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Hello! Welcome to another fic cos this is what i do when im stressed.

Thanks so much to @ccmuffin for the outline and picture for this fic here !! I hope this is (kinda) what you wanted. I tried to stick to the outline as close as possible but I had to tweak a few things. Enjoy!

Cyrus closes his locker and spots TJ walking down the hallway, straight toward him. He smiles and waves as the boy approaches. “Hi T—”

“—Where were you last night?” TJ interrupts. “We had plans, remember? My house? Dinosaur documentary? My biology assignment?”

Cyrus’ face fell. “Oh my god, I totally forgot! I’m so sorry, TJ! I ended up doing something with my mom and it completely slipped my mind. I can come over after school? I promise I won’t forget. Can I meet you here? Three o’clock?”

“I wasted two hours waiting for you. You couldn’t send me a text?”

“I’m an idiot, I know. I feel awful and I really do want to help you. Please, let me make it up to you.” Just as TJ was about to answer, the reason for all Cyrus’ problems at that moment walked up to them.

“Hey, Cyrus! I’m so glad I have a friendly face at this school,” the blond boy said. “Did you have fun last night?”

Cyrus shifted on his feet and looked to TJ and then back at the boy. “I—uh, yeah! It was…fun.”

“Cool!” The kid smiled. “Going to the principals office to pick up my schedule,” he explained, motioning down the hall. “I’ll see you around!”

Cyrus watched the kid leave and then slowly turned back to TJ. “TJ I—”

“You know what? I just remembered I have basketball after school tonight, so forget it.”

TJ turned to leave, but Cyrus stepped in front of him. “Forget it? Don’t you still need help?”

“I’m not completely stupid, Cyrus. I’ll figure it out on my own. I’ll ‘see you around’.” He pushed past Cyrus and down the hall, leaving Cyrus dumbstruck in the middle of the hallway.

Cyrus walked to the cafeteria at lunch time, hoping to talk to TJ about whatever it was that had happened that morning. Just as he entered the room, he was stopped by Dr. Metcalf. He smiled up at the principal and then attempted to swerve around him, but was stopped again.

“Mr. Goodman,” he greeted. “It’s come to my attention that you’ve become acquainted with our new student,” he gestured to the boy standing on his right: the boy from earlier. Cyrus nodded in response, his eyes drifting over to the kids now settling at the tables around them, trying to spot TJ. “Perfect! Then you won’t mind helping him around the rest of the afternoon?” Cyrus opened his mouth to reply but Metcalf didn’t give him the opportunity. “Great! Don’t let us down!” He left, abandoning the new kid with Cyrus.

“You alright?” The kid asked, noticing Cyrus searching for TJ.

“Yeah, sorry. I’m just…” He trailed off, finally spotting TJ. The two of them locked eyes. TJ broke the contact and look to the kid next to Cyrus, then back. He looked lost… upset, annoyed maybe? Cyrus made a move to walk forward, but TJ moved faster. He picked up his stuff and walked away as fast as he could. Cyrus watched him go and then turned to the kid, still standing in front of him. He sighed. “I can show you how to open your locker?” He offered.

———

Cyrus hadn’t seen TJ for a few days. The fact that the two didn’t share any classes really didn’t help his case. How was he supposed to reconcile with someone who was ignoring you at all costs? He couldn’t even figure out why. Yes, he had made a mistake. Forgetting plans with a friend was awful, but Andi and Buffy constantly forgot about plans he had made over the course of their friendship and he never held a grudge this long. Besides, he had explained the whole situation over text (even if TJ hadn’t responded).

He asked Buffy for advice on the third day of silence.

“And you’ve apologised?”

“Yes, Buffy! So many times! So many!”

Buffy frowned. “I don’t know what to say, Cyrus. I guess we know he takes things pretty personally. He got over his problems with me though, maybe just give him time?”

“I hate time,” Cyrus whined.

“It’s been three days, right?” Buffy asked. Cyrus nodded in response. “Then find him. I know he’s in school so it can’t be that hard.”

