#😭 East coast tour when

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Freddie correctly guessing the combination to Anthony's lock in the Seattle live show... Freddie correctly guessing the combination for Normal's locker... There's something here...

[alizzadanika]

well, it's been a week since i went to see atta boy and i have officially processed it and i've decided not to gatekeep (most) of my experience LOL. because if i don't talk about it, i will explode!

*praying that they never see this so i can remain super mysterious when i eventually meet up with them again (🤞)*

before the concert started, i passed by the merch table and gave freddy and dashel a bag of these keychains i made for the band, their openers, etc.! freddy took one and was like "oh, these are going on my keys" and dashel laughed and was very pleased with the "the second tour ever tour 2024" tagline :) (iykyk)

opener was awesome (the wonderfool)!!! i haven't stopped listening to their most recent album since the concert. wish i had gotten to talk to them after the concert but i didn't wanna disturb them while they were clearing up their equipment. :) very chill folks, GO GIVE THEM A LISTEN!!

(i also wish i had caught aubrey to have a chat but i literally don't know where she went when i mustered up the courage to talk to any of them afterwards 😭)

at the end of the concert, i wanted to hang back for a bit since freddy said the whole band usually is at the merch table afterwards.

there was a line for the merch and then there was a small group of people waiting to talk to lewis (who was off to the side talking with a friend). i let my friend get her merch and i sipped on my bud light, standing around.

when it started getting really late and the line for the merch table was still pretty long, i was like "ah fuck it, i'll just say hi to lewis, then say hey to the rest of the gang after"

so i got into the line by the bar

while i was in line, there was a really sweet girl who came up to me and we were just chatting about the east coast and tattoos and she very much liked my hair (she called my bangs "fresh and pristine")! i don't remember what for but we high fived about something LOL. after a bit, her husband was trying to tell her that she had work in the morning but me and her were like "ahhh it's fine!" i wish i had gotten her name (IF YOU SEE THIS, HELLO!!!!! OR I MIGHTVE MESSAGED YOU ALREADY!!!!!)

when it got to me, i felt bad that she had work the following morning so i was telling her to go ahead of me. meanwhile lewis was just watching like 🧍‍♂️

she got her photo with him and they chatted for a bit, then left

i was gonna walk over to him but he walked over to me and we were both just like "hey! 👋😀"

we were chatting and i asked him to sign my bag, then this man put my sharpie in his mouth (which i didn't even realize until my friend told me about it later) and KNELT ON BOTH KNEES ON THE DIRTY FLOOR WITH HIS WHITE PANTS (i felt so bad because we were literally only a couple steps from the bar 😭😭😭)

he then proceeded to pull out his zyn can and put it in my bag so he had a flat surface to write on (which, again, we were right beside the bar LOL). i proceeded to laugh in his face about it (I COULDNT STOP MYSELF) and was like "oh my god the zyn-" and he also laughed and was like "hey gotta have something to get me going through the day!" my response being: "gotta do what you gotta do"

anyways.. (😭) got a couple photos with him after i told him my mom would beat my ass if i didn't (to which he replied "oh yeah for sure, gotta keep mom happy) and i told him about the keychains, which he was pretty pumped about! and we chat a bit more then my friend and i left

(IM KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT PROPERLY INTRODUCING MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS SO TIRED BUT IT'S OKAY I GUESS)

i went over to the merch table finally to get the others' signatures and freddy was like "what was your name again? wait don't tell me ... 'uh-lie-zuh'" (he also told me earlier he recognized my name from the band instagram) and i was like "so close! 'uh-lee-zuh'" and he went "damn!"

(he also asked me when i bought my atta boy tote and said he was the one that sent it to me out of his parents house, when i said i bought it last year 🙂‍↕️)

i asked to get a photo and he was like "yeah!" but then when i started to take a selfie, he was like "WAIT! ✋ we have to get a proper photo with all of us!"

freddy then wrangled up the rest of the band for me–even though dashel and lew were chatting with people and eden was starting to clear up 😭

then lewis saw me and i was like "🧍‍♀️im back" and he was like "hey! you're back! 😄"

LOL...........

and finally, to end this long storytime, here's me with the atta boy gang!

(sorry, dashel, for that first pic but i have to give a before and after because, after the first photo, eden said "wow, it's like we're giants" LMAOOOO)

dashel, freddy, and lewis said their goodbyes and thank yous and eden asked my friend what kind of camera she had and just chatted with us for a bit (she was also one of the four people who really liked my hair [specifically my bangs])!

i started to tell her about the keychains but she was like "OH WAIT, i saw these earlier!!!!" she was so so so sweet

great folks, great music, great experience! THE ATTABOY THIRD TOUR EVER TOUR WHEN????

okay, goodnight.

