ForestExpert: Jared I need help.

CronchCronchCronch: what is it my dude?

ForestExpert: I might've met my soulmate?

CronchCronchCronch: what do you mean "might've"?

ForestExpert: well I mean my timer counted down but I didn't see his

ForestExpert: and he believes he doesn't have one or doesn't need one. And my timer did break a few months ago so it could still be broken even though it stopped counting.

CronchCronchCronch: shit man I'm not sure what to say. Who is this soulmate anyways?

ForestExpert: I'd rather not say. . .

CronchCronchCronch: let me guess.

CronchCronchCronch: it's not Zoe cause you said "he"

CronchCronchCronch: is it. . .

CronchCronchCronch: Mr. school shooter?

ForestExpert: . . . Maybe.

CronchCronchCronch: man I feel bad for you if you are soulmates. He's probably the worst person ever.

ForestExpert: way to make a guy feel great Jared.

ForestExpert: and he might not be that bad. I mean I've never spoke to him except for when he read my letter for therapy and yelled but that doesn't mean he's not nice.

CronchCronchCronch: either way, you're screwed.

CronchCronchCronch: gotta go, dinner time.

ForestExpert: wait don't leave I still need to figure this out.

ForestExpert: Jared?

ForestExpert: please

ForestExpert: talk to you later I guess.

Evan sighed and dropped his phone on his bed, falling back. His face met the soft blankets on his bed. His stomach rumbled. His Mom was working late tonight and there was nothing he liked in the fridge. There was however, a twenty dollar bill on the kitchen counter. But that means he'd have to talk on the phone. Or order it online. But then he'd have to wait awkwardly as the delivery person counted change.

Guess he's not eating tonight.

Since it was the first day of school, there was no homework, meaning there was nothing for Evan to do.

He could watch tv. Or read. Or scroll through YouTube.

That sounded fun and all, but Evan's bed seemed extremely comfortable right now. Evan's eyes drifted shut. He didn't bother standing up to climb under the blankets. He just sort of rolled himself up. Like a burrito. A big, soft burrito.

Evan sighed as he found himself drifting off to sleep.

Evan woke up due to the extreme need to pee. He quickly ran to the bathroom. When he was done, he stepped out of the bathroom and noticed the lights on downstairs. He quietly walked down the stairs.

His Mom stood in the kitchen, looking exhausted. She looked up when she heard a stair creak.

"Hello Evan," Heidi said.

"Oh," Evan said, "hey mom. I thought you didn't get back until eleven?"

"It is eleven." Evan glanced over at the clock on the oven. "I see you didn't eat." Heidi nodded over to the twenty dollars still on the counter.

"I know Mom but you know how it is with the delivery person and the phone call and then the awkward waiting for change and-"

"I know honey," Heidi said softly. "I just don't want you to constantly be hungry when there's no food in the house."

"I-I'm trying, I really am."

"I know Evan. And I'm proud. I am." Heidi walked up to her son. "Now why don't you get to bed, school comes early."

Evan nodded and left the kitchen. He walked upstairs and back to the comfort of his warm bed.

He stared at his timer for a while before drifting back to sleep.

Jared was in the middle of explaining a joke to Evan, but he wasn't paying attention. His mind had wandered to yesterday's events. Connor, his probably soulmate, had yelled at him–twice. Soulmates weren't suppose to do that, right? They were suppose to act kindly to one another, help each other.

"Earth to acorn," Jared said, interrupting Evan's thoughts. "You paying attention?"

"I'm sorry," Evan said, "I didn't hear what you said."

Jared stared at Evan, who was staring off into space again. He followed his line of sight, his frown turning into a smirk.

"Staring at your boyfriend?" he asked. Evan turned red and shook his head. "Go talk to him. Maybe you can sort this whole thing out and start dating."

"He doesn't–I don't–" Jared pushed him forward. "I-I don't like him like that."

Jared rolled his eyes. "Not now but eventually." He grabbed Evan by the shoulders, pushing him over to Connor. "You'll thank me later." He patted his shoulder and left.

Evan stared at the ground, fidgeting with his fingers. Connor stared at him.

"You gonna say something?" Connor asked.

Evan jumped, as if forgetting he was there. "I um, sorry." Because that's how you started a conversation. "I-I know that yo-you don't think you have a soulmate and I'm not saying that I'm the soulmate but maybe you at least want to be friends?"

He closed his eyes, his face burning.

Connor stared at the shorter boy. "Yeah sure," he replied in a bored tone.

Evan looked up. "Really?" He cleared his throat. "I mean, cool. Great. . . I uh." He dug through his backpack, looking for pen and paper. He scribbled down his number, hoping it was readable. "Here." He thrusted the paper to Connor.

Connor took the paper and put it in his pocket. He seemed to get lost in thought before digging through his backpack. He pulled out a sheet of paper. "I walked out with it," he said. Evan looked confused as he took the paper. He quickly scanned it. It was his letter.

"Th-thanks," he mumbled. He stuffed the paper into his backpack. "W-well I should be getting t-to class. Bye C-Connor." He avoided eye contact as he made his way back to Jared.

"So how'd it go?" Jared asked. "You two lovers yet?"

"N-no!" Evan exclaimed, a little too loudly. People looked over. His face burned with embarrassment. "W-we're not like that. I'm not his soulmate and even if I was, we wouldn't be in l-love right away. That takes time."

"Fair point." Jared walked down the hallway. "See you at lunch, Acorn!"

Evan frowned at the nickname. He stared at his cast, a small smile forming on his lips. Friend. Connor Murphy was his friend. He liked the sound of that.

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A/N: alright. Hello people! This is my first attempt at a TreeBros fanfic and I'm not good at romance so bare with me. I decided to go with the timer AU because unlike most of the AUs, in this one you don't know who your soulmate is for sure which leaves room for a shit ton of angst (and there will be a lot of it).

I hope I'm getting the characters right. I've never been too good at that so I'm sorry if they seem out of character at times.

Anyways, you can expect frequent updates because I recently started summer vacation and will have more time to work on this.

I plan to make a Boyf Riends fanfiction but I'm probably going to wait until this one is finished so that I don't have too much to worry about.

I'll hopefully have the next chapter out tomorrow. Also sorry if this chapter sucks. It's two in the morning, I'm tired, and hungry so I can't exactly focus right now.