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“WAKE UP SLEEPY HEADS” Mo shouted from the door as they launched themselves on the two cuddling and sleeping figures. They giggled when Gaia sat up, her hair all over the place, they couldn’t help but coo at the other and simply gave a ruffle on her hair. The frustrated girl glared at her noisy partner, glancing at the other’s wrist and noticing a blue bracelet and then glancing back up and gave him the finger.

“Go away” Belle groaned and tried to search for the previous person she was wrapped around with but her hands wandered on Mo instead and cuddled him close, burying her head on the other’s neck.

“Awe babe I wanna cuddle more but Lili and Sam made breakfast, we can’t make them feel upset” Mo strokes her head gently, slowly feeling the other’s breathing return to even ones, he realized she drifted right back to sleep. Mo suddenly felt two arms wrap around his waist and a head hitting his back. “Damn you both” he muttered but laid his head down and hummed a song he was composing.

It was stuck in his head, the melody, but as usual he always struggles with the lyrics, he might ask Gaia for help since she’s the best at words. Which he doesn’t know was she was listening the whole time. Not just today but most of the time he tried to compose, the times he scribbled on a paper and quickly dramatically ripping them apart.

“Gai can you call Mo for me please” Lili ordered in which Gaia quickly complied. She walked down the narrowed hall and noticed a barely closed door with frustrated grunts coming out of the room. She slowly pushed the door open and glanced at Mo’s wrist. ‘Pink’ she whispered to herself. She heard Mo scribbling on her notebook and frustratingly ripping it off right after. She was close to knocking to get her attention but she heard her hum a melody.

It was beautiful as she recalls, she always admired when she composes but it wasn’t easy, she understands her well.

“What the fuck did I say about waking those two up?!” Sam suddenly burst inside the room, not caring about how loud he was. “WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SLEEPING AS WELL NOW?”

“Sam keep your voice down, Belle’s asleep” Mo tried to say but he was already moving towards the three.

He yanked the blanket off of them, surprising them all of his strength despite Mo being on top of it.

“Well hello there Sam, how do you like your eggs in the morning?” Gaia gave a flirtatious smile at him in which he tried to restrain a smile at but failed.

“Just get your asses up” he placed a kiss on the sleeping latter’s forehead before dashing out of the room.

Gaia quickly stood up and followed Sam, not letting off her flirting to be thrown to waste.

Mo shook the sleeping figure and felt her stir awake “hey baby you gotta wake up for real I don’t want Sam beating our non-existent asses again” Belle giggled at this and Mo immediately thought ‘success’

~ after breakfast

“Can we watch something before I go to work?” Lili stated on which two of her partners quickly stood up and fought for the remote.

“LET ME DO IT” Gaia tried pulling the remote from the other but Sam gave her a scary look which made Gaia let go. She frowned and sat in silence as the other browsed Netflix, she then quickly perked up when she realized what was put on for show.

“The Untamed?” Lili read the title out loud. It was a show Sam and Gaia loved and had been talking about for days now, they even talked for hours just about the show. The others found them amusing despite being ignored, they would even get immersed sometimes.

“Aren’t you watching this as well Mo?” Gaia turned to Mo who’s staring blankly at the screen. She got no reply so she asked again. “Mo?”

“Huh? Oh yeah, I’m only at episode 1 though”

“How come?” Sam asked while scanning the episodes, wanting to show the episode that will surely make them much more interested in the show than they already are.

“Was in the mood for TBBT”

“Aye” Belle was heard from the kitchen as she washes the dishes, Mo gave a small smirk and his attention was back on the show as it started to play.

~
An alarm from Lili’s phone was heard which made everyone’s attention to shift from the show to the loud noise. Lili was already getting ready even before her alarm erupted, they knew how she wanted to get everything done instantly, they always admired that about her.

Even before Belle could reach for the phone to stop the alarm, Lili was already behind her and took her phone to stop the noise.

“Well kids, Mommy’s off to work” she gave all of them kisses on the forehead, the others on the cheeks before bidding them goodbye.

“Take care Doctor!” Sam shouted, they all then heard a giggle erupt outside the door.

~
They were in the living room for hours after watching 3 episodes of the first show that Sam and Gaia loved and shifting right after to Sherlock on which Mo and Belle have a mutual liking for. Of course they ordered take out for dinner, a certain youngest insisted they do so. But since they’d already seen the show, some would pay attention, but some already took their paperworks out and decided to be productive even for a little, ‘inspiration strikes at unexpected times’ some would say.

