The Moon Is Shining (MjFantasy)

Chapter 16 - There's no turning back, now.

-- --  Omniscient P.O.V -- --

Michael was still leaning against the kitchen counter and he was utterly annoyed.

Why did he have to be so mean ?!
Why did he act in a such aggressive way towards her, all of a sudden ?!

He knew that it wasn't Moon's fault after all...
He just let his anger talk instead of his reason.
But...
The sensation that hit him when she kissed his cheek, when her soft lips pressed themselves against his skin, was so odd...

It even made him shiver, for God's sake !
Hell, even when Brooke, the girl he had been in love with, for years, kissed him passionately, pressing her body against his, it didn't make him feel that way.

To be honest, he didn't feel anything when she did. Nothing but disgust, because he knew she was playing him.

However, a single kiss on the cheek from Moon literally threw him in the Twilight Zone.

And he was worried about that.

He was genuinely scared of it, actually.

It couldn't happen again.

He didn't want to lose his heart to another girl, a girl who will leave it in pieces, once again.

Michael knew it : he didn't recover yet of his relationship with Brooke : He was doing his best to hide it, but the girl really destroyed him, he was devastated.
He was strong enough to act like he was fine, he was strong enough to smile, laugh, do some jokes, but when the sun was going down and that he was alone in the darkness of his room, he couldn't help but cry, his mind torturing him in the worst way.

Just thinking about it immediately brought tears to his eyes.

Michael took a deep breath and tried his best to pull himself together before to break down in his kitchen.

He had to clear his mind, and he only knew one place where he could do it.
He took Bubbles in his arms and took him with him to his studio.

His studio was his sanctuary, his refuge.

It was a place where he was always in peace.
Of course it was a place where he was, most of the time working, creating and writing new songs, but this work was something Michael was made for, and he knew it, it was his destiny.

God expected Michael to do what he was currently doing, and Michael was gladly doing it.

He let Bubbles down once they arrived in the studio.
He closed the door and reached a box where he knew he placed a lot of his rough drafts for potential-future songs.
Writing a song depends of the song itself.

Sometimes it happens quickly, sometimes it happens slowly.

But Michael didn't have any control of the process though.

He took a piece of paper out of the box, read it and scoffed, letting out a sour laugh.

                                                                   " She told me she forgiving me

A lifetime love forever trueBut she left me for another manAnd I'm singing to keep from feelin' blue "
He rolled his eyes and sighed deeply.

He didn't want to sing that song because the lyrics reminded him of his relationship with Brooke but he knew he had to dot it. He turned around quickly to glance at his chimpanzee.

He then, finally noticed that Bubbles was acting in a strange way, since they get in the studio.

He was sitting on the floor, alone, looking at his feet and he seemed really sad. Michael was wondering if that wasn't because he argued with Moon in front of him. 
But there were a lot of chance that they were both the cause of Bubbles' sadness.

He bent down and took the young chimpanzee in his sweet embrace. Immediately, Bubbles hugged him back, and after some minutes Michael slowly let go.

And put himself back to work on his song.

-- -- Moon P.O.V -- --

I walked in my room and slammed the door behind me, still really upset because of Michael's behavior.

I lay in my bed, closed my eyes and breathed in quietly, trying to relax and to understand what happened to him.

Why ?

Why was he acting like that ?

What was the reason ?

There is clearly something bothering him and that is really making me nervous because whatever this thing is, it seems obvious that I'm the reason. Right ?