twenty one pilots one shots

To the River

A/N: Another Pentatonix-based one-shot sorry I'm obsessed with that album. However, the song this one-shot is based off is a bonus track and I have yet to find a lyric video so y'all can't listen to it I'm sorryyyy

People Involved: Tyler and Blurryface

Warning(s): Suicide (I'm soRRY)

We walked together, roaming through the woods in silence.

"Remind me where we're going again?" Blurryface asked, his dangerously low voice taking on a bored tone.

"The river." I replied, my own voice hoarse and tired.

"Why?"

"I like the river."

Blurryface didn't reply. He just kept walking with me.

It was funny how Blurryface lived in my mind and took control of it more often than I like, yet he can't read my own free thoughts.

He doesn't know what I plan to do at the river, and I want to keep it that way until it happens.

There's only one thing I'm unsure about: Blurryface's reaction to my suicide.

As I was planning this, I wondered if he would realize that he needs me as much as I need him and try to save me.

Because he does need me. I'm the thing that keeps him alive and kicking. My brain is like his heart. If my brain shuts down, he'll die with me.

His only purpose is to torture me. It's all he seems to know.

And for a long time, Blurryface was all I knew as well.

We rely on each other, and I'm about to betray him.

"What are you thinking about, Tyler Joseph?" Blurryface asked, his red, demonic eyes flitting across the shaded trees.

"Nothing." I lied. "Just enjoying the view."

Blurryface nodded, and we continued our journey.

"Down in the forest," I sang softly, my voice reverberating across the wide, open space. "We'll sing a chorus, one that everybody knows."

I continued the song, Blurryface shaking his head slightly as I did so.

"This is not what I had planned, this is now what I had pla--" My voice trailed off as I realized that this actually is what I've planned. I'm planning to kill myself, just to get rid of Blurryface.

"Tyler?" Blurryface said, stopping to scrutinize me.

"I'm fine." I lied again.

Soon, I could hear the fluid yet choppy rush of the river, and nerves began to eat at me.

Could I really do it? Could I really force myself under and let myself drown?

What if Blurryface somehow pulls me out before I die? What if he just walks away and lets me drown?

I'm not sure which is worse.

"I can hear the river," Blurryface spoke.

I nodded. "Yeah, I can, too."

It's probably the last thing I'll hear...

"So what are we gonna do when we get to the river?" Blurryface asked as the sapphire water and pearly foam came into view through the trees.

"You'll see." I replied.

I could feel his puzzled gaze on me. "Why so secretive, Tyler Joseph?"