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New Roommates - Ch.7

Word Count: 1357

Warnings: Language and none!!

Author’s Note: Here is the last chapter of my YouAU! This was my entry for Kansas’ writing challenge!! Hopefully you enjoyed this series!!! 

“You actual piece of ass,” I mumbled to myself as the eyeliner I was trying to apply did not come out evenly. The right eye was perfect, the wing was the perfect length and flicked just the right amount. Every single time I tried to do the left eye and get it to match the right it would either end up too thick or at the wrong angle. I was about to just take it all off and not wear any eyeliner.

I was already stressed out about my first official date with Josh, and the frustration of the makeup was pushing me over the edge. I sucked in a deep breath and held it for ten seconds before letting it out slowly through my nose. I looked into my hazel eyes and as carefully as I could I tried to slowly attempt my left eye again.

“Yes,” I sighed in relief as it came out symmetrical to the other. It wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty dang close. I finished my eye makeup with a few swipes of mascara and finished with some highlighter and setting spray. 

My hair was straightened, which definitely meant it was a special occasion since I usually wore it natural, and a half up in a ponytail. I wore a white sweater tucked into a pair of dark wash girlfriend jeans and paired with my white Nikes. I finished it off with hoop earrings and a necklace that my Mom had given me. I looked casual but nice. Date casual, I guess?

I wanted to get a second opinion on my outfit but unfortunately for me, Kae was at work and the only person who was home right now was Tyler. I guess he was going to have to do. I waltzed over to his room and knocked on his bedroom door. He opened it pretty quicky and nodded as I stood in the doorframe.

“How do I look?” I asked. I spun in a tiny circle. 

“You look like you are ready to go on a date with my best friend!” he chucked. I shot him a glare. 

“C’mon, Ty! For real, is this nice enough?”

“Yes, Sav! You look great and I know Josh will love it. What are you guys doing anyway?” 

“He got us reservations at Benihana!”

Tyler clapped excitedly - I guess Kae was rubbing off on him - as he started to rant about how they make a train with the onions and smoke comes out of it. I was started to space off as I realized what I was doing. I was going on a date with my roommate.

“Hey, Tyler?” I interrupted him.

“Yeah?”

“Am I doing the right thing?”

“What do you mean?” Tyler backed up into his room and sat on the bed. He patted the seat next to him a few times, inviting me to join him.

“Like, I know how he is notorious for sleeping around and I just don’t want to be another girl to him. I don’t want to get hurt,” I admitted.

Tyler took in a deep breath, “Sav, I’m being a hundred percent honest right now but Josh really likes you. I haven’t seen him act the way about someone as he does to you in a long time. He has had serious girlfriends in the past who had screwed him over, which is why he is so hesitant about keeping a relationship, but the fact he wants to with you means that he is serious about it.”

“Really?” I smiled to myself.

“Yes, Sav! Plus it is almost as if you were made for him. Like, yes, you guys fight but also you both have the same sense of humor and complete each other? I don’t know how to describe it but Josh truly seems happier ever since you moved in.”

“Thank you, Tyler. This made me feel a lot better. I think I am going to go get a glass of water, do you want anything?” I asked but he shook his head. I thanked Tyler again for the little pep talk before heading out to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and grabbed the tub of filtered water and started to pour myself a glass as the front door opened.

“Sav!” Josh announced as he locked the door behind him. “You look beautiful.”

I could feel my cheeks blush. “Thank you, Josh.” 

“I know I am running a little bit late but just give me fifteen minutes to get ready!” He rushed down the hall towards his room. I sighed again as the feeling of anxiety filled my stomach. Maybe I would feel better if I talked to Josh directly with how I was feeling, and how scared I was.

I headed into his room and sat on his bed while he was in the bathroom getting changed. I tugged on a few strings that were hanging off of my sweater sleeve until Josh opened up the bathroom door. He must have not been expecting me because he ended up jumping at the sight of me.

“Sav!” Josh placed his hand over his heart as he caught his breath. “You scared me.”

I giggled, “I’m sorry! I just came here to talk.”

“Talk?” He raised his eyebrow.

“I’m just nervous, and scared,” I admitted. The word scared came out in a whisper.

“Why?” Josh’s eyes softened and walked over to where I was sitting on the bed. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me close to his body. “What’s up?”

“I just am afraid,” I exhaled deeply. “I’m afraid that I am just going to be another hookup, and I shouldn’t be dating my roommate, and you don’t feel the same way I do about you.”

“Sav, Sav, shh, it’s okay.” Josh turned so that he was facing me. “I went through a really bad breakup and those hookups were just used as a coping mechanism, a bad one at that. I’ll admit that, but the day I first met you I knew there was something special about you. I know it sounds so fucking cheesy but I swear there was a spark.”

“You don’t mean that.”

“I do, Sav! You’re beautiful, and you have this laugh that can light up an entire room. You and I have this connection, and I don’t only want to be your boyfriend, but your best friend too.” 

“I just don’t want to get hurt.” It was scary admitting that, but I needed to be open.

“I won’t, Sav. I won’t hurt you. You mean so much to me, and I know I messed up with trying to make you jealous but I just want to make you happy.” 

“This means a lot, Josh. I want to make you happy too.”

Josh leaned in and planted me a soft kiss on my forehead. “I should hurry up so we aren’t late.”

I nodded in agreement, “I’m ready so I guess I’m just waiting for you, slowpoke,” I teased. I scrolled through Tumblr while Josh did finishing touches on his outfit. He was wearing a nice black button-up shirt with skinny jeans. Fancy casual, as I like to call it. His cologne wafted through the room as he sprayed it, filling my nose with the familiar scent. 

“Ready to go?” he questioned. I answered with a smile and grabbed my purse. Josh let me play my music in the car, so I tortured him with some Panic! I found it funny since he knew Brendon personally. 

The dinner was very nice. Josh and I were able to talk to each other without the interruption of anyone else and share different life stories. Laughs were laughed and smiles were smiled while the food was being prepared in front of us. It was delicious, and I wish I had more of the fried rice, it was to die for.

“Thank you for the dinner date, Josh,” I said as we hopped back into his car. 

“Of course, so we doing this?” Josh asked.

“Doing what?”

“Dating as roommates?”

“I guess so,” I said with a smile on my face.

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Skeleton Shindig

Kae & Sav’s Spooky Special | Masterlist

Warnings: Alcohol use, drunken shenanigans, one really bad pun, a brief confrontation

Word Count: 7173

Authors’ Note: This chapter is pretty long, I know, but there were a lot of little details we wanted to include. Regardless, we hope you enjoy the chapter! :) (picture credit)

Tyler’s POV

I finished emptying a bag of chips into a brightly colored bowl and set it in the middle of the counter among the rest of the snacks. My entire morning had been spent making spooky DIY snacks from recipes that Y/N, Josh, and I had collected off of Pinterest. Overall, I was pretty pleased with how everything had turned out, although what everyone else would think had yet to be determined.

My phone buzzed against the counter while I was throwing the chip bag into the trash. I hummed quietly as I wandered over to it and picked it up, scrolling through what messages I had missed. Similar to the morning before, Josh and Y/N had already started some conversation between themselves.

Y/N: what costumes are you dudes wearing tonight? i can’t decide :/

Josh: i haven’t decided on anything yet. i was thinking we could do a trio costume or something.

Y/N: a trio costume! that’s a great idea :)

By the time I was caught up with their messages, a plan had already formulated in my head. If I played my cards right, I could get Josh and Y/N into a couple’s costume without them even knowing. While it may not get them to admit their feelings, it definitely had the potential to give them a shove in the right direction.

Tyler: hey! what if we do the skeleton onesies from a couple years ago? comfortable, easy, and it doesn’t require buying anything new

Unbeknownst to them, I already had my own costume ready to go, completely separate from the old skeleton onesie. I tapped my foot impatiently against the wood floors, waiting for their replies. If one of them wasn’t totally on board with the idea, then I would have to do some serious convincing to make sure they ended up following through.

Y/N: ooh, why didn’t i think of that? that’s perfect! you in, josh?

Josh: yeah, i’m in!

I smiled, giving my fist a little shake of success. Now all I had to worry about was getting them to my house without either of them changing their minds or figuring out my master plan. Thankfully, that was a problem for later. Right now, my top priority was finishing all the decorations for the party.

That, and figuring out the next step of my plan.

*      *      *

A door towards the back of the house creaked as I was hanging some fake cobwebs over the fireplace. I immediately stopped what I was doing and listened, waiting to see if the noise would repeat itself. My doors were always locked at all hours of the day and as far as I knew, there shouldn’t be anyone at my house today until the party started. Deciding that it had probably been a sound effect from the music I had playing, I brushed it off and went back to decorating.

There was another sound a short time later, although this time it sounded more like my floors creaking than it did a door opening. Now a bit more paranoid than I was before, I set my decorations down on the mantle and walked into the kitchen where my phone was sitting. While there was still a chance it could be the music playing over the speaker system, something about the proximity of the sound gave me a feeling that it wasn’t. Once the music was off, I slowly crept towards the hall closet where I kept a baseball bat for situations like this.

With the bat in my hands, and my nerves somewhat calmed now that I had something to protect myself, I started to creep towards the source of the noise. I wanted to believe that I had worked myself up over nothing because of it being the day before Halloween and all, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone, or something, was in my house.

Just as I was about to round the corner in the hallway, someone jumped out from behind the wall and scared me. I registered the bright red hair just in time to stop the bat mid-swing and avoid knocking Josh out cold.

“What the hell?” I said, bringing a hand to my chest. “How did you get in here?”

“I used my spare key to get in the back door and scare you,” Josh grinned. “Did it work?”

“Work? Josh, I nearly knocked you out cold.”

“I’ll take that as a yes, then.”

He gave me a pat on the shoulder as he walked down the hall. I took another moment to compose myself before joining him.

“Where should I put my bag? The guest room?” he called from the kitchen.

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

After some discussion, we decided that Y/N and Josh should spend the night at my place so that we could get an early start on our ghost hunting trip tomorrow. It was the grand finale of what Y/N had deemed our “Spooky Extravaganza” in order to celebrate Halloween this year. This was also the reason I had been talked into throwing a Halloween party.

While Josh put his things away, I wandered back into the living room to finish putting up decorations. There were only a few final touches and some food that needed to be laid out before the house was ready for tonight.

“Where’s your costume?” Josh asked as he wandered back into the living room.

My eyes went wide, but thankfully my back was to Josh so he wasn’t able to see my surprise. I quickly thought of a lie that I hoped would be believable.

“I haven’t put it on yet. I, uh, didn’t want it to get sweaty while I was decorating.”

“You’ve been hard at work, huh?” he laughed, a sign he had bought the lie.

“Yeah. Decorating is tough.”

“Do you need any help?”

I stepped down from the fireplace and glanced around the room, looking for anything that seemed out of place or under-decorated. If I was being honest, I was pretty impressed with the job that I had done on my own.

“I think I just have to get some more food ready, if you want to come help with that.”

“Sure.”

“How have you been since we last saw each other?” I asked as I began to grab food from the fridge.

“I’ve been ok. Mostly just sleeping, you know?”

“You mean you didn’t stay up until three talking to Y/N again?”

“No, not last night. They were tired and I wanted to let them sleep,” he said, barely containing a shy smile.

“Shocking.”

“Hey, not all of us fell asleep ten minutes into the movie last night.”

“I was exhausted! Being around two people who are clearly in love with one another but won’t admit it all day is tiring.”

“Shut up. We are not in love with one another.”

“Sure, Josh.”

“Although…” he trailed off.

I looked up from the platter that I was working on and raised my eyebrows at him. “Although?”

He reached up and rubbed at his neck, “Well, last night, when we were watching the movie… I got scared at one point and Y/N kind of… grabbed my hand, I guess? And held it for the rest of the movie.”

I took the dish towel that I had thrown over my shoulder and dramatically tossed it down on to the counter before resting my hands against its edge.

“Tell me again why you don’t think they feel the same?” I said.

“It didn’t mean anything,” he shrugged. “I don’t even know why I brought it up. They were just trying to comfort me because they know I don’t like scary movies. Y/N is way out of my league, anyway. It’s not going to happen.”

“Josh. Did you hear what you said to me? About them holding your hand?”

“Yes, and I told you that they were just being comforting.”

I sighed and pushed a hand through my hair. Though I was trying to hide my exasperation, I could tell that Josh knew I was frustrated with him.

“Listen, we have the party tonight and ghost hunting tomorrow. There’s going to be plenty of opportunities for you to hint at your feelings for Y/N. I’m not saying you have to admit anything, but can you at least try to be a little flirty?”

He shrugged, “I don’t know how.”

“It’s easy! Look, just watch me do it.”

Josh watched in confusion as I wandered over to the freezer. Inside were a number of rubber gloves that I filled with water the night before and left in there to freeze so that I could use them in punch at the party. I grabbed one of them and carried it back over to Josh.

“See, right here we have Y/N’s hand,” I said, gesturing to the glove. “Now, stay with me, Josh, say you two are walking, ok?”

Josh answered with a hesitant, “Ok.”

I started to mimic walking, making sure to swing the glove back and forth for added effect. “Ok, so you’re at the party or looking out for ghosts. All you need to do is turn your body a little and let your fingers gently brush against theirs.” I demonstrated. “Now this is the important part. If they turn their hand to catch yours when it swings back, then you know you’re in. If they don’t, then you pretend it was an accident and move on.”

“And how do you know this is going to work?”

