"I can't do this anymore, Tim! Everywhere I turn, I think I'm seeing something, but there's never anything there! Every single day, I live in fear. I start shaking out of nowhere, I'm having hallucinations, I can't sleep... nothing is the same. I could've just left this all alone. I never had to record any of this. I could have been living out my boring, normal life this whole time. But instead, I had to get wrapped up in this shit. My life isn't the same, Tim, and it never will be! I just... I don't know what to do anymore..."

Tim watched as his best friend slowly broke down into a former version of himself. He couldn't help but to look down at his friend. He had no idea how to help. He was usually the one with these problems.

Jay looked up with sorrowful eyes. "I'm sorry... I know you don't care," he said quietly.

"When did I ever say that I didn't care? Jay, I care about you so much, it's just that I have no clue how to help you. I've always had these problems, you know that."

"Which is all the reason why you should be able to help me. You've gotten over it all. How? What did you do?"

"First off, I haven't gotten over everything. I'm still losing sleep and I still have anhedonia. Second, I can't give you a way to get over it. It doesn't work like that. Take all the pills that you want, but it won't make it go away. Sure, it'll reduce the pain, but that's it. You need to give it time. Time is the only cure for things like this. Trust me."

"I... I trust you," Jay said as he sat on the couch. Tim walked towards him and sat next to him.

"It'll be alright. I promise. I'm here to help you through whatever you need me to," Tim assured as he put an arm around Jay's shoulder. Jay rested his head on Tim's shoulder, closing his eyes and attempting to rest after getting only 3 hours of sleep the night before.

This was the way it always was. Jay would go on about everything that was wrong, while Tim would assure him that it would all get better, even though it only got worse. Then Tim would get closer and closer to Jay, hinting that he felt something towards him, but never said anything.

This confused and frightened Jay in several ways. After getting closer to him, Jay began to develop feelings for his friend. Jay had never brought it up, though. He didn't want to ruin the connection they had. And besides, Jay was almost positive that Tim was straight. And even if he wasn't, he would never date his best friend.

Jay slowly closed his eyes and drifted off. Finally, some sleep...