Lovin' You Again

Throwback

I smile at my phone and put it down. I run into my room and change into something presentable. Avi already saw me in these clothes today but I really don't care. I put on a cute blue blouse that was see through on the arms and black tights. My hair is still up in a bun and I still had my fake eyelashes and mascara on. I gaze at myself in the mirror and muster "Cute" to myself. 

I'm allowed to praise myself every so often ya know. 

Soon I hear the doorbell ring and I don't waste anytime running to the door. Pentatonix had a meeting at my house before so Avi must've remembered where it was. I open the door to see not the same Avi I saw earlier. His hair is still up in the man-bun but it's much neater. His beard is trimmed, like a lot. It's not nearly as long and ragged. The ragged look was cute on him but I'm assuming he did it for the same reason why I changed. He changed to a plaid button-up shirt and a leather jacket on top, black jeans and black shoes as usual. He also has his guitar on his back.

"Heya." I say, gesturing for him to come in. His eyes glance at me up and down and he grins, taking a step into my house. 

"Hey you." 

I walk past him and sit on the couch. Avi follows not too far behind, sitting down a decent distance away from me. This disappoints me for some reason. 
PTX is still playing on my TV.

"Can't sleep love?" He asks. I nod. 

He grins and starts to sing his part effortlessly. 

'Give me that Can't sleep love, I want that Can't Sleep Love. The kind I dream about all day, the kind that keeps me up all night. Give me that Can't Sleep Love.'

I glance over at Avi and he's singing his part. 

'Can't sleep love, Can't sleep love, dm dm da do do dm do do do dm dm'  

"Remember everything?" 

"Duh." I smirk as we continue to sing our parts until the end of the song. I get up and return back with a dust wipe. I throw it on his face and he chuckles. I make my way over to a table and start wiping down the table, now singing our cover of 'Rather Be'. 

Suddenly I feel Avi's hand on top of mine, coming up behind me and stopping me from wiping the table down. He's still singing his part as I can feel the vibrations through his chest. I freeze and he takes my hand and spins me around. He pulls me back to him and he puts us in a couple's dance position. 

His arm around my waist, my hand on his shoulder, and our other hands locking. I grin at him "Okay Kaplan, I see you." I say as I giggle along with his chuckle. I belt my part and he hums his part. We dance around my living room, with the occasional spin and dip every so often. 

'When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be!" 

The song ends and we end in a dip. He pulls me up as 'Take on Me' starts. I giggle and drag him around the living room doing a cha-cha style dance. 

Finally we decide to take a break and sit on the couch. He's sitting closer to me than he was earlier and I'm happy about this. I turn the music off and we just sit in silence, breath taken. 

"Not a bad dancer Avi." I say, giggling. I pat him on the shoulder and he eyes me and smiles. 

"It's my hips." I just grin in reply but in my head I am agreeing 100%.  

"Hey, I'm going to play you something. Let me know if you like it."

"Okay." 

He pulls his guitar out and starts strumming. I watch him concentrate as his eyes glance back and forth between me and his guitar.  He smiled to himself.

I love that about him. He is always so in touch with his music. You could always tell what his mood i within a song when he's singing and it's absolutely mesmerizing. I don't know why I never noticed it before as much as I do now. He is singing an old folk song that sounds like it's a love song. I listen closely to the lyrics as Avi puts his emotion into it like it's everything he's ever lived for. The lyrics tell a story and Avi tells it amazingly. He closes his eyes and passionately sings the song. 

'Lovely lady, is never a maybe in my mind'

'I love you baby but this is crazy you should be mine'

'But I can't talk to you since then, and I can't only be your friend' 

I lean closer as he sings the lyrics and my eyes widen as I piece together the story he's telling. He has sang this song before, but he's putting so much more emotion into it this time.
If that's even possible. 

'I'm standing here waiting, and my sweet hope is simply fading'

'And I can't talk to you 'til then, and I know we won't be together once again'

I can't help but think he's singing this song to tell the story of us. We stopped talking so much after Jeremy and I got together. Avi was always so shy to me after that yet he gazed at me like I was this bright sun. "But I can't talk to you since then, and I can't only be your friend." He was in...love with me?
Avi strums the last chord and looks up at me and those caring eyes are no longer curious. This is the old Avriel Kaplan that I'm gazing at right now. I missed him, I haven't seen him in what felt like forever. I'm assuming he's waiting for me to say something but I don't say anything at all. I just gaze into his green orbs that are sparkling in the sunlight that is shining through my living room window. My eyes wander down an inch or two to his lips. I remember we've almost kissed a few times during that little time when we were both single, but we never actually have. I'm yearning to make it a first time as of right now, and I have no idea why. I can tell he notices my glance. He smiles warmly. 

My next move surprises him, I quickly and blindly grab his collar and crash my lips to his. I am now kissing my ex-bandmate Avi Kaplan.

Wait.

I AM NOW KISSING MY EX-BANDMATE AVI KAPLAN. 

I do it without thinking and I could instantly tell he's surprised by my boldness. He nearly jumps away from shock but once he realizes what is actually going on, he calmly kisses back. I could feel his trembling hands make their away around my hips, pulling me closer to him. His lips are so unbelievably soft, Jeremy's kisses were no where near what this is. In the 6 years that I've been with Jeremy, he's never been able to send as many electrical shocks throughout my body as this bass man in front of me is doing. His beard rubs against my chin and it's so fluffy. I didn't think I'd enjoy the feeling of a beard against my skin as I'm kissing someone but for Avi, it just brings out the softness of his lips. The kiss was gentle, and when we pulled away Avi and I's face were both blood-shot red. 

"Oh so lovely indeed..." he whispers to me as our foreheads are pressed together. 

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Longg chapter this time :D To make up for last chapter's shortness.

YAY KAVI :DD 

Hope you enjoyed! ALso feel free to watch the video of Avi singing lovely lady, it's honestly one of the sweetest things you will ever watch in your entire life. It's so sincere and AHHH he's so perfect <3

See you soon! XOXO