He hums a softer chuckle, a little more inwardly this time. "Perhaps you must. I don't think I ever learned how."
Leaning back into the water, Emcee lets the warmth envelop him.
"Herman played the piano and was the music director at the Kit Kat Klub. He gave me piano lessons, too. He really is quite gifted, considering that he's just a farm boy who never went to school and whose parents drove him out of their family. I remember the first time he showed up at the Klub, looking for a job." Emcee sighs deeply, a fond smile on his lips. "God damn, he was handsome. Still is. Tall, blond, blue eyes, broad shoulders and chest, and a very serious face for such a young man. He was quiet and polite, and for a while the rest of us thought he was quite humorless. It was just teasing, though. I even worked it into the show. I introduced him saying that the funniest thing about Herman is that there is nothing funny about him."
He chuckles again. "The more I said it, night after night, the more Herman began to find it funny."
Growing quiet, he blinks what may be water droplets from his eyelashes, or maybe tears. "I fell in love with him several times, though I always convinced myself that it was better for the both of us not to. I know he loves me. He would do anything for me. He is just that kind of man. He saved my life and took care of me when I was sick on drugs. Repeatedly. He's seen me at my worst, and yet--there he is. Always there for me."
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Leaning back into the water, Emcee lets the warmth envelop him.
"Herman played the piano and was the music director at the Kit Kat Klub. He gave me piano lessons, too. He really is quite gifted, considering that he's just a farm boy who never went to school and whose parents drove him out of their family. I remember the first time he showed up at the Klub, looking for a job." Emcee sighs deeply, a fond smile on his lips. "God damn, he was handsome. Still is. Tall, blond, blue eyes, broad shoulders and chest, and a very serious face for such a young man. He was quiet and polite, and for a while the rest of us thought he was quite humorless. It was just teasing, though. I even worked it into the show. I introduced him saying that the funniest thing about Herman is that there is nothing funny about him."
He chuckles again. "The more I said it, night after night, the more Herman began to find it funny."
Growing quiet, he blinks what may be water droplets from his eyelashes, or maybe tears. "I fell in love with him several times, though I always convinced myself that it was better for the both of us not to. I know he loves me. He would do anything for me. He is just that kind of man. He saved my life and took care of me when I was sick on drugs. Repeatedly. He's seen me at my worst, and yet--there he is. Always there for me."