A Silent Song - corpsekkuno

Chapter 4

-Sykkuno's POV-

Sykkuno sat with Nino in the living room, doing another lesson in sign language. "So... Lotus isn't here today?" Sy asked softly. Nino shook his head sadly. "They're having a bad day... so I dropped them off at therapy before I came here," Nino explained. "How is it..? Living with Lotus? I mean how do you deal with not hearing them talk?" Sy asked softly. "Well,, They talk in their sleep so it's not all bad. At least I can hear something sometimes. Though, I get where you're coming from. Holding conversations are hard sometimes and you always have to be looking at them when you talk to them and Lotus gets uncomfy if you look at them too long. I miss them talking and I miss their voice more than anything. I wish I knew why they stopped talking... See with Corpse there was an explanation, his condition got too bad and he lost his voice, with Lotus... they just left one day and never said anything since..." Nino explained. He frowned softly. "They looked so broken when they came home.. Like all the light was just ripped out of them... every last bit of hope they had for the world seemed to have just been stolen from them..." Nino sighed softly and looked up at Sy. "anyway..." he said quietly. Sy frowned, listening to Nino talk. "Yeah, I know the look..." Sy said, suddenly really grateful that Corpse took the time to have one last big day with him before his voice was gone forever. He wondered what had happened to Lotus to make them stop talking as well, but if Nino didn't know, then it was bad, and none of Sy's business. He looked at the door when he heard it unlock and saw Corpse walk in. "how was the doctor hun?" Sy asked. Corpse shrugged softly and sat next to Sy. He put his head on Sy's shoulder and let out a small breath. Sy kissed his head and held his hand. "I'm gonna go pick up Lotus... Bye big brother, bye Sy," Nino said and left. Corpse and Sykkuno both waved bye. Then, Sykkuno wrapped Corpse in a blanket and turned on his favourite movie. "I'm gonna get us some snacks love, you just watch the movie," Sy said quietly and walked into the kitchen. He got popcorn and chocolate and other random candies and went back to the living room. He set them all out of the coffee table and cuddled Corpse close. "I love you, Corpse," Sy said. He said it a lot more now, and every time he slightly hoped to hear Corpse say it back. He never could though. He always signed it or kissed Sy's head or cheek.. Or he would squeeze his hand or tap him three times. But it wasn't really the same. Sykkuno was positive it would never be the same again and, like Nino with Lotus, he would just have to learn to live with it. Sykkuno sighed and kissed Corpse's head softly.