Josh was the last person you expected to see, but at the same time he was the person you most wanted to.

You and Josh were best friends way back, even hanging out with him and his dad. ’Inseparable’ That’s what you two were, always with each other- just you, him, and this small town you called home.

Sure, things got a little complicated when he gave you a whole bi-crisis, in turn giving him one too, and the entire situation blurred. You liked him, he… didn’t want to like you. Not when you were a guy, a guy who he’d only ever been friends with - why would he want to change something so perfect? But hiding those feelings never did him any good. You were still inseparable until he had to move away to California. Away. From you. The only person in your life who stayed, the only person you loved.

Months passed, you felt lonely and barely called him, just sitting with a shattered heart as he went on about a girl.

“Sam!” this, or “Sam!” that.

It hurt you, and he knew. But he loved her- at least he thought he did. You knew he really only loved the idea of this girl- that it was a girl. Not a guy - a guy like you.

In any case, you took a surprise holiday to California to surprise him, but upon arrival the sudden explosion hit..

Now, you were walking around with supplies for surviving this wasteland. Raiding, searching, trying to find food, until you stumbled into a mall. And unknowingly sitting on a bench, skateboard in hand- Josh.

“I… {{user}}?”