2//: Say You Will..
song used..//: Hymn by Bjéar
1//: But now..
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She wasn’t the only one that lost him that day...that grief..that pain...belonged to everyone that saw how passionate he took on life...everyone that saw his dedication in protecting humans...she loved him...they all did...she missed him with her entire heart and a half if that was possible...they all did.
But she lost something that they didn’t...not just a best friend...not just a partner...
He was everything to her..Everything...
It just wasn’t fair..life...it just...
Why did I get to live? How come I still get to wake up every damn day and greet the sun, when....Kyō..
“That isn’t going to help”
She hadn’t heard anyone approach her...was this just her conscience again?...trying to be reasonable..because she had gotten pretty good with ignoring it..
“Feeling guilty for yourself...It’s not going to help you heal..”
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath..every time she wasn’t mentally destroying herself, she was crying. And if she couldn’t cry...then..
“Trust me...I know”
The voice was starting to sound more and more real..it had a face...and the body was making itself know with every growing step. She recognized this voice now. It was worst than her conscience..
“I don’t need you to tell me that”
It was barely audible..that was sort of her thing now...she barely talked to anyone but when she did..it was so quiet that she might as well not have said anything at all. This person however always seemed to just..get her...didn’t ask her to repeat herself..wasn’t overly cheery..sometimes he wouldn’t talk at all..just came and stood near her..
He didn’t immediately say anything in response...she didn’t want him to..she didn’t really want him to be here..but she never told him to leave..
...not when she found herself crying to whichever god would listen to take her away..to bring her to Kyō..where ever he was...
...not when she cursed her existence because her living without him just..wasn’t possible..wasn’t fair...
...not when she wanted to take it into her own hands to get to Kyō herself and be reunited with him like she always knew they were supposed to be...
Not once did his presence feel forced..or disruptive...just mildly inconvenient...she felt that she needed to be alone...but she didn’t want to..not really...
“The depth of grief that you felt with all the loses..is because of the depth of love..”
Something..deep inside of her...sank...
..deeper...the mellow waters that she tried so hard to tame over these past months...conjured wave after wave...until...
“As long as you’re alive, you get to feel it...and as long as you feel it..you get to do something about it..”
She wanted him to stop...stop talking..stop telling her things that she knew she needed to hear.
“Things change..all the time when you’re alive..and all the time..you fight-...you fight the change..holding on to what you know, like..that’s how it should always be..”
She could hear him now..the waves were still there..but somehow..his words were louder..she could hear the pain..in his voice..but it wasn’t like her pain..his pain sounds..healthy? Honest...like every one of the words spoken were backed by strength...like someone drilled these very words into him and he couldn’t wait to drill them into someone else..
There was a slight tremble in the way his breath left his body...was he crying..she wouldn’t know..she hadn’t looked at him since he walked to stand beside her..
She wanted to walk away..her heart was still pounding in her chest, acting as a wall to keep the overflow of waves of pain from pouring out and ruining her day..like it always had.
She wanted to walk away right then, but..
She saw a twitch in his left hand before it moved forward to lay it on the stone in front of them. She knew it was cold.. smooth.. a stone. She hated coming to this stone to talk to..Kyō.. but it was the only thing she had left to hold on to..the only thing that felt like the medium between them..
She felt it start up again..but not now..she..she wanted to hold it off for a bit longer..this pressure in her chest..in her entire body..was exhausting..to be physically and mentally, distressed and fighting..she doesn’t believe she could go on..
“But you don’t have to go through it alone...”
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“Cmon, can’t keep up?”
He laughed like he always did when he knew his teasing was getting to her.
“You could keep up yesterday..what, getting old?”
He slowed down his running just to be beside her and poke at her side, laughing..again.
“Oh...shut..up..not everyone..can be speed itself...Mr. Flame Pillar.”
she was exhausted..
This fucking sucked...when she asked him to wake her in the mornings to go jogging with him, she didn’t mean running up and down a damn hill at 5 am. What the hell!
Kyōjurō knew that..or course he changed it up because she was with him, knowing his real routine was probably going to be hell itself for her. She didn’t really care, since she barely got to see him at night, she wants to spend more time with him, and plus he’d always cook breakfast afterward, before he had to leave.
“Speed itself?!”
His laughter could split her in two. It was so warm and loud...it sent little tingles throughout her entire body..and she couldn’t help but smile, even though it felt like she could fall over at any moment.
“I’ll show you sp-”
He didn’t even finish his sentence...or maybe he ran faster than the words could form and reach her ears. He was at the top of the hill in a blink of an eye. Jackass.