I sighed as I started to peel the glove away so I could properly add it to the punch, “I don’t, but you’re never going to know if you don’t take a chance. Whether you think Y/N shares your feelings or not, you can’t deny that the two of you have a deep bond. I don’t want to see you pass that up because you’re scared, alright?”

Josh rubbed at the side of his face. “You’re right. I’m trying to make a move, I really am. I just get so nervous around them. Like, when they smile? And the whole room just lights up? It gives me butterflies every time and then I forget what I was trying to say because everything else fades out and I can’t do anything but smile like an idiot.”

“And that’s exactly why you need to pursue this. I’ve never seen you this in love with somebody. Y/N is special, Josh. Don’t lose that.”

“I know,” he said, snapping himself out of his lovesick daze. “Trust me, I know. Speaking of Y/N, when are they getting here?”

I checked the time on the stove. “Anytime now, although they did text and say traffic was worse than usual.”

“More time for me to amp myself up, I guess.”

“Exactly,” I grinned.

*      *      *

Your POV

You admired Tyler’s skeleton pumpkin as you walked up to his front door. Despite the mishap with Tyler cutting his finger, he still managed to end up with a decent looking pumpkin, It looked nice among the other decorations that he had taken the time to hang up outside his house, most of which were other skeletons.

You adjusted your backpack a little before knocking on the door. Josh opened it almost immediately, a bright smile on his face. You returned it as you stepped inside the house and kicked your shoes off by the door.

“Hey,” Josh smiled.

“Hi, how’s it going?”

“Great. I like your costume, by the way.”

“Thanks, I like yours too,” you giggled.

“You two wasted no time getting friendly,” Tyler said, arms crossed as he slowly wandered in your direction.

“I’d get friendly with you too if you actually had your costume on,” you retorted.

“I didn’t want to get it sweaty while I was decorating! I’ll put it on when people start getting here.”

“It looks amazing in here, by the way.” You took a moment to look around at all the decorations. “You really outdid yourself.”

“Thanks. I know you were really excited about this Halloween party, so I wanted to make sure it lived up to your spooky standards.”

“You definitely met them.”

“When is everyone else getting here?” Josh asked.

“Fifteen minutes or so. At least, that’s when they’re supposed to show up.”

“Are you going to get changed, Ty?” you chimed in.

“I will! I will.”

“We need to all match!”

You could have sworn you saw a smirk pass over Tyler’s face, but you decided to brush it off. He probably just had some crazy plan to scare everyone at the party later which, while concerning, was not something that you needed to immediately deal with.

“Also, where should I put my stuff?” you asked.

“The guest room is fine.”

“Ok.”

While the boys wandered off to the kitchen, you went down the hall to drop your belongings in the guest bedroom. You had always liked Tyler’s house; something about it being near the woods on the outskirts of Columbus had always comforted you and made it feel like a second home to you. Maybe it was the fact that the boys were always around when you were at Tyler’s too.

The boys were whispering hurriedly when you walked into the kitchen, but quickly stopped once they took notice of your presence. You simply smiled and took a seat in one of the stools next to Josh.

“This food looks really cool, Ty. You nailed the DIYs,” you said, admiring some oreo spiders he had made.

“Thanks. You should have seen me when I was working this morning,” he laughed. “The kitchen was a complete disaster of half-finished projects for a while.”

“I can only imagine.”

“Oh, I should probably go get dressed before people start showing up. Feel free to play darts or something while you wait. Just make sure not to get covered in paint.”

Tyler grinned at the two of you before disappearing down the hall. Josh was quiet for a moment before he turned to you. “Darts?”

“Sure.”

You got up and followed Josh into the dining room where Tyler had set up a game of what he and Josh had deemed “Spooky Darts”. A selection of water balloons were currently pinned to the wall, each full of red paint. Behind them was white paper, so that when the balloons popped, it would end up looking like blood splatter. You still remembered the proud look on the boys’ faces when they came up with it.

“You want to throw first?” Josh asked, holding a dart out to you.

“You know I’m not good at darts,” you laughed. “But I can try.”

“I can always help you, if you need it.”

You swallowed hard, unsure if you should take Josh up on the offer. Maybe you could really mess up this throw so you had an excuse to ask him for help the next time around. Yeah, that was definitely an idea you could get behind.

You tossed the dart at the makeshift dartboard, but ended up missing and nearly hitting the wall beside it. Your hand flew to your mouth to cover a gasp, but it quickly turned to laughter as you turned and saw the look on Josh’s face. He was smiling widely as he twirled his own dart in his fingers.

“This doesn’t even feel fair,” he laughed.

“I tried!”

“Here, let the professional show you how it’s done.”

You watched with crossed arms as Josh lined up a shot and tossed a dart at the wall, easily hitting one of the balloons and popping it. He turned to you with a proud smirk, making you shake your head.

“Alright, Mr. Professional, why don’t you help me out then?”

“Gladly.”

Josh wasted no time in stepping closer to you and wrapping his hand over yours, helping you hold the dart in what he insisted was the “correct” position. You tried to pay more attention than you had when he was explaining backflips yesterday, although a game of darts definitely had a lot less risk involved. Before you knew it, he was helping you toss a dart directly into a balloon at the other end of the room.

“See? That easy.”

“I guess you just teach me something new every day,” you smiled.

Josh bit down on his lip and turned away from you, probably in some attempt to hide the blush on his cheeks. You wanted to tease him about it, but decided that was a bad idea when there was a good chance you looked just as flustered as him. Instead, you wandered towards the balloons to pick up your darts. Unfortunately for you, Josh had other plans.

Just as you had collected your second dart, a balloon popped near your head and splattered paint in your direction. You had just enough time to register what was happening and jump back to avoid getting paint over the majority of your clothes, but you still felt a few splatters cover your cheeks.

“Josh!” you squealed, but it quickly turned to laughter. “What were you thinking?”

“I wasn’t!” he joined your laughter. “I’m so sorry, Y/N.”

“You’re going to pay for that!”

Without a moment of hesitation, you swiped your finger through a particularly large glob of paint and started to run after Josh. He tried his best to dodge you, but, not wanting to ruin Tyler’s carefully placed decorations, ended up backed into a corner. With a satisfied smile, you reached up and drew a line of red paint right down Josh’s nose.

“Ok, I think that’s deserved,” he laughed.

You hadn’t initially realized you were pressed up against him until he started to laugh and you felt the movement of his chest against your own. Every point of contact was immediately on fire and you quickly took a step back, not wanting to make things uncomfortable. Before either of you had a chance to say anything, Tyler finally emerged from his bedroom, wearing something that definitely wasn’t the skeleton onesie the three of you had agreed on.

“What do you think of my costume?” he… well, you weren’t entirely sure what expression he was making. He currently had a sheet thrown over his head, complete with uneven cut out eye holes and drawn on fangs. Around his neck was a classic vampire cape that flowed out behind him.

“Are you a… vampire ghost?” you asked.

“Exactly. I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to be, so I figured why not both?”

“Isn’t that, you know, not possible?” Josh added. “Since they’re both undead?”

Tyler sighed dramatically, “Because every other Halloween costume is so realistic.”

“Besides, what happened to our trio costume?” you frowned.

“Yeah, now it just looks like Y/N and I did a couple’s costume.”

A lightbulb immediately went off in your head. There had never been a trio costume in the first place.

“I wanted to stand out because I’m the host! Not to mention that the two of you make such a cute couple, I didn’t want to intrude on that.” You didn’t have to see Tyler’s face to know that there was a huge smirk plastered on it. “Also what did I say about you two getting dirty? You both have red paint all over your faces.”

“Yeah, I’m going to go get cleaned up,” you sighed.

You brushed past Tyler, making sure to give his shoulder a little bump, as you made your way to the bathroom. As soon as the door was shut behind you, you leaned against it and took a deep breath. Everything was fine, it was just a matching costume, not a confession of your feelings. Tyler had put you and Josh into far more awkward situations before and it had never been an issue.

Maybe it was holding Josh’s hand yesterday that was adding a whole new layer to the energy between you and Josh today.

With a sigh, you pushed the thoughts from your mind and bent down over the sink to carefully scrub the red paint away. Your focus tonight was going to be on the party, that was it. Between tour and your generally busy schedule, it wasn’t often that you got to have nights like tonight where everyone was together and you definitely weren’t about to let Tyler put a damper on that.

Josh had already cleaned up by the time that you finally emerged from the bathroom. The boys were once again in the kitchen, standing around the snacks but doing their best not to eat any before the rest of the guests arrived.

“Do you think it would be too cheesy to play some of our music at the party?” Tyler asked.

“Maybe a little, although I did see that Heathens got added to some Halloween playlists,” Josh answered.

“I think you could get away with two of your own songs, but not much more than that.”

“Fair enough.”

Your conversation was interrupted by a knock at the door. The three of you turned in its direction, hoping to catch a glimpse of who the first to arrive was, until Tyler finally skipped off to answer it. A few moments later, Mark and Brad were standing in the entryway, proudly displaying their costumes. Or at least, Mark was.

“Mario and Luigi, I like it,” Josh laughed.

“No, no, no, you’re mistaken,” Mark grinned. “I’m Markio.”

“Do you have a clever pun for your name, Brad?” you asked once you finally caught your breath after laughing.

“No,” he deadpanned.

“Alright,” you nodded.

“We tried Bradigi, but it didn’t have quite the ring to it that we were going for.”

“You were going for.”

“Alright, let’s get this party started,” Tyler grinned.

*      *      *

The party was in full swing now. Tyler’s living room was full of your friends in a variety of spooky costumes, most of whom were also tipsy. You were currently on the couch, nursing your own drink and watching the partygoers try to hold conversations with their drunk friends as they munched on Tyler’s creative snacks.

Josh collapsed down onto the couch next to you without warning, nearly making you spill your drink down the front of your onesie. You held back an insult, knowing he didn’t do it on purpose, and instead braced yourself to listen to whatever message he had brought you this time.

“Some people are playing Uno, if you want to join,” he said, letting a silly smile grace his lips. “It’s a drinking game, but you can drink whatever you want. Doesn’t have to have alcohol in it.”

“Are you going to play?”

“Mmmhmm. And I want you to come sit next to me.” He leaned into you slightly as he spoke, making heat rise to your cheeks.

“Ok, I’ll play a round of Uno.”

You stood up and helped Josh follow after you. He grabbed two more drinks for the two of you as you passed through the kitchen, and even went so far as to grab an entire handful of spider Oreos. You had to hold back a giggle when he dramatically winked as he did so, as if he had somehow pulled off the greatest heist of the century.

“Come on, Josh.”

Tyler, Mark, Brad, and a couple other people were already sitting around the floor, preparing their own drinks for the start of the game. You sat in the empty space next to Tyler and Josh wasted no time in plopping down next to you and sitting close enough that his knee was practically on top of yours. Tyler shot you a look because of this, but you simply shook your head and picked up the cards that were being dealt to you.

“What are the rules?” Mark asked.

Tyler went over the rules of Uno: The Drinking Game - another of his and Josh’s creations - while everyone sorted through their cards. You were trying to pay attention, but Josh kept leaning over and bumping your arm. When you would ask him what he wanted, he would just respond by saying he didn’t want you to forget that he was sitting next to you; something about him being tough competition.

“How many Red Bulls have you had tonight?” you asked as you noticed Tyler taking a long sip out of a familiar blue and silver can. The “ghost” part of his outfit had long since been discarded - he said it had been too difficult to eat with it on - for the cape and a pair of plastic vampire teeth instead. This also, naturally, included Tyler doing his best vampire hisses at people when they passed.

“Four. Wait, no, five? I’ve lost track.”

“Are you going to be able to sleep tonight?”

“Do I ever sleep?” he laughed.

“Fair enough.”

You rearranged the cards in your hand so that it would be easier for you to play the game. Just as it was about to start, Josh nudged your arm yet again, although this time he had a gift.

“For good luck,” he whispered with a dorky grin as he tried, and failed, to slyly pass you an Oreo.

“Thanks,” you said, pressing your lips together to avoid laughing too loudly. When you didn’t immediately eat the Oreo, he raised his eyebrows and pressed your hand closer to your mouth.

“Alright, Brad, you start.”

The game ended up going pretty well, although Josh was now considerably more drunk than he had been at the start, if that was even possible. He was now leaning on you completely shamelessly and reminding you how cool you were at every opportunity. You would be lying if you said you weren’t enjoying it.

“Where are you going?” Josh whined as you started to stand up. The game had long since ended, but your group had decided to stay sitting and swap stories over drinks.

“I was just going to get some water.”

“I’ll go with you.”

This, of course, required you to help Josh stand back up. As soon as he was on his feet, he wrapped an arm around you - insisting that it was to help him balance - and walked with you into the kitchen. Even when you reached up to grab a cup, he kept one arm firmly around your waist.

“Wait, no way!” A familiar voice cut through the noise just to your right. “I had no idea you guys were dating.”

You sighed and turned to face the figure, playing nervously with the cup in your hands. “We’re not.”

Her eyebrows furrowed, “You’re not? So… that’s not a couple’s costume?”

“It’s not,” you said, forcing a smile and making a mental note to chew Tyler out later. “And the only reason he’s hanging on to me is because he’s drunk. He has a habit of hanging onto people when he’s drunk.”

“Yeah, I remember.”

“Yeah.”

