blessing you guys with this bryler gif (also look at his lil bum jiggle)

the atmosphere was playful as tyler and josh sat in the brunette's room, tossing goldfish into each other's mouth to see who could catch the most. so far, josh was winning with a 'score' of twenty nine goldfish, tyler only having seven.

"you suck at this," josh chuckled, throwing another at tyler as it missed his mouth and hit him in the eye.

"i apologize for my lack of coordination, mr. perfect," tyler said back sarcastically, grabbing josh's hand just as he was about to throw another one, leading it right in front of his mouth as he opened wide and let josh plop it in that way. "much better."

josh chuckled with a shake of his head, continuing to hand feed the snack to tyler. they stayed like that for a while, fooling around as they ate and made basic chitchat over nothing in particular.

"i'm in the mood to gossip," josh spoke randomly, making tyler laugh at the comment.

"well, okay. what do you want to gossip about?"

"ya got your eye on anyone yet?" josh asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"not really." tyler shrugged.

"you're telling me that you like no one you've met so far?" josh asked, receiving another shrug from the younger boy.

"do you have your eye on anyone?" tyler questioned back, mocking josh by wiggling his eyebrows like he had moments prior.

"two people, actually." josh smirked, sly grin on his face.

"who?" tyler was now extremely interested in what josh had to say, leaning forward in excitement.

"i can't tell you that."

"you can't do that, it's not fair! i won't tell anyone, i promise," tyler begged and gave josh his best puppy dog face, doe eyes wide and lips jutted out into a pout.

"i'll give you hints," josh said, watching the way tyler eagerly nodded in response. "they're both guys, super cute. i'm pretty good friends with them and i know for a fact one of them likes me back, but i'm not quite sure about the other one."

tyler understood where josh was going with his words, heart fluttering as he became fairly confident that he was one of the people josh was talking about.

"they probably like you back, i mean who wouldn't?" tyler giggled, allowing his emotions to begin to surface in hopes josh would get his hint.

in all honesty, tyler had no experience when it came to personal romance. he tended to steer clear of it in fear of breaking someone's heart when they found out a lasting relationship was nearly impossible, or having his own heart broken when someone left him after finding out a lasting relationship with nearly impossible. but something was different with josh and brendon. they made him feel like he had all the time in the world, which was a new feeling for him. he knew it was odd to like both josh and brendon but he couldn't help it. and knowing josh liked him and brendon was reassuring to know he wasn't the only one who liked more than one person.

"there's only one way to find out," josh sighed as he began to lean towards tyler, facial expression one of question as they were so close that they could feel one another's breath on their skin.

tyler became impatient and gently brought their lips together. there was only one way tyler could describe the kiss, and that was soft. josh's lips were soft, their motions were soft, everything was just soft. it didn't last too long before they were both hesitantly pulling away, smiles on their faces. tyler brought a hand up to his lips, running a finger against the skin that felt as though it had been set on fire.

"that was my first kiss," tyler whispered, still in shock of the previous events.

"that's really cute." josh rubbed tyler's back comfortingly and the younger boy leaned into his side, pressing a light kiss to his cheek.

"i'm seventeen years old and a senior in high school, is it really cute that i haven't had my first kiss?"

"of course, because i feel honored to be the one to share that experience with you," josh assured, cupping tyler's face and pulling it up to his own to connect their lips once again. this time it lasted longer, tyler not as stiff as he was the first time. he quickly got the hang of it and their lips moved together effortlessly, nothing rushed. there was no tongues or teeth or biting or any of that stuff; simply just two pairs of lips fluidly moving in the most affectionate of ways.

it was intimate and caring and tyler felt like hr was floating on cloud-nine, his mind in a state of dissociation as he could barely comprehend the situation. he never wanted it to end.

but he couldn't help the feeling that something- more appropriately someone- was missing.

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i wrote this half asleep and on (prescription, no need to worry) drugs so i apologize if some of this makes no sense or there are typos or grammar mistakes bc my mind is pretty foggy
-carina