Rubik's Cube (Joshler)

CHAPTER 36: Sleep

Tyler's POV ~

7 weeks. Me and Josh have been dating for 7 weeks. I can't believe it. These have by far been the best 7 weeks of my life, Give or take a few events. (well almost 7 weeks it'll be 7 weeks tomorrow.)
I'm kinda worried about Josh tho.
He hasn't been sleeping much lately.
He's always up really late and up really early, sometimes I wonder if he even sleeps at all.
I tried talking to him about it... His mom has tired talking to him about it and even Dr. Mcadams has tried, but he just says he's fine and drops the subject.

Were currently in band class, we have double band today, it's only first half tho. Josh isn't sat at his usual spot behind the drums he's slumped back in a chair toward the far corner of the room. I frown and walk over to him.

"Joshie?" I say sitting next to him.
"Hmm?" he replies. "Are you okay?" I ask. "Yeah." he says tiredly. "Are you sure? You can talk to me Josh.. You know that right?"

"Yeah..  your right."he says. "What am I right about?" I ask a bit confused.
"Can we skip this class?"he asks. I bit my lip, Josh never asks to skip unless there's something wrong. "Yeah, yeah of course come on."

We snuck out of the room and out to my car. We both got in and I started the car. I drove us to the house and we went inside, down to our room.

He laid down on his back on the bed and slung and arm over his face. "I don't know what to do Ty." he says.
"What do you mean?" I asked crawling up and straddling him.
"I can't sleep... I don't know why.. Whenever I do sleep I have nightmares... But its very rare that I'll actually sleep."

I gave him a sad look. "I haven't slept in like a week Tyler.... I can't function right.. I can't focus on little things.. Just this morning I put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the fridge and didn't even realise." he said moving his arm away from his face so he could look at me.

I took a moment to really look at him.
He was very pale and underneath his eyes were dark, how did I not notice before? I sighed. "When did you start not being able to sleep?" I asked.
"The day I gave you the roses."

"That was 2 weeks ago Josh! Why didn't you tell me sooner?" I asked. He shrugged. "I didn't want you to worry."

"I decided I should probably tell you tho... I'm starting to see things." he said shifting his gaze around.
"Like things that aren't there?" I ask and he nods. "A few days ago when you and mom were sleeping I thought I saw something run into the living room but there wasn't anything there when I checked."

"You need to get some sleep Josh."
I used one of my hands to push his hair back out of his face. "I know but I can't. I want to, I'm so tired." he said with a sigh.
"Come on." I said getting off him. "Where?" he asked sitting up. "Nowhere just here." I said getting up and grabbing his sleep pants. I walked over to him and put them in his hand.
"Put these on... Your going to try to sleep.. I'll be right next to you in case you have a nightmare. Just please try to get some sleep."

He looked up at me with tired eyes.
"... Can you help me?" he asked. I nodded and grabbed the hem of his shirt, pulling it up over his head and throwing in on the ground.

He stood up and I grabbed his arm when he lost his balance. He unbuttoned his jeans and let them pool at his ankles, stepping out of them he tried to put his sleep pants on but lost his balance again.

I grabbed them out of hands and knelt down helping him get his feet in and pulling them up. I gave him a kiss after I did so. He gave me a tired smile and climbed into the bed. I laid next to him and draped my arm over his stomach.

"I love you, you know that right?" he mumbled with his eyes closed. "Yes I know.. I love you too." he smiled slightly.

His eyes weren't closed long it's only been 10 minutes and his eyes are already back open. He's staring at the ceiling.... I'm staring at him.

"Ty?.. Can you sing to me?" he asked just above a whisper. "Of course Joshie." I started singing 'build me up, buttercup' by the Foundations.
He yawned and let his eyes fall shut again.

By the time the song was finished he was asleep. I played on my phone and listened to his soft snores. After a few minutes he rolled onto his side and pulled me closer to him.

He slept for a good hour before he started shaking. I looked up at his face, his eyes were still closed. His eyebrow was creased and his breaths quickened. He must be having a nightmare.

"Josh... Joshie wake up." I shook his shoulder gently. He drew in a sharp breath and opened his his eyes. He relaxed after a few seconds and he sighed. "So much for sleep." he mumbled. "Sorry.... You were having a nightmare." I said. "No no its not your fault.. I would've woken up by myself anyway."

I frown at him. He smiles. "What?... Why are you smiling?" I ask. "Because your beautiful." he said causing me to blush and hide me face.

"Don't do that." he whispered. "Do what?" I said from behind my hands. "Hide your face." he said. I moved my hands down a bit a looked at him from over my fingertips.
"Your adorable." he laughed slightly.

"Are you hungry?" he asked. "No.. I want you to try to sleep again." I said. He frowned. "Please?" I begged.
"Okay... But can't we eat first?... I'm starving."

"Fine but after you eat your going to try to sleep." I told him sternly while crawling out of the bed. He chuckled lightly and followed.

We went up stairs and made sandwiches... Well rather I made sandwiches for both of us because Josh is too tired.
After we finished we went back down stairs. I laid with Josh... I didn't sleep but I stayed there in case he has another nightmare.

Josh hasn't closed his eyes yet, he's just staring at me. "Sleep." I said. He leaned down and kissed me, he didn't stop tho. He flipped us over. I see what he's doing. He's trying to stall. I move my head to the side. "No Josh sleep."

He made a whiney groan type of noise and started kissing down my neck. "Josh." I warned. He sighed and climbed off. "Your no fun." he whined.
"You need to sleep Josh. After you get some sleep you can kiss me all you want."

"But I did get sleep. I slept for an hour That's most I've slept this week." he pouted. "Fine." I sighed. He smiled, climbed back over me and kissed me.

A/N ~ i wrote this in the middle of math class instead of doing my work👌 😂. Love you! Bye❤
~Squish