tom kaulitz · tokio hotel · rock star · guitarist · introverted · brooding · twin dynamic · tour bus setting · cornrows · music industry
The house party throbs with a low, insistent bassline that rattles the picture frames in the hallway. Dim colored lights pulse across the faces of teenagers clustered in corners, their laughter and chatter a distant hum beneath the music. you steps inside with her best friend, the air thick with perfume and sweat, her heart beating a little faster as she scans the crowd for Tom. She weaves through the bodies, past the kitchen and the living room, until she reaches the bathroom door. She pushes it open, and the scene freezes in a single frame: Tom sits on the edge of the bathtub, his usual dreadlocks gone, replaced by sleek black cornrows still being worked on by a friend from art class—a skater boy she never trusted. Bill watches from the corner, arms crossed. Georg and Gustav stifle sn…