Go Away...Maybe Stay?// Joshler

Chapter Ten : Psshh

I woke up to the sound of my brother calling my name. "Ty. Tyler. Robert! Wake up, you're going to be late." I moaned in annoyance, but got up to clean myself in the shower. I took my clothes and looked in the mirror. I had a purple bruise on my jaw. I don't want to be with this asshole. I stepped in the shower and began cleansing myself. Every time I got drops of water in my bruises, it stung and I winced. I looked at my body, counting how many wounds I earned. Twenty seven.

I get out of the shower and dry myself. I changed into my skinny jeans and striped shirt and my hoodie. As soon as I finished, I said my goodbyes to Zack and walked out. I don't eat breakfast, since I get stomach aches.

I don't bother to acknowledge Josh's presence when I go to the stop light. All I do is cover myself so he doesn't see my bruised face. Something stirs in my stomach by the thought that I pushed him. Don't feel bad for him. I mean look at how he has it, his life looks perfect. He should know how much you suffer than him. Y-yeah, you're right.

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Jøsh's Perspective
After Tyler ran yesterday, I grew worried. I didn't even sleep since I felt a bit broken, and I cried a bit. How can he say that I'm using him? How did I even make it worse for him? Fucking Brian.

I expected Tyler to explain to me what happened yesterday, but he looked like as if I didn't exist. I think he needs some time... We walked in silence.

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Mr. Nore assigned us a major group project for the year. Just as he was paring the class, he somehow assigned me with Tyler. Unexpected. I looked to see Tyler's reaction and I saw that he was slightly pissed and his face turned red. I felt ashamed for some reason. I felt...

Rejected.

The bell rang and Tyler grabbed his stuff. So did I. I'll talk to him after school.

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I didn't see Brian today and I missed the chance to pay him back. As soon as the bell rang at the end the school day, I ran towards the stairs and wait for Tyler. I see Tyler walk past me and I quickly walk up to him. It's strange that he's been wearing his hoodie all day... "T-Tyler. What's wrong? Are you Ok? Please, tell me what happened to you..." I looked at his jaw. Why didn't I notice. Brian didn't hit him there... It wasn't there yesterday...

I didn't say anything to him about that." Tyler! Answer me!" I grabbed his hand. It felt so warm... Tyler stopped. He looked slowly up to see my face. It was red and his eyes looked watery. "J-Josh..." With that, he started to cry and and I took his small body into mine. "Ty..."
"I'm so broken Josh. We're all broken people."

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It was usually cold. Now with Tyler by my side, I feel so numb.
"Tyler, can you come to my house today?" I didn't know why I said that, but I didn't want to take it back. He took his phone out before he responded.

Tyler's Perspective
As soon as I heard Josh say that if I wanted to go to his house, I needed to say no. But I knew that Zack wouldn't even want to stay in the house today. I took my phone out and texted him

TyBoss: Zack, we should stay with someone today...
SmolBro: I was thinking the same. I'm going to stay with Patrick Stump. He's cool with this and his parents are chill...
TyBoss: K then. Behave Ok? I love you midget 😗
SmolBro: I love you too ass butt 😝😘

As I finished, I looked to see at my shoulder to see that Josh was looking at my phone. He noticed and blushed. I felt my face heat up too. "Can I stay over?" Josh looked up in surprised and said "S-sure! You can always come over if you have time!" He practically just blurt it out to the whole world. He face was flushed in pink and I laughed. He did the same.