“Well, I’ll go to bed babes! I had to submit this to the campus early tomorrow” Gaia stretched out her stiff limbs and went straight to her and Belle’s room and flopping on it dozing off instantly.

Meanwhile in the living room, Sam looked up from his computer screen and scanned two of his partners. He noticed how Belle stares at her phone while Mo stares at the TV screen, face blank. She sent a quick message to Belle on which she looked up at him first before sending a reply.

Sam made sure to save his files before closing his laptop and setting it aside. He went straight to the unmoving figure on his right and lifted his head, settling it on his lap.

“Hey Mo, you okay?” He asked while caressing the other’s head.

“Yeah, why?” He replied in a monotonous voice, not even bothering to look away from the screen. Sam looked at Belle and she’s staring right back. Sam gestured something through his yes which the other quickly understood. She stood up and went straight to the bathroom to search for something.

“Wanna talk about it?” Sam insisted on getting something out of the other, even just little words.

“I don’t even know what to talk about” he huffed out a forced chuckle but then quickly faded.

Belle came back quietly in the living room with a glass of water and a bottle of pills clasped in her other hand.

“Did you take your meds baby?” Sam asked. Mo just looked at the other in front of him, holding the pills and sighed deeply. He quickly sat up and took the pills and chugged the glass of water given to him. Belle gave him a quick kiss on the head before taking the now empty glass from his hand and going back to the kitchen.

Mo grabbed Sam’s hand and gave it a squeeze, muttering a thank you under his breath before dropping his head back on the other’s lap.

~
They stayed there until he had fallen asleep, not long after Lili came back from work.

“I’m home!” She announced which made the sleeping one to shift and slowly waking up.

“Okaeri” he replied, quickly standing up and walked towards the kitchen to grab a full glass of water.

Lili went straight to Sam and asked “did he-“

“He forgot, but we made him take it don’t worry”

“That’s great” she let out a sigh of relief.

“But it was the last one-“

“I got more from the office so there’s nothing to worry about okay? I’ll talk to him tomorrow”

“Okay” Sam gave a weak but reassuring smile to the other after that. He stood up and walked to the kitchen with her. “Had dinner yet? There’s pizza in the fridge I’ll heat it up”

“Thank you” He then heard laughter that erupted in the kitchen. With a confused look, he turned around and saw how Mo started making jokes which surprisingly got laughs from the two. He smiled at the scene and thought ‘wouldn’t trade this for anything’

Or maybe what he really thought of was ‘too bad Gaia’s asleep’

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“No, no. You said the deadline would be in the next two weeks” Sam had been pacing back and forth inside his shared bedroom with Mo and Lili. It was a Tuesday morning and he received a call from work and that’s when the apartment was filled with frustrated banter mixed with silent plate and spoon clatters from the others as they eat their breakfast, silently listening.

“You told me just 2 days ago the deadline is 2 weeks from then, right?” there was a short pause “Yeah! So why is it moved this Friday? Do you think I can finish this piece of shit just cuz I know how to do it? I have a fucking life!” Lili took this as a sign to step in and comfort the other. She let go of her spoon and went straight to Sam and snatched his phone away.

“What- Lili give it back”

“Not until you sit with us, we’re not having this first thing in the morning” Lili said with a straight face as she looked up at Sam. Sam tried to reason out but only rolled his eyes and nodded, walking towards the dinning room. He took a seat beside Belle who gave him his plate with food already served on top. He muttered a thank you and ate in silence as well. Lili slid the phone in her pocket and went back to eating with the rest. Mo rested her head on her left arm with a pink bracelet wrapped around her wrist. She was already done with her meal, they all know how quickly and little she eats in meals but snacks away throughout the day. She stares at Sam who wears an annoyed face, his brows knitted but the way he chews is normal. Mo stared at the others as well, finding the atmosphere annoying as her brows knit together as well.

“So?” she blurted out, everyone looking up at their own plates and at her. She rolled her eyes and dropped her arm on the table before continuing “what’s the point of being in this relationship if we’re keeping things from each other?”

“But it might be too personal, we can’t force Sam to-“

“But it isn’t” Mo interrupted. “It’s clearly about work, if you can’t even share what you’re going through at work how could we get to see behind your tough façade? Well not really façade but when your vulnerable? We get to see it at some point.” It’s crazy whenever she get’s serious, she rarely gets serious not until the topic is something not to be joked about.

