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୨⎯ "𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆" ⎯୧
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ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : nice to meet ya - niall horan
ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ : ▮▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯

I like the way you talk, I like the things you wear
I want your number tattooed on my arm in ink, I swear

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. . .

"Can you guys believe that Madi didn't say anything about being friends with the aces??" Nick questioned as he walked into Chris' room.

"Yeah kind of. It's not like we really asked about her friends that we don't already know" Matt answered from his spot on his brother's bed. Noises came from the game Chris was playing on his computer, his attention undivided as he attempted to finish the level he was on.

Nick huffed at Matt's response, clearly not satisfied.

"How could you not mention something like that though? Especially after I played their latest single over and over when we were last in LA! I swear I was like a walking promo the whole three weeks we were there" Nick rambled while finding a spot at the end of Chris' bed by Matt's feet.

Matt finally looked up at Nick from his phone. "That's probably why she didn't say anything. She didn't want you to freak out and start, like, I don't know, going into cardiac arrest over it" Matt shrugged his shoulders and fiddled with his phone in his lap while Nick practically sat on his brother's feet, his face morphing into a look of borderline disbelief.

When it was clear that Nick was only going to get logical answers from Matt, he turned to his youngest brother in hopes of getting a real answer.

"Chris, isn't it weird how Matt is so chill about the fact that Madi knows the girl he's had a hopeless crush on for ages? Isn't that just so weird?" Nick's voice takes on a teasing tone as he tries to get his currently occupied triplet's attention.

When Chris doesn't respond, he tries again.

"Chris! Isn't that so weird?"

"What Nick?"

The oldest triplet rolls his eyes. "The fact that Matt isn't freaking out right now"

Nick gets his hopes crushed.

"so weird"

Matt snickers at the way Nick's face drops at the lack of reaction before turning his attention back to his phone.

"All I'm saying is that I'd think they'd be great to hang out with and get to know, you know? Madi says they're nice girls and I'd love to meet them! Not even because I'm a fan but also becau- Matt are you fucking listening to me right now?"

Matt sighs "Not really, Nick"

"What are you even looking at?? I really feel like I'm talking to two brick walls here"

"I'm not looking at anything. I'm talking to someone which means I'm trying to pay attention to the conversation"

Nick throws his left arm in the direction of Matt's phone "why do you need to pay more attention to a conversation you can see versus one that I'm actively trying to have with you? I feel like I've been sitting here talking for years with no response from either of you"

Chris smacks his keyboard in annoyance when he dies again, momentarily catching the attention of his two brothers before he goes back to try.

"I'm just trying to be polite"

"Being on your phone while I'm talking to you isn't being polite, Matthew"

Matt rolls his eyes. "Nick I'm with you twenty-four-seven. I've literally never talked to this person in my life"

"You're acting like you're talking to Gemma Evans or something, that's literally the only person who could have this much of your attention while I'm literally sitting on your feet, which you have yet to mention at all" Nick argues back.

Matt goes quiet and blankly stares at Nick, his brain wracking for any comeback he can think of before Nick takes his very outrageous, very correct thought and runs with it.

Matt's quick, but not that quick.

"Oh. My. Fucking. God. You're talking to Gemma! SINCE WHEN?? I was literally sitting here talking about her and you're over there talking to her! What the fuck!"

"It's not a big deal Nick. She's Madi's friend and since we're also Madi's friends I thought we should get to know them" The defensive statement is weak at best, and it's definitely going to backfire on him in some way, but it's not something you think about when you're actively trying to avoid blowing a simple thing as getting to know someone way out of proportion.

"It's like you've completely skipped over the part where she's in a band and that you've got a hopeless crush on her!" Nick gets off the bed and stands opposite Matt to try to further his point that this is in fact a big deal.

"First of all, I feel like saying I have a hopeless crush on Gemma is really over exaggerating it. Second of all, band or not, she's just a normal person Nick. She's a nice girl, has good style and she's pretty"

Nick takes in the way Matt looks right now: the attempted nonchalance, the way he's trying to hide his screen from Nick's nosey eyes, the ridged posture. Oh yeah, hopeless crush.

"Chris! Are you fucking hearing this right now?" Nick all but screams at his brother less than five feet away to which he, once again, gets a half assed response.

"Yeah Matt has a crush on a girl from a band"

Nick can do nothing but roll his eyes and officially rule out the possibility of Chris even engaging in the conversation for more than two seconds before turning back to Matt.

"So what? She just messaged you out of the blue and you guys started talking?"

The phone drops out of Matt's hands and his shoulders relax a little like he's preparing for the reaction he's gonna get when the words leave his mouth. "No Nick. I swiped up on her story saying that we'd have to get tickets to a show."

Nick raises an eyebrow "You. Messaged her. About TICKETS? Tickets! Of all things? Not 'Hey, I'm Madi's friend Matt' or 'Hey I really like the song you guys dropped recently' or, or even "Hey! My brothers and I listen to your band's music and we think you're really cool!"

Matt all but shrugs as he goes to stand up "I swiped up on her story of Johnny after she followed me back and said 'might have to cop tickets'"

"That's literally all you said? Are you kidding me, Matt?" Nick throws his arms in the air as he watches his brother walk out of Chris's room and down the hall to his own.

"Doesn't matter what I said Nick, I still got her number"

Nick is left flabbergasted standing in the middle of Chris's room watching Matt go into his room when Chris finally gives up on the game he's playing and turns around, only to find Nick standing there with his mouth hung open like an idiot.

"Where's Matt?"

"Oh my fucking god Chris"

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oooooookay this chapter was hard to write in parts because I lowkey struggle w writing dialogue so I hope this was an alright chapter!

Thanks for reading, hope you're having a good week <3