*Chapter 4*

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"Hey Wyatt!" Vinny yelled from where he was, Wyatt calling out a greeting back to him. "I'm gonna let you go so Vinny can YELL at his game in peace." LAdiyn laughs, Vinny saying he doesn't yell at his game, he screams. "Get it right." LAidyn just laughs as Wyatt hangs up the phone, the man entirely too focused on the way LAidyn looks while he laughs, committing the sound to memory. Once they were off the phone Vinny handed LAidyn a controller, starting up Injustice 2: Gods Among Us, and hyping himself up to beat LAidyn, even though he knew it wasn't gonna happen. A few members of the band drifted to the back lounge to watch Vinny get absolutely destroyed in the game, laughing as they watched LAidyn beat him again and again, being forced to change characters every match, Vinny simply unable to accept defeat at all. As the others watched LAidyn was forced to change characters again, he ended up being changed into his favorite character, that being Harley Quinn, the character he played the best. It was too late when Vinny realized his mistake, the first round was already over by the time he had realized the fact, and he was already half dead by the time "That's not fair!" had left his mouth, the man choosing to pout over his loss this time, hoping it would make LAidyn take pity on him and let him win at least once. LAidyn silently groans, choosing the character he tends to play the least, hating this character with a firey passion, Black Adam. And instead of attacking right away, he stands there and lets Vinny beat on him, only hitting back every few moves, letting the man win the two rounds. "Better?" LAidyn asks, looking at Vinny, watching the smile on his face, not regretting his decision in the slightest, knowing that winning made the man happy. "That's the only time you are gonna win against me." LAidyn states, a smile of his own plastered across his face.

After a few hours of everyone taking turns against LAidyn, and losing, they quit the game, instead choosing to play Minecraft, with the rule that whenever someone dies in the game, they'd switch. LAidyn had been playing the longest out of everyone, to the point that he offed himself in the game just to get a small break, handing the controller to Vinny, who grinned and proceeded to ask LAidyn a bunch of questions about what he was building so that he could help work on it, knowing it made LAidyn happy when he had help building the massive homes he often built in the game. LAidyn's phone started ringing, and a Facetime from Ryan came through, LAidyn answered immediately, a smile lighting up his face as he answered the call, seeing both Ryan and his girlfriend in the frame. "What's up bubbie?" LAidyn says, making everyone smile hearing the nickname for Ryan fall from his lips. "Not much, just getting Taco Bell for everyone." Ryan answers, flipping his camera to show he is in the line for the drive-thru at Taco Bell. "Oooh nice!" LAidyn says in response, smiling at the camera. "How are you doing Jaide?" LAidyn asks Ryan's girlfriend, watching the camera get flipped to be focused on the two again. "Just living the dream!" She responds happily, flashing LAidyn a grin through the camera, seeing the man's grin grow bigger. Chris and Justin watched the interaction between the little group of friends as the phone call went on, LAidyn excusing himself to tell Vinny certain things to do on the game, Vinny having almost finished the base of the extravagant home LAidyn was building for whatever four of them were playing at any given moment, knowing they were just gonna keep playing, even at home. 

Arriving at the venue, the group unloaded themselves from the bus, heading towards the back entrance of the venue, instantly being greeted by the owner of the venue, LAidyn being singled out almost instantly. "Oh! My! God! LAidyn I am such a huge fan, you have inspired me in so many ways! You also gave me the strength to come out as a gay trans man, and I've been on testosterone for almost two years now!" The grin that almost splits LAidyn's face in half is breathtaking for everyone around, the tears forming in his eyes as he lunges forward and hugs the owner of the venue, whispering a 'thank you' to the man. "I should be thanking you, not the other way around..." The owner whispers back, "I would've never had the strength to do it if I hadn't been a fan of yours since the beginning." LAidyn slowly pulls back, the grin still present on his face as he looks at the man, noticing the slight tears in the eyes of the venue owner. "It's because of this that I do it. This is the reason I have NEVER shied away from being who I truly am and who I am meant to be." LAidyn explains, moving to hide behind Justin and Ryan, wiping his face as a few tears fall down his cheeks. Chris leans in and whispers to the venue owner, "LAidyn has always had doubts about whether or not it was the right thing to do, so hearing things like that lets him know he is, in fact, doing the right thing in being open about who he is and who he is meant to be." Chris gently explains, watching the understanding light up in the man's eyes, the owner nodding in response. "My name is Oswaldyn, that is spelled o-s-w-a-l-d-y-n, and it's a pleasure to help and host you all!" The owner, Oswaldyn, says leading the band and the crew through the halls of the back, them performing their second to last show. Chris grins looking over at Ricky, the entire band knowing a secret that LAidyn will find out about later, during the show. That secret is that the boys, Ryan, River, and Wyatt, are coming to this show instead, and traveling to the last show with the band, and LAidyn, instead of being at the last show.

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