"Matt sounded pretty serious about your condition on that call." Chris complained walking out of the drug store while Dom held the door for him. "Some Pepto won't fix a hangover."
"It's not a hangover, Chris." Dom replied, opening the cap and drinking the pink medicine. "What do you think of G and Matt?"
"What do I think? Who cares!" Chris laughed. "What do you mean it's not the hangover?"
"Don't tell me you took those small pills the girl in blue was giving out!"
"What? No!" Dom made a face. "The Pepto will calm my bowels for the rest of the day. I'm sorry that I dragged you here. I'm... truly sorry."
"Yeah.. no problem." Chris rolled his eyes. "Look, we're starting to get the good stuff out there, so... let's keep ourselves out of trouble while we reach the stars, yes?" Dom felt as if Chris had slapped him in the face. But he smiled and and bumped his chest with his elbow.
"Alright, big guy." He closed the Pepto in his hands and threw it in the plastic bag. "Now, let me invite you some breakfast."
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It was obvious to say, they didn't refrain themselves from parties. Alcohol, weed and hallucinogens were common in their place, nothing wrong about seeing constellations right there in the living room.
Dom had promised himself to not to fall for Matt's needy requests again. But lately, he was with G all the time. It was annoying somehow.
G was a psychologist. She was good at what she did in Italy and she wanted to grow there. Matt was all the opposite of her, he was a rockstar. G didn't seem to take him seriously sometimes, but because Matt refused to grow up. He liked having fun too much. But he liked her as well. He dueled inside about what to do, so sometimes he put on a mature front for her only to ruin it the next moment. G wasn't an idiot, she knew that she had Matt in the palm of her hand, and she could crush him whenever she felt like it.
Dom disliked how frequent he heard Matt begging her to come to a gig, only to end up crying sometimes because she was not available.
Now he was high enough that he was laughing with some other guys on a couch. He wasn't paying much attention on what they were chatting about, but the whole Matt and G thing was filling his mind like toxic waste.
"This new song you're playing at your gigs... that says "your shut up lies'..." the teen started laughing real hard. Dom tried really hard to remember which one he was referring to, "who are you talking to? Did you write the lyrics together?" They laugh for a minute and then they all stared at Dom. He was still trying to figure it out which song the guy was talking about.
"Uhh... he does all the lyrics." Dom sighed. "Matt is the one who writes them... oh, now I know which one you say! That one—"
"Does he have a girlfriend?" One of the women asked. She wasn't high, but was curious. Dom frowned. "I think..."
"Oh, then it's for her!" The guy shouted. Everyone laughed. "It sounds like he feels it's forbidden, do you guys have like a deal of no-dating?"
"Yeah, you know. You don't want a Yoko Ono in the house. We'd hate to see you flop..." Dom felt his heartbeat hammer inside his chest. He tried to answer, to process their opinions—but he ended up vomiting right in front of them. "Eww, mate. You should talk about the dates then."
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"Vomiting is becoming frequent for you..." Chris sighed. "Grass didn't affect you this way back in Devon, is it stronger now?" Dom sighed, both were sitting in a waiting room of a clinic of the NHS. It wasn't empty. There were lots of older people and drunks.
"I know, it's just that... this whole thing is driving me crazy." Dom replied. He didn't want to confess to Chris here but he felt like he had to.
"What 'thing'?" Dom held his breath. He wasn't going to confess.
"You and Matt have girlfriends. You don't have the fights Matt is having. What if this... starts rotting the band?" Dom wished this could work. Chris frowned.
"Where is this coming from?"
"Forget it." Dom sighed. "My trip went wrong when these guys started asking about the lyrics and warning me about Yoko Ono." Both snorted and smiled.
"I don't think Matt would put her above us." Dom agreed with Chris. He took out the Pepto and chugged at it for the last time.
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"Matt, when was 'Yes, Please' written?" Dom asked while Matt tuned his guitar. "Or 'Agitated'?"
"Are you keeping record of them?" He asked not looking at him.
"Uh... yes. We didn't add them to the album but weren't they part of your old notebook?" Dom bit his lower bit while Matt looked up, as if he was trying to recall. Then he jumped victoriously as he had tuned his guitar at last. "Did you hear what I just—?"
"Why do you want to know this stuff?" Matt rolled his eyes. "It's not important now."
"Once we become famous... it will be." Matt scoffed but Dom smiled.
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Matt always smashed his guitars against the floor. This gig, was bigger than usual and it got to Matt's head. He was nervous before going out. Dom saw him taking a couple of vodka shots before their call.
On top of the stage, by the end, Matt jumped on Dom's drums and right on top of him. Dom felt nauseous but he was fighting against a drunk Matt right in front of everyone.
