I Would Wake Up Next To You, If I Could

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"Scout! Don't! I'll delete it, I'm sorry!" Tyler screamed as he chased close behind Ty who was running straight towards me. I chuckled at the scene, Tyler grabbing onto Ty's shirt trying anything to stop him.

"MICHAEL!" Ty yelled as he flopped down onto the couch next to me, his bounce sending shock waves and making me bob up and down in my seat. I looked down at his face, him deciding to use my crotch as a pillow, lacing his fingers behind his head and crossing his legs.

"What do ya want Scout?" I chuckled and put down my phone, briefly looking up at Tyler who just stood there wide eyed, playing with his fingers and not breaking eye contact with the floor. Though as he started speaking I turned my attention back to the light skinned boy in my lap.

"TYLER HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!-- NO I DON'T!!" They screamed in unison, Tyler clamping his hand over Ty's mouth right after, but it was to late. I had heard him and there was no taking it back.

"Um, what?" I gasped, looking over at Tyler, tears started to well up in his eyes and he just just glared at Ty, obviously not knowing how to fix what he thought his best friend had fücked up for him.

"You promised you wouldn't tell when I told you! I trusted you with something I've never told anyone! I'm not supposed to like him, he's supposed to be like my brother! I never wanted him to find out.. fück you Scout!" He ranted, at some point his tears making their way out of his eyes, he looked to distraught and vulnerable and I felt so bad for my best friend.

Before I could even reply, Tyler turned and started running. And he was a fast little fuck, I'll give him that. He was in the back room of the bus before I could even get out "Tyler Wait! We need to talk about this!"

I sighed and sat back in my seat, looking down at the wide eyed Ty who clearly felt bad about what he'd done.

"Why Ty? You know how sensitive he can be, he was made fun of to much in school, he can't handle being made fun of or embarrassed like that." I sighed flicking him in the cheek because that was the least he deserved. He let out a little grumbled after my assault on his face and sat up holding his cheek.

"I know, I'm gonna go apologize. It's just hard for me, the kids I grew up around were all about actin tough. It's still weird for me to be friends with someone who's so in tune with their emotions and don't just shove them down. I love Tyler to death, he's like my white little brother, he's just a little to touchy sometimes; which isn't a bad thing. I just need to stop being so careless" he sighed, running a hand through his nappy hair, and set off towards the bunk area where Tyler ran off to.

"Ya'know what Ty. You should probably let me go and talk to him first. I promise it'll go over better if you do." I assured him, standing up and walking up to him, I could see the tears in his eyes now too so I pulled him into a hug.

He hugged me back at first, then said "Don't hug me, go hug him. The sooner you talk to him, the sooner I can get my friend back."

I let go of Ty and walked to short distance to the door. I paused, looking at it, and briefly wondering if he was still crying.. I hoped he wasn't, I hated seeing him cry.

"Tyler?" I asked, opening the door, knocking on it lightly as I did. I closed the door behind me, going to Tyler's middle bunk because I didn't see him in the lounge. I opened the curtain and he had his back to me, but I could still tell he was crying by how erratic his breathing was.