She stopped..no way..no way was she going to be able to reach the top. She wanted to, she wanted to prove to him that she could do it...to prove to herself that she could do it.. but she looked at the top, noticing how far she had to go..and she..she just couldn’t. She shut her eyes and sighed. So stupid. It’s just a DAMN hill. Why is she thinking about this so much...
“Hey..”
She opens her eyes and looked up, and saw the sun looking back at her, that fiery red and yellow, never felt so, welcoming..
“hey..sorry, I don’t think I can do it..not today”
He grabs her hand, and looked up the hill, a smile crept upon his face. What are you thinking Kyō?
“Well...you don’t have to do it alone”
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Two..two heavy tears rolled down her cheeks. And her chest was doing the thing..right before it all turned dark.. and suffocating...she was barely hanging on as it is..and she was slipping..again.
She stayed silent..hoping that he would stop talking and just walk away. She didn’t want this..no right now. Her plan to escape first vanished...her breathing faltered.. and she couldn’t move..
But he continued..
“It’s hard..at first..to come to terms with it all..”
stop.
“-but eventually when it all finally settles, you’re going to want to fight through this”
Stop. please-
“..and you won’t have to do it alo-“
“stop.. just Stop! ..please....Don’t..Fight for me..I just..I don’t want to fight for this..a life without him..without Kyōjurō..I can’t...I Can’t do it..”
She snapped...everything that she was holding together..the tiny repairs that she did every day..every little step she took towards the future..SANK..and kept sinking..
“I don’t get to be happy! Not now! Not when Kyō isn’t...”
Did she really think this was her fault? It didn’t matter now..she had already planted that seed. And it was now a thick, fully grown tree of self-hatred.
“just stop..please..stop trying..”
She honestly thought she was wired for misery..because right when she surfaces from the deepest and darkest of waters..a storm hits and an even bigger wave pulls and pushes at her, making her believe the darkness is where she belonged.
“Sorry, I’m ..sorry, I just..I-”
I can’t do this.
It wasn’t his fault..he truly wanted to help her..He knew that she felt alone, and broken..he knew exactly how that felt, to want to let the darkness swallow you whole..to accept the numbness of all the pain and anguish that was all crashing down..all at once. And he was here, so why couldn’t he try to help..in whatever way he could. Kyō would. And she knew that...but he was not Kyō...
“...sorry..”
She had to leave..she..she had to go.
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There’s a moment I’ve noticed when you’re alone..especially after something terrible has happened.
You lose yourself, momentarily..your mind goes blank..all the ramblings and blame.. anger..and fears..for a split second..it stops..they fade away..
It’s just you..alone with yourself..your skin...your clothes..in this case..the stones beneath her..the rippling pond water..which was satisfying despite her fear of water...somehow everything fell into place..for every second she had felt miserable.. she was able to appreciate this little moment of peace..
This would be the perfect place to cry..why was this her first thought? Her lips parted, but it wasn’t cries that escaped her..
“There is a man, he runs right to me,
He wraps his loving arms around me
He knows...he knows my pain, oh, he knows my pain...”
“Oh, he gives me life and I don't know if that is for me...
It's darker than I thought, in all its broken glory..my soul...
Just wants to go home...he's calling me home...”
“And there was a light, oh there was a fire...
He came through in the night, he entered like an angel...
Hold on...hold on....he's just memories..”
“And there was a hope as we shouted "Hallelujah!"
And it all came crashing down like I never even knew you...”
“Where'd you go?
It's all happening again and again and again...”
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She would let herself drift away...as the words played over and over in her mind..
oh Kyō,
won’t you come back to me..
She outstretched her arms, and let the tears fall.
please
just..
She felt a familiar warmth travel through her fingers to her chest..the sensation shook her, and her arms fell limp on her lap...
“I miss you..Kyō”
Kyōjurō was the only one that has ever heard her singing... it was raw and filled with so much pain, but...right now..it was all she had to offer..and she gave it all.
I have to try...to be happy..that’s what he wanted, but.....
As the wind danced around her in a slightly aggressive way, she wrapped her arms around herself..the wind grew stronger, but she paid it no mind as that warm, tingly sensation spread, even more, reaching her neck and eventually the tips of her ears.
I don’t know if I can...not without-
..that wind....this..warmth..
“Just..
..Say you will...”
