Not who I thought (Tyler galpin x reader)

9. hospitalized

My eyes still closed as I became conscious again. The sounds of a monitor beeping could be heard. My eyes fluttered opened. I stared at the ceiling as I tried fully waking up. I started looking around the room and my eyes landed on a chair, and in the chair was tyler... passed out. There was a lamp on and as I continued taking in my surroundings I realized I was in a hospital. It was dark outside.

I looked back over at Tyler as I remembered all the horrible things I witnessed that night. An obvious grooming and manipulation from one of the most trusted normie teachers at nevermore. I sat up and rubbed my eye. As I pulled my hand away I took notice of the iv in my arm. But that didn't matter to me at that moment... all I could think about was tyler. My gaze quickly shifting back to him.

He looked so peaceful, as one usually does when sleeping. His hair messy, his slouched figure. Light snores filled the silence of the room. He was wearing a hoodie and sweatpants, I wish I was wearing that tbh. It looks way more comfortable than this gown. There was a knock on the door and Tyler's eyes opened as he jumped a bit. His eyes quickly landing on me as I sent him a small smile.

He stood up coming over to me and hugging me tightly. "I missed you." I heard him whisper as the door opened. My head rested on his shoulder. In walked a nurse. "Hello Mrs. Y/L/N. How are you feeling?" She asked sweetly. Tyler pulled away and I looked at him. He had a big smile on his face. I looked at the nurse. "Better." I responded.

"Good, now that your awake I can tell you. You had an overpowering reaction out of emotion, it made your body extremely weak to the point of passing out. We're you aware you got cut during the incident?" She furrowed her brows as she pulled out a clipboard with a pen attached. "Uh... no..." my face quickly grew confused. "Where is it? Is it bad?" I raised my brows.

"It's on your leg... it was decently deep. But we stitched it up, It required 9 stitches. But you should recover soon. We have it wrapped but you should be able to unwrap it completely in a week or so." She smiled. "I'll leave you be now but call if anything." She said putting her clipboard against her chest as she walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

I sighed and laid back down. "Was I asleep for long?" I turned to look at Tyler. He sat on the bed toward the middle. "No... just like 8 hours maybe?" He looked at me. I nodded. For the first time ever I felt scared of Tyler. Was he luring me in? Or does he really like me? "What's wrong?" He cut off my thoughts. My eyes locked with his. "Nothing I'm just tired." I lied, but he can't tell cause I'm basically a pro liar 😤😝.

"Yeah makes sense..." he looked down at his lap. It was quiet for a minute. Before I finally decided to see what was on his mind. 'I don't want to go... but laurel will be pissed if I don't go back out there. I can't leave y/n, not when she's like this.' It was quiet in his mind for a moment before he looked at me. 'I like her, I have to be here with her' once again silence before he smoke aloud. "What happened? Like what was that woman talking about?" He furrowed his brows and inhaled sharply.

"Well... I got mad. And I didn't have the ring on. It's supposed to keep me from having outbursts." I looked at my hands as I played with them. "When I get mad, I kinda lose control of everything. I feel trapped in my body when it happens. Everything in the same room as me gets thrashed around. It moves around me over and over again... hitting into things, breaking shit... all that fun stuff." I sighed.

I looked at Tyler, he looked concerned. "Why didn't you have the ring on?" He questioned me. "I forgot to put it on. It's still something I'm getting used to." I shrugged. "Shit..." he looked at the ground. "You have to make sure you remember y/n..." he slowly looked at me again. "Believe me... I know." I said pulling my legs up to my chest. "Ya know I still can't feel the cut. Wouldn't it hurt by now?"

"I mean the doctor says they have you something the numb it. They said they had permission from the school?" He shrugged it off. I only pulled my legs up to distance myself a bit from Tyler. But he doesn't need to know. And I sure as fuck cannot act suspicious... after all if he suspects that I know he could kill me any moment. "Hey Tyler?" I looked up at him as I slid my legs back down. He already had his attention on me. "Can you lay with me?" I asked. I felt nervous but I had to make sure I lived long enough to figure this shit out.

He smiled. "Gladly" he said while I scooted over and laid on my side. I faced away from him. I felt the blanket lift and Tyler's warm body suddenly pressed to mine as the blanket came back down. His arm placed itself on my waist and I felt him breathing on the back of my neck. I took a deep breath as I felt his arm moving. Suddenly his hand interlocked ontop of mine. I gripped his fingers in mine slightly. It was comforting to have him with me... as much as I may be scared of what he's capable of... I still have the same feelings for him.

I need to make this right... I need to help Tyler... I need to get mrs. Thornhill out of the way... and who the fuck is laurel??? I readjusted my head as I closed my eyes. I might as well get good sleep. I felt Tyler pull himself closer to me. His head rested to the back of mine. It made me smile to myself. I drifted off to sleep.

(A/n: tyler we will help you 😤 and we finna get rid of this child groomer mRs. ThOrNhIlL.)