chapter 5 teaser.

[behindthec]

don't think this is gonna be up by thursday, but as always, i'll try.

"It does [suit you]," he says softly. "Chopin's kind of... sad, sometimes. Romantic without meaning to be... it's gentle, soft. Sometimes people don't realize how much there is to it because it's quiet, because it sounds nice, fades easily into the background. But there's a lot going on under the surface that you don't really see or feel until you play it."

He doesn't know where the words are coming from; maybe it's just music, a language on its own, separate from English, separate from the part of his brain filled with empty, human words, all the things he wants to say to Ryan and can't.

Maybe... maybe this says more.

"Music is everything to you, isn't it?" Ryan says without looking up.

Brendon blinks back a sudden prick behind his eyelids. "Not everything."
 

Comments

[chicken-cookie.livejournal.com]

How so motherfucking bittersweet/adorable, Brendon??!
Good Lord, woman boy whichever gender you are! How do you manage to write such beauteous/pitiful (the scene, not the actual writing...)/tear-jerking stories?! I do not understand it... *shakes head in wonder*

Also, just for the record, this fic actually made me somewhat interested in yoga. So much so, in fact, that I actually went to a yoga class. And it takes a hell of a lot to get me off my ass, so that's kind of incredible. Also, the fact that I may have pictured partneryoga!Ryden while I was setting up made the class all the more... err... yoga-tastic. :)

So, yeah. Just to reiterate, I'm kind of in love with this story and the way that you write it. ♥

[lolab.livejournal.com]

brendon is a precious bunny. <3

lolz, "boy" is just fine. :P thank you so much! and dude, that's awesome about yoga! makes me so happy. keep doing it; you'll really notice the benefits.

[chicken-cookie.livejournal.com]

You're telling me. This is the sorest I've ever been! And the worst thing is that, while I was in the class, I was totally thinking, "Omigod. This is the absolute easiest 'workout' I've ever done!" And then I woke up this morning. *groans*

Ugh.

Oh, and then, when my friends were like, "Um. Yoga?", I couldn't even explain why I wanted to go!! (I'm not sure that half of them are aware of my... err... reading preferences.)

Also, I've somehow convinced myself that I'm actually enjoying this yoga shit and I'm going again tonight. *headdesk*

[lolab.livejournal.com]

ahaha yeah, i'm always sore when i get back into it. i'm trying to make it regular now.

dude, that's awesome! go again!