:)

[infamous-if]

I always have trouble with directions, when you said MC most likely lives along the East Coast and that BotB will be travelling along that way, did you mean like Virginia, New York, 13 Original Colonies East Coast?

Sorry if that sounds stupid, but I always associated the Arts with more of a California thing, so I was imagining the tour bus going through a lot of desert lol

Yeah! Well, it starts there but the tour does travel pretty long distances at some point and I don’t plan it to stay exclusively in the east coast, that’s just where it starts haha. I could’ve just said MC is from where I’m from but where I’m from is a tour stop so I just avoided giving an actual set place!

I’ve never actually visited the west coast so that’s when I have to get creative instead of pulling from firsthand experience (lol).

I imagine them to sound like stereotypical New Yorkers in my head so no worries 😭

[amourtoken]

I have conjured up a thought and I am now here to share it

It's a bit simple BUT I'm thinking about going on the Grey Day Tour alongside Ari as his pretty little girlfriend 😭. Practically packing your entire life into a suitcase and mentally preparing yourself for how hectic your life is going to get for the next few months, not that you're complaining as you get to spend even more time with Ari. Making a few appearances within 'Grey Day Recap' videos alongside him as he snakes his tattooed arm around your waist, constantly making sure that he has his hands on you one way or another. Showing up in his dozens of photo dumps that he posts whilst on tour, even if people don't see your face they know it's you because he never skips out on an opportunity to show you off even in the slightest way. They also know its you because he's posted photos of you wearing a chain with his name on it, the tattoo of your name on his body, and his face practically squished against the tattoo you got of his name.

my thoughts are ALL over the place I'm so sorry 😭 , but he always makes sure that you're having a good time, feel comfortable and that absolutely no one is bothering you. He adores being able to cuddle up to you on the tour bus after a long day of running around a comically large venue.

The thought of being this involved makes me WEAK like this is all I could ever ask for pls :((

You get to know the whole G59 team pretty fast during all of this too so when Ari is busy at least you're not bored, you have someone to keep you company at pretty much all times (that and Ari literally asked one of the security guys to have an eye on you at all times just in case, so you two got to know eachother pretty well too)

You were worried being so involved would be a negative thing knowing the fans but they fucking love you. Sure there's some jealousy but it's shadowed by the outpouring of love for you and your relationship. Every appearance on a recap is like a treat to the fan base and seeing Ari so happy has the real fans thrilled. If you ever wanna feel worshipped just swing by one of the merch tables and watch the entire line of people freak the fuck out when they see you, it's a wild feeling.

Ari had traveled and been on tour without you a few times when you first got together and it was pure misery for both of you, so this is a great change. He's able to focus on everything in front of him way better knowing you're at most a room or two away and not thousands of miles away, he can come home to you every single night instead of calling you and feeling that sickly ache in his chest from missing you and your touch so much. There's no greater feeling than finishing a set and getting damn near tackled by the love of his life who's congratulating him and kissing all over him telling him he did such a good job, he's so lucky :((

I think the Grey Day recap would start some stupid counter for how many times they find you wrapped around Ari dead ass asleep at the venue before or after a show. It's always eepy hours here bitch, touring is rough! Even if he's used to it, you're not. You could be on the east coast one day and west the next with zero time to adjust to any time difference, ofc the second you fall into your boyfriends insanely comfortable arms you're out like a mf light and he can't complain, he loves holding you. It's almost like when a pet falls asleep in your lap and you're not allowed to move, he'll only pick you up and shift you into a different position if he has no other choice.

Out of all of this he thinks for sure his favorite change is the way you run up to him right before he steps onstage for a good luck kiss. It does in fact actually effect his performance and he's not quite sure he could ever get out there again without one.

[sk8termikey]

Chapter 11 of 21 Questions

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Today was one of the most important days of Alex's life: she would be trying to get tickets to see her favourite YouTubers, the Sturniolo Triplets. The three brothers were planning a tour around the start of autumn and Alex was more than ready to go to a show. She had been mentioning it to everyone around her, meaning her friends and family, and would annoy them even more if she managed to get tickets – no one wants to know how she'll react if she does not get tickets. Her main goal was one of the last dates of the tour as the triplets would end it on the East Coast, near enough Spring Hill where Alex lived. T-time was approaching and Alex almost regretted the day off she took for this as being alone was stressing her even though she knew it was the best way for her to get tickets. Her motivation got a bit higher when she received a text from her best friend.

