You Were The Only One | Tyrus

9; Flashbacks

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DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE AND HOMOPHOBIA. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
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~Cyrus's POV~

"Come on Cyrus! We haven't hung out with you in weeks!" Andi pleases over the group call.

"Seriously Cyrus. We just want to hang out." Buffy said to which I scoffed.

They didn't want to hang out. They wanted to talk. To talk about TJ. Every since he yelled at me for checking on him, I've been bitter. I'll admit that. However, I have reason to be. He had been ignoring and avoiding me all before that, and when he finally decides to acknowledge me, he yells at me to get away.

"I just don't feel well. I'm not up to go out." I sighed. I've been bitter and sad about it. We were doing fine. I don't remember doing anything to hurt him. Now he's hurt, so I can't even go and see him because it's not fair to confront him while he's hurting.

"Cyrus, if this is about TJ, we can he-"

"I don't want to talk about HIM!" I snapped and ended the call. I dropped my phone onto my bed next to me, and I groaned.

I hated getting mad. Especially at my friends, but I didn't want to talk about how he's making me feel. I just want it to go away.

I would love to hang out with Andi and Buffy to get my mind off of it all, but I know that that would be all we'd talk about. It's just not something I wanted to go through right now.

My phone started ringing. It was Jonah calling, thankfully. He wouldn't bring up TJ, considering he isn't liking him all too much after him ditching me the day before the deadline and the whole yelling at me thing. I picked up the phone with a better attitude in my voice.

"Hello." I answered.

"Hey Cy-Guy!" He replied happily.

"What's up?" I asked as causally as possible.

"Not much. I'm just super bored. Wanna go do something?" He asked. The distraction was needed.

"Yes please." I said with a little too much excitement.

"Anything in mind?" Jonah asked me. Honestly, I didn't even care. I just needed to occupy my mind.

"It's up to you. I don't really care." I said plainly.

"Wanna come over and watch some movies? I think it's supposed to rain." He suggested. I nodded, but then I realized that he obviously couldn't see me.

"Sounds good. When should I come over?"

"Now if you want! I can come pick you up just in case it starts to rain." He was always willing to pick me up which was nice. If I ever get fat, I blame Jonah for driving me everywhere.

"Sounds good. We should stop and get some snacks too." I replied.

"Sounds awesome!" He exclaimed which made me smile. At least I was going to have a decent time today.

"I'll see you in a bit, JB."

"See you soon Cy-Guy." He said as he hung up.

I got dressed and waited in the living room for Jonah to get to my house.

Another reason I couldn't confront TJ, other than him being hurt, was because he was always hanging out with Reed. Now, I didn't hate Reed. He's always been nice to me since the whole gun thing, and he's heavily shaped up since then, but he's sorta blocking me from making up with TJ.

However, I could never be mad at Reed. He's done a lot for me. He was another friend that I could rely on.

I tried my best to empty TJ from my mind for the day in an attempt to have a good time with Jonah today.