Hearts Alight

Shadow

I'm walking with my favorite YouTuber. I can't believe I'm doing this right now. The fanboy meeting his idol... At his own concert... God, this is pathetic, but I got to meet her! I hear her ramble on about her friend Merica and how whenever she drags her to concerts, she's always left behind. Milliana is way more talkative than she seems. She sings the most beautiful covers though. I loved her song that she made from a few chords on the piano. It's actually why we named our band Hearts Alight. Her song is called Light Up My Heart and it is so beautiful and sad. It talks about how she finally learned how to be friends with someone she was in love with her entire life, but when she tells him, he destroys any love she could feel towards anyone else romantically. It's quite tragic, to say the least. The first time we all listened to it, we cried our faces off. 

We're finally here and her pissed off attitude goes away with the walk we took. I open the door to the camper that we use when we go on tour. She walks in, awe struck by how much stuff we managed to fit in here. I have my guitar on my bed along with Christopher's and there's just a make-shift recording studio we created after ripping out everything in the bathroom. We sound-proofed it and set up a ton of different equipment to create a mini recording studio. I wonder if we could convince her to do a collab with us tonight. I'm hoping so.

Milliana looks around and then gazes at me with the eyes of someone who just got everything she ever wanted. I laugh, pulling her along. Kaden and Chris look from the sheet music they're working on to see her hand in mine. She has a huge smile on her face and that makes Kaden and Chris both smile, happy to see her here in general.

"Hey! It's good to see you again! It's not everyday we get to see our idol since you stopped posting regularly," Kaden looks a bit sad by that, but she's more taken aback by the 'idol' thing by the look on her face. Kaden doesn't miss it either because a few seconds later, he bursts out laughing. She has a cute grimace on her face and Chris finally laughs at that. I stand beside her, hiding my smirk from her. When Chris and Kaden stop laughing, their faces finally realize the fact that it's about midnight and she's still here.

"Uh, so why are you here when it's midnight? Did your friend ditch you or something?" Chris is a bit concerned for her, I know. After all, we're best friends and we're never away from each other. He looks at her like a mother duck trying to protect her duckling from the road. I give him a wry smile, but he glares at me to convey just how serious he is. Damn... My eyes widen in surprise and hurt while he turns his attention back to Milliana. Chris gives an encouraging smile while Milliana takes a deep breath. 

"So, don't get mad, but Merica kinda ditched me so I was gonna sleep on the tree, but Shadow was like ' nah, you be sleepin' with us tonight' and so I'm here." She looks so anxious. I mean, she is a tiny girl in a room full of guys. I'm not too worried any of us are going to do anything though. Chris sighs a heavy sigh and wipes his face. I turn to see Devon look at her with an annoyed but awe-filled face. I smirk, hiding my face the whole time. Kaden walks over to Milliana and lays a hand on her shoulder gently.

"You're welcome to stay the night here with us. After all, we can't abandon a fan." He gives a smile and she winces at the 'fan' part. She looks like she's about to correct him when all of a sudden, Devon starts to speak.

"Since you're a fan, you would be happy to hear that we named our band after one of your songs. Kaden, Chris, and Shadow are obsessed with you, no joke." Devon smirks over to Chris when his face goes bright pink with embarrassment. Milliana looks directly at Chris and gives a small smile. That's cute. He's going to get his dream girl. OK. I mean, I like her, but I'm not going to take this away from him. I also don't want to lose him. I mean, like, bros before hoes, you know?

"So, let me get this straight. You guys literally named your world famous band after one of MY songs? A random YouTuber that you happen to really like? Ok, that's just not very... normal to me. I mean, I forget I'm a YouTuber most of the time, so why should I care too much? I mean, thank you, I'm flattered, but I'm not a fan. More like someone who was forced to go to this concert because Merica threatened to not pay her part of the rent next time, also because when I locked her in the closet, she threatened to break down the door and not pay for repairs. It was all blackmail. Thank you but I think I'll walk." She has an awkward look on her face, like she doesn't understand what to do. Milliana walks to the door and straight out of it.

I glare directly at Devon as he smirks victoriously. I shake my head, angry at him for being such a dick. I look over at Chris apologetically as he runs out the door after her. I can't believe what just happened. Kaden looks way too pissed to talk to about this. He looks like he's about to murder Devon right this instant. I really should steer clear of him and Devon in case I try to murder him myself.

I walk over to my bunk and lay down. My eyes close on their own, making me drift asleep. I fall into a dreamless sleep, thinking about her.