You were glad when she finally walked off, and also when Josh decided to keep his mouth shut. Once you had taken a second to calm your breathing back down, you refilled your water and walked back into the other room. Tyler helped Josh sit back down on the ground, though he did have a mind of his own when it came to where he was sitting. Rather than sitting next to Tyler, which had been Tyler’s intention, Josh ended up cross legged across from you.

“Hi, Josh,” you smiled.

“Hi, Y/N,” he said, giving you one of his famous crinkly-eyed smiles. His nose scrunched a little too, making you nearly melt on the spot.

“How are you feeling?”

“Wonderful. In fact, I feel almost as good as you look.”

You ignored the stares of everyone else sitting in your makeshift circle and kept your eyes on Josh. Sure, he could be a bit of a flirt when he got tipsy, but you had never experienced anything quite like this.

“Thank you.”

“Mmmhmm.” He paused for a moment and then craned his neck so he could look at Tyler. “Hey, Tyler.”

“Hey, Josh.”

“Hey, hey, did you know that your voice is really nice? I like when you sing.”

A shy smile passed over Tyler’s face and he mumbled a quiet thanks. Josh, obviously pleased with this reaction, then turned back to you.

“I don’t have a nice voice,” he shook his head while maintaining very serious eye contact with you. “I just play the drums and then I get calluses all over my hands. Look at this.”

He held a hand right up to your face. You gently grabbed his wrist and pushed it away from you so that you could actually see what he was trying to show you. His eyebrows knit together in confusion for a moment before relaxing again.

“You don’t have that many calluses, Josh. Your hands are very nice.”

“You think my hands are nice?”

You held back a laugh, afraid it might upset him. “Yes, very nice.”

“But look at your hands.”

He somehow managed to wriggle his one hand away from your grip and grabbed yours. You ignored Tyler’s stares as Josh very delicately picked up your hands and rested them on top of his fingers so that he could look at them. His thumbs ran gently over the backs of your palms, just barely ghosting against your skin.

“See? You don’t have any calluses. And your hands are so much smaller than mine. Look.”

Once again, your hands were being pulled in all different directions by Josh, this time to press your hands together so that he could see how much bigger his hands were. He very carefully lined up the bottoms of your palms for the most accurate depiction.

“My fingers are so much longer than yours!” he grinned, obviously pleased with himself. “Can you feel all the calluses on my hand?”

“Yes, I can.”

“What about now?”

You tried not to jump as Josh slid his fingers between yours and closed his hand. Slowly, yours did the same until you were essentially showing off your hand holding to the entire group. Josh, of course, didn’t mind, but you could practically feel every set of eyes that was watching you.

“I still feel them.”

Josh sighed dramatically and let your hands fall, though he kept your fingers interlaced. “That’s not fair. I don’t want you to feel my calluses when we hold hands, that’s embarrassing!”

“It’s not a big deal, Josh.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Hey, you know who has really small hands?” he smiled, changing the subject in an instant. He answered his own question before you had a chance to. “Tyler.”

“Hmm?” Tyler asked.

“Bro, let me see your hands.”

Tyler reluctantly held his hands out and Josh finally scooted away from you to investigate. He did the same thing he had with you where he delicately held Tyler’s hands in front of his face, but you took notice of the fact that he wasn’t gently running his thumbs over the back of Tyler’s palm. That made you smile.

“Your hands are so small and soft,” Josh said. “I wish my hands were small and soft.”

“Thanks, I think?”

The room went quiet as the song that had been playing came to an end. You immediately recognized the beginning of the next one that played, considering you had heard it at countless concerts. Tyler was already looking at you when you went to shoot him a look.

“You really did it,” you laughed.

He shrugged, “Just the one. I couldn’t resist.”

“Tyler!” Josh gasped, squeezing his friend’s hands a little tighter as he looked up to meet his eyes. “This is our song!”

Josh dropped Tyler’s hands in an instant and began to air drum in time with the song, much to the amusement of everyone around him. You sighed and took a long sip of what was left of your drink.

It was going to be a long night.

*      *      *

People finally started to leave around one in the morning. Josh was still drunk and following you around like a lost puppy, though he had sobered up somewhat. You were just glad that he hadn’t ended up puking in the middle of the living room, which had been a concern at one point.

“Ok, I think it’s time for us to head out,” Mark said, clapping his hands together. “Brad, you ready?”

“Yeah, I’m ready.”

“Wait!” Josh called, pulling his head up from where it had previously been resting on your shoulder. “I have to say goodbye.”

“We all do,” you laughed.

You watched as Josh walked up to Mark and firmly placed his hands on either side of his face.

“Mark, I love you so much,” he said. “Thank you so much for taking awesome pic- videos of our concerts.”

“It’s no problem, bud,” Mark smiled, giving Josh a firm clap on the shoulder.

“And Brad!” Josh continued, doing the same to him as he had done to Mark. “Wow, your beard is so nice. I love you, man.”

Brad nodded, his lips firmly pressed together. “Sounds about right.”

Once they were out the door, it was finally just you, Tyler, and Josh left. You were exhausted, but the house was a mess and you didn’t want to leave Tyler to clean up everything by himself, especially since you knew Josh wouldn’t be any help.

“Where do you want to start?” you asked, turning to Tyler.

“I say we start in the living room and work from there.”

“Good plan.”

*      *      *

Josh’s POV

“Y/N!” I called.

“What?” they answered from the other room.

“Will you come sit on the couch with me?”

I listened as their footsteps grew steadily closer. When they appeared around the corner, my face immediately grew into a smile.

“I’ll come sit with you once Tyler and I are done cleaning. If you want it to go faster, then you can help.”

“I am helping! By eating these chips,” I grinned, holding up the bag for added effect.

Y/N shot me a look before they turned and walked back into the other room. I could hear them and Tyler quietly talking, but I couldn’t make out anything they were saying. The crunching of chips echoing in my head was doing nothing to help that, either.

The bag of chips was nearly gone by the time Y/N finally joined me on the couch. I immediately laid down and rested my head in their lap, eager to be close to them. Normally I would be too scared to even graze their hand on accident, but something about the alcohol in my system was giving me all the confidence I needed.

“Is this ok?” I mumbled.

“Yeah, you’re fine.”

“Good, because I didn’t want to move.”

Y/N laughed and rested a hand on my head. They slowly started to brush their hands through my hair, nearly lulling me into a sleep. When Tyler started to talk too, I knew there was no way that I would be staying awake for more than a few more minutes.

I floated in and out of sleep until Tyler finally shook me awake for good and told me I should move to the guest room. When I started to protest, he shot me a look and nodded in the direction of the hallway.

“Are you going to be ok getting dressed?” Tyler asked. He was leaned in the doorway while I stumbled my way towards the bed.

“I’ll be fine,” I mumbled. “Where’s Y/N?”

“Josh, I know you…” he turned and looked over his shoulder, “...love them, but you don’t need to be with them at every waking moment.”

“Yes, I do!”

“I’ll be right back. You get into pajamas.”

Tyler shut the door and walked off before I had a chance to say anything else. While I waited for him to return, I slowly shuffled around the room to grab my pajamas and get changed into them. I felt a lot more comfortable once I was in sweatpants and a t-shirt instead of my skeleton onesie.

I was about to call out for Tyler when I heard him talking to Y/N just outside the door. Letting my curiosity get the best of me, I slowly crept towards the door and put my ear up against it.

“Where did you want to sleep tonight? I can take the couch, if you want me to. Tomorrow is going to be a long night and I know you already don’t sleep well away from home,” Tyler said.

“Are you sure? I really don’t mind taking the-”

I suddenly pulled the door open, making both Tyler and Y/N jump. They watched me with raised eyebrows while I took a moment to process what I had just done.

“They can sleep in here with me.”

“Josh,” Tyler sighed.

“I need them to protect me! Tomorrow is Halloween which means there will be scary creatures out.”

Tyler looked to Y/N, who simply shrugged. “I mean, it eliminates the problem of who has to sleep on the couch.”

“If you’re cool with it, then I won’t stop you.”

“I’m sure it will be fine,” Y/N smiled.

“Alright, I’ll see you in the morning then.”

“Goodnight, Ty.”

“Goodnight!” I chimed in.

“Good luck with him,” Tyler laughed.

“Thanks, I’ll need it.”

I smiled as Y/N walked into the room with me and Tyler walked off down the hall. While Y/N dug around in their bag for pajamas, I collapsed back down onto the bed. It creaked a little from the sudden weight.

“Damn,” Y/N muttered.

“What?”

“I’ll be right back.”

I watched as Y/N quickly opened the door and disappeared from the room, hopefully not to tell Tyler that they wanted to sleep on the couch, after all. The mere thought of it was upsetting.

When Y/N returned, they were wearing an oversized t-shirt over a pair of sweatpants, much like me, although I was sure that it wasn’t their shirt. They tossed their skeleton onesie down onto their stuff and started to scroll through their phone.

“Whose shirt is that?” I asked.

“Tyler’s?” they said, looking up at me. “Why?”

“Why are you wearing Tyler’s shirt?”

“Because I forgot pajamas and didn’t want to sleep in the onesie.”

“Why don’t you wear my shirt?” I frowned.

They finally turned off their phone and slipped it into the pocket of their sweatpants. “Because you don’t have any extras here and Tyler does. Is somebody jealous?”

“No,” I huffed, crossing my arms tightly over my chest. “I just think you would look better in my shirt.”

“Oh really?”

“Yeah. Here, take it.”

Y/N tried to stop me, but it was too late. My shirt was off and sitting in a small heap next to the bed. When they raised their eyebrows at me, I simply gave them my sweetest smile.

“Now you can wear it.”

“I’m not going to wear your shirt, Josh.”

“Why not?” I whined. “I took it off just for you.”

I could have sworn that I saw a hint of a smile cross Y/N’s face, but they were too far and my vision wasn’t quite clear enough for me to be able to tell.

“I’m already in Tyler’s shirt and I’m not going to take it off just to put yours on.”

“Do you like him better or something?”

“No, I-”

“Are you in love with Tyler?”

“I’m not in love with Tyler,” they sighed. “He’s my best friend and nothing more.”

Y/N slowly wandered over and took a seat next to where I was laying on the bed. They were close enough that I could feel the body heat radiating from them, but not close enough that I could move to touch them without making my intentions obvious.

“I’m in love with someone.”

“Who?” they asked softly.

“I can’t tell you. It’s a secret.”

“You’re such a tease,” Y/N laughed, shoving at my leg. “I really thought you were drunk enough to tell me your secrets.”

“I’ll never tell you my secrets,” I grinned.

“I’ll get them out of you someday. Now, are you ready to go to bed?”

I stuck my bottom lip out, “I want to talk to you more.”

“We can talk tomorrow.”

“Please, Y/N?”

“I’m really tired after tonight. Can you please not make this difficult?”

“Ok.”

I got under the covers while Y/N got up and flipped the overhead light off. There was still a lamp sitting on the bedside table, casting weird shadows onto the walls, especially when Y/N walked around the bed.

“Are you comfortable, Josh?”

“Yep.”

“You don’t feel like you’re going to puke, do you?”

“Nope.”

“Ok, then I’m going to turn the light off.”

The room looked different in the dark, and my drunk state wasn’t doing anything to help the weird patterns that were dancing on the walls. I pulled the blanket up a little closer to my neck, hoping it would help me feel a little more secure. Just as I was about to shut my eyes, an idea popped into my head.

“Y/N?” I whispered.

“What?”

“I’m cold.”

“That’s probably because you threw your shirt on the ground. I’m the perfect temperature.”

I sighed. This wasn’t going as planned.

“Will you cuddle with me?”

“Josh, I’m not going to cuddle with you. Just put your shirt back on.”

“I don’t want to. I like sleeping shirtless.”

“Then get another blanket and stop complaining.”

“No, Y/N,” I whined.

“Joshua Dun, drunk or not, it is not my job to baby you.”

“Please, I just want to cuddle with you. It’s cold and I don’t like the dark.”

“Well if you would actually close your eyes and stop talking, you might fall asleep so you don’t have to deal with it anymore.”

“I’m not going to be able to fall asleep, I’m too paranoid.”

Y/N was quiet for a moment. At first I thought they had finally given up and decided to ignore me, but then they shifted closer to me, bringing their pillow along with them.

“Where do you want me?”

“Could you just like… wrap around me, maybe?”

Y/N hesitantly slid one of their arms across my chest. Their hand went up to rest on my shoulder, sending familiar tingles down the length of my arm. I used one of my arms to wrap around them and rest on their hip, holding them close to me. They laid their head just above my collarbone, making it so that I could feel the steadiness of their breath against my skin. I was suddenly very glad I had decided to take my shirt off earlier, even if it had been for a dumb reason.

“Is this helping?” they asked.

“Yeah. Are you comfortable?”

“Mmmhmm. Are you?”

“I’ve never been more comfortable in my life.”

“Me too.”

“Goodnight, Y/N.”

“Goodnight, Josh.”

I was asleep within minutes.

*      *     *      *     *

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Fluff & Scruff

Summary: You stop Tyler from making a change to his appearance.  Pairing: Tyler x Reader Word Count: 615 A/N: This fic, both scenes, was borne of a convo with Kae and Sav. Thanks for the inspo, frens! Hope everyone enjoys reading this :) Oh, and I apologize for the bad sizing on the gif, I really loved it for this drabble and couldn’t find it in a tumblr friendly size :( 

GIF found via Google Image Search. 

“TYLER ROBERT JOSEPH!” 

You ran up to the guest bathroom from the basement faster than you had ran in a long time. The moment you heard the clippers buzz, you knew what was going to come next. You hit the doorway of the bathroom just in time. 

