I get lazy, I'm sorry, but all the time skips! ALL OF THEM!
Chapter 12
Myra's POV
I woke up that morning, particularly depressed because I had been wanting to go to the concert, but alas, my boyfriend made plans for today instead. I guess if I can't go see my favorite band, I can at least spend the day with him. The clock on my DeathPod read 8:23 am and I groaned getting out of my warm bed to take a shower.
After my shower, I put on my Welcome To The Black Parade t-shirt and looked for a pair of pants, but of course all my skinny jeans were dirty. Just great. I grabbed a pair of black leggings and shorts and put those on instead. As for my shoes, I grabbed my limited edition Star Wars Vans, and put those on. Then, I went to blowdry my hair. Which is still strange to me, I'm not even sure when I started to do that. After it was dry, I kept it down and started on my make-up. Again, not sure why, I just am. Though, I've become very good at doing eyeliner, especially cat-eye style. I never used outrageous colors, just nudes. Though, come Halloween, I will go all out. Best holiday ever.
Anyway, once I finished getting ready, I walked to the television room and turned on the tv. Celebrity Gossip show was on and I was too lazy to change it. "That won't last. She's a Kishin, and he's gay," I say to myself, then chuckled at the reference I made. After about three minutes, I got hungry, so I decided to have a bagel with cream cheese. I started eating it after preparing and sat down again to watch stupid celebrity stuff. I had the whole house to myself because Maka and Soul had a mission to get souls, but Donna didn't want to be without Soul, so she went with them. They had all left yesterday afternoon, so they should be back by tonight.
I looked around the room, taking in my surroundings. We had a little potted plant by the tv, a few cracks in the wall that are hardly noticeable, and a web in the upper right corner of the room. Wait...that wasn't there the other day. I got up and walked underneath the web and saw a small spider. It was about the size of my thumb and brown. Maka and Donna would flip if they saw it, Soul would just shrug it off, but me, I held my hand up to the spider to hold. It hesitantly crawled onto my hand and stopped there. Usually spiders I pick up crawl all over my arms, but there was something wrong with it. I lowered my arm, spider in hand, and looked into its many eyes. I thought I saw something, but the doorbell ringing took me out of my focus. I quickly put the spider back on its web and went to answer the door.
"Hi Myra, is Maka there?" I groaned audibly as I saw Ox standing at the door.
"No. She, Soul, and Donna left yesterday. Now go away," I answered him and started to close the door.
"Wait wait wait!" he put his foot out so the door would stay open.
"What?" I said uninterested.
"Well, since no one is home, do you want to do something? I don't have any plans for today."
Can a Kishin please just kill him?
"No," I bluntly say.
"Come on, it'll be fun!" he insisted.
"I have plans. Go away."
"Well maybe I can join you?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because Kid doesn't like sharing me and I don't like you."
"Wait, what's this got to do with Death the Kid?"
"He's my boyfriend. If you tell anyone, I'll take those stupid glasses off your face and break them. Now go away before I break your foot with the door," I told him with a dead stare. That finally seemed to get to him. Ox removed his foot from the doorway and I closed it. Why is he so annoying? My Gods….
I groaned again going back to the spider. I looked up at it and the spider moved to look down at me.
"What the hell is going on? Why are you so different?" I thought aloud. The spider, of course, said nothing. It's a spider, what would it even say if it could talk? Probably sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider' all day long. Suddenly, the phone rang and the spider scurried back to its web. I went to pick up the home phone.
"Hello, Albarn residence. Whatever you want, make it fast," I answered by default.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," I heard a familiar voice reply to me.
"Hey Maka. Ox Ford was just here being annoying," I told my twin.
"What did he want?"
"You at first, but then he tried to ask me out or whatever and he wouldn't take no for an answer."
"Please tell me you didn't threaten him."
"I did, sorry. He was annoying and I didn't want to deal with him anymore." I heard a sigh on the other line, and a girly scream in the background. "What was that? Is Donna okay?"
"That was Soul. He just saw the tenth snake today."
"Oh yeah. I keep forgetting you guys are in a desert. And that Soul hates snakes," I chuckled to myself.
"Yeah, there's been a ton out here, it's kind of weird. One of them we see very often."
"Does it, like, not do what normal snakes do?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Weird spider in the house. I'll get rid of it though."
"Thank you. HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK IS THAT A SCORPION?"
"Maka? Are you okay?" My sister has never dropped the F Bomb before.
"Yeah, it just snuck up on me."
"As long as you are okay."
