Time Stood Still

Brusnop

*Brusnop*

(Ben Bruce + Danny Worsnop)
-&-

I walked with my bandmates and I stopped in the middle of my tracks. I didn't want to be a burden to them for next hour or so. I needed to be alone.

"I'm gonna go walk around. Don't wait up..." I called out to all of them, but not one in particular.

Warped Tour had asked us to preform at their concert dates. Of course, we said yes.

Being surrounded by American people and their accents filling the air with distant guitar riffs, screaming, and singing made me smile a little to myself. I felt a tap on my back. I put on a fake smile, expecting it to be a fan, but it dropped when I saw that it was just our frontman, Denis.

"What do you want, Denis?" I asked.

"What's wrong?" I put out my wrist. His eyes went wide and he looked up at me. "It's today?" I shrugged.

"I'm not one for love." Lie. I wanted to fall in love so bad, but at the same time I was scared to death of it. What if my clockmate fell out of love?

"But what if they don't?" Denis asked me.

"Did I say that out loud?" He nodded. I groaned.

"I'm the exact same way. Afraid of commitment, though. But I'm pretty sure that they will love you to death, whether it be another band member or a fan. I'm gonna go set up, we're on in just under two hours, but you know how heavy those damn cases and amps are." I nodded. Denis patted my shoulder and ran off.

I walked around aimlessly; not really wanting to face my fear. I signed hundreds of fans' shit and even ended up listening to some other bands.

But my thoughts were always at my wrist.

What if they don't like my habits?

What if they don't like my music?

Or my lyrics?

What if they effect the band?

I wouldn't even glance at the slowly ticking down numbers, in fear that somehow I would've missed my moment. I knew that it couldn't happen and that it was impossible to, but I always think about the worst of outcomes.

I tapped a girl with bright pink and purple hair on her shoulder. She turned around, her canine bites bringing attention to her beautiful smile.

"Is there a good band playing at the moment? I'm just wandering around aimlessly." I awkwardly put my hand on the back of my neck.

"Yeah, Ben. Lemme check..." She clicked a few things with her black nails on her bunny case-covered phone. "Of Mice & Men is playing right now on Main Stage."

I nodded. "Thank you. Autograph?" She handed me a Sharpie and a Mickey Mouse themed book that had the word "Autographs" on the front in the iconic Disney font. I handed it back to her, her smile only growing wider.

I began to walk away, but I stopped. I went back to the girl and tapped her shoulder again. "Where's Main Stage?" I asked in embarrassment.

She giggled. "It's over there." She pointed in a direction.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

I stuffed my hands in my pockets, still not trying to look at my clock. I walked to the side of the crowd in front of the stage. Of Mice & Men had began the song "The Depths" right as I squeezed my way through people, eager to participate in any moshing activities.

"I cannot feel anything anymore!"

I got knocked over, but someone pulled me up. I looked at his face and I instantly knew. I put my wrist up to my ear just to make sure. And sure enough, it was beeping. And everyone around stopped and smiled.

Austin Carlile brought us up on the stage. "Hey Ben! All of y'all know who this is right?" He asked the crowd. They went wild. "It looks like he found his clockmate. In a moshpit. That's more than I can say. I found Alan in the middle of the road about to get run over."

"Shut up!" Alan exclaimed into Aaron's mic.

"Do you know who this is, Ben?" Austin gestured to the bearded man. I shook my head. "This... This is Danny Worsnop from We Are Harlot." The crowd screamed. "And Danny, this is Ben Bruce from Asking Alexandria."

I stuck my hand out for him to shake. "It's nice to meet-" I was interrupted by Danny pulling me closer and kissing me. The crowd by now must've busted some eardrums.

"Nice to meet you, too." Danny replied as he pulled away.

Denis ran on stage and grabbed the mic from Austin.

"I TOLD YOU, BEN! I WAS RIGHT AND YOU WERE WRONG!" Denis swayed his hips and began to do his weird victory dance.

"Shut up!"

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2 chapters left!
& I'm sorry this chapter is so very short
I couldn't really think of anything because Asking Alexandria is band I literally only like for the music & I didn't really ship *Brusnop* until about 2-3 months ago
Anyways
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