During the Night

Princess

It's two weeks later. Josh was in the hospital for a week or so because he suffered a small concussion from his head being banged into the lockers. He was also in there because of bruising to his stomach. By the second week Josh is healed completely and is able to go back to doing basketball. The basketball team is going to state in two weeks, which Josh will be a part of. Tim is now expelled, meaning that little bastard can't harm Josh or Tyler anymore. Tyler has to go back to the therapist this Wednesday; which he is dreading. Josh and Tyler still have feelings for each other, but don't know completely how they feel. They are now at Josh's house on a Monday after school. They are both sitting on Josh's bed.

"Should I redye my hair Ty?" Josh said out of nowhere since that had nothing to do with what they were talking about at the moment. Josh wasn't trying to avoid a conversation, it kind of just came out of nowhere.

"What? Josh why are you asking me this? It's not my hair, why do I got to make the decision?" Tyler spoke in a whining baby like tone. He giggled once he saw Josh snicker at the way he was speaking. 

"I don't know. I just want to know if you have a certain color you would like to see on me." Josh focused on Tyler with rested eyes admiring the way the boy looked with the late afternoon sun beating down on his face.

"Well I guess I've never seen you with your natural hair color. What do you think about that idea?" Tyler responded with the most hopeful and adorable smile, Josh couldn't help but giggle at it.

"Ew, no, that hair is disgusting, it's this poopy brown color. I hate it." Josh honestly hates his natural hair color, yet he seemed to be kidding about what he said at the same time.

"Please for me?" Tyler extended the sentence with plenty e's in 'please' and in 'me.'

"Ugh, fine. Whatever you say princess." Josh spoke with a roll to his eyes, plus a light sigh.

"Princess? I ain't no princess." Tyler was a little offended, but actually felt royal when he was called it.

"You know you like the nickname. You got the build for it too." Josh joked around with Tyler knowing that would make him more upset.

Tyler lightly punched Josh's arm before speaking, "How'd you know? You can't read minds like Blurryface can you? Are you Blurryface?" Tyler said with a fake and playful gasp as he said the last sentence.

Josh had forgotten that he hasn't even told Tyler about that night at the hospital when Blurryface had shown up while his eyes were closed. He had to tell Tyler eventually. Josh doesn't know why he hasn't told him yet. He's tired of holding it back. "Ty, we need to talk about something."

"Okay, shoot." Tyler spoke with a confused face.

"So you know how my eyes were closed when I got to the hospital and I was sleeping I guess you could say?"

"Yeah."

"Well, Blurryface came to me in my dream or whatever you wanna call it." Josh paused for a few seconds trying to figure out Tyler's emotions. There were known.

"Continue." Tyler spoke not as confused.

"He came to me, and he tried to get me to end my life. I figured out who Blurryface really is, or what other face people see instead of the circles. He has my face, he has yours, your mom's, my mom's, etc. Blurryface is a part of us Ty. He's our insecurities. That's why he tells us about our insecurities, that's why he can read our minds. He can't go away Tyler unless he has come to you and you have either defeated him, or he has claimed victory over your dead body."

Tyler had no expression on his face. No words. Nothing.

"Please say something Ty. I know it was wrong for me to not tell you. I should have said it earlier, I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Josh pleaded for Tyler to say something to him. Anything.