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When Tyler wakes up, the sun is out and shining right onto his face.

It takes him a minute for his mind to settle. Looking around the room he realizes he's not at home. He's covered in a quilt, and there is a cup of tea beside him on the coffee table.

It's josh's living room, it's cozy and warm and he can hear chattering in the other room.

Tyler gets up, he's wearing the same clothes and the blood is still stained on his skirt. He grabs the cup and takes it to the hallway where he makes his way towards the kitchen.

When he opens the door he first sees the table, it's clean and there aren't any blood stains but Tyler pictures Josh laying there in agony and it makes him feel terrible. He freezes a little, but his attention averts to Mari and Elis who are sitting on the stools at the counter.

"H-hello." Tyler mumbles. "Good morning."

"Good afternoon, actually." Mari smiles. "We called your mother and let her know you spent the night. We also told her what happened."

"Okay..." Tyler nods, he thinks he might start crying again. "Wh-where's Josh?"

"He's in his bed, he's resting." Elis says, playing with the ring on her hand. "He's okay, if you're wondering. He's just asleep."

"Come sit." Mari gets up from her seat and lets Tyler sit in her stool while she decided to cut some fruit.

Tyler sits beside Elis, awkwardly, sipping his tea. "Thank you for the tea."

"It's no problem Tyler." Elis smiles.

Tyler nods. He then thanks Mari for the plate of fruit she puts in front of him.

"I-is Josh really okay?" Tyler asks, trying to be as polite as possible but it was impossible for him to sit in his chair and not think about Josh. Josh meant so much to him. "I'm just- I just feel so bad and I care about josh so much and I didn't mean for any of that to happen I just-"

Elis puts a hand on Tylers shoulder. "Don't feel bad. Josh is fine, I gave him stitches and he's gonna be in a little pain for a few weeks but he's gonna be fine. He's strong." Elis smiles, seeing that it somewhat calmed Tyler down. "When you feel better and calm, do you think you can tell us what happened exactly?"

"Y-yeah." Tyler gulps. "We were in the meadow and we found this tree, and so we were sitting on the branches and um- josh was a little close to me and I guess those three boys thought we were kissing or something but we weren't. And-and I got mad because they were making fun of Josh and me and I knew they have hurt him before and- and it made me so angry. I've never felt so angry so I kept arguing with them and then one of them lunged at me and Josh tried to protect me but then they had a knife and they hurt him so much and I-I didn't know what to do." Tyler sniffles and shakes and that guilty feeling comes back in his throat, he feels utterly terrible, and all he wants is to kill those boys for trying to take away josh and hurting him and scaring him.

"Hey it's okay." Mari rubs Tylers back. "This isn't your fault. It's just them, those stupid boys. They're stuck and they're scared shitless of boys like you and Josh."

"Yeah, plus, Josh never learns. He always puts himself in dangerous situations for people he loves. So don't say sorry anymore okay? Because Josh won't let you, and it's not your fault." Elis points at the fruit. "Now eat your fruit. When you're done I'll give you a change of clothes."

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Tyler finishes his fruit quickly, he's in a spare bedroom upstairs changing into one of Joshs pair of old basketball shorts and one of Joshs t-shirts that said 'Rugrats.'

He walks down the hallway and stop in front of josh's room, peeking inside to see that josh was sleeping, and he looked okay. His eyes weren't swelling, except the left one did look a bit puffy. He only had a few scabs on his chin and cheek and his wounds were covered in large white bandages.

Tyler wants to cry again, but he doesn't because he's already gonna cry when josh wakes up.

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It's around two p.m, Tyler is sitting on the couch looking out the window, waiting for Josh to wake up.

"You know, you're josh's only friend."

Tyler smiles, Mari sits beside him and looks out the window as well.

"I know, he's such a loser. But then again, he's my only friend too so we are both losers." This makes Mari laugh. "Actually he's friends with all the old people and all the cashiers, did you know that?"

That makes Mari laugh harder, shaking her head. "He's a dork. He never liked anybody his own age. I was scared for a second."

"Why?" Tyler watches a butterfly land on the rise in front of the window.

"I think for a while Josh wanted to be alone. He's been hurt for so long. I'm just happy to see him happy. I don't think he likes being alone anymore. He wants to see you all the time you know? Plus he never shuts up about you. I'm starting to hate the sound of your name."

