80s Band Imagines

💙Izzy #6- Innocence

Mostly Fluff/ A tiny bit of Angst

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I was frustrated. You know when you get so frustrated you could cry? 
Yeah, that's me right now.
I was just sitting in mine and Izzy's bunk trying to get a good night's sleep. I had started to fall asleep when the boys busted into the tour bus and woke me up. I had hoped they'd go to bed, but I was wrong.

So, so,
very
wrong.

They just pulled out all of the booze they could find and got louder the more they drank.
I mean, they might as well have been straight screaming at each other for as loud as they were talking.
I had had enough.
I rolled out of bed and stormed to the front of the bus where they were all sitting at the table.

"Sleepy beauty decided to grace us with her presence. Yay!"
Slash said, tone full of sarcasm.

"Hey, we didn't wake you did we?"
Izzy asked rolling his eyes at Slash.

"No. Couldn't sleep at all thanks to you guys."
I huffed.

"We can go out to a bar."
Steven suggested shooting me a small smile.

"The fuck is we are."
Slash piped up.
"I'm not leaving because the princess is grumpy."

"Then keep it down top hat."
I sneered.

"Sure thing Sweetheart. I'll pipe down soon as you let your innocence go."
He smirked.

"Go fuck yourself."
I insulted turning to go back to the bunk.
Tears were threatening to leave my eyes, honestly, I don't know if it was frustration or his insult.
The guys always teased me about me being a virgin, but they never insulted me about it like Slash.

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Izzy

I watched as my best friend turned away and headed back to our shared bunk.

"The fuck man?"
I asked turning to look at Slash.

"What? Oh, c'mon Iz I was only kidding."

"You can't joke about that with her."
I said through my gritted teeth.

"Why not? It's the truth, isn't it? I know she's your friend but Jesus Christ Izzy we're fucking rockstars. We get pussy all the time, we talk all the time, surely she can let it go."
Slash said clearly not understanding he'd hurt June's feelings.

"She's not like that man. You of all people should know that."
I sneered at the guitarist.

"Sod off Iz."
He said growing irritated with me.

"Don't be such a prick next time and I will."

I stood and made my way to the bunk where June and I slept. Her ragged breathing and small sniffles could be heard from a few steps away. It pissed me off that the guys, that Slash, made her cry like that.
Poor thing just wanted some sleep. 
She didn't need that.

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"June?"
Izzy called from outside the curtain of the bunk.

"Go away, Izzy."
I replied, my voice cracking.

"June let me in."
He sighs.

"Go away."
I deadpan.

I hear the curtain move and the shitty mattress dip and I know Izzy straight up ignored me.
Bastard.

"June."
He says softly.
"June look at me, please."

"Why, so you can make fun of me too?"

"June, look at me."
He says deeply, in his voice that he knows I can't help but listen to.

I groan and flip over to face him keeping my eyes closed trying to prevent more tears from falling.
That failed.
Of course.

"June. This isn't just about what Slash said is it?"
He asks softly wiping the falling tears with the pads of his thumbs.
I shook my head and dug my head into his chest, his arms wrapping around me.

"June-bug, you gotta talk to me here. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's really wrong with you."

"I feel like I burden you Iz."
I said, my voice cracking still as the tears kept falling.

"Burden me?"

"It's just- I feel like you have to constantly look out for me like I'm a child. And I bother the guys and I just, I don't know."
I sighed.

"June look at me."
I complied looking into his green eyes.
"You're not a burden. I asked you on tour because I know I'd lose it without you. The guys love you, even Slash even if you find that hard to believe. You aren't a burden Bug, I promise."

I nodded and closed my eyes, tears still slowly dripping down my face.

"Come on Bug, get some sleep."

He brought me towards him, one arm wrapping around my back and shoulders, the other holding my head to his chest.
He kissed my hair softly, and I felt his body relax against mine.

"June."
He asked.
I made a small noise of acknowledgment in response.
"Don't take what Slash said to heart. He's a prick. Don't ever regret your innocence, got it?"

I nodded and slowly drifted off to sleep. I didn't think about what Slash said at all, but what Izzy had reassured me. A weight had been lifted off of me and I was more than happy to get a good night's sleep.
I was content with knowing that I hadn't ripped him away from his friends and that he didn't consider me a burden.