"tyler..." josh started slowly. "what you saw at that party... debby... i never wanted to kiss her! she came onto me. why would i ever want to cheat on you? i-" josh took a small step forward. he wanted so desperately for tyler to hold him. he looked up at the ceiling to stop himself from crying, or at least try.
"i know... i know, i fucked up. i know you hate my guts, and you have every right to and i know i don't deserve anything from you but-" josh stopped as he choked out a sob. "goddamnit tyler, i love you."
the hall fell silent, tension filling the thick air between the group.
"wh-what?" tyler said in disbelief as he finally got the courage to lift his head up and look at josh, his eyes meeting josh's chocolate brown ones.
"i-i love you, tyler. and i have ever since our first kiss. a-and not being a-able to talk to you for these p-past months have been absolute hell. i barely get any sleep because i'm always thinking about you, and how much i hurt you. my grades are starting to go down because i can't study when you're always on my mind, not calculus or american history. i can't get you out of my mind because i love you. if i could turn back time to fix this, i would. but i can't."
tyler winced at the last part. he didn't think it was possible, but his heart was shattering even more. he felt weak, so broken. but he managed to get on his two feet by himself and walk over to josh. they were just inches apart and the tension could've been cut with a knife.
"you never wanted to go out with debby?" he asked weakly.
josh shook his head. "of course not. i always wanted to be with you."
tyler looked at his shoes, feeling hot tears prick ar his eyes again.
"i'm sorry." he choked out. "i'm so stupid."
josh was about to wrap his arms around tyler, but he hesitated.
"can i... can i hug you?" he asked quietly.
"tyler just smiled slightly and wiped his tears before attacking josh in a big hug.
"i'm so sorry josh." tyler mumbled into his shoulder.
"it's ok tyler."
"i missed you so much," tyler tightened his grip on josh. he never wanted to let go.
when they did pull away though, they looked into each other eyes before leaning in and connecting their lips together.
and tyler felt truly happy.
FIN.
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butterflies ~joshler~ ✓
Hayran Kurgu"why do you do that?" "do what?" "talk in italian." tyler smiled. "quindi quando parlo di quanto sei carino, non sarai in grado di capirmi." "...what?" ~ in which josh is a shy boy with blue hair, and tyler is an outgoing person who plays ukulele. ...
