You can't hide the truth forever - Troyler

Chapter 8

Tyler’s POV

It has been 2 weeks since I saw Troye. We’ve talked on skyped and texted everyday but I still miss him incredibly much. I’m in my living room, sitting on my couch and scrolling through my Tumblr dashboard. Suddenly the doorbell rings. I put my laptop down and walk to the door. I open it and in the doorway stands my friend Korey. He looks down to his shoes. ‘’Hey Korey!’’ I say. Korey doesn’t look up from his shoes. I grab his chin and bring it up. He’s crying. ‘’Korey! What happened? O my god, come inside’’ I say whilst I pull him inside by his hand. I place him on the couch and sit next to him.

‘’Korey? What happened?’’ I grab his hand again and move my thumb over it, trying to comfort him. ‘’N-nick..’’ Is all Korey says. Nick is Korey’s boyfriend. ‘’H-he.. he broke up w-with me, T-Tyler..’’. Nick was Korey's boyfriend. He looks up at me with tears streaming down his face. I hug him tight. ‘’It’s okay, Korey. You’ll be okay.. It all will’’

Korey looks up at me once again. I wipe his tears away with my thumb. I look in to his watery eyes. Korey looks away again but I grab his chin, like I did when he was standing in front of my door, and press a kiss on his lips. Korey pushes me away. ‘’Tyler! What are you doing!’’ He yells. ‘’You have a boyfriend, Tyler! You are really cute and I can laugh and cry with you but we can’t do this. You have Troye and I’m not going to let this happen!’’

’I-I know.. I just miss Troye so much and.. I-I am sorry..’’ I say and walk to the kitchen. I grab a glass out of the cupboard and fill it with water. What was I thinking? I am disappointed in myself. How could I do that? Troye is the best boyfriend I’ve ever had and could wish for, also Korey is my friend, not anything more than that. The glass has overflowed a few times already, because I am not paying attention on it at all. ‘’I just miss Troye a lot and.. S-sorry..’’ I say whilst I’m still in the kitchen.

I walk back to Korey and give him the glass of water. After Korey finishes the glass of water he looks me in my eyes. My mind goes off to Troye, he used to do that all the time. Korey softly grabs my chin and places a kiss on my lips. My thoughts are still at Troye, and I am not paying attention at all.

Seconds later I realize what is happening. I push Korey away quickly. ‘’K-Korey.. I think it is better i-if you go now.. You’re doing well again, I see’’. Korey stand up and I quickly walk to the door. I open it and Korey stands outside now. He turns around and a tear runs down his cheek again. I wipe it away. ‘’Korey.. If you promise that you won’t do that ever again, and so do I, you can come in again’’. Korey nods. I step aside so Korey can come in again.

Two hours go by and we both keep our promise. I think back at what I did earlier. Why did I even think about kissing Korey in the first place? Should I.. Should I tell Troye? No. I’m just going to pretend this never happened. I don’t want to make Troye sad, I’ve made myself sad enough with this already.

‘’So, I am going home now and try to call Nick. Bye Tyler!’’ I come back to reality when Korey starts to speak. ‘’Uh, yeah. I’ll text you later’’ I say, as I walk to the door to let Korey out, for the second time today actually.

Five minutes after Korey has left my phone rings.

Troye’s POV

I open my eyes slowly. I grab my phone and look at the time. It’s 8am, which means it is 4pm in LA. I immediately get excited because this means I can actually talk to Tyler at a normal time. I search Tyler in my contacts and call him.