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"hey! look at this!"
the male looks up from his book and furrowed his eyebrows. he pushed his glasses up on his nose and squinted his eyes as he looked over at what these boys were laughing and pointing at.
it was another boy but he was being pushed up against the wall by these boys and a bunch of other people. they were laughing.
the small boy had tears running down his chubby cheeks. his nose had turned a soft pink from him wiping it so much and his eyebrows were furrowed. his hair was a little bit of a mess as well but he couldn't control it.
he was a sight..
after a moment, he got up from the place he was sitting at and got closer so he could see the beauty.
people continued to point and laugh at him and he didn't understand why. there was nothing wrong with him.
he looked down at the small boys hands and that's when he saw why people were laughing and pointing at him.
he was crying because he had accidentally hurt a little mouse. people were laughing at him for crying. why? there wasnt anything wrong with it. the boy was just emotional.
"what a little baby! crying over a mouse! how pathetic!" one of them shout, making the boy visibly flinch and only cry harder.
the small boy eventually got up, with the mouse still in hand, and ran off as tears continued to flow down his rosy red cheeks.
the boys eventually turn around and look up at the taller. "oh hey, josh! did you see that? it was pathetic, right?" one laughs and josh just blinked before he went in the same direction as the smaller boy did.
"josh? josh! where are you going?!" one questions and josh ignored him.
he needed to make sure this kid wasn't getting hurt or something. he didn't know what he would do with himself if he found out that his.. friends made this kid hurt himself.
he was walking around for a couple minutes until he heard sniffling. he glanced around and furrowed his eyebrows.
where was he?
he eventually noticed the kid and frowned more. he still had the little mouse in his hand and was crying. he was curled up next to the tree and josh could hear his whimpers.
josh walked closer and the boy immediately noticed. his head shot up and let out a little gasp. his bottom lip stuck out more as he tried to hold back tears and josh could tell.
"hey.. i'm not here to hurt you or anything. i'm here to help." joshua says and smiled kindly at the smaller before kneeling down next to him. "let's see what you got there, hm?" he said and the doe eyed boy slowly moved his hand closer to the older.
"i-i don't-don't know what hap-happened... i was jus-just playing an-and he st-stopped moving.." the younger stuttered and joshuas heart shattered.
"oh you poor thing.. it's alright." joshua says and moved so that he was sitting next to the smaller boy.
as he was sitting there, he noticed a few leaves on the tree behind them started to fall. he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and noticed the grass around the boy start to darken. it wasn't dead or anything.. it was just turning a darker color.
"hey.. let's go somewhere really nice, yeah? that way we can bury him in a really pretty spot." he said and the smaller nodded weakly.
they both get up from their spots and started to walk off.
joshua looked back though at where they were sitting before and noticed the grass go back to normal. that was odd.
after a few minutes of the two just walking, they ended up in this little spot with flowers everywhere. joshua thought it was so pretty.
"you ready, sweetheart?" joshua asked the smaller and the boy nodded, blushing a little at the nickname.
the smaller watched as joshua started to make a small hole with his hands near a rose bush and got a bunch of dirt under his nails. he didn't mind it though. he was doing this for a good reason.
he got up after a moment and then looked over at the boy. "go ahead and set the little guy-" he was cut off by giggling. he furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head as he looked at what the small boy was giggling at.
joshuas eyes widened and his heart skipped a bit. the mouse was alive.
"he's okay!" the smaller squeaked and continued to let out these heavenly giggles, making joshuas heart melt.
he noticed the boys cheeks turn a slightly darker shade of red and he also couldn't help but notice on some of the trees around them, there were vines starting to wrap around the base of the trees and josh was so confused.
there were also flowers growing randomly around them. what was happening? was this some sort of dream? he didn't know.. but whatever it was, it was beautiful. he's never seen something so gorgeous.
the smaller boy looked at joshua with the biggest grin and he swore he stopped breathing.
this boy was absolutely gorgeous.. he was prettier then very girl joshua had ever seen.
his long lashes complimented his eyes perfectly, his nose was a little pink from sniffling and joshua thought it was cute, his chubby cheeks were red from how big his smile was, and his hands.. there was something about them that caught joshuas eye..
they didn't look bad or anything.. no no no! they just looked so soft and oh so small. it reminded him of rose petals.
he watched as the boy leaned down and set the mouse on ground. the little thing rushed off and then the smaller looked at joshua. "thank you for coming with me.. i really appreciate it." he says and joshua grinned. "of course..?" he said, waiting for the boy to tell him his name.
