Band Drama
Chapter Ten: I Did Not Have Sexual Relations with That Roman (Part Two)
"My dear little Kye-Kye, you look absolutely GORGEOUS!" Kenny declared, spinning Kyle's chair around so the boy could face the mirror.
Kyle's eyes widened, "I thought it was better without all the hair and makeup, now I look like a-"
Kenny held up a hand, "You're supposed to look like that, don't you see your sexy outfit?"
Kyle blushed a deep crimson and pulled on his hair. "I still think it's a bit much," he mumbled.
Kenny rolled his eyes, "And my outfit isn't?"
Kyle couldn't help but shake his head, "Yeah, it is, but you're more outgoing than I am! People expect you to look like that!"
Kenny sighed and pinched his nose in slight frustration, "My baby boy still doesn't understand that he's a superstar!" he breathed. "Listen," he added in a louder voice, "if you don't go out there right now and shake what your mama gave ya, then I swear I will give the video of you drunk to the media."
Kyle looked at him, shocked, "You wouldn't."
Kenny smirked, "Wouldn't I?" he asked, taking out a tape from seemingly nowhere.
Kyle made a grab for the tape, but Kenny quickly pushed him away, "Ah, ah, ah," he tutted, raising his index finger and waving it to go with the syllables. "Even if you got this tape, it wouldn't matter; I have copies hidden in various places."
If looks could kill, Kenny would be disintegrated to nothingness from the glare he received from Kyle. As it were, Kenny couldn't take Kyle seriously. Not when the boy was dressed like he was at the moment. The glare to him looked more like a pout, which made him chuckle.
Kyle glared harder while Kenny erupted into laughter at the look. Kyle turned on his heel and headed to the door. Before he could open the door, Kenny stopped him. "Kye-Kye, you can't be seen before the show, it's bad luck!" he stated in his best serious tone.
Kyle just blinked at him, about to correct the other and tell him the superstition was for a bride before her wedding, but at Kenny's sigh, said nothing. "Here, put this on," Kenny ordered, grabbing a cloak from a chair in the room and handing it to Kyle.
Kyle blinked at him again, "What?" he questioned bluntly.
"If you don't put this cloak on, I'll put it on for you," Kenny stated.
Kyle, not wanting to take that chance, took the cloak out of Kenny's hands. He put it on slowly as Kenny went and got his own cloak to put on. "So," Kyle began, "do you always carry that tape of me being drunk around?"
Kenny laughed, "Only on Tuesdays!"
Kyle quirked an eyebrow at that, "But it's Frida-" he was cut off mid-sentence as Kenny grabbed his arm and pulled him out the door.
"Keep your hood up," Kenny warned. Sighing, Kyle put on the hood and followed behind Kenny unwillingly.
Going to the curtain, Kyle could see the manager waiting on them. Before he could get a good look at the man, he and Kenny both were ushered out onto the stage with a quickly spoken, "hurry" by Christophe.
Kyle almost tripped when he got on the stage. He really wasn't used to walking in high heels, which Kenny had insisted he wear. It was only a miracle that he was able to get to the stage without tripping at all, albeit he did stumble all the way there. Kyle put on the headset that was thrust into his hands and took the earplugs as well, though he couldn't put them in yet with the hood of his cloak hiding his ears. Though, he wasn't sure he could even put them in otherwise, not with the hair extensions Kenny had put on.
Kyle made his way to the center of the stage, surprised by how loud the crowd was without his earplugs in, he was already worried about going deaf without them in. The stage was dark, but through the darkness he could make out the shapes of Stan and Cartman in the back, both wearing cloaks. Kyle wondered if Kenny had made them wear the cloaks.
When the music started, the crowd screamed, making Kyle wince noticeably.
First the pre-recorded beeps began in a pattern of echoes. Mist surrounded the stage to add to the Halloween effect. Next, Cartman began his guitar duet with the beats, the strings seeming almost unplanned yet a pattern all the same.
Kyle took a deep breath and began:
All of my love
The sound of his voice echoed darkly as a light came on. On cue, everyone took off their cloaks, Kyle following after seeing Kenny shrugging his off in his peripheral vision. Kenny's bunny ears flopped as he sat back down behind his drum. Behind Kyle, Stan was decked out in what looked like the God's messenger, Hermes. At the other guitar, Cartman wore his usual offensive outfit for Halloween, a Hitler costume. Had Kyle been able to see him, he would've gotten extremely angry, which was possibly why Cartman was too far for him to see unless he looked directly behind himself.
