✔ babyface - mel & ty

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Memories from Tyler's childhood came flashing before him

He had heard somewhere that once you're on your death bed, your life will pass by your eyes

And you will feel it all over again

And he lay there when Melanie ran away

And when she passed Josh in the door

And when she hit Josh in the chest to push him out of her way

Josh, who had come running when he heard Tyler scream

And he could barely see Josh's face in the dark

But he realized that he needed no one else but him right now

Josh sank down on his knees without a word

He tried touching the knife-

"Don't!"

Josh flinched at Tyler's sudden outburst

Tyler blinked at him "If you take it out I'll bleed to death."

"Tyler," Josh choked. "It's hurting you"

"It's okay," Tyler whispered. "I deserve it. I deserve it so much"

"B-but Tyler," Josh hiccuped. "It can't end like this. Please,"

"It's okay," he repeated. "It's not real anyways"

And so Josh's lips hit Tyler's

He was taken aback and lost his breath in the process

It tasted of blood and salty tears

Josh sat back and watched Tyler

The knife in Tyler's chest was hurting quite a lot now

But it wasn't bothering him

They had just kissed

"Now I know what the C major of my piano reminds me of"

Josh exhaled quietly "What?"

"Your lips"

Josh smiled "That's a mad thing to say"

Tyler smiled back "How mad?"

"Entirely bonkers"

Josh stood up

He reached in his back pocket

He pulled out something that was small

A little box

"What's that?"
Tyler asked

"Matches"

"What are you going to do with them?"

Josh lit one without a struggle

"You're dying, Tyler. And a reality without you, is a reality I don't want to be a part of"

He let the match drop from his grip

It hit the wooden floor of the treehouse

The treehouse they built together

Out of red and blue

Tyler watched the flames spreading

"You have always been real to me, Josh"
He whispered

Josh smiled

With his blue hair and his dark eyes

The last thing Tyler ever saw

"You too, Tyler. I love you."

The red left Tyler on his deathbed

When he died he was blue

He was so blue he fell asleep

The voices were silenced down

It was okay

Everything was finally okay

Truce

♡