Chapter 24: Ryan's Secret Talent

After a couple of activities for today, Ryan walks towards parts of the campsite and when he walked to this one particular stage, he became mesmerized by this piano that's sitting in the center part of the stage and for some reason, him and a piano are like magnets everytime he looks at it and as he walks towards the stage, he just couldn't get over how awesome this piano is and so big too. He figures that it's just time to get some stuff off of his chest that he had been keeping for so long and reminded himself of an intense emotional period of his life and as he sat down and played a few notes, he just remembered hearing something on the radio that connects him to the core and thought that he would put his own spin on things and starts playing the piano as he sings this one song that defined his turmoil romance with someone and how it crashed and burned after he came out as bi.

I heard that you're settled down

That you found a boy

and you're together now

I heard that your dreams came true

Guess he gave you things

I never gave to you

Old friend

Why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back

Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, couldn't fight it

I'd hoped you'd see my face

and that you'd be reminded that from me

It isn't over...

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg

I'll remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead

Ryan got so into his performance that he had no idea that Kendall was standing there, being awestruck by Ryan's voice and how it became so vulnerable and pained, but beautiful to hear and witness the broken soul that's in his voice, something that no one could even hear, let along sing. Without Ryan knowing, he kept standing as he keeps watching Ryan perform his heart out with that unique, one-of-a-kind raw, emotional vocal.

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised

in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that from me

It isn't over...

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg

I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead...

Nothing compares, no worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes, they've memories made

Who would've known how bittersweet

this would taste?

Just then, as Ryan pounds the keyboards for an emotional instrumental break, there were strums of guitar that participated in that instrumental break to give it more of an emotional feel to it provided by Kendall who's sitting on the stage further from Ryan to be surprised and both of those instruments drew a crowd that couldn't look away from this amazing moment as some of them were watching and many were filming on their cameras and WhoPhones to capture that moment.

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you...

Don't forget me, I beg

I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg

I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead...

Ryan ends with an emotional slower wrap-up on the keys and just pounds the final keys to the song slowly while Kendall makes the final strum, which captured Ryan's attention and he looks over and sees Kendall sitting there the whole time which adds to the surprise, but he didn't have time to react because he was flooded with loud cheers and applause from the crowd. He looks up and sees the entire audience cheering for him and that made him completely horrified to know that other people just listened to him sing and almost immediately, he ran out of the stage in embarrassment.

Kendall was surprised by that reaction that Ryan ran out of the stage after a thunderous applause and wanted to see what's in the root of his issue.

"Why did that guy leave so fast? He's so good!"

"Almost made me cry, man. And I don't even have a girlfriend."

"He's so talented!"