Triphilia - together forever | one-shots

Isolated |5| - Learning

"Hey, Love. May I join you?"

Avi looked up when he saw Mitch standing in the doorway. He was sitting in the comfy chair in his room and trying out some melodies. He smiled and nodded. "Always."

Mitch sat down on the desk chair next to his boyfriend. "Hi..." 

Avi noticed that something was up with him. "What's wrong, Mitchy? I thought you wanted to read your book in the garden..." 

Mitch sighed. "I don't know" he sighed softly. "I am feeling so restless right now. Like... I really want to finish that book, but I don't want to read it and I feel like doing something, but then again don't. It feels like this whole situation is really playing with my mind right now. I love being home with you and I love you, but sometimes it feels unbearable. Like I just need to get out. Then again I want to spend time with you..."

Avi listened to the verbiage coming from his boyfriend patiently. "I get you, Mitch. And it's okay that you are feeling this way. Can I help you, though? Because I would like to help you if I can?"

"Actually yes... I thought about learning something new..." Mitch said. "And I always wanted to learn how to play guitar. Would you teach me? Only if you're not busy." 

Avi smiled fondly. "Right now I have all the time in the world. Do you want to start right away?" 

Mitch shrugged his shoulders. "Well we're not going anywhere, right?" 

Avi grinned. "True." He handed the guitar he had on his lap over to his boyfriend. "Here, take this one" he said and grabbed another instrument he had lying on the bed. "Alright. Hold the instrument like this.... no wait, you are left-handed, you need a different guitar."

Mitch had been eager to learn and was already trying to hold the instrument properly as Avi spoke. "Oh..." he said, sounding slightly sad. 

But Avi just chuckled. "Do you really think that I don't have a guitar for you? I got one as a gift from my grandaunt a few years ago. She found it somewhere second or even third hand and didn't know that it was for left-handed players. I knew it would come in handy some time" he explained as he got out an old guitar case from under his bed. "It's very old, but I took care of it. Even though I changed the strings and everything it is not the best instrument, but we'll get one for  you as soon as we can" he said while he tuned the guitar.

Mitch smiled happily. "I don't care. I probably won't get any proper sound out of it for the first lessons..."

Avi smirked. "We'll see about it. You're a very talented musician, you'll be surprised by how quick you can learn. I mean you have to learn how this instrument works, but you know how chords sound." He shrugged his shoulders. "Come on, let's try this."

~

A few hours later, they wrap up their session and go downstairs to find Scott where Mitch had left him, at the piano. 

"What have you been up to?" The blonde asked as he noticed them.

Mitch smiled happily. "Avi taught me how to play guitar" he said.

Avi nodded. "That I did. And he is a natural. So good already" he said proudly. "And what did you do? Did you work on music the whole afternoon?"

Scott chuckled. "Not really, no. I talked to my family for quite some time and only came back here half an hour ago. But I wanted to call it a day anyway. Still... I've been thinking... should we do a little impromptu livestream? Maybe from the kitchen while we're cooking? Could be a fun little thing? Just like twenty minutes?"

Mitch shrugged his shoulders. "Why not, Avi, if you're okay with it?" 

Avi shrugged his shoulders. "I don't mind going live if I have something to do and don't have to talk the whole time. Cooking is a nice idea. We could do pasta with a tomato sauce full of veggies? There's not much left in the fridge with the new delivery coming tomorrow. That way we could use everything we still have?"

Scott smiled brightly. "Awesome. I'll send out a message to announce that were going live in an hour? Does this sound good?"

Avi nodded. "Wonderful."

"Agreed" Mitch said with a huge smile on his face.

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A/N: I don't have a clue about guitars. I only know how to play.the clarinet🤣

Next up: Scomavi livestream from the kitchen. Is there anything you want to know from them?

Side note: I have a full shelf full of history books my grandaunt got me from various flea markets and charitable second hand stores. 🤷🏻‍♀️