Keeping Us Together (Izzal)

Sound Of Silence

Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk to you again
Cause the visions softly creeping.
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of Silence

Disturbed -Sound of Silence

Izzy sang softly as he held into Axl's slim hand. Words flowed from his mouth like a lazy river flowing alone the riverbed, raindrop hitting the trees so gently it helped the birds sleep.

Rain used to help Izzy sleep, now it was raining outside. The rest of the band sleeping on the sofas and chairs that were laid out neatly in the room. But Izzy couldn't sleep, with each squeeze Axl gave to him made him more pressured into staying awake for him not wanting to miss the moment he opened his eyes and saw his band back together. Though under bad timing.

It was hard to look at, Axl sleeping on the bed with the wires and hoses hooked to his body making him look more like a machine than a man. He was so pale and sick looking that it broke Izzy down. Silence washed over them as the last lyric to Izzy's song fell from his lips. Izzy rested his head on Axl's bed, darkness almost taking over him until he felt a small hand wove it's fingers into his black hair.

Izzy sat up, eyes widening as he saw Axl, eyes half lidded, staring at him. He looked so weak and he was sure he was. "Axl," he said wanting to be sure he wasn't seeing things. Axl smiled as best as he could through the tube stuck down his throat. He squeezed Izzy's hand and the boy almost fainted. "You should have told someone what you were feeling," Izzy said wanting nothing more than to comfort Axl by kissing his head and his face and making him know that he loves him. Axl looked away from Izzy and saw the rest of the band sleeping in the furniture. He pointed to them and looked at Izzy through curious eyes.

Izzy knew he was wondering if everyone was okay again without him around. Slash, Steven, and Duff were all cuddled up to one another using each other's bodies for warmth in this cold hospital. Izzy shook his head. "We haven't been okay, Axl, I know it looks like it. But the truth is we haven't. I'm not in Hell House anymore, Steven is gone at least five days a week God knows where getting drugs, Slash and Duff seem to be okay though. I think Slash is using but I don't know for sure," Izzy explained. Axl whimpered slightly as Izzy rubbed his hand with his thumb their fingers still tightly interlaced. "You should go to sleep, baby doll, you look tired," Izzy said. Axl nodded in agreement and laid his head on Izzy's chest and fell fast asleep within a short amount of time, Izzy caressing his soft face so gently it sent fire and warmth throughout his body. Everything would he okay.