The Run and GØ [JOSHLER]

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"I regret everything Josh." I said. He trailed his fingers down my shoulder and kissed my hair. "You regret every life choice you ever made?" I heard him ask. "Yeah." "But if you didn't run away you wouldn't have met me." He said, and I could hear the anxiety quiver in his voice. "If I didn't run away you wouldn't be hurt right now." I answered. "I'm not hurt- " "Both my dad and my brother gave you a couple hits. You couldn't get up for a little." I sneered. "I'm not hurt right now." He answered.

I sighed and prepped myself up on my elbows, "And those awful things they said didn't mean a thing too? You cried, Jishwa." I stated. "That's not - It's irrelevant right now, Ty." He answered. I sighed, falling back on him. I curled up into his side and he wrapped his arms tightly around me. "I just don't want you hurt. Ever." I said. "Yeah but Ty," He started. "You literally tried to-... You hurt yourself. I think that your situation is a little worse than mine right now."

"Thanks for reminding me, Josh." I said, sarcasm dripping off the words I said. "I'm sorry." He whispered. I sighed again and closed my eyes. "I want to go home." I said. "Do you really?" Josh said. "No. I just want to go anywhere but here or home." I explained. His hand went up to my hair and started playing with it. I really needed a haircut. "Come with me." He suggested. "Man, I'd love to. But I got to stay here until my parents sign me out and I'll probably go to a mental hospital next. It might be a while until I get home." I said. "No one ever mentioned a mental hospital?" Josh frowned. "At home they talked about it a lot." I answered.

"Man, that sucks." Josh answered. "I just want my own clothes back..." I sighed. "I'm sick of this gurney." "How far... How far is your house away from the hospital?" Josh asked. I smiled, "You are not going to get my clothes Josh. I'm not even allowed to wear them." "Just tell me." He said, smiling too. "Like, 20 minutes max. Why?" I asked. "No reason." He answered, cuddling up a little bit more with me.

Jenna slowly opened the door and smiled at the sight of me and Josh on the hospital bed. We sorta became friends and I told her I was lowkey crushing on him, and he was lowkey crushing on me. We were boyfriends, but we were not. "Tyler," She started. "We have the results, your parents will be here anytime soon." I nodded and my smile fell, that meant that me and Josh had to break apart. My dad didn't approve of this at all. I got up and Josh got out of the bed. I sat down again. "You're staying, right?" I asked. He took my face in between his hands and kissed my forehead. "Of course I am." He whispered, smiling.

Not too much later, my parents, sister and brothers were and the same room as Josh and I. Jenna smiled at me before grabbing everyones attention.

"So, uh, out of the results of the tests we did, we came to the conclusion that Tyler suffers from bloodloss, and his liver is damaged due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Tyler, did you - besides going down the river, - also try to overdose?" Jenna looked at me. I looked down in embarresment and to avoid the glares from Jay, Josh and my mother. "That's not true." Josh answered. "You don't know shit, Dun." "Dad!" Maddison screamed. "Shut up!" "You shut up!" I screeched. "Yeah, I overdosed. I didn't want to be saved until I remembered the greatest thing in my life. Josh." I said.

I saw him tear up, "I didn't see any pills, Ty." He whispered. "I leave those in my room." I answered. He squeezed my shoulder once as if to tell me everything was okay. "Either way," Jenna began. "He's gonna have to stay here for at least the night. It's nothing too dangerous, but we do have to watch him overnight." I sighed, burying my face in my arms.

Not too much later, my parents left. My dad had to fly back to Lybia, and I surely didn't mind that. My sister and Jay went back home, and Zack had to drive them, which left me with Josh and Jenna. I sat on the edge of the bed, my feet only just reaching the ground, and Josh stood in front of me.