Tyler was frozen in place, the clippers in one hand, and his other hand running through his hair. He looked over to you, brows raised. “What’s up, babe?”

A little breathless, you pointed a very stern finger in your husband’s direction. “Don’t you dare buzz your hair.”

“Why not?” he looked confused, and you couldn’t blame him. 

You crossed your arms over your chest. “Because not only will you cause an uproar within your fandom, sweetheart, but you will have a very unhappy wife. You know that I love you, hair or not, but if I can intervene, just this one time, I’m gonna do it.”

Tyler fiddled with the length of hair on top of his head again. “You really think it looks good?”

Convinced he was dropped the idea of buzzing his head again, you took a seat on the bathroom counter and took the clippers from his hand. “Let’s put the clippers down, shall we? I love your hair when it’s longer. It’s soft and I can run my fingers through it when you’re begging me to scratch your head to help you sleep. I love you, buzzed or not, but I really like it when you have your longer hair.” You rubbed your hands lightly along his chin and cheeks. “Especially when you’ve got the scruff to go with it.”

He moved between your legs and cupped your face in his hands. After kissing you sweetly, he sighed. “I can’t really say no to you.”

“You’ve never been able to.”

Tyler chuckled. “That’s the truth.” Sighing, he surveyed his hair in the mirror once again. “What if I just … shaved the sides? Not really a mohawk, but something like it.”

You thought on that for a moment, then nodded. “Yeah, I like that idea. But, I better stay here and supervise. Wouldn’t want to leave you alone and have you ‘accidentally’ shave it all.”

Tyler laughed again; you knew him too well. 

* * * * *

At the next show, fans were anxious to see Tyler. As some sort of prank, he had hinted on social media that what his fans referred to as “the floof” was gone. You were tempted to let everyone know you had saved it, but why ruin the fun?

Josh was already sidestage, waiting to get things started with his lighted torch. You and Tyler were in an area essentially under the stage; the roar of the crowd was dulled but not silenced. 

“They’re waiting for you, sir,” you chuckled. 

Tyler held his hand out to you. “They can wait a minute — my cue’s not even up yet. Hold my hand till I have to go.”

When you had first started dating Tyler, butterflies permanently fluttered in your stomach. You loved him now more than ever, but moments like this brought back those butterflies. You clasped your hand with his while the two of you waited for his cue to take the stage.

“When they are all excited for your new haircut, make sure you give me credit. Tell them I said ‘you’re welcome’,” you teased. 

“I will,” Tyler smirked. He pulled you close for a quick kiss, then sent you on your way. 

You didn’t always stick around to watch the show like you had in the beginning, but tonight, you just couldn’t resist the fans’ reaction to the fluff and scruff combination you had managed to stop Tyler from shaving off. 

[kentstartt]

jack and deans 2017

heres a masterpost of everything (i think) jack and dean did in 2017, everything is linked if you so wish to see them also the dates might be a day off bc im in Australia and i cba getting the timezone correct. follow me on twitter @jackhowad for me and @jackandean for updates x (this took me like 3 days to put together id really appreciate if u read it xo

January 

6th- deans 25th birthday 

8th- they uploaded ‘the good the bad and the just plain sh!t parts of 2016′

13th- dean and his brother daniel went to a Nintendo switch event in london (x,x,x)

16th- deans ass is now available on vinyl & dean followed me on jack and dean updates

27th jack saw moonlight and mark hamill liked his tweet 

28th jack and hazel saw the lego batman movie

30th hazel uploaded “a lovely night” cover with jack

February 

9th the trailer for drunk history, which jack and dean were in, was posted (x)

10th they posted a photo revealing raleigh richie was going to be in jadoat & dean was on bbc radio 1 talking about games

11th jacks 25th birthday

12th dean did a twitch stream (the only clip i have from that is him saying he wants to fuck tom hardy so, enjoy) & jack and hazel went to the baftas (x,x,x)

13th superglued was the first jack and dean video to hit 2 million views & dean first drew the heart guy

15th bertie took some nice photos of dean (x,x,x,x)

19th dodie posted a cover of ‘someone in the crowd’ with jack and co

20th dean wants to eat ass?

21st they had a screening of jadoat season 2 for cast, crew and friends (x,x,x)

22nd dean posted the first designs for what would become his merch

23rd cayleigh posted the 120 chicken nuggets challenge with dean

27th dean posted the first “We Need To Talk About Games” podcast with bertie

March

1st the poster for jadoat season 2 was posted

3rd dean got his nintendo switch and died a bit inside

6th dean posted the second episode of the “We Need To Talk About Games” podcast with his brother daniel

9th the jadoat tralier was posted on youtube

10th jack went to stay in a cabin in the woods with hazel for the weekend

14th jack posted a vlog “naked man at the gym”

16th jadoat season 2 went online along with season 1 being posted in full on fulscreens facebook page

18th jack and dean (and co) went to dodies gig in london

21st jack posted a vlog “dont talk about it”

23rd episode 3 of jadoat went on fullscreen

26th dean finished playing zelda breath of the wild

27th jack and dean posted a #spon sketch “living room shootout” ft bertie and hazel

29th jack and dean were on hannah wittons fubar radio show (x,x)

30th the 4th episode of jadoat went on fullscreen & they were on the greg james show on radio 1

31st dean posted a vlog “Dean Updates You”

April

1st jack posted a vlog “my bad acne”

6th jack posted a vlog “hasnt seen the matrix" & dean posted the first dean draws ‘Dean Draws A Slime Ghoul��

7th jack and dean went to vidconEU in Amsterdam (x,x,x)

12th jack and dean did an interview with maximum pop

13th jack posted a vlog “movie directing secrets with gareth edwards”

14th dean did the photoshoot for his new merch store

15th dean posted “Dean Draws Space Elephant POTUS”

21st jack and dean posted jadoat S1E3 to youtube as “babysitters”

22nd dean posted ‘Dean Draws A Top Hat Mermaid’ & jack posted a vlog “things go wrong”

25th dean started his patreon back up again (go donate) & jack met james gunn (the director of gotg2)

26th their episode of drunk history aired & jack posted a vlog “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Thoughts/Review”

28th dean posted “Dean Draws A Candle Samurai Shark”

May

3rd jack hosted a roundtable thing with Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender & he met billy crudup & katherine waterson

5th dean flew to playlist live in florida

6th jack posted a vlog “whos the best chris” with hazel

7th daniel j layton posted “baking with layton also jack howard” & dean did a m&g at playlist live

8th jack and dean were on cbbc to play “say what”

9th jack was on an episode of reasonable beef to talk about guardians of the galaxy

10th jack posted a vlog “theres NOT hope for us all”

17th dean posted “Dean Draws Jack Howard Cthulhu” & jack was on another ep of reasonable beef to talk about spiderman 3

20th deandobbsstore launched 

21st jack posted a vlog “if wonder woman fails”

24th dean posted “Dean Talks #1 - Merch, Patreon, Jack & Dean and the next Dean Draws”

27th dean posted “dean draws a broccoli dinosaur”

28th jack and dean posted a sketch “bed head”

29th jack posted the bts/bloopers of bed head to twitter

June

3rd jack posted a vlog “bad brain days”

16th dean drew this adorable pic of him and jack

17th jack and hazel saw hans zimmer in concert

18th hazel posted “talking pictures” with jack

21st jack and dean flew to LA for vidconUS

23rd jack and dean attended viconUS in Anaheim

25th jack and dean hosted part of the vidcon livestream (x)

27th dean got his jacket embroidered with DAD (his initials) 

28th jack and dean officially became real youtubers when they were on “youtubers react to the nicki minaj challenge”

30th jack and dean posted a sketch “nazi bar” (which got trending and pissed off all the alt right piss babies)

July

1st dom fera posted a sketch “banana shirt” with jack

4th nazi bar was featured in philip defracos “today in awesome”

7th jack saw spider-man homecoming

13th jack and dean (& co) attended the dunkirk premiere (x) and jack met tom hardy

14th jack and dean were on another episode of youtubers react “Try To Watch This Without Laughing or Grinning” & nazi bar hit one million views so jack posted the deleted scenes to twitter 

15th jack posted a vlog “wonder woman review” & was on another reasonable beef to talk about spider-man homecoming 

16th jack posted a vlog “spider-man homecoming review”

17th jack posted a vlog “i love Christopher Nolan”

August

2nd jack and dean were in “youtubers react to 90s internet comercials”

4th dean attended sitc on his own for the first time ever

7th the fratocrats posted “Jack Howard, Muggles Vs Wizards and Roy!“

10th dean drew theresa may babbadook for a dean draws but the file for corrupted

11th wetheunicorns posted “dean dabbs”

14th jack announced that there wont be a jadoat season 3 :( (x)

17th dodie posted “in the middle (acoustic)” with jack 

27th jack and dean posted a sketch “handful”

29th jack posted the outtakes to handful on twitter

31st jack and hazel went to ireland

September 

7th jack attended the premiere of “Mother” (x)

8th deans week long gaming IG project started (x,x,x) & jack met Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky in paris with hazel

15th dean posted  "Dean Draws A Mystery Movie Poster - Cineworld Spon”

23rd jack posted a vlog ‘a chat with matthew vaughn’ 

24th jack posted a vlog “Kingsman: The Golden Circle - RANT & Review”

26th jack and hazel celebrated their 2 year anniversary 

27th jack was on reasonable beef to talk about kingsman: the golden circle

28th jack was in a video on school of life “Why we should show our hurt rather than argue” & jack and dean flew to toronto for buffer festival

29th jack was on the jackmaate podcast

October 

1st jack and dean posted a sketch “self conscious computer ft anna akana” after screening it at buffer fest

3rd jack posted a vlog “why do we binge” & timH posted a sketch “we’ve all been there” with jack and dom fera

11th josh edwards posted “game show” with jack and dean

16th dean did a photoshoot for season 2 of his merch

19th dean attended an event for mario oddyssey (x)

27th deandobbsstore launced season 2 with chill one hoodies and eat people beanies & dodie posted the official video for ‘you’ with jack and sav

28th dean attended MCM comic con in london 

31st josh edwards posted “houndz of the BASTARDvilles“ with jack, hazel, dan and dodie

November

3rd jack went on the orient express

5th dean posted “dean draws chill one (a really bad how to)”

14th jack did some baking as promo for daddys home (i think)

16th jack posted a vlog “the problem with marvel”

17th hazel posted “would you rather” with jack

28th they shot a new video

30th dean was on radio 1 talking about games

December

3rd jack and dean posted a sketch “cup phones”

idk if anyone will actually read this far, thanks if u do. also congrats to the lads who have had a p sick year, i’ve had a great time updating it. also s/o to felicity who proofread this for me, i appreciate it, even if i didn't use any of her changes. follow her on twitter, shes whipped for taron like me but its more sexy from her 

[bitemekpop]

‘Get to Know Me’ Tag

‘Get to Know Me’ Tag ♡

Got tagged by the one and only @byungjoo

Rules: Answer 30 questions then tag 20 Blogs (we all know I don’t tag so I always break the rules for these things)

Questions

Nicknames: Surprisingly enough, despite not having many friends, I have many nicknames: Savie (it’s a feminized version of the “nickname” that the bassist of Def leppard has (Sav) because I’m his biggest fan and  learned how to play guitar and bass because of him and the band and I just loved his nickname so much that one day I started calling myself Savie and it stuck), Devil’s Spawn (I actually started calling myself that and my friends just went with it because I’m a bitch and can literally be the devil’s spawn if you mess with me or my family or friends) Ghost (cause I’m quiet and can sneak up on anyone and stand behind them forever without them knowing until they turn around and suddenly- BOO... I don’t actually say that.... or I could be someone one second and gone the next), Shadow, Mama Bear (cause I’m protective and will literally beat anyone’s ass who attempts to hurt or scare any of my friends or family, seriously don’t fuck with me I can beat up a guys ass who’s three times my size, I’ve done it several times), Kit-Kat (cause I love kit kats), Oreo (because they’re the best and I’m obsessed), and Hollyzilla (view mama Bear and Devil’s Spawn reasons for an explanation)

Gender: Female

Star sign: Capricorn sun/mercury/mars/uranus/neptune, Aries moon, Aquarius venus, Sagittarius jupiter/pluto, Pisces Saturn, Cancer lilith, and Libra asc node

Height: 5′4�� (so...... around 164.592 cm I guess)

Time: 2:23pm

Birthday: December 28th

Favourite bands: Topp Dogg, Def Leppard, Linkin Park, Wagakki band, Monsta X, NCT, Bon Jovi, EXO, BAP, One republic, SF9, BlackPink, Skrillex, Bassnectar, Enigma, The vane, The Beatles, Nirvana, Guns n Roses, Rob Zombie, Speed, ZE:A, Aerosmith, F(x), Ladies Code, Tom petty and the heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Cinderella, Nine Inch nails, family Force 5, Limp bizkit, Garnidelia, Depeche Mode, Pentagon, Red Velvet, Block B, Boyfriend, Boys Republic, Evanescence, Nu’est, Up10tion, ....to name a few

Favourite solo artists: G-Eazy, G-Dragon, TOP, Eric Nam, lady gaga, Childish Gambino, Enya, Josh Groban, Rihanna, Jay Park, Luhan, Luna Haruna, Micheal Jackson, etc.

