Fresh Start (Tyrus) || Andi Mack

Five // Cyrus

Okay, what? TJ is my soulmate? I don't know what to think. I mean, yeah, I like him but I just met him. Oh gosh. What if he finds out that we're soulmates and he freaks out and I scare him off? I've got to keep this a secret. Yeah, that's what I'll do for now. It's for the best.

But wait, I called him Scary Cafeteria Guy...that means he'll have a mark too! Ugh. He's probably already seen it and is going to avoid me now. Just my luck. Alright, just calm down. Maybe he hasn't seen it yet, I think. Don't panic. Just go with the flow. See what happens.

•••

The next day after school, I get a text from TJ.

TJ: hey. wanna come over
n play mario cart?
delivered 2:36 pm

Wait, now what do I do? I don't want to make a fool of myself, but I also really like him and want to hang out with him. But we're also soulmates so I mean it can't be that bad, right?

Muffin: sure, right now?
delivered 2:38 pm

TJ: yeah if u want.
delivered 2:39 pm

Muffin: ok whats ur address
delivered 2:39 pm

TJ: {current location sent}
delivered 2:39 pm

Muffin: oh cool we live on
the same street. omw
read 2:40 pm

I quickly yell upstairs to my mom that I'm going to a friend's.

"Okay honey, have fun!" she shouts back.

I slip my shoes on and put on my jacket and then head out the door. As I'm walking down the sidewalk, I mentally prepare myself for when I see TJ. I can't stutter, blush, or say anything weird. I have to keep my cool. And whatever happens, I cannot let TJ know about my soulmate mark before he admits his.

Once I get to his house, I walk up the steps and carefully knock on the door. Immediately the door opens and I see TJ standing there with a big grin on his face.

"Hey Cyrus, come on in," he tells me.

I follow him inside and take my coat off. He hangs it up for me while I pull my shoes off.

"So, where are we gon-" I start to ask, but he cuts me off.

"Right this way, the game system is downstairs."

"Oh, alright," I say before walking behind him towards the basement door.

When we get there, he turns on the console and puts in the game disc. He hands me a controller and we select our characters.

•••

After we finish playing Mario Cart, he suggests we play truth or dare. So we both sit down on the couch and he gestures for me to start.

"Okay, truth or dare?" I ask him.

"Dare," he answers.

"I dare you to... sing the theme song to Phineas and Ferb," I smirk.

"Fine, but I'm warning you, I'm not a good singer," he informs me, before proceeding to sing the song.

When he finishes. I applaud him, adding in a little "whoo!" for fun.

"TJ, that was amazing!" I tell him honestly.

He rolls his eyes and says, "whatever."

"You should have faith in yourself, Mr. 'not-a-good-singer'. You're great at singing," I insist.

"Alright, okay," he says, annoyed. "Truth or dare?"

"Um...truth."

"Do you have a crush?"

That killed me.

Okay, not actually. But it was very hard to hold back my panic. I bite the left side of my lip and take a deep breath before replying.

"Yeah," I respond in a small voice.

"Okay. Your turn," he tells me casually. Well that wasn't as disastrous as I thought it would be.

"Oh, right," I mentally facepalm. "T-truth or dare?"

I take a sharp breath after realizing I just stuttered. How stupid can you get? I scold myself in my head.

"Truth."

"Why were you expelled from your old school?"

"How did you know I was expelled?"

My eyes widen as I realize I might've just overstepped.

"I'm sorry, I guess I just assumed since I saw you in the cafeteria but not in my class. You don't have to answer if you don't-"

"It's okay," he interrupts me. "I got expelled for beating someone up. But I only did it because the person I punched was bullying another kid. I couldn't let them get away with it."

"Oh. Well that's nice you did that for the kid. But you could get a teacher if that happens again. I don't think anyone should be hurt."

"I know, I should have done that instead. I sort of have a bit of an anger problem but I'm trying to get better. This situation just made me feel really bad I guess and I felt like I had to do something immediately." His eyes look- hurt? Like something happened to him. I feel bad for bringing this up.

"I'm sorry for asking, I didn't realize," I apologize. "Anyway, it's your turn if you want to keep going."

"Don't worry, it's alright. And yeah I'll take my turn now," he responds. "Truth or dare?"

•••

"Do you have your soulmate mark yet?" TJ asks me, about half an hour into the game.

Remind me why I agreed to play this game? I should have known something would go wrong.

"Yes."

"Okay, it's your turn."

"Wait, TJ..." I start.

"What's wrong?" he asks me, concerned.

"I have to tell you something," I gulp. It's now or never.

"Oh." He looks uncomfortable. "What is it?"

"Um....I like you. And um, my-my soulmate mark says...muffin," I tell him, nervously.

"I know," he whispers, closing his eyes.

"What?" I say, the words barely escaping my mouth in a scratchy voice.

"Mine says scary cafeteria guy," he mutters, eyes still closed. Great, just great. He's upset. I've ruined everything. I shouldn't have said anything.

"I'm sorry," I tell him sadly in a small voice. "I just...shouldn't have told you."

"Don't apologize. It had to be brought up at some point. I like you too...I'm just not ready," he tells me, looking defeated.

"Why not?" I ask, before realizing it sounded rude. "I'm-I'm sorry I didn't mean-"

"Please just go."

"But TJ I-"

"Leave, Cyrus. I'll talk to you another time." He sounds irritated but at the same time his voice is breaking.

"I'm sorry," I whisper out once more before running upstairs and out the front door.

•••

I'M CRINGING SO BADLY AT THE OVERDRAMATIZATION IN THIS CHAPTER.

I wrote this chapter like half a year ago or more okay so don't judge😂

Also sorry for the cliffhanger. But there's only two days between chapters so you'll probably be fine lol