Psycho Path

Chapter 10 - Old memories

It's been hours now. You wonder how Gerard aren't feeling tired at all, he's been driving non-stop. Frank is snoring beside him. As for you, you sit at the back, and the journey has been so quite since you guys left the town. "Where are we going to, Gerard?" You attempt a conversation. "We are meeting Mikey." Your eyes widen at this. "Are you serious?? We are going to (Your hometown)??? Babe, they are going to catch us!" Gerard turn his head to the back a bit, smirking while looking at you. You just realized that you called him 'babe' and this makes your face turns red. "Nope, they won't. I look different, remember?" He just grins. Yeah, his fiery red hair does make him look 'very different' from before. You roll your eyes at his stupid suggestion. "But it's you. You're the problem now. They might recognize you. That's why I would like to ask permission from you, to do something." You tilt your head to the side a bit. "Huh? What is it?" "I want to cut your hair." (In this story, your hair is long okay, at least pass your shoulder. I have to, so that it fits the storyline. Tq :))

"WHAATTT?!!" Your sudden loud voice wakes Frank up. "H-huh? What's going on?? Are we there yet???" Frank said in a sleepy voice. Gerard feels kind of guilty for suggesting that. But what else can he do? This is for your own good. "I-I'm sorry Y/n.. I know how much you love your hair. B-but, I feel like i-it's for your own good. I can't let them have you." Gerard is right. You really2 like your hair. It's what that makes you feel at least a bit pretty whenever you don't think you're beautiful enough. You always brush your hair, keeping them in place. You've been taking good care of it, which is why your hair appear smooth and feels so soft. You stay quiet, not knowing what to say. But suddenly, Frank interrupts "You wanna cut her hair?? Dude, that's awesome! I think it's a great idea!! Y/n would look great in short hair." You turn your head to look at him. Does he really think you would look good with it? You are more convinced now. "Well, okay then." You say to Gerard. Gerard just smiles at you. "Thanks, babe." He moves a bit to kiss you. "Eyes on the road, Gerard!" Frank says it out loud. "Okay, okay..geez Frank. You won't even let me have my own sweet moment." Gerard chuckles, you do so as well. Frank rolls his eyes, and look outside the window.

You guys have now arrived at a cabin, deep inside the woods, and Gerard has to drive through a small trail to get there. It's almost night time. The sun is setting down. You notice Frank is going elsewhere instead of going inside the cabin. "He probably wanna smoke or something. Come inside Y/n." Gerard says, he's already at the front door. You follow him. As he opens the cabin door, it's quite dark inside, so he lights up a candle. "You are probably thinking about how I find this cabin, right?" Gerard says as you are looking around the inside of it. "Well, yeah actually." Gerard smiles at you. "It's mine actually." This makes you look at him now. "To be exact, it's mine and Ray's." Knowing this makes you dead silent. He also shuts his mouth, then says something more "I'm sorry Y/n for bringing up about him. But we shared lots of memories here." If you're not mistaken, he sounds like almost crying. "Me and Ray,... we used to always come here, doing nothing really, just hanging around, talked about life and stuff." You notice a few cans of empty beer at a corner of the cabin. Suddenly, Gerard breaks into tears, falling and now sitting on the wooden floor. You quickly rush towards him. It hurts to see Gerard like that.

"What is wrong with me??!! I killed him!! I killed my own best friend!! And now I miss him damn much!!!" Gerard says, crying louder now. "Shh..shhh...Gerard,listen." You hug him. His body is shaking violently. You grab his face and make him look into your eyes. He seems to relax a little now, sniffling a bit now and then. One of your hand put away a strand of his hair and tuck them behind his ear. You give him a comforting smile and stroke his cheek with your thumb."What's past is in the past. We need to carry on." Knowing that he is not in the right state of mind anymore, it's best not to blame him as a murderer. He probably wasn't thinking straight at that moment. Gerard hugs you, now crying again onto your shoulder. His tears stained your shirt but you don't mind at all. "I ruin your shirt. Sorry." Then he laughs a bit. You chuckle as well. Now it's Gerard's turn to hold your face in his hand. "Thank you Y/n. You didn't leave me back then, and you are still here with me. You believe in me, even when you know that I'm... insane." You hate to hear Gerard saying things like that about himself. "Gerard, no no no. I don't like you saying such thing to yourself. Love yourself, okay?" You hold him and kiss his forehead. He just chuckles,and says "How can I? When I've already fallen in love with you." You let out a laugh. So cheesy, yet so sweet. His forehead is on yours now. Then he leans forward, and inches closer. Your lips met. You melt against his soft lips. You can taste the sweet-salty and bitterness of his tears from before. The kiss was simple, nothing aggressive or passionate. You both break the kiss after a moment. You stay in his arms for a while. Then he speaks "Now, shall we give you a haircut?" You lift your head to look at him and smile, then nod your head a bit, giving him the permission.