One Shots

insomnia

Another update the next day?!?
No prompt, just thought it up.
A TØP fanfic today, folks. Enjoy!
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Josh's PØV
12:34 pm
Still awake. Like usual.

12:55 pm
I wish I could fall asleep, jesus christ. Been playing with my blanket for the past twenty øne minutes. I'm so bored I just want to sleep.

1:47 am
I abandoned fiddling with my blanket and have taken up a hobby I haven't done since last night. Staring at a wall trying to get to sleep. So far I'm unsuccessful.

2:08 am
Yup. Still just laying here, staring at a wall. Maybe if I close my eyes I'll fall asleep faster.

2:26 am
Ugh. Closing my eyes did absolutely nothing. It feels like I've had them closed for approximately two seconds. Great.

2:59 am
Please, brain. Let me at least get like half an hour of sleep.

3:11 am
Might as well get up now. So much for sleeping. Again.

3:51 am
I'm jogging down my usual route when I see someone. Nobody's ever on this road. Especially not at this time.
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Tyler's PØV
12:34 pm
I hate myself so much. Why do I have to lose sleep every night just because I've got depression or insomnia or anxiety or whatever it is tonight. Although, maybe not sleeping isn't so bad after all. Less nightmares. That's a plus, I guess.

12:55 pm
Still here. Just sitting on the floor. Being bored. And hating myself. Jesus, I sound like a shitty tumblr account.

1:47 am
That's it. I'm getting up. Where to tonight? I'm not sure. Wherever my legs take me.

2:08 am
The cemetery. Interesting choice, legs. Not bad.

2:26 am
It's not that bad out here, really. I feel sort of comforted by the graves. Almost as if the people's spirits are still here. Like they're trying to say hello. But I can't see them. It's hard to explain. I don't know.

2:59 am
I should probably head back to my house now. I'm gonna take the long way back, I think.

3:11 am
I've never been on this road before, and I think I could quite possibly be lost. I can't even do this right. I'm not good with directions, I probably should've stayed inside my house.

3:51 am
There's someone jogging towards me. It looks like they have brown curly hair, at least from here. They're still a ways away, but they're definitely coming in my direction.
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Josh's PØV
It's a boy, I think. I turn my music off and slow to a walk as I near him. I noticed him looking at me from father away, but now he's got his eyes glued to the ground.
"Salutations" I say, still a little out of breath from my run.
His face flushes red as he looks up to me. I notice the bags beneath his eyes, deep and dark. He responds with a weak,
"Hello"
"It's early. Why are you out here all alone?"
"Couldn't sleep."
"Me neither, man. I can never seem to sleep. Ever since I was little, you know? So I took up running, and here I am."
His responses are short but meaningful. Unfortunately, our conversation does not last long. He is very intriguing and I hope to see him again. I begin to put one of my earbuds back in, but I'm stopped from doing so due to his hand reaching out to mine, grabbing it gently.
"Please don't go", he begs. There are tears in his eyes now, and his cheeks are filling with a deep blush as he realizes that his hand is still on mine.
"It's okay" I say as I pull my phone out and hand it to him so that he can put his name and number in.
His names Tyler.
"So, Tyler" I begin, his name foreign but...right on my tongue. "where do you want to go if not back to wherever you just came from?"
"Your place maybe?"
"Alright"
We walk back to my house slowly. A silence settles over us, but it's not awkward. It's more of a mutual understanding that nothing needs to be said.
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We arrive about five minutes later. I unlock my house and let him in.
It's a bit messy because I haven't had people over recently, and I wasn't expecting anyone for a while.
"Sorry for the mess", I say, but Tyler seems to be unfazed by it.
"It's fine. It's actually very nice." He says, not even being sarcastic.
I don't respond, but give him a smile instead.
We make our way to my living room and I settle him in. I grab myself a beer and offer to get him one too, but he only asks for a water instead.

We talk until the sun rises.
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A/N
Sorry if this was a bit difficult to follow in the beginning Tyler and Josh's point of views were supposed to be at the same time when they're by themselves, and then they morph into Josh's perspective once they meet. Thanks for reading. Bye!