Alrighty, before this starts give a round of applause to these two people!

^ I have changed it a bit if you don't mind, but I did keep that Three was inspired by them. But they helped progress the story to where it is.

And for them for this whole idea for this chapter!

Wouldn't have thought of a better idea if it wasn't for these two! So give them cupcakes and cookies!

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Four felt..nervous to say the least. He invited Three with him and his friends, Meggy and Mario, to the beach. Since it was a good day outside. Right now, They arrived to the beach, Four noticed Three's car was here, making Four smile.

He looks at his friend as he grabbed his beach bag, "So..you guys ready to finally meet Three in person?" Four asks, messing with the strap of the bag.

"Yea! Me and Red have been excited to see your 'boyfriend'~!" Meggy grins. She was wearing a full body swimsuit, colored orange. She had sunglasses on her head and is wearing dark orange flip flops.

"HES- ahem he's not my uh.." Four blanks, before shaking his head "..my boyfriend.." At least that's what Four thinks. But after that little make out they did...god he wanted him so bad again..

"You two are slow! Cmon before Mario throws bombs at you!" Mario shouts, he was in his red swimwear, two floatys on his arms to keep him from drowning if he plans on swimming, and his red flip flops. He was already running to the water.

"Alright alright! Calm down Red!" Meggy chuckles, "he sure is excited."

"Heh, yeah. He is. He always liked swimming, even if I don't really like it myself."

Meggy frowns, "self conscious..?" She ask weary.

"Yeah..." Four rubs his arm, looking away. Four was wearing blue swimtrunks and a white t-shirt. Crocs on his feet with his logo on it. Even so, Four still can't look at himself properly in a mirror. Too many thoughts in his head starts to running in his mind.

"Well..I'll make sure Mario doesn't try to force you in the water, alright?"

Four smiles at Meggy's reassurance. He's happy that he can always count on Meggy to be there for him, "yeah..thanks Meg."

"No problem!" She gives Four a thumbs up as they arrive to the beach.

Four looks around before spotting Three, he smiles, grabbing Meggy, "over here!" Four runs over to Three, laughing along with Meggy.

Mario noticed them laughing and ran over to them like a rocket.

"Three! Hey!" Four let's go of Meggy, waving at Three.

"Oh! Hey scrub! These must be your two friends you mentioned?" Three looks at Meggy and Mario. Three was wearing black swimwear with a purple tank top on. He was also wearing less jewelry, black sunglasses on and has on black flip flops.

Four blushes a bit at the sight of Three's arms before looking back up at him, "yup! Meggy, Mario, this is Three. Aka, Coffee 'n Bomb!"

Mario waves, "helo! I'm-a Mario! S-M-G-4's bestest friend! You hurt Four, I break your knee caps!" He said with a smile, making Three feel a bit...weirded out and slightly scared at how Mario was staring into him...like he wa staring into his soul.

"Hello Three, so your the super star that has Four's attention~" Meggy smiles at him.

Three chuckles, "yes, I am. Have you heard of me?" Kind of a stupid question since he was famous but it's still funny to ask.

"I have! All from Four~" Meggy gives Four a sly grin.

Four blushes, "w-what?! S-shut up! I can't help but ramble on about-"

"Me~?" Three had his arms wrapped around Four's waist, bringing him close as he whispered in his ear, making Four blush deeply, "that's lovely to hear, sweetheart~"

"Bah! You both are the worst! Cmon Mario! Let's make sand castles!" Four shoves Three away, grabbing onto Mario's hand and drags them away while Meggy and Three are laughing.

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"Stupid..fucking..argh.." Four grumbles, his face still red as he puts sand in a bucket.

Mario watches him, "Mario believes you have something to tell him."

"Huh? What..?" Four looks up at Mario, confused.

"Your a-gay for him! And you want him so-a bad~" Mario's gives Four his signature smirk.

