addict in the clouds (joshler) | ✔️

The Beginning To A Brand New You

tyler whimpered, and he couldn't look any longer. he didn't want to have known that he caused this much physical and emotional pain to his best friend. he just ran, not wanting to see the sight of josh any longer.

later, it got dark out, and tyler was too confused and scared to go anywhere. but nobody seemed to notice him. and, tyler thought, i guess my translucent state can't stop me from freezing in the night.
he shivered, and immediately felt a soft and fluffy blanket drape over him. he looked, startled, it looked like and angel wing. he tugged on it. his back ached.

if these are mine, then... can i fly?

tyler jumped up, and thought, how would i end up going upwards?, and he heard wings behind him flap, and he felt his feet leave the ground and ascend into the summer night.
left. they would sharply go left.
right. they would turn almost immediately to the right.
down. the wings would slow in their beating.
up. they would gradually increase.
stop. they paused, letting tyler plunge down.
forward. immediately, he was thrust forwards.
backwards. ty got shoved back in the air.
this is amazing. thought tyler. so i'm an angel. down. but why?

the wings slowed, as he plopped down near the basketball hoop in the park, where he saw his teammates practicing. he smiled, and watched from above, as he went up to sit on the top of the hoop. other than the constant dribbling, he could also hear spray paint. of course, that's when he got a flaming headache, and toppled backwards onto the cement.

he wasn't in ohio, anymore. everything was bright, and two someones came to help him up.

'you must be tyler joseph.' creature one said, and tyler's breathing continued faster as he saw two feathered wings behind both. but it also had sandy brown hair, and a fedora, for some reason. creature two had black hair, and a scorpion tattoo visible on its neck.

"y-yeah, i'm tyler. who are you guys? where am i? what even happened?" ty stuttered, obviously extremely confused.
fedora angel smiled, and it calmed him down a bit.

'yeah, i had the same reaction when i got here,' angel two said, 'i'm frank. this is patrick. you're in your constant mind state of heaven. you got sent here for a bit so you can figure out what's going on. because you must be really confused right now.'

"so, how am i gonna figure this out? why do i have wings? how did i pass through things? why can't i just rest in heaven instead of being back in ohio, because i'm assuming i'm dead?"

patrick bit his lip. 'i don't exactly know if this is the same for all angels sent back, but there's some unfinished business for you to do if you're not living in heaven forever, yet. maybe it's something that happened because of your death, but only you can fix it. like, i had a task too, i died about a year ago, i had to figure out a way to stop my boyfriend pete from committing suicide. and i'm pretty proud that i did that, to be honest.'

frank chimed in, 'yeah, i had to stop a bunch of teenagers from becoming unnaturally young drug dealers. they seriously scare the shit outta me.'

tyler was slightly confused as to how patrick got into heaven, but he let it slide.

"so then, how do i figure out what i have to do?" tyler asked. frank shrugged, 'you've got no way of finding out until you start seeing the world around you, and how certain people react to your death. maybe they'll start acting differently. then, you'll know who to focus on. soon, you'll figure it out, and come hang with us for the rest of eternity.'
tyler at least grinned at that.

"how long will it take?"
'as long as it has to,' frank replied.

tyler's headache calmed down, and he blinked, to find himself back in the park in columbus.