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So Derek Hale likes to play at the coffee shop because apparently said coffee shop loves live music and the 'starving artist look' he has, so sue him if he likes to perform for a big crowd but only zooms on the boy with honey brown eyes and a soft smile, so what if he pines after the boy even though the girl next to him is clearly the guys girlfriend. Derek Hale can do whatever he wants, he's a strong independent man who don't need no mole covered boy.
But he actually does. Ugh.
It doesn't matter though, Derek has tried looking for him around campus but no luck. It's as if the boy only exist during those nights Derek plays, the boy with the brown eyes and small smile that automatically relaxes once Derek starts his small set. Tonight was just another, Thursday night for Derek, just two songs with Erica And Boyd and his own song. The crowd was it's usual content self and the boy was there in the same seat in the back of the shop. Derek just finished his last song with the duo when he saw the boy started to talk to the girl, pointing at his watch and at the door. Derek cleared his throat and gave the crowd a small smile. "Hi again, so tonight I wanted to play one of my own pieces." he started to strum his guitar and leaned back towards the microphone, "this song is actually about someone that for the life of me can not get out of my mind. So this is for you."
How much would you bet
That if I tried hard enough
I would spontaneously combust
Derek looked up and saw the boy still sitting there looking straight at him. He wanted to look away and yet he couldn't.
I wish I could disappear
and run away from all of my fears
I think I'm coming undone
So stay the night
I promise that I won't bite
'Cause without you there
I don't think I could close my eyes
Derek looked down and watched his fingers dance along the strings of his guitar, with a small smile he continued on. He loved this song, loved how every emotion he has ever felt for the boy came out perfectly.
How do I end up this way
A constant knot in my gut
Tied with uncertainty and with lust
A classic case I suppose
A haunted man who can't out run his ghosts
They're in my skin and my bones
He looked back up at the boy and saw him packing up his belongings. A quick jerk nod, a small kiss on on his girlfriends lips and the boy stood up. Derek kept his eyes on the boy, watched how the boy refused to look back at him.
So stay the night
I promise that I won't bite
'Cause without you there
I don't think I could close my eyes
The boy put his jacket on and looked up at Derek, a small smile on his lips that didn't reach his eyes. Derek knew then that it was a lost cause.
And now I sing...
The girl stood up next to the boy and fixed the collar of his jacket with a small smile on her face. The boy smiled down at her and shook his head, with an eyebrow raised the girl stood on her tiptoes and gave the boy a small kiss on the lips. The couple smiled at each other, held hands and walked out the coffee shop. Derek watched them leave from the window, he could see the young couple waiting for a cab, then as the cab pulled the boy looked back at Derek and gave him a small nod. Derek knew then, that this was the first and last time he would play this song and probably, the last time he would see the boy and the girl.
And to Derek's horror, the latter was true. The young couple didn't come back after that night. But with a sigh, a disappointed look from Erica, and a pat on the back from Boyd, life continued.