After the war (Solangelo)

Chapter 29: Singing

Sorry for all the videos. They're the songs in this chapter. The one above is the first song played. All rights of the songs go to Twenty One Pilots Also, in the picture, is how I imagine Nico looking like. Yes, tattoos and everything, though I have different tattoos in my mind, but anyways. You can't see his lips, but I imagine him with a (black) lip ring, also, his hair is more like Dan Howell's, but shaggier. So, yeah.

5 Months Later and Nico POV
I sat with my knees to my chest, trying to keep the tears from falling. I messed up again. It's been a year and some since Will and I became official. We were doing so well. And I just had to go and ruin it. Will and I got into a huge fight, again. He was mad at how closed off I am. I defended myself, and the argument escalated, until we were yelling. I really was trying, so hard, to be more open. I remembered the walls Will had knocked down so easily, and can't help but think about about why I built them. Maybe I'm selfish for it, but it was to avoid something like this. So I wouldn't get hurt, and neither would anyone else. I grabbed the IPod next to me, and made as if to throw it, but instead shakily unlocked it, hitting my Twenty One Pilots playlist and pressing shuffle. Run and Go came on, and the tears slipped past my lashes, that had acted as prison bars to them for so long. I got lost in the song, that fit the argument with Will perfectly. As the song got to the midway point, I whispered the words Tyler sang clearly and unafraid. "Tonight, I need you to stay," A familiar voice spoke next to me, and I whirled. "Of course I'll stay. I'll never leave." I buried my face in Will's chest, apologizing repeatedly. Will smiled gently, "It's OK sunshine." I realized I was in the middle of the cabin, though I'm not sure how I got there. The song came to an end, and with the gravely half-yelling voice of Tyler saying; "Tonight, I need you to stay!" There was a beat of silence, before Trees began to play, and I bit my lip, before beginning to sing uncertainly. "I know, where you stand, silent in the trees." Will looked at me, but I closed my eyes and kept going.

Trees --^

Will POV

Nico kept singing, his voice hesitant, but spectacular, even better than some of my siblings. "I can feel your breath. I can feel my death. I want to know you, I want to see, I want to say, hello. Hello." His voice became more confident and then his hands began to move. I backed up, sitting on his be, and watched. His eyes were closed, and I don't think he realized what he was doing, as he got more and more into the music. "I want to say, hello!" I finally realized what he was doing! He was signing! The song changed, and Nico nibbled on his lip, eyes opening before jumping into rap. Holding Onto You below "I'm taking over my body, back in control. No more shotty, I bet a lot of me was lost, t's uncrossed and i's undotted, I fought it a lot, and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got, not anymore, flesh out the door. Swat!" I grinned. "I must've forgot, you can't trust me! I'm open a moment and close when you show it, before you know it, I'm lost at sea." I smiled sadly, thinking about our recent fight. ". . . . You should take my life, you should take my soul." He heaved a breath and continuing. "You are surrounding, all my surroundings. Sounding down the mountain range, of my left side brain. You are surrounding, all my surroundings, twisting the kaleidoscope, behind both of my eyes. And I'll be holding onto you!" When he was signing and not singing, his hands moved as if he was playing the keyboard, and drums, then he took another breath before rapping again. "Remember the moment, you know exactly where you're going, 'cause the next moment before you know it, time is slowing, and it's frozen still, and the window sill looks really nice, right? You think twice about your life. It probably happens at night, right? Fight it! Take the pain, ignite it! Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine and tie it! To a tree, tell it 'you belong to me! This ain't a noose, this is a leash, and I have news for you, you must obey me!' You are surrounding, all my surroundings, sounding down the mountain range of my left sand brain! You are surrounding, all my surroundings, twisting the kaleidoscope, behind both of my eyes!" He took a deep breath before singing, and my jaw went slack at the high pitchness, yet he hit it perfectly. "Entertain my faith," This repeated, and even as he kept singing, his hands would mime playing instruments, and his body moved with the beat.