Him - Ruel Van Dijk

Seventeen

Sunday - 1:50 pm

I run into the room to find Ruel gasping for breath. I pass him the water and try to not watch him as he drinks.

Another minute passes before he regulates his breathing, only coughing lightly every so often.

He now picks up a guitar, strumming it lightly to find if it was in-tune. He seemed happy with the way it sounded, so he started to play a tune. I recognised it as 'Bellyache' by Billie Eilish, so I sat down in front of the keyboard across from him, playing along.

He sang the first verse and when it came to the chorus I joined in. I didn't exactly feel confident with my ability compared to Ruel, but I tried anyway.

By the second verse, he had forgotten the words.

So I continued for him, and we ended together.

He looked mildly impressed.

"Wow, you're actually not as bad as I thought you would be." He spoke.

"Wow, you're actually not as dumb as I thought you would be." I replied.

"Hey! I was complimenting you."

"Really? It didn't sound like it."

He rolled his eyes before mimicking me quietly.

"Who pissed in your cereal?"

A/N:

hi i hope you enjoyed this chapter

i was looking through what ive previously written and i kinda hate it so i might go back at some stage and change some things

im sorry for not updating too often but ive had loads of homework and im trying to finish that before i do anything else

im also in one of the school bands (there are like 5) and i have a HUGE performance in 3 days and im stressed coz i dont know my part too well

or like, i cant hit the notes i need to hit and my friends make fun of my facial expressions when i play

but no one asked so i'll shut up

have a nice day/night

oh also the next chapter will be in Ruel's pov so dont be confused for that change

and in case you were wondering (which you weren't) that last sentence was Isla speaking