Lily loml🌻

Hi bestie, ik it's almost time so i just wanna wish you luck and keep me updated<3

I will if i succeed but don't expect anything if I don't get them😭

Although she wanted to stay positive, Alex was still mentally prepared to spend the rest of her day crying in bed while eating ice cream. Obviously, she really wanted to see the triplets but thinking about the worst that could happen would help her not be too disappointed. It would hurt less, right?

Well, it still hurt a lot when it was time to get tickets and the power went out, meaning that Alex's Wi-Fi connection was temporarily off. Quickly, the girl took her phone and switched her mobile hotspot on while trying to get Ticketmaster to work – always some issues with that website. As she kept refreshing the tabs on her laptop and phone, Alex's motivated smile started to turn upside down. She knew not to immediately quit when the website wasn't letting her select a ticket category because there was none left. It simply meant that people might just be thinking about buying the tickets and could let them go at any time, whether because they didn't want it anymore or because of the stressful timer that didn't last very long.

However, half an hour of waiting for available tickets turned into an hour and hope had completely left Alex. Not even any general admission tickets left? This is crazy, Alex thought. She had expected the VIP tickets to go first as people would mostly want to experience everything during the tour but even the most basic ones were sold out. Only the “front line extra” was left but they were worth nothing without at least a normal ticket. Alex kept switching tabs between the Orlando and Tampa shows but because nothing was becoming available to select, tears started to form in her eyes. It was becoming real: Alex wouldn't see the Sturniolo Triplets this year. The blonde was in such despair at the moment that she closed her laptop, threw her phone on the couch and left the living room to go cry in her room – not before grabbing her well-deserved ice cream that would have either celebrated the ticket purchase or in this case is actually to prevent Alex from throwing herself from her window.

~~~

At the café, Lily was currently frowning at her phone when she noticed that her best friend hadn't texted her in almost two hours. This is not good, Lily thought. This is not good at all. Indeed, this was a clear sign that Alex hadn't succeeded in buying tickets to see the triplets. Lily turned to her coworkers with whom she was closing and asked them for advice:

“Guys, I don't think Alex got tickets because it's radio silence”

“Oh shit,” Jade sighed about the news. “And it's not like any of us got better luck.”

Unbeknownst to Alex, her three friends had tried to get tickets during their shift as they had all had their phones opened on ticketmaster and even the store's computer – which led to some complaints from customers as they would take longer than usual to take and prepare orders. It was for the greater good though because when one of them is in need, the others do what they can to help. Each one of them had focused on one show in Floria to increase their chances: Lily had failed for Orlando, Jade had failed Tampa and Lucas had failed St. Lauderdale. It still was crazy to them that they probably lost the “Ticketmaster war” against thirteen year-old children.

Thinking about how they could raise Alex's spirits, Lucas, Jade and Lily decided to head to the supermarket near the café and buy the ingredients to cook homemade pizza for Alex – not basic circular pizzas obviously but differently shaped than the usual such as hearts or stars. They knew it would make her feel better because she deserved to be and although they couldn't cheer her up with tickets, they would try their best to bring a smile back onto Alex's face. Moreover, today being Wednesday meant that a new video had come out and Alex had certainly missed it by being too focused on trying to buy tickets to the tour. In conclusion, tonight's plan was to get Alex out of her bed to make her enjoy life again with pizza and the Sturniolo Triplets – all a girl could wish for, right?

~~~

After coming back to Lily and Alex's house, Lucas and Jade started to prepare the food while Lily was given the task to go check on her best friend. While going upstairs, she quickly texted Matt to let her know about her change of plans.

Matt🍂

Heyy, I know we had said we would play fortnite tonight but smth urgent came up and imma have to postpone ://

Is everything ok?

But no worries, we can find another day!

I mean i am fine but my friend isn't really feeling good so we're spending the evening w her

No problem, i hope she'll feel better

It's alex right?

Yepp

Text me when you're free then

I should be able to find time during the weekend 

Great, thanks for understanding

I'll get back to you soon!

As she knocked on Alex's door, Lily gave a last fast thought to Matt and smiled at how kind he was – never judging her or holding grudges against her. In complete honesty, having to postpone stuff happened to both of them as they each had their own life with jobs that took a lot of their time: Matt had to film two videos and a podcast that his brother Nick would post every week whereas Lily had her full-time job at the café.

Due to a lack of response from Alex, Lily gently opened the door and was met with her friend in quite a poor state: Alex was wearing a hoodie that covered almost her entire face and had a half-empty ice cream pot in her hands. Her laptop was opened on the bed and was showing one of Alex’s favourite Tv shows – Merlin.

