The Things We Hear and See (YT/Highschool AU)

Boat Load of Nope (Tyler Scheid POV)

     "Bye guys!" Wiishu and Jack yelled through the house as they left to meet Jack's brother in the driveway.

     "Bye!" The rest of us yelled back.

     We could hear the door shut, but then it opened again. "Yer bro's here, Marzia!" Jack shouted.

     "Thanks!" Marzia shouted in reply. "Bye guys!" She hugged Amy and Mark sweetly, then followed Felix out the front door.

     I let out a sigh.

     "Aw-was that hard for you, Ty?" Amy laughed sympathetically, smoothing back my hair like a mom would.

     She sat on the arm of the couch next to me, and Ethan still sat to my other side, leaning against me lazily. Mark was in the kitchen getting food, knowing we would be hanging around a lot longer than Felix, Marzia, Jack, or Wiishu ever did. (Because they lived much further away, not because they're bad friends or anything like that.)

     I smiled up at her. "As always, yeah..."

     "You know, Tyler, Marzia was legitimately curious about you!" Mark said, walking in with a box of Cheez-Its, standing next to where Amy sat, and tossing Ethan his bottle of ADHD medication. "She's good at reading people, but she can't read you! And your silence doesn't help at all!"

     "You scared me today!" Ethan admitted, finally sitting normally. "You were so quiet the entire time that I didn't know what to do!" His grin wavered a bit. "Is something wrong?"

     I could see the genuin worry in his eyes, and chuckled. "I'm fine, guys, honest! I get quiet around newer people, you know that."

     "Yeah, we do, but we also know you don't normally get that quiet, so..." Mark pointed out.

     "Jack and Felix are different than other people, though." Ethan reminded Mark. "They're part of a different friend group than us four. Sure, Jack and I are bros, and Amy, Marzia, and Wiishu are all friends, but when we're all together, it doesn't feel like "all together". It feels like us four, and them four."

     "Yeah, at the moment it does feel that way, but it'll change eventually." Amy promised. "Don't worry about it too much, Ty."

     "I was never worried about anything!" I exclaimed. "I just get quiet sometimes, okay?!?!"

     "Whatever you say, man!" Mark chucked, jumping over the back to sit at the end of the couch. Ethan and I scooted over so Amy could fall next to me. "TV time?"

     "Yeah! Ethan, have you watched Stranger Things yet?" Amy asked, bringing her knees up to her chest and leaning against me, kinda like what Ethan had been doing before sitting normally to fit everyone on the couch.

     "Yeah, I did over the summer. It was super good! I still haven't recovered, oh my gosh..." Ethan groaned as if the show was still giving him physical pain.

     "Okay, cuz we three watched it together over the summer, so let's watch something else."

     "What about something old, though?" I suggested. "Like Friends or Harry Potter?"

     "Oh! Harry Potter! Yes! Please!" Ethan begged, shaking Mark's arm excitedly.

     "I dunno if we have time today, but we should definitely have a marathon sometime soon!" Mark said, ignoring Ethan's obvious ADHD overload. "So Friends?"

     "That or Glee. I haven't watched Glee in forever!" Amy laughed softly shaking her head.

     "Glee's really gay..." Mark muttered.