A/N: Wave's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about him. Everything single thing he did seemed to draw me to him even more.

I was scared to let him in. He was too fragile and too delicate that one wrong move and he could snap in half. I was afraid to let him in because he couldn't handle my toxic world.

He was frail, too frail for an average seventeen year old. He had golden brown hair which curled at the end, deep blue eyes that looked like the ocean. He wasn't very tall, he only reached up to my shoulder, probably 5'5.

I knew from the very first time I saw him Walk up to our lunch table that he was broken. His deep blue eyes were dull and lifeless. He put on a facade that could fool anyone into thinking that he was fine, but I had seen through it, His smiles never seemed to reach his eyes.

He was just like me. Broken and depressed but in a different way,whereas he was fragile and nice, I was toxic and full of anger and unresolved trauma.

I wanted to protect him from the very moment I laid my eyes on him. At first, I couldn't understand why I was drawn to him but later on I understood that I was attracted to him. Hell, I was so confused because I had always thought I was straight. I had never been attracted to any boy up until he showed up at my school.

But then who would protect me? Who would save me from myself? No one, so I decided to stay closed off and pushed away anyone that came close to me.

The only people I had kept close was my best friend Caleb, Martin , penny and Evie. But still I felt like they didn't know me at all. It wasn't there fault though because I never showed them my broken side and I wasn't planning on showing it to them anytime sooner.

But then Skylar came around and my walls began to crumble. I wanted him so much but I knew better than to taint him with my fucked up world.

I tried everything in my power to make him hate me, but it wasn't enough because he kept on trying to get close to me.

I knew he was broken but I never realized it was that deep, his breakdown back at Caleb's backyard showed me just how much he needed redemption, but I couldn't be the one to redeem him because I was also faced with my inner demons that took me deep into the abyss with no a way out.

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I managed to avoid him the whole day at school. I didn't Want to talk about what transpired three days ago. Because talking about it would only make me involved and I didn't want to be tangled up with him, I wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

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School ended and I decided to go to the bathroom to take a piss before I'd head over to my car. The school was quiet since everyone had already left.

I was perplexed when I entered the school's bathroom. I found Carter and his football jerk friends beating up some unfortunate kid that was curled up on the floor.

They seemed startled when I entered and then they fled to the hallway before I could process what was happening.

I stepped closer to the body and was completely dumbfounded when I saw that it was Skylar. I felt a lot of different emotions swell inside of me. Anger, guilty, sadness and fear

My hands started trembling, I didn't know what to do. Skylar was unconscious and badly bruised.

I willed myself to stay focused and ran over to the sink to collect some water. I sprinkled water over his face but he wasn't waking up. I started to panic.

Fuck what am I going to do now.

I carried him in my hands and started to exit the school to my car so that I could drive him to the hospital him.

I was almost at the parking lot when he moved in my arms and his eyes flattered open. We locked eyes for a few seconds shock evident in his eyes finding himself carried by me.

He looked like he had too many questions but instead decided not to say anything and just looked away.

" hey are you okay?"

Foolish how can I ask him that when it's clear as day light that he isn't okay.

I inwardly facepalm.

" I'm fine." He said avoiding eye contact.

"No you are not," I chuckled half-heartedly , "I'm taking you to the hospital."

He tensed at my request.

"No I'm okay you don't have to..."

"Dude your whole face is bruised, you need to seek medical attention right no-"

" I said I'm fine." He said with tiredness evident in his tone.

"Fine I'll drive you home then."

"I don't want to go home right now."

"Why...?"

"I ...I don't want anyone to worry." He said looking down at his laps.

" can I take you over to mine so that I can clean your wounds?" I asked nervously.

Warning bells went off in my head at my proposal but I Ignored them and shoved then at the back of my head.

He just nodded and settled back into my chest. I found the action really cute.

"Can you text Evie and tell her that I'm spending the day at yours?"
"B-but don't tell her what happened, I don't want her to be worked up over this." He almost sounded desperate when he said that part .

"Will do."

I carried him over to my car and settled him in the front passenger seat. And for the record,he weighed nothing.

The ride back to my house was uncomfortably silent. The tension between the two of us was very thick you could cut through it with a knife.

"C-can you play some music?" Skylar broke the awkward tension.

"Okay. What type of music?"

"Anything actually."

His voice sounded so hoarse and tired. It made he grip the steering wheel so hard my knuckles turned white.

"I'll beat those jerks that did this to you." Internally promised myself.

I nodded. I took my phone and scrolled through the music app and settled for my NF playlist.

"You listen to NF?" he asked almost surprised.

"His my favorite."

"No way!!" He smiled," his my favorite too."

His smile did somethings to me. I'd never seen him genuinely smile before. He looked very cute and is always lifeless blue eyes shown with delight.

I mirrored his smile and we both sang along to the songs all the way to my house.

And at that point ,I was a lost cause.

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