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Tyler watched as Keoni laughed with Kelly from across the room, licking over his bottom lip. He loved staring at Keoni, even if she was doing absolutely nothing. She was just that beautiful to him.

"Hey, T."

He looked up and seen Clancy standing over him. Tyler cleared his throat and sat up as Clancy sat down on the chair next to him.

They had just gotten done with their meeting regarding them managing over Keoni, which went great considering the direction she wanted to go in. Tyler had brought her to the right place, especially since he knew how backhanded the industry could get, and he didn't want Keoni involved in shit like that.

Now, they were just mingling around the studio, listening to some of Keoni's unreleased music. The Clancy's instantly fell in love with Keoni, especially Kelly.

ESPECIALLY Kelly.

They called her "a breath of fresh air" which made Keoni warm on the inside. It was like she already found her family.

"Where'd you find her, man? She's truly one of a kind, she's great. I can't wait to work with her." Clancy said making Tyler laugh, shrugging his shoulders.

"Uhh.. it's a.. long story." Tyler sighed, looking over at Clancy. Clancy raised his eyebrow, tilting his head to the side in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Okay, so.. I met her online and we got really close.. like, really close. Then that's when she started rapping on her own, and as you already know, she's really good at it." He said in response to Clancy, sitting up in his chair.

"And when you mean you guys got really close.. you mean..?"

"Yeah, exactly what you're thinking. But like, at the same time, we're really good friends and we just understand each other. I can talk to her about anything and she'll listen. The way she engages with me and makes me feel heard and seen, I can't believe I'm able to be friends with someone like her. I just think she's so perfect in every way and the way carries herself is just so sexy to me, y'know?" Tyler ranted, looking over at Clancy, Chris looking at him with an unreadable expression.

"You sure she's your friend and not your girlfriend?" Clancy questioned making Tyler smack his lips, shaking his head. "No, man. That's my best friend, why do y'all think she's my girlfriend?"

"Do you hear the way you talk about her? You know exactly why we say that and you need to admit that you have feelings for that girl, okay? Like, genuine feelings. There's nothing wrong with that, but c'mon man." Clancy said, Tyler sighing and tilting his head back.

Tyler knew Clancy was right, hell, Keoni and Tyler both knew how they truly felt for each other. But Tyler, he's scared to act on his feelings. What if they get together and he doesn't feel the same way she does? What if he had another Crystal situation? It was a whole bunch of what–ifs, and Tyler didn't want to know which one would eventually come true.

"You aren't lying but.. she's out of my league, man. She's mentally older than me, emotionally mature, got the whole nine yards and I don't want to ruin that. Ruin her. I already fucked up once." Tyler said, shaking his head a little bit.

"Tyler, it's time to grow up man. You're twenty–four, and it's obvious that you like her. Just.. be a man, okay?" Clancy said in a tone that made Tyler straighten up. He nodded his head and sighed as Kelly and Keoni walked over to them, Kelly beaming brightly.

"I love her, Chris! I was thinking I can be her main manager and you'll be her second manager, the same arrangement we have with Tyler." Kelly said as Clancy nodded in agreement, on board with what his wife was saying.