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holy smoke

Friday. The big day. The first round of the battle. The Sigmas (Sunny didn't show up) practised everyday as though they would never be given another opportunity again. Even if it was Sunny's whole idea to start a band, they weren't going to give up, eyes on the prize! Kel would try to knock on Sunny's door everyday before he left to go to practise but Sunny would scream and throw rocks outside his window until he left. Needless to say, it wasn't like Kel didn't put in the effort. Even Aubrey was willing to visit on Thursday, but after seeing the huge bump on Kel's forehead, she opted not to.

Mari, meanwhile, was a bit sceptical that Sunny hadn't left the house after school to go to band like he usually would, but he had the perfect excuse!

"i'm working from home bru" he told her every time.

He obv didn't realise that she knew DAMN well he left his guitar's remains at basil's house. But, Mari was willing to show him how teamwork worked, so she allowed him to skip. he was gonna get what he had coming. period.

So, there they were, The venue was pretty lit uhmm there was cool pretty coloured lights and everyon was wearin whatever the fuck they wanted. not exactly the most coordinated but aubrey would be alright to settle for what the audience thinks. She believed that if they lost because of their outfits then they'd finally listen to her. It was a pretty packed place kind of like kel and hero's fridge befor kel came home from school everyday. Nerves started to kick in, looking around at all the audience members, judges, and other competitors. .. It freaked them tf out. Mostly Basil. Kel was p chill and was treating this like a bball game. Aubrey and Hero were medium freaked out. Mari came to support them ofc as an audience participant.

Basil glanced around nervously , searching for all the possible exits he could jump out of. "Er, We're not ready yet, we need more practice!"

Kel put an arm around him, not phased at all. "Relax, we'll be fine. It's just a small gig." he's never even been to a gig he ahs no idea what hes talking about but just wanted the remaining members to stay.

Basil searched for an excuse to give up this time. "We can't perform if we don't even have a name!"

"You already have a name," A shadow said from the darkest corner of the room. Sunny stepped out. "You can't be SUNNY and the Sigmas without Sunny."

Instead of rejoicing, everyone looked at eachother kinda unsure whether they should encourage him to join or not. He did abandon them when they needed his input, and basil had huge abandonment issues so like it didnt really look good... but he was here now. they couldnt kick him out unfortunately.

"Um, welcome back ig..."  Aubrey said, shoving Sunny's broken guitar into his arms.. Except, it was no longer pieces of crumbs, but glued and sticky taped back together to form his normal guitar again...

"Y-you fixed it?" Sunny said, amazed. It looked almost good as new. But not quite. "..For me?"

"Whatever! just.. Get ready or whatever..." She said. Sunny wondered if her cheeks were turning pink or if it was just the overhead lights flashing red. She looked DAZZLING tonight especially with those vibrant lights but he wasnt gonna say much. Instead he smiled in thanks. A sunny smile is rare but usually sincere. Sunny has only smiled maybe 2 or 3 times in his life. And usually it's during christmas when he gets the presents he wanted. So this was pretty good. Well done aubrey!

"Alrighty now, let's get ready, sigmas!" Hero ushered them backstage where they could ready their equipment. Hero then turned and whispered to his bro. "Is that how you use that phrase, Kel?"

Kel tried not to laugh. "Yeah, now you jus need to make us some skibidi slicers to go w it lmao"

He walked ahead, abt to give Aubrey, Sunny and Basil the hype talk of their life. Hero stopped where he stood, incredibly confuse.d... "Ski...Skippyity?? Slices??" His form sunk, and he ran out of backstage to go find his beloved.