Too Much (Tyler Down x Reader)
Request: Can you do an imagine of Tyler down liking to hang out with you because you are an "outcast" like him that gets bullied by the "popular" kids except for Zach, please?
A/N: This got more carried away than what the request said, Also, let's not be assholes to people. Be nice to everyone. Bullying someone because you want to belong isn't cool. Heroes are made when you make a choice, heroes do what's right. You can save a life and actually let people know they matter. (PS: I made the gender neutral also)
Have you ever noticed that things seem so easy for everyone else? They have all the cool clothes, they know all the right people, they get invited to all the best parties, and you're just left here on the outside. They'd be perfectly happy if you never even existed, and they always seem to get exactly what they want, but not this time.
School was something I dreaded every day. I don't know why they pick on me. I try to be nice to everyone, but there's just always something they bother me for. It's only the baseball team. I don't know why I'm a target to them, but they seem to think that I am weak. I am, I don't stick up for myself as much as I could, but what can I do? The only one on the team that doesn't bother me is Zach. He doesn't do anything to stop it, but he doesn't say anything at all.
My only friend is Tyler Down. He experiences the same as I do, so we connect from that. I can be myself around him and he doesn't ever judge me. He makes me feel welcome here. As I'm walking down the hall, I get shoved really hard. "Watch it, bitch." I don't even turn around to see who it is anymore. I just always have my head down.
I don't fit in. My pain is what helps them belong here. Every day I go home and think of suicide. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Tyler. I smile at him, "Hey, Tyler." I continue walking with him following behind, "Hey, Y/N. Are you okay? I saw what happened."
"No, Tyler. It's starting to be too much. I feel like just giving up, they always tell me to go die and I'm starting to think I should too" I explain with tears welling my eyes.
He hugs me and whispers, "How about we ruin them too?" I look up at him with shock in my eyes. What did he mean by that? "No, Tyler. Two wrongs won't make anything right." Plus, ruining them would most likely lead back to us and that's a nightmare in itself. I'm sure we could take it. We don't have that long of school now, it won't make a difference.
"Y/N. This could make everything better. You know that kid, Cyrus? He said we could prank them together. It'll be okay."
I believed him. I shouldn't have. The pranks were great in the beginning. They were funny and I actually enjoyed doing them. Then came the field, that was our mistake. More so his mistake. Tyler posted pictures we took while burning the field. Now Tyler's starting to be so rebelling and starting to scare me. Now, we all had talks with the principal with our parents. Me and Cyrus got suspended and Tyler is to go to a program. Things escalated, and Cyrus and Tyler ended up fighting. I was upset so I just continued walking.
"Y/N, wait up." I hear a voice with a hand trying to hold me back. I ripped my arm out of the grip and turned around. It was Tyler and he looked really upset. I shook my head at him, "Tyler, I know you think that whatever you're planning is the answer, but it's not. It's fucked up and I don't want to talk to you anymore."
He looked angry and I began to get scared again. He gripped my wrist slightly, but not painfully. He looked at me, "You're just like everyone else. I thought you were different, but you're not." I back away from him and shake my head again, "Tyler, you want to hurt people. When we started these pranks, I wasn't trying to hurt anyone. I just wanted them to know they wouldn't get exactly what they want."
I didn't wait to see what he had to say and just walked away. Tyler's my friend, but I didn't want to make him think his plan of "ending them" is right. I didn't want him to get in that much trouble and I also didn't want him to know that I was planning on being by his side for it.
Tyler came back to school today. I haven't talked to him since our last conversation, which was good. I am doing well and nobody has picked on me ever again. I'm actually starting to fit in and I'm enjoying it. I looked and saw Tyler walking down the hallway. He cut his hair and he looked better overall. I was proud of him. He walked up to me and I hugged him without him saying anything, "Hey Tyler, I missed you." He just hugged me back and didn't say anything to me, "I missed you too, so are you going to the Spring Fling tonight?"
"Actually, yeah" I state looking at him, "I'm going with Cyrus. He asked me last week, so did Scott but I said no." I could tell that he was shocked. Before he left, I was getting bullied by everyone and I had absolutely no friends. Now in a month, I'm in a good place. He gave a small smile and said bye to me. I gave a confused look but forgot about it nevertheless.
When I arrived at the dance, Alex and the group greeted me. I hugged everyone and gave compliments and felt like I actually belonged here. I went over to sit with Cyrus and Mack came up frantically, "Cyrus, I just got this text." I looked and it was Tyler telling her to leave the school cause he was planning to shoot up the dance.
I told Clay that I would go outside and try to stop him. Everyone agreed and I ran outside to see Tyler loading guns. I approach him slowly, "Ty?" He looked at me and put the strap to the gun over his shoulder and started walking to me, "Get out of here, Y/n. Go home."
I would do everything I can to stop him. I looked at him with tears in my eyes, "Don't do this, Tyler." He walked closer to me, "You need to leave right now." He tried to walk around me, but I hurriedly blocked him, "Tyler please, you don't want to do this. I know you don't." He looked at me with an unamused look, "You don't fucking know anything about me."
I was taken aback by these words. I considered him my best friend, "Tyler, yes I do. We stuck together this whole year. You are my best friend. I hurt just like you Ty. I don't know what happened to make you snap, but I'm sorry I didn't realize."
"Y/N!" I hear from behind me. I look and see Justin and Jess, "Guys go back inside." Justin sees the gun, "Jesus, Y/n." Tyler quickly points the gun at them and I yell for them to go back inside. They run and I jump in front of Tyler. He points the gun at me, "Get out of my fucking way."
I shake my head with tears running down my cheeks, "Tyler, please don't do this." He furrows his eyebrows, "I have to." I look away then back at him, "No, you don't have to. We can turn around and go home together."
Police sirens start wailing from someplace and he looks back at the sound of it, "Everyone already knows already."
"No, the only people that know are the ones that know you. They wanna help you" I tell him frantically while crying still. He points the gun at me again, "Bullshit." I start backing away and he walks towards me and the barrel hits my chest, "Tyler, you're my friend. I love you, I don't want you to go on like this. Please listen to me, I don't want you to die. I'm in love with you."
He doesn't say anything and keeps the gun on me. I decide to speak up first, "If you actually think hurting people is the way, that it'll help you with all your problems. That it's going to actually fix something, then do what you have to do."
There's a moment of silence and he looks down sadly, "There's nothing else I can do."
I nod and approach him slowly, lowering the gun, "Yes, there is. We'll figure it out together. I swear." I kiss him softly and pull away. A car swerving comes behind us and he looked alarmed. I look at him, "It's okay it's Tony."
Tony opens the passenger door angrily, "Get in the car!" Tyler looks back and gives me one more kiss and gets in the car with Tony, leaving the gun with me.
I think I made the right choice, or at least hope I did.
Also, shout out to old Bella Thorne for the words all the way at the beginning :).
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