MMMMMKAY, so I wrote this idea in a Reader Insert I did for my Romantic Reader Insert Story called 'The Garage'. It was mainly just a little drabble kinda thing I came up with while listening to a Song (that I won't reveal for Plotline Purposes), and I honestly didn't think too much of it when I thought of it. But, after a while, I started to think more and more into it, and it eventually started being the only thing I thought about writing when I sat down at my laptop. It was something I just ignored at first, thinking that I'd allow myself to write it when I finished my current BBS Story (The Garage).

So, when KawiPandaCakes messaged me and asked if she could make a Book Cover for me, temptation kinda sorta got the better of me.

Isn't the Book Cover fucking BEAUTIFUL, by the way?! Go give KawiPandaCakes all the love and support for it, cause I didn't make it! All the credit for it goes to her :)

For those of you who are mayhaps new to my Stories, keep in mind that I usually don't write stories like this. I usually write Romantic Reader Inserts, as lame as that sounds...

I'm at least decent at it, I promise.

Will this be a Reader Insert? Nope. Sorry. Will this be Romantic? Nope. Just a casual, maybe Dramatic/Fantasy/Action Story.

SO. It's 11 PM, I wanna update a lot of stuff, and I got Cookies and Soda to keep me awake and alert.

I'm gonna be a Diabetic by morning.

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Tyler always thought it was a bit odd to hear humming as he laid his head on his pillow at night, humming to him soothingly as he closed his eyes to try and fall asleep.

Yeah, sure, it scared the living shit out of Tyler when he first heard the humming. He was quick to sit in a fully upright position, looking around back and forth with wide eyes and a pounding heart. Once he fully checked his bedroom, closets, drawers and everything, he thought that maybe something was playing on his phone. A Notification Sound or something. Once he picked up his phone though, he almost smacked himself. 

Tyler literally never had his phone's Notification Sounds on. His phone was always on Vibrate. Plus, the damned thing was off and charging on his nightstand.

He finally came to the conclusion that he was hallucinating from lack of sleep. So, he laid back down, sighing as his head hit the pillow and he closed his eyes...

But the humming began again.

Tyler sat up again, a bit woozy and confused, looking around for the source of the humming again. Kino looked up at him from the foot of his bed, looking just as tired as Tyler felt, and he could hear Archie and Chief snoring on the floor somewhere. Tyler sighed to himself, rubbing his eyes with his right hand and finally just giving up and laying back down, closing his eyes immediately.

He willed himself to ignore the humming and just go to sleep.

It kept happening every night after that, immediately when he closed his eyes to go to sleep for the night. It was soothing, sure, but fucking creepy too.

Sometimes, Tyler would hear it during the day, too. When he was tired, he would close his eyes and sigh, resting his face in his hands as he took the smallest of breaks from editing a video.

The humming would happen then, too. Almost as if it was just a tiny voice, telling him to go to sleep. Everything would be fine if he just took a nap.

But Tyler would always will it away and sigh, taking a large drink out of whatever beverage was nearby and getting back to work.

Tyler always thought it was a bit odd to hear humming as he laid his head on his pillow at night, humming to him soothingly as he closed his eyes to try and fall asleep. But he learned to get used to it.

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"No fucking way."

Jonothan (H2ODelirious) giggled maniacally at his friend, Brock's (Moo Snuckel) bewildered reaction to his spot in Gmod Prop Hunt.

"Isn't this spot wonderful, Brock?!"

"I mean..." Brock began, but he trailed off with a groan of uncertainty. "It's... a spot."

Jon laughed again.

"I'm not--what--where would they be?!" Lui (LuiCalibre) exclaimed, spinning in a rapid circle with his Character as he cried out in slight agitation.

"Oh god." Craig (MiniLadd) began, sitting back in his Gaming Chair as he stared at Jon's spot with a dumbfounded look on his face. "I'm... I'm not going to give you away, Delirious. But good fucking luck." Craig finished his sentence with a laugh, both Jon and Brock laughing with him as they watched one of the Hunters move past Jon's Prop.

"At least give us some fucking hints!" Evan (VanossGaming) cried out angrily, shooting a plant in his mini-rage and groaning to himself when he saw his health deplete instead of it being Jon.

Tyler (I_AM_WILDCAT) took a deep breath, stopping his character for a moment in-game...