Tyler giggles and blushes. "He's still kinda scared. I can tell he doesn't want to get too close to me. But that's okay. I'll wait."

"Thank you." Mari smiles and hugs Tylers arm.

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Josh wakes up at four pm, in pain and obviously extremely confused and once he gulps down painkillers and lets Mari put a wet cloth on his forehead, he's looking around the room.

He's searching for Tyler, of course and he's about to ask for him and he's terrified that those stupid boys hurt Tyler too but before he can say anything, Tyler is standing at the doorway behind Elis.

He tries to sit up, but then a sharp pain shoots through his body and he groans, Elis shushes him and shakes her head.

"Don't move okay? You need to stay in bed. How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling perfect actually, never been better, thanks for asking." Josh smiles and Mari rolls her eyes.

"You're a whole idiot you know that? You need to stop picking fights with boys that lack brains, they stabbed you Josh." Elis looks angry but she also looks so sad. "When are you gonna learn?"

"Honestly? Never. I will never learn. And to be fair, they pick fights with me. This is the first time I initiated it though." Josh laughs and then groans again. "Don't be mad at me okay?"

"I'm gonna be mad at you. We're all mad at you." She glares and gets up from the edge of the bed, taking Maris hand and letting Tyler come inside the room.

"Even you Tyler? Are you mad at me?" Josh smiles and Tyler can't help but smile too, but quickly he starts crying and that terrible feeling comes back again. Seeing Josh in a pool of blood all because of him makes his heart swell up.

"Fairy..." Josh shakes his head and reaches his arm out to grab Tylers dainty wrist, pulling him closer so he sat on the space beside him. "Fairy, don't cry. Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm stupid! You could've died if I hadn't just shut up and listened to you! I'm sorry Josh."

"You're not stupid, you were just being yourself. It's okay. Don't be sorry because I was planning to kick their asses the minute they got there. You know that right? The second they looked at you in a bad way I wanted to hurt them." Josh is still holding Tylers wrist, and he pulls him closer to let Tyler lay against his shoulder and cry. "Even though I obviously lost the fight, I would seriously do it again and you know that."

"I'm not letting you do that again. I'll be so mad at you. I won't talk to you if you do that again."

"Are you wearing my shirt?" Josh laughs. "Tyler I wore that when I was like, ten or something."

"Well it fits me fine." Tyler snuggles and wipes his tears away. "Why are you laughing?"

"Because! Those are kid clothes!" Josh winced at the pain. "You're so tiny."

"I'm not tiny! I'm tall."

"I'm taller than you?" Josh giggles. "Plus, you're still tiny. You're small and cute."

"Shut the fuck up." Tyler sticks his tongue out and gets up, opening Joshs window and reaching his hand out to grab a flower from the fruit tree.

Tyler cups the flower and whispers a tiny verse, then brings the flower over to Josh and puts it on his forehead. "Don't move it, okay?"

"Okay, fairy."

Tyler smiles and sits beside josh's again.
"I feel like a little boy in these fucking clothes. Why'd you have to have such a terrible taste in clothing? I mean, basketball shorts? Really?"

"Go fuck yourself tyler." Josh laughs and shakes his head. "When I get better I'll let you dress me up. How about that?"

"I was gonna force you to let me anyway." Tyler giggles and so does Josh.

They sit in the silent room comfortably for a while, Josh leaning his head back and closing his eyes while Tyler say there and watched him. Tyler felt so much for him. He wanted to ask about what josh was planning to do before those boys showed up and beat him. He wants to ask if Josh still doesn't want Tyler to kiss him, he wants to ask why he used to love being alone and he wants to ask why he lunged at Terran if he knew tyler had it all under control.

But most of all, he wants to ask Josh about what Mari said. He wants to ask him what she meant when she said 'boys like you and josh'. What kind of boys were they? Boys that loved each other? Boys that understood the world and weren't afraid of boys that didn't have brains? What kind of boys were they? Normal boys? Tyler wants to know.

He doesn't ask any of these questions. Instead he sits there until josh falls asleep. Then he walks home and he stands in the middle of town and casts a spell, a spell that'll make sure one day, those boys get what they deserve for doing what they did to his Josh.

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hi again :0 I just realized how many reads this story has and I'm losing my mind. I want to hug all of u. seriously.

also when they play dress up >>>>> I can't wait to publish more chapters

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