A black Cadillac pulls into the front yard. Joshua's house is in the same neighborhood as Cole's... actually, it's right next to Cole's! And it looks exactly like Cole's, as do all houses in Bear, Delaware! Joshua looks over at MailMan.
"Are you alright?" he asks.
"Still living!"
"That's good, now let's get you inside," Joshua steps out of the car, opens the trunk, and picks MailMan up. The effects from all the drugs MailMan was given fade away. Joshua then carries the MailMan inside. Joshua’s living room has a couch with a small 16inch tv in front of it and a small split off that leads to the kitchen. Joshua walks in, carrying MailMan and lays him on the couch. Joshua asks, "Do you want anything?"
MailMan’s smile is less shaky as his eyes seem more awake, he manages to sit up, "No thank you I am swell!"
"Are you sure?" Joshua sits next to him with a wide smile on his face.
"I am certainly sure! My! You have a nice place here!"
"Thank you, it's only right for a wonderful person like you to share this place with me."
"You're willing to share this grand abode?"
"Oh, of course. It gets kinda lonely so it will be nice to have someone else here."
"Being with someone for a while is a nice change!"
"What is your, uhm, stance on boyfriends?"
"I like having friends!"
"No, no, not that kinda thing.. I mean like uhm uhhhh even closer than best friends"
"Are you asking me out?"
"Y-yes?"
"Love at first sight! Am I right?"
"Yeah I uh guess, I feel bad for what I did to you."
"It was only various unmarked drugs, horrific imagery, being cut open, and stitches that currently hurt alot, I forgive you!"
"Oh right, uhm, do you want some morphine for that?"
"If you have any that would be great boyfriend Joe!" MailMan says. Joshua freezes up, blushing heavily looking like a red cherry tomato, "That's what we are right? I didn't misspeak did I?" Joshua nods still blushing as red as a tomato, "Don't pop a blood vessel their boyfriend Joe."
Joshua smiles, giggling still blushing heavily, "Y-y-your f-f-funny."
"I always was a bit of a class clown back in school! So how about that morphine?"
"R-right," Joshua stands up and walks to the kitchen briskly still blushing heavily. Joshua walks back in with a morphine syringe and sits next to MailMan, "Ready?"
"Are you ready?"
"Ready for what?"
MailMan gives Joshua a kiss on the side of the face, "It's a thank you!"
Joshua blushes heavily and shakes his head slightly and giggles, "T-th-thank you, I'm g-gonna give you th-the morphine now..!"
"Ok!"
Joshua injects MailMan with the morphine and the pain starts to fade, "Is t-that b-better?"
"That's much better thank you!"
"I, uhm, have a present for you, for uhm being so nice to me," Joshua is as red as a tomato.
"Already?"
Joshua kisses the MailMan on the mouth. MailMan kisses back, he smells of letter wax seals. Joshua puts a hand on the back of MailMan's head pulling them closer as the kiss deepens. MailMan wraps his arms around Joshua like a hug. Joshua half hugs MailMan keeping his other hand on the back of MailMan's head. MailMan starts to blush as he deepens the kiss more. Joshua is already as red as a tomato. MailMan pulls back after 20 minutes had passed you, gays, smiling ear to ear as always but now with some blush. Joshua pulls away smiling wide and still blushing heavily.
"That was a mighty fine gift!" MailMan says.
"Y-yeah it w-was, that w-was awesome."
"Still healthy?"
"Y-yeah, I am."
"That's great! So what do you think about mail?"
"I t-think it's pretty good"
"That's great! So what else is there to know about you?"
"I uhm... like popsicles!"
"Do you have any or know anyone with any?"
"I have a lot in my freezer," Joshua says. MailMan goes to get up, but almost falls over as he manages to get to his feet.
"Woo boy these drugs are strong!" he says.
"Yeah they are, they should fade by tomorrow," Joshua keeps MailMan steady with a giggle.
MailMan starts to go limp a moment before going to walk towards the kitchen again, "Sure makes things wacky!" Joshua keeps him standing and follows him. Joshua’s kitchen has a microwave and an oven below it with a sink to the right of the oven. MailMan makes it to the kitchen and leans onto a counter. Joshua follows him in and stands right next to him.
"Do you want me to get you one?" Joshua asks. MailMan takes out a pan and a box of easy mac as he begins making mac and cheese in a pan. "Please don't make mac and cheese in a pan," Joshua pleads.
"What's wrong?"
