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"...You know what I just realized?"
"Hm?"
"Bep?"
"There's only one best way to annoy a musician, and it's to not play a full scale."
"Beep bo?"
To answer his brothers' confusion, BB grabbed his guitar from where it had been leaning against the side of his couch, and played a random major scale on it - only to stop before getting to the last note with a smug smile.
".....Ehhhhhh... That's not THAT annoying..."
BF beeped in agreement.
However, both of them clearly sounded hesitant.
.......And not even a full two seconds later, both of them were begging BB to finish the scale, and he couldn't stop himself from laughing.
"Okay, okay, fine!"
BB then finally played the top note of the scale, making the other two sigh in relief and flop down on either side of BB on the couch. It was rather overdramatic, though, which got their big brother to roll his eyes.
"Alright, I lied. That's the worst thing I've ever heard."
Boyfriend then lightly punched his brother on the arm - clearly he also hated the fact that BB had actually done that.
BB let out a sigh.
"If it makes you two feel any better, I was also cringing on the inside when I did that."
"With that smug-ass smile on your face? Sure you were."
BB had only been simply chilling in his brother's room when the young rapper himself suddenly burst in through the door, running to the closet while giving BB a nervous smile.
"Hi, Beep B!"
"I- Wha-"
Before BB could say anything, Boyfriend was already inside the closet and moving to shut the door.
"Keith, what are you doing?"
"Shhhhh- Don't tell Soul I'm in here."
And then BF shut the closet door.
BB was just left confused, until he heard another slightly muffled voice coming from down the hall.
"Ohhhh, Boyfriend!~ The Tormentor wants to have a word with youuu!~"
And then Soul opened the door, the mischievous smirk he had on his face being replaced with a slightly confused look once he caught sight of BB sitting on the bed in the room.
"Hey, Soul!"
"Oh- Hey, BB- Did you see Bee come in here, by any chance?"
".....No, not at all."
BF silently fist-pumped the air from inside the closet.
Oh, the power of sibling bonds.
"Hm, I could've sworn I heard him come down this hallway, and this is the only room down here that he could even find a good place to hide in..."
"What even happened for you to be chasing after him in the first place?"
"Idiot tried to steal one of my guitars again."
BB let out a slight laugh. Of course that was the reason why.
"Well, sorry, bro, but he never came in here. Not as far as I've seen."
Soul let out a sigh.
"Alright, alright, fine, I'll keep looking. But let me know when you do, I have a little bit of revenge to exact~"
"Sure thing, man."
In the closet, Boyfriend gave a silent sigh of relief.
His brother was awesome.
However, Soul stopped right before he closed the door, turning back to BB again.
"Oh- Wait- You do realize that he also stole some of your Cheez-It snacks earlier, ri-"
"He's in the closet."
"WHA-"
Impulse took over and Boyfriend had opened the door to peek his head out at his brother for the sheer and utter betrayal.
And then he realized that BB and Soul were giving him the same smug smirk.
...FUCK.
Before anything could say or do anything, Boyfriend bolted out of the closet and out of the room, the other two caught off guard enough that they couldn't stop him from leaving.
Following the slight pause, Soul let out a small laugh.
"Like he thinks I won't catch him..."
BB quickly stood up from where he had been sitting on the bed.
"Mind if I help?"
"Sure, why not."
And BB was quick to take off running down the hall, in the direction Boyfriend had ran off to.
"You're not gonna get away with taking my snacks, Keith!!"
Soul fondly rolled his eyes, following after him.
"You CANNOT just chug an entire can of whipped cream."
"I can and I will."
"I- BB, please back me up here."
"Soul's right, Bee, you can't do that."
"Aw, come on-!"
"You have to shake it first, then the whipped cream will come out easier."
"BB, WHAT THE HELL????"
BB simply shot Soul a smug smile as Boyfriend shook the canister for a few seconds.
"Alright, ready!"
"Should I time you?"
"DO IT."
"Would you STOP encouraging him?!"
"Ehh, don't listen to Soul, I'll be fine."
