fortydust // j. // brockhampton

𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔶 𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔢

"So we're finished." Harley blinked, looking between the guys. And then she turned towards the rest of the girls in Fortydust. They were staring at their new friends almost somberly, trying to pretend that they were being stared at in the same way.

"This went by faster than I thought." Kevin coughed, looking over at Harley with a quiet desperation. He looked almost lost...externally wearing Harley's internal emotions. But she hated that. She didn't want to feel dependent on anyone in any type of way. She liked the sole image of Fortydust's band; An all-female group full of potential and the ability to rise to the top against all odds. And most importantly she liked her own independence.

She'd been disappointed by too many people. Her parents and Cat especially. And even though she'd grown to love Brockhampton like they were a part of Fortydust, in their work ethic and their personalities, she couldn't let herself trust them. And yet, here she was, sad that this was the end of their relationship.

And obviously they'd be able to hang out...but would she let herself not have a reason to? The comfortable security in needing to spend time with them was all too appealing.

"I know," She laughed smoothly, "But we made one hell of an ep with the time it took, right?" She felt Joba's eyes on her but she ignored them, looking towards Matt and Kevin. Kevin had his arms crossed over in front of his chest as he fixed his glasses. "No you're right. I'm just kinda-"

"We're sad it's over." Romil pouted and Harley's mouth lifted in a smirk. "You won't miss us that much." "Oh he will cause he has a cr-" "HK shut the fuck up." "Why I was just gonna say-" "We should have a party tomorrow." Kevin spoke up suddenly, cutting off Romil and HK's bickering.

"A party?" Genesis raised an eyebrow, studying him and Kevin nodded. "A release party. For the ep. Just between the two bands." "At night?" Kenny asked with a goofy grin, already excited. "Yeah at night," Kevin smiled, "We can play the music loud. Ciarán can dj and we'll get fucking trashed. It'll be fun." "I don't know. Drunk Millie is a different breed." Harley teased, pulling her hair. "Am not. Stop." Millie giggled awkwardly with a small blush. "I'd like to see that." Matt laughed before bringing a cigarette back up to his lips.

"Whenever we all get trashed together, Millie's the first to get drunk. And then she wants to play strip pong." "Strip pong?" All the guys eyes were wide and Genesis flipped them off. "It's really fun. We all just dance around naked and shit." "We playing that tomorrow at the party?" Romil asked and Harley rolled her eyes at him. Harley completely forgot about her previous thoughts as they started planning what they'd bring. Joba volunteered to make the drinks if Fortydust brought over the alcohol.

"We eating anything?" Harley asked and they all shrugged. "We can get stuff." "You sure you don't want us to bring anything?" Trinity asked and they all shook their heads. "We'll just get McDonalds or some shit." "Ok someone remember to get me an Oreo McFlurry." Kenny said and Matt nodded. "Noted." "Well," Trinity said, "We better get going. I wanna get some sleep so we can stay up all night tomorrow for the release." "All night. You better be ready." Kevin called after them as they walked towards the door.

Once they got in the car, Genesis took over the wheel and then drove home. Before she made it into the house, Harley heard her phone go off.

Joba: Stay up please

Harley: Why?

Joba: I wanna take you somewhere.

Harley: You heard Kevin

Joba: Since when did you listen to Kevin?'

Harley: I don't.

Joba: Then stay up and let me take you somewhere