✦✫· . ❛ CHRIS.

“ It is what it is. “

He’s too absorbed in himself to notice Josh is crying at first. He can hear Emily’s pleading in the back of his head and it takes a moment for him to realize that the crying isn’t coming from his head. “ Josh..” He squeezes the others hand, trying to pull away from himself and focus on Josh.
“ Just…stay. Please. “

                                   STAY    ?!    the word shocks him for a moment, enough for him to almost jerk away completely from chris. his heart is beating frantically, a rapid ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum hitting against his ribcage. it verges on being almost painful, but he tries to ignore it. stay stay stay stay stay. he wants to flee. he wants to run away from this. but this is chris. how could he leave his best friend    ?    ❛    ––––    okay,    ❜    josh whispers as he wipes his eyes.

                                         ❛    i’ll always stay for you, cochise.    ❜