“I hope you’re not watching the end of season five just to make you feel even sadder”, Lily tried to joke.

“Nope,” Alex replied as she paused the episode and turned to face her best friend. “I can never survive this part ever again.”

“Neither can I.” After a short silence of looking at one another, Lily understood that she had her friend’s attention. “You wanna come downstairs and eat an actual meal? Jade and Lucas are here as well.”

“Hmm”, Alex feigned to think as she knew exactly that her friends were aware of today’s failure and wanted to cheer her up. “I guess I can come say hi and focus on something else”.

Alex’s agreement to the idea was enough to put a grin on Lily’s face and as the blonde left her bed for the first time in two hours, she also managed to reciprocate a small smile. Before leaving the room, Lily pulled Alex in for a quick hug then took her hand before descending the stairs.

When the two girls arrived in the kitchen, they were met with Lucas and Jade putting the pizzas in the oven. They had made heart-shaped pizzas – one with pepperoni, one with vegetables and a third one with multiple cheeses on it. As Lily forced Alex to sit down at the table, she started setting everything up and put out some snacks to eat while the four friends would wait for the pizzas to cook.

Everyone knew not to mention the reason why they were hanging out and without even having to explicitly agree, the evening would be a normal one simply happening because they wanted to spend time together.

~~~

After a dinner filled with laughter and fun facts about some customers, Alex was definitely feeling much better. She knew that even though the triplets might not do another tour soon after this one, she still had time to meet them later in her life: they were young and not stopping their career anytime soon.

As they were finishing to put everything away, Lucas and Jade were also getting ready to leave the girls’ house and come back to their respective homes. The door was opened and the four coworkers were all standing in a circle in the doorway, just smiling at each other. Alex was the first to break the silence:

“Thanks guys for tonight, I don’t deserve you. I hope you all know I’m grateful for you.”

“Of course babe”, Lily answered. “We’ll alway be here for you.”

Jade and Lucas agreed then decided to start a group hug. Being the tallest, Lucas was easily towering over the girls and could hug them all at once. As Lily began to sway from left to right, they all laughed because she was making everyone lose their balance and almost led to Jade tripping on a shoe.

“Oops,” Alex chuckled. “That’s mine”.

The small incident marked the end of the hug and the beginning of actual goodbyes. Waiting for their friends to drive away, Lily and Alex waved at them before closing their front door as they saw the car leaving.

A comfortable silence settled between them as they made their way upstairs. It was an unwritten agreement between the two best friends: if one of them had had a miserable day, cuddling was mandatory. Therefore, while Lily went to take a shower, Alex sat on the brunette’s bed and opened her laptop. With everything that happened today, Alex had forgotten about the triplets’ new video and so it was the perfect way to end the day. Even if they weren’t seeing the triplets in real life, they still had their videos which were waiting to be re-watched as many times as necessary.

~~~

By the time the girls had finished The great family vacation video, Alex was getting sleepy. Lily thus decided to put the laptop away because she realised she needed to rest as well. Barely five minutes later, Lily came back in bed and saw that Alex was already sound asleep. As Lily went under the covers, her best friend unconsciously shifted closer to her as if to seek comfort from having someone with her.

Right before closing her eyes, Lily took her phone to turn it off and received a message at the same time.

Matt🍂

Here to check in, I hope the situation is fine now

Don't hesitate to reach out

Good night Lily :)

With a quick but genuine smile, Lily mentally thanked Matt. Then, as she was too tired to immediately reply back, her eyelids grew heavy and she fell asleep. Phone still in hand, Lily's brain got influenced and although her mind had no idea what he looked like, she could feel Matt's presence in her dreams.

Thank you for reading. Votes and comments are always appreciated if you like this story :) The story is co-written w @/little_grapejuice on wattpad

[awsugar]

best mcr songs and why

ok well my top 5: heaven help us, boy division, deathwish, vampires, famous last words

only the first two are in specific order

heaven help us has been my favorite mcr song for a looooooong time and it’s like. MY song. everyone i know knows what is my song. when i listen to it in the car, before the tour even started, i envision myself on barricade hearing it live and i CRY!! every time, like i’ve cried in a full face of makeup listening to heaven help us on the way to work multiple times. it’s the best….it’s everything. the first time they played it live on tour in europe my friend who i had never spoken to on the phone before CALLED ME AT WORK to tell me about it and i had to go hyperventilate in the bathroom. i held out hope all tour hoping i would get ut at one of my shows and i DIDNT!!! when tour was like over and they played it twice in la i literally was sitting in my bed SOBBING! at like 2am on the east coast…but listen i’m putting out the energy for them to play it at wwwy….surely they will have the time to play the bsides! or at least one of them. i’m serious like ok yes, hearing tbp live in full twice is going to change the trajectory of my life all over again!! i cant even imagine me and all my friends together hearing the heart monitor start without thinking well surely someone is going to projectile vomit…like. it’s that. it’s that serious. i’m going to rethink and grace and shit my pants and cry and scream and i may need to be airlifted out of the las vegas festival grounds. but heaven help us….i cant die until i get heaven help us!!

