"Tyler? "

The boy sat slouching over his desk, Tyler's forehead pressing against his textbook that he didn't even bother to open even though the lesson had started twenty minutes ago. Tyler didn't even twitch. He didn't flinch at the mention of his name like he used to do before. The boy used to bite his nails anxiously afraid that he might get an answer wrong. He tried to stop at the top of his class. Not anymore, though. He just didn't care.

"What's the point of living if you're gonna die anyway? "

Tyler quoted that way too often and it became weird. He became that weird emo guy who's always gloomy and depressed, hates the world and everyone around him. And what happens to those weird kids that don't fit in anymore? They get picked on. A lot. For no apparent reason. Tyler got picked on just because he wore black. He got picked on just because he wore a feminine looking necklace all the time. The boy got bullied by the people he used to call friends. Later Tyler realized that they weren't his friends in the first place just another group of assholes.

"Tyler? "

The voice was familiar, it echoed in his mind.

"Tyler? " the voice was harsher "Tyler,   are you sleeping in class? "

The boy lifted his head up slowly and looked around. Yeah, he was sleeping in class but the boy couldn't give less fucks. He sat straight in his seat but soon lowered his head, sitting straight was too much effort. Tyler felt everyone staring every time he lifted his head up, he could see everyone glancing at him so the boy kept his low profile.

"Yeah. " the boy answered in a groggy voice

"Why?" the teacher put her book down "Is everything okay?"

"No." Tyler let out a sleepy groan and placed his head on the desk

The teacher looked concerned. She fixed her glasses and walked up to Tyler. He didn't move. The teacher stood next to him hoping that the boy would lift his head up but Tyler had more important stuff to do than talk to teachers. Stuff like... Sleeping. He was tired. Tired all the time. Tired of everything. Each day was a torture, he couldn't wait to come back home so he could go back to sleep. It felt like the whole universe was collapsing on him, putting a cruel weight on his shoulders and telling Tyler to carry it but it was just too heavy.

"Tyler, you're falling behind, if you don't-"

"-Get a grip I'm afraid I'll have to call your parents." Tyler finished the teacher's sentence and lifted his head up "Yeah, I know, you told me that a hundred times."

"I'm just trying-"

"Well maybe you should just stop? " Tyler cut the teacher off again

"You're my student and-"

"Exactly. " Tyler's voice grew in volume "So you should keep your nose out of my business because i don't need your help. "

"Tyler If you don't fix your attitude... "

Tyler stood up quickly making the desk slide a little bit. The whole class turned around to look at him. Tyler stood towering over the teacher, gritting his teeth.

"I'm already gone. " the boy murmured and grabbed his backpack

"I'm gonna mark you absent! " The teacher yelled after Tyler

"I'm already gone. " Tyler murmured as he walked away from the classroom he was in

The library was locked. Tyler rolled his eyes and walked to the school cafeteria. The worst place for an emo kid who always got picked on. Tyler didn't care that he was being bullied, he couldn't give a shit about his reputation an didn't try to hit back but this time the bullies had stepped over the line Tyler had drawn.

Tyler cringed at the sound of the bell, it was one of the worst sounds in the world. He stared at his fried chicken till the ringing stopped. After the bell had done screeching Tyler still herd it in his head for a few minutes, the sound of a school bell always have him a headache.

Tyler sensed a group of people coming towards him. The boy sighed and ate his chicken before someone could slam his face into the mashed potatoes.

"What's up, gaylord? "

Tyler lifted his head up, the chicken was far more interesting that a face he saw in front of him. The dude looked like the moon. Not that he was pale or gorgeous. His skin was like the surface of the moon, littered various size craters, in the dude's case, the craters were his zits.

Tyler continued chewing his food. The blonde moon faced dude didn't like being ignored. He glanced at his friend and the boy snatched Tyler's food tray and threw it on the floor.

"Whoops. " the crater face pouted "Looks like you'll have to eat it off the floor. "

"Is that what your mom told you? " Tyler murmured with a weak smirk on his face and took out a granola bar out of his backpack.

