n y c t o p h i☽ i a

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"Dude, go on a date with me.
We haven't had a bro date in a
long time." Tyler paused the
movie we were watching to
tell me this.

"Come again?" Jenna stuck
her head out of the kitchen.

"Tyler, keep your voice down."
I played along, but Tyler
ended up laughing.

"No I'm serious.
When was the last time we
went out and did something,
just the two of us.
Now that Jenna and I are
married and you have Noah,
we haven't really had any
more guy time.
Let's go to Taco Bell or
something, just like the good
old days." he suggested.

"Let's do it man." I smiled.

"Cool.
I'll go get my shoes."
I chuckled as he jumped up
and hurried to get some shoes.

"He really does miss you
guys hanging out so much.
Ever since you moved, he
talks about how you guys
used to do everything together."
Jenna sat next to me on the
couch with a cup of coffee.

"I miss him too.
I miss all of you guys.
You don't understand how
much I'm dreading having
to leave this all behind again
so soon." I sighed and put
my head in my hands.
I have to leave tomorrow
and I wasn't ready to let go.

"Why don't you just stay Josh.
None of us want you to go."
Jenna put a hand on my
shoulder comfortingly.

"I- I just can't."

"Why not?
You're making this more
difficult than it has to be.
You've survived just fine
this past week.
I'm sure you can make it
work." she had optimism
enough for the both of us.

"I don't want to have to hide
the rest of our relationship,
however long that may be.
I don't want to have this constant
fear of getting caught by her
parents Jenna." I sighed again.

"You ready?" Tyler came out.

"Yeah."

"Just think about it." Jenna
smiled and stood up to go
back to the kitchen.

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"Unbelievable!" Tyler threw
his hands in the air at his
sudden, unfortunate loss.

After Taco Bell, we crossed
the street and visited the
arcade we used to go to when
we first became room mates.
I remember this was Tyler's
way of getting to know me.
It started out awkward and
quietly playing the machines,
but soon we both got talking
and look where we are now.

"Sick!" I waved a victorious
fist in the air.

"Alright dude, we've been
here for three hours.
I think we should head home
now, but thanks for the lovely
date Josh." he chuckled.

"Anytime." I winked and let
a deep chuckled out too.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"
I asked Tyler as we gathered
our tickets and went to a
special machine that counted
them for us.

"What's up?"

"I was really trying not to
bring her up but it's about
Noah ok?"