Missing

Chapter 7

"Connor! Connor, are you okay? It's just a dream, Con!" I awoke to the sound of Jared's frantic voice. My heart was pounding and my face was tear-stained. It took me a few moments to shift out of the daze I was in and recall the turmoil of events that happened in my nightmare.
"Sorry, sorry," I started. "This is um-- this is embarrassing."
"Don't be sorry, are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"No."
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking-- in your dream I mean?"
"It's hard to make sense of them sometimes," I told him simply.
"That's all you're gonna tell me?"
"Yep," I gulped, explaining it would only make things worse. Jared must have seen the weariness on my face and climbed off the bed, dragging a blanket with him, to come lay beside me on the floor. We were sleeping in my room and I agreed to sleep on the floor so he could have my bed. "I think I was dead."
"In the dream?"
"Yeah, I think I killed myself. No one noticed I was gone because Zoe somehow came back and everyone loves Zoe. I was feeling alone-- more than usual, I mean. I didn't have you or Evan or Alana and Zoe was refusing to speak to me so I found a blade and tried to-- I tried to end it. I remember feeling the life slowly drain from me, it was excruciating. Everything ached and I wouldn't fucking die. Even when everything came to a stop, I still wasn't at ease."
"Oh, Connor. I wasn't really sure how to tell you before, but I guess now is a decent time to say it," Jared admitted. This is what he was going to tell me. "Um, so I think you already discovered that, well you know, that I'm gay, like the first time we hung out at the mall with Ev." I nodded, recalling the pin he purchased at Hot Topic. "Well, I might kinda sorta have a crush on you, I just thought you should know. Sorry if this wasn't a good time, I just--"
"Jared, shut up." I interrupted him. My heart was throbbing in my chest while I pulled him against me, resting my chin on his head. "I might kinda sorta have a crush on you too," I whispered.
"Damn, Murphy, I can feel your heart sitting like this."
"Shut up and let me enjoy this moment please."
"Whatever you say," Jared smirked.
"We should probably get some rest."
"Yeah, I guess we probably should."
"Move for a sec," I told Jared who groaned in response before rolling off of me. I laid back down on my floor and wrapped my arms around Jared, pulling him close once again. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."

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Fun fact, I believe when I started this in late 2016 it was originally gonna be a Tree Bros fic but then I became obsessed with Kleinphy and I decided to change it after Chapter 2 I think. Anyway, Chapter 8 is about halfway done and if I get around to finishing it, I'll definitely post it. Updates won't be too consistent but hopefully y'all have enjoyed so far.  Thanks for reading!