Sam tensed up on which Lili took notice and grabbed his hand under the table to give it a light squeeze, this relaxes him in a way. He sat back, leaning against the chair and that’s when he spoke thus. “My partner told me two days ago that the deadline for the 15 chapters of my manga would be 2 weeks from now, and now he called in telling me that he got a call from the company and informed him that the deadline has been moved this Friday” he had to close his eyes and tilt his head on the side to stop himself from letting out a tear. “I can’t do that it’s too much I won’t be able to make it-“ he started to shake that’s when Belle stood up and hugged him from behind.

“And your partner?” Gaia asked once she noticed how he calmed down.

“He has 15 chapters as well to finish” they fell dead silent for a few minutes, just Belle and Lili comforting him as he shakes, and that’s when Mo spoke.

“We have different art styles-” she blurted out out of nowhere and quickly blushed noticing the sudden attention, “but I’m good with copying so I mean if it’s okay with you, I could-“

“Yes” Mo looked up, shocked that he actually agreed.

“Wait really?’ He just nodded and gave a faint smile at her in which she gave back with a nod.

~

The alarm went off loudly in the gloomy room with one single light coming from the corner, there sat Mo still drawing while the owner is fast asleep on their shared bed, possibly from exhaustion. Mo hurriedly stopped her buzzing phone to avoid the sleeping figure in waking up. Lili was beside him, reading a book just seconds before taking a notice at Mo, whose back is facing her.

“It’s a Tuesday” Lili pointed out. Mo only looked over her shoulder but quickly focusing on the task at hand.

“Yeah…”

“Didn’t you say you have a meeting with your manager?”

“Yeah, I had to cancel it” she said in a mattaer of fact tone. This made Lili to set her book aside and sat up, forgetting about Sam who stirred in her sleep after.

“What do you mean you cancelled it?” she whispered.

“I mean I cancelled it”

“I know but why? Didn’t you mention that you were gonna talk about your track for your album or something? Isn’t that kind of a big deal?”

“Don’t sweat it, it’s nothing. Besides I promised the company I’ll provide at least 3 songs next week. Plus,” she looked at the girl sitting at the right side of the bed, she held quite a thick stack of papers and waved it “I have something more important to do” she then went back and busied herself. There was a long pause and an attempt to go back to reading but it just bothers her. She can’t help but worry for the other as well.

“Can you do it?” she murmured but it was clear enough to be understood.

“The drawings? Of course, you know I used to do art-“

“The songs” Mo paused her actions. She twisted her hips and faced Lili who wears a worried look. Mo bit her bottom lip as they shared eye contact then slowly letting her head fall and released a deep sigh after.

“I don’t really know” she shook her head and shrugged, making eye contact once again with the other. "But you guys are here with me and that's more than enough motivation". No words were spoken after that, all she did was give her worried partner a reassuring smile, stating that it will be alright despite being worried herself.

Lili decided to let it go and went back to reading, wanting to tire herself out and take a nap since it’s her day-off. Mo went back to work, trying to keep herself relaxed at the same time despite hearing squeals in their living room and a faint mario kart theme coming out from their speakers.

Both girls did not know that Sam was listening from the beginning of their conversation, his eyes were closed but his mind was so awake. He thought that the efforts and worry everyone has been showing gave him no time to doubt whether they will ever last or not. ‘I love them so much’ he mumbled with a smile.

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The closed stadium was once again filled with loud shrieks and cheers coming from the many people that attended the concert. Mo can barely hears herself talking through the microphone that she clasped around her right hand, she was forever thankful for earpieces. She looks right ahead of her, panting hard from the adrenaline rush that built up in her after performing the last song she wrote from the album everyone had worked hard in creating and releasing that made the concert she's performing in now, possible.

Her hair was dishevelled, her back was obviously wet from sweat and loves how she has to wear a sleeveless fitted and cropped top paired with shimmering fitted short that hugs her torso and the hem ends rather highly that shows everyone her legs.

She eventually had to look away from the crowd before she starts tearing up and faced the, just as tired, band behind her and gave them a signal. The crowd kept cheering and chanting her name as she ran at the corner of the stage and took Izzy and ran back at the center of the stage where a mic stand is now placed, she then quickly set her shimmering mic with it.

"You guys are amazing first of all," cheers once again "I was looking at all of you and felt myself about to tear up I had to look away" she giggled to herself as she heard faint awes from the audience.

"But unfortunately that was supposed to be the last song since it's also the last one in the album but I didn't want to leave on that note also I'm having a really great time so I decided to share my newly composed song," the crowd went crazy after that but she had to shut them off quickly.

