Always Watching. Jacksepticeye AU

Chapter 8

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"Connor," Tyler felt slightly nauseous as he stared into his friend's soft eyes. He connected their hands, trying his best to look as neutral as possible while his heart beat fast inside his chest. "I may not know what I identify as sexuality-wise but that doesn't matter. What I do know is that I like you. Not just like but like like, you know?" He swallowed, aware he couldn't take it back. "Do you want to be my boyfriend?" The question was out there. He couldn't take it back. It was that simple question that could start a wonderful relationship or break the friends apart. Words were extremely powerful in cases like that.

Connor's cheeks turned pink and he opened his mouth but no sound escaped. He gave up on a verbal response and just leaned forward, hoping that actions really did speak louder than words.  Their lips touched and they shared a gentle kiss. When they pulled back, both were smiling widely as their faces practically glowed.

"I'll take that as a yes?" Tyler laughed, earning a timid nod from his boyfriend. "As much as I'd love to spend more time with you, mum needs me home."

"Okay... text me?"

"Of course!" Tyler picked up his skateboard, dropped it flat on the ground and put one foot on it. Connor leant forward to kiss Tyler's cheek before he skated away, feeling like he was on top of the world and nothing could bring him down.

-

Jackieboy Man was conflicted. Anti was right in front of him, holding a gun against his friend's head. Chase had stopped crying a while ago, accepting his fate. Jack was also in high amounts of danger, hands desperately gripping the edge of the roof and slipping. It was extremely difficult to hold up his own weight so it was a matter of minutes (maybe even seconds) before he had to let go and accept what was going to happen to him. "Save one." Anti yelled, voice doing its usual glitch-y thing. Jackieboy Man's gaze kept frantically switching between the man he lived with and had known for a long time and the single father he had once had to talk out of suicide. "Don't even think about hurting me or both will die."

"Jackie!" Jack shouted, voice wavering.

Chase still had remnants of tears streamed down his cheeks but when he spoke he sounded calm. "Save him."

"No! I- I can't!"

"Please... He has so much more to live for." Anti cackled as Jackieboy Man approached the ledge, took Jack's hands and hoisted him back up onto the roof. He was breathing heavily, a hand over his chest. Jack's eyes were wide and glistening because he was unable to comprehend just what had happened. He had been so close to dying and it was frightening.

"You little shit!" Anti grumbled, catching the attention of Jack and Jackieboy Man. When they turned, they saw Anti's gun on the ground and Chase reaching for it. Anti had fallen to the floor and was furiously glitching as he also reached for the gun. Chase got there first and held it out in Anti's direction, his finger poised over the trigger. Just as he moved his finger, the demon vanished.

"Fuck!" Chase yelled, dropping his arm back to his side. His eyes were glaring at the spot where the enemy had been standing, as if his stare would summon him back. "I should have- have shot him!"

"You were amazing." Jack mumbled. He hugged his friend as tightly as possible because he had almost lost him. If Chase hadn't been so quick to think, he'd be lying on the floor, a bullet in his head.

"If- If I had been faster..."

"Don't dwell on that, dude. We could have lost you if you hadn't turned all ninja on us!" Jackieboy Man patted Chase on the back to further back up Jack's comment.

"I almost died."

"But you didn't. You were so good!" Chase stared at the gun in his hand in shock: everything that had happened had only just kicked in.

"One day we'll get that glitch bitch."

-

"That guy is a hazard, I swear." Tyler heard Stacy mutter as he walked in the door. "Next he'll get Tyler-" She immediately paused when she noticed Tyler standing in the doorway, school bag slung over one shoulder. "Hey, Ty."

"He'll get Tyler what?" He asked, his voice a monotone. He had no idea who she was talking to and maybe he was jumping to conclusions by assuming it was a bad thing they were discussing him on the phone. Considering how Stacy had been treating him, he had every right to assume.

Stacy let out a long huff and hung up, placing her phone onto the kitchen table. She pulled out a chair and gestured for Tyler to take a seat. He did and she sat opposite him as if she was about to interrogate him. Tyler expected harsh words about how it was none of his business but instead he got the opposite, along with a gentle hand on his knee. "I know you think I'm the bad guy here but I'm just prioritising your safety," Tyler rolled his eyes because he had heard those words a million times. No matter how many times they were repeated, Tyler would never believe them. "Chase was involved in an... incident earlier."

"What happened?" Tyler leaned forward in his chair, eyes wide with concern. "Is he okay?"

"Yes... just shaken up. Jackie got him in some trouble with a villain. That lot are so careless and irresponsible."

"I want to talk to him."

Stacy slowly shook her head. "This is for the best. He's a danger to you and I want you to be safe, okay?"

"No. Not okay. He's my dad-"

"Chase could have died and you could be next. Craig-"

"He is not my dad!" Tyler angrily stormed upstairs and, as usual, he slammed his bedroom door. The boy was genuinely considering running away. His mum couldn't stop him seeing his dad... there must have been some law against it. His eyes slowly diverted to his school backpack and he was ready to empty it out and fill it with his belongings but something stopped him.