"Well, I have to go now. Service is getting spotty again. See you tonight."
"See ya." I hung up the phone and turned off the tv and all the lights. I needed to think, and I always thought better with darkness. First a spider, then snakes, now scorpions. What is going on? Is the whole animal kingdom going out of whack? I thought harder. Spiders: hairy, deadly, 8 limbs, 8 eyes, Kid doesn't like them, and neither do Maka or Donna. Webs: cool looking, pupils of Arachne Gorgon, and holy shit. No, no way. We defeated her. Spiders+Snakes+Scorpions= Gorgon Sisters= no bueno. But, that could all just be a coincidence. Or is it? I sat in the middle of the room, thinking about everything that has to do with those three witches. I have no idea how much time went by, but my concentration was broken when the doorbell rang once more. I squinted at the clock on the wall so see what time it was.
"Let's see… 10:56… Oh Shit," I said to myself, scrambling to get the lights on and answer the door. "Hi Kid." I smiled at him. I've been doing a lot of that lately.
"Hey, are you ready?" he asked me.
"Yeah, just, um, can you help me with something really quickly?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"There is a spider in the corner of the room. I like spiders, but you know the others don't. And I just don't have the heart to kill it. So, could you, you know?"
"Spiders? You know I don't like them. they're so...asymmetric…" he gave me a disgusted look before entering the house.
"I know, but they have eight legs and eight eyes, seems pretty symmetric to me," I told him. "But you not liking them gives you all the more reason to get rid of this one. It's not very big. Maybe thumb size."
"Alright. Show me the arachnid. Though, if you like them so much, then why-"
"Maka and Donna are scared of them, like I said. And I don't know. This one is...well, weird. Not like other spiders. I don't like it."
"Weird how?" Kid asked as I showed him the web.
"When I held it, it just stayed there in my palm. Normal spiders crawl all over my arms. And it was staring at me. I just don't think it's natural." Kid pulled a tissue from his pocket and grabbed the spider, crushing it between his fingers, then he walked over to the bathroom and flushed it. "Thanks."
"Of course."
"Are you going to tell me what we're doing today, or am I just supposed to be left in the dark?"
"It's a surprise. You'll love it, trust me." It was then, he pulled out a black sleeping mask and put it over my head, covering my eyes.
"Um, what are you doing?" I asked, lifting up the mask a little to look at Kid.
" No peeking! I told you, it's a surprise." he lowered the mask over my eyes again and led me out the front door. At least that's what I'm assuming because I can't see. "Now, take a step up and hold on to me."
"Why?"
"You don't want to fall off Beelzebub, do you? We're flying to our destination," he pulled me up by my hand, so I had no choice but to step onto the floating skateboard and wrap my arms around Kid.
"Okay, now what?"
"Hold on tight and don't peek. I'll take care of the rest," I could almost hear his smirk as I slightly tightened my grip around his waist. And then we were off. The air rushing past us, and myself pressed up behind Kid, trying not to fall off. I'm not scared of flying, or heights, or anything like that, but when you're blindfolded, things get a lot scarier than they actually are. After a few minutes of flying, maybe longer, it's hard to tell time when you are blind, we stop and Kid helps me off the board.
"Can I take this thing off now?" I ask him.
"Not yet. Just a little longer," he tells me. Kid takes my hand once more and guides me Gods know where, and we stop briefly while Kid whispers something to someone before continuing to our destination.
"How much longer before I can take this off?"
"Be patient. Just a few more minutes," he replies then stops walking. "Oh wait, you'll need this. Can't believe I almost forgot." Kid then puts something over my head which stops and hangs from my neck. A necklace? No, it's cloth I feel. What the hell is going on? Before I can ask him what it is, he leads me again to some unknown destination, occasionally telling me to watch my step because there are stairs. It is a hell of a lot of stairs going down.
We finally got to some level ground and walked for a little longer before hearing a voice say: "Sorry, no Visitors allowed for this event."
"Really?" I heard Kid reply. "Not even for old friends? Go ahead and ask any of them about the guy with stripes on his head."
We waited as heavy footsteps walked away and came back again, but with another set of footsteps.
"Kid, it's been a while. Come on back," I heard a familiar voice say. My heart started pounding as Kid led me by my shoulders. I know this voice, I have watched hundreds of interviews where this voice was present. This voice I had looked up to for years.