"Make it in a pot please," Joshua pleads again, dear god no don’t do it. The man of his dreams has just become the monster of his nightmares. The once dreamy façade now hunches over the boiling water as he pours the macaroni into the pan. This husk of Joshua's hopes and dreams bringing back the harsh reality into his home, their home, the home Joshua had just offered to share with this...this...thing. How could he? They've known each other for so many minutes and yet he's already betrayed him. he stirs the contents of the pan as the rising steam reminds Joshua of the extent of the sin the MailMan has just committed, the steam rising and spreading into the home into a vaporous gas, spreading, infesting, every inch of the house with the blasphemous creation he had spawned into this realm...there's no going back now… "Honey, the man I love, my dear, what the fuck are you doing?"
"The drugs have greatly affected me!"
"I can tell, you're making mac and cheese in a pan"
"That is not preferred!"
"It isn't, and I kinda wanna smack you for it"
"It better be on the lips! Ha Ha Ha," MailMan falls over on the ground.
"Are you good?" Joshua turns the stove off and looks down at MailMan. MailMan gives a smile and a thumbs up, laying on his back. Joshua picks MailMan up bridal style, "I can't stay mad at you"
MailMan gently hugs Joshua’s neck, "Good news! Your kitchen floor is spotless!"
"That's wonderful, now you are not gonna be spotless if I go get lipstick from the store."
"What are we waiting for then!"
"Fine, I'll go get lipstick but I'm putting you on the couch, and if I find you on the floor again I'm gonna be a little upset," Joshua walks back into the living room, carrying MailMan. Joshua walks back from the kitchen and lays MailMan on the couch and walks out the front door. MailMan smiles happily and remains on the sofa.
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Joshua enters the house holding a Walmart bag and pulls a stick of black lipstick out and applies it.
"That looks great!" MailMan goes to sit up. Joshua smiles and walks over to MailMan, sitting next to him.
"Thank you," Joshua blushes heavily as he looks into MailMan's eyes, Joshua's eyes are a baby blue.
MailMan smiles back and looks Joshua in the eyes with his brown eyes, he blushes some, "Your eyes look great as well, do you have relatives?"
"Yeah I do, why do you ask?"
"Maybe I could meet them sometime!"
"Sometime, anyways come here you cute bitch," Joshua giggles, blushing heavily as he kisses MailMan on his cheeks and the neck. He lands one final kiss on MailMan's lips, leaving black kiss marks all over him. Joshua's lips taste like black cherries.
"That's not a family-friendly word-" MailMan says as he blushes more. When kissed on the lips, he kisses back, still smiling. Joshua puts a hand on the back of MailMan's head, pulling him into a half hug. MailMan puts his arms around him and deepens the kiss. Joshua pulls away panting slightly and blushing heavily. MailMan smiles back covered in lipstick smudges
"What was that about family-friendly words?" Joshua asks.
"That word you said wasn't very family-friendly!"
"What one?" Joshua smirks.
"The B-word," MailMan says quietly.
"Ohhhh nooooo, not that one," Joshua says in a joking tone/
"Yeah that one"
"That's so horrible, and you're all covered in black kisses who did that?" Joshua giggles, having far too much fun.
"Are you experiencing short-term memory loss?"
"No I'm just joking dear, I'm having fun"
"I am too! I love jokes!" MailMan still smiles, Joshua realizes there's no way to tell when he's lying or joking, as it's all the same delivery.
"Oh, I see," Joshua giggles
"What else can you tell me about yourself? You're very interesting so far!"
"Well, I like black cherries, and the color hazel brown, along with working."
"Your break seems really long, shouldn't you be worried about keeping your job?"
"Well, torturing you was the last thing on my list and I get to go home after that, you're not gonna kill me, right?"
"Why would I kill you?
"Well, you were an SCP, and that's usually what they do."
"What makes me an SCP? And what is an SCP?"
"Being abnormal, and the 3 of you showing up all at the same time and all on a Sunday and at night kinda made us think you were SCPs."
"3 of you showing up on Sunday? What ever do you mean?"
"Well, the 3 mailmen, Dave, Shaun, and you! Or, as we in the office call it, the mailman league."
"I dont know what you're talking about!"
"Do you not remember?"
"I do not, is that side effect of any of the unnamed drugs you injected into me?"
"No, it shouldn't have been."
"Are you sure you didn't hurt your head on your way back?"
"Well, surely one of us must have a faulty memory then. Whatever, I just wanna get off this topic, I don't like talking about my line of work."
"What do you want to talk about!"
"Uhhhmmm, I'm not sure. Though, I do wanna say, your smile is charming."
"Do you want to hug?"