Song stuck in my head: I currently have 6 songs stuck in my head that are switching between themselves: Cave me In- Eric N/Gallant/Tablo, All my friends- Snakehips, One More Light- Linkin Park, Hysteria and Animal- Def Leppard, and Down for me- G-Eazy

It’s supper annoying because a line from one of the songs but the composition for a song could be playing in the background then take over then another song will interrupt and it’s just.... ugh! I’m listening to Down for me now though so that might help

Last movie I watched: ....... I think it was Berlin Syndrome

Last show I watched: 0_0 I hardly ever watch tv.................... I think I went back and rewatched an episode of hemlock Grove about 2-3 months ago.

When did I create my blog: My main blog was created on June 14th 2012, my reaction blog was created on May 27th 2014, and this blog was created on October 8th 2016.

What do I post: literally everything since I have 3 different blogs. Kpop moodboards, kpop reactions, selca ships, anything kpop, 80s rock, political shit, feminist stuff, millennial stuff...... essentially anything I want to that I agree with

Last thing googled: “what to include in a suicide letter”

Do you have other blogs: Yep, sav-fan-forever is my main blog and i-growl-growl-growl is my reactions/selca ships blog then I have this one

Do you get asks: not really. Unless it’s a reaction or selca ship request for my second blog

Why did you chose your URL: I think my main blog’s name pretty much speaks for itself, i-growl-growl-growl is from EXO Growl, and this one I came up with while I was thinking about “bite my shiny, metal ass” by bender from Futurama and... I don’t know this just popped into my head so I made it the username

Following: 566

Followers: main blog- 667, i-growl-growl-growl: 1,473, this one- 23

Favourite colors: Black, Brown, Red, (dark grey and white are also faves but not as much as the first three colors)

Average hours of sleep: hmmmm around 11:30-6:30 roughly, so about 8 hours but I’ve been going to sleep around 12:40-1:35 recently so who knows, I might’ve ruined my sleep routine

Lucky number: 12, 60, 1260

Instruments: I play bass guitar, Electric guitar and a small bit of acoustic guitar

What am I wearing: pink hello kitty pajama bottoms and a cozy, soft long sleeved grey shirt/thin sweater sort of shirt and fluffy socks

How many blankets I sleep with: 3

Dream job: Jockey, Artist, Musician or professional street racer (yeah yeah yeah I know that’s not a true profession but it’d be cool and I’d be careful)- for dream dream jobs but for realistic dream jobs I’d choose  english teacher in Japan or Korea

Dream trip: travel across Japan, visit the Arizona ship at Pearl Harbor, visit sites where the Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand, visit the concentration camps in Germany, visit the Japanese internment camps in Amerca (I’m a major history nut and did a full years worth of research on the topic so it’s super interesting to me and I’ve always been interested in the concentration camps and Pearl harbor since I was practically a baby) or go back to the UK

Favourite food: answered in a previous tag but I’ll repost again: BUFFALO WINGS!, Nigiri, Sushi, Udon, Tteokguk, Lamb, Curry, BREAD, DONUTS, Nachos (even though I’m lactose intolerant but only if it’s the good nachos with the gooey cheese and not that shit excuse wanna be nachos where people just put sliced pieces of cheese on chips and cook it because those nachos are fucking nasty as shit!), Pizza Rolls, sour candy, chocolate, daifuku mochi, rice, PASTA, potatoes, carrots, apples, COFFEE CAKE, Chocolate cake, cake in general, cookie dough, black olives, broccoli, cauliflower, steak, chicken, chili, chili cheese fries, dumplings (won tons), egg flower soup, etc.

Nationality: I’m white with a bit of Finish and native American blood in me

Favourite song right now: hmmmmm, haven’t really thought about that, probably Eoeo- Uniq or Easy Love- SF9

[synchronxcity]

◐ | boobs! | savannah x jordan

◐ Oh fuck, is that a lump?!

Jordan looks panicked when Savannah opens the door to her apartment, and she brushes inside quickly, without really greeting the brunette. Her arms are crossed over her chest protectively, like her boobs are going to fall off if she doesn’t keep them crossed. “What the hell?” Savannah is asking, demanding an answer from the younger girl. 

“Okay, look,” she says, holding up a hand to prevent her friend from speaking. “I’m really freaked out right now and I don’t think that I need to be but I’m freaking out and this is dumb because I’m a nurse and I should know better than all of this but I just need a second opinion okay? And before you ask, Josh would get worried. I need sensible right now, not worried. I want to be the worried, irrational one right now.”

Sav raises an eyebrow and Jordan finally decides to let her stupidity out. “I need you to do a breast exam on me,” she says, avoiding eye contact. “I was doing a self exam and ... I don’t know. I’m being paranoid.” She doesn’t wait for an answer -- Savannah is doing this whether she likes it or not -- and pulls off her shirt. 

--

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Savannah asks her, after she’s done examining her friend and confirmed that Jordan was, in fact, just hallucinating. “I’ve never seen you freak out like that before.” 

“Can you keep a secret?” Jordan asks, pulling her shirt on as she does so. “It’s just -- I think I’m pregnant.”

[beanfic]

Apparition Antics

Kae & Sav’s Spooky Special | Masterlist

Warnings: Paranormal activity & some angst

Word Count: 10346

Author’s Note: Here it is! The final part to Kae and I’s spooky special!! This chapter is a long one but that's because it's filled with SO MUCH SPOOKYNESS! Oh, also! Happy Halloween, frens :) Hope you enjoy!!

Tyler’s POV

My alarm played softly from my bedside table, lulling me out of the light sleep that I had been in. Sunlight was just beginning to filter through the curtains, throwing bits of light on the covers around my feet. Suppressing a groan, I rolled over and grabbed my phone from the bedside table. My shoulders dropped in relief when the alarm finally came to a stop.

I dropped my phone down onto the covers, not yet wanting to get out of bed and start the morning. Eight in the morning was much earlier than I was used to waking up, and every part of my body was screaming to stay under my warm covers and go back to bed. My eyes had just started to flutter close when I snapped them open again and pushed myself to a sitting position. There was a strict schedule that we had to follow today, and I wasn’t about to let it be ruined because I wanted to stay in bed just a little longer.

My brain slowly started to wake up as I went through the motions of my morning routine. By the time that I finished brushing my teeth, the temptation to get back in bed had finally subsided. After one last glance in the mirror, I flipped off the light and shuffled my way down the hall to wake up Josh and Y/N.

I stopped outside the door and held my breath, listening carefully for any quiet conversations that I had the potential of interrupting. The only thing I could hear was Josh snoring, so I slowly pushed open the door and peeked my head inside.

My jaw dropped the second that my eyes landed on the two of them. Y/N was pressed up against Josh with their head buried in the crook of his neck, their limbs all tangled up together. They looked so content curled up next to one another that there was no way I could wake them up right now. It would have to wait until after breakfast was ready.

I quietly slipped back out of the room and shut the door behind me, my head still reeling from what I had just seen. A million questions were running through my mind as I walked into the kitchen, but I knew I would have to wait for one of them to wake up before I got any answers. For the time being, all I could do was focus on making pancakes.

The hardwood floors of the kitchen were cold under my feet as I stood over the counter, mixing up pancake batter. It was a recipe Y/N had taught me, way back when we had just become friends and they still lived in Cleveland. They had stayed over one night after a show and the next morning we made pancakes together and had our first real bonding experience. I had been using the recipe ever since, though it was mostly reserved for special occasions like today.

The pan was just beginning to heat up when a door in the hallway creaked. I paused and listened, trying to determine if it was someone waking up or someone breaking into the house. When Josh shuffled into the kitchen a few minutes later with hair sticking out at all angles and a shirt that hadn’t been on him ten minutes ago, I relaxed and went back to doing what I previously had been.

“Good morning,” I smiled, pouring the first of many pancakes into the pan.

“Happy Halloween,” he said as he took a seat in one of the stools.

“How are you feeling this morning?”

“Better than I thought I would,” he laughed. 

“Did you sleep well last night?” I was barely able to contain my knowing smile.

“Yeah, I did, actually.”

There was a pause in conversation as I checked the underside of the pancake. Josh was idly drumming his fingers on the counter as I did so.

“Ok, I need to ask,” I finally said, unable to contain my curiosity any longer. “What happened last night?”

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t play dumb, Josh. I saw you and Y/N this morning all cuddled up in bed.”

“You did?” His expression was shocked at first, but it was quickly overtaken by a shy smile.

“Yeah. I was coming to wake you two up, but you looked so peaceful cuddled up that I decided to wait.”

Josh’s smile grew even more. “I was tempted to stay in bed, just so I could snuggle with them a little longer, but I heard you out here making breakfast and wanted to see if you needed any help.”

“Did you two fall asleep like that?”

“I think so. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I vaguely remember demanding that Y/N cuddle with me.”

“Charming,” I laughed as I flipped a pancake.

“I like to cuddle when I’m drunk! And I was cold.”

“You know I keep spare blankets in the closet in there, right?”

“Yeah, but, you know…”

“Yeah, yeah,” I waved my hand towards him. “Cuddling with the person you like is much more appealing, I get it.”

“Mmmhmm…”

“Did any feelings get confessed last night?” I asked as I plopped the finished pancake onto a plate.

“No. I didn’t want to do it while I was drunk. That’s not very romantic.”

“But you are going to finally tell Y/N how you feel?”

“Well, I don’t know. I was thinking maybe-”

The door in the hallway creaked and Josh’s mouth immediately snapped closed. His ears were already becoming a bright shade of red, despite the fact that Y/N hadn’t even entered the room yet.

“Good morning,” Y/N smiled as they walked into the room, doing a little spin as they did so.

“Someone is in a good mood this morning,” I laughed.

“I slept well last night and today is Halloween, how could I be in a bad mood?”

I turned and wiggled my eyebrows at Josh, who only rolled his eyes and cast them down towards the counter. Y/N was too busy fiddling with a string on their shirt to notice the exchange.

“Alright, now that you two are awake, we have to discuss the plan for today.”

“Let’s hear it, Ty.”

“So this place,” I started, unable to keep the giddy grin off my face. Y/N had left all the ghost hunting planning up to me, which meant they and Josh had no idea what we were in for. “It’s an old high school that was shut down in the 60s after a number of mysterious occurrences. There’s all sorts of reports of athletes getting hurt, teachers seeing and hearing unexplainable things after hours, and even furniture and posters being moved around overnight. For a while people thought it was just students messing around and a number of arrests were made, but it didn’t stop it from happening.”

“Can I have a pancake?” Y/N asked.

“Y/N!” I sighed as I flipped the pancake that was cooking. “I’m in the middle of my spooky story. But yes, you can have a pancake, You too, Josh.”

I allowed them each a moment to grab their pancakes and cover them in various toppings before I continued my story.

“Continuing on, mysterious sightings are still being reported in and around the building. One of the most common reports is seeing a shadowy figure with glowing eyes standing in the windows during sunset. Police have investigated the building on numerous occasions, but nothing and nobody is ever found. It’s supposed to be one of the most haunted places in Ohio.”

“And we’re going there?” Josh asked before stuffing his face with pancake.

“Yes.”

“I’m excited,” Y/N smiled. “I’ve always wanted to find a ghost.”

“I’m sure we’re going to see something scary tonight, ghost or not,” I answered. “And you two better take this seriously. I don’t want you messing around like you usually do.”

“You mean Y/N and I can’t sing for the ghosts this time?” Josh laughed.

“Exactly. I don’t want anything following me back to the house,” I said, pointing my spatula at him.

He held his hands up in defeat. “We’ll be serious, right, Y/N?”

“Serious,” they nodded.

“Good,” I smiled. “Tonight is a big night.”

*     *     *

“Is everything going to fit?” Y/N asked as they watched me try to stuff another box of supplies into the back of my car.

“We’ll probably have to put some of it in the backseat, but we can make it work.”

Y/N’s eyes lit up in an instant. “Shotgun!”

Josh, who was currently leaned halfway into the backseat while he arranged some stuff in his bag, suddenly stood up and shot Y/N a look. “Not fair!”

“Sorry, Josh, you were too slow,” they shrugged.

“But I have way longer legs than you! There’s no way I’m cramming into the backseat with all the ghost stuff.”

“You should have thought of that earlier.”

“Tyler,” Josh sighed. “Help me out here.”

“You two are adults, you can work this out between yourselves without me in the middle of it.”

“Come on, Josh, you always get shotgun because Tyler picks you up first. Can’t you let me have it just this once?”

“Not when we have a three-hour car ride!”

“What if you get it on the way home? Then you’ll have plenty of legroom while you sleep.”

“Legroom doesn’t matter when you’re asleep.”

Tired of listening to their bickering, I came up with an idea that would both put an end to the debate and help with my master plan. While they were too busy paying attention to one another, I grabbed a box of equipment and carried it over to the passenger side of the car. Both of their heads immediately whipped in my direction when they heard the door open.

“You know what? Fine,” I said, dramatically dropping the box into the front seat. “Neither of you get it.”

“But my legs!” Josh said.

I leaned down and scooted the chair all the way forward, then turned to Josh with a grin. “There, all the legroom you could possibly need.”

He mumbled something under his breath before going back to messing with his backpack. Y/N turned to me and raised their eyebrows, but I simply smiled and adjusted my beanie. They gave me a light shove as I walked past them to close the trunk, making me laugh.

“Alright, let’s get in the car and get out of here,” I announced.

Fifteen minutes later, we found ourselves in a parking lot outside of a Columbus Starbucks. I was currently trying to convince Y/N to go inside and order our drinks for us to avoid running the risk of getting recognized, but they were not having any part of it.

