Janiel Oneshots (Discontinued...Again)

54. The First 'I Love You' (Angst/Fluff)

Summary:

Mute!Joey, Punk!Daniel  (AU) The song attached will help with the mood of the first part, I will add in another song when the mood changes *song will be added in the middle of one shot*

Total: 4k words.

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(Joey's POV)

Hello, I'm Joey Graceffa. I'm seventeen, and I'm mute. Not selectively, I'd talk if I could. When I was born, they found a tumor on my vocal cords that they could only get rid of if they cut it out, which they did. Cutting off the tumor resulted in my vocal cords being cut off. I cannot talk at all. I wish I could, if I had a chance to talk, I'd tell my boyfriend Daniel that I love him. I met Daniel in my History class, he sits behind me with his group of friends, the people who bully me because I'm mute. I should've thought it was odd that someone like Daniel, who's a member of the bullying group, would want to go out with me. But he's been my crush for as long as I can remember, so I said yes when he asked me out.

Daniel was surprisingly sweet to me, although, he kind of forgot that I can't talk. He kept asking me questions faster than I could write down an answer. I use an app, a notebook, or sign language. I'm not very fond of sign language though, everyone keeps asking me what it means, expecting me to verbally answer. Daniel, however, handed me a piece of paper with his questions, telling me I didn't have to answer all of them if I didn't want to. At first, it felt like I was at a  job interview, but as Daniel kept talking about his life, his friends, stopping here and there to compliment me, I found myself falling for the punk boy.

It's been a month with Daniel, and what used to be a fun, caring Daniel. Turned into a quiet and distant Daniel. We haven't been on a date in weeks, he doesn't hug me, he barely keeps eye contact with me for longer than five seconds. I've tried talking to him, through my app, but he doesn't respond. He's spent more time on his phone than spending time with me. I'm so confused, what had I done?

Daniel takes my hand, pulling me outside. Taking me by surprise. He didn't talk to me the whole time we were walking down the stairs, Daniel's grip on my arm tightening, he really wants to tell me something that he can't say in the apartment. In the back alley, Daniel stands in front of me, he sighs "Joey. It's about time you knew, I didn't mean for it to go on this long" I look down at my phone, quickly typing out "what?" Daniel takes my hands "I don't like you. I lied about everything, all the compliments, all the kisses, all the whispered secrets. All fake, all lies" I couldn't believe my ears, Daniel doesn't like me? But...but...

I furiously type out "YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME FOR A WHOLE MONTH? A MONTH DANIEL?! AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME!" "I'm sorry Joey, I meant to tell you sooner" "SOONER? WHAT? WHEN WE'VE BEEN SO CALLED 'DATING' FOR THREE MONTHS? THREE YEARS?" "Oh please, like I'd ever date you for three months, you can't even talk!" I stepped back, hand against my chest "screw you, Daniel" turning on my heel, I run back up the stairs. "Joey get back here!" Running faster, I get to the door of our shared apartment, grabbing all of Daniel's clothes and other belongings, throwing them outside. As I'm about to close the door, Daniel comes into view "Joey, let me explain" I look at my phone, typing a quick reply "you have one minute."

"Joey, I admit that this relationship is all a lie. My friends saw how innocent you looked and asked me to take advantage of it" I scoffed "so you wanted to fuck me? Fuck and leave? Are you serious?" Daniel frowns "no, well...yes." I couldn't believe my ears, I thought he was a nice guy. I thought I could trust him, love him. I type out "I never want to speak to you ever again" before going back into the apartment. Daniel knocks at the door a few times before giving up and walking away, I fall onto the floor, tears streaming down my face but no sobs coming from my mouth, not like there could be.