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This morning I was rudely awaken by Tyler. He just wanted to say bye... but still... I need my sleep. But now it's around 12 and they picked me up at 10 to bring me back to nevermore. But right now I'm laying in my bed, bored as ever, waiting for Tyler to get out of school. Shit... speaking of... I gotta check my uniform pocket for the claw.
I stood up and a shock of pain hit my leg. I winced and scrunched my face up but kept slowly walking over to my bag of stuff. I grabbed it off the desk and steadily walked back to my bed. I sat down and closed my eyes lightly in relief. The pain medication feels like it wears off so quickly.
I opened the bag and rummaged around until I I saw my jacket. I smiled as I pulled the jacket out. I have to confront tyler. But I'm scared to. After all I don't know everything he's capable of. And if he is capable of more than dismembering bodies of innocent people in the woods then what else could he be capable of? I quickly reached into the pocket and grabbed the claw.
Pulling it out, I examined it. The claw was obviously dirty and there was divots here and there. I reached under my pillow and left it under there. As I reached my now empty hand back out, there was a knock at the door. Confused, I looked at the door. "Come in" I said.
The door opened and Enid walked in. "Hey!" She smiled widely. "I brought you something." She closed the door and quickly rushed to my bed. She sat down and pulled out a coloring book. I laughed at the random gesture. "What?!" She asked concerned as she looked at the book. "It will keep you from boredom! And, it has cool pictures!" She whined as she flipped through the pages. "No- no!" I paused trying to stop laughing. "It's nice thank you! It was just unexpected." I smiled.
"Well. I figured it's better than sitting here on your phone all day." She smiled sweetly as she put the book out infront of me. I took it and examined the cover. "Thank you Enid." I reached over to hug her. She hugged me tightly before we pulled away. "Of course. I CANNOT have you being on your phone all day. It gets boring after a while." She shrugged.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class right now...?" I furrowed my brows. "No dumbass... it's my lunch break..." she raised her brows. "I forgot you have this lunch, I always think you have 3rd lunch." I sighed shaking my head. "But I do gotta go meet Ajax. We are having lunch together." She smirked to herself. I put my hands up and repeatedly pushed them together. I made a bunch of exaggerated kissing noises as I brought my hands closer to her face. "Y/n!" She gasped shoved my face gently. I laughed at her now reddened face.
She stood up shaking her head in fake disappointment. "So immature." She said trying to be serious. But my face slowly grew into a smile as we stared at each other before we both started bursting out into laughter. "Yeah now go! I can't hold up your makout session." I winked and wiggled my brows.
"Shutup!" She smiled. "But your right. You making me miss out." She opened the door. "BYE!" I yelled. "BYE!!" I heard her yell faintly as the door closed. My smile remained as I shook my head. I looked down at the coloring book and my thumb moved across the smooth cover. I might do this... I could color them and put them up on my wall? It'll give my room some flavor it deserves.
I know it was Enid who cleaned my room but when I arrived she denied it. But when she lies she looked up. She is a horrible liar. She truly is amazing.
*3 pm*
I finished coloring in the bees nest and it actually came out decent. I didn't think I would actually use it today but I mean come on? I am really bored. And I've been on like every app on my phone. Enid was right. I CANT stay on my phone all the time. Once again there was a knock at the door. I looked up. "Come in." I called out. The door opened and Tyler walked in. I started feeling a bit nervous. I know what I'm about to say to him, but I don't know how he will react... and that's what I'm scared of.
"Hey." He smiled closing the door and coming over to the bed. "Can I sit..?" He pointed to the bed. I nodded. He sat down and rested his back against the wall. "How has it been? You know being back and all?" He looked at me. "It's been good. Legs still hurting a bit but. It's getting better." I closed the coloring book and put the markers away before setting everything on the desk. "That's good, well not the leg thing but- everything else-" I cut him off as I sat next to him and leaned my back against the wall. "I get it tyler." I smiled slightly and looked down at my lap. I pulled my knees up slowly, being careful of my leg.
"Are you sure your ok? You seem a bit off." He said and I looked at him. "Tyler. I need to talk to you about something important." I swallowed as he looked off to the side and back at me. "Is this about us?" He questioned. "No no..." I paused. "Look, I know your the Hyde." I said. And that's when the anxiety I had been holding back really hit me. I let out a shaker breath as he stared at me. "I don't know what your talking about." He furrowed his brows. "How could I be the Hyde?" He shook his head.
"Don't lie to me tyler. I don't like that shit. It's too late, I already know." I let out a shaky breath. "I'm a normal guy ok. I don't know why your accusing me." He shrugged. His eyes remained furrowed as he turned more towards me. "Why lie about it now?" I reached under the pillow grabbing the claw. I held it up next to me and his eyes instantly hooked on it. He face looked a bit sad. But he tried keeping it blank. "How... how do you know?" He looked back at me. "I saw you. With Thornhill. I also read your mind, I'm not gonna lie I couldn't believe it at first... but once I heard it, saw it, dreamed it..." I stopped shaking my head.
It was quiet for a minute only making me more anxious. I looked down and let me hand rest in my lap. "Are you scared of me?" Tyler muttered. I looked at him with saddened eyes. "No... I'm scared of what she's doing to you." I said being mostly truthful. I am scared of him... but it's not his fault... I don't know how to help him. I could open his eyes to the truth? Point him in the right direction? But it could be too late. She could be fully in his head now, but at least I can say I tried... right?
He sighed and looked down. He put his hand to his face, rubbing it. "Look, I'm not." He paused pulling his hands away from his face. "I'm not gonna hurt you." He faced himself fully towards me. "I could never hurt you." He had a look of sadness mixed with sweetness. He reached out grabbing my hand. I looked down and gasped slightly. He squeezed my hand gently. I looked back at him and raised my brows, my lips in a slight frown, and my eyes widened a bit. "I like you, a lot. And I don't know what to do- or what I'm doing. But I have a lot of problems, clearly. And I don't think I can get out of them. I feel stuck..." I took a deep breath as I took in his words.
"Let me help you." I placed my hand over his.
(A/n: if I see one "I can fix him 🥺" comment. I will sob.)