“I just don’t understand why I have to go in alone!” they huffed. “You don’t usually care about getting recognized, so why is it a big deal today?”

“I’m just worried about people potentially following us all the way out to the school. Please, Y/N, I’ll pay for your drink.”

They went quiet for a moment, obviously contemplating my offer. After a moment’s pause, they spoke again.

“Alright, fine. But I’m getting a venti.”

“Fair deal,” I said as I dug my wallet out of my pocket.

Y/N took our drink orders - and my money - before getting out of the car and walking into Starbucks, although not without shooting us a look as they did so. Once they were safely inside, I turned around so that I could get a better look at Josh.

“What were you going to say this morning before Y/N woke up?”

Josh’s eyebrows furrowed, “What?”

“You know, I was asking you if you were finally going to tell them how you feel and you said you were thinking maybe something but then they woke up and interrupted you.”

“Oh, right. Um, well, I was just thinking that if the right moment comes up tonight… I might actually finally tell them how I feel.”

I tried my best to contain my visible excitement. “For real? Like, you’re not messing with me?”

His mouth curled up into a smile, “No, I’m not messing with you. I’m starting to think you may have actually been on to something this whole time with them feeling the same.”

“Finally! I told you I was being serious, Josh.”

“I know! I know. It’s just scary, you know? I don’t want to mess up the relationship I have with Y/N.”

“So I’ve heard,” I laughed quietly.

“Exactly,” he chuckled.

Y/N returned with our drinks a few minutes later and then we were back on the road. We had only been on the freeway for a few minutes when Josh pulled out some earbuds and plugged them into his phone.

“Want to listen?” he asked, passing one of them to Y/N.

“What? You two are listening to your own music back there?” I asked, glancing at them in the rearview mirror. “Who am I going to talk to?”

“Guess you shouldn’t have stuck both of us back here,” Y/N said with a satisfied smirk before taking a sip of their drink.

“Besides, we can still talk even with headphones in,” Josh chimed in.

“Yeah, whatever,” I sighed.

At least the drive was only a few hours. Then it would be time for the real fun to begin.

*     *     *

Your POV

You were woken up by Tyler cheerily announcing that you had arrived at your destination. The car shuddered to a stop and you slowly sat up, stretching out all the muscles that had grown tight from the weird position you were sleeping in. It hadn’t been your intention to fall asleep during the car ride, but between Josh’s music, the comfort of his shoulder, and the boys’ quiet conversation, you had been out in an instant.

Grass crunched beneath your feet as you got out of the car and joined the boys near the trunk. The sun was still high in the sky, but it wouldn’t be long before it sunk below the hills and cast all sorts of shadows across the place. You already didn’t like the look of it, between the shattered windows and crumbling bits of architecture. Despite your love of ghost hunting, you still had your hesitations about spending a night in this place.

“Is this legal?” you asked, noticing a nearby “No Trespassing” sign.

“I might have pulled some strings,” Tyler grunted as he grabbed more equipment.

“And by ‘pulled some strings’, do you mean paid someone off?”

He paused. “Maybe.”

You smiled and shook your head. Leave it to Tyler to pay someone off so that he could hunt ghosts that may or may not exist.

“Hey, I’m going to run inside and find a good place for us to set up headquarters. I’ll be back in a bit,” Tyler announced as he scooped up a flashlight.

“Be safe,” you said.

“I will.”

Tyler took off towards the building, leaving just you and Josh for the first time since last night. You were unsure of what to say, so you settled for looking through all the boxes Tyler had packed up to see what equipment he had decided was necessary.

“You missed Tyler’s comment about us sleeping together.”

“What?” you asked, whipping your head around to look at Josh. Your face was already burning from embarrassment. “What do you mean?”

“It was just a joke, since we slept in the same bed last night and then you fell asleep on my shoulder. He didn’t mean anything by it.”

“What an idiot,” you muttered, turning back to the box.

Josh didn’t say anything else. Out of the corner of your eye, you could just make out him rocking back and forth on his heels, hands dug deep into his pockets.

“Oh, um, Y/N?”

“Yeah?”

“About last night, I just wanted to say I’m sorry for how I was acting. I know it’s far from the first time you’ve dealt with me drunk, but I was on another level last night. Like, the cuddling and stuff. You didn’t have to do that.”

You stood up and leaned against the trunk of Tyler’s car. Josh was staring down at his feet, but met your eyes when he realized you were looking at him. His mouth briefly curled up into a smile.

“It wasn’t a big deal, Josh. Nothing happened that I was uncomfortable with and it was, uh, actually kind of-”

“Hey!” Tyler called. “I think I found a spot.”

You and Josh shared a look before picking up a box each and heading in Tyler’s direction.

“Nice, is what I was going to say,” you explained before Tyler was within earshot. “It was actually kind of nice.”

“Yeah,” Josh smiled. “I thought so too.”

“You guys aren’t going to believe this,” Tyler smiled as you walked up to him. “This place is crazy. Wait until you see all of it.”

You followed Tyler down a hallway, doing your best to take in all the sights while you still had sunlight coming in through the windows. Thankfully, the three of you only went a short distance until the hall opened up into a cafeteria. 

“This is our home base. What do you think?” Tyler asked, confidently walking closer to the center of the room. You and Josh, on the other hand, hung back a little.

Large windows at either end of the room illuminated the cafeteria, revealing every particle of dust that was currently floating through the air. Most of the tables had been overturned or shoved aside, although there were a few that remained upright and usable. A few posters still hung on bulletin boards around the room, though nearly every one had been ripped or shredded in some capacity. Just thinking about what this room would look like in the dark was enough to send a chill down your spine.

“Creepy,” you finally muttered. Josh nodded along with you.

“We can start setting stuff up along these tables right here,” Tyler said, ignoring your comment. “That should give us plenty of room for the lights and equipment.”

You waddled over to the table and set down the box of things you had been carrying. There was still plenty of boxes that needed to be transported from the car to inside, and you really weren’t looking forward to the multiple trips back and forth. At least you would have the boys to keep you company.

“What are you waiting for? Let’s get the rest of the stuff inside,” Tyler smiled before practically skipping his way back down the hallway. 

An hour later, all of the equipment was finally inside and mostly set up. You and Josh were making casual conversation while Tyler huddled over his equipment and made sure everything was running properly. The only other times you saw him this focused was when he was writing music.

“Ok, I think everything is ready to go,” he said, straightening up. “Why don’t we do a quick walkthrough of the school to get an idea of where everything is and where the best places for cameras are?”

“Sounds good,” you nodded.

“Josh, can you grab the map? It should be in that box right next to you.”

Josh turned around and dug through the box until he found the map Tyler was talking about. It was printed on what looked like a normal sheet of paper, but the back had Tyler’s handwriting all over it. You tried to get a glimpse of it, but Josh passed it off before you had a chance to make sense of any of it.

“What’s on the back, Ty?” you asked.

He flipped it over and looked at it, eyebrows furrowed, as if he had forgotten he ever wrote on it in the first place. “Just some notes, it looks like.” His mouth curled into a partial smile. “I can barely read it.”

You shook your head and grabbed a couple flashlights from the table, passing one off to Josh. He thanked you and immediately checked if the batteries were working.

“Lead the way, Tyler,” Josh said.

Your journey started down the hallway that you had entered the building from. A creepy feeling still lingered, but having a heavy flashlight in your hands helped to take away some of the edge. Josh was also staying close to you, so close, in fact, that your arms kept accidentally brushing up against each other. Thankfully, Tyler was too absorbed in locating good camera spots that he didn’t take notice.

This pattern continued for the next thirty minutes. You and Josh followed behind Tyler, occasionally offering your opinions on a spot for a camera, but mostly just trying to remember the layout of the building. The last thing you wanted was to accidentally get lost in one of the most haunted buildings in Ohio on the scariest day of the year. By the time that you returned to your “home base”, you were already having your reservations about tonight’s ghost hunting.

“Now that you’ve seen the entire building, what do you think?” Tyler asked. He was smiling, which was just about the furthest thing from what you felt like doing right now.

“If there’s anywhere we’re going to find ghosts in Ohio, it’s here,” you sighed. Josh nodded in agreement.

“You guys should probably go set up the cameras before it gets too dark. I can hang back and make sure we’re getting signal on all of them.”

“Did you bring the walkie talkies?” Josh asked.

“Yeah, they’re right here. Keep them on Channel 3 and whatever you do, don’t turn them off, ok?” You nodded as you turned on your walkie talkie and hooked it onto your jeans. Next to you, Josh did the same. “The cameras should be in that box over there. Make sure to let me know which one you’re setting up - the number is sharpied on the side - and then we can make sure the motion sensor is working.”

“Sounds good,” Josh said.

“Here’s the map of all the camera spots. Let me know if you have trouble finding any of them and I can try and direct you,” Tyler explained, hardly taking time to look up from one of his many laptops as he passed it to you. “Also try not to take too long, there’s a lot of stuff we still need to get ready.”

“We’ll be quick,” you added.

“And make sure to mark down where on the map each number is, just so we know.”

“Ty,” you laughed, “we’ve done this before, you don’t need to go over all the instructions every time.”

“Sorry,” he smiled. “Habit.”

“Ok, we’ll be back in a bit.”

Map and flashlight in hand, you and Josh headed off down the first hallway yet again. Your stomach was already flipping at the thought of spending the next half hour with Josh without Tyler’s interruptions, and for a moment you weren’t sure that you would be able to get any words out.

“I’m pretty sure he put the cameras in every remote corner of the school he could find,” you laughed, taking your first look at the map. “Look at this.”

Josh took the map from your hands, making sure to let his fingers brush up against yours. “You know Tyler, he likes to make sure that every inch of a place is being watched.”

“Yeah, but come on! The pool? That’s all the way at the other end of the school, but he also wants us to set one up by this window in the back corner.”

“Hey, it’s just an excuse for us to spend more time together, right?” Josh smiled at you.

You bit down on your lip, glad that the dim light inside was enough to mask most of your embarrassed expression. “Yeah, I suppose that’s a benefit.”

“Ok, I think the first camera spot is up here. You want to grab one of the ones from the box?”

You grabbed a camera from the box and passed it off to Josh, who then got it situated in the correct spot. While he worked on that, you radioed Tyler to let him know what was going on.

“Skeleton, come in,” you said, trying - and failing - to contain a smile at your code names.

“What’s up, Pumpkin?” he answered, voice warped by the walkie talkie.

“We’re setting up camera… what camera is it?”

“Three,” Josh grunted.

“Camera three at location one.”

“Alright, let me know when it’s on.”

You marked down camera three at location one on the map while you waited for Josh to finish setting things up.

“Done,” Josh sighed. “Camera is on.”

“Skeleton, come in.”

“I’m here.”

“Are we reading a signal on camera three?”

“We’re live. Can one of you wave an arm in front of it?”

“Josh?” you asked, turning to him.

Josh stepped away from you and closer to the camera, waving one of his arms slowly in front of it. 

“Alright, we’ve got a video feed. You can move on.”

“Alright. Pumpkin and Alien out.”

You tucked the walkie talkie back into its place on your jeans and fell into step with Josh, who was already beginning to slowly make his way down the hall. When you caught up to him, he took the map from the top of the box and looked over it.

“Where to next?” you asked.

“It looks like we go upstairs and down another hall. Or we could go downstairs, if we wanted to switch things up.”

You were about to answer his question when something behind you rustled. Your head whipped around and you scanned the entire area behind you with the flashlight, searching for what could have caused the noise. The two of you were seemingly alone in the hallway, so you took a deep breath and turned back around.

“You ok?” Josh asked.

“Did you not hear that?”

“Hear what?”

You shook your head. “Nothing, I guess. I’m just wound up.”

“I thought you weren’t scared of stuff like this?”

“I’m not.”

“Then why’d you jump at nothing?” he teased.

“I didn’t jump at nothing! There was a sound.”

“You know I’m going to protect you if we run into something or someone, right?”

“Yeah, because you’re so intimidating,” you smiled.

“Hey! I’m only not intimidating to you because you know me. I can be a scary guy.”

“Whatever you say.”

“Is that a challenge?”

Your eyes went wide. “No, no, please, Josh.”

“I thought you weren’t scared?” he grinned.

“Well, um,” you stammered. “Ok, fine, maybe I’m a little scared.”

Josh walked a little closer to you and wrapped one of his arms around your shoulders, “Don’t worry, I’ve got your back.”

After forty-five minutes of setting up cameras, you were finally on the last one, which just so happened to be the one by the old pool. You weren’t particularly looking forward to the walk it would take to get there, but you were glad that you had Josh to keep you company… and protected from anything that could be lurking in the shadows.

“It’s weird being back in a high school,” you said as you passed another set of lockers. “I think the scariest thing is all the memories it’s bringing up.”

“Did you have a positive high school experience?”

“It was ok. I wasn’t super popular or anything, but I had a good group of friends. Definitely not the best four years of my life or anything. What about you?”

Josh shrugged. “About the same. I was kind of a dorky kid in high school.”

“Same.”

“Did you… date… very many people?”

You turned to look at him, only to realize he was already looking at you. Too shy to make eye contact, you looked down to your feet.

“Not really. My type was too specific for any of the people that I went to high school with.”

“And what is your type?”

“Oh, you know,” you said, a smirk starting to appear on your lips, “people who are nice, aren’t afraid to be themselves, into music, have tattoos and piercings and colorful hair and all that.”

“So… me?” Josh laughed.

“Not everything is about you, Josh,” you joined his laughter as you bumped into his shoulder. “What about you?”