boy division just. fuck. it slays. i remember when it leaked. like the night before it came out there was a preview of it on like german amazon or something 😭 and i remember i kept listening to those 30 seconds over and over again and CRYING!!!! like sobbing, if i could get my og macbook to turn on i have really embarrassing pics of myself bawling on photo booth FHDEIKEK. but also i remember thinking, when it came out, i ALWAYS thought like oh my god this is going to go so hard live. SO HARD. and then they broke up and every single time i listened to it i thought about how we would never get to hear it live and what a damn fucking shame that was. and then they reunited and i went to the shrine and they played make room and i was like ooooooh. well now there is a REAL chance that i could hear boy division one day. i manifested it for the 2.5 years between that show and the tour and when i saw the eden 1 setlist leak before the show and boy division was on it i actually like almost shat in the office at work. and then yes they played it at my first show on the tour mk1 and like at least half of my shows on the tour i swear i made that happen by sheer force of will.

deathwish. just always been one of my favorites, it goes SO hard, it’s so fun to sing, it really like the melody of it just pulls on my heart it tugs it makes me so melancholy so. i don’t even know what feelings it invokes it just makes me FEEL. this big bubble in my chest. and the lyrics are so good like it’s really a quintessential mcr song for me. no one else writes music like that.

vampires is just like. idk the iconic. the first single. it “locked in that darkness” i remember when they played it for the first time in philly, bc we were all camping for albany which was the next night and we were watching the stream around a someone macbook in the queue and when vampires started ohhhh it was over!!! they played it at my first show in 2011 and even though i have like a horrible memory especially for my childhood/teenage years and i don’t REMEMBER my first mcr show i always like remembered the fact that vampires was like the best live performance of a song i’d ever heard, and i have been to a LOT of shows and i’ve seen a LOT of bands and vampires never fails!

and flw, listen…i know people like to hate on it!!! idgaf. it will never get old. i will never tire of it. it will never not hit me so hard. i remember being a depressed teenager and laying in bed at night not able to sleep just listening to flw over and over and over in order to make it through. plus hearing the crowd sing the bridge at every show ever…it’s the most magical thing in the world to me!!!!

[whoreforharlow]

I love Jack and happy for anyone that gets to see him but it’s just not fair 😭💔 idk these past few months I’ve noticed he’s been focused on his fans who live in or around kentucky that’s it. He feeds them so much content but never the ones in the west coast. Like I know you hate LA and shit but let me see you perform a song or two 😭 he had such a good run when touring around Europe and visiting the west coast too….. literally all sold out shows. I’m just as upset as you are. There could’ve been brighter or bigger ideas than just 6 shows in Kentucky.

Yeah, I get it. I'm on the east coast and I'm probably closer to KY than you, but it's still not a cute little drive away. I would need to plan and pay for a bunch of shit to go see him. Like I said, I get it. It's his home state and whatnot, but like it's still annoying that they get all the good stuff

[btsqualityy]

I’m not ready for a tour! They always come when I’m broke! I hope they do the east coast this time so I can save up for the west coast tour dates!Ticketmaster is a bitch and I hate her!

🖕🏽

Fuck Ticketmaster! Lol!

I agree, we need some east coast dates because west coast armys have been getting too much attention 😂and I never had an issue with Ticketmaster so I can never really relate when people say that 😭😭

[jeongguks-s]

No bc as much as I want to see Bangtan again I don’t think I’m gonna try for these Vegas shows 😭 it kills me but I think I’d rather save up for potential east coast shows or when they tour their new album bc it’s just not financially viable for me to do this and then more shows in the future. But Ik Vegas will be so much fun, good luck to everyone trying for tickets!!!! 💜

[harryfeatgaga]

nah bc i’m fr manifesting that harry miraculously adds east coast shows for the end of tour even tho that’ll probably never happen 😭 bestie i’m growing delusional

PLEANDDMDK when he tours the East coast for three months next tour>>>>

[sk8termikey]

Chapter 28 of 21 questions

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Seeing as Nick, Matt and Chris were supposed to post their newest podcast today, they had quickly recorded one almost as soon as they had arrived back in Los Angeles. They had used up all the ones they had pre-recorded before going on tour, and so it felt fitting that today’s podcast had been about them summarising the Versus Tour they had ended two weeks ago.