"As you may all know, if you don't yet well surprise, I am actually Polyamorous. And I am in a very much happy polyamorous relationship and I couldn't ask for anything else. They are amazing and I wouldn't trade them for anything, I'm the happiest I've ever been ever since I met them and now that I'm with them I am more than fulfilled. I wrote this song for them and you may use this for someone special in your life"

Izzy was her first ever ukulele, she was rather bigger than a normal sized ukulele but she was not quite a baritone. She was blue and ripped fainted stickers can be seen on her sides. Mo wanted to use her for the song because it was rather special.

She tested out the sound first before singing.

"I want everybody to silent their phones and their mouths, don't ruin the song please" she smiles and everyone clearly agrees, and then silence falls inside the large stadium that ranges with the smell of sweat and heat but no one cared at the moment. “Alright...” she took a step back away from the microphone stand as she started playing her ukulele in front of a huge crowd. After 2 chords and a few strums or so, she stepped closer to the mic once again and began singing.

"In a world of places
Let's go somewhere we haven't gone
We've got younger faces
Than our hearts are letting on”

There was a little intermission in the middle on where the drums started to create perfect beats, a few violins also started playing to blend in with the piano and the strums of Izzy. Mo was immersed with the song as well, closing her eyes as she feels the beat from the floor radiate to the soles of her feet.

“What if I asked
What if I asked you to stay?
What if it cost
You, your heart and your last name?

And we won't place any stock in old days
Let's save up for something new
Someday I won't have to wait for you"

"You, you, you, you" At this point of the song, she got lost for she only thought of one thing, them. She was lucky she had backup vocals on which the crowd followed on singing along with as they took notice how Mo was close to tears. She thought about every single one of them.

She thought of Lili. She thought of how she was so caring, how her hugs always felt the nicest and so warm. She thought how she always knows what to say and what she thinks whenever Mo couldn't find the right words to express what she has been feeling. She thought how her soft tiny hands looked so adorable whenever she wrapped them on her own, and oh how soft they felt against her skin and she now longed for.

She thought of Belle, the very sweet Belle. The Idol Belle that is ever so beautiful. Mo loves how they understood each other when it comes to their interests but also for fame. Since being the only 2 of the rest being known to the public, had put them in a lot of pressure and stress, and being there for each other had truly helped them get through. She loved watching her perform on stage. How her body moves ever so gracefully to the music, how her voice stands out from the rest of her other members whenever she moves to the center and show her charm. She loves how she can steal any spotlight just by doing her iconic eye smile that every Raha fans knows by heart. She loved the idea of the public not knowing about her relationship status, but still hated how she has to hide. But she loved how strong she is, Mo had always envied that from her.

She thought of Sam, her first love. She thought of the past on which they got together at first and only thought oh how happy she already is with him. Sam wasn’t the perfect boyfriend but he certainly made her the best version of herself. She loved how Sam made her confident and let her be bolder and stronger than she ever thought she would be. She loved how he can create beautiful stories that makes you feel like you’re in with it. She loved how Sam’s affectionate self never left and she get to receive them everyday.

She thought of Gaia, the chaotic baby out of the rest. She loved how she brings out the joy and energy out of everyone that they did now know actually existed inside of them. She loved how Gaia stays so positive despite herself going through hard times. She loves the way Gaia chooses her words, she had always thought that she was the best at it. She admired how she talks and how emotions she can put in her own writings that she share to the public. She loves it when she sings quietly in her room when she thinks no one was listening. Mo remembered when she had begged her once to join her company but declined, simply saying “I’m more than happy already”. She loves how she listens to everyone intently and how she shows very high interest to what everyone likes. She loves how their relationship is constant bickering but lots of flirts in the end.

She never thought that love could ever be like this, not until she met the love of her life. She loves every single one of them.

Everything went slow, like nothing ever mattered at the moment but the thought of them in her arms. She closes her eyes for the next line in her song is coming, she breathed in and-

She laid down on the big mattress with every single one of her partners surrounding her, with no one else in the room but them. They laid beside her, the others hugging her legs as she calmly strums Izzy with her eyes closed, then she continued singing, just for the four of them.

“And when we sleep at night
I hope that we write novels in our heads
Of what to tell the other when we wake
And when morning comes before we're done with volumes left to choose”

“Let's say ‘I love you’” Lili tucked her head in Gaia’s neck.

“Just ‘I love you’” Belle stretches her left hand and intertwined her fingers with Sam.

“I love you” the ‘you’ were sang a little longer, Sam felt the emotions coming right out of the way it was sang, they all felt it.

