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Matt sighed, closing the game he was currently raging on. He couldn't hit the damn notes.
He sighed, mindlessly scrolling through his apps, spotting snapchat. He snickered under his breath as he opened it. He saw Gus' contact and prepared to send him a message.
His camara opened as he put on a blurry filter, angled his phone to show his forehead and held his index finger up, middle fingers down, pinky up, thumb in; the standard rock 'n' roll salute.
He didn't look the best but hey, Gus wouldn't give a shit.
He captioned it "sup augustus" and sent it.
Not a moment later, his snap was seen and was followed up by Gus sending one back.
He opened it and the photo was of a movie Gus was watching.
"Matty i do not need a "Yo link" message from you at 2:37AM"
Mattholomule snickered, preparing another selfie, same as before.
"can we get food im STARVING"
Sent. Seen. Opened. Tap to Load..
"Yeah sure ill pick you up what do you want"
"maybe like mcdonalds or smth"
"Alright be ready in 10"
"k gus thanksss"
"yeah yeah whatever"
He sighed, setting his phone on his pillow and grabbing what seemed to be a Hexside Highschool shirt Gus happend to lend him. He tried to refuse, but everything else was in the wash, so he didn't have much of a choice.
Slipping on some black shorts, he carefully waltzed out of his room, trying not to wake up his brother, Steve.
As Matt laced up his dirty black converse, he got a text from his designated driver.
"Im outside" it read.
Opening and closing door just as carefully, he ran over to Gus' car and knocked on his window, signalling him to unlock his door.
The door unlocks and Mattholomule slips into the passenger seat, giving the driver a devilish smile.
"Are you paying?" Matt asked.
"Mhm!"
"Thank god, i didn't bring shite."
He imitated a british accent at the end, making Gus chuckle.
He looked away, he wasn"t trying to let Gus see him blush, let alone blush at his laugh.
"The usual, Matty?"
"Indeed"
The car ride to Mcdonalds was awfully awkward and quiet, it wasn't usually like this. Wasn't usually this quiet.
He looked back at Gus, he was very clearly tired, he had his head on his palm, which was lying on the window. His knee was up on the seat and his free hand was on the wheel.
Mattholomule silently admired, until he was cut off by the car stopping. The way Gus hit the brakes made him launch back into the seat. It was obviously on purpose since a laugh escaped Gus.
"Not funny, you asshole!"
He turned his nose up at him, which Gus scrunched his nose in return.
They giggled it off and finally got into the restaurant.
A girl sighed, and got up to the counter
"Welcome to McDonalds, how may I take your order?"
Gus began telling the receptionist their short order, Matt stared as he spoke. His hair was messy, but you could tell it was clean. Even though he was tired, Gus still went with him to a shitty fast food restaurant.
"From here or to go?"
That sentence broke Matt out of his thought process.
"To go, please."
She handed them the recipe and the number of the order read 127.
Gus pointed his head to a table, which practically signalled to Matt to follow him.
They sat down in silence. Tonight is really awkward. It's never this awkward. Usually Gus would be cracking a joke or two, while Matt gave petty remarks all around.
"Hey, uh, sorry for dragging you here.." Matt apologized, not having the guts to look at the guy across the table.
"Matty, it's really not that bad, I was really hungry too."
"Right."
The order number was read out all of the sudden, and both of them stood up to go and grab it.
They paid the poor night shift worker , tipped $20 and dipped. The place smells like grease. Disgusting.
"Wanna come to mine to finish this?"
Gus offered. Matt simply nodded, along with a quiet hum.
The first 5 minutes of the ride was pretty chill and quiet, the silence was comfortable. And the space smelled nice.
"What movie were you watching before you came and picked me up?"
"Oh, Heathers!"
"Isn't that like a musical?"
"Yeah, but there's a movie as well"
Matt let out an amused hum.
"Wanna finish it together?"
Gus asked. Even though it was a simple question, Matt still blushed at it.
"Oh, yeah sure."
He used his beanie to cover his red ears. If he wasn't blushing before he certainly is now.
Matt doesn't know why he's blushing, he is just gonna watch a film with a friend, nothing there to gush about.
Matt got lost in his thoughts the last minutes of the ride, almost drifting off to sleep.
Actually, that's a lie, he did drift off to sleep. Gus softly shaked his shoulders, waking up his friend.
"Matty, we're here."
Along with his touch, his voice was also soft. It made him feel comfortable.
Mattholomule nodded, weakly opening the car door. He barely got into Gus' room without collapsing. Who knew a simple car ride would make him so drowsy.
"You still wanna watch Heathers? Don't cling onto me if someone dies" Mattholomule rolled his eyes and grabbed the bag of fast food with the energy he had left.
"Yeah yeah whatever, play the damn movie."
Gus placed the laptop on his thighs, rewinding the movie from the beginning.
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The food was finished a long while ago, around when the movie hit 15 minutes.
"Did you know the Theatre department is going to do Heathers?" Gus voice made him flinch, it was silent for a while.
"Really? I think I could pull off Chandler. I look good in red."
"You're gonna audition?"
"Sure"
"I didn't know you have the talent for that"
Matt glared at him, he turned his head, narrowing his eyes, but Gus could see the way the corners of his mouth turned up. “asshole.” he teased, Gus chuckled at his friend's dramatic antics.
"Imagine we got Kurt and Ram"
"Aren't they like, gay for each other"
"Are you saying that we aren't Augustus?"
“Well, if you say so,” said Gus, he leaned to the side so that his head was resting on Mattholomule’s head. Gus took a second to ruffle Matt's bangs.
Matt wanted to scream with all the physical contact.
"We would make an iconic JD and Veronica duo"
"Hope Bria is Chandler, so she can die"
Gus smacked Matt upside the head, followed by a chuckle
"You can't say that!"
"Oh c'mon you know you agree!"
He snickered as his attention went back to the movie. Matt was already gonna miss their banters.
"All seriousness, if you get cast, who do you wanna be?" Matt asked sheepishly.
"Maybe like, Duke or something"
"You wanna get pushed to the floor as someone tells you to shut up?" Matt teased. "You don't have to audition, i can do that right now"
Matt laughed at his own joke, Gus followed along.
"Alright but if I get cast, I wanna be Chandler. I don't feel in charge often, I mostly get pushed around. I wanna feel the power that some people have, even if it's through an act."
The mood suddenly got darker, Gus looked over at him. He couldn't even form a sentence.
Instead, he interlocked their fingers under the duvet.
Matt's whole face was blushing, if he wasn't before he certainly was now.
His eyelids got heavier, and his head laid on Gus' shoulder.
"Night Matty." Gus mumbled.