Cherry Bomb [h.s]

27

^^ what zayn and harry look like in this chapter

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Zayn

July 19, 2019
London, England
6:35 pm

I had been playing on this street corner for a few days now, and the earnings were better than they were at the last couple of places. Maybe I can afford rent if I pick up an extra shift at the diner tomorrow morning.

Today was a Friday, so hopefully more people would be out and walking around. I tried not to stay out too late, because I would risk getting mugged. But so far, I hadn't seen anything sketchy.

The evening air was cooler than usual, but still fairly warm. Across the street, the neon lights of a diner just came on. The words Get It While It's Hot! glow in hot pink and bounce off the reflection in the windows.

I sit on a fold-out chair and strum a few chords on my guitar to warm myself up. A few people glance over in vague curiosity, but ultimately decide to keep walking. Then I start singing.

Climb on board
We'll go slow and high tempo
Light and dark
Hold me hard and mellow

I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure
Nobody but you, 'body but me
'Body but us, bodies together
I love to hold you close, tonight and always
I love to wake up next to you
I love to hold you close, tonight and always
I love to wake up next to you

A couple of people stop to listen for a moment, but only one of them throws change in my guitar case. Others walk by like nothing happened.

So we'll piss off the neighbors
In the place that feels the tears
The place to lose your fears
Yeah, reckless behavior
A place that is so pure, so dirty and raw
In the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day
Fucking and fighting on
It's our paradise and it's our war zone
It's our paradise and it's our war zone

Pillow talk
My enemy, my ally
Prisoners
Then we're free, it's a thin line

At one moment, a woman in a pencil skirt stops to listen, but quickly leaves when she hears my profanity.

I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure
Nobody but you, 'body but me
'Body but us, bodies together
I love to hold you close, tonight and always
I love to wake up next to you

So we'll piss off the neighbors
In the place that feels the tears
The place to lose your fears
Yeah, reckless behavior
A place that is so pure, so dirty and raw
In the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day
Fucking and fighting on
It's our paradise and it's our war zone
It's our paradise and it's our war zone