“I dated a couple people, but it was never anything serious.”

“I meant like… what’s your type?”

“Oh, um, right,” he rubbed at the back of his neck with his free hand. “I guess I like people who can make me laugh, they support me in whatever I do, aren’t afraid to be themselves, just someone cool, you know?”

You shifted the box, putting the weight onto your other hip for awhile and to alleviate some of the tension in your shoulders from the question you were about to ask. “Am I cool?”

Josh paused for a moment, “I think you’re the coolest person I know, Y/N.”

You nodded, unsure of how to respond to what he had said. He started to talk again, but before he could get anything out, your walkie talkies crackled.

“This is Skeleton, reporting in.”

Josh sighed as he grabbed the walkie talkie off his hip. “This is Alien. What do you need?”

“Are you two almost done? It’s getting lonely over here.” A pause. “And I’m hungry.”

“We’re going to set up the last camera by the old pool and then we’ll be back.”

“Ok, well hurry. Skeleton out.”

Josh shook his head as he hooked his walkie talkie back onto his jeans.

“If he wants it done faster, he could have helped us out,” he laughed.

“Agreed.”

You went quiet, internally hoping that Josh would once again bring up the conversation you had just been having, but when a minute of silence passed you figured that was wishful thinking. Maybe you had been reading too much into what he was saying.

“Is this it?” he asked as you approached another set of double doors.

“Looks like it,” you answered, nodding towards a sign to the side of the door that read “Pool”.

He started to pull the door open, but stopped halfway through and turned to you. “Stay close to me, ok? I don’t like this room.”

You nodded and followed him into the room. As soon as you stepped over the threshold, he reached back and rested a hand on your arm.

“I’m here,” you said.

“Let’s get in and out of here as fast as we can.”

“Sounds good.”

You followed Josh further into the room, trying to ignore the eerie way that the room echoed with each step that you took. The single camera rattling in the box that you were carrying didn’t do much to help the atmosphere, either. Even with sunlight shining in through the dusty windows, this room felt undeniably creepier than all the rest.

“Where did Tyler want the camera?” Josh asked.

“The far corner, right above the bleachers.”

“Like, on the other side of the room?”

“Mmmhmm.”

Josh sighed and walked in that direction. You took a couple big steps to catch up to him and lightly bumped up against him. He turned towards you and smiled, reassured by your presence.

“Maybe you’re not the one who’s going to have to do the protecting,” you grinned.

“Maybe,” he laughed quietly. “I just hope that none of us have to protect anyone.”

“Agreed.”

Josh grabbed the camera from the box and went through the motions of setting it up while you radioed Tyler to let him know what was going on. As soon as you got the ok, you and Josh started to head back towards home base.

You had only made it about halfway along the pool when something crashed at the far side of the room. Both you and Josh turned around in a panic, frantically searching for the source of the noise, but there was nothing in sight.

“Let’s get out of here,” Josh said.

Before you had a chance to answer, he had clumsily wrapped his free hand around your flashlight hand and was starting to pull you towards the exit. Trying your best not to trip over your feet, you followed after him. Your heart was still pounding from whatever you had heard and having Josh’s hands wrapped around yours was only making it beat even harder.

You were relieved when you finally crashed through the doors and back into the hallway. Although it wouldn’t do much to actually protect you if there was something in the pool room, it felt nice to have a set of doors between you. With a heaving chest, you leaned back against a bank of lockers and looked to Josh.

“That was terrifying,” you sighed.

“Are you ok?” Josh asked, resting a hand on your arm. “I didn’t mean to drag you out of there, it just kind of happened.”

He stepped closer, leaving only about a foot of space in between you. You looked up at him, taking in what you could of his features in the dim light.

“I’m ok. Just a bit shaken up.”

“I wouldn’t have let anything happen to you.” Josh’s mouth just barely curled up into a smile.

He started to move closer, until his breath was fanning out across your face. Your heart had returned to pounding in your chest, but now it was for an entirely different reason. Was this really happening? Were you really about to kiss Josh in some abandoned high school that Tyler was taking you ghost hunting in?

Just as your eyes were about to flutter closed, you noticed a blinking light out of the corner of your eye. In a moment of panic, you put a hand on Josh’s chest and shoved him away as gently as you could. He stepped back immediately, stumbling over his words and avoiding eye contact with you.

“I’m so sorry, Y/N. I- thought, um, maybe that- I didn’t-”

“Josh,” you whispered. “It’s fine. It’s just…” you nodded towards the camera, hopefully subtly enough that Tyler wouldn’t catch it on the off chance that he was looking at it right now. Josh’s shoulders immediately dropped and he ran a hand through his hair.

“You’d think for someone who wanted us together so badly, he wouldn’t make it so impossible to get a moment alone.”

“Honestly,” you giggled.

“We might as well get back to him before he throws a fit.”

You nodded and tried to mask the disappointment that your kiss would have to wait until later. “Good idea.”

Josh started to walk down the hall and you fell into step with him, feeling a bit more confident about “accidentally” bumping into him now and again. Each time you did, you were met with a smile from Josh and a retaliation. By the time you made it back to your home base, it had almost become a game between you two.

“Ok, wait, before we go in there,” Josh said, stopping you a short distance from the archway that led to the cafeteria. “Are we going to tell him what happened?”

“With the crash? Or the… other thing?”

“The other thing,” Josh smiled.

“Do you think he saw?”

“I have no idea, but he’ll probably immediately make a comment if he did. He doesn’t know how to keep his mouth shut about that stuff,” he laughed.

“Ok, true. I say we wait for him to bring it up. You know, payback for all the teasing.”

“This is why I like you.”

With one final nod to each other, you walked back into the home base. Tyler immediately looked up from his computers and over at you.

“I was wondering when you were coming back! You set up that last camera forever ago.”

“There was a lot of ground to cover!” you retorted.

“Uh huh,” Tyler said, shooting the two of you a look.

“Don’t be jealous because we were out having fun,” Josh smiled as he took a seat across from Tyler.

“Who’s to say I wasn’t having fun here?” Tyler stood up straighter and crossed his arms.

“Alright, you two,” you sighed as you tossed the empty box into a corner. “Why don’t we figure out what food to get before you two start arguing too much.”

“We’re not arguing,” Tyler chimed in. “I’m just saying that I had fun here!”

Josh started to open his mouth, but you shot him a look and he quieted down again. This put a satisfied smirk on Tyler’s face, so you gave him a look for good measure too.

“Didn’t one of you mention a Taco Bell just a few minutes away? How does that sound?” you asked.

“Did you have to ask?” Tyler smiled.

“Yeah, Tyler wrote a whole song about it,” Josh smirked.

“Hey! I thought we made a rule that we don’t talk about that.”

“Consider it payback.”

“Ok, who’s going to get the food?” you asked, ignoring their bickering. “Because after that whole Starbucks ordeal today, it’s not going to be me.”

“I can go,” Josh said, already standing up again. “Just let me know what you want.”

The next few minutes were spent deciding what food to get and making sure that Josh had it all written down in his phone so he wouldn’t forget. Once that was settled, Tyler tossed him his keys and Josh wandered off down the hall, still carrying a flashlight in his hand. The sun was rapidly setting and you were trying to enjoy the little bit of light you had left.

“You and Josh seem to be awful friendly,” Tyler said, his eyes never leaving the computer.

Your entire body tensed at his words and you were suddenly very glad that his focus was elsewhere. He had yet to fess up to seeing you and Josh almost kiss on camera, but it wasn’t unlike Tyler to hold onto information until an opportune moment.

“What do you mean by that?”

“You two were pretty tense with each other this morning, aside from you falling asleep on him in the car. It’s nice to see you two getting along again.”

“Right. Yeah.”

“Are you going to tell him how you feel?” Tyler asked, finally looking up from his laptop.

You avoided eye contact, afraid it would give too much information away. If Tyler was asking if you were going to confess, he definitely hadn’t seen what happened between you and Josh. That, or he was playing the long con.

You put on your best plain expression and finally met Tyler’s eyes. “I hadn’t really thought about it. I probably wouldn’t today, just because it’s Halloween and all.”

“What does Halloween have to do with it?”

“Don’t you think it’s kinda dorky to confess your feelings on Halloween? Like, that would be our anniversary forever.”

“Dorky? It’s awesome,” Tyler smiled. “Your anniversary would be on the spookiest day of the year.”

“I guess?”

“But, more importantly, you are going to tell him at some point?”

“I don’t see why I wouldn’t. It’s pretty clear that he feels the same now.”

“And to think, just a few days ago you were telling me you and Josh were nothing more than friends.”

“A lot has changed since then!” you said, unintentionally raising your voice. It echoed a little across the room. “Two days ago I hadn’t held his hand during a scary movie or spent an entire night with him complimenting me or slept in the same bed as him or almost-” you caught yourself just in time to avoid telling Tyler the one thing you didn’t want him to know. He picked up on your change in demeanor.

“Almost what?” he asked.

“Nothing. Forget I said anything.”

“Almost what, Y/N? Tell me.”

“I’m not going to tell you, Ty.”

“Please? I won’t tell Josh you told me.”

“I don’t care what Josh knows. I don’t want you to know.”

“Don’t want me to know what?” Tyler said. He was growing more desperate.

“No.”

“Something did happen at my house, didn’t it? What did you two do last night?”

“Nothing! Nothing happened.”

“You’ve always been a bad liar.”

“I’m not lying! Nothing happened last night.”

“Today?”

“No.”

“Liar.”

“Tyler, can we just drop this please?”

Tyler finally calmed down. It wasn’t often that you used his full name, which let him know how serious you were about not discussing this any further. He directed his attention back to his laptops, and after a bit of silence offered for you to come check out what he was seeing on the cameras, which wasn’t much.

At least, for now.

*     *     *

Josh’s POV

“What time is it?” Y/N asked as they pulled on a headlamp.

“Two in the morning. Perfect time to start ghost hunting,” Tyler grinned as he did the same.

“Yeah, perfect,” I said, taking a quick glance around the room.

Although Y/N and Tyler were big on ghost hunting, I always had my reservations when it came to adventures like this. My anxiety was bad enough as it was, and walking around dark buildings trying to find things that could potentially hurt us didn’t exactly do much to help it. Regardless, I knew how much it meant to the two of them to have me come along, so I joined along on one or two trips a year to please them.

“How do I look?” Y/N asked, giving Tyler and I a little spin.

“Amazing,” I laughed. “The headlamp really completes the look.”

They smiled and turned to Tyler, who simply gave them a thumbs up.

“Alright, I think we’re ready to go. Do you two have all your stuff together?”

I double checked that I had my walkie talkie and the equipment that Tyler had put me in charge of before giving him a nod. Next to me, Y/N did the same.

“Then let’s go.”

Tyler led the way down the hall, allowing Y/N and I to lag behind. They were staying close to me which I was thankful for. The last thing I wanted was to get split up from the other two in a place that I could barely remember the layout of. Even though I ran regularly, I didn’t really want to put those skills to use in this setting.

The school had a completely different atmosphere now that it was dark, even with the combined light of our headlamps. Bent and rusted lockers were around every corner, looming out from the darkness. Dust particles and cobwebs floated freely through the air, occasionally being kicked up by our feet as we passed. There was even the occasional bird that flew around overhead, the sound of its wings amplified by the empty space.

“Where are we going?” Y/N finally asked. The sudden sound of their voice almost made me jump.

“I wanted to check out the window where people report seeing the figure. You know, see if we can get an EMF reading or a temperature change or something,” Tyler answered.

I watched as Y/N nodded in agreement. A brief desire to voice my concern bubbled in my chest, but it quickly subsided again. There was no way Y/N - or more likely, Tyler - was letting me get out of this one.

“You doing ok, Josh?” Y/N asked quietly.

“Yeah, I’m ok. Just a little nervous.”

They glanced at Tyler for a moment before turning back to me and taking hold of my hand. “It’s ok, I’ve got your back.”

I squeezed their hand as a silent thank you while we continued to walk down the hall. Eventually, Tyler brought us to the window where the figure was rumored to be seen, which just so happened to be inside a classroom full of toppled desks and chairs and countless cobwebs. Y/N dropped my hand as we walked into the room, not wanting to run the risk of being seen by Tyler. Part of me wanted to grab it again, not caring what Tyler would say, just to have the comfort.

“Josh, can I get a temperature read on the room?” Tyler asked.

I grabbed the thermometer from my bag and aimed it towards the other side of the room.

“61.”

“And what about over here?”

“58.”

“That’s a significant drop!” Tyler grinned. I had to admit, as much as ghost hunting scared me, I did enjoy seeing how excited he got over little discoveries like this.

“To be fair, we are standing by a window,” Y/N chimed in.

Tyler’s face fell in an instant. “Ok, true, but it’s worth noting. We can try out the thermal cameras for awhile and then do the EMF reader.”

“Sounds good.”

I slowly wandered around the room while Tyler got the thermal camera ready. There were a few old posters on the walls, but most of them had been washed out by the sun and were mostly unreadable now. Looking at them gave me a weird feeling in my stomach, like I was reading something that I wasn’t supposed to.

“Hey, Josh, come back over here and stand next to Y/N.”

I slowly wandered back towards Tyler and Y/N and did as he said. He had a huge smile on his face as he aimed the thermal camera in our direction.

“This new thermal camera is awesome! Way better than the old one. Hey, Y/N, can you get a little closer to Josh.”

“Yeah.”

