Chapter 9
2d looked up with tears in his eyes.
"Russ-?" But before he could continue the bigger man lifted both him and Noodle into a warm bear hug. After about a minute they all let go smiling. The front door was closed and they headed upstairs to the living room which was empty. They all sat down on the sofa and started chatting.
"Russel! It's so good to see you again! And Noodle.." the singer turned to her and held her hands. "You've grown so much! How are you still alive... if you don't mind me asking."
"No it's ok." She smiled, glad to have an old friend back. "I was never dead to begin with......."
Noodle and Russel both explained how and why they returned, 2d listened carefully.
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While they did that Murdoc was upstairs in his room, sitting on his bed.
The bassist sighed. He was relieved, more than ever to know that 2d was alive.. and here.... right now. But he just couldn't bring himself to face him. He was certain that over time feelings go away but even after a year he still had a crush on that dullard. And that was a problem.
He had a full year of interacting with other humans and rethinking his life decisions. There's no way in hell he still likes me. This is for the better. We weren't meant to be together.. I was stupid to think that.
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"....and then we all decided to get a house and live together, like in the good old times. But of course it wasn't the same without you..." it felt like Noodle wanted to say more but she stopped herself.
"So 2d." Russel caught his attention. "Your turn, explain how you got here and why you didn't return sooner."
"As you may or may not know I was eaten by a whale.." he shivered. "Horrible creature. But then it died, and got washed up on the coast of some island. At some point I realised that I wasn't stranded and that there were other people on the island too. I got a job making friendship bracelets and decided to stay a year to, y'know, find myself."
"And how did that go?" Noodle asked.
"Well it was pretty easy, I'm right here.." 2d joked, avoiding telling what really happened. "And then yesterday I got fired. And today I finally got the courage to call.. and I ended up coming back.." the singer smiled causing the other two to smile too.
"So Murdoc knew you were coming all along?" 2d nodded.
"That bastard!" Noodle swore. "He told us that you were dead and that we should just accept the new singer!"
"New singer?" 2d laughed.
Then why..? Russel thought. If it was 2d that got out of that cab today... why did Murdoc smile at him so warmly?
The singer looked around, catching Noodles attention.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Oh, umm... I was just wondering.. where's Murdoc?" He asked shyly. Noodles face turned serious, she made eye contact with Russel.
"Umm, that's not a very good thing to wonder.." she said cautiously.
"What do you mean?" The singer was confused.
"Murdoc's been acting weird." The drummer said. "He's been drinking a lot and the weirdest part is that he doesn't even bring birds home anymore."
"Really??" 2d perked up. Could it be? He thought. Could he have kept his promise??
"Not even one." Noodle confirmed.
"Well can't I just say hi to him?" The singer asked.
"Not the greatest idea." Russel said.
"Why?"
"Well.." Noodle hesitated. "Um, he doesn't really like speaking about you.."
"Like at all." Russel added.
"He gets pissed off if we just mention your name." She said. 2d looked down. The mood was kinda ruined now, sadder.
"I don't care." The singer looked up. "I want to see him." He stood up. "Where is he?" The drummer and guitarist knew that they couldn't stop him.
"Upstairs. The room at the very end of the corridor." Noodle sighed.
"Thanks." And he was off.
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Murdoc was on his bed, casually chilling when he heard three knocks. He rolled his eyes.
"Come in." The rough voice made 2ds heart skip a beat. He was lightly trembling, holding in sobs as tears reached the brims of his eyes. He knocked again. "For fucks sake!" He heard floorboards creak and footsteps coming towards the doors. He didn't care if Murdoc got more aggressive and would beat him just for standing there. He didn't care that the bassist had no feelings for him. He just didn't care anymore. "What-?!" As soon as doors opened he hurled himself at the bassist, knocking him a few steps backwards, and violently started sobbing. The doors slowly closed themselves.
He clung onto him for his life, shaking and not saying a word. Murdoc was momentarily stunned. The click of the door as they shut themselves brought him back to reality.
"...2d?" He hesitated not entirely aware of what was going on. "Are you... crying?" No reply, but he already knew the answer was yes. He wrapped his hands around the bluenettes back as some sort of way to comfort him.
"I missed you..." he managed to say in between sobs, barely audible. Murdoc stared at the darkness in front of him in confusion.
"Really?"
"Yes fucking really!" The singer suddenly raised his voice, startling Murdoc. "I missed you because, in case you forgot, I FUCKING LOVE YOU!" He yelled. "I FUCKING LOVE YOU AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASS DOWNSTAIRS TO SAY A FUCKING HI!" 2d cried.
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Russel and Noodle heard the yelling from upstairs but couldn't make the words out. They decided to let the two be because after all it was 2d and Murdoc we were talking about here, for them yelling was normal.
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"AND IT KILLED ME Y'KNOW." 2d continued ranting through his sobs. "EVERY SECOND ON THAT BLOODY ISLAND WITHOUT YOU KILLED ME. BUT I WAS TOO AFRAID. TOO AFRAID TO CALL. I JUST COULDN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF YOU DEAD OR WITH OTHER BIRDS BUT NO MATTER WHAT I DID I JUST COULDN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD!" Murdoc heard enough. He grabbed 2ds blue hair and pulled his head back, trapping him in a kiss and making him shut up. He pulled away, 2ds breaths were ragged from the crying.
"Hey," he said calmly. "Stop crying. I would never replace you. And that promise I made to you on Plastic Beach, it still stands."
So it is true... 2d thought. Even though he thought I was dead he still kept his promise to me... he smiled lightly then burst out crying again and hung himself on Murdocs shoulder.
"What's wrong this time?" The bassist questioned.
"I-I love you! So much!" 2d clung onto him. Murdoc sighed with relief and smiled before hugging back.
Isn't it funny how it takes me about 3 hours to write this and you can read it in less than 5 minutes?
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