Devon is your friend. You're close enough. You often walk, listen to music, smoke together, and sit in class together. You trust Devon with any secrets, just like he trusts you. almost any of them. The only thing you still didn't understand was why is he always listening to music?

he listened to mostly rock and metal, he didn't like pop music, but he could listen to it if it was playing somewhere in the mall. When you came to his house, he always had music playing; when you went for a walk in a quiet place, he always had one earbud in. At first, you thought he wasn't interested in you because he was listening to music even when you were talking. But that wasn't the case; he was listening to you and engaging in the conversation. So, what was the problem?

You were lying on his bed, Family Force 5 played on the speakers. Devon was telling you about a band he'd recently listened to, but your mind was on something else.

"Hey, are you even listening to me?"