The triplets had been on tour for a month and had gone to fourteen different cities across the United States. They had gone on explaining how eye opening it had been for them, even on a personal level as they had felt like it had deeply impacted them. They’d focused on the idea that they had never been expecting to achieve so much and that nothing had prepared them for meeting so many people at once, which had been a massive accomplishment for Matt as they had gone on stage in front of seven hundred to two thousand people depending on the venue.

Going on tour had also been a way for Nick, Matt and Chris to assert their individuality as the whole concept had been based on the fans’ dynamic with them. Indeed, their fandom was divided into ‘Nick girls’, ‘Matt girls’ and ‘Chris girls’, which helped the triplets feel like individuals in a group. It had truly been an experience that was shaping them for the years to come as they had been able to meet their fans for the second time this year, in a playful and fun atmosphere.

They’d eventually finished the podcast by mentioning how glad they had been to have had their friend Tril touring with them for the last shows and they’d talked about the activities they all did together off camera. It had then led the triplets to talk about friendship, and especially making new friends either in person or online. This had unknowingly been a special conversation for Matt as he had thought about the friend he had finally met by chance. Nick and Chris had picked up on Matt’s discreet change of attitude regarding the topic as the oldest triplet then talked about randomly meeting a “mutual” in real life when it wasn’t planned, which was how Matt had met Lily after several months of talking to her. Although they had met under the circumstances of an ‘artist-fan’ relationship, it had eventually felt natural when they both switched to the ‘Matt and Lily’ dynamic they’d been having when texting.

After reminiscing about this, Matt saw that he had received a text from his shared groupchat with his brothers and friends from the East Coast.

east coast VS west coast

Alex

THE NEW POD I CAN’T

The cake story got me dying fr

Lily

Not even the story in itself tbh, mostly how it was told

Chris

Glad to know we’re entertaining

Alex

Please never doubt yourself

Also when nick got aggressive to the mother matt talked ab

‘Yeah and she can choke’ cracked me up

Lily

@Nick never change please

Nick

You know me

Do you always watch our videos together?

Lily

Oh hello matt

Yes we do, most of the time

Alex

I rarely watch the pod with her tho bc it’s her day off while i work

But this was ab the tour so how could she not wait for me

That’s cool, I’m glad you liked it

Chris

Yeah, sometimes idk if our fans enjoy the pod as much as the other videos so it’s nice to know y’all do

Lily

Ayo

How could they not??

I love the pod sm😭 it brings such comfort

Alex

I second that!!

Nick

Thanks guys, means a lot to us

Lily

Always<3

Also fun fact

When i first called matt, I thought that he would fit well in a podcast

Who was gonna tell me-

??

In what way?

Lily

Well, you have a nice and calm voice so it’s perfect for a pod

I don’t wanna be the victim of loud jumpscares while i’m trying to relax

Alex

LMAO CHRIS THIS IS FOR YOU

Chris

Damn the favouritism is real

Nick

Fair enough, you’re being way too loud sometimes

Matt is often too quiet though so it’s a balance ig

Lily

Matt only seems quiet bc of how loud y’all are used to be so

Thank you lily

Finally someone on my side

Lily

Always bro

Alex

And he got bro zoned

Rip soldier

Chris

Brb nick and i are preparing a funeral

You’ll be missed matty b

Nick

*insert sad and emotional violins*

Lily

STOP

That’s insane

Y’all act like I never call you bro every 5sec

Alex

Of summer?👀

Lily

Nice one babe

She didn’t get a bro

I feel betrayed

Lily

Matt no

Hear me out😔

Alex

I can pull up receipts of me being called bro

Will that make you feel better poor matthew

Chris

Please do

Nick

He’s sulking right now

Frowning as we speak

No I'm not???

We’re not even in the same room💀

Nate

Am I missing a bully matt conversation?

Lily

Naaate

Nate

Lilyyy

Alex

Aleeex

Sorry

Wanted to feel included

I don’t want this to be a bully matt conversation

Let’s stop it here or change the subject

Nick

We’re having fun though

Chris

Agreed

Lily

Back to da pod bc I needed to add smth then forgot then remembered

Yeah?