The applause and cheers could be heard, but they weren't hearing the spew Matt was shouting. Dom responded with insults too. He didn't even know if he was for real or not. He was just answering in the heat of the moment.
"Fuck you, fuck me!" Matt spat on him and then, their staff members pull them apart. Dom didn't reply and just stared at him with a frown upon his face. What the hell, Matt?
The next band started playing, Chris was on a call with his girlfriend when Dom decided to search for Matt. He was a bit hurt, after all.
The hall was empty, he walked with a faint sound of the music outside. There were boxes of equipment everywhere, and a dim light guiding you safely through the safe narrow path. Then Matt appeared from the shadows. Dom held him by his shirt and pushed him against the wall, two boxes of Marshall on their sides as a cave.
"What the fuck was that, Matt?" He demanded, Matt couldn't look him on the face. "Don't you ever jump on me like that on stage again, you hear me? You almost broke my nose, you twat!" Matt let a small laugh out that sparked something in Dom. He turned Matt around and pushed him harder against the wall, the vibrations of the bass penetrating against his skull.
"You're going to show me what a man you are now?" Mocked Matt. "Pull my pants down and fuck me right here if you dare." Dom's cock twitched at his sentence. He got close to Matt's neck and suck on it desperately, while opening the zipper of his pants.
He stroked himself a few times, Matt pushing his own pants down to save some time. Dom breathed heavily against the back of his neck.
"Fuck, Matt, you're such an idiot." He spat on his own cock, stroke it and then hot inside of him. Matt choked with his own moan. Dom pulled his hair and then pushed him against the wall again. Matt groaned. "Shut the fuck up!" He started settling a rhythm with his thrusts, Matt making the sounds he didn't remember doing from the last couple of times, since they were dead drunk.
It was rough. Dom, in his rage, pulled and pushed Matt's head while he fucked him mercilessly from behind. Matt just let him do it. Dom filled him with his cum with a grunt and a bite on his ear. Matt gasped.
The blonde pulled out and zipped his pants breathlessly. Matt didn't move. Dom wondered if he was alright but then he heard a metallic door open. He looked at the body of Matt, limp against the wall, his eyes closed, his pants down showing a sore arsehole.
Dom pulled the pants up, told him to hurry and then went back to where he has come from. His own staff had come to pick up the last boxes of equipment.
The drummer felt dirty after that. Now that both had done it consciously, he felt like this was for real. He wondered if he was going to break up with G now that they were... friends with benefits. God.
Dom couldn't stop thinking. Chris saw him with a worried face and offered some mineral water as support.
"You're still jumpy after the whole 'Matt-almost-killed-you' thing?" Dom took the glass and drunk down the whole thing at once. "Wow, you were thirsty."
"I'm just..." he trailed off and Chris noticed he wasn't alright.
"Just two more gigs and then we go back to London, don't worry. Kelly and I would love if you joined us in our dining room. She's planning a British feast, since we've been out here for far too long." Chris touched his shoulder to which Dom reacted with a jump. "I'm not going to hurt you, man." Dom looked at him and then embraced him for a hug. Chris welcomed it. He genuinely wanted the best for him.
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The next two concerts were good. Matt behaved normally and apologised to Dom for jumping on him at the stage. Dom told him that there was no problem, but that he should warn him next time.
They took turns on answering the messages they got on their forum, and enjoyed laughing at how idiotic some of their non-fans were.
Back in London, Kelly received them at their home, their cozy place outside of London that reminded them of Devon.
There was indeed a feast, and Dom couldn't stop himself from grabbing the scones as soon as he saw them on the table.
Everyone had wine or beer on their hands, and talked about their tour in Europe. Kelly listened and laughed about it. Then the doorbell rang.
"Oh, she's here!" Matt jumped excitedly to the door. Dom rolled his eyes and finished his beer can. "G! Welcome to the Wolstenholme chalet!" He shouted opening the door. G had a bottle of wine in her hand and a balloon on the other. Dom excused himself to the bathroom while everyone received G with the proper salutations.
He looked himself on the mirror. He felt as he owed this to Matt since their hate-fucking session a week ago. He bit his lower lip just by thinking about it.
After that day, Matt didn’t mention the event. He apologised for his behaviour, but never said if he had enjoyed it or not… nothing. Dom sometimes felt like he was imagining it all. His confusion fed his frustration, and he ended up playing on the drums for hours to exhaust himself.
“I’m here!” Dom took a handful of water before opening the door. It was G. “Oh, sorry.”
“Nothing to apologise for, Dominic.”
“Oh, just call me Dom.” He coughed nervously. “The toilet is all yours, sorry.” He opened the door for her to enter and he exited trying to smile politely at her.
He had to change his attitude towards her if he wanted to keep Matt beside him.