"Kid I swear, if I don't get this off in the next half second, I am going to flip out," I told him. I heard chuckling from multiple people, including Kid as he removed the blindfold. I had to blink a few times to get used to the amount of light flowing into my eyes. Then even more when I saw what was in front of me. Or, rather, who was in front of me. "No. No fucking way." I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
"Well, was this worth waiting for?" Kid asked me.
"You… you're…" I couldn't speak more than that, for fear of using a language not known to mankind.
"I think you broke her, Kid," one of the men standing to the side said.
"I certainly hope not. Myra, just breathe," Kid instructed me. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"But… backstage passes weren't even for sale! How did you-" I started.
"Well, being who I am has its perks. One of them being, I know all of the bands you listen to personally."
"Myra, was it?" one of the men asked me. I nodded my head. "Nice to meet you, I'm-"
"Gerard Way, but fans and friends call you Gee. I know who all of you are and, can I just say it is an honor meeting you. I have looked up to you guys for years," I sputtered out. "oh gosh, I'm sorry, that was really awkward. I'm just so nervous and, holy shit, I'm shaking." I looked down at my hands, which were shaking uncontrollably. My heroes. My all time favorite band that broke up years ago, who are having a concert that sold out the day of announcement, are standing in front of me. Gerard just smiled at me.
"Guess that means I don't have to introduce the rest of the guys."
"Nope. Hi Mikey, Frank, Ray, James. Oh my Gods, I can't believe this is happening."
"It is. When they decided to do this, Mikey called me and asked if I wanted some free tickets. At first, I declined, but then I remembered how much you love them," Kid told me, snapping me back to reality.
"That's when he asked for backstage passes as well, which we weren't selling," Mikey added.
I turned to look at Kid, and impulsively I wrapped my arms around him, giving him a huge hug.
"Thank you thank you thank you! This is the best thing anyone has ever done for me!" I told him, burying my face in his neck as he slowly hugged me back. Then, I gasped and pulled away from him, just a little though. "I don't have anything for them to sign." I was suddenly horrified. I mean, I have the shirt I'm wearing, but that's weird.
"He called ahead of time and asked us to get some stuff from the vendors to sign for you," Frank informed me. I looked at Frank, then back to Kid, whom I was still being embraced by.
"You did?" I asked him.
"Yeah. If I told you earlier it wouldn't be much of a surprise," Kid answered. I noticed his face was pink from blushing. I don't know what really came over me, but at that moment, I kissed him. Not on the lips, though I probably could have. Just on the cheek. Then his face turned as red as, well, my hair.
"You're the best," I told him before backing out of his grasp. I then turned to the band members. "Okay, since all of you are idols to me, I really would love hugs and pictures with you all. If that's okay, I mean."
"Sure, don't see why not," Gerard said. My face lit up. There's no way I could have had a happier day than this. So for the next ten or so minutes, I hugged and took pictures with all the guys and just felt amazing. THEIR HUGS ARE TO DIE FOR! And Ray's hair is still so fluffy looking. I died on the inside from happiness. After pictures, I got to just talk to all the guys like normal people, but then the stage manager said that they had to get ready for the concert, so Kid and I left to find our seats with my bag filled with merch signed by all of the guys.
At first, I thought it would just be normal seats, but no. Front row. That's where Kid led me. Into the moshpit. Right in front of the stage. Maybe five minutes after getting there, the concert started with a single note. A high G. On the piano. Then more notes and Gerard started singing, and I of course, sang the song as well.
"When I was, a young boy, my father, took me into the city. To see a marching band. He said son when, you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned? He said will you defeat them, your demons, and all the non believers, the plans that they have made? Because one day I'll leave you a phantom, to lead you in the summer, to join the Black Parade!" the whole stadium sang. And I could have sworn that when Gee and I made eye contact during the song, he winked. I just about melted.
"Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it's who we are
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I
Don't
Care!" We continued to sing. The guys on stage sang a couple of songs more after that before the intermission was supposed to happen. But during "The Ghost of You" I couldn't help myself but start to tear up. Every time I listened to it I did, because it reminded me of my mom. I wiped the tears from my eyes when Kid asked me if I was okay. I looked over at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just, this song gets me every single damn time," I told him.
"Alright. Having a good time?"
"The best! Thanks again for it," I said, looking over at Kid.
"You're welcome," he said before looking back at the stage.
"And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever ever
Ever get the feeling that you're never all alone?