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[:so the song she sang was Hymn by Bjéar...I recommend listening to it...its a beautiful song...i didn't think I would actually write another part to this..I'm not a writer..I hope its good..i hope you all like it, and if you didn't, let me know if its shit... thanks for all the likes on the first on, "But Now"...i don't know if there will be another one though.. :]
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jimmy kaga-ricci part 3 (part 1 / part 2)
the lucky one - taylor swift
“and they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused / 'cause you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used / and all the young things line up to take your place // another name goes up in lights / you wonder if you’ll make it out alive //...// it was a few years later, i showed up here / and they still tell the legend of how you disappeared / how you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out”
this song is narrated like a sort of folk tale about an elusive star who was told by everyone around them how lucky they were, while in reality they felt far from it, so much that they ended up having enough of fame and its pains and running off. basically, a tale about jimmy piero kaga-ricci
let go - beau young prince
“sometimes i don't really know myself / devil on my back, pray for me, need help / angel in the front tryna guide my steps / who do you call when you need some help? / who do you call when you by yourself? / who do you call when you feel down low? / i just wanna scream, i just wanna explode / i, i just wanna let go”
this perfectly encapsulates jimmy’s inner turmoil throughout the whole book, more or less. he’s reached a low point in his mental health, is being pushed and pulled around by various people, feels alone and just wants to run off. which, you know, he does.
the other side - alessia cara
this is a song about wanting to run away and make a better life for yourself. i like the use of “the other side” because i think of this song as jimmy literally going from one side of the window to the other. it’s the soundtrack to him climbing out of the bathroom, basically
to seattle - morningsiders
“i left my peace of mind / in the back seat of a station wagon / when you don't get what you want / that's who you are, there you have it / we were all born at the wrong time / but that's done and over / drive, please just drive / the seat-belt digs into my skin // if that was a cold goodbye / it's just because the future isn't good / i cannot tell a lie / and there's no telling if we'll make it”
jimmy has left everything behind on a whim and is making his great escape
you better believe!!! -declan mckenna
religious symbolism, themes of death, what you worship not being what it’s made out to be in modern society, a station, you better believe this song has it all!!! i’m sure essays could be written comparing this to iwbft but this post is long enough already rip
angel - coco zandi
this describes how jimmy feels about angel - she’s sort of like a guiding light for him, helping him escape the hordes of fans at st pancras and escape to kent. he thinks of her as a literal angel in a way
seattle - jonah taylor
okay how many songs about north american locations even are on this playlist anyway you know how jimmy talks about his sister who’s at university in the states and doesn’t really want anything to do with him? this song is about her. on that note, i really need to find out more about her and their relationship asap
marjorie - taylor swift
*squints at my own playlist* now WHO put such a fucking sad song on you, i would like to exchange some words with them
it’s,,,,,, it’s about joan
pilgrimage - bjéar
homophobically i can’t find the lyrics to this but vibes. religion. there’s an “i’ve got a whole lot of money” in there. you know the gist.
i want to break free - queen
“but i have to be sure / when i walk out that door / oh, how i want to be free, baby / oh, how i want to be free / oh, how i want to break free” that’s.... that’s jimmy :)
home - ella eyre
a song about jimmy finally making it home to piero and finally being able to relax, even though the world was breaking down around him in london
class of 2013 - mitski
another song about being back with your parental figure and the comfort that comes with it, for jimmy at least. there’s an element of smallness attached, he just wants to be curled up and be cared for like when he was a child
urs - john-robert
bicci song !!
“love me sober” because i’m guessing jimmy wants lister to be clean before they can begin anything serious. this also ties in to the line “and get me higher than you would ever, you would ever, you would ever need to”
“but devotion's like an ocean that's swallowing me, swallowing me whole” - here we’ve got the ever-present water motif; there’s a lot of angst and fear involved in their relationship, be that due to their mental health or the fact that they’re in a band together, etc.
goodbye yellow brick road - elton john
to quote the genius annotation, this song is one about “wanting to give up a life of opulence for a simpler life away from all the glitz and glamour“ and breaking free from that, as jimmy more or less does in the end
don’t take the money - bleachers
i made this playlist ages ago so i don’t remember every reason a song is on there but i’m assuming this is another bicci song. the lines “i slept on my own those nights / was still in my parents' house / and i cut off my t-shirt sleeves / and claim a new continent” reminds me of jimmy’s running-back-to-kent extravaganza as well
people watching - smallpools
“my momma told me / if you find some fame / don't start the cocaine // don't need an island / or a private plane / to bet to these days” another song about appreciating the simpler thing in life despite fame which i’m guessing was my logic when putting it on here. i probably just wanted an excuse to shout this absolute banger of a song out which well done, past me xx
god save our young blood - børns
finishing off with another religious symbolism song yeehaw
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