The bully furrowed his brows angrily. Tyler knew that the whole cafeteria was looking at them, waiting for something to happen. The zit dude snatched Tyler's granola bar and threw it across the cafeteria. Tyler stared at the treat with sad eyes as it flew in the air.

"Go fetch.  "

"Leve him alone, asshat! " Tyler heard a feminine voice

"Oh, look, your mom came to help. " the bully teased

"Shut the fuck up, Henry, at least he has a mom. " A masculine voice sneered making the bully clench his jaw angrily

Brendon sat next to Tyler and placed his food on the table. Melanie stomped across the cafeteria and pushed past Henry who was clearly pissed. Tyler sighed, now everyone was definitely looking at him. He traced his fingers across the necklace around his neck, it calmed him down.

"Oh, look who it is. " Henry scoffed "His emo nerd friends."

"Piss off, you cum stain." Brendon rolled his eyes "If I wanted to see a moon I would look out the window."

"Guys, stop..." Tyler said quietly

"He need his nerd friends to defend him because he's too much of a pussy to defend himself." Henry laughed

Tyler kept tracing his finger around the necklace, he pressed his finger harder against the ragged edge, trying to calm down as much as he could.

"He at least has friends. He doesn't need to bully people into being friend with him. " Melanie scoffed

"You shut your mouth-"

"Or what? " Melanie let out a sarcastic chuckle "You're gonna beat me up? Square up then. "

Henry shut his mouth instead of Melanie but couldn't keep it shut for long.

"You're gonna cry again, Joseph? " one of Henry's friends smiled

"Yeah, like you cried during biology when the teacher talked about whales." Henry sneered "Does the ocean make you sad? Oh, poor baby.  "

Tyler bit his lip repeatedly and pressed his finger harder against the shell. He was trying to keep the tears from coming out.

"Stop talking. " Melanie hissed

"Why do you cry over pictures of water, Joseph? " Henry laughed

Tyler was silent. He hated that his friends had to defend him because he couldn't do that himself. He clenched the necklace in his fists so hard tht he felt the ragged edge cut into his skin drawing out blood. Tyler bit the insides of his cheeks feeling blood coat the inside of his clenched fist.

"He was just sad, okay? " Melanie's voice trembled slightly

"Yeah, sad because his faggot boyfriend drowned himself. "

Tyler stood up so quickly that his head started spinning but he didn't care. Tyler grabbed his food tray that was on the table and appeared in front of Henry in three seconds. The boy didn't even know how he did that but he did that. Tyler smacked Henry with the food tray across the face so violently that the sound of his skin meeting the cool aluminum surface was heard across the school.

The bully staggered backwards and feel on the floor. Tyler straddled hi and grabbed the boy's collar.

"Tyler! " the brunette heard his teacher's voice

He punched Henry in the face, he felt the bully's pudgy lip tear under the pressure, it wasn't just Tyler's blood on his hand now. The brunette held Henry's collar as he punched him in the face repeatedly. Tyler's clenched fist collided with Henry's face rapidly, with the strength Tyler didn't know he had.

The boy would've beaten Henry to death but Brendon stepped in and pulled Tyler off of Henry. He shrugged Brendon's hands off and pushed the boy aside.

"Tyler, chill. " Brendon tried to calm him down

"Don't tell me what to do. "

"I think he had enough. " Brendon glanced at Henry who was laying on the floor unconscious

"So you're on his side now? " Tyler clenched his jaw

"We're on your side but you would've killed him. " Melanie stepped in

"Fuck off. " Tyler snapped

"Tyler... " Brendon sighed

"Wow, we were just trying to help. " Melanie folded her arms over her chest "Jerk.  "

"Whatever..." Tyler mumbled, he was already walking away

Tyler's bloody fist shook, he left a trail of blood droplets in the hall as he walked. Tyler knew that he hurt his arm but refused to go to the nurse. He was going home. Tyler washed his hands and wrapped paper towel around the hand he had cut himself with the sharp edge of the shell.

His once blue necklace now flashed angry red.