the next few days went by fast, tyler stayed with me. he didn't leave my side, he just stayed in that little chair. his company made me happy, it made me feel not alone.
dr. bancroft would come in and feed me stuff from the cafeteria. sometimes it wasn't the greatest but, food is food.
then came the day where i was supposed to go "home." i didn't have a home so without thinking i asked if i could just stay at the hospital.
"you can come stay at my place," tyler said. he sounded excited and it shocked both dr. bancroft and i.
"you guys are related," dr. bancroft said, like it was true and/or a fact. i was standing up at this time and i had a rolling oxygen. i had also changed into jeans and a t-shirt, i was finally out of that stupid hospital gown.
"i suppose," i said, looking back at tyler. he had this big goofy smile smacked onto his face. it made me smile.
"we're gonna miss your sarcastic-ness when you leave," dr. bancroft frowned.
"i was.. sarcastic?" dr. bancroft laughed and so did tyler. "i don't remember these past few days, okay? leave me alone."
"you were very sarcastic," dr. bancroft said, tyler stopped laughing and took a deep breath, i'm guessing to calm himself.
then we left. we said our goodbyes to all the doctors that helped me not die and help tyler not be bored.
we walked out of the hospital doors and we walked towards tylers car. it was a cool car, it was pink with a long front. it was pretty old, pretty cool. tyler unlocked the car doors and i jumped into the passenger seat, picking up the oxygen tank with me. i put it in between my feet and took a deep breath.
the breathing tubes were actually really helpful. they helped me breath better. (obviously.)
tyler got into the drivers seat and he started the car, he closed his door and i closed mine a couple of seconds after he closed his. instead of putting his hands on the steering wheel he put his arms around me. i stayed where i was, not moving, uncomfortable, not knowing what to do. after a few seconds he let, he looked at me and then he turned his face to the front of the car.
"i'm happy you're okay," he put his hands on the steering wheel and started to drive. i turned my head away to look out at the window.
"thanks cousin," i looked at the scenery that was zooming by us. pumpkins were set outside some houses. some had wicked faces carved in, others were just plain pumpkins.
the trees were turning red and orange, green leaves were changing colours. there was this one leaf that stuck out to me it was hanging alone on a branch sticking out. the top half of it was green and the bottom half was red-orange. i put my finger on the window and that's when it started raining.
it rained, and i traced the raindrops on the window. falling down and racing each other, it was always the raindrop on top that won the races. which made me upset, i mean come on! give the rain drop on the bottom a chance.
i looked over at tyler and both of his hands were on the steering wheel. his eyes were focused on the road in front of him, his eyes were wide. i was wondering why was he still here? we met at a club. a dance club, you'd think that he would be gone by then, that he would be at home.
"why are you still here?" i asked, he looked over at me, for the first time in the car. he opened his mouth to say something but then quickly shut it. "i mean, thank you. it means a lot, but we're still strangers to each other. i don't even know your last name, i don't know anything about you, i-"
"joseph." he looked back at the road in front of him. "tyler. robert. joseph." i looked at him some more and when i realised that he wasn't going to look back at me, i looked back outside. "i told you mine.. what's yours?" he sounded serious, he wasn't his soft usual self. he sounded terrified and worried all at once.
"joshua william dun," i said, i put my pointer and second finger on the tube and i started twisting it around again.
he drove us into a parking lot in a apartment complex. he parked and stopped the car, he took out his hand and i took it. he shook it, and then looked at me, i looked at him and we made eye contact. his eyes were beautiful, they were brown just like mine, but not as dark. they were the colour of the root bear that we drank at the club.
"hi, my name is tyler robert joseph, and i'm happy that you're staying with me," he laughed and i laughed.
"hi, my name is joshua william dun, and i hope you won't get annoyed with me," -he chuckled and then stopped- "oh, i also have cancer and i hope..."- i paused- "that you, tyler r. joseph will help me with this life threatening disease."
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sorry for cringe lmaoooooo.
BUT AYE ANOTHER CHAPTER !!
i wrote this at school & i honestly just wanted to publish it lololol.
mk bye.
