No Name [Ereri/Riren Fanfic] [COMPLETED]

Chapter Four

     M, H, J, and myself were on the tour bus on our way to the next and practically last location in the state, and I had finished my lecture with Eren about his cleaning.

     "God, remind me to do a way better job than I did today," Eren sighed.

     I smirked and turned my head to look out the window.

     "You just need to know that even a spec of dust can ruin all the hard work you put into cleaning. One spec, and you re-do it. All of it. But that's only for clean up, so you don't need to worry too much about it."

     "Look at L being the older brother figure~ I love it!" H exclaimed, pressing her cheeks with her clenched hands.

     To be honest, I always wanted siblings, but then my mother caught cancer and died from it. So I ended up being an only child. However, I still have No Name, and now with Eren joining us, it feels like a big, warm, happy family to me. Plus, I have someone around my age to talk to now. H and M always talk about things I don't understand because "I'm still young" to understand any of it. Just because they're twenty something years old doesn't mean I won't understand anything they talk about, I'm only three to four years younger than them!

     Now that I said that, I realize that I sounded like a child. Then again, aren't we all still children? If you think deeply into the question then it would make sense to some. For others they'll take it religiously and that's not what I'm hinting at.

     Think about it. You yourself are a child to your parents, and they're still children to their's. That's what I'm getting at.

     Anyway, point being, I'm still a child no matter how you look at it, but that doesn't mean I won't understand things that "adults" talk about. I've said this before but I'll say it again; I'm glad I have Eren to talk to now.

     "Hey, J, if you have any ideas on songs we could sing feel free to come up to me with them."

     "Alright, thanks for the heads up."

     "Anytime."

     Well that was awkward. It's like I can't form a proper conversation with him; like he's shutting himself off from the world around him. Then again, he could be this way after what happened to him; being abused by his father and watching his mother commit suicide in front of him. I'm kind of that way myself, an introvert, since I lost my mother and I have no idea where my father is or what he looks like. However, Kenny on the other hand, I can never go back to him. He's nothing more than human scum.

     As I was reminiscing on my family, Eren decided to spark conversation between the two of us, seeing that M and H went up to the front of the bus about something.

     "For this last location, I'm guessing I'm to watch you guys from back stage? Since it's not public that No Name has a new member."

     "Yeah, sorry about that, but you get free access since you're with us now. Our manager, Erwin Smith, will have everything taken care of regarding your joining. So you don't need to worry about that."

     "Alright. So going back to your offer about any songs I might have in mind?"

     "We spend about two weeks putting together a whole album containing the new records we record at the studio Erwin has gotten us, and once he puts the album out for sale, he starts booking tour locations for that album's tour. So basically, after this location we're heading back to the house we all live in to rest up for recordings."

     "Okay."

     "Now that I'm thinking about home, we only have three bed rooms; one for H, M, and for me. You'll have to sleep with one of us, but if you want my word of advice, you'd sleep with me. H snores so loud you won't be able to sleep at all and that's not good. M tosses and turns so much, you'll end up on the floor with a sore body, and we can't have that either."

     "I'd be fine sleeping on a couch somewhere in the house, really."

     "It's still uncomfortable."

     "I'm used to it, honest, I won't get sore from sleeping on the couch."

     "You're "used to it?" What's that mean?"

      "... My father basically decimated my room after my mom died, seeing that he thought it was my fault for her death. So I slept on the couch in the living room of my house."

     With this new information, I made up my mind.

     "You're sleeping with me, rather you like it or not. I'm going to make sure that you're not haunted by your father while you're with us. The whole point of No Name is so we can forget our pasts and troubles we endured. We turned to music as our therapy, as our healer, and I'll be sure to save you from whatever may be chaining you down."

     Eren didn't respond but he nodded with a small smile on his face. I think that might've been the first time I've seen this kid smile, but I could've missed it before so I could be wrong.

     Even though I'm the youngest, well, second youngest, I still have a responsibility to make sure the members in No Name are treated kindly and think of this band as a family. To us, the current members and Eren included, No Name is a sanctuary, and I have every notion of keeping it that way. For all of our sakes.

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I'm thinking I'll put songs on the top that gave me the inspiration to write the chapters and I'll use songs that the band will sing. Let's all pretend that the songs they sing were never released by anyone else XD. Okay? Sweet. I was going to make this chapter a bit more energetic but this is what it ended up being instead. Next chapter will be better, I hope T_T, but I'll see you guys in the next chapter!!!

~ Author-san