Four blushes, "Goddamnit! All of you are the worst!" Four couldn't deny it though, Four wanted those strong arms wrapped around him again, he felt safe..

Mario laughs, "it's-a okay to want someone Four! It's about time you have someone in your pathetic life!"

Four huffs, "I..I guess you're right..about me wanting someone..but..are you even sure he wants me..for me..? And not just..ya know.."

Mario frowns, remembering the time Four cried and cried and told them about his past relationships, swearing that he would never be in one again, "I know so...Mario believes in Three. Mario looked into his soul, and Mario believes he will treat you right."

Four smiles softly, "thanks...I needed to hear that..."

Mario smiles, "you're welcome!"

And with that said, Mario and Four starts to build the sand castle properly...after having a small sand fight..

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Three and Meggy still at the spot that Three got, Meggy sat on her towel in the sun, Three was sunder an umbrella reading a book on a chair.

"So..how long have you know Four?"

Three looks up at her, "about... a couple of weeks now, you?"

"Years. We've been friends since high school. Before it was all boring and not very interesting, that was until Four came in, he made everything fun. We even formed a little band of our own during those years."

That got Three's attention, putting the book down and looks at Meggy fully, "what do you mean?"

Meggy laughs a bit, sitting up, "yeah! Four, me and Mario made a little band. Four was really into music, still is. He was usually the lead singer, Mario on drums and me on the guitars. It was fun and we weren't that bad. Maybe we can find something here or back home and maybe we'll play a song." Meggy suggests.

Three remembers that... remembering a small group of friends making a band in high school. Not many people liked it, only a few liked it, but he could tell that the band loved playing, not caring about others...what changed? "Hm,.sure. I would love to hear Four's voice.." again..

Meggy smiles, "alright! It's a plan then!" Meggy lays back down.

Three smirks, he can't wait to see Four singing again.

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"What the hell happened to you two?" Meggy ask, obviously annoyed.

Four and Mario was wet and covered in wet sand.

"Uh..we sort of got into a fight on what should go on top of our sand castle and...yeah.." Four was embarrassed but mostly his pride was hurt, "Mario won.."

"YA! MARIO WON! YOU OWE ME ICE CREAM."

Four sighs, "I know.."

Three snickers, "does this happen often?"

Meggy sighs, "yes. Those two are as close as brothers."

Three looked amused, never in his life has he seen someone act like this, it was funny to him.

"Cmon, now we have to get you guys to a shower and changed, Three here wants to see how the band sounds together again."

"Wait what." Four pauses, "you told him?!"

"I did~! He was curious. I had to tell him!"

"But that was when I was overly confident! Not anymore!" Four tries to stop Meggy from going through this, "I don't wanna.."

"Aww~ cmon sweetheart~! Don't you want to show me how your band is~?" Three smirks, trying to encourage Four with going by the plan.

And it worked, Four blushes at the pet name, "ugh...fine..and stop calling me that."

"Do you prefer 'honey'?"

Four stutters, "a-sh! Staph!"

"Heheheh! I rather not, sweetie~!"

Four grumble, looking away, "whatever! Let's just head home.."

Three, Mario, and Meggy laugh at his flustered state, picking up their respective items and heads back to their car. They all decided to head to Meggy's house since it was a bit bigger and Three didn't want anyone coming to his home yet.

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Four was...nervous..again. He messes with the mic, looking at it.

"You alright?" Meggy ask, taking Gour out of his mind.

"Y-yeah! Just..nervous,."

"Don't worry, I'm sure Three wouldn't judge!"

"Heh..yeah.." he already heard me sing..multiple times already..

"Let's start, Mario you ready?"

"Yeah!" Mario's jumps in the air, sitting on his chair behind the drums.

"Three? You ready?"

"Yup." Three was sat in front of them on a bean bag, sitting down on it lazily.

Four inhales and exhales, "one, two, three!"