(thanks for the support)

Lily

If y’all ever end up doing this crafts live nick mentioned at the beginning, please consider us

(no problem babe)

Alex

War is over!!

He upgraded from bro to babe

But fr tho it would be so fun to see you do crafts and arts even without us

We’ll send an application if we hear more about it

Nick

It was a bit of a random thought tbf but yeah we’ll think of you two if we ever go through with it!

And sorry to cut the convo short but we have to film our next video so we’ll talk to you later :))

Lily

Oooh nice!

Alex

Do we get a spoiler?

Chris

It’ll be out in 2 days bro

I think you’re able to wait

Alex

Damn christopher

Disappointed but not surprised😔

You’ll have to wait a bit to get special treatment from us

Nate

Yeah you're not on my level yet

Lily

Never been so jealous of a guy

It's nate tho so I'm fine w that

Alex

Correct

He deserves special treatment from everyone

Nate

That's sweet, thanks

Chris

Once again, favouritism💀

“What are we actually filming?” Matt asked as he joined Nick in the living-room.

“The Fortnite vid, you remember the plan?” The blonde replied.

Matt nodded, before he and his brothers got ready to film the introduction to the video. They would all play together, and everytime one of them would make a kill in the game, they would swap places and try to achieve a Victory Royale. They then actually began playing and recorded Matt choosing the design of the character they would use.

Everything had been going great during their first rotations, the triplets mostly celebrating the way they would successfully transition between them. That was until Chris was the first one to be killed, ruining their chances to win.

“NOOOOOO!!” Nick and Matt exclaimed at the same time.

“We were doing so good!” The oldest triplet was devastated as he had been hoping that they would get it on their first try. Like earlier, Nick was once again the first to go as he was landing on the map. “AAARGH YOU FUCKING BITCH!” He yelled as someone was attacking him even before he had finished landing.

Nick was now on the run to try and find his attacker, with the support of Matt and Chris behind him. Following his success, Nick then left the chair and gave the controller to Chris who took his place. Each time one of the triplets was the one playing, the focus on their face was obvious as they were all taking their mission very seriously. Matt’s turn then came again, but he eventually got killed which made him hit the desk as he was mad at himself and at the player who had killed him.

“Sorry guys,” Matt said as he calmed down.

“No problem bro,” Chris reassured him. “It was only our second attempt so we’re good.”

Unfortunately, it seems that Chris had jinxed them as they were now on their fifth attempt, and still no Victory Royale on sight. None of them were ever mad at the others for being killed as they had all been laughing every chance they got when swapping places. For the next hour or so, they eventually did eight different tries – all unsuccessful, which Nick was deciding to later cut in small segments.

“No way in hell will I show how shit we are right now”, the blonde said as the camera was cut.

“Not really my fault though”, Chris replied. “I’m not the one dying the most.”

“Shut up Chris, we’ll see how you do now.” Matt was becoming annoyed as he knew he was getting killed a bit too often for his liking.

“Yeah, yeah.” Chris rolled his eyes. “We’ll see how you do, getting killed again.”

And that he did, as Matt got indeed killed during their ninth attempt. Another couple attempts followed, with Nick in between two asking his brothers to pose for their thumbnail.

“I feel like Alex gonna enjoy that shit”, Chris said with a laugh as it took them a good minute to all pose.

“For real”, Matt agreed. “She’s definitely bullying us for putting that in the video.”

“Wait”, Nick called. “Should I leave mentions of her in?”

“I don’t think we should,” Chris answered after thinking about it for a couple of seconds. “Maybe later if her or Lily ever end up in one of our videos, well actually in it you know.”

Nick nodded at Chris’s explanation, and therefore decided that he would cut the moments in which they would mention their friends – who had technically never been exposed to the public, apart from their names having been called out during the baking video they had filmed. The oldest triplet also knew that at one point, Matt would eventually mention Lily as Fortnite was one of their common points and Alex had now quickly been brought up.

For the next couple of attempts, it was noticeable that Nick was getting better, which led to Chris encouraging him more and more as they kept going. Matt was trying his best to stay focused and not get killed again, which proved to be somewhat difficult as his brothers were saying random stuff behind him:

“Drinkie drink”, Chris started. “Take a sip of drinkie, little drinkie.”

Matt was doing his best not to laugh at his brothers’ antics, but he couldn’t help the smile on his face when Nick began talking about getting drunk. Playing with Lily is way more peaceful… Matt thought as another smile took place on his face, although it still looked like it was due to Chris and Nick.

Nothing much had now been going on, apart from Nick twerking after a kill and Matt getting mad again as he was still the one getting killed the most out of them, which happened again during their twelfth attempt.

