A Forever Ringing Song (completed)

°~Introduction~°

Hello! This story has two different endings, and you may want to read this if you are triggered by su¡c¡de. The first ending of this book has a hinted at suicide, the second ending is much safer, albeit both still have the hinted at attempt.

(This story is inspired by the song “Achilles, Come Down”, and will use lyrics from the song)

Achilles
Achilles
Achilles come down, won’t you
Get up off
Get up off the roof?

When Theodore opened his eyes, he was reminded of the constant music ringing in his ears, the same as that of his soulmate. Standing up after a moment of listening, he tuned it out, focusing on getting ready for the day of school ahead of him. He slipped on the familiar uniform shirt and pants, feeling more uncomfortable than usual in the uniform. Theodore walked down the stairs, catching the eyes of his mother and stepfather, who walked up with big smiles and teary eyes. “Theodore.” He heard his stepfather’s voice ring out, stern and unforgiving. “You ready for the last day at this school?” Theodore nodded slowly, keeping his head down as he thought of how horribly this last day of high school could go.

    Theodore entered the school, feeling the usual rush of anxiety enter him as he saw the crowded halls, and shivered as he thought of  so many people touching him. He took his usual back route to his English classroom, arriving before everyone else to make another letter he would never send. He sat down to write, finally hearing the song in his head play again

You're scaring us
And all of us
Some of us love you
Achilles, it's not much but there's proof

    He chuckled quietly at the thought of Oliver, his crush, reading it and dismissed it, tucking the finished letter into his bag before settling in to wait the usual two minutes before the other students arrived in the classroom.

You crazy a-

    A loud thump from the desk beside him and a grumbled "Teddy!" Caught his attention before the word finished, pulling his attention to his all-time best friend Lillith who pouted at him and gestured to his heavy bag, he noticed her girlfriend, Kate, laughing in the background at her antics. He picked it up while laughing as his best friend hopped on one foot while holding the other. She huffed angrily as she sat down at the desk, pouting over how he wasn’t speaking to her properly. “Seriously, you have to tell me your song! I could figure out who’s it is!” Theodore laughed softly, shaking his head no while waving her off. “I could probably find them on my own before you figured out the song.” She gasped dramatically, “Hey! I figured out mine pretty quick, Girl in Red is a pretty common band for a lesbian, especially Girls!” Theodore laughed slightly, snorting at Lilith’s annoyed tone, and goes to talk back to her, but the teacher cuts him off.

    The teacher clapped her hands to gain our attention, “Since today is our last day, we will not be doing any work, and instead will be writing down our songs. Once you have it down, we will be passing them around this classroom, and then in your next class, you will pass it around there-” He saw Lilith smirk at him teasingly out of the corner of his eye and focused back on the teacher. “-If its found that you do not write down your song, or you don’t find your soulmate here, they will be sent in a box to a different school to see if someone there has your song.” The teacher scanned the room before picking a person to pass out paper, the kid’s name Theodore hadn’t bothered to remember, but he thanked him anyway for the slip of paper. He then focused back on his song and began to think of the name.

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Next part will be out in a moment :D