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It was a cool summer evening; the group was happing their monthly sleepover at the Clarks house. Ben had been ordering some take-out for them, totally not because he couldn't actually cook. Taylor and Ashlyn had been in the bathroom doing skincare since Taylor had forced Ashlyn to do it with her, but Ashlyn secretly enjoys it but refuses to admit it to the others. Logan is sitting on the couch downstairs picking the movies for the night, he ended up picking a horror even though Taylor hates horror and would be terrified but that was the point, Ben had asked Logan to pick a Horror movie so Taylor could get closer to him. And then there was Tyler and Aiden in the middle of the room having their daily feud about gods know what.
Tyler watched as everyone settled onto the couch, he and blondie had to sit on opposite sides of the couch because the others wanted a peaceful night. Everyone received the food they asked for and finally Tyler dimmed the lights, and the movie had been turned off. He was already on edge because he had seen that Ben and Taylor were sitting awfully close to each other but decided to let it slide for now and they would talk about it tomorrow at home. As the night where'd on and they had finished multiple movies, Taylor and Logan had already fallen asleep. Taylor was cuddling with Ben and Ben was also on the verge of falling asleep, and then there was Ashlyn and Aiden who had to take medication to help them sleep due to insomnia. Ashlyn had insomnia due to her hyper hearing sense sensitivity causing her to hear every movement at night, but Aiden took it because it was prescribed to him when he was younger because the doctors could tell he was not sleeping, but most nights Aiden did not take said medication because he didn't like them, but he "took" them
today because Ashlyn was taking hers. Tyler could not fall asleep his thoughts kept leading back to Aiden, something was clearly wrong. Aiden wasn't his normal cheery self, he seemed bothered, had it been because his natural black hair roots had been coming in? He had known that Aiden did not have the time to bleach his hair right now, but he had been hiding it from the others, but he could see right through Aiden like a window.
An hour had passed, and he had finally been pulled from his thoughts from the sound of a person shuffling and then a door clicking shut. He looked around the room and saw everyone sound asleep... except Blondie. He guessed that Aiden was the one that had left, Tyler got up and saw that the bathroom light was on, he went over to the door and heard the sound of water running? No. Someone had been crying. Aiden was the one crying. No one in the group had heard or saw Aiden cry, not even Ben so of course it had caught Tyler of guard in the beginning, but eventually he had gotten worried and reached for the door handle, it was locked. He sighed and finally decided to knock on the door.
"Go away..." Aiden had said between tears
"Aiden let me in I want to help you" Tyler had replied before waiting
Five minutes had passed, and Aiden had finally opened the door, his eyes were red and puffy. Although that's not what Tyler realized at first. He saw Aiden's upper arms, there were scars, there was no way it was from any animal though, Aiden was allergic, and there were too many scars. It finally dawned on him; they were self-induced and Tylers gaze had softened. He stepped into the bathroom leading Aiden to the toilet to have him sit down, Tyler knelt down to be at eye level with Aiden. He looked around the bathroom and saw hair bleach on the counter and then looked back at Aiden. He had finished crying.
"You want to dye your hair again Blondie?" Tyler questioned in a playful manor trying to cheer Aiden up, and it worked Aiden had laughed and nodded
"Yeah, I do" he replied to Tyler
"Then let's do it! sit in front of the mirror" Tyler said enthusiastically, pushing Aiden had towards the mirror before beginning on the bleach.
It had been Twenty-Five minutes of the bleach sitting on Aiden's head he had to wash it out in five minutes but in those five minutes a lot had happened. Aiden and Tyler had been dancing around in bathroom and then they got really close but without thinking Tyler's lips had met Aidens, it was a soft kiss, but it showed a lot of emotion. When they pulled away Aiden had been blushing softly.
"Do you feel better now Blondie?" Tyler asked quietly.
"Yeah." Aiden responded, but then the timer for the bleach had gone off, and Tyler had helped Aiden rinse off his hair and then dry it, finally Tyler got Aiden to take his sleep medication since he decided last minute that he didn't want to take it. Aiden took out his contacts and then left the bathroom with Tyler, they had gone back to the living room to sleep, they were both exhausted by now it was 2 am. Tyler had laid down on the couch and Aiden had cuddled up to him. Tyler had kissed the top of his head softly.
"Good night, Blondie" Tyler said before drifting off to sleep.