Wow, I'm not Crazy and Karma by: AJR
Anthony groaned as he walked into his parents office. When he found out who snitched on him he swore he would kill them. His mom was a psychiatrist and his dad was a psychologist so of course when they found out he had to go see them. His mother worked at an office in town and his dad was the school counselor, but they still made him set up (or they set up) appointments like they would for anybody else. They were forcing them to go to this one.
"Sit down Anthony, we want to talk to you about what we've heard. We just want to know why—"
"Why? Are you asking me why? My days and nights are filled with disappointment"
"Are we disappointing you? We just want you to stop, we want you to be fine"
"Fine? Oh no everything's fine. I'm not sure why I booked todays appointment"
"ANTHONY. Don't be like that, you're gonna ruin your life. You can't be doing heroin at school, or ever. We don't want you to OD, or end up in the hospital like Jaden" his father said.
And I'm not sick, I took all my vitamins
Yeah, I'm not sick, I'm just kind of different
He could see where the conversation was going. One of his friends had told his parents that he'd seen him doing heroin behind the school with his boyfriend Jaden. Which was true. It helped him feel better, feel like life was alright. But he felt awful, and the only person keeping him stable was Jaden. Actually, neither of them were stable. They were both depressed, they both were addicted to drugs, they were both sex addicts. Jaden was an arsonist, and Anthony burst into tears or went Joker crazy when something went bad happened to him. The difference is that Jaden didn't hide his problems, Anthony just seemed normal, even his parents didn't know what was happened with him.
They both sobbed uncontrollably watching Euphoria. They clung to each other and cried until they were hiccuping and their heads hurt and they had no tears left. Anthony got up and threw his heroin stash in the trash. When he woke up in the morning he couldn't stop shaking or stuttering, Jaden gave him some to stop him from passing out. He couldn't stop, and he didn't think he wanted to.
You're just like me, you took all your vitamins
You're just like me, and you take delight in it
Jaden overdosed on xans on monday of the next week. He was high on weed and he meant to take his sleeping pills instead of the xans but he mixed them up. Anthony climbed through his window to see him laying unconscious and forced him to throw them up, then drove him to the hospital. Where he lay beside him crying again.
"DON'T DRAG JADEN INTO THIS" he yelled. He could feel tears building up already.
"He's a bad influence Anthony, you were fine before you started dating. We think it would be better if you broke up" his mother said calmly. They'd had this conversation many times before, it wasn't a new thing.
" I LOVE HIM" he yelled back.
"Anthony. We need you to understand that we don't want to make you break up, but it would be better for the both of you. Jaden needs help, and rehab. We don't want you to end up like him, drug addicted and an arsonist at 16. We want you to be successful and live till at least college." his mother kept talking to him.
He could feel tears dripping off his eyes as he stood up and started to ball up his fists. His emotions were getting the better of him.
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND" he was screaming now. "HE'S HELPING, HE'S NOT THE ISSUE. He makes me feel nice, he makes me feel bubbly inside, he gives me excitement and he helps me whole"
"Anthony, we know you're young and 'in love' but trust me this isn't good for you. You were whole before he came along and you'll be fine after. He's breaking you down slowly, who gave you your first shot of heroin? It was him."
"THIS ISN'T HIS FAULT. I KNOW HE HAS ISSUES BUT I DON'T CARE! I REALLY LOVE HIM"
"ANTHONY WE'RE MOVING IN 2 WEEKS SO FIGURE IT OUT AND BREAK UP WITH HIM" It was his father yelling this time.
"m-moving?" his voice got much quieter, almost silent. He'd lived here his entire life, in the same house.
His mother looked at him, "Yes sweetie, we're moving. I got a job that pays better in L.A. We were gonna tell you sooner-" tears were pouring out of his eyes. "what, you would tell me three days before? Why didn't you even ask me? Did it not matter what I wanted?" his voice was cracking, he was sitting on the floor now, sobbing. "Anthony, it's not like that but I couldn't turn down the opportunity."
"Come on. Get in the car. You should start packing." his father again. Could he not see how much Anthony was struggling with the news? Maybe he didn't care, for a psychologist he sure wasn't considerate of his sons feelings.
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He got home and immediately walked to Jaden's apartment, his parents had kicked him out. When Jaden opened the door he immediately started to cry.
"What's wrong? Why're you crying?" he asked. He closed the door and took Anthony to his couch.
"I-I'm moving Jaden. Across the country, in two weeks. I'll never get to see you again." Anthony answered, crying into Jadens neck again. He heated how much he cried, but he couldn't help it. But this time Jaden was there to comfort him, mumbling sweet nothings into his ear making him feel as though everything would be alright.
He spent the whole week with Jaden, even though his parents wanted him to be at home to help pack. He didn't want to leave him for a moment.
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"Anthony please. We have to GO" his father was yelling at him, why was his father always yelling at him.
Anthony ignored him.
"Jaden please, please, I don't wanna leave you. I wanna stay with you forever" he was full on bawling, and Jaden was too. "Anthony, you have to go. I love you so much but you have to go with your family."
"ANTHONY WE'RE OUT OF TIME. COME ON"
"Time, I know we're out of time. But what if sad thoughts come and I can't stop it. Bye, I don't wanna say bye. If only I could keep you in my pocket"
"I promise we'll facetime everyday and I'll talk to you every single fucking day baby"
He got in the backseat of his parents car and rolled down the window.
"I love you and I'm gonna miss you so fucking much Jae"
"I love you too baby" It was the last thing he heard before his father rolled his window up and they started on the road to L.A.
1.2k words. DOUBLE UPLOAD FOR THANKSGIVING SO BE GRATEFUL. I wrote this one pretty quick so i'm sorry if it's really bad.
*sad noises intensifies*. I knew this one would be sad but I didn't mean for it to be THIS sad.
Would you guys mind if I wrote another Jae x Brian story? I really like them and I really wanna write more of them, but I wanna make sure that people wouldn't be mad at me for doing so.