screams ; joshler [completed]

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tyler woke up in one of those moods today.
he didn't want to talk to anyone.
he didn't want to see anyone.
especially josh.
he didn't know why.
the best way to explain it is it was like someone saw that he was happy, and stomped on it.

"good morning, tyler." josh said while rubbing his eyes.
tyler went to the bathroom and ignored him.
josh was left confused, tyler never ignored him. he didn't think much of it though.
he knocked softly on the bathroom door.
"i'm going to run errands, okay? see you in a bit." josh bit his lip and left.

tyler decided to sit down and write. he liked doing that. it always made him calm.
after an hour of staring at an empty page, he gave up.
he ripped the paper in two.
"i can't do anything right!" he yelled.
he felt the tears welling up in his brown eyes.
he hated these days.
he hated this.
he lied down on the bed for a little bit and started at the windowsill.
maybe his medicine stopped working?
maybe it wasn't working well enough?

josh ; tyler are you okay?

tyler's phone buzzed and he looked in its direction.
it was from josh.

tyler ; no. i'm not.

josh ; what's going on?

tyler ; nobody cares. i can't do anything right.

josh ; i care. i'll be home soon okay? hold on for a while. i love you a lot.

tyler didn't answer josh for a long time. josh grew very worried.
when josh arrived home, he opened the door forcefully and yelled.
"ty, i'm home. where are you?"
he didn't get a reply.
he threw his bags down and rushed to the bedroom.
he wasn't there.
he looked in the bathroom.
tyler was on the floor, leaning against the wall.
the thin boy looked like he had life drained out of him.
he had streaks of tears running down his face.
josh's medicine from when he had the flu was sitting next to him.
the lid was open.

the bottle was empty.