“And ‘I love you too’”. The song finally had come to an end. Everyone’s closed eyes also then opened when silence fell around the room. They looked up at the silently crying Mo, whose eyes were held shut, but avoided in asking any questions. They all simply gave her kisses, some on the lips, the cheeks, and her palm and it made her feel at home.

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They were all panicking but at the same time, way too excited. Gaia even thinks they’re her parents about to see their kid become an adult. If one looks at it in a way, she technically is about to be. Every single one of them are hyped up except for the one that’s supposed to be, instead they feel fear, nervous, and vomit for some reason. They’ve been through these kinds of things for so many times already, it’s really nothing new.

*Flashback*

The first time was when Lili went home, knowing her lovers were waiting for her to tell them what had happened at work. All of them had no doubt that she will finally fulfill her dreams to become a psychiatrist, but when she finally told them, let’s just say the most dramatic person out of all of them broke down from so much joy, it was Mo.

“Hey.” Gaia was the first to approach her as soon as she stepped foot in the apartment.

“How was it?” Belle looked up from her bowl of soup with her ears perked up. Lili only stared at her, face blank while doing so. They were quiet for quite a while before she noticed the two boys behind Belle, quietly snickering to themselves for Lili knows that they quickly caught on what she’s doing. She tried so hard to keep a straight face on but when Belle heard quiet giggles behind her and tried to look, Lili lost it.

“Wha-?”

“I got the job” she said with a happy and satisfied smile. All of them cheered loudly and hurriedly ran to give her a tight squeeze.

“Shit okay can’t breathe- CAN’T BREATHE!”
~
The second one was when it was Belle’s debut day. Everyone was, again, hyped up more than her for she was experiencing panic and fear.

“But what if it flops?” she stated, hunched on the couch with a thick blanket draped around her.

“No fucking way it will, I’ve seen you guys perform it way back and it was amazing!” Sam reassured.

“What if no one views it like at all?!”

“What the fuck do you mean? Look I’m the first viewer right now!” Mo tried to humor, only earning glares from his lovers. “What? Gaia’s the second look” he pointed at his left where Gaia is bopping her head and a wide smile plastered on her face, she looked at them and said “hell yeah”.

“I can’t even look at the video; I haven’t seen it because the company’s planning on making a reaction video or something but I want to see it but I don’t UGH~”

“That’s good then. Now just calm down and go to your room we’ll watch it on the biggie” Lili exclaimed. ‘Biggie’ is what they call the television in the living room for it is crazy big. She covered her face with both her hands and sighed deeply before standing up to leave the room. Not even 10 minutes in, she got called back in the living room. No energy in her body whatsoever, she stared at them blankly.

“What?” instead of them answering, Lili gave her Gaia’s phone, which she snatched away earning a loud gasp but on which was ignored.

“That shit expensive” she mumbled.

Belled stared at the open phone and saw an article. Read at the very top was her group’s name followed by “The fastest girl group to earn 5 million views on YouTube on their debut song in under 10 minutes. She couldn’t believe it, she was astonished. She could only look up from her lovers with awe in their eyes. Sam quickly approached her and hugged the overwhelmed latter in her arms.

“We told you so” Mo teased as he stood up from the couch, in which they all quietly agreed on.

“Can we order take-out for celebration?” Gaia interrupted Belle’s tears which are about to fall. Belle scoffed and was about to scold her but Mo quickly faced her with an offended reaction.

“I just said I was going to cook, and it is Belle’s favorite!”

“But you always cook her favorite” she grunted.

“Yeah, ‘cause unlike you, she isn’t a brat” Mo replied and quickly went to the kitchen, right after giving a kiss to her head, not missing Belle on the way but Gaia followed behind her. Belle was left with Lili and Sam around her who gave her reassuring smiles in which she returned with thankful ones.

~
The third time was with Mo. Mo usually posts her songs and covers on her personal YouTube channel and it gets little to no recognitions, unless she promotes it on her social medias. But they didn’t expect her to suddenly just blow up from singing one of her original songs at an open band event. Sam recorded the whole performance and posted it on Mo’s channel which blew like crazy.

She received emails from music companies and was even noticed by some of her favorite singers and bands. They were happy to where she was right now but they did not know that Mo auditioned to some company, they only later knew when Lili found her note on her work desk which read:

“Gone to an audition, won’t be home for dinner <3”

She got back later than they realized, most of them already fell asleep with only Sam awake waiting for her in the living room. He was reading a book and a lamp beside him, he didn’t want to wake the others up if she ever turned the biggie on.

