Noah held Cremisius just as tightly, nuzzled his face, kissing every so often. He rhythmically rubbed Krem's back, and when the silence felt too heavy and he thought Cremisius could use some distraction, Noah began to sing a quiet, slowed down version of his and Ronan's favorite song.

"Squash one, squash two, squash three, and on and on and on. I set the house on fire, and screamed, 'the world's a storm.' We bought out the whole damn supermarket, and rolled out a whole cart, and inside, there was a metric ton of squash..."