echo; adopted by twenty one pilots

-3-

nobody thinks what i think. nobody dreams when they blink.
💊

my eyes open and i look around. a smile creeps onto my face when i realize that everyone else has gone to breakfast.

i take out my lyric book from under my bed. it has a bunch of twenty one pilots songs from the last time i had the chance to listen.

i turn to my favourite song. forest. i must admit, it's been a while since i heard their songs.

i begin to sing, practicing my voice so i can properly talk.

i skip past the verse to the first chorus.

down in the forest
we'll sing a chorus
one that everybody knows

hands held higher
we'll be on fire!
singing songs that nobody wrote.

i pause, just wanting to work on the chorus a bit.

down in the forest
we'll sing a forest(lmao thats not how it goes but i'm leaving it in here )
one that everybody knows

hands held higher
we'll be o-

a floorboard creaks. i freeze before looking up at who it is. just my luck, it's the singer and his wife.

i blush a dark hue of red and scramble up out of bed.

"you have a nice voice," tyler says smoothly. i notice that he is looking at my goddamn arms again. i look down too and realize that one of my sleeves are up a little bit.

i pull it down at lightning speed. i avoid his glance as jenna speaks.

"so, do you have your stuff packed?" she asks.

i nod and pull out my small suitcase from under my bed. it barely comes up past my mid thigh. and i'm about as tall as an ant. (guys this is what you call a hyperbole. exaggeration. she isn't stewart little)

they both look at it in pity.

"we have to go shopping, if that's okay," jenna smiles awkwardly. i nod.

"okay, lets go," tyler says. i nod, as per usual, and we walk out of the hell hole.

i'd say forever but they aren't gonna want me soon enough.

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we pull into a medium-sized house and i step out of the car. the house is actually quite pretty. we all go inside.

it's spotless. i could lick fucking water off of these floors. i get lead upstairs. there's a hallway that has four doors in it.

"this is the bathroom, this ones josh's room, this one is mine and tylers room, and this one is yours," jenna points at each of the doors. mine is the farthest.

i nod and drag my suitcase to my room, it's a pretty bland room, with white walls and a simple bed and dresser.

"we didnt know what you wanted so here's this," tyler said quietly from the door.

"it's amazing," i reply. i set my suitcase down. ill unpack later. i lay on my bed and stare at everything. it looks like my room has a bathroom and a closet. coolbeans.

i hear a knock at my bedroom door.

"come in," i say quietly. josh enters the room and sits on the edge of my bed.

oh boy is this awkward for me. i used to have the biggest crush on him.

"hi," he says.

"hello," i reply, sitting up.