Garden Shed: Tyler, The Creator and Wyatt

3. Meet Me

"You niggas are stupid. Fuck y'all though. I'm meeting with Kali." Tyler spat, as they rode in their skateboards to school.

"Whatever nigga. Yo, isn't that fruity boy?" Rocky signaled to right of them, a curly haired boy seemed infatuated by whatever he was sketching in a little notebook he had.

"Oh yeah!" Jasper laughed, as they made their way over.
Tyler put his hands in his pockets, seeming nonchalant about it.

"Hey, what you got there?" Taco snatched the notebook out of his hands as the boy frantically ran after them.

"Bruh! He's drawing some weird ass shit! What the fuck!" They laughed as they rode around, throwing the notebooks to eachother.

"Nigga just give it back to him. We're already fucking late." Tyler sighed, beginning to ride off.

"Nigga why you defending fruity boy?" Rocky spat.

"I'm not. I'm trying to meet up with Kali. Let's go."

They sighed as they threw the notebook on the ground, riding off. Tyler turned around, watching the boy dusting the dirt off of this notebook.

...

"Yo, i'll catch you niggas later. Kali's waiting." Tyler stuck his tongue out, signaling at Kali on her phone.

Rocky punched his arm, laughing.

Tyler's hands began to sweat as he approached her, his stomach turning.

"Damn, you on your phone all the time huh?"

Kali looked up, her eyes meeting his. She smiled as she walked a little closer.

"Good morning to you too," they laughed, making their way into school.

"So what class?" She asked, stopping.

"I thought I was walking you to class. The fuck?"

"I mean, we could that too."

Tyler laughed again, their awkwardness was prevalent; no way around it.
Once they got to her class, she stopped by the door, turning around and looking up at a grinning Tyler.

"Wanna hang during lunch?"

"Uh, yeah, that's cool. I'll see you later," Tyler said, unsure of what to do next.
Kali grabbed his arm. She pulled out something from her pocket, and placed it in his hands. She let go, winking.

"Cool. See you later then."

Tyler waited for her to go inside before quickly opening the little crumpled up note she placed in his hand.

'here's my number ;)'

T smiled to himself, making his way to his class.

...

"Bro, you gotta fuck her now. She's basically giving you a—,"

"Nigga! we just met. I'm chilling. Plus she's cool as fuck, I don't wanna ruin anything." Tyler spoke, sinking back into his seat.
Rocky rolled his eyes, shaking his head.

The teacher spoke the whole hour, Rocky yawning every few minutes. Tyler doodled in his notebook, his hand supporting his head. Thoughts about the boy cake to his head; he wondered what he had drawn into that little notebook he carried around.

"Tyler!"

T looked up, an annoyed teacher staring him down.

"Did you do the assignment or not?"

"Uh, nah. I didn't get it."

Everyone laughed, T slouched down into his seat again.

"First assignment and you're already behind. What a surprise."

"Whatever. Can I go to the bathroom?" Tyler got up, ignoring the teacher's remarks anyway.

The laughter from the class dimmed as he put his hands in his pockets, thinking about Kali. The first girl he was actually interested in, liked him back. In his head, it was something he wanted to be careful with, to preserve. T definitely didn't want to move too quickly.

He got to the bathroom, quickly using the urinal. He washed his hands, looking at himself in the mirror. Just then, the boy walked in. He didn't notice Tyler though; he was too busy looking through his camera pictures. T kept an eye on him through the mirror as he fixed his hat. The boy finally looked up into the mirror, fixing his curls before noticing T.

"Hey," Tyler said, cutting off the awkwardness. But the boy hesitated, a confused expression played on his face.

"What you taking pictures of?"

The boy looked down at his camera, then back at T.

"Things for school."

"Oh, you in yearbook or something?" Tyler dried his hands with a paper towel.

"No, I'm in journalism club."

"Mm. That's tight." 

The boy smiled ever so slightly, immediately making his way out of the bathroom.