𝙈𝙍. 𝙉𝙄𝘾𝙀𝙂𝙐𝙔

OPAQUE

Me and Aristos have been spending the whole day together ever since yesterday when Amelia got back, she seemed real on edge and was taking a day with Ivory which I didn't mind much. I haven't reconnected with Aristos in a while anyways, my whole life was seeming to revolve around Ivory that I kind of forgot about our music.

"No, add the beat here." Aristos said as he pointed to a wave on the screen, clicking it with the mouse before playing it back to him.

"Yeah that's better." I nodded to the beat as I leaned in, "Should I repeat it till the beat drop or no?" I rubbed at my chin.

"Probably, let's see how that sounds." Aristos nodded as he stepped back.

I repeated the beats to match the audio, adding our voices into the back that we had recorded earlier.

"This one's gonna go hard I already know." I nodded as I smiled.

I whipped my head over to the scream that came after the door closing from downstairs, instantly turning to look at Ari. His face was pale, giving me only more reason to know that something was wrong.

I pushed myself out of my seat, grabbing the gun from the side of my bed before jogging down the stairs as adrenaline kicked in.

"Scott!" Ivory looked at me in terror, standing beside a stunned Kevin.

"Fuck.." I groaned as I shoved my gun into my waistband.

"When the fuck did you get here?" Aristos laughed out of relief as we walked down the rest of the stairs.

Kevin's hand flew into mine as he dabbed me up, "I just got here... I texted Rubes, didn't know y'all would be so surprised." His eyes landed at my gun.

"Shit man, we were working on some new stuff didn't even check my phone." He shook his head.

"Hey Coco." I greeted his girlfriend who sat at the table with the other girls, a smile wrote on her face as always.

She was strong, beating cancer and even while her boyfriend wasn't always there to support her. Sadly Kevin has chose the drugs and touring over her sometimes. He was a good guy, just young and made many mistakes he was still learning from.

"What's up Scotty." She giggled out.

"Yeah i'm here on tour, just thought we'd swing by- didn't know that Ivory would be here." He raised a brow as if he was asking more than telling.

"Yeah, have a seat." Aristos nodded as he guided him towards the couch.

I sat in front of Pouya as he got comfortable, "So what's she doin here? You guys planning tour again? I didn't even know you guys were talking." I shook my head as I waited for him to finish.

"She just came to visit, her and her friend." I moved past it, not wanting to get into a topic that I didn't have answers to.

"So you have a show...?" I asked, "Friday." He nodded.

"You sold out the venue?" He smirked lightly as he continued to nod, "Hell yeah."

"Anyways," He sat up slowly, "I was wondering if you..." He counted everyone in the room, "four wanted to come by, maybe even head out to eat after, it's been a while." He shrugged as he made the suggestion.