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The Way Things Are	By : Mekou Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Gorillaz Views: 3663 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not know the members of Gorillaz. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Title: The Way Things Are
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Noodle + 2D, Murdoc x 2D
Summary: Accepting the way things are is harder than it sounds.
Warnings: Coarse language, sex, angst…all the fun stuff. =D
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters nor am I making any form of profit from writing about them. Characters and anything that is obviously NOT mine is copyright to their respective owners. Thank you and have a nice day.

Note: No smut, but more plot (omg!). =) More smut next chapter!

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Chapter 3: Love

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Noodle gave a long, relieving stretch as she sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. She grumbled to herself in her native language at the fact that the sun was just barely starting to rise.

She and 2D hadn’t stayed on the roof for very long. She was outwardly concerned and eventually convinced him he should promptly go to bed. He looked like sheer hell, after all. He had seemed very distant in the hour or so that they were together, and it tore her up inside. Something was wrong, but she didn’t feel it was her right to just ask. They were close enough to share secrets willingly, but they both knew not to ask each other about secrets.

Putting those memories aside, Noodle dressed herself in a pair of white jeans and a pink top. That shirt was probably the only feminine thing she owned. Even in skirts, she still was a tomboy. She cheerfully blamed it entirely on her fellow band mates. It never bothered her that she didn’t look all that feminine.

She happily skipped her way downstairs, seeing Russel first and jumping on him.

“Good Morning!” She exclaimed while she clung to him in a tight hug. It was a morning greeting only reserved for Russel, since he didn’t topple over when she did it.

“Aah! Morning, Noodle.” Russel grinned. She did that every morning, but he was always caught off guard. She was sneaky like that. “Hey, you know where 2D is? We need to start setting up to record today.”

“No, I haven’t seen him since last night.” Noodle said in a serious tone.

“I looked in his room, in the kitchen, café, the lobby…everywhere!” The larger man pondered out loud.

“Are you sure you looked everywhere?”

“Yeah, everywhere. Well, except for Muds’ Winnebago. But 2D would never be in there. Muds wouldn‘t even be awake yet.”

Noodle had a sudden epiphany. 2D’s distant mood from last night, his disappearance this morning…based on the secrets that she know, she figured that something happened between him and Murdoc in the past 24 hours. She felt a sudden tightness in her stomach. Her heart felt ill.

“I’ll go ask Murdoc anyway.” Russel said and turned to leave.

“No, I’ll go!” Noodle put on a fake smile, though no one but Noodle herself could tell the difference. Russel raised an eyebrow at her, but just nodded.

“Sure. I’ll meet you guys in the studio.” Russel wasn’t blind, deaf or stupid. He suspected that something was going on in the past couple of days. He had ran into 2D the previous night and noticed he looked to be upset and in pain. 2D had been clutching his chest and crying like his whole family had just died. When Russel asked him what was wrong, 2D insisted that it was nothing and then just ran off. Russel then just shrugged it off at the time and assumed his the singer was just feeling stressed. But before going to sleep, he wondered if it was more than that. He had never seen 2D cry like that, and his usual stress relief was smoking, porn and alcohol. Definitely not crying.

He would put it aside for now though. He had other things to do and though he wanted to help, he knew there was nothing that could be done. He gave a final smile to Noodle then left.

Noodle walked slowly to the door of the Winnebago, heart racing and body shivering slightly. She just blamed it on the coldness of the Carpark, though she knew that wasn’t really true.

She was feeling really afraid for 2D. All the signs pointed to the fact that he must have been rejected. Murdoc probably had gotten violent about it too. Noodle cursed to herself in her native language. She loved Murdoc as much as she loved 2D and Russel, but at times she also really hated him. She hated him because he hated everyone and was always so cruel to 2D. She hated him because while he was who he was, somehow people seemed to fall for him. Like 2D…

Why did he like that man anyway? Why would you love someone who is always making your life hell? Noodle just couldn’t understand it one bit. Though, she was young. Perhaps just too young to understand love and its complex workings.

Noodle stood in front of the door, just seeing if she could hear anyone inside. She could faintly hear the sound of someone talking.

She inhaled a deep breath then knocked on the door.

Some loud grumbling and unlocking sounds later, the door opened. Noodle was barely able to maintain a non-shocked expression.

Clad in only his underwear, which were practically hanging off his hips, 2D had answered the door. He looked at her and smiled rather awkwardly. He had expected it to be Murdoc returning from a cigarette run and since the man never liked carrying around his keys so he told 2D to wait and guard the place until he returned.

“We need to start setting up to do some recording.” Noodle was the first to speak.

“Ah, okay.” 2D replied. “Uh...I have to wait until Murdoc gets back. He should be back soon…”

It was a rather awkward moment. 2D expected Noodle to be staring at him in shock, but she just looking down at her feet. She just nodded as a reply, and then lifted her head to give him a big smile. The same one she had given Russel earlier…

“Russel is already waiting. So be sure to hurry!” Another smile, then she darted off as fast as she could. It seemed what really happened was the opposite of what she thought. She saw the empty condom packets all over the floor, and just the fact that 2D was almost naked and in Murdoc’s Winnebago in the first place was a dead give away.

She didn’t know what that new feeling inside her was. It felt painful, like there was a void in her soul. She loved 2D like a brother, but she also had a crush on him. But now, she wasn’t sure how she felt. Why did it hurt her so much inside? She would think about it later, on the rooftop in the same spot that she went to every night. She needed to concentrate on other things…

A long day of recording quickly passed. 2D found himself unable to meet the eyes of anyone in the band that day. He figured no one really noticed though. They were all seemingly busy. Or were they just pretending to be busy? He wouldn’t meet their eyes, but when ever he looked at one of them, they seemed to be looking at him. Staring. Murdoc was looking and grinning at him. Russel was looking at him worriedly and Noodle…she was looking at him with sad eyes.

2D was thankful when he was finally able to retreat back into his bedroom for the evening. He was rather sore and tired, especially after the early morning activities he had engaged in…

After 2D was able to stop crying, he had gone back to see Murdoc and spent several hours letting Murdoc touch him all over. He had decided to let himself become the older man’s property. Deep down he wanted love from his new lover, but he knew he would never receive it. He would just have to settle for being a bed slave. It was better than nothing, he figured.

Noodle, hugged her pillow and wiped away her remaining tears. She so happy she was able to hold out long enough to make it to her room to cry. It was embarrassing to cry in front of others, but mostly she just wanted to hide any evidence that something may be wrong.

It wasn’t so bad, really. 2D would be happy now and then she would be happy too. So what if he was with Murdoc now. It’s not like he was going someplace far away and she’d never see him again. He would always be there everyday, like he always is. 2D would always be there because he would never leave. Never. She mused to herself that she could try to get used to the way things are now. It wasn’t that different from the past anyway.

Noodle waited until her puffy eyes subsided and grabbed a jacket before heading up to the roof. 2D would come and they would talk the night away and she’d be happy. She would continue loving him as a brother, and lusting for him secretly.

But that night, 2D never came.

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