"no, i won't," josh sternly said, looking at tyler. "i can't."
"joshua, you can't not leave me," tyler said in an annoyed tone, picking at his cuticles. "it's harassment."
"no it isn't. not if i'm making sure you'll be safe," josh argued. "you're clearly not in the best mental state."
and joshua was correct. tyler wasn't, he hadn't been in a long time.
"okay," tyler finally said in a hushed tone after a few minutes of silence and uncertain glances back and forth between the two. "okay."
joshua gave tyler a small smile and offered his hand, causing tyler to blush and hesitate for a second. as soon as his skin touched joshua's, he knew he wouldn't want to let go. and he was hoping joshua felt the same, too.
the two started walking, joshua trailing behind tyler like a puppy behind it's owner. tyler found it adorable. he knew it was most likely just because joshua didn't know where they were going, but he couldn't help but think that maybe joshua was always like this.
"hey, uh, tyler?" joshua nervously asked, catching up to the brunet, causing him to snap out of his daze.
"yeah?"
"you-you flinched b-back there.." joshua started, stuttering and looking at the ground. "wh-when i grabbed y-your wr-wrist."
tyler turned red and looked away, letting his hand slip out of joshua's warm one. "uh huh?"
"y-yeah.. you haven't, um," joshua tried, and tyler frantically shook his head. "so why, t-then?"
"i don't know?" tyler tried, disliking where the conversation was heading. he picked up his pace, causing joshua to trail behind him again.
"tyler.."
"let's just go to my place, alright?"
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careless // joshler
Fanfictionjosh had been watching the brown-haired boy for a while, and he was certain he wasn't okay. // tyler knew a boy with obnoxiously purple hair had been watching him, and he was getting annoyed.
