run away // twenty one pilots

eight

liberty's pov

we walk out into the cool columbus air, the sun is setting making the beautiful pink and orange colours reflect onto the clouds. i take a photo, i want to remember this evening, our first proper evening out as a new group of friends.

i noticed josh was gazing at me, his starry eyes longing for something, something i did not know of yet.

i clicked my fingers, "hello? earth to josh." snapping him out of his gaze.

i turned to see tyler, who looked agitated.

"c'mon guys.. lets go explore!" i say, taking their hands and running off into a random direction.

tyler's pov

our tour around the city with josh was ok. i mean, it was fun, but the whole time he was flirting with liberty.

"i'm so hungry." liberty says.

"we can order a pizza if you want?" josh asks.

we all agree and the pizza comes. we enjoy it while watching an old episode of pretty little liars on netflix.

when the episode finishes we decide to go to bed, as it's getting pretty late.

i fall asleep straight away, it's been a long day.

liberty's pov

i can't sleep, at all.

i feel like i'll never escape the darkness i'm currently consumed by.

after what feels like hours, i text tyler.

liberty: are you up?

tyler: well i am now.

liberty: sorry. insomnia is getting the better of me tonight.

tyler: don't worry, i'm on my way.

a few minutes later tyler appears in my room with his ukulele. he sets it down on the end of my bed to give me a warm hug.

i give him a 'thank you' smile and he knows what to do next.

tyler begins to sing a song he wrote himself, it's one of my favourites that he's ever written, 'ode to sleep'.

"i wake up fine and dandy but then by the time i find it handy,

to rip my heart apart and start planning my crash landing,

i go up, up, up, up, up to the ceiling,

then i feel my soul start leaving, like an old man's hair receding,

i'm pleading please, oh please on my knees repeatedly asking,

why it's got to be like this, is this living free,

i don't want to be the one, be the one who has the sun's blood on my hands,

i'll tell the moon, take this weapon forged in darkness,

some see a pen, i see a harpoon."

tyler's pov

within just a few minutes my singing sends liberty to sleep.

i smile. i'm so happy to be her best friend; to be there for her, she deserves everything good that the world can offer her.

i turn around to leave, when i notice a figure standing by the open door, the door i that i thought i had shut.

josh's pov

oh no, tyler spots me.

he walks into the hall, and quietly shuts the door to liberty's room.

"look dude, i'm really sorry-" he starts to explain.

"it's fine man. i don't mind." i cut him off and smile, beginning to walk back into my room.

"thank you." tyler whispers walking into his room.

i shut my door and a single tear rolls down my cheek. i wish she loved me the way she does with tyler.

author's note

this is a really long chapter oops, but we're really close to 200 reads; thank you so much!

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