Travel (thoma + heizou)
“Aj…”
Thoma rubbed his temples and sighed. His head throbbed. He knew that the only way it would get better was if he got a good night’s sleep, but he knew that it wouldn’t happen until he got back to Malmö to visit home for a few days before the pre-parties. “Kan du stänga persiennerna?”
“You know I’m not actually in the room with you, right?”
Heizou questioned him from Zoom window on his laptop. From the looks of it, he was working from home, papers strewn out on his desk. “If you have a headache, just take a rest! I make your schedule, I know you have some time before your next appearance.”
Thoma sighed. “No, I know it’s not gonna work if I try. I can never sleep on a train.”
Heizou looked at one of the papers. “Well, you’ll be at the hotel soon. You’ll be able to try and sleep there.” He glanced up at Thoma’s face and sighed, giving him a sympathetic look (or, as sympathetic as Heizou could get). “I know it’s not easy for you. But you have all your stuff, and you have time. So just try, alright?”
Thoma gave a strained smile. “Yeah. I’ll try.”
Heizou looked up, and his gaze softened. “We’ll be back in Malmö soon, alright? We’ll have a good week there where you can rest up.”
“Thank you, Heizou.”
Heizou moved to sign off of the meeting. “Ring mig när du kommer till hotellet.”
“Jag ska. Pratar med dig senare.”
Heizou sighed off the meeting, leaving Thoma alone in the train compartment. He got up to close the blinds to try to alleviate his headache. He put on his headphones and opened YouTube to find a good song to pass the time to. He had made a playlist of the other contestant’s songs, which had become his go-to playlist for everyday background noise. He scrolled though until he found one of his favorites. He clicked on the Australian entry from the and closed his eyes as Ayato’s opening vocals thrummed through his body. He became one with the song, and finally began to relax.