ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ sᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ // mcyt apply fic // ᶜˡᵒˢᵉᵈ

━ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

SCARLETT LOUNGED BACKSTAGE on a plush gray sofa, listening to the blasting music as the Feral Boys played. She could feel the beat pumping up the polished legs of the sofa and into her veins, pulsing rhythmically. The music was alive, and Scarlett loved it, even if she was lazily sprawled across a sofa behind the stage. When she heard the crowd cheer even louder than before, she knew it was the end. She was disappointed it was over, but she had the whole summer to play her guitar to bring the chords to life. 

Her heart fluttered when Dream walked backstage, ripping his mask off his face, as he headed straight for her. Who gave him the right to look that good?

"Hey," He said, flopping into the couch next to her. She scooted over to give him more room and took it, spreading out a bit more. 

"You sounded good," Scarlett complimented. 

"You were behind the stage," He pointed out.

"I could still hear it. 'still feel it," She leaned back casually, watching his reaction. 

"Touche," He grinned and she laughed in his defeat. 

Sapnap walked up behind them, laying a hand on the back of the couch. "Yo, we wanna get out of here," He told Dream, nodding his head over to the rest of the Feral Boys waiting by the exit. 

"Uh, yeah, one sec," Dream waved him along. He turned back to Scarlett. "We're heading back to my place for a barbeque and then go to the beach by my house, wanna come?" Scarlett's eyes widened. No. Fucking. Way. 

She paused. "Can I bring the rest of my band?"

He smiled and shrugged, "I don't see why not," 

She grinned, her eyes sparkling the color of a fresh spring clover. "Can you give us twenty minutes to get ready?"

"Hmm, the boys wanna go now, if you give me your number I can text the address to you," He explained. 

A subtle dusting of light pink could have been seen spreading across her face. "Uh, sure! Here," She fished her phone out of the small black handbag Eret gave her and handed it to him to put his number in. He handed it back and she texted him quickly.

Dream :))

Scarlett
hey
its scar (:

"'Kay, I'll text you the address, in a bit," He said, hearing a little ding from his pocket. 

"See you in a bit!" She replied and he headed towards his friends. 

BEAT sucks

Scar
dream invited us over to a bbq and the beach
we leave in 20 so get ready quick

Mars
ooh fun

June
yeah Val
be quick

Val
I'm not going to respond to that
just gonna get ready

Angie
omw to the bus

Scarlett picked out a bright red one-piece and layered a white tee and denim shorts on top and grabbed sunglasses. The rest of the band met her in the parking lot where she was leaning against the hood of her convertible, scrolling through Twitter. 

"Let's go," June said. 

"Shotgun!" Marshall yelled, grinning when Val groaned in defeat.

"Can I drive?" June asked Scarlett. She shrugged and tossed her the keys before squeezing into the backseat with Virginia and Val. 

As June pulled out of the parking space and drove past the tour buses, Kai waved for them to stop, sitting on the curb next to Rose.

"Where you guys headed?" He asked, standing up to ask through the driver's window. 

"Dream invited us over for a swim, why aren't you guys going anywhere?" June replied smugly. 

"We're being responsible and actually rehearsing," Rose replied, a lick of sass dancing off her tongue. 

June shrugged, leaning her arm on the wheel. "Makes sense, I mean you do need more practice than us anyway," Val slapped a hand against her mouth to cover up a laugh. Scarlett met her eyes with a shocked expression, both of them struggling to stay quiet. 

Rose closed her mouth tightly, biting back a bitter response.

"Well, we've got to get going, see you later!" June said, fakely cheerful, and drove off before either of them could respond. Safely out of earshot, Scarlett, Valerie, and Virginia burst into laughter. Mars just sat there, shocked into speechlessness. 

"You're a savage," He finally commented. 

June smirked. "I know."

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞

How do you guys imagine the bands sounding? For me, B.E.A.T. gives off AJR/Mother Mother/UPSAHL vibes and Miracle Moon is more like Cavetown/Holly Humberstone/Clairo, but I tried to leave it up to interpretation as much as possible while still describing the music pretty nicely.

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