CHAPTER FIVE *ೃ༄
[ did he lock it down yet ]
real life

˗ˏˋ real life ! 💌 'ˎ˗

kiara sits at a dunkin' donuts table with matt, sipping on her iced coffee as he drinks his oreo milkshake.

"we're filming a wednesday video tomorrow and we were thinking of having the whole group in it." matt enunciates, referring to the fact that it's sunday and they usually film their wednesday videos on mondays so nick could have plenty of time to edit.

"sure, what is it gonna be?" kiara agrees. she's been in a handful of videos and the fans love her a lot -or love seeing her chemistry with matt- that she's the most requested guest, alongside jade and elliot, of course.

the fans enjoy the groups banter, enjoying how everyone fights with everyone and laughs it off ten seconds later.

"i think we're doing a decorating challenge in teams, but who knows?" matt shrugs, genuinely not knowing for sure because chris and nick always limit the details when telling matt since he's always down to do whatever.

kiara nods in agreement, conveying that she's down to do that. she shifts her eyes to a person walking up to the table, making matt turn around curiously to see what she's looking at.

"hey guys!" their friend, jeremiah, exclaims, clearly not expecting to see them here.

"what's up, jere," matt daps him up, kicking the empty chair at the table out so jeremiah could take a seat.

jeremiah smiles, sitting down and dapping up kiara. they see each other every summer, all having families that go to cousins beach every year.

jeremiah is known throughout the group, being one of the only people who can truly get along with all of them. "how's it been going?"

"good," kiara answers simply, not elaborating because nothings new.

jeremiah smirks, "did he lock it down yet?"

matt shoots him a glare promptly, knowing that jeremiah is referring to matt as 'he.'

kiara laughs awkwardly, also understanding what he means. "who?" she asks, trying to avoid the question by stalling.

"m-"

matt interrupts him, pinching his thigh underneath the table. "we've been good, jere. how about you?"

jeremiah swiftly realizes that matt has, in fact, not locked it down yet. "good, good, got a job as a lifeguard."

"jeremiah fisher, working as a.. lifeguard?" kiara furrows her eyebrows as she speaks, trying to imagine his patience with all the kids.

"of course, i get to yell at kids for free!" he smiles proudly, looking at kiara's hair before narrowing his eyes. "were you in a rush this morning?"

"what?"

"that ponytail is horrendous." jeremiah points out with a laugh, looking at the strands of hair that stick up and all her baby hairs messily resting on her forehead.

kiara side eyes matt, who happens to be glaring at jeremiah. "blame matt." she calls him out, making matt roll his eyes and laugh.

jeremiah suddenly hears his name being called at the counter. he gets up and gets his donuts before returning back to the pair, "nice bumping into you guys."

"you too." matt and kiara wave in unison as jeremiah walks out the door.

kiara looks at matt, her lips forming a thin line as she holds awkward eye contact with him. who would've thought running into a friend could result in something so awkward?

it's obvious that they're both thinking about jeremiah's words 'did he lock it down yet?'

kiara clears her throat, ultimately breaking the eye contact and staring down at her pastel purple crocs that are drowning in croc charms.

"should we leave now?" matt asks, causing kiara to look back up and relive the eye contact.

"sure," she breaks it again, getting up and pushing her chair in. matt copies her movements, walking over to the push door and using his back to lean on it and hold it open for kiara.

she presses her lips together to refrain from smiling and fails once she looks him in the eye, uncontrollably grinning. "for such a gentleman, i would've thought you could make a better ponytail."

"shut your mouth before i never help you with your ponytail again." he threatens.

"in that case, i'll keep talking!"

"oh shut up."

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YK I HAD TO INCLUDE MY BBY JERE 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

edit: oh.....

NRO IDK IF IM TEAM CONRAD OR JEREMIAH.. like they both ick me at times and they both amaze me at times

edit: belly deserves none of them sorry not sorry she's so messy

my dad bought me four big bags of takis..

BRO MY DAD HAS FR BEEN IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD LATELY. like he's literally letting me go on a THREE DAY trip for school, he's letting me keep all the money that the ppl who send christmas cards send us (alr made $400 😜), he's been making sm jokes and buying me sm food, and just happier in general.. like okayy lemme take advantage of this moment and start asking for shit before he goes back to being so strict ( jk ❤️)

- mina