Hounded

46. We'll figure it out

Tyler laid there until it got dark out so he could open his eyes without the light hurting them. then he pushed himself up. He sniffled softly and stood up on shaky legs, it was difficult to get up due to the lack of his arms. He trotted upstairs and sat on the bed. He sat trying to think of a way to get the handcuffs off.

It took a while but he managed to manover his arms down and around his legs, so that his hands were now in front of him. He then went to find a paper clip to try to pick the lock like he seen on tv once. That took him another little while but eventually he was free from them and he got ready to go to sleep. He was exhausted.

The next day he decided it would be best just to stay in the house for a while, knowing the police will be on the lookout for him. He was bored out of his mind for the next few weeks. He didnt leave the house once, not even to go out in the backyard. He was too scared of getting caught.

He zoned out still though. He was scared he was gonna zone out and go do something bad again while he was. He hasn't yet though and the amount of times hes been zoning out has lessened over the last couple weeks. Hes been getting more migraines though and hes really tempted to go out to get pain killers but he doesnt.

He wished he could get stoned but he couldnt do that either. Hes still very hypersensitive to everything but he doesnt have his headphones or sunglasses anymore so hes learned to deal with it. Hes adjusted to it a bit and it's not as bad as it was but he still wishes he had his sunglasses and headphones so his day wouldn't be as stressful.

He was asleep one day when the front door was being opened. He opened his eyes to the sound and sat up in bed, squinting his eyes and wincing slightly at the light. He teleported himself over to the stairs and went down only far enough to see the door. There was people there but it was so bright that he couldnt see any faces and that frustrated him greatly.

He heard voices and they sounded familiar. "Josh?" He whispered to himself. He crept down the stairs more as the group of people headed into the kitchen. "Everythings probably gone bad by now." The voice that sounded like Josh's said.

It was quiet for a moment. "Or not? I dont know where this stuff came from." The voice said. Tyler bit his lip. He was contemplating going out to see if it was actually josh or not. A part of was hoping it was because he missed Josh but another part of him wishes it wasnt cause he didnt want Josh mad at him.

He sighed softly and walked back up the stairs quietly. He sat himself down on the edge of the bed and fought with himself. He could go down and see and if it is Josh he could hug him and kiss him but Josh also might not want that because hes mad at Tyler for hurting dix. He might not even want to see Tyler ever again.

Tyler sniffled, starting to tear up as he remembered how he felt when he first left, how unwanted he felt and how much of a disappointment he felt like. He remembered the look on Josh's face and dixs cries and whimpers. He remembered momma Dun raising her voice at him. He hated all of it.

He sat for a bit until his stomach growled. He sighed and got back up after a few more minutes. He headed back over to the stairs, slowly creeping down them again. Everyone was in the livingroom now so he crept into the kitchen. As quietly as possible he opened the cupboard and grabbed the last few pieces of bread he had left to make himself a peanut butter sandwhich.

He grabbed a bottle of water and a chocolate bar before going to go back upstairs. He stopped when dix was standing in the doorway. "Tyur?" Dix asked. Tyler didnt know what to do. He just stood there staring at the boy. Dix sniffled softly and walked over, hugging tyler tightly. "Miss you." Dix croaked.

Tyler took a shaky breath. "Miss you tyur" Dix said, tears in his eyes. Tyler sighed, himself starting to tear up. He let himself give in to his feelings instead of running again and hugged dix back. "I missed you too." He whispered. Dix pulled back and grabbed Tyler's hand that wasnt holding his food and tugged on it.

"Come." He said. Tyler shook his head. "Josh is mad at me." He whispered. Dix furrowed his eyebrows then shook his head. "Come." He repeated tugging Tyler more harshly. Tears slipped down Tyler's cheeks and he sniffled but he let dix drag him into the living room.

"Dix hunny what are you-" momma Dun cut herself off when she seen who was with dix. Josh looked dup as well, his eyes widening before he pushed himself up off the couch and ran over. Tyler had his head down, still ashamed of himself but Josh was picking him up and hugging him tightly.

Tyler let himself fully cry then. "Holy shit Tyler stop disappearing like that on me." Josh said, pulling back to kiss him. "I'm sorry." Tyler sobbed softly. "Shh shhh it's okay. I missed you so much. Dont do that to me." Josh said. "Missed you." Tyler sniffled. "Where have you been?" Josh asked. "Here." Tyler replied, burying his face in Josh's neck.

"I-I came here lookin for you weeks ago and you werent here." Josh said. Tyler was crying harder then, reminded of the things he did. "Shh shhh you're okay." Josh said rubbing his back and walking back over to the couch to sit down with Tyler in his lap.

"Shh shh what's wrong?" Josh asked. "I'm bad I-i did something bad" tyler cried. "What do you mean hunny?" Momma Dun asked. Tylrr sniffled and teleported himself upstairs to get the money he stole then teleported himself back down into Josh's lap.

He handed josh the money still crying. "Whered you get this?" Josh asked. Tyler took a shaky breath, his bottom lip wobbling slightly. "I-.. I took it." He said. "You took it? From where?" Josh asked. "A store. I took that and more." Tyler whispered.

"You robbed a store?" Jksh asked, completely shocked that Tyler would do something like that. Tyler sniffled again but nodded. "Please dont be more mad at me." He whispered. "More mad? What do you mean I wasnt mad to start with." Josh said. "You were mad at me because I hurt dix. I-I didnt mean to. I dont even re-memeber it I-i dont know what happened-and it happens alot and-I did another bad thing but I-i dont know what it was." Tyler said shakily.

"Tyler I'm not mad about that anymore... and why didnt you talk to me about it? Why did you leave like that?" Josh asked. "I got scared."tyler sniffed. "Jesus ty." Josh whispered. "Are you mad at me for taking the money and stuff?" Tyler asked.

"I-.. I'm not mad... but that's not okay. You cant do that." Josh said. "I almost got arrested too... I dont know what happened though." Tyler said. "We'll figure it out okay? We'll get it all figured out and sorted out. Everything will be okay. Okay?" Josh asked. "Promise?" Tyler sniffled. "Promise." Josh whispered.

(Does anyone still read this?)