Inspired by the song: Idle Town - Conan Gray

Mumbo is planning to skip town and tries to get his friends in on it, they agree for the most part but the plan falls short when they realize he hasn't put much thought into it.

"We're all heading out now, you tagging along?" Stress says looking down at her friend.

Mumbo was laying frozen on the couch, staring into space. The busyness of his friends putting on their fall coats and the noises around couldn't gain his attention.

"Where are we going?" He answered after a few seconds. Tango came over to help Stress encourage Mumbo.

"Ren and Doc are throwing a party at the pub OldRed that's in town. Remember how much fun we always have there?" Tango reminisce on the good times hoping that would convince the couch potato.

Mumbo hasn't been out in a while. Besides going from home to school and back, maybe stopping to play football(soccer) in the park with some friends, and of course there was work, Mumbo never had much of a zest for this life and people were starting to notice.

"I'm going to the party!" He said hoisting himself up out of the comfort of the couch. Stress and Tangos faces where shock ridden. "There'd better be drinks, and cute boys or else I won't be staying long.

"You're our ride but a deal is a deal." Tango pats his mate on the back and heads out the house with Xisuma and Scar who had been listening to the whole conversation with encouraging smiles on their faces.

"I'm so proud of you." Stress gives him a supportive smile as well and they head out and meet the boys in the car.

"Alright, give me an address to this place." Mumbo says to the gang while he maneuvered out of his parents driveway.
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Once Mumbo expertly evaded parking and followed the sound of pounding speakers and strewn party goers with his group alongside him, he quickly realized what type of party this was.

"This is definitely a club, the music is terrible, it smells terrible... but it's a cool place to be right now." Right now, all he wanted to do is try to enjoy the present.

"Hey Mumbo! You made it!" Ren comes over to him with company. His arm tightly wrapped around this person who seems familiar for some of reason.

It was obvious that Ren has drank a bit too much mooshroom juice which weirdly makes Mumbo more confident. He was almost certain that he'd be the only sane one by the end of the night, even if it wasn't by choice.

"Who's your friend here!" Mumbo asked Ren over the music.

"Hi, my name is Grian and I believe we've met before." The familiar man stretches his hand out in front of him.

It seemed familiar too, almost like he was overcome with a spell of déjà vu. "Well it's nice to formally meet you. You can call me Mumbo." He says reciprocating the handshake.

Grian looks him over with an I remember you manner and serves a bit of arrogance it feels like. Who knows what happened the first time.

Mumbo couldn't remember, was Grian able to see that? Is that where his cocky demeanour justifies the unknown.

And they let go of the handshake.

"You two are doing great, don't move a muscle! I'll be back with some drinks." Ren says throwing a pointer in the air and leaving quickly afterwards.

"So, I don't know anything about you and something tells me that isn't the case vice versa." Mumbo is forward and blunt with the boy and he seems to respond well to this way of speaking.

Mumbo wondered if he should tone it down but he was also really determined to have fun tonight.

Grian nodded in agreement confirming Mumbo's suspicions. "Do you wanna, maybe take a walk with me?" Mumbo moves closer to the young man so he could speak more quietly even against the pounding beats and the vibrating floor boards.

Grian had arrived long before Mumbo and his gang and so he decided it was late enough on in the night that he wouldn't miss anything going on at the party.

"Considering that I know all of your friends and I am friends with all of them, I guest I can trust you to not be an axe murderer." Grian spoke softly as well but still managed to be clear to Mumbo.

"I don't know if I should be offended or flattered so I'm just gonna say, shall we go now?" Mumbo's retort garners a slight nod from Grian and just like that, they were off.

Mumbo's hand found the small of Grian's back as he half shielded the man from the crowd of flamboyant dancing young people and guided him out of the club.

Specific lines that the story was inspired by: Idle Town - Conan Gray
This town will never change people come and go, it's all the same.
Speed the roads
Place that's far away
We vowed we wouldn't stay
Curfews at midnight, we watch the sunrise
Watching stars over ice cream
Everyone I loves in this place
Airplanes cry
Yellow cafe killing time
The idle town will stay as it stays

Thx for reading x

I'll release part 2 of this tomorrow maybe? I wanted to cut it in half because both parts together were over 2000 words.