As soon as Mo got back, Sam looked up from his book to look at her, face clearly flushed.

“Hey babe!”

“You’re home rather late” he looked to his right where a wall clock is pinned on, it read 11 PM.

“Yeah, I’m so sorry about that, there were a lot of people that auditioned than I expected, turns out the company was like a huge company or something.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, I looked them up as soon as I got there” she smiled at him which he also smirked at. He closed his book after marking it and settled it on the coffee table. He then quietly walked behind Mo, rested his hip against the center island, arms crossed and waited for the latter to drink her cold glass of water and put the pitcher back in the fridge before asking.

“So?”

“Huh?”

“How was it?” She draped her arms around his neck head slightly tilted to the side before answering.

“Let’s just say, I’ll be your new favorite band in a few months” she confessed on which both smiled widely before leaning in.

“ARE YOU FCKING KIDDING ME?” Gaia screamed out which resulted in Mo and Sam groaning in annoyance for being disturbed. Mo quickly went to the other and draped her left arm over her and said,

“Nice fucking timing baby girl” with a sinister smile.

“Sorry I wasn’t planning on disturbing I was just eavesdropping” she said with an innocent smile on her.

“Sleep on the other room with the others” Sam interrupted.

“Why?”

“Because you interrupted AND you woke the others up so now they’ll give you hell” Mo giggled out.

“Fuck you two” she said, unimpressed and walked away.

“Love you too” the both replied at her. Mo stared as she leaves the room with a smile when she felt a hand on her waist and a mouth close to her ear.

“Goodnight, little Mo” Sam said followed with a kiss on her temple before leaving her to their room.

“Goodnight, King” she whispered, enough for only her to hear.
~
The fourth time was when Sam finally finishes his manga, his own story, plot, drawings, everything, and decided to submit it in a manga company that he had been dreaming to work on for a long time. Every single one of his lovers went with him to the building where he was going to show his work and hopefully be accepted and worked on to be published for others to read. He demanded the others to wait in the lobby,

“I might not have the strength to face any of you if ever I get rejected”

“You’ll do just fine; no way this wouldn’t work” Gaia assured him.

Lili took his hands and raised them to her chest and she looked at the nervous latter. “It’ll be alright, you’re the best at what you do, I always told you that haven’t I? No backing out”

To which he responded with “No backing out” and he was seen to be much more calm after that. He took one last glance at them and left.
~
An hour or two later, he ran as fast as he can back to the lobby, he saw how Lili, Mo and Gaia were up on their feet, hopping around, possibly to pass time as he noticed how one is not present. But then not long after, Belle was seen with a bunch of canned drinks in her arms and also noticed how Sam was running towards her.

“Hey Sam how’d it-“ she was tackled to the ground by the latter and all the drinks fell, some popped open and caused a mess on the floor but he didn’t care, he hugged the life out of her. “I’m guessing you got accepted” she tried to let out while being suffocated.

“I fucking love all of you”

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“Has anyone seen my tie yet?” Mo questioned as he walked back in the living room for the 5th time now.

“For the last time, we’re also looking babe” groaned Belle while busily curling her hair. She hissed at herself after touching the hot rod for a slight second answering to the latter.

“Guys hurry up! We’re kind of 15 minutes late already” Gaia tried reasoning out but nobody seemed to notice until Belle put away the curling iron safely and standing up from where she was sitting.

“It’s only 15 minutes, calm down. Also, two of us are celebrities we can talk our way out of it don’t worry!” She gave a sweet smile to the clearly frustrated teen, earning an audible roll of her eyes. For the meantime, she just switched her attention to her phone while she waits for, she guesses, another 20 minutes.

“SOMEBODY HELP ME FIND MY LEOPARD TIE!” Mo yells again.

“OH MY GOD JUST USE MINE” Sam shouted.

“IT WILL RUIN THE WHOLE OUTFIT”

“THAT LEOPARD TIE WILL RUIN THE OUTFIT NOW WEAR MY FUCKING TIE ALREADY”

“HEY! THAT TIE WAS A NANAMI MERCH DO NOT DISRESPECT THE DILF! Is the tie in the closet?”

“No it already came out years ago” Sam joked which earned an unamused look from the other. “. . . yeah it’s there”

Mo took the tie out and tied it up around his neck and left the room to join Gaia on the couch now that he’s dressed, finally.

“Yow which car are we taking by the way?” Lili asked while trying to hook one of her earrings.