"oh!" the small boy giggled and blushed from embarrassment. "i'm tyler.. tyler joseph." he replied and held his hand out for joshua to shake.
"joshua.. joshua dun." he said back and took tylers hand into his, shaking it very gently.
"it's nice to meet you joshua.." the small boy said shyly and then bit his bottom lip, driving joshua mad.
as joshua was holding tylers hand, he then realized why he thought his hands looked soft.. it was because they really were. his grip wasn't tight or firm at all. he was gentle and timid and joshua could tell he didn't want to hurt him.
"i-um.. well, i have to get going. my apologies.. my mother must be waiting at home for me.." tyler says and frowned a bit. "i'll definitely see you tomorrow though, joshua!" he says happily and started to walk off.
"wait!"
the small boy turned around and tilted his head. "what's wrong?" he questioned and joshua shook his head. "n-never mind.." he said and tyler hummed before he slowly started walking away, acting like nothing had happened.
once the small boy was gone, joshua kneeled down and looked at one of the flowers that had just started growing out of nowhere. after it blossomed into a beautiful rose, he touched one of the petals and the entire thing turned to dust. the male sighed before standing up again.
everything he touches dies, literally.
he never understand why.. why he couldn't make anything beautiful. why does he have to ruin everything he touches?
before he could overthink, he looked up and heard someone rush off as he did. he was a little confused but he didn't go after what it was.
he started walking away and looked down at his feet the entire time.
he wished he was normal.. why couldn't he be like most of the kids in his school? why did he have to be the one that ended up with hands that could kill?
he continued to question himself the entire time he was walking home, thinking of the timid brunette he had met as well..
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the next day during class, tyler wasn't doing so well.. at all. he almost bursted into tears multiple times because of some boys picking on him.
he felt so pathetic.
he wanted to cry so much and so hard in almost every single class he was in because the boys wouldn't stop messing with his slightly pointy ears, his hair, and basically everything.
two of the boys from yesterday was following behind him and he didn't know it until one of them shoved him, making him fall to the floor and making him drop his books in his hand.
he let out a whimper in pain since his knee started burning and his hands did as well. his small, gentle, petal like palms felt like they were on fire.
people started to crowd him after a moment laughed, making tears come to his pretty doe eyes.
he was going to stand up but one of the two boys grabbed both of his ears and started tugging on them. "elf ears! elf ears!" the kid laughed and so did everyone else, making the small boy gasp and burst into tears.
he tried pulling the other boys hands off of him but they wouldn't budge, only making him cry more. "pah-please! stah-stop!" he cried out and the taller pulled harder.
"sorry, not gonna happen, elf.." he laughed evilly and that made the small boys heart shatter.
his little body started to shake pathetically as he looked around him, not seeing the joshua boy anywhere.
after a moment, the two boys went on both ends of tyler one grabbed his wrists while the other grabbed his ankles, making him squeal and start kicking his legs. "please let go of me!" he shouted and both boys smirked at each other and started swinging the smaller side to side, making the angelic boy feel uneasy, before they walked to the bathrooms. some people of course followed and tyler had never felt so embarrassed.
once they were in the bathrooms, the boy who had tylers ankles dropped them and helped the other boy drag him into one of the bathroom stalls.
they locked the stall door and let go of the small boys delicate, little wrists before getting behind him. they moved him so that his head was hovering over the toilet and his eyes widened, knowing what they were gonna do.
he let out a quiet whimper before they gripped some of his hair and started to shove his head into the water. he gripped the edge of the bowl so tight his knuckles turned white.
his soft curls were getting wet and he was slowly starting to lose his breath.
the boys laughed as they did this and shook their heads. "how much more pathetic can you get? you're already worthless. no one wants you here." one said and pulled tylers head back up.
his hair was dripping from the water and his eyes were wide. he let out a small whimper once more when they picked him up and shoved him against the door. one wrapped their hand around the boys throat, causing him to start gasping for air.
"wow.. look at you now. if only you could see yourself.. maybe then you wouldn't show your ugly ass face anymore." one said and dropped the boy after.
the other boy unlocked the stall door and opened it, making tyler fall back and let his eyes close.
he didn't hear what the boys or what anyone said after that. he had gone unconscious. he didn't feel anyone pick him up and he didn't feel anyone rush down the halls of the school.
he didn't feel anything.. not one thing..
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