"THE FUCK ARE YOU, YOU FUCKING NERD?!"

Everyone laughed at his sudden outburst, with Craig shedding a tear or two as his stomach cramped up from laughing so hard.

Tyler took a deep breath.

He was starting to get pissed.

This wasn't anything to get worked up over. He still had 2 1/2 minutes until the round ended, and Lui found Brock hiding as a Dumpster (which wasn't intentional, he tried to become a beer bottle and failed miserably) and Craig hiding as a Coffee Mug. Craig was caught because he got ballsy and jumped right as Tyler was turning around, and his life was ended with a scream and a shotgun blast.

Tyler closed his real-life eyes and took another deep breath. He had to remind himself to breathe. He couldn't let himself get worked up over this. It was just a fun-filled game with his friends. Nothing worth getting agitated over.

A gentle humming in his ears made him snap his eyes open and push himself away from his desk, yanking off his headphones and looking around his Office with wide eyes.

He wasn't even tired. Why did he hear the humming?

"Helloooo? Earth to Tyler! Wildcat?"

"Huh?" Tyler looked back at his Monitor, his Character having gone completely still as he heard his friends through his headset.

"You alright dude?" Jon asked, a sort of genuine curiosity and concern lining his words.

"Uh..." Tyler zoned out for just a moment, listening intently to every single sound that reached his ears.

The whirring of the Fan in his PC Tower.

The sound of his Air Conditioning kicking on.

Kino playing with his rope toy downstairs.

The Cars driving outside.

Everything seemed... fine.

"Tyler! Stay with us!"

Brock's voice brought Tyler back to reality, snapping his head back to his monitor. "Ah, sorry guys. Thought I heard Chief getting into something he shouldn't downstairs. Let's keep going."

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Tyler stayed quiet as music played quietly through his Phone's Speakers, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration as he clicked away on his Mouse, editing a few videos before he walked his dogs and then turned in for the night. It was about 6:30 PM, so he wanted to have these videos done within the next 30 minutes. He just had one left after this one, and he could tell his dogs were getting impatient with him due to the wrestling between two of them that he could hear.

"I'm coming, just give me a bit!" He called out to them, listening as they didn't even acknowledge his words, continuing to play with each other. Tyler just sighed. How he kept those three in line, he'll never know. 

The 'bleeps' and 'bloops' of the Default Skype Ringtone made Tyler flinch slightly, catching him off guard. He was too caught up in editing noise into one clip that he didn't even pay attention.

'LuiCali is calling...'

It was Lui. Why the fuck was he calling?

Well, Tyler was only editing videos. It's not like he was masturbating or anything. He moved his mouse cursor over the Green 'Accept' Icon and clicked it.

"Hey!" Lui's normal voice came through Tyler's Headset, and Tyler turned to grab his phone and turn off his music.

"Hey, Lui. Whassup?" Tyler said in the silliest voice that he could manage, bringing a light chuckle from Lui.

"I'm alright. I'm here to check up on you."

Tyler raised an eyebrow in confusion as he cut a small portion of his video, scrapping it completely.

"And why am I being checked up on?"

"Because. You were acting very fucking strange in today's session."

Tyler sat back in his chair, completely frowning now. "I was?"

"... You didn't notice?" Lui asked cautiously, almost as if he was stepping on eggshells.

"Uhh... Sorry to break your heart, but I didn't notice anything off with.... uh, myself."

Lui sighed. "Yeah, everyone noticed. You just went dead silent and zoned out for a good 10 minutes before you finally snapped back to reality and remembered that you were recording with us. Evan and Craig were the first ones to voice their concerns after you left the call, and Jon and Brock were equally as worried. I'm worried too, Tyler. You never do that. You're always focused and upbeat when we play. And you weren't this time. Are you alright?"

Tyler blinked a couple times. Lui couldn't see him, so he was just left in silence as Tyler thought. He didn't get distracted by the supposed humming THAT long...

... Did he?

'HOO-dini has joined the Call, invited by LuiCali...'

Great. Now Evan was here.

"Tyler, tell me what's up." Was Evan's first sentence as soon as he joined, causing Tyler to mentally groan. So what if he was a bit spacey today? That happened to a lot of people. His friends got spacey sometimes too. Why was it suddenly such a big deal?

