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matt stands completely still, his hearing minimizing to a ringing in his ears. he can't hear the music, he can't hear anyone talking, nothing.
all he can hear is the sound of his own breathing turning into himself hyperventilating. he shuts his eyes tightly and lets the tears fall down his face.
the whole world feels like it's spinning around him, he can barely stand. just as he feels like he's about to collapse, he hears chris' voice calling him from the front door.
he can't move, but his senses return as he feels chris' hand on his back.
"matt, what happened? are you okay?" chris rubs his back.
in that moment, matt falls to the ground and tucks his knees to his chest, crying into them.
chris is quick to sit down next to him and try to calm him down.
"dude, what's going on? where's kaia?" chris asks quietly.
"i can't- breathe-" matt clutches his chest.
"i'll go get kaia, where is she?" chris starts to stand up but matt stops him.
he takes a minute to refocus his breathing before speaking again.
"she left." he manages through the tears.
"where? did she go home early?" chris questions, totally lost.
"i need- to go home." he stutters, attempting to stand up.
"matt, talk to me." chris looks at him.
"why are you crying?" he asks.
"i need to go home." he says again.
chris doesn't understand what's going on, but he does understand how matt gets when he's having a panic attack.
chris wraps his arms around matt in a big hug and matt hugs him back, feeling weak in the knees the second he holds on to chris.
"did she go home?" he asks, still hugging matt.
matt nods, the tears start to soak chris' shirt.
"okay, i'm gonna text nick to get nate and chloe, we'll call an uber." he explains, letting go of the hug.
matt sits on the curb, chris next to him as he tells nick to get everyone outside and to call an uber.
once nick gets everyone, they walk outside to see matt and chris sitting on the curb. chloe is slightly too drunk to understand, but she isn't wasted.
they all take a seat next to matt and chris while they wait for the uber.
"you good, matt?" nick asks him.
he shakes his head no, not able to get words out. the tears had slowed down, but his breathing really didn't.
"where's kaia?" nate whispers to nick.
"no idea." nick shrugs, whispering back.
nick and nate both look at eachother, then at matt and connect the dots.
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