Rubik's Cube (Joshler)

CHAPTER 5: Everything's Wrong

Josh's POV ~

I woke up earlier then my alarm today, a whole hour early. As much as I wanted to go back to bed I decided to go get a shower instead.

After my shower I got dressed, ate, brushed my teeth and decided to text Tyler. I had no idea if he was up or not but I texted him anyway.

Me: hey Ty :)

Tyler: hi

He answered almost instantly so I'm guessing he was already up.

Me: whats up?

Tyler: not much I guess

Me: you guess?

Tyler: yeah

Me: you okay?

Tyler: sure

Me: sure? Seriously Tyler are you alright?

Tyler: yes just tired

Me: oh

Tyler: I got to get ready for school I'll talk to you later

Me: ok I should probably get going as well it's about a 20min walk to the school

Tyler: I could pick you up if you want

Me: really? Sure thanks

Tyler: ok see you in 10 minutes

I waited by the door til I seen Tyler's car. Then locked the door and hopped in the car. "Hey" Tyler spoke in a dull tone and his face held no emotion.
"H-hey.......y-you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine" still speaking in the same tone with the same expression. "Really? I-it l-looks like you haven't slept in d-days... Y-you want to talk about whatevers going o-on?"

He didn't answer. He just kept driving in silence. I didn't say anything else in case I made him upset. Until I realized we weren't going to the school, he drove right past the road and didn't turn around. I was getting scared what was happening? Where is he taking me?

"U-uh h-hey w-we missed the schools s-street" I was trying not to panic, a dude I met only yesterday offered to drive me to school but isn't actually taking me to school.

"Were not going to the school" he said through clenched teeth. 'I'm going to get murdered he's a murderer I'm going to die' were the thoughts racing through my mind right now. I started panicking, quick uneven breaths were coming from me as I sat wide eyed with my nails digging into my thighs.

"Calm down" Tyler mumbled. "Huh?" I said looking at him like he was crazy. I seen his throat move as he swallowed but he remained quiet after that.

I sat gripping tightly at the seatbelt for a good 5 minutes before the car came to a stop and shut off. I turned my head to look at Tyler who now had tears in his eyes as he stared blankly at the steering wheel.

(TRIGGER WARNING sorry for all of these but soon enough there wont be any so bear with me... Blame my mind for running on a 4 hour sleep)

"T-tyler?" I questioned. He slowly turned his head to look at me. "Yeah?" he croaked. "W-whats wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Everything..... Everything's wrong" before I could reply he was full on sobbing, his hands slightly pulling on his hair, not to hard but hard enough for it to probably hurt.

I could hear his shaky breaths between his soft sobs. I slowly unbuckled and leaned over to hug him which only made him cry more.

"Shhh.... I-it's okay" I started rubbing small circles into his back. "No.... It's not" he whispered as he sat up and rolled up his sleeves revealing a bunch of little cuts, some old and some very new.

My breath got caught in my throat as I reached out for his arms inspecting them closer. "W-why did you do this? I'm not mad I just don't want you hurting y-yourself"

"I-I don't know I-I just I" he was talking really fast. I couldn't stand seeing him like this, so hurt and vulnerable I hated it. "T-take your time, breathe."

"H-he came back last night. A-after my dad yelled at me for skipping school and after I said bye to you...... He was so loud I couldn't handle it. Josh I-i" he started breathing really fast "i-it's ok... W-why didn't you message me?" he stared at his lap for a moment "I didn't want to wake you"

"I wouldn't o-of cared" he sat back in his seat pressing his head against the head rest and closing his eyes.

"Josh?" he suddenly spoke after not saying anything for a few minutes "y-yes?" he took in a sharp breath before continuing "my parents heard me up last night.... M-my dad got mad at me for being up. My mom was trying to calm me down.... My dad started yelling and I yelled back... He grabbed my arm and I hit him... Which only made him more angry... My mom told him to calm down... I left... I feel so bad Josh.. I yelled at and hit my dad. I've never yelled at my dad before."

"I-it's okay Ty... You had a good reason t-to yell at him" Tyler wiped the tears from his eyes then gripped the steering wheel "I'm sorry.... I'll take you to school now... Sorry for making you miss first class with my stupid problems I should have just let you go I'm sorry"

"No!.... It's okay you don't have to take me to school... I-i don't want to go...i- you-um I want to help you t-through this... P-please" he looked at me then looked out the window "okay" he breathed "but why do you want to?"

A/N ~ I'm so sorry about this chapter I have no clue what I'm doing please don't kill me. There was a snowstorm so thats why I didn't get to update so sorry about that as well. Love you! Bye❤
~Squish