Hybrid: H2OCat (Complete)

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Tyler

When Jon finished, his eyes were half closed, looking down at his dancing hands, as tears stealthly fell. And for myself, tears were falling as well, but kept the sobs away. This is Jon's painful story, and he should be the one crying. Letting out the pain, sadness and everything else. I wrapped an arm around him and he leaned into my side, hugging me tightly.

"I'm sorry," he said, breaking the silence that filled after the story. I was dumbfounded.

"Why are you sorry?" I whisper.

"For telling you and being a baby by crying--"

"You are not a baby for crying, you're supposed to cry."

"But it's a baby thing to do though..isn't it?" He looked straight at the wall, confused.

"No. It's an everything. Everyone cries. I cried just a few days ago. Shit, I'm crying now," he looked up at me, guilt now mixing with sadness.

"Don't cry. You don't need to, there's no reason." This let another tear slip.

"There's always a reason. This one, is for what you had to but should never have had to. I know the feeling, not to the full extent, but I know. So I feel for you," Jon barried his face into my chest, making me hug him tightly. "Hey, not that you had to, but why did you tell me this?" I felt Jon move his head to lay is against, instead of in, my chest.

"Two reasons. One, you wanted and needed to know about what happened at school when I ran and was an ass to the three of you. And two, are you staying until break ends?" I told him I would, "then you'll know what's going to be happening over the next few nights, and on the last day of break...Friday of this month, the 30th." I looked at him confused.

"What's the 30th?" Jon took a shakey breath.

"My birthday...I'm probably going to be out of it all day, and you should probably go home before night that day."

"Oh I'm taking your mind off it that day, and we're going to do something awesome. But, why would I leave that night?"

"That's the one night everything goes to hell. And I don't wanna do anything that day. I've done nothing on that day ever since that happened."

"We're doing something, and I know you'll love it. It's just gonna happen." I chuckled, "and if that night is as bad as you say it is, than I'm gonna be here to help. You're not shaking me off that easy." That got a chuckle from him.

"Okay fine. But good luck," I smiled and rolled my eyes. "I'm tired, I think I'm going to crash." I looked at the time, seeing it was 10:20.

"Alright, that sounds like a good idea," I agreed, and was about to go to my room, but was stopped by Jon tightening his grip.

"Wait, can you...umm, stay with me?" He asked sheepishly.

"Yea. Let me go get changed and I'll be back," he nodded and I left.

~TS: Late into the Night~

I was never really sleeping, I was making sure Jon was okay and being ready for if he started to have one of his freak outs. And just after I felt him grip my shirt tightly, tense up and curl into himself and me. I rubbed his back and lightly touched his hand before holding it. He seemed to relax, before I felt him brace to push back. I wrapped my wings around him as he jumped away, only an inch, and pulled him back. A long sting of 'no's and let go's' fell from his lips.

"Jon it's okay. No one's hurt and everyone's okay. Nothing bad is going to happen," I try to calm him. Jon take a couple deep breaths before he stops thrashing and trying to get away, but he's still tense. I rub his back and loosen my wings, but stopped when Jon went to grab them, but didn't.

"Sorry," he mumbled, looking away.

"For what?"

"It's stupid and you'd think I'm weird." He laid his head on my chest.

"No I won't. What is it?"

"It is gonna sound weird, but when you do that, I just feel... Safe, I guess." He sighed.

"No that's fine. It's not weird," it really wasn't, I'm the same way, I just hide it. I wrapped my arms and wings back around him, and waited for him to fall asleep, to make sure he was okay.

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Third Person

After that night Jon had been sleeping better, not as many nightmares. And if he had one, Tyler would hold him tight, and calm Jon down and go back to sleep.

But the night before Jon's birthday, Tyler didn't know what to do or how to help... Jon wouldn't wake up, couldn't calm down, and wouldn't stop screaming. But that's not what worried and scared Tyler the most. It was when Jon suddenly stopped moving, and stopped breathing.