“WHAT!” Matt angrily exclaimed.

“Are you gonna die every time?” Nick asked, almost unbothered but still done with how Matt kept losing. “I wonder how Lily can stand playing with you if you always get killed.”

“I–” Matt was now at a loss for words. Although Nick had only wanted to tease him and get on Matt’s nerves, the middle triplet took it seriously. “You can ask her, I’m an excellent player!”

“With her, maybe, but not with us right now”. Chris raised an eyebrow at Matt who was almost starting to sulk. “And we need you right now, so think about Lily later.”

“I wasn’t even the one to talk about her first!” Matt retorted, currently feeling bullied by his brothers and definitely planning on complaining to Lily.

After their sixteenth attempt, Matt now had the perfect opportunity to somewhat get back at Nick.

“Oh my God, we’re awful.” Nick dramatically put his hands on his head. 

“You’re awful”, Matt immediately replied in the most monotone way.

“You just died,” Nick quickly retorted. “You’re just negative right now because you’d rather play with someone else.”

“Actually, yes.” Matt decided to appear in front of the camera as he was getting fed up. Facing it, he started talking to the future viewers. “Y’all should know that I have a friend ten times better than Nick here, so please excuse me for missing the times when I actually won.”

“That was insane”, Chris said as his voice sounded a bit muffled due to him being away from the camera but the microphone had still picked up his comment. “You’re down bad bro.”

“Ok Nick, cut that shit.” Matt was absolutely not ready to have people – also known as their lovely and peaceful fans, absolutely not invasive at all for thirteen year olds – prying into his private friendships.

When they eventually went back to playing, it led to a tense moment with Chris trying to kill two players at the same time, while also being out in the open. Matt and Nick were stressing behind, the latter prepared to switch places as soon as Chris would succeed – which he did.

“Who’s the fucking best?” He asked as Matt offered him a high five. “I’m the fucking best!” Chris then left the frame of the camera before coming back with a proud grin and repeating his last sentence several times.

It then seems that the triplets were on a roll as Nick and Matt successfully took out a player each, before it was Chris’s turn again. We can do it, Matt thought as he was carefully watching his younger brother focused on the game. When Chris killed a guy that had just landed, Nick quickly took the controller as Chris gave him the headphones. Still as careful as before, Nick was making his way on the map while his brothers tried to give him advice:

“Turn to the right a little”, Matt suggested.

“Shut up”, Nick bluntly replied as he needed to do it by himself.

Still way more peaceful to play with her, Matt repeated in his mind as he thought about how Lily was always sweet and kindly accepting Matt’s advice when they played together.

Nick had however been right to act like that as soon enough, he killed the player he was hunting before giving up the seat for Matt to take. At that moment, the three brothers realised that they were the closest ever to a Victory Royale. For the next few minutes, they were now harbouring nervous yet excited smiles as they were watching Matt’s every move on the computer screen.

“YES!” Nick and Chris both cheered when Matt killed the last player left, therefore granting them the long awaited win.

Congratulating their brother, the oldest and youngest pulled Matt into a group hug before Nick decided that he needed to document their success with a picture – eventually posted on their weekly Instagram dump.

“Guys”, Nick began. “I wanna thank my mum, I wanna thank ‘OG’ Fortnite coming back, I wanna thank my freshman year self… oh my gosh!” He then happily sighed.

All of them now had proud smiles on as they were glad to have achieved what they did.

“I’m so proud of us”, Nick softly said as he had his arms around his two brothers while they were reviewing their stats.

“I’m gonna go to bed”, Matt announced as they were finishing the outro for the video.

“Will you, though?” Chris asked with a smirk. “You should share your accomplishments with someone first, don’t you think?

“Shut up Chris”, Matt retorted. “I don’t wanna spoil her the video so I won’t mention it.”

“Crazy how Chris didn’t say any names but you directly thought of someone specific”, Nick teased before turning the camera off – he would cut out those last sentences later so he didn’t care about it still recording.

“Oh my God, leave me alone.” Matt was only half annoyed as he knew his brothers were right, deep down, so he just patted them on the back before leaving. I do hope she’ll be proud though…

~~~

A couple of days later, the video of the triplets playing Fortnite had been released; and on the same evening, Matt received unexpected texts that made him weirdly smile when he saw the author as he then thought of a reply.

Lily

Glad to know i’m a good player in your eyes, a compliment coming from the guy who made the last kill

I also miss our time on fortnite together

We should plan another gaming sesh soon :)

That’d be my pleasure

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