Distant Shores; A Tyler Oakley & Connor Franta Fanfiction

Connor;

I spent the next week trying to avoid Tyler as much as I could without making it look obvious, but I don't think it worked. I think he had started to get the feeling that I was being distant, because one day, a Thursday to be exact, I woke up to a text from him "Hey Connor. Are you okay? You seem different lately, I'm worried. Please talk to me, Love you, Ty x"

My heart melted and ached in ways that I couldn't explain. And I knew why, I knew why it hurt so much... I was falling in love with my best friend... and it was breaking my heart.

I'm a realist, I know I'm not Tyler's type and that fact alone was killing me, and if I could explain what it felt like to be around him knowing that and what it could do to our friendship if I told him, I would. But I just don't know the right words.

The point finally came when I just couldn't stand it any more, I pushed those feelings away, buried them deep in my mind and my heart and text him back;

"Hey Ty, I'm fine, I promise, just been busy. You can come over later if you want?"

I hesitated and then added an 'x' to the end.

I showered, painted on a smile and started to film a Q & A video that I had been meaning to get started on all day. A part of me had almost forgotten about the text until I was filming the end part of my video and heard my phone beep behind me, I laughed it off a little seeing as the camera was still on and finished my outro as normal. Then as I plugged my camera into my laptop to transfer and edit the video, I picked up my phone and read Tyler's text

"Sure thing ConCon, I'll be over in an hour, is that okay? Xx"

"That's fine Ty, bring some popcorn and we can watch a movie, yeah? X"

"You sure do know the way to my heart baby boy ;) haha x

It was cute and flirty and so Tyler, and it made me want to reply with something flirty, that was the effect that Tyler was starting to have on me, not that he was turning me into a different person, but it's like he was amplifying all the good things, like my confidence and self worth. In the end I text back

"haha, see you soon x"

I waited anxiously for Tyler to arrive, twirling my thumbs, pretending to watch some TV show that I didn't really care about and checking my watch every 5 minutes and after the 5th time I did that, I realized just how much a crazy person I must look like. I took a deep breath and once again, pushed those feelings back down.

About 20 minutes later, Ty knocked on the door and I jumped up to answer. After a quick hug, Tyler asked me again if I was sure that I was okay, to which I replied 'Yes, of course'.

We sat on the couch and talked for hours about all this years conventions, VidCon, Playlist, all the plans we had to meet up with other youtubers, film collabs, vlog and travel, we laughed, joked and even had a few serious moments here and there. It felt... Normal.

When I got up to go to the bathroom, Tyler got his phone out to call for a pizza, which arrived in less than 15 minutes and we pigged out on pepperoni stuffed crust while we carried on talking and laughing.

I loved how Tyler would blush when he laughed, it was cute, his nose crinkled and his voice went up about 3 octaves, it was funny and cute just what I needed sometimes. He fell asleep at the other end of the couch about half way through the movie and I smiled when I looked up and saw his glasses resting crookedly on his face, I thought about correcting them, or taking them off for him, but I didn't want to wake him.

I went to my bedroom and changed into a cute set of PJs and came back to the couch with a small blanket to cover my lap and feet and one for Tyler too.

I gentley laid one over him and decided, after a little deliberation, to take is glasses off and put them on the coffee table. I then draped the other one over my lap and fell asleep on the other end of the couch, stealing one last glance at Tyler before I closed my eyes.