“Okay, I’ll try,” Cyrus replied. Buffy nodded and turned to walk to class, but she stopped.

“Cyrus?”

“Yeah?”

“Friends don’t get this hurt over forgetting plans. Friends don’t get jealous over other friends,” Buffy said.

Cyrus frowned, confused. “He’s definitely my friend, Buffy. We’ve never had any problems before this.”

“That’s not what I mean,” she clarified. “Think about it.” And with that, Buffy walked away, leaving Cyrus alone in the middle of the hallway for the second time that week.

———

Cyrus caught up with Jonah in the hallway the next period.

“Cy-Guy! What’s up?”

“Do you know what class TJ has next?” He asked.

“Yeah! We actually have math together right now, why?” Cyrus let out a breath of relief, he could finally see the boy.

“I just need to talk to him,” Cyrus explained.

“Alright! Should I tell him to wait for you after class?”

“No!” Cyrus yelped. Jonah jumped slightly and Cyrus apologised. “Not necessary, I’ll just catch him outside the room. 213, right?”

Jonah nodded, “You got it.”

———

When the bell rang, Cyrus sprinted to 213, absolutely making sure he wasn’t going to miss the boy exiting. Instead of TJ, he was met with Jonah again.

“He wasn’t in class,” Jonah revealed, “Sorry.”

Cyrus’ heart sunk. What was he going to do?

He was too anxious to go to the cafeteria, he didn’t want to talk to anyone. The thought of loosing TJ from his life was something he hadn’t ever expected to predict, and it hurt like hell. He made his way down to the park next to the school, hoping the time away might do him some good. What he hadn’t expected was seeing TJ, right there in a swing, kicking at the dirt.

TJ looked up at that moment, obviously sensing someone near. The second he met Cyrus’ eyes, he attempted to bolt.

“TJ, please!” Cyrus begged. “I want to talk to you! You can’t avoid me forever.”

TJ sighed and let himself fall back down into the swing he was attempting to abandon.

Cyrus took a deep breath. “You know I’m sorry, right? I’ve said it about a million times and I don’t know what else to do!” TJ didn’t look up at him but Cyrus continued, “You got my text, right? It was a neighbourhood party, my mom had to practically drag me there.” Silence. “He’s boring, that guy. I was only with him that day because I was assigned to show him around.” TJ kicked at the dirt again. “Please? Please talk to me? You know I can’t stand the silent treatment…Please TJ, don’t be mad at me. I miss you.”

TJ sighed and finally looked up. “I’m not mad at you, Cyrus. That’s not why I’m ignoring you. I don’t know whats wrong with me.” He kicked at the dirt, hard. “I feel like I can’t be in the same room as you. I feel…weird.” He let out a shaky breath. “I just…I saw you with that guy, saw that you chose him over me, and something in me snapped. I’ve never felt like this before it’s…awful…”

TJ looked back down at the ground, falling silent.

“I know exactly how you feel, TJ,” Cyrus whispered.

“You don’t, Underdog. I promise you, you don’t. It’s like I’m going crazy just being around you. I don’t want you to talk to anyone else, I don’t want you to be with anyone else.” He sighed. “I am, I’m going crazy.”

“You’re not going crazy, TJ.”

“Cyrus.” He stated, locking eyes with him. “I like you. Too much. I think…I think I have feelings for you and not…” He visibly swallowed and looked down. “Friend feelings.”

Cyrus stepped directly in front of the boy, wrapping his hands around the chains on the swing. “You’re not going crazy, you aren’t crazy,” he pressed. “I think I like you too."

Thanks so much for reading! As always, i post my tumblr drabbles/fics on Ao3 (x) so if you liked this one and wanna make me happy give me a view or a kudos or a comment and ill love you

(also if you’ve ever read any of my tyrus fics i always have to make buffy the one that is aware of TJs crush before anyone else and im not even sorry lol it’s always gonna be a thing until we have canon crush scenes alright peace ✌️)

#andi mack #tyrus #fanfic #tj kippen #cyrus goodman #the blond kid #lol

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