(Trina's POV)

I was coming home from a day out with hunky Nick Mallory. I had finally gotten home and opened the door. As soon as I did, I saw Corey's stupid friend's bag in the middle of the floor. Great, he was here. And here I was hoping for some peace and quiet. I kicked it out of the way and closed the door behind me.

I began walking towards the stairs to my room when I heard talking from the living room. I peeked in to see those two dorks sitting on the couch, talking. I was about to walk away when I saw something I couldn't believe. The redhead leaned forward kissed my brother! I expected Corey to pull away in disgust, but he kissed him back! I couldn't help but let out an audible gasp. They immediately stopped and looked at me.

(Corey's POV)

'Oh, great.' I thought as I watched her reaction. She just stood there, looking shocked. We waited a couple minutes, and she still didn't move. Larry looked at me.

"I think we broke Trina…" He whispered. Suddenly, Trina snapped out of her trance. She looked at us with a disgusted expression.

"Like, EWW!" She yelled. "What the heck?!"

"Look, Trina. I can explain." I said, trying to calm her down. She shook her head.

"I don't, like, need an explanation! I saw enough!" She paused and took a deep breath. "So, how long has this been going on?!" She asked, motioning to me and Larry.

"Uh, I don't know." I shrugged. "Almost a month?" I looked at Larry, who nodded. Trina scoffed in disgust.

"How are we even related?!" She finished, leaving to go upstairs.

(Trina's POV)

I lied on my bed, thinking. My brother is gay?! That's totes disgusting! Why couldn't he be normal for once?! I had to do something about this. I pulled out my phone and called Mina. After a couple rings, she answered.

"Hello?"

"Mina, get over here now!"

"Y-yes, Trina!" She said in a scared tone. In a matter of seconds, Mina came in through my window. "I'm here!" She said.

"Took you long enough." I said disapprovingly. She let out a sigh.

"So, what did you need me for?" I opened the door to my room and pointed at Corey and the redhead still sitting on the couch. Mina looked at me. "W-what about them?"

"Aren't you, like, surprised or something?!" I looked at her, confused.

"I already knew about it." I pulled her back into my room.

"What?! How did you know?!" Mina cringed.

"C-carrie told me." I let out a growl of frustration.

"Whatever! Just help me break them up!"

"W-what?!"

"You heard me!" Mina just stood there, looking like she was at war with herself. After a few minutes, her face changed from scared to slightly confident, and she finally spoke.

"N-no." She said shakily. I looked at her angrily.

"What did you say?!" I growled. Mina gulped, but her face became more confident.

"I…I said 'no!'" She looked at me with some intensity now. Right as I was about to yell her for using the forbidden 'N' word, she stood up straight and glared at me. "No, I will not help you break them up!" She said, no longer stuttering. "That redhead, Larry, is my sister's best friend! We treat him like family! I don't mind all the crap that you make me do, but you will not mess with my family! I won't sabotage them, no matter what you threaten me with."

I watched her stand up to me, and it pissed me off. I opened my mouth to yell at her again, but she cut me off once more. She walked closer to me, now with an angry expression.

"No! I don't want to hear anything you have to say. I'm not going to be your slave anymore. You're alone, now. Find someone else to be your lackey." Then, she got up and left my room. I just stood there, trying to process what just happened.

(Corey's POV)

We just sat there in silence for a while. Then, Larry pulled his legs up to his chest and sighed. I looked at him.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I asked. I could tell he was trying to hold back tears.

"Why…why is everyone so against us?" he asked sadly, burying his head in his arms. I sighed as well. I didn't know the answer to that either.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay." I said, trying to comfort him. "I mean, all of our friends accept us. That's all we need." He continued to hide his face in his arms.

"Now they do." He muttered. "It's not like we told them, and they were immediately okay with it. We had to go through a lot of crap before they finally accepted us." I sighed. It was true.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"About what?" He asked, looking at me.

"This is my fault. If I had never pushed you to be with me, then you wouldn't be going through this. You would be happy practicing with your band. Not sitting here, wishing things were different." He looked at me, surprised.

"Corey, that's not true. I want to be with you. And…I don't wish things were different. Sure, I get upset when someone doesn't like us together, but that wouldn't make me regret being with you." He smiled at me, causing me to smile back. Then, he scooted closer to me and rested his head on my chest. "Corey?"

"Yeah?" I asked looking down at him.

"Would it be okay if you and Carrie gave up the rivalry between our bands, seeing as we're getting along better now?" I thought for a moment. If Grojband and the Newmans were no longer rivals, that would make things so much easier. But…what would Carrie say?

"Sure, if Carrie's okay with it, too." He smiled again and snuggled closer, and I wrapped my arms protectively around him. After a while, we fell asleep.

(Larry's POV)

It was the next day, and I was over at Carrie's house. Corey, Carrie, and I were standing in her garage, and I was trying to convince her to end the band rivalry.

"What?!"

"Please, Care?" I begged. "Don't you want to stop being enemies? I mean, we're all kinda getting along, now. The only problem there is, is you two." Corey and Carrie looked at each other. She narrowed her eyes at him, then looked back at me. "Do it for me?" I begged again, clasping my hands together. Her face then softened, and she sighed.

"I'll get the twins over here." I smiled in relief. I looked over at Corey to see him doing the same.

"I'll text Kin, Kon, and Laney." He said. I nodded as he pulled out his phone. After waiting a couple minutes, Laney arrived, followed by both sets of twins. Carrie and Corey stood on the stage in front of the two bands.

"Okay." Carrie began. "I would begrudgingly like to announce that, from now on, Grojband and the Newmans are no longer rivals." Suddenly, the garage was filled with the cheers of both bands, causing me to smile.

(Carrie's POV)

I watched two the bands cheering and celebrating the end of the rivalry. As much as I didn't like it, my band came before me, and they looked pretty happy. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. I saw Corey looking at me and smiling.

"What do you want, Riffin?" He held out his hand for me to shake.

"I want to make this official." He said, the smile never leaving his face. I hesitated. "Come on." He prompted. I finally shook away any doubt I had and grabbed his hand. But, instead of shaking it, however, I pulled him towards me until we were inches apart.

"If you get any ideas, or if you ever hurt him again, yo-"

"I know, I know. I'm dead." I looked him in the eyes.

"Promise?" I asked.

"I promise." He said sincerely. Then, finally, I shook his hand. I trusted him enough to keep his promise. "Do you think…after this…we could be friends?" I looked at him, shocked. He wanted to be friends…with me?

"Okay, let's not get too crazy, here." I said. He laughed.

"I'm serious." I thought that this must be some kind of joke, but the sincerity in his eyes and expression told me everything. He really wanted to be my friend. I sighed and smiled.

"Sure thing, Rif-" I paused. "I mean, 'Corey.'"

(No One's POV)

And so, with that, an unexpected love formed, an unbreakable promise was made, and an unlikely friendship was shaped. And, no matter what, it would always be unconditional.