you were mason's classmate, has been for years now although despite knowing each other and being around each other for a decade now, you two just weren't friends and probably never would be, there was too much of a difference

mason was literally in a cover band with his two elder broters, cameron 17 and dylan 16 and his youngest brother ethan who was only 12... yet he played amazingly despite his age and everything, they had named themselves trueblood and had gone viral on tiktok multiple times for their cover songs, the boys even had original music

garage bands and music were the last thing that interested you, although you loved loved LOVED writting, you were just as passionate about it as mason was about his guitar and singing. you liked music too but it was alot different than mason's taste, at least different from the cover songs they posted.

although despite the difference in kids, your parents got along like pb&j, contacted at the hip, your elder sister was even seeing mason's oldest brother cameron, so it was time for you two to start getting along- according to your mom's lectures.. you now sat in his EXTREMELY messy room while he recorded his monthly post for tiktok

he was covering the song.. babydoll, at least that's what you thought it might be named

the boy started with his acoustic guitar, trying to hold back a smile when ed sheeran his cat laid down infront of the phone, knocking it down a little so the camera focused on him instead of mason "And I can't move on, babydoll. waitin' on calls, flippin' through stations." he started, balting the notes perfectly "I'm outclassed and it's outrageous" he continued, cracking a little as he let out a chuckle at his cat hitting the camera and blocking the view for a split second but continued the song none the less "Whatever's been weighin' you down" he finished, letting out another chuckle at the cuteness of his cat "alright.." he placed the guitar down before crouching down and turning the video off as he picked up ed sheeran in his arms

you caught yourself staring a little too much, not because he was so talented... you already knew that, he was incredible but you never found out attractive over it- this though... it was different, something about his laugh or maybe his affect towards his cat, it was something about it all that made you feel happy

"you wanna pet? he doesn't bite" mason spoke up, noticing your eyes almost digging daggers into him, despite that glaring stare he tried to stay positive for the sake of his brother, it was his attempt at being a good kid and trying to get along with you, but if that would happen relied solely on you.