Into the Woods

12.

💀| W H O ?

Tyler awoke the next morning with an empty feeling in his stomach. He lifted himself up from the bed, slouching as he rubbed his eyes. He almost felt dead inside as he threw a shirt on and a jacket. He looked at himself in the mirror and put his hands around his neck, pushing his thumbs against his skin. He then looked in the cabin to see he was by himself, he must've slept in too late. He ran his fingers through his hair as he gave out a rather annoyed deep breath. He flicked himself with the rubber band, he couldn't do it at church camp. He looked at the clock on his phone to see it was 12pm, the kids were at bible study. He walked out of his cabin to see if he could get food, but saw all the counselors sitting in the middle. He took a deep breath as he walked over to where they were sitting, grabbing a seat next to Gabby.

He rested his head against his hand a rather bored look on his face. Everyone was staring at him, which he rather disliked. "What is this for?" He asked sounding a bit annoyed. "To make sure you were ok, you slept through half of the day and all your kids couldn't wake you up." Gabby said putting her hand on Tyler's, Tyler moved his hand back a bit and stood up. "Well I'm fine." He walked away as he shoved his hands in his jacket pockets, he was just hungry at that moment and his stomach felt as if it was sucking in any signs of food leftover in his stomach. As he flung the door open to the cafeteria he saw someone was in there, it was Kate surprisingly. He was kinda hoping it would've been Gabby or Josh, but Kate wasn't really the talking type so he would survive. He grabbed a bowl of cereal and poured milk into it and grabbed a seat two tables down by Kate. She was reading the bible looking a bit annoyed as pages were next to her.

Gabby was a bit worried about Tyler, he never acted like that around her and she was a bit offended when he jerked his hand back when Gabby went to hold it. She crossed her arms when he stormed off, she was going to let him cool down before she did anything. Josh looked as Tyler stormed off, biting his lip. He knew Kate was in there, her dad was making her write lessons for the next 3 services. "Kate is in there." Josh mumbled, Gabby looked at him. "Will Tyler go off on her?" She asked as she fumbled with her ring, she had to admit she was more worried that Tyler was going to hurt himself. "Most likely not, but..." He said his voice trailing off as he shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know what else to say since it as weird that Tyler did something like that in public. "I'd just let him cool down a big, he doesn't get angry. Just really sad." Josh scratched the back of his neck. Gabby gave out a sigh as she checked her phone again, she was hoping for a reassurance text from Tyler but that probably wouldn't happen.

Tyler began to eat his cereal as he glanced over at Kate once in awhile. He thought over all the things wrong with himself, repeating the list over and over again. He flicked the rubber band over and over again, his cereal began to get soggy so he just glared at it. He heard banging against the table, he thought it was just his mind making up that noise but he glanced over and saw Kate silently crying as she slammed her fists against the table. He raised an eyebrow, he wasn't sure if he should ignore it or not. But she looked pretty stressed out [blurryface tryna come up]. He snuck over to where Kate was and looked to see what was wrong. "Are you ok?" He mumbled crossing his arms as he laid back against the back of his seat. Kate looked up and jumped back a bit, she didn't see him walk in or walkover to her. She rubbed her eyes flicking off the tears, she couldn't believe she was letting Tyler see her like this. "Y-Yeah just working on services." She said pointing at the papers which barely had words on it. "What are you doing in here?" She asked putting a piece of hair behind her ear. He shook his head, as he took a deep breath. "Just need to gather my thoughts." He said running his fingers through his hair. She nodded her head as she closed the bible, That could wait for later. "That's understandable, I'll leave you alone then." She stood up and gathered her pages and flashed a small smile as she pushed her chair in. Tyler flashed a small smile, but he felt a bit guilty, did he scare her off? That wouldn't surprise him, he seemed a bit devastating looking. She walked out of the door, dropping a paper. Tyler just stared at it for awhile, it could be important but he didn't feel the strength to get up and get it. He felt as if he was so sad he couldn't move at all. He didn't even know why he was sad, it just hit him in the heart or something. He took a deep breath as he rested his head against the table. When would this torture end for him?

As Gabby saw Kate walk out her and Josh signaled her over. She walked towards them, her papers still in her hands. "Yeah?" She asked tilting her head. Her cheeks teared stained, Josh got a bit worried. "D-Did Tyler say something to you?" He asked fiddling with his thumbs, he meant if Tyler yelled at her or something. "He just asked if I was ok... I'm just a bit stressed over the services." Kate said grabbing a seat next them. "Tyler seemed pretty angry today, he didn't wake up till 30 minutes ago." Gabby said scratching her cheek. "He told me he just needed to clear his mind, so I left so he'd have some alone time." Kate laid her papers on the picnic table. "Hnngh, I hope he's alright." Gabby mumbled as she pressed her hands over her forehead. "Gabby, Tyler just gets in these moods sometimes." Josh assured her doing a small thumbs up.

Tyler pulled his eye sockets down as he gave out a groan. He flicked his rubber band again, loosing the temptation finally. He felt extremely tired and could've fell asleep right there, he grabbed his phone and checked the time 12:36pm. He should probably head out and assure Gabby that he is ok. He texted Gabby to come in, he couldn't bother walking out. He heard the doors slam open as Gabby ran in. "You worry me sometimes." She jogged towards him taking a seat in front. "Now what's wrong?" She asked lowering her eyebrows in concern.
"I just woke up with a terrible feeling honestly, as if someone was trying to take over." He mumbled rubbing his forehead. "What do you mean?" Gabby asked.

"I think his name is Blurryface."