Y/N stepped closer to me so that their arm was almost pressed up against mine. I could feel my face starting to heat up from embarrassment, I just hoped that-

“Josh! Dude, your face just got way redder,” Tyler grinned. “I can see it on the camera.”

-Tyler didn’t notice.

“I’m nervous,” I muttered, not that it really mattered. Y/N already knew exactly why I would be getting embarrassed.

“Yeah, ok,” he scoffed.

I rolled my eyes and stepped away from Y/N. They walked over and stood next to Tyler so that they could get a better look at the thermal camera, but I didn’t really care. The less I knew about what else was in the room, the better.

“Do you see that?” Tyler muttered.

“The red spot?”

“Yeah, in the corner.”

“I see it.”

I turned and looked in the direction that they were looking. All I saw was some old books sitting on a dusty shelf.

“Is it still there?” Y/N asked.

“Nope, it’s gone.”

A chill ran down my spine. I didn’t like the sound of that one bit.

“Get me an EMF reader,” Tyler said, giving Y/N’s arm a light tap.

They grabbed one from their bag and passed it off to Tyler. He held it up and started to walk towards the corner where they had seen… whatever it was.

“Is it doing anything?” Y/N whispered.

Tyler shook his head.

“Ask a question.”

Tyler cleared his throat. “Is there anything here with us?”

The room was silent as we waited for something to happen. I could see Y/N looking at me out of the corner of my eye, but my focus was on the EMF reader. It was hovering around green right now, but I was just waiting for it to spike at any moment.

“Ask again,” Y/N suggested.

Again, Tyler cleared his throat. “Is there anything here with us?”

The EMF reader spiked to red before immediately dying down again. Tyler spun around and looked between Y/N and I. All of the color had drained from his face.

“Are you ok?” I asked.

“What was that?” he asked quietly.

“It probably picked up on something else,” Y/N said, quickly searching for a reasonable explanation. “Like your walkie talkie.”

“My walkie talkie isn’t on.”

“Try it anyway.”

Tyler grabbed his walkie talkie and held the EMF reader up to it. He waited for a few seconds, but nothing came up. It stayed on green the entire time.

“Maybe it was a fluke,” Y/N chimed in. “Why don’t we try another question and see what happens?”

Tyler nodded and turned back around, holding the EMF reader up once again.

“Are you the one who stands in the windows at sunset?”

It was silent again. The light stayed at green for a few seconds, and for a brief moment I was really starting to believe that the first time had been a fluke. Then it suddenly spiked up to red again.

Tyler dropped the EMF reader and jumped away from it. It hit the ground and bounced once before landing face up. The light was still dancing between green and yellow.

“Are you ok? Did something hurt you?” Y/N asked, reaching out to put a hand on Tyler’s shoulder.

“No, no, it just scared me. I’m fine.”

“It’s still going off,” I added.

Tyler and Y/N both turned to look at the EMF reader. The lights were still blinking rapidly.

“I think we should get out of here,” Y/N said. “I’d rather not mess with… whatever this is and there’s plenty more of the school to explore.”

“Agreed,” Tyler nodded.

He ventured into the middle of the room just long enough to pick up the EMF reader and pass it back off to Y/N. As soon as we had that, we quickly gathered up our things and got out into the hall, making sure to shut the door behind us.

“I knew this place was supposed to be haunted…” Tyler said, “but I never expected anything like that to happen.”

“Let’s just stick together for now and see what there is to see,” Y/N answered.

I was the last one to chime in, “I like that idea.”

*     *     *

“Three am, you know what that means,” Tyler said, checking the time on his watch.

I swallowed hard. After spending the last hour walking around the school with Y/N and Tyler - occasionally stopping to use the thermal camera or EMF reader but not finding much - I had finally calmed down some after the window man incident. It didn’t help that I already knew exactly what Tyler was going to say next.

“It’s prime ghost time. We should split up so we can cover more ground.”

“Who’s going where?” Y/N asked.

“I can take the upstairs since that seems to have the most activity. You two can decide between downstairs and the other end of the school.”

“Josh?” Y/N asked, turning to me. “Do you have a preference?”

“You can take whatever you want.”

“Why don’t you take the downstairs? And I can take the other end over by the pool.”

“Are you sure?”

Y/N smiled at me, “I’m sure.”

“Ok.”

“Remember, keep your walkie talkies on Channel 3 at all times. Do not turn them off for whatever reason and radio in with your location if you need help,” Tyler said.

“Got it,” Y/N nodded.

“Also with any spooky findings,” he added with a smile. “Alright, you know the drill.”

“Hands in,” Y/N sighed.

The three of us put our hands together. Tyler looked around the circle before starting his countdown.

“3… 2… 1... “

“Spooky squad!” we all chanted together.

“Alright, now let’s go find some ghosts!” Tyler grinned, doing a little jump as he did so.

We all double checked that our walkie talkies were working before splitting up. I headed downstairs and, now that I was out of sight, pulled out the backup flashlight that I had in my bag. Tyler and Y/N always said I was excessive, but I wanted as much area around me to be illuminated as possible.

My walkie talkie crackled, making me jump.

“This is Skeleton reporting in. I’m walking by the room we were in and I swear there’s a cold draft coming from under the door. It’s freezing.”

“This is Alien. Copy.”

“Pumpkin here. You better not open that door.”

“Come on, Pumpkin, not even I’m that stupid.”

“I’ve seen you do questionable things.”

“Ok, but none of those involved a spirit potentially following me home.”

“Point taken.”

“Alright, just checking in. Skeleton out.”

“Alien out.”

“Pumpkin out.”

I hooked my walkie talkie back onto my jeans and continued down the hallway. There was a door at the end of the hallway that was partially cracked, so I decided to check it out. Most of the rooms in this building were shut tight, so there had to be a reason that this one wasn’t, right?

My heart started to beat harder with each step that I took towards the door. There was a little patch of light that was just visible inside, probably from the moon. Other than that, I couldn’t make anything out.

I had just started to open the door when something rushed over my head, making me drop to the ground. My heart was pounding in my chest now, so hard that I could hear it in my ears. In an attempt to figure out what that had been, I turned my flashlight down towards the end of the hall in the direction the thing had gone. There was just enough light for me to be able to make out a bird rounding the corner. My shoulders dropped out of relief and I laid back on the floor until my breaths returned to normal.

“This is Alien, checking in. A bird just flew out of one of the rooms and scared the crap out of me. Keep an eye out.”

“This is Pumpkin. Copy.”

“Skeleton. Copy.”

This pattern continued for the next thirty minutes or so. I continued to wander around the downstairs of the school, doing more exploration than I was ghost hunting. As long as Y/N and Tyler were involved, I was willing to participate, but there was no way I was going to actively seek out ghosts on my own.

“This is Pumpkin, checking in. How is everyone doing?”

“This is Alien. I’m doing alright.”

“Same here. Skeleton?”

I stood in place, waiting to move until we got an answer from Tyler. He was usually pretty quick to check in when asked, so this silence from him was unnerving.

“Skeleton? You there?” Y/N asked again.

Still nothing.

“I’ll go upstairs and see if I can find him. Stay where you are, Pumpkin.”

I hooked my walkie talkie back onto my jeans and started to head in the direction of one of the staircases. Although the school was big, it wasn’t so big that I wouldn’t be able to find Tyler in a timely manner. My only concern was the potential of having to go in the ghost room alone. That wasn’t my ideal situation by any means.

Just as I reached the top of the stairs, there was a loud crash from the other side of the school. The sound echoed through the halls, bouncing off walls. It was followed shortly after by Y/N yelling, obviously scared by whatever was happening. I stood frozen at the top of the stairs, trying to decide if I should go look for Tyler or make sure Y/N was ok.

Not wanting to put off a decision any longer, I headed in Y/N’s direction since they seemed to be in more immediate danger. They didn’t usually yell when they were scared, so that alone was enough to have me worried enough to make sure they were ok first. Besides, Tyler was prone to going off to do things on his own. He was probably fine.

Right?

My feet carried me quickly down the hall towards the source of the sound. If I remembered the layout of the school correctly, I would be getting there in less than a minute. I guess there was a benefit to all my running.

I quickly rounded a corner, only to immediately spot Y/N who was coming down the same hallway. There was just barely enough time for me to slow down before we completely collided into one another. My back was on the floor in seconds and Y/N was pressed on top of me, the two of us just barely separated by their arms.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t expect you to be running this way,” they said, the tiniest hint of a smile on their face.

“I wanted to make sure you were ok.”

Y/N’s hands moved to the side of my face and before I knew it, their lips were on mine. I moved my arms to hold onto their waist, steadying them in the awkward position that we were in. Their lips were soft and I could feel every bit of tension and longing that we had shared over the last few days within it. Even though were laying on the floor in some remote, abandoned building, I never wanted it to end.

I started to deepen the kiss, but Y/N pulled away and rolled off of me. They helped me up to a sitting position and brushed some of the dust off my shoulders.

“We need to find Tyler.”

“You’re right,” I said, all the excitement of the kiss wearing off as I remembered the situation we were in.

“But before we do that…”

Y/N leaned over and gave me another quick kiss. I was unable to keep the giddy smile off my face afterwards, even as we stood up and started to head towards the stairs.

“Skeleton, this is Pumpkin. Please report in.”

The walkie talkie crackled hardly a second later.

“This is Skeleton. I’m at home base. Get back here asap.”

“He’s ok,” Y/N sighed, immediately putting their walkie talkie away. “He must have found something big, let’s get back there.”

Y/N and I quickly made our way back to the cafeteria, both of our minds reeling from both the kiss and the excitement of whatever Tyler had potentially found.

Tyler’s face lit up the moment that we stumbled into the cafeteria, our chests heaving. He quickly beckoned us over to his computers.

“You guys will never believe what the cameras picked up. It has to be one of the scariest things that I’ve ever seen,” he grinned as we grew closer. “Come look.”

Y/N and I took a spot on either side of Tyler. He had one of the video feeds up with a timestamp that was hardly more than ten minutes ago. After confirming that we were both ready to see this footage, he hit play and stepped back.

The video showed an empty hallway for the first few seconds, then I came barreling out of the darkness on one part of the screen. Shortly after, Y/N appeared. All of the information quickly pieced together in my mind and I bit down nervously on my lip. My face only continued to burn more and more as the rest of the video played, showing everything from Y/N falling on top of me to us sharing a second kiss.

“Can you believe that?” Tyler laughed, still keeping up his act. “Terrifying.”

“Oh my gosh,” Y/N sighed, burying their face in their hands. “I can’t believe you, Tyler.”

“You can’t believe me? I’m not the one that took three days to finally fess up about their feelings! Do you know how hard I was trying to get the two of you to do it?”

“Is that why you were being so weird?” I asked.

“Yes! My whole plan was to get one of you to finally admit how you felt by the end of our spooky extravaganza and it worked!”

“That explains so much…” Y/N said.

“I got Josh to flirt with you by throwing pumpkin seeds, I pretended to sleep during the movie - and then actually fell asleep -, I forced you guys into a couple’s costume, I slammed that locker door to scare Y/N and get Josh to come running…”

“That was you?” Y/N asked. “Do you know how bad you scared me?”

“But it worked! Look at you two now!” he said with a proud smile.

“Tyler, listen, I really appreciate all you did, but you really didn’t have to get into the middle of all this.”

“I disagree,” he said, crossing his arms. “You two were adamant that the other one didn’t feel the same so I needed to step in to make sure you did know.”

“At least we don’t have to worry about him doing it again in the future.”

“True,” I nodded. “Alright, now how about we pack up our stuff and get out of here? I’d really rather not spend anymore time in this place than I have to.”

“Agreed,” Tyler nodded. “Let’s pack up the stuff and go.”

*     *     *

The sun was just beginning to come up as we got closer to Columbus. Y/N was resting on my shoulder yet again, although this time I was able to shamelessly hold their hand too. We were listening to my headphones again, much to Tyler’s dismay, as we enjoyed the first calm moment since we had arrived at the building the night before.

“Hey, Josh?” Y/N whispered.

“Yeah?”

“We’re like… together, right? Officially?”

“If you want to be.”

“I want to be,” they said, giving my hand a light squeeze.

“Then we’re together.”

“As of Halloween? Or today?”

“What do you think? Because we kissed today, but we kind of had our whole moment yesterday.”

“Whole moment?” Tyler asked.

“Tyler,” I laughed. “Can you not interrupt for once?”

“Sorry, but you owe me that story.”

“That’s fair.”

“Ok, as you were,” Tyler said, waving one of his hands at us.

“Anyway,” I smiled. “What do you think?”

“I vote Halloween. It’s spookier.”

“And special,” I said, leaning my head onto Y/N’s.

“Yeah,” they smiled. “Spookily special.”

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Kae & Sav’s Spooky Special Masterlist

Pumpkin carving. Halloween party. Ghost hunting. In your eyes, these were the essential activities in order to have the spookiest Halloween yet, and of course you had to bring your two best friends along for the ride. While you’re determined to make this year the best yet, your friends have other ideas.

Will this year live up to your expectations? Or will some unexpected shenanigans make it all come crashing down?

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Before You Read

Pumpkin Palooza

Skeleton Shindig

Apparition Antics

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NONONO GET YOUR HOPES UP GIRL!

ahem. sorry. i guess i got onto the sav x josh ship and got a little excited.

can’t wait to read more!!

New Roommates - Ch.4

Word Count: 1971

Warnings: Language and fluff!

Author’s Note: Here is chapter 4! Enjoy! :))

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