His hair whipped around his face in the harsh wind as he walked through town.
The rain caused the waves to rise unnaturally quick around him.
The water just surrounded him, though; walls of murky blue falling and rising everywhere he looked.
He was reminded of a story his mother would tell about someone named Moses.
The walls of water looked like the glass walls of an aquarium, letting him see the creatures inside without the risk of being hurt by them.
They weren't sea creatures.
They were people.
If they were dead, they simply floated through the water with glassy eyes and bloody bodies.
If they were alive, they thrashed about, trying their best to swim or breathe or scream for help.
They would always scream and cry and beg for his help.
He was more scared of the living than the dead.
The last people he saw were his mother and cousin when they washed up on the land in front of him.
The rain calmed as he bent closer to their corpses with tears in his eyes.
Then there was the sound of a door slamming closed.
Alexander gasped loudly as he quickly sat up in bed and out of John's grasp.
"Alex?" John yawned and sat up, lightly hugging his boyfriend from behind. Alexander flinched at the touch. "Babe, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
"No-no, I mean-ugh," Alex shook his head and rubbed his eyes. John kissed his cheek but didn't get anything in response, not even a smile.
"Okay, no," John frowned. "What's wrong?" He asked sternly this time.
"I-I just-it was just a nightmare," Alexander choked out. John noticed that Alex was shaking and whispering to himself.
"Oh, Alex, you aren't having another attack, are you?" John fretted, moving to sit in front of Alexander. He hadn't had an attack since the night in the park, which was three and a half weeks ago. John concluded that New York needed to fix its weather.
"N-no," Alex took a deep, shaky breath. "It's just...I haven't had I dream like that since the night that I met you. It just surprised me is all." John studied Alex's face for a moment.
"What did you dream about?" Alexander's eyes widened.
"Um, you know, things..." John nodded in slow understanding and pushed himself off of the bed.
John made breakfast for himself and Alex while the latter, the boy he had fallen completely in love with, was taking a shower.
Wait, what? I-I never-
Don't deny it.
While the two were eating on the couch and watching old cartoons, Alexander lazily rested on John's shoulder, and John would pet or kiss his head every couple of minutes.
"So..." John eventually said. "It's Saturday."
"Yeah, and?" Alex questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"We should go out."
"Like, on a date?" John grinned at the blush forming on the smaller boy's face.
"Well, yeah. I mean, it's hard to say that we're dating if we've never been on an actual date."
"Um...okay," A small smile tugged at Alexander's face. "Where should we go?"
"The aquarium," John suggested.
"You sound like you've been planning to go there for a while," Alexander laughed. John pouted earning more giggles from Alex. "Okay, we can go. But mainly because I feel like you're going to bring me there against my will if I say no."
John rolled his eyes and laughed with feigned nervousness. "What? Why would I do something like that-let's go!" Alex nearly shrieked when John suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the dorm.
Alexander couldn't decide if he should or shouldn't go to an aquarium with John again.
On one hand, John had never looked so excited in all the time Alex had known him.
On the other hand, John seemed to forget that Alexander existed when they found the sea turtle exhibit. It took Alex twenty minutes, the promise of candy, and all the strength he had to get John to leave that part of the building.
On one hand, Alex wanted to be able to see John's bright and happy face as much as he could.
On the other hand,Alexander wanted to leave as soon as possible. The glass enclosures in the aquarium reminded him of his dream, and Alex was afraid that even John's bright smile wouldn't be able to bring him out of that dark place.
I felt like a major Lams chapter was due so here ya go you fangirls or fanboys or fanpeople.
You probably don't need to know how many times I accidentally wrote Jihn instead of John but it happened a lot today. Probably because I'm tired and stressed and just generally felling blah. I don't know. Anyway...
Should I write the lyrics to the rap battle or just explain how it happens? Because I can't choose and I feel like I'm too lazy to do either but I have to do one so help me decide maybe? Thank.