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(Now playing 'Ex's and Oh's by Elle King)

"Well, I had me a boy, turned him into a man
I showed him all the things that he didn't understand"

The beat at Three already nodding his head, Four was already sounding good, amount, it sounded like Four knew this song by heart.

"Whoa, and then I let him go
Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name
'Cause I found me a better lover in the UK
Hey, hey, until I made my getaway"

Four was having fun, he forgot how good it felt to sigh this song.

"One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
'Cause I'm the best baby that they never gotta keep
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave"

Four remember the reason he sang this, it was the third break up he had, he honestly lost count on how many people he had been with just for them to screw him over, so singing this was making him feel so happy already.

"Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
Ex's and oh's"

He remembers the rumors being spread about him, abhor him being a player and a user, which was wrong. He was the one being played and used.

"I had a summer lover down in New Orleans
Kept him warm in the winter, left him frozen in the spring
My, my, how the seasons go by"

But obviously...no one would be him.

"I get high, and I love to get low
So the hearts keep breaking, and the heads just roll
You know that's how the story goes"

Four felt lucky that Meggy and Mario didn't turn their back on him. The rest of their friends did, but within time they say through the rumors and are now friends with him, not close, but friends.

"One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
'Cause I'm the best baby that they never gotta keep
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave"

Looking at Three, it made his heart race. Seeing him looking at Four like that, knowing what they both wanted to do. God it made Four so excited and happy.

"Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
My ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
Ex's and oh's"

Three was enjoying his time, looking at Four with a smile. Seeing Four look so happy and is actually enjoying himself... it makes Three happy, especially with how animated Four was moving around while singing. This was the band that inspired him to be a singer in the first place, my how Four looked different back then. He's happy that Four changed though, he looked much more happier like this than back then.

"One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave"

Three was falling for Four harder. He really just wanted Four in his arms, cuddling and whisper sweet nothings to him. Maybe one day...

"My ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
Ex's and oh's"

Four let's out some breaths, trying to get back some air he lost, "s-so..how..how was that?"

Three claps, "I say that was an amazing performance! You guys certainly got what it has to be an actual band!"

"Aww~! Thanks Three! But I already have my career set. I'm training to be a coach."

"And Mario doesn't wanna work! He wanna eat spaghetti!"

"So...you might work in a restaurant..?" Three asks.

"Hm...maybe!"

That made Three confused, he shakes his head looking back at Four, "what about you?"

"Huh? Oh! I'm..uh..I'm gonna be a YouTuber. I already have a few handful of videos on it already. I got a lot of subscribers too."

"Oh~? Hm..maybe I should subscribe to you~?"

Four looks at him surprised, "what?! But-"

"What's your YouTube name?"

"It's.." Four sighs, "it's SMG4.."

"Oh? Isn't that what Mario said before?" He asks, searching it up and subscribes to him.

"Yeah..he did."

"Heh, don't like being called your real name?"

"Not really.."

Three snickers, "don't worry, I don't either, I feel like it doesn't suit me at all."

"Huh.."

Meggy clears her throat, "well..I think I'm gonna hit the hay, I'm tired and I have classes to go to."

"Oh! Yeah! We'll leave, thanks Meggy!" Four waves Meggy goodbye, grabbing Three's hand and leads them out.

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They were now both outside of Four's home, Four looking at Three with gratitude, "Thanks for coming Three."

"Your welcome scrub, anything for you~!" Threw gives him a kiss on the cheek, "bye bye sweetheart.."

Four blushes, looking at Three as he walks away, "w-wait!"

"Hm?" Three looks back at him.

"Wh-..what are we..?"

"...hm..let's go on another date..how about somewhere calm?"

Four blushes, "y-yea..that..that sounds good to me.."

"Good! I'll text you the details! Bye~!" Three hops in his car and drives off.

Four didn't know whether to be worried or excited... oh well.. he can't wait for it to come..

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MOTIVATION SUCKS. But! I finally got this done, I guess the blizzard outside gave me it.

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