“Oh, I thought we already planned on using your car?” Sam asked, focused trying to tie his tie but as always, still clearly struggling. Lili approached him shortly after to help him.

“Yeah about that, it broke down yesterday and I haven’t got it checked yet so no we can’t take my car.”

“OOH CAN WE TAKE THE PICK-UP?!”

“CAN WE TAKE THE PICK-UP?!” both Mo and Belle said at the same time, saying please repeatedly while bouncing on their feet.

“No.” Gaia, Lili and Sam said to the two quickly.

“WHAT? Why not?” Belle whined.

“Sitting on the back is so much fun!” Mo reasoned out, but not convincing for the concerned others.

“Didn’t you two got followed by dispatch that one time you guys went on a date and dating rumors quickly spread out and your fans went wild on twitter about it?” Lili said in a monotonous tone, leaving the two dumbfounded.

“That was one time” Belle exclaimed.

“Was it?” Sam snorted out, his back facing her.
~
“Y’all suck” Mo groaned as he adjusts his mask and took his car keys and went straight to the front door to open it.

“What’s the point of me wearing a fancy dress if they can’t see my face. I even took time doing my hair” the other whined as she puts on her sunglasses, quickly removing it after. “It’s dark as fuck”

“We just don’t want fans hovering us, plus we’re already late so please” Lili simply answered back, following behind everyone as they approached Mo’s car. One by one of them getting inside.

“My fans know I’m dating Gaia though so what’s the point?”

“SHOTGUN” Gaia called out, running to the passenger seat and strapping herself quickly.

“I’ll allow it” Mo said calmly. They never let Gaia in the passenger seat and it annoys her so much.

“I’m not a kid you guys are paranoid” she always used say.
~
Once everyone is strapped in, they still took time adjusting their outfits, retouching their make-up and all. Sam asked Lili for help adjusting his tie which Lili complied. Since they both sat next to each other, quiet mumblings are exchanged between the two. Soft smiles and chuckles can be heard.

“You look really handsome” Lili said with a “Not without your help” Sam, with a chin nudge for Lili to look up at him. The both leaned in for a share of kiss, but is soon disturbed by their driver going in between their seats. The two stared at him with an annoyed look, later realizing that he was reaching for a discarded inhaler that sat between their thighs. Instead of apologizing, he brought the inhaler up to show his “asthmatic privilege” and quickly retreating his hand back on the wheel, finally starting up the engine and driving.

“I’m gonna kick his ass once his lungs decide to calm down again, I swear” Sam said to which Lili only laughed at, leaning her head on his shoulder.
~
Finally, they arrived at the event, Gaia quickly on her feet to run as fast as she can to the gymnasium where they held the event in.

“FIND A SEAT ON YOUR OWN I GOTTA GO” She yelled out and disappearing from her partners’ sight.

“Well that was rude” Sam pointed out.

“We don’t even know where to go”

While the others are having a crisis as to where they should be heading to, Mo decided to ask for help to some strangers inside the building. To what he thought what the only smart move, completely forgetting as to why he was wearing the mask and sunglasses in the first place.

Not for long, the three heard loud shrieks and screams in the hall, turning their heads to where it was coming from. Then seeing Mo running towards them yelling out,
“5TH FLOOR ELEVATOR ON YOUR LEFT HURRY!” They didn’t bother to ask why he was running but easily followed.

All four of them got inside the elevator safely, the doors closing on the people chasing them, they decided to ask what happened.
“Since we have no idea where the fuck we’re supposed to go I asked someone. I completely forgot why I was wearing this mask and glasses for, I’m sorry!” loud sighs were heard from the other three, letting it go since this is Gaia’s night.

As soon as they left the elevator, the two celebrities’ disguises are back up, and the whole night went smoothly.
~
“Gaia Andrews, Valedictorian” the speaker announced, and loud cheers are heard, illuminating the whole stadium, cheering for her. She receives what was handed to her and posts for a picture, not long sighting her lovers not vary far from the middle. Belle and Lili taking pictures of her and cheering her on while Sam and Mo cheering as loud as they can, completely making a scene, making her laugh.

Gaia then delivered her speech, thanking who and what she desired, not missing her lovers on the way. Everyone at her campus knew about the relationship and she was grateful how accepting they were. Right after her speech, running down from the stage to meet up with the others, all of them squeezed the life out of her with hugs, praises and kisses.

It’s everything she could’ve asked for right before her eyes.

