KOTLC Oneshots!

Just Another Day...

But they weren't.

They were there every night when he closed his eyes. Dex wished he could say that the nightmare he'd just had was the worst one. But it wasn't.

The nightmare he'd just had was one of the more mellower ones.

The strawberry blonde haired boy looked at himself in the mirror. His hair was a wreck. His eyes had noticeable dark circles under them.

He didn't need his friends worrying about him.

So it was a good thing he had a routine for this. A small vial of Fade Facade helped his dark circles, and a hairbrush did wonders. And he made sure that not a single piece of clothing was wrinkled when he put it on. He needed to look like normal. Like the funny, nerdy, sweet, handsome guy he was.

Not like the haunted, anxious, scared boy he really was underneath.

Sometimes Dex wondered if his friends would care if he disappeared.

After all, he was weak.

He couldn't stop Sophie's kidnapping.

She almost faded away because of him.

He tried to help the council, thinking he was helping Sophie.

But he just hurt her instead.

Then he almost lost her again to Brant.

All.

Because.

Of him.

Dex stared at his reflection. A tear escaped as it slid down his freckled cheeks. He quickly wiped it off. It was time to start the day. Be the happy quirky boy everyone thought he was. He slipped on his Foxfire cape.

" I've learned to slam on the brake.

Before I even turn the key.

Before I make the mistake...

Before I lead with the worst of me."

His mind flashed to his nightmares and he gasped. Facing his reflection in his mirror again.

" Give them no reason to stare." He breathed.

" No slipping up if you slip away-

So I got nothing to share.

No, I got nothing to say~" He blinked as he stepped away from the mirror, looking out of his window. Lovise chased the triplets around the front lawn.

" Step out, step out of the sun-

If you keep getting burned.

Step out, step out of the sun-

Because you've learned, because you've learned~

On the outside, always looking in-

Will I ever be more than I've always been?

'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass..

I'm waving through a window...

I try to speak, but nobody can hear-

So I wait around for an answer to appear-

While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass..

I'm waving through a window, oh.

Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?"

He sang as he waved at his family, but they didn't seem to notice. He saw his reflection once again in his window. He furrowed his brows and set his jaw as he walked away from the light that shined through the windows.

" We start with stars in our eyes.

We start believing that we belong.

But every sun doesn't rise!~

And no one tells you where you went wrong..

Step out, step out of the sun-

If you keep getting burned.

Step out, step out of the sun-

Because you've learned, because you've learned!~

On the outside, always looking in-

Will I ever be more than I've always been?

'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass..

Waving through a window!

I try to speak, but nobody can hear-

So I wait around for an answer to appear!

While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass~

Waving through a window, oh...

Can anybody see, is anybody waving?-.."

Dex sang as he picked up one of his gadgets that he hadn't finished.

" When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around-

Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around!-

Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around-

Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around-

Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?

Did I even make a sound?

Did I even make a sound?

It's like I never made a sound-

Will I ever make a sound?"

Dex asked himself as he hugged himself. He gritted his teeth in frustration as he threw open his balcony doors, the wind blowing his curtains back as he let the light flood in his room. He sang on the balcony.

" On the outside, always looking in-

Will I ever be more than I've always been?

'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass~

Waving through a window!

I try to speak, but nobody can hear-

So I wait around for an answer to appear!-

While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass~

Waving through a window, oh..."

He turned back to his balcony doors, seeing his reflection again.

" Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (oh)...

Is anybody waving?!

Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh!~"

He vocalized as he slammed his hands on the balcony stone railing. His eyes leaked with tears as he looked at the sun.

He looked down at his family, heading inside for breakfast.

Dex took a deep breath as he left the balcony. It was just another day.