His Name Is Blurryface *Joshler*

15

The boys eyed the sun as it began to set, both finding composure knowing that it would once rise again the next morning.

“J-josh?”

“What’s up?”

“I-I’m tired-d.”

“Do you wanna go to sleep?”

“N-no.”

“What do you mean Ty?”

“I-I’m t-t-ired-d of-f f-f-ight-ting.” Tyler says, almost casually.

“Hey, bud? Can you look at me for a sec? I need to make sure you know what I’m about to say. I need to know that you’ll hear it and take it to heart.”

“Mmm.” Tyler uttered, turning his body to face Josh.

“Ty.” Josh began, locking eye contact with Tyler. “Ty, I know that fighting this is really hard. I know that it’s exhausting and I know that it feels like it will never get better. I know that you think of how life would be without mental illness. I know that you feel like you want to give up, but I also know that you keep fighting. If not for yourself, you keep fighting for other people who believe in you. For those who care about you. I know that you keep fighting and that people don’t tend to notice how hard you are trying. I know that despite all of this work that you put in, the result may not show it. I know that. I know how it feels. But. I also know how amazing it feels to finally overcome it. Ty, I need you to know how proud I am of you. How proud everyone here is of you. You have made amazing progress in the last couple days, you’ve blown my mind. All of your effort isn’t going unnoticed and I need you to know that. Keep fighting and one day, one day you’ll beat all of this. You have to promise me that you’ll keep fighting for me Ty. No matter what.”

“I h-had n-no-one t-to fight-t f-for b-be-fore y-you.”

“Well, now I’m here and I’m not leaving. I’m never leaving. Keep fighting. For you and me. Let’s stay alive, Ty.”

“N-no m-matter w-what-t.”

“Yeah. No matter what.” Josh says, intertwining their hands and leaning back on the headboard