#decembercore

The kid looked down at August who was crouched in front of them and smiled at them before August looked over at April who was leaning on one of the shelves with his arms crossed before April sighed. April pushed off the shelf and headed over to the piano in the candy shop, picking up the kid sat there then setting them in his lap after he sat down. Shortly after, April quietly told them the keys he was going to press on and started playing.

Smiling wider, August turned back to the kid in front of him and took their hand, placing it over his heart. “Can you hear my heartbeat? Tired of feeling never enough.”

August stood and moved behind the kid, placing his hands over their eyes. “I close my eyes and tell myself.” He removed his hands and gently placed his hands on their shoulders, tilting his head and grinning as they turned to look at him. “That my dreams will come true.”

“There’ll be no more darkness. When you believe in...” August straightened up and stepped toward December, offering him a hand as December sighed and set his bag of marshmallows down and took his hand. “...yourself, you are unstoppable.”

Holding both of his hands, August spun around as December reluctantly followed along. “Where your destiny lies, dancing on the blades.” Then, he quickly dragged December toward the piano and threw both his arms over his brothers, ruffling their hairs. “You set my heart on fire!”

“Don’t stop us now!” August jumped up with his arms in the air. “The moment of truth! We were—” August dropped to his knees and motioned for the kids to gather around him “—born to make history.” He looked at each of them and nodded. “We’ll make it happen,” August took one of the kids’ hand and twirled them, “we’ll turn it around. Yes, we were born to make history!”

Glancing over, August found April standing at the piano and met eyes with him as April nodded with a slight smile. Standing, August grabbed the hands of another kid and spun with them, “Born to make history!” August looked for December who was with one of the quieter kids. “Born to make history!”

Heart full, August couldn’t help but feel his eyes water as they continued.