A Summer Soundtrack for Falling in Love by Arden Powell

Author:Arden Powell [Powell, Arden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2018-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

It was easy for Kris to forget that his family was in the audience by the time The Chokecherries took the stage. Passionfruit killed it, playing even more aggressively than usual, as if to make up for losing a member, but Cassie took to it like breathing. Apparently she had nailed the audition, and while Passionfruit had still wanted to test her in front of a live crowd, they had been vibrating with enthusiasm about her skills, telling everyone who passed that she was a genius and they needed to steal her for the rest of their tour. She broke a stick halfway through the set, and Passionfruit looked pleased as anything about it. When they traipsed offstage, she smacked Kris on the chest as she passed, sweaty and wrung out, grinning from ear to ear.

“This is great!” she yelled. “Way better than our band in high school. I get why you do it!”

“Nice playing, kid,” Stef said. “You’re a natural.”

“Hell yeah, I am. Go get it!”

When their set began, Kris played as he always did, keyed up with tension the second until the opening riff started and Rayne took the stage. By then he wasn’t thinking about his parents or Calloway or the future at all. Rayne commanded the crowd’s attention with a crook of his finger and shake of his head, and he stole Kris’s just as easily. The Chokecherries played with the same passion they always did, and Rayne sang with the same raw energy, but this time, when Kris waited for their midshow kiss, it didn’t come.

Kris frowned and tried to catch Rayne’s eye, but Rayne wasn’t looking.

There was nothing wrong with changing it up. They could always do the kiss later.

Later came and went, and Kris grew increasingly twitchy behind his guitar. He had thought they would keep their shows as they were until Calloway entered the picture, for the fans’ sake. Had Rayne already met with Calloway and begun the stunt without telling Kris?

When they only had three tracks left, Kris finally tore a page from Passionfruit’s book and launched an attack, barreling into Rayne from the side and jabbing his shoulder into Rayne’s chest, all without missing a chord. Rayne took a fistful of Kris’s hair, whether to hold him in place or push him away, Kris didn’t know. It didn’t matter. All he needed was Rayne’s hands on him, somewhere, anywhere, especially if it was going to be the last time. He butted into Rayne’s space, demanding more, but Rayne still didn’t kiss him. He came close, pulling Kris’s back in against his chest so Kris could feel their heartbeats thundering in tandem, even above the bass and the kick of the drums, and his lips ghosted over Kris’s temple, but they didn’t touch.

Kris leaned back, eyes closed as he coaxed the riff from his guitar, and dared Rayne to touch him for real. He let the music swell around him and Rayne’s heat soak through his shirt as his mouth parted, throat bared to the sky, waiting.

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