A/N: hey guys! I've decided to make a new Tyrus story :) this story has some canon details, and some sort of au things, but yeah! Thank you so much for all the people who followed The Swings, but I started it so long ago, it's getting hard for me to follow it and update on time! I wanted to make a clearer story with an easier plot. A story based around solely one episode is extremely hard to create a full story on, you know? Anyways let me know if you want The Swings to continue! Until then, enjoy Caring ;)

Cyrus Goodman sat in a booth, waiting for his friends. After a good twenty minutes or so, Andi and Buffy, his two closest friends to exist, entered through the doors of The Spoon, and sat in the booth opposite of Cyrus.

They exchanged greetings and ordered the usual baby taters. "So what took you guys so long, anyways?" Cyrus questioned after their food had been served.

"Huh? Wasn't the meet up time now?" Andi asked, confused. Checking his phone messages, Cyrus sighed. "Oh man. Guess I got the time wrong. I came so long ago thinking that was the right time, sorry about that."

Buffy then began a conversation about her basketball team, and the whole thing with Kira.

Cyrus and Andi scoffed loudly when Buffy told them how Kira behaved to the other players. None of the trio could stand people like that.

Then, Cyrus's phone buzzed.

Tj: Hey, Underdog! Want to head to work with me?

Cyrus: Hello, Tj! Wish I could, but I'm at The Spoon with Andi and Buffy. Maybe next time?

Tj: yeah sure, Underdog. Have fun and say hey for me!

"Helloooooo? Cyrus?" Buffy waves her hand in front of her friend's face. Cyrus sent a quick 'will do' and shut off his phone. "Sorry! Tj texted me! He says hey by the way!" Cyrus told them.

"Ohh so Tj now, hm?" Andi said, teasingly.

His two friends smiled wide at him in a more teasing manner.

"What? No! What makes you say that?! He's just a friend!" Cyrus said, appalled by Andi's assumption.

Both girls laughed at his behavior, causing him to laugh with them, becoming less tense. "Just teasing you, Cyrus. But really though, it'd be fine if you liked Tj. You told us your crush on Jonah didn't disappear, that instead it moved- did it move to Tj?" Buffy asked him.

To this, Cyrus thought for a moment.

"I uh. Huh. I guess that's a possibility. Wow. Oh man- I- I think? Whoa," Cyrus babbled, then pointed his finger accusingly at his friends, "what mind tricks are you two playing?!"

"Cyrus, calm yourself," Andi laughed, "I think you have liked him for some time. Am I right there?"

Defeated, Cyrus just nodded.

"Well- yeah. But like, he's straight, I don't have a chance, and that's fine!" He said.

Both Andi and Buffy said "no" practically in unison. "You don't have to worry about that." Andi told her best friend.

"Exactly! Cyrus, any guy would be lucky to have you. If Tj has at least half a brain, he'll like you back. But again, no rush. All up to you." Buffy added.

So Cyrus ended his time with his with a pact for himself. He would finally try to find a way to tell Tj. There was simply no use bottling things up!

Tj might not even care, Cyrus! The boy thought to himself as he walked to the gym his crush worked at.

But wait- if he doesn't care, then that means he doesn't care about you! Do you want that, Goodman?! Cyrus's panicky thoughts were abruptly interrupted as he felt himself run into a hard surface and falling from the impact.

Cyrus hadn't even noticed how fast he was walking, or necessarily WHERE he walking, he was just too busy thinking about the outcome of telling Tj something this serious.

"Ow, darn it" He said to himself, reaching for the section of his head that hit the brick wall that was in front of him.

Then, a strong arm reached out to him, as if to help Cyrus up. "You look like you could use a hand"

It was Tj!

"Oh! Hey! And," Cyrus grabbed the extended hand and pulled himself up, "yeah, kinda. Didn't see that wall there!" He joked. Tj just laughed, making Cyrus's poor heart skip a beat. That happened often around Tj, much like it used to around Jonah, his first crush.

"So now that it seems we're both free, do you want to hang out?" Tj asked.

"Sure! Where at?" He asked Tj. "I was thinking my place? I have a bunch of dumb video games I haven't tried out, mostly because they're two player games." It sounded rather sad when he put it like that, but Cyrus was just glad to be invited. "Sounds good!"

And the two were on their way.

A/N: sorry this is kinda sucky and shorter! I only get certain times I can work on this! Hope you enjoy and let me know if you have my suggestions and such!