"Look you two, I'm fine." Tyler snapped suddenly, unknowingly causing both Evan and Lui to flinch. "I'm fucking tired, that's all. I don't get why this is such a big goddamned deal. I'll be back to the regular, asshole Tyler that you all seem to only care about when it comes to videos."

And with that, Tyler left the Call, leaving Evan and Lui in silence.

But, little did Tyler know, just a minute before he started his unprovoked rant...

'Mini__Pablo has joined the Call, invited by HOO-dini...'

'T3DDY+B3@RZ has joined the Call, invited by LuiCali...'

'_Early-Bird_ has joined the Call, invited by LuiCali...'

Everyone was silent. Horribly Silent.

"What the hell did you two say to him to bring that on?" Brock asked quietly, and it was clear that he wasn't at his desk. Maybe he pushed himself away from it on his chair.

"We didn't say anything to provoke THAT." Evan spoke out, leaning back in his chair as he stared at his monitor in disbelief.

"Well, what DID you say? It's not like Tyler to say something like that at all." Jon spoke up, crossing his arms as he looked off to the side.

"We just asked if he was OK!" Lui exclaimed, running his fingers through his hair. "It's not like we were assholes about it or anything. We pointed out how he was acting a bit odd, and just asked if he was OK."

Craig stayed silent. His hands were clasped together as he rested his elbows on his desk, leaning towards his monitor as he frowned deeply. He looked to his right, where his iPhone sat, a couple notifications flashing on his screen once he took his phone out of sleep mode. He sighed heavily before putting his phone down and grabbing his mouse, hovering the cursor over the 'End Call' Button on his screen.

"I'm going to call him."

"What?" Jon spoke, sounding a bit panicked. "Uh, I don't know if you noticed Craig, but calling him didn't exactly get us anywhere."

"I noticed Jon, thanks for the reminder." Craig stated monotonely, turning around in his office chair and snatching his coat off of a spare chair he had. He could go for a walk while he talked to Tyler. He had to go get some more snack food anyways "But I feel like I can get him to tell me what's up."

"Well, do you want us to--" Evan began, but he was silenced by Craig.

"No. I know, it's obvious as all hell that something is up with him, but the last thing he needs is to feel crowded by all of us. I'll let you all know how it goes."

Then Craig left the Call, not giving anyone a chance to respond as he quickly threw his coat on and slid his phone into his back pocket, making sure to grab his keys before he went out the door.

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Tyler groaned as he facepalmed, holding three dog leashes in his left hand as he threaded his right hand's fingers into his hair, frowning deeply to himself.

What the FUCK was that back there?

Why the hell did he snap at them like that? They were just concerned for him, like any good friends would have. That outburst from Tyler just... came out of nowhere.

He heard Archie whining next to him, and he looked over at him to see him looking at him and wagging his tail, his eyes wide open with excitement. Tyler just sighed before clipping a leash to his collar and doing the same for his other dogs. He grabbed a stained, slightly disheveled tennis ball and shoved it into the pocket of his coat, knowing he'd be able to get some exercise in for the three of his dogs while he was out. He checked he had everything before his dogs practically dragged him out of the house.

He tightened his coat around his torso after he locked his door, barely taking note of the early evening chill in the air.

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Tyler threw the ball, watching as both Kino and Chief took off after the ball as it flew across the park, with Archie just sitting next to him and panting happily.

"C'mon boys, bring it back!" He called out to them, chucking to himself when he saw Chief running back as fast as he could with the ball secure in his mouth and Kino nipping at his legs as he ran. Chief dropped the ball at Tyler's feet and Tyler was quick to pick it up before Kino or Chief could snatch it up again. Just as he raised his hand to throw the ball again...

His phone in his coat pocket began to ring and vibrate. Tyler just sighed as he lowered his hand and fished his phone out of his pocket, hearing Kino start to takl to him in the form of growling. Tyler looked down at the Caller ID, seeing who was trying to call him at 6:50 at night.

'Craig is calling. Accept?'

Tyler sighed. Did Evan and Lui tell him and the others what happened? Tyler felt guilty enough about it as it was. 

Well, ignoring his call wouldn't help the situation. It'd probably make it worse.

Pressing the Green 'Accept' Button, Tyler pressed the phone to his ear.

"Hey Craig."

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Sorry for the abrupt ending, but I just remembered that I have to get up early tomorrow to help with Thanksgiving Dinner.

Hope you guys like this! I'll make the next chapter much better, I promise.