"Uhm, sure," Joshua extends his arms out to MailMan. MailMan hugs him, then pulls him down with him to lay on the sofa with him. Something falls out of Joshua's lab coat as he blushes, not noticing it and letting MailMan pull him down.
"Whoopsy-doodles, you dropped something!" MailMan looks over at what had fallen, it's a remote with a blue light on it and a red button on it. Joshua picks it up and sighs, putting it on the coffee table. MailMan says, "You keep a tv remote in your jacket? How quirky!"
"It's uh... a special remote. Just, don't press the button, please."
"Wouldnt dream of it!"
"Good, now why did you pull me down here hmm?" Joshua smiles and giggles, getting closer to MailMan's face.
"Because I'm still in physical pain and discomfort from the stitches and laying down is less agonizing!"
"Oh," Joshua's smile fades slightly, "I'm sorry, I still feel horrible about it."
"Dont feel bad! You only cut me up and stitched me back up!"
"I mean it's my fault you are in agonizing pain, so that doesn't make me feel any better," Joshua sighs, his smile gone. MailMan still smiles back. Joshua bites his lip as it quivers, he clearly wants to cry.
"Are you in any pain?" MailMan still smiles.
"Only emotional pain," Joshua squeaks out his lip still quivering. MailMan stares back, still smiling the same unnatural smile. Joshua breaks down, sobbing as he buries his face into MailMan's chest gently. MailMan watches him quietly, still smiling. "I regret everything I did to you, I'm so sorry, I regret everything I did, I wish I never did it I'm so sorry," Joshua says through the sobbing and buried in MailMan’s chest
"The film wasn't that bad!"
"No, I mean cutting you open and injecting you with everything I could. I'm so sorry, I didn't know what I was thinking," Joshua continues to sob into MailMan's chest.
"I dont know what you were thinking either, I can't read minds!"
"God I'm sobbing all over you, I'm sorry I'm a mess," Joshua’s sobbing slows as he pulls away from MailMan's chest.
"You look pretty neat to me! Am I right or am I right?"
"Are you right?" Joshua sniffles looking up at MailMan, tears still in his eyes.
MailMan wipes away some of Joshua’s tears, "I think I am right!"
Joshua smiles, letting MailMan wipe his tears away, "Thank you, god I love you"
"I love you too!" MailMan smiles back.
"I'm glad we share the same feeling for each other"
"I sure like sharing!"
"We could share a bed, cause I'm getting kinda tired," Joshua yawns as he looks into MailMan's eyes.
"I sure like sharing a bed!"
"Then we can share my bed," Joshua picks MailMan up bridal style with a giggle.
"I'm going to need to lose some weight if we keep this up!"
"Nah, you're fine just the way you are," Joshua smiles and shifts so MailMan's weight is on his knee as he boops MailMan on the nose.
"That's a very kind thing to say, boyfriend!" MailMan boops him back
Joshua blushes as MailMan boops him, "We should get some sleep before one of us passes out on the other"
"Lead the way!"
Joshua giggles and shifts so he is holding MailMan and carries him, to Joshua's room. Joshua’s bedroom is standard with a queen-sized bed and end tables on both sides of it as well as a closet to the left side. Joshua carries MailMan in and plops him on the bed, tucking him in.
MailMan watches, smiling, "You have a very nice room!"
"Thank you," Joshua shuts the door and takes off his lab coat, revealing a blue, short-sleeve shirt that was under it. MailMan still wears everything including the messenger bag, shoes, and hat. He seems wide awake as he watches. "Are you even tired?" Joshua asks as he takes his red and black sneakers off tossing them next to the door.
"I could stay up all night!"
"Huh, well I guess just wake me up if I have a nightmare or something," Joshua grabs a makeup wipe from his side table and wipes the remaining lipstick off and crawls into bed next to MailMan. MailMan lays facing him and moves closer with a smile.
"Do you want my package?" MailMan opens his messenger back and pulls out a small package. Joshua giggles.
"I'll gladly take your package," Joshua reaches for the package
"I've been saving it for if I met someone special!" The box is light. Joshua continues to giggle and opens the box, inside is a Valentine's Day stuffed bear holding a heart. Joshua's eyes light up as he grabs the bear and hugs it.
"Thank you, thank you, I love it!!!"
"So glad you do!" MailMan hugs him. Joshua hugs MailMan and the bear tightly. MailMan says, "Goodnight sleep tight and dont let the bed bugs bite!"
"I will you lovely man," Joshua smiles and falls asleep keeping his smile as he sleeps.