Chapter Text

It was Mo's last destination at their international concert. It was the last country, the last city, and the last song is about to play. Mo was panting heavily alongside the loud cheer of the audience in the packed stadium. Mo felt something heavy in their chest, it felt weird yet they thought nothing of it 'maybe I'm just oddly nervous since it's the last song' they thought, so they continued to smile for the crowd.

"How are you feeling?" Mo asked the crowd which earned loud screams and Mo smiled in satisfaction. As they talked through the microphone, explaining how it will be the last song to the last country of their tour, two stools were propped behind Mo and a guitarist which positioned himself beside Mo, which they both took a seat after.

Mo was wearing a tube top which Belle crocheted for them, short jean skirt which Sam painted on, red doc martens that Lili thrifted and a pink bracelet that Gaia made. As the singer and the guitarist settled on the stools, the stadium turned dark with only a moonlighting shining on them both. The fans instinctively turned their phone lights on to mimic stars in the black night sky.

"For this last song, I'm gonna do something different, to make it special." She settled her hand on her chest, feeling a deep chill inside her, making her feel uneasy. " I wont be singing an original, but my own rendition of a song that is very dear to me." This earned another long loud screams.

The guitarist started plucking on the strings and the crowd immediately recognized it. 'Moon River' by Aubrey Hepburn. Mo started singing and the cheers got louder and the stars started to move with the song. Mo, for some reason, thought of all of her partners once again, yet this time she was crying. She not yet understand if it's overwhelming love she felt or a feeling of something is about to happen. A gut feeling of some sort that she can't quite put her finger on, yet she continued singing.

As soon as the song finished, she stood up and took a huge bow in front of the crowd. She stood up straight and faced the band behind her, as she was about to bow once again, a loud bang was heard and Mo was on the floor. No one saw or understood what just happened, all they knew is that Mo is face first on the floor and her lower back is bleeding.

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"How do you cope with stress? I'm sure you barely rest with the dance practices and recording songs and this, doing interviews, how do you manage that?"

"Well, my members are with me to cheer me up and being with them is just like a magic spell that helps with the stress" Belle giggles at her answer which made everyone smile. That was a lie of course but they were media trained for these type of redundant interviews and they have to keep up the act for 4 years. The interviewer moved to the other members as Belle stayed there, smiling, but all of a sudden she felt this sharp pain in her chest out of nowhere. She felt a weird feeling in her gut as well which suddenly makes her want to leave instantly. She was being filmed so she kept up with the sweet girl act and worry about it after filming.

As soon as the interview ended, they went straight to their designated vehicles to drive them back to their homes. She turns her phone and and scrolled across Tiktok when her algorithm showed her what she knew was her gut feeling was telling her a few minutes ago in the interview. Belle froze as if she stopped breathing for a mere 10 seconds before bursting into tears. The headline reads "Singer Songwriter Mo was shot onstage on their last concert in *****". She did not think twice to tell the driver to go straight to the airport as she phones Sam.

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His first manga launch was successful, so successful that Comicon has twice the people it had for the past 5 years. Sam was wearing a mask to keep the anonymity as he signs manga per manga and greeting everyone at the same time. He had been doing this non-stop for 2 hours and he badly needed a break. He reached for the staff behind him to ask for a 10 minute break which they allowed and he went straight to the back of the platform to hide from the crowd. As soon as he went there, his phone started vibrating, he checked and saw that it was Belle. Sam assumed that Belle wanted to talk about her interview so he answered in a loving tone.

"Hey sweetheart, how's the inte-"

"SAM!" Sam heard a loud scream of his name and continuous sobbing on the other line.

"Belle what happened?! Was the interview bad? Talk to me!" Sam tried to calm the other down, not knowing what happened.

"It's Mo! Oh my God Sam! S-something happened and I..I don't know what to do! Sam we have to get to Mo-" Belle kept talking, still not calming down.

"Get to- Belle, Mo is in **** I can't go there, tell me what happened to them?" That's when even louder sobs from Belle can be heard. "Baby speak please I'm getting worried!"

"MO WAS SHOT! MO WAS SHOT SAM PLEASE I CAN'T I-I...MO WAS- MO WAS SHOT!" Belle blurted out and Sam got dizzy. Without bidding her a goodbye, Sam ended the call and as his hand shakes, opened X and there it was. It was trending. '#Modead' '#ConcertShooting' '#Monomo'. All these images popping into his head, terrible things that he can't even imagine. It was cruel, and very much urgent. Sam left the event without notice and contacted Mo's manager immediately, luckily the country where He is in is the same as Mo's, he could get there in time.

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'to be continued'