Real or Not Real? ~Coriolanus Snow AU

14-Halen

Halen's POV:

It's been a little over 24 hours since I was with Coriolanus at the lake. That was the most perfect day ever for me besides Aurra, she was going to get a stern talking to if she ever tried anything like that again. 

I was getting ready for a show, I put on a lovely dress that had a white top and the bottom was a pastel green. My hair was curly and my makeup was done, I had on a pair of black boots and smiled to myself in the mirror as Carina added a few flowers to my hair. 

I was nervous, I had written a new song overnight that I was going to sing tonight but it made me anxious, to say the least. "You doing alright?" Carina asked.

I nodded, "Just nervous,"

"Why?"

"I wrote a new song and I'm anxious to see how the crowd will react,"

"You mean how Coriolanus will react,"

I laughed lightly, "That too,"

"What's the song about?" Carina asked.

I shook my head, "You'll have to wait and see,"

"I won't have to wait much longer, this place is getting busy already,"

I laughed as she started touching up her makeup. Aurra was opening tonight and her voice wasn't bad but she was no Carina, that's for sure.

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It had been about 20 minutes since the show started and Carina introduced me, I walked out and smiled as the Covey began strumming the beat of my newest song. 

Coriolanus was sitting directly in front of me with his back to the wall. His friend was with him and I tried to calm myself as couples danced along the floor making me yearn to do that with Coriolanus.

"Everyone's born as clean as a whistle, as fresh as a daisy, and not a bit crazy. Staying that way's a hard row for hoeing, as rough as a briar, like walking through fire." I paused and looked back at Coriolanus who was watching with a faint smile on his face and a drink in his hand, "This world, it's dark, this world, it's scary. I've taken some hits, so no wonder I'm wary. It's why I need you, you're as pure as the driven snow," I smiled and watched Coryo's face light up. 

"Everyone wants to be like a hero. The cake with the cream, or the doer not dreamer, doing's hard work, but it takes some to change things, like goat's milk to butter, like ice blocks to water," Seeing his face light up as I made references to him made me smile brighter and heat rushed to my cheeks. "This world goes blind when children are dying, I turn into dust, but you never stop trying. It's why I love you," His expression fell at my confession but a pure and true smile quickly formed, he was nudged by his peacekeeper friend and his smile only grew. 

"You're as pure as the driven snow. Cold and clean, swirling over my skin. You cloak me, you soak right in, down to my heart. Everyone thinks they know all about me, they slap me with labels and spit out their fables. You came along and you knew it was lying." He nodded faintly and my smile never faded, "You saw the ideal me and yes, that's the real me, this world, it's cruel with troubles aplenty. You asked for a reason, I've got three and twenty for why I trust you. You're as pure as the driven snow. It's why I trust you, you're as pure as the driven snow," 

By the end of the song, Coriolanus was smiling brighter than I'd ever seen before. His friend had disappeared though, Coriolanus looked around and seemed to have found him. He took off after him, his expression changing quickly, and that resulted in me propping my guitar against the wall and running towards Carina, "What's wrong?"