And I remember now
At the top of my lungs in my arms she dies
She dies
At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are never coming home, never coming home
Could I? Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home, never coming home
Could I? Should I?" The band and stadium sang while I stayed studying Kid's profile and found myself smiling. And, before I knew it, I was leaning over to give him another kiss on the cheek. At least that was my original intention, because Kid turned his head towards me and...well, I think you can guess what happened after that. Needless to say, both of us were extremely shocked at what had happened, but when he pulled away to apologize, I just grabbed his shirt and pulled him back to me so I could kiss him again. My eyes closed the whole world seemed to stop, even though the songs continued playing. I let go of his shirt and wrapped my arms behind his neck while he placed his hands on my hips and pulled me closer during the song I Don't Love You was being played.
I could have sworn that my heart would burst from my chest on account of how fast and hard it was beating while kissing Kid. It felt, I don't know, good I guess. I've never really kissed anyone before him, so I have nothing to compare this to, but regardless, it was a nice feeling. His lips were soft and his kiss was gentle. Once we broke apart, I couldn't even look him in the eyes for more than a second, I was so embarrassed. I could feel my face heating up while I looked at the ground.
"I should bring you to concerts more often, if that's going to happen," he jokingly said. I looked at him and he was blushing as much as I was. I just chuckled a little at him before giving him a peck on the cheek.
"You don't have to. Though, yes, more of that will happen if we go to concerts together," I told him. He smiled at me and I smiled back. Then we heard Gerard say something when the music stopped.
"We'll be taking a short break, but don't worry Marchers and Killjoys. We'll be back in ten," he said. Some of the crowd dispersed to get food or use the bathroom, where Kid just dragged me backstage again.
"Enjoying the show?" Ray asked us.
"Yes, very much. I've dreamed of seeing you guys live, but this surpasses it," I told him.
"Really? Because I saw you two kissing from on stage," Mikey came in with a water bottle in hand. Kid and I instantly started blushing once more. I've been doing a lot of that lately too. It's weird.
"Spur of the moment," I said.
"For half a song?" Mikey asked.
"Um, it was a long moment."
"Right," he smirked at me, obviously not believing my half-assed excuse. James then walked up to me with one of the costumes they used in their Welcome to the Black Parade video. He then handed me said outfit.
"Is this legit?" I asked him in awe.
"Yeah. We are never going to use them again, so do you want it?" he asked me.
"HELL YES! Oh my gosh, thank you so much!" I exclaimed, carefully taking the precious costume in my hands and placing it in my bag filled with other merch.
After a bit, Kid and I went back to our spots in the Mosh Pit. The band did maybe three encores, so when we went backstage one last time, it was really late. Kid talked to Mikey about stuff, while Gerard and I talked about some other random stuff. Eventually we got to red hair for some reason. He was really surprised when I told him my shade of hair was completely natural. Finally, I saw that they were all extremely tired, and I was too.
"Kid, can we go home now? I'm exhausted," I told him.
"Sure," he walked over to me and took my hand that was free from holding a bag. "Thanks again guys. Keep in touch."
"You too Kid. Bye Myra, it was nice meeting you," Frank said.
"You too. Thanks for everything!" I said and waved goodbye.
We walked out of the stadium without much trouble. We had stayed behind long enough to avoid the crowd rushing to leave. Kid and I were hand in hand walking out the doors, our fingers intertwined. Once we did walk outside, it was extremely dark, but that didn't really make any difference to us. We didn't talk while we walked, for which I'm glad, I didn't know what to say to him if we did start talking. It was better right now in silence, us walking back home instead of flying so we could enjoy each other's company. Kid really is a great guy, and I like him so much. Not just because of today, but because of every little thing he does. He makes me smile and laugh and just feel good about myself.
I really have to thank Maka for forcing me to meet all of these people, especially Kid. Because, honestly, even though I've only really known them for a short time, without them I'd still be bitter and holed up in my room all the time, sulking.
As we near my house, I start speaking to Kid.
"Thank you for today. It has seriously been the best time I've had in a long time," I told him while we walked up to the front door.
"I could say the same thing. It truly has been a magical night," he said.
"Magical is definitely the right word to describe it," I smiled at him once we stopped in front of my door. "I'll see you at school." I stood on the balls of my feet to kiss him seeing as he was much taller than me. He kissed me back and I felt fireworks and butterflies at the same time.
"Definitely," he said to me once we pulled away. He smiled. "Have a good rest of your evening."
"I will," I nodded. "Bye Kid."
"See you soon."
We smiled and blushed at each other once more before I opened my door and went inside.
"Good date?" I heard a voice say behind me, and I jumped, not expecting anyone to be up at this hour. I turned around to see my sister sitting on the couch with a steaming cup in her hands.
"Amazing," I told her.