Tyrus One-Shots

College Cheater

No one ever told Cyrus that college would be hard for his relationship. He thought since he and TJ would be attending the same college that they would have more time to be together. Hell, they were roommates and they still never had enough time together. Due to Cyrus' intense seventeen credit class schedule that he piled on himself because he has to be the perfect student, and along with TJ's football training schedule because he wanted to try another sport since basketball season is a while away, it has been a challenge finding any time to be together. They didn't have any courses together and they rarely saw each other around campus.

Cyrus was sitting in the commons area of the student center with his biology textbook and notebook spread out on a table. Each page had various colors of highlighted sections with sticky note tabs on the pages. He was studying for the upcoming project that his professor assigned. He fairly enjoyed that class because science had always been one of his favorite subjects, but he hated that it was an 8 am class and his next one wasn't until noon. He would spend that break between with TJ, but he had his math class.

As he grabbed a blue highlighter, Jonah appeared and sat across from him on the other couch. Jonah brought out his own biology book and started reading.

"You ready for this?" Jonah asked as he also took out the project requirement sheet. "Already a week in and we already have a project. These professors are doing too much. High school never told us it would this like this."

"Yeah," Cyrus said, "but it's really easy."

Jonah looked at Cyrus' intensive notebook and started getting shaky. "That doesn't look like easy after only two meetings. Am I missing something? Am I doing something wrong?"

Before Jonah could begin panicking, Cyrus went over and rubbed his back. "Hey, hey. It's going to be okay. Yeah, my notes are a little too much, but it's how I've been passing the time since I'm not around TJ that often. I'm sorry for getting you worked up."

Jonah took a second to breathe. He ran his hand through his hair as he let out a relieving sigh. "No, bro. It's alright. I need to learn to get myself in control, and I've been trying."

After giving another comforting pat, Cyrus huffed as he laid himself down in exhaustion. "I've been trying so hard to be a good student to make up for being a poor boyfriend."

"Why do you say that? You love TJ. Like, really love him. You're a better boyfriend than I have ever been."

"Thanks," Cyrus said faintly. "However, because of our schedules, I've been missing him so much and I feel like I'm not trying hard enough to see him or to make him happy. I feel like he'll find someone else and will leave me."

Jonah looked at him in confusion. He grabbed his arm and pulled him up. He continued holding his hand as he stared him in the eyes. "Don't say that. Don't think that. You're a great boyfriend, he'll never find someone as wonderful as you. You should see his face every time that he talks about you, he's totally a simp."

Cyrus chuckled. "Thanks for that, but we only ever see each other at most for like three hours out of the day."

"Is there anything you could do to change that?"

"I mean, we could reschedule our project meetings and I could go see one of his practices."

With that, Jonah gathered his stuff and got up. "Then it's settled. I'll work on our project tonight so you can see TJ."

"I don't want to put that much pressure on you," Cyrus said as he stood. "I can do my share."

"Nah, you need boyfriend time. See you later." Jonah walked out of the student center, leaving his friend in a state of confusion.