The duet(4)

(music recommendation: hayloft ii by mother mother)

The music was still connected when a familiar song started playing. I sat up with a goofy grin and looked at him. My sudden burst in energy made him look at me warily.

"what are you doing?" he asked as he didn't recognise the intro.

"its hayloft…" I said excitedly

"naa…it's not"

"yes, this is the remix…hayloft2" I grinned as I picked up a broom and started thrashing my hair about pretending to play the electric guitar. His eyes widened in realisation.

"no shit!"

"Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? One got shot and the other got lost in drugs and punks and blood on the street. Blood, blood on her knees. Bloody history, YEAH!..." I mimed the lyrics and soon enough he joined me.

"I thought you didn't know it" I yelled over the music as I watched him trash his head about, pumping his fist in the air.

"I do know it…" he yelled back and I laughed. 

"…my baby's got s gun, my baby's got a gun…my baby's got a gun, I better run, my baby's got a gun, it goes…Boom boom,crack, ga-ga-ga-ga, boom, boom…" we took the chorus together, screaming into each others faces.

"an eye for an eye, a leg for a leg…"I sang the first bit

"a shot in the heart doesn't make it unbreak" he sang the second line, pretending to have a mic held up to his mouth.

"she really didn't wanna make it messy…" I sang

"she really, really didn't, but the girl gone cray…" xerxes sang out as the song progressed into the next verse until it reached the best part. 

"DRUM SOLO!" looked like I wasn't the only one excited about it. Xerxes shut his eyes as he mimed the drum solo with all seriousness, it was amusing to watch. Then I used my broom as the guitar for the next bit, it felt asif we were performing at a rock concert.

"…my baby's got s gun, my baby's got a gun…my baby's got a gun, I better run, my baby's got a gun, it goes…Boom boom,crack, ga-ga-ga-ga, boom, boom…" we took the chorus again and again, screaming at the top of our lungs. He played the drum and I played the guitar.

"she's not a bad kid,she's not a bad kid. But she had to do it, she had to do it…" the song turned mellow towards the ending as we finally calmed down.

"woah!" he shouted and I burst out in series of silly giggles.

"that was fun…" I smiled, trying to control my giggles. For the briefest moment our eyes locked. He was the first to break his gaze as he cleared his throat, I did the same as I tried to hide the small tint on my cheek.

"tch…let's go again…" he proposed and I agreed. I mean, its not like we had anything else to do, we might as well kill time.

So for the next one hour, we kept ourselves busy, jamming to my entire playlist of mother mother.

"…Ana baby, ana hear me, ana baby,I'm not crazy…oh ana, oh ana, oh ana, I'll be with you  still. You are the angle I couldn't killll…" we sang another song again.

We had been so in the moment, that we failed to notice the doors behind us open and in walked our fellow dorm mates, back from a long day of battling each other at the battle royal. I could only imagine the shocked looks on their faces, seeing me and xerxes like this.

"no way…" the music stopped and both of us turned around, freezing in our tracks like deers staring at headlights.

"i can explain…" I blurted out and I saw Charlie smile sheepishly. Xerxes on the other hand proceeded to yell at them.

"you had better not mess up the place with your sweaty and muddy bodies =_=" he scolded them and they shuddered. After all, he was the resident hot head, well me and him, which is why we always clash…A LOT. I wouldn't blame them for being shocked.

Xerxes not wanting to get involved anymore than he had to be left to his room,without even saying a word, leaving me to put away the brooms, typical.

Returning back into my room, my heart almost slipped out of my chest when I saw Charlie already wait for me.

"vivi!" she exclaimed.

"good lord,Charles, how many times do I need to tell you not to do that!" I scolded her, shutting the door to my room. Charlie had a delighted look on her face as I walked towards her.

"are you guys secretly  dating?" she went straight to the point and I stared at her motionless.

"huh? What are you talking about?"

"you and xerxes!" 

What in the world is this girl talking  about.

"lol, no, you must be mistaken…-_-"

"but you guys were…"

"…just singing, did you forget that he and I are under dorm arrest…"

"yeah, but…"

"no, butts are for pooping…be glad that we didn't bring the house down…" I smirked and Charlie gulped.

"to be honest, I was scared that  you guys might have killed yourselves…" Charlie confessed, I couldn't help but laugh.

"today was surprisingly not bad…*sigh* just four more days until its all over" I sunk into my bed, right next to Charlie and she laid down next to me, curled up like a cat.

"but you guys were good, maybe you both could perform at the spring festival that's coming up…" she mumbled under her breath and I chuckle.

"you mean me and chuckles?"

"yeah…think about it.."

"that right there is what we call wishful thinking, Charles.."

"hmm.."

But she was right, she had no idea xerxes could sing.

"enough of that, tell me about the royal, who won, who did you fight and what did I miss…" I changed the topic as Charlie began filling me on everything I had missed. But for some reason, my thoughts kept drifting in the direction of chuckles…how dumb.