Treasure Box

Skylox prompt: Knife

Prompt: Ty has had a long day of high school, after seeing the consular today again. He enters his room to see sky, sitting on his bed, holding the knife he was about to use.

AN: I don’t know if this was what you were looking for, but I thought it was fun. Thank you for the prompt!

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Ty was trudging his way home slowly while thinking about what the school counselor said to him just a few minutes earlier.

“Mr. Lox, I am sorry to say that you will not be able to graduate until your school fees are paid.” The counselor, Ms. Vang, told him in a cold and firm voice.

‘Great’ Ty thought, ‘I’m back in the counselor’s office for something stupid again.’ Yesterday he ended up there because some guy was offended by his hair covering one of his reddish-hazel eyes.

“H-how much do I owe exactly?” Ty really didn’t want to deal with this counselor right now because he already had a long day. He just wants to go home to do the usual and use his trusty blade to….

“You owe $221.50 Mr. Lox.” Mrs. Vang confirmed, while rudely interrupting Ty’s thoughts.

“O-oh.”

“You may leave now Mr. Lox.”

So Ty did just that and walked home.

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After ten minutes or so, Ty finally ended up at his apartment door. He quickly opened the door and slipped into his home before anyone could see him. He didn’t like people much, and they always seem to want to talk his ears off. The only person he could stand was Adam. ‘At least he is fun to be around.’ Ty sighed.

While quickly taking off his shoes so he could walk to his room for his blade, he spotted another pair of shoes. They so happened to be Adam’s. Adam would usually visit Ty and made it a point that he could visit whenever he liked. At first, it was annoying, but at some point Ty didn’t mind. Actually, he liked the idea of Adam being able to come and go as he pleased because Ty didn’t like answering doors.

Today, however, was not a good day for Adam to be at his place. Ty began to panic, making his thoughts run a marathon. ‘Oh no no no! What if Adam is in my room? What if he finds my blade? NO! I can’t let that happen! I don’t want him to find out. No no no noooo!’

 Ty sprinted to his room in a flash and then came to a sudden halt because Adam was in his room. He was on Ty’s bed, with a very familiar blade in his hands. Adam was just there, staring at the blade while tears slowly fell down his cheeks. Then, as if Adam could sense Ty, his head shot up with his eyes showing betrayal, sadness, anger, and worry. Then, as if by teleportation magic, Adam was in front of Ty and taking his wrists into his own hands. He took off Ty’s violet wrists bands and looked intently for something.

“Uh, Adam? W-what are you d-doing?” Ty was confused. Why was Adam searching his wrists? ‘Oh’ Ty suddenly realized what Adam was thinking. He had to clear it up for Adam, but before he could Adam mumbled something.

“Maybe his thighs….” Adam whispered. Then he started to proceed to rip Ty’s pants off of him.

“ADAM! Just stop for a moment will ya!!” Ty was beginning to get irritated.

“NO TY! I-I want to make sure you don’t cu..”

“I DON’T! It is not what it looks like Adam.”

“Than what does it look like Ty? Why would you have this blade on your end table?”

Ty sighed loudly. ‘Looks like I am going to have to tell him. This is so embarrassing.’

“Alright, if I tell you, promise you won’t laugh.” Ty said as he was thinking about how today was such a drag.

“Deal” said Adam.

“Okay then. The reason I keep a knife by my bed is so I can whittle blocks of wood to look like Minecraft mobs. It’s my way of coping with stress.” Ty was tense as he told his good friend. He didn’t want to look like a dork.

“Ooooh. That’s a huge relief! I was so worried.” Relief spread through Adam as his shoulders relaxed and his eyes softened. “Can I see some of your work Ty?”

“S-sure” Ty was surprised. His friend really cared about him. ‘How did I end up with such a nice guy as a friend?’ As he was thinking, he took little figures of creepers, skellies, pigs, sheep, and many other mobs out of one of his dresser drawers.

“Wow! Ty, these are soooo adorable!!”

“T-Thank you. You know, I can teach you to whittle too.” Ty offered.

“Yeah, that would be fantastic!” Adam brimmed with excitement.

‘Today is the best day ever!’ Ty thought while smiling at his friend.