Melanie flickered with her gaze, but didn't interrupt him
"They told me I'm weak. I cried over the smallest of things. I used to have a lot of feelings, and they had to come out in some way"
"You used to?"
Tyler chuckled "Have I ever been acting emotional around you?"
Melanie smiled and shook her head
"Not really"
Tyler touched his band-aids on his palms "For years I've practiced to stop crying. I've become more red. I've put up fronts so the world can't see how vulnerable I actually am."
"So instead you're bitter and angry?"
Tyler pulled himself up from the ground, and brushed off some dirt
Melanie did the same
He didn't answer her question, but told her something else
"Do you know why I feel so attracted to you?"
Melanie started smiling, her cheeks blushing
"Why?" she giggled
"You understand me"
"How?"
"They called me mr. Misty-eyed. And they call you Crybaby. We're connected in that way. We don't fit in the norms, we're not what people expect us to be"
"Misfits?"
Tyler shrugged
"Freaks?" Melanie instead asked "We're freaks, right?"
"Maybe. We're just . . . not like them. Not like everyone else. And that's good"
"How is it good not to be like everyone else? How can it be positive to not be normal?"
"We're not normal to them. But we don't have to be. We make our own kind of normal. I think I'm normal, and I think you're normal too. Though, I'm the only one who thinks that . . ."
Melanie suddenly reached her hand out to touch Tyler's cheek
He flinched at first, but quickly touched her back
"You're normal to me, Tyler"
His skin felt delicate under her fingertips, like cotton
Melanie took a step towards him, and their breaths got heavier
Tyler had never really wrapped his arms around Melanie's waist like this
But right now it felt just right
Tyler pulled away some of Melanie's hair from her face
They studied each other for a while
Tyler's eyes were bright
Sickeningly sweet
Like honey
Melanie drowned
The honey in his eyes seemed to catch Melanie like glue
Even how hard she'd try, she'd never succeed to get out of that honey glue
As if she'd ever want to
Tyler licked his lips and kissed Melanie on the mouth
The kiss was sweeter than all the honey in the world
And they kissed for longer than what was appropriate
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✔ babyface - mel & ty
Fanfiction♤♧♤♧ and the prince of the playground whispered in her ear all the sweet little things she wanted to hear "I've got you under my thumb, baby girl" crybaby x blurryface trigger warning
