fortydust // j. // brockhampton

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"No, I'm sorry but no. I don't like it." "Yeah, well you haven't liked the past three things that I've made." Romil muttered bitterly at Kenny and she rolled her eyes. "It's nothing against you, I just don't like them." "Okay why don't you make something better than?" "I probably can. All four of them sucked." They both glared at each other.

"Okay, okay. Guys," Trinity held out both hands, "You don't have to be aggressive." "But I'm offended." Romil said incredulously. "I'm not trying to offend you. I just think that you could do better." Kenny replied, sitting down next to him.

They were in Brockhampton's home studio, all working together for the second time. On the first day, they'd kept it simple, trying out small things. Today was the first time Kenny and Romil were really working on production together and it had been...tricky.

"Do you not like the production on our other albums? It's the same thing." Romil eyed her and she shook her head. "No, no. It's not the same thing." "Fine, what are your favorite songs then?" "Oh come on, I don't know," Kenny huffed, "Boy Bye is really good." "I didn't produce that." Kenny blushed slightly. "It's the first song I thought of. And that's besides the point. I just wanna test out some other stuff." "Let's just test out whatever Kenny thinks is best." Matt suggested and Romil's eyes narrowed. "What?"

"Romil, it's been an hour and we still don't have anything. Just let her try or work together." Merlyn said and Romil looked over at him in shock. "Did you guys really think they were that bad?" "None of the beats were bad, they just don't fit both groups well enough." Harley suddenly said and everyone agreed.

"Kevin?" Romil turned to him with pleading eyes and Kevin stayed silent for a second before saying, "I think they're right, Romil." Romil's mouth gaped open like a fish until Kenny said, "Listen man, don't worry about it. We just need to work together in order to get these two songs perfect." Romil stayed quiet until he nodded slowly. "Fine. But I still like those beats." "Than save them," Genesis rolled her eyes, "You can use them for something else." "Yeah, yeah." Romil grumbled and Harley looked over at Joba.

They were obviously more friendly now and every time Harley and him made eye contact, certain events from his apartment would come crawling back. When Joba looked up at her from across the room, his face lit up in a bright smile and she grinned back. Was he thinking about the same things as her?

"What do you think?" He mouthed with a curious smirk and she mouthed back, "This is a mess." "Agreed." They both looked back at where Kenny and Romil were working together, along with Kiko and Jabari. Everyone was hovering over them, watching as they worked with different sounds. Kenny even suggested the sample beat that she'd started with Harley.

"Holy shit that switch up between the violin and the...twinkling." Kiko said with wide eyes and Harley grinned, noticing Kenny's happy blush. "It's called the Tinkerbell shimmy." "It's fire." Merlyn said, shaking his ass.

"Wait, are you playing the drums?" Joba looked over at her with interest and she nodded, hesitantly. "Yeah, it's just a little sample and I don't even know if I like it yet, but we needed something." "No, no. It's amazing. You're so talented." Harley's smile grew and she blushed slightly. "Thanks."

"Should this be for the more punk, alt song?" Kevin asked seriously and Harley nodded. "That sounds good." They'd been getting along, mostly staying out of each other's way, which happened to work out the best.

Fortydust and Brockhampton moved closer, hovering over Kenny, Romil, Kiko, and Jabari as they worked. Harley was waiting to get in on the action but she knew that they needed time.

"Hey guys can you uh, can you guys all leave until we text one of you?" Kenny asked and the other three guys agreed. "Leave? Until you text? Why?" Kevin blinked. "We just need to focus for a little and there's a lot of people here." Jabari said and Romil added, "It's getting fucking hot too." "Okay, okay." Harley raised both hands.