"Oh my god- alright, if you choke or something on that, I'm not coming to help you."
"He's not gonna choke. As your big bro, I officially declare this stunt to be totally safe!"
"See? I'll live."
"Bee, I wouldn't even bet with you to chug that, please- I need you to think about this."
"Says the same person who tried to bottle flip a whole gallon of milk the other day and I told you that exact same thing."
"Alright, the timer's ready, just gotta- Wait, you did WHAT?"
"Keith, why is the kitchen on fire?!"
"Uh- No reason, I just-"
Another burst of flame came out of the microwave, and Boyfriend was quick to throw more salt on it-
"It's not that big a deal!"
"It IS a big deal if your kitchen is on fire."
"No, it's not! This happens to other people all the time!"
"I've never met a single person who's had this happen to them, Bee."
"I- That doesn't mean-!"
As the two continued to argue, Soul came in, having finally found BF's fire extinguisher (seriously, that storage room could be such a maze sometimes)... and immediately saw the two brothers arguing.
He resisted the urge to facepalm.
"Beep B, it's just a grease fire in the microwave! It's really not-"
"Move."
BF let himself get shoved to the side a tiny bit as Soul stepped forward and sprayed the inside of the flaming microwave with the extinguisher, finally putting the tiny fire out.
The three sighed in relief.
"Took you long enough."
"Hey- it's definitely not MY fault that you have WAY too much stuff in your storage room."
"All of it's important stuff, though!"
"Uh- anyway. Is no one going to tell me what happened here?"
"Well, if someone remembered to put some water in the ramen cup..."
"I thought you were doing that!!"
"You were the one making the ramen!"
As the two continued their banter, BB rolled his eyes, yet a fond smile appeared on his face.
Yeah, these two really were his brothers.
"Hey, Soul?"
"Hm?"
"I know we both like rocking out together, but I swear that is one of your guitars in my guitar stand."
"Huh- well, guess that explains why I only found your guitar and music sheets back in Bee and I's sound room... Do you wanna go pick it up?"
"I'm more focused on figuring out who exactly did this."
"...BB, what day is it?"
"March 13th, why?"
"...Uh oh."
"...'Uh oh' what-"
BB didn't get a chance to finish his sentence before the door next to him was suddenly opened-
"Boo!"
And Boyfriend popped out to jumpscare him.
Which resulted in BB letting out a yelp and tripping over himself, falling back onto the floor.
Once he had caught his breath again, BB let out a sigh.
"Very funny, Keith..."
With a laugh, Boyfriend shut the door again, seeming to walk away as he spoke.
"Let the sibling prank war commence!"
As BB got back up from where he had fallen on the floor, Soul snickered, smirking slightly.
"Well, you know what that means..."
"Oh, joy."
.....And then they both screamed and jumped away from the door when a tiny (clearly plastic) snake came out from under the bottom.
BB walked into the main room of BF's apartment, only to almost get hit by a pillow.
He quickly moved to avoid it, only to catch notice of the current scene happening in the room.
Because apparently, Boyfriend and Soul were throwing pillows around due to a sudden pillow fight that had broken out that evening.
BB watched on, with an eye roll and a smile.
It wasn't long after a couple of misses plus witty banter from the two that eventually, Soul snuck up behind BF and tackled him, pinning him to the floor facedown before casually dropping a pillow on his head to count as a hit.
"Sooooooo... This mean I win?~"
"I- What? No."
Boyfriend then grabbed the pillow off his head to whack Soul behind him with it, until the two of them both got hit by a pillow.
They looked to the side, only to see BB standing there, holding another pillow in his hand.
"Man, are you guys really having a late-night pillow fight without me? Come on, you two know who's the reigning champion of these things!"
There was a pause, and then Boyfriend looked up at Soul.
"Truce?"
"...Truce."
The two stood up, now facing BB with their pillows ready to throw.
Both sides waited for the other to make the first move.
That night resulted in a lot of misplaced pillows and three siblings asleep on the couch.
And they wouldn't trade it for anything else.