart, letting out a breath. "Damn. I can't believe you just fell for me," Josh cracked a smile.

Tyler rolled his eyes and hit Josh's arm lightly as Josh helped him stand. "Stop leaving your dang skateboard around. I could have died," he put a hand on his hip. "Do you want me to die, Josh?"

"Not particularly," Josh teased.

"Then put your skateboard up," he explained exasperatedly.

"Got it, babe," he kissed Tyler's forehead as he picked his skateboard up and set it on his desk.

Tyler went over to the bookshelf and began searching through the books that Josh hasn't packed yet.

Josh watched him for a moment, his heart swelling. He couldn't believe he was dating someone as amazing as Tyler. He was truly a kind soul and Josh admired that so much.

Tyler turned, letting out a laugh. "Are you just gonna stand there and stare me, weirdo?" He teased.

Josh shook his head, a smile on his face. "I tend to stare at beauty."

Tyler blushed. "Stop flirting with me and get over here!"

"Anything for you, babe."