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12. ŠKÄ TÈPÃRK

A week had passed and it was the next Saturday after Tyler had gotten grounded. He had been moody all week and was rude to Josh but Josh let it slide. He loved Tyler and that meant going through whatever this was with him.

Josh was getting ready to go to the skatepark with Lina when he got a call from the devil herself. He grabbed his phone and accepted the call before putting it to his ear. "Hello?"

"J," she sighed. "I won't be able to make it."

"What? Why not?"

"My dad saw my math grade and said I couldn't go anywhere outside of school until I get it up a letter. Guess I can't work at Zumiez for the rest of my life."

Josh groaned. "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm sorry," she sighed. "You know I would if I could."

"I know," he paused. "I'll see you Monday then."

"Bye, J."

Josh hung up and tossed his phone on his bed with a sigh. He was all ready to go and was about to leave to pick up Lina.

Suddenly, a thought struck. Tyler didn't skate but he went with Josh (and previously Lina) to the skatepark often so maybe he'd want to go and watch Josh.

Josh picked up his phone once more and clicked on Tyler's contact. It rang twice before he answered. "What?" He snapped.

"Hello to you too," Josh hummed. "Do you wanna go to the skatepark with me? I'll pick you up."

"Why the fuck would I do that?"

Josh bit his lip. "Because you're my boyfriend and you want to spend time with me?" He replied innocently.

Tyler let out a snort on the other end of the line. "Alright, fine. Hurry"

Before Josh even got the chance to pull his phone away from his ear, Tyler had hung up.

Josh smiled to himself and grabbed everything he'd need before leaving.

He got to Tyler's shortly after and once Tyler got in the car, he was instantly leaning in and kissing Josh roughly.

Josh, still surprised from the sudden intense affection Tyler seemingly wanted to give him, kissed back hesitantly.

He eventually pulled back and cleared his throat. "We should get going."

Tyler pouted. "Let's mess around in your back seat."

Josh laughed. "That's funny. You always tell me you wait to have sex until you're 100% completely ready and I'm obviously okay with that."

Tyler huffed and crossed his arms before looking out the car window.

They arrived at the skatepark and Josh was relived to see that it wasn't packed so him and Tyler would have most of it to themselves.

They walked over and Tyler perched himself on the edge of the ramp while Josh grabbed out elbow pads.

Tyler snorted. "Why the hell are you wearing those?"

Josh glanced up at him with a raised eyebrow. Usually his jeans stopped his legs from getting too cut up but ever since Josh fell and scraped his elbow up really bad Tyler made him wear elbow pads.

"You make me wear them in case I get hurt."

"Why the fuck would I do that?"

Josh gave him a look of disbelief. "Because you care about my safety?"

Tyler waved his hand in dismissal. "You'll be fine."

Josh ignored him as he continued putting his elbow pads on. They were almost into the second week of October so there was a slight breeze but Josh usually got hot when he was skating so he left his sweatshirt off. Tyler, however, was still wearing he baggy black sweatshirt.

Josh rode his skateboard down the ramp for awhile, doing tricks and turns and all that until he looked over saw Tyler staring off into the distance in boredom. He was almost entirely spacing off and he had a rock in his hand he was playing with.

Josh decide to go check on him so once he reached the top of the ramp he went over and sat down on the ledge beside him. "Hey."

Tyler let out a small grunt in acknowledgement as he continued to play with the rock. Josh noticed it had a jagged edge so he just hoped Tyler would be careful.

He looked over and let out a small sigh. "I'm gonna take a break for a second. Catch my breath."

Josh wasn't super out of shape but the only exercise he did was skating. He did it pretty often though so he wasn't too winded. He just wanted to make sure Tyler was doing okay without telling him because he knew Tyler would ask him why he was up his ass.

Suddenly, Josh looked over and saw the rock gliding across Tyler's hand and creating a huge cut. He could have sworn he saw Tyler's eyes glow red. Josh blinked but when he opened his eyes they were brown again.

Josh's own eyes widened and he grabbed the rock. "What the fuck, Tyler?" He instantly opened the first aid kit he had next to him and grabbed some cotton out to hold over the gash. "Did you do that on purpose?"

Tyler rolled his eyes but Josh saw no tears. Once, Tyler hit his arm on the wall and bawled for five minutes. He had an incredibly low pain tolerance. "Do you think I'm a fucking idiot?" He asked as Josh held the cotton to his hand. "It slipped."

Tyler ripped his hand away and held the cotton to it himself. Josh saw his wrist peek out from the sweatshirt and his veins had a black tint to them before but this time they looked like an opaque black.

Tyler tugged his sleeve down so Josh couldn't verify what he saw and it was quick so he could still be imagining things.

Tyler pulled the cotton off his hand and scoffed, holding it out. "It's not even bleeding, dumbass."

Josh looked down and only saw a faint scar. "I'm sorry. It must've just scratched your hand then."

"Yeah," Tyler rolled his eyes once more. As he was putting the cotton in his pocket Josh saw a faint amount of black on it.

Before he could over think it Tyler spoke up again. "Take me home. I'm tired of this shit."

Josh sighed and got up, grabbing his things. "Alright."

He didn't think about what he imagined any more. After all, it was just his imagination. Wasn't it?