14: Do you miss someone?

“No. Well, yes. I wonder how Ollie is doing a lot.”

36: Do you give out second chances too easily?

“I’m not gonna lie to you, I’m a first impressions kind of person. When someone tell you who they are, believe them. So, no.”

59: Do you like the snow?

03: do you regret anything?

"wow, that’s... that’s quite the question, isn’t it?” and that’s not quite an answer, they’re quick to realize. “i mean, the only good answer is no, but i don’t think that’s true. as much as i’d love to say that i don’t regret anything, i regret a lot of things. i regret things that i did, and things that i didn’t do, and things that other people did, and things other people didn’t do. but the thing about regret is that there’s nothing productive about it. you can’t change what did or didn’t happen in the past, you know? whether you regret it or not, there’s no point in dwelling on it.”

52: do you believe everything happens for a reason?

"no.” the answer comes too quickly, too short and too sharp, to feel right in his mouth. it feels like it goes against their nature to shut something down so quickly, but it’s true. “i’m sure that some things happen for a reason — like me finding the killer conclusions cd in the first place, i think there was probably a reason why that happened... even if i don’t know what it is yet. but the fact that they died in the first place? or the fact that rafa died, or my dad... i don’t know, i don’t think there was any reason for all of that. sometimes there’s a reason but sometimes bad shit happens for no reason at all.”

69: do you believe in soulmates?

for some ( silly ) reason, the question makes tito want to flush. a soulmate? for them? somehow, it doesn’t seem likely. and yet... “i mean, it would be nice, wouldn’t it? to think that out there... somewhere... there’s someone perfect for you, just waiting for you to spend your lives together?” an almost dreamy sounding sigh escapes his lips despite himself, but they’re quick to reign it back in. “i don’t know. maybe. but if ghosts are real, why not soulmates, too?”

19: would you go back in time if you were given the chance?

“i would sell my soul to tell my past self not to get in the car the night we played club 2000. you have no idea. i’d have done anything at all...” august left it at that, but of course, there was more to the story. he’d known — or he’d thought he known — for ages that killer conclusions was supposed to make it big. like, really big. the way all of them had so clearly deserved. it made his head spin, the way a ten second delay could’ve put them at super stardom now. playing sold out shows, their songs surfacing on radio stations dedicated to the classics. and yet, all of it, stolen away in one fell swoop. august liked tito, and kerry, and some of the perks of being a phantom. but he’d have traded all of it for club 2000 that night. he’d have traded anything at all.

27: have you ever broken someone’s heart?

“i wasn’t exactly the model boyfriend, i’ll be honest. but the thing is — the drummer schtick gets you a lot of chicks. like, a lot. how am i supposed to say no to that? anyway, i don’t know. i tried to do the right thing by breaking it off when i felt like they were starting to get pissed off with me. i was much more concerned with killer conclusions than i was with anything else, anyways. but then another girl would come along, and i’d start the cycle all over again. not some of my finer moments, i’ll admit.”

35: who was the last person you cried in front of?

“geez, if you ever see me crying smack the ghostly shit out of me would you? nobody wants to see that.”