BBS one-shots

Daithidewildcat - Blind pt. 2

After meeting "the guys" David found himself just a happier person; his depression spells were rarer and his social anxiety wasn't nearly as bad as it had been before.

He was finally feeling like he was wanted.

He had gotten really close with everyone, sharing secrets and telling funny stories from their childhoods, even if David couldn't go too far into detail with his. He was, however, getting especially close to a certain someone in particular. From the beginning, Tyler had caught David's attention so it was no surprise that he and Tyler had grown closer than anyone else in their small group. David had even admitted some secrets to Tyler that he never told Evan.

Tyler and David even stayed up into the early AM hours talking after everyone else went to sleep just to enjoy each other's company. All of this was only possible because of Evan teaching David what to listen for and click on to get into calls by himself without help, which was a little less embarrassing for David so he didn't have to ask for help getting into a private chat with Tyler, which they surprisingly did more often than not.

David was really happy to finally have someone to talk to about more personal things, it's not that he didn't trust Evan or Jon, it's just that when he wanted to talk about not having a soulmate yet he wanted to talk to someone about it who could relate, and Tyler never had a problem with going into a three-hour discussion about finding soulmates and just life without one. David always loved his and Tyler's practically scheduled late-night chats.

That is until Tyler had something important to tell the group.

"Hey what's up, man? You said you had something important to tell us?" Brock asked concerned. David had eventually figured out that Brock was more of the mom friend of the group, and Brian naturally fitting into the father-like friend. It made them the dynamic duo soulmates.

"Uh yeah," Tyler started, he sounded nervous and a little sad to David's observation. This rose David's slight anxiety more than when Tyler said he had important news of some sort. "So I won't be able to talk much with you guys for a while because I have to go and stay with my parents for a couple of months. My dad injured his back badly and my mom can't take care of him 24/7 and work her full-time job at the same time so I'm going to lend a hand. I might be gone anywhere between one week to four months."

At that, David's heart sunk, not only sad for Tyler's father, who he had somehow managed to meet one night and befriended pretty quickly, but also because his saving grace is leaving for god knows how long.

"Hey, it's alright Ty, your parents need all the help they can get, we completely understand," Marcel reassured, everyone quietly agreeing. After that everyone decided they'd take the day off from discord and just relax.

David just sat there, in front of his computer silently, thinking. Was he going to be able to make it through all those weeks without Tyler? God did that sound pathetic to him but Tyler was unlike anyone David had ever met, he was kind, understanding, and always helped David with things. Some nights Tyler would just close his eyes and try to explain what certain things looked like, and David would just sit there and smile, imagining all these things to Tyler's calming voice. No one else ever did that for him.

David was quickly brought out of his thoughts by a ringing sounding from his computer. Someone was calling him on discord.

"Hey David," Tyler greeted quietly once David finally managed to answer his call. "Look, I'm sorry for leaving on such a short notice but I promise if I have time I will try and call."

"It's okay Tyler you don't need to call me at all and don't apologise for having to go help out with family, they come first," David reassured, he desperately tried to keep the sadness out of his words and off his face.