𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐒, 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨

𝟎𝟐𝟗. 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞

"𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐮𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫"

♫ power & control - marina

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CHAPTER 29
"YELLOW BEANIE"

[real life, instagram]

it was almost 10 p.m., and matt, nick, and chris were sitting in their car, munching on mcdonald's while filming their next video. for once, matt was hogging the conversation, not giving nick or chris a chance to interrupt. despite feeling like he was getting sick, he'd been hit a random burst of energy and couldn't stop talking.

for the past five minutes, matt had been rambling about some guy who crashed his tesla. he'd only brought it up after seeing seth showing his friends a video of it, which he'd then made nate send to him.

"so this dude puts down hella money on a tesla—" matt continues, but nick cuts him off with an exasperated sigh. "matt, we get it. the tesla crashed. let's move on."

just as they're about to switch topics, matt's phone rings loudly, showing melina's name on the screen. he declines the call, dropping the phone in his lap to listen to whatever story chris was jumping into next.

a second later, his phone rings again.

nick groans from the back seat. "matt! put your fucking phone on do not disturb!"

chris snickers, watching matt decline the call again. "just cut this out later. it's melina," matt mutters.

the phone rings a third time, and this time, matt shuts his eyes, clearly annoyed, before finally answering. "god, what do you want? i'm busy." his tone is sharp, but his face softens as melina's face appears on screen.

"i want absolutely nothing from you, but unfortunately, she does," melina replies as avi tries to take the phone from her. matt's expression instantly shifts into a grin. "hey, avi," he says, ignoring melina's eye roll beside avi's head.

"aren't you supposed to be asleep already?" he asks. before avi can answer, melina jumps in, "yeah, but she wanted to talk to you." matt rolls his eyes. "i didn't ask you."

nick slaps matt's shoulder. "stop it."

chris snatches the phone from matt, popping a fry into his mouth. "hey, guess what? me and layla are going out next week! we're gonna paint cups." he grins, and melina smiles back. "aw, chris, that's great!"

"wow, she finally gave in to your endless pestering?" nick says with a smirk, earning a pair of sunglasses thrown his way from chris. "chris!" matt exclaims, giving him a scolding look as he takes the phone back.

while chris and nick bicker, matt tunes them out, focusing on melina. "okay, i'm gonna go now," she says, and he glances down to see avi asleep on her shoulder.