The taking off of the cloaks lasted for only a second if not two but the effect the outfits was having on the costumes were outrageous. Kyle couldn't keep his flush down as he began to sing again, his fishnet stocking feeling slightly more uncomfortable than they were when he put them on, and the French Maid's dress feeling too revealing. Raising one fishnet-gloved hand to the headset, he let himself be taken by the music. The long ponytail hair extensions moved with him as he began to dance as usual. His only hope was not to trip anytime soon.
What keeps the pressure building?
What takes your breath away?
What do I have to do to make you
Want to fall in love with me?
Fall in love with me
Kyle leaned over towards the crowd, taking a stealthy stance as he walked around, singing as darkly as he could to add to the feel of Halloween, the feeling not having the desired effect because of his less-than scary costume.
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
The pre-recorded echoes of "all of my love" repeated during the next verse.
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
All of my love
"All of my love" echoed until the next verse.
What is your satisfaction?
I'll give you all you need
What do I have to do to make you
Want to fall in love with me?
Fall in love with me
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
The pre-recorded echoes of "all of my love" repeated during the next verse.
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
Deeper side of you
Again "all of my love" repeated during the next verses.
All of my love
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
I want you to notice,
What you've been missing
I want you to feel that,
Feel that deeper side of you
Deeper side of you (1)
The music lowered and did a slight fade-out.
As the cheering continued, Kyle took a deep breath, the next song was going to be slightly more screamo, but would hopefully be worth it. His feet already hurt from the high-heels. He had no clue how girls were able to stand in them at all, not to mention walking in them. He went to the side of the stage and quickly grabbed his glass of water and took a sip before returning.
"Okay, here comes our next song, I hope you guys like it as much as we do! Happy Halloween!" he said into his headset microphone, smiling. He was slightly shaky but he made himself go to the stage center and give the okay symbol to the rest of the band to go on with the next song. Kenny gave him a thumbs-up and Stan nodded. He didn't look at Cartman, knowing he'd be flipped off for even looking back at the boy.
Kyle took a deep breath before screaming:
I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!
Kenny drummed in a delicate beat as pre-recorded beats played behind him. The music picked up to a faster pace as Kyle continued:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
The music went back to slow.
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing (Stan whispered "confusing" behind Kyle's voice)
This lack of self-control I fear is overwhelming
Controlling (Kenny whispered "controlling" behind Kyle's voice)
I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Stan rapped: Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing (Stan whispered "confusing" behind Kyle's voice)
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me (Kenny whispered "pulled itself upon me)
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection (Stan echoed Kyle's voice in a whisper)
It's haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Stan rapped: Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take
Kyle began to sing again:
I've felt this way before
So insecu- (2)
Before Kyle could continue, he stumbled again in his dance. This time the heel twisted and he fell straight into the awaiting crowd. Before he knew it, he was being pulled at in all directions by eager women and their "gay best friends." He tried desperately to get out, pushing against the people holding him. In all the chaos, a gunshot rang out. The crowd immediately let go of him and he fell to the ground. Rubbing his sore backside, he tried to get up, only to find it difficult to stand. The music had stopped long before, and only murmurs amongst the audience were heard. Kyle blinked and looked up at the stage, wincing at how his neck hurt from the action. On stage, he could see his savior holding the gun he shot up at the ceiling. For a moment, his unfocused mind could barely make out the blurry figure. He saw the stripes of gold and black, he thought of a bumblebee. His head hurt but was soon becoming numb. Time slowed for him as the images around him became all the more blurry. His savior reached out his hand for him and in doing so got closer to him. Kyle's last word before he fell unconscious was a name. "Christophe?"
1. "Obsession" by Interpartysystem I'm sorry if any of the song sounds different, I went and got the lyrics, but as I was listening to the song, I realized the lyrics were wrong so I had to edit them myself...
2. "Crawling Demo" by Linkin Park Once again, I had to edit the lyrics myself, so don't expect them to be perfect. I really just copied them from a site but that site must've sucked 'cause it had too many errors...Though, I still love me some internets!