Prepare your souls. You're about to go on a ride.

The pair was in the recording room. 2d singing and Murdoc supervising. It was the last song they needed to complete the album. They would have recorded it sooner but they were waiting for the audio from the other singer.

The song was called "to binge". It was nice and calm. They followed their normal recording routine up until 2ds second verse came up. He started singing.

"I'm caught again in the mystery...

You're by my side..

but are you still with me..?

The answer's somewhere deep in it!

I'm sorry but you're feeling it!

But I just have to tell you that I..."

2d looked up at Murdoc and made eye contact with him.

"Love you so much these days~

Have to tell you that I-

Love you so much these days, it's
true~"

The singer smiled then returned to staring at the lyrics. Murdoc rolled his eyes and looked away, hiding his face in the palm of his hand, mostly so that the singer wouldn't notice his blush. There was no way in hell he was going to tell 2d that he actually liked him back. But then a sudden thought hit him.

Originally, he thought that 2d developed a crush on him only because he was lonely and he was the only other living human on the island. But now he thought that maybe it really could be something more... Murdoc liked their relationship; it was easy and he was fully in control.

But how long is that going to last? Murdoc thought. It's not like he'll be satisfied with staying friends with benefits forever, I'm sure he'll get fed up eventually and request a proper relationship... and I doubt that we'll happily stay on plastic beach for the rest of our lives... Something's bound to happen... it always does...

Before he knew it the song ended and 2d was out of the recording room. The singer was standing in front of him, waiting. Murdoc looked up at him.

"What?"

"Well," 2d blushed. "I just have to tell you that I.. love you so much these days. It's true!" He struggled to say the lyrics without singing. The bassist sighed in frustration which made him giggle.

"Not fair. You're using my own lyrics against me." 2d smiled at him.

Not long after that the singer was sent out of the room since Murdoc needed to do some actual work and he was a distraction. So while the bassist was busy mashing all the songs into one album 2d decided to go watch some tv.

---

After a few hours Murdoc finally emerged from the recording room and sat down lazily next to 2d. He told the singer that he sent what he had to to the right people and soon Gorillaz was going to make their great comeback with their new Plastic Beach album. 2d smiled and leaned on Murdoc.

"Want me to make you feel good and celebrate?" The singer asked in a cheesy way.

"I thought I told you not to flirt with me using my lyrics." The singer chuckled. "And the answer is no, I'm too tired today."

"Mkay."

Murdoc was overthinking everything for the past few hours that he spent alone, he couldn't help but feel a certain feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach...

"So.." he said casually. "Do you still love me?" 2d looked up at him, a little surprised at first, but then smiled.

" 'Course I still love you~ why wouldn't I?" 2d snuggled into Murdoc side again. Although it was a rhetorical question, Murdoc couldn't help but think of the answer. He really didn't understand why the singer would fall for him out of all people. The bassist sighed and just focused on the tv.

---

By the time the movie finished it was already getting dark. Murdoc looked down and noticed that 2d fell asleep on top of him. He smiled, he was also getting tired.

He lifted the singer up bridal style and headed towards his bedroom but suddenly stopped. He didn't want 2d to get too comfortable or to start thinking that he has a say in what happens on plastic beach. As cruel as it sounds, Murdoc needed 2d to know that he was fully in control, he didn't want any pointless arguments.

The bassist turned around and headed towards the elevator, the sleeping singer still in his hands.

He walked into the singers bedroom, carefully closing the door behind him and placed the singer on the bed, then lay down next to him. He looked at 2d and sighed, trying to fall asleep with this burden on chest wasn't as easy as it seemed.

---

The doors were slammed open, waking up both 2d and Murdoc. They looked up to see Cyborg standing in the doorway. Something was wrong, Murdoc knew it.

"They're here." She stated.

"Who is??" Murdoc questioned sitting up.

"The pirates."

---

Murdoc run upstairs with Cyborg to sort this shit out, leaving 2d in the basement for his own safety.

2d was stressing out and pacing in circles around his room when he stepped on something. It was his mask. The one Murdoc gave him when they went to do the hoist during the music video for Stylo. 2d looked at it, wondering if everything's going to turn out fine and if they're going to be able to return to normal.

He suddenly heard a low rumbling coming from outside. He never heard it before but he new that it could be nothing good. He looked out of the window to see a whale... coming right at him...

An eerie calmness swept over the singer as he put his mask on, covering the tears streaming down his face.

"Guess I'm dying alone..."

END OF PART ONE

This was shorter than I expected it to be. Don't stress, the story isn't over yet. I'll feed you with another update in a few hours.