Room 317- Saturday afternoon

[notconflicted]

Sia was curled up on the cushion of her bay window that was totally in her room now, looking out at the scenery below. She'd been feeling kind of weird over the last day or so, for no apparent reason, and now she was just content to be pensive and... hum to herself. The tune just spoke to her.

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

It was apparently that kind of day.


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[notconflicted]

Sia raised an eyebrow, but the eternal sadness really touched her in a way that she couldn't explain, a way that told her only she could make it all better.

"You should have brought snacks to my room?"

We're drivin' down the road
I wonder if you know
I'm tryin' so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool
Run your hands through your hair
Absent mindedly makin' me want you

[suitably_heroic]

"You don't really keep anything worth eating in here," Atton said. Staring at her soulfully from his position half-draped over the chair.

Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting
Silence, this train runs off its tracks
Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen?
Hang up, give up, for the life of us we can't get back

[notconflicted]

"Well, since you bring it up, maybe I should fix that." Because naturally she took everything he said to heart. Couldn't he see that?

If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you.
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see ‒
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

[suitably_heroic]

She was too good for this world. And that was why Atton could never get any closer than this.

"Get some soda, too."

And I said,
Stay, stay, stay.
I've been lovin' you for quite some time, time, time.
You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad.
But I think that it's best if we both stay.

[notconflicted]

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes."

"I'll do that. So, how have you been?"

Besides soul-pained.

[suitably_heroic]

Sometimes I wonder how it's gonna feel
Will my first love be true and real?
Will I be ready when my heart starts to fall?
What will I do when my love comes to call?
And my daddy tells me that I light up his world
Everyday he says, darling you're my best girl
He tried to teach me from the very start
The meaning of love so nobody breaks my heart

Will my love come in a bowl of fire?
Will it be filled with hope and desire?
Will my love come in a pouring rain?
Am I ready for the joy, am I ready for the pain
Am I ready for the boy, am I ready for love

"Thirsty," Atton offered. "And missing my vacation, but... mostly thirsty. How about you?"

[notconflicted]

But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2am and I'm cursing your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you

"Distracted, for some reason," she admitted.

Spoiler: it was his sad, soulful gaze.

[suitably_heroic]

"Weird," Atton said, gazing sadly and soulfully.

His insides hurt like a leaf shredded by twigs in an autumn wind.

It's a run around the world
And it's moving so fast
Though I wanna find
A love that's gonna last
A love so strong
That I can withstand
The weight of the world
In the palm of its hand

[notconflicted]

"Can I... get you anything?" she tried.

Maybe I was naïve,
Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand

[suitably_heroic]

"No, I think I'll go," Atton said. It'd just be insane if anything actually happened in this conversation.

Don’t say "Yes", run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out
And they said, "Speak now"

"I'll get some Coke from the common room."

[notconflicted]

"I'll get some later." She'd just have to pine.

More than she already did.

Sigh.

We are never ever ever getting back together,
We are never ever ever getting back together,
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

[suitably_heroic]

Atton got out of his chair.

He walked to the doorway. He... lingered. All the things he couldn't say. All the things he couldn't do. And there she was. There she was.

I said remember this moment, in the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the Kings and the Queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age

Long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered

"Yeah," he said.

He vanished into the hallway.