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Billzo and Ranboo are boyfriends.
Well, not really, but that's what everyone thinks.
It started off as a joke between the pair, going on 'dates', taking cute photos together, always touching each other in some way, stuff like that. Couple-y stuff.
Neither of them knew how or why they started doing it, but they both sure as hell knew they didn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
One day, Ranboo was sending photos to his mother of something he bought recently, but accidently miss-clicked and sent a photo of him and Bill cuddling on his couch. She was ecstatic that her precious son finally found someone to be with romantically, and he didn't have the heart to correct her.
What he didn't know, however, was that she would save said photo and send it to multiple group chats. One with his immediate family, one with his extended family, one with all his friends (online) and their parents, and a whole lot more.
He stared at his phone as it blew up, people sending their congratulations on messages, as well as little things like 'I knew it!' or 'Not surprised, you two just can never get enough of each other.'
He wasn't really upset that everyone knew, he just didn't know how Bill would react. He wasn't sure if the ravenette would be okay with their 'relationship' being public.
He picked up his phone and put it on ‘do not disturb’ to block the messages. He debated calling Bill, and decided it would probably be best if he did. He scrolled through his contacts until he found Bill's name, and clicked on it.
He held it up to his ear, and listened to it ring. Once. Twice. Three times-
"Hello?"
"Bill! Hi! Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I didn't know she would tell everyone, I didn't even mean to tell her-"
"Mate, what are you going on about?"
Ranboo paused. "...Are you joking?"
"No?" Bill said, voice laced with confusion. "Did something on twitter happen? I only just woke up."
"Oh. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay, well, everyone thinks we're dating."
Bill laughed, thinking Ranboo was joking. His laughter soon turned into a cough when the brunette didn't join him. "What."
"Well, okay, don't get mad-"
"What do you mean 'don't get mad'? Ranboo of course I'm gonna be mad why does everyone think we're dating-?!"
"Not everyone! Only like, all of your family, all of my family, our friends... not twitter!"
Bill groaned. "Okay. Why do they think that we're dating."
"Okay, so-" Ranboo took a deep breath. "-I was sending photos of something to my mom and accidently sent a photo of us cuddling and she was like 'oh my god my son has a boyfriend and isn't lonely I'm so happy!' -She didn't actually say that but you get the idea- then she saved the photo and was all like 'guys guys look they’re dating!' and everyone was all like 'oh my god cool I knew it, good for them, blah blah blah.' And then I called you to see what we should do about it."
"Well, why didn't you just tell your mum that we are dating?" He questioned.
"I couldn't! She was so happy and proud of me... I just couldn't."
Bill sighed, but soon started snickering. "Now, hear me out-" He laughed harder, "-What if we told everyone that we're dating."
"And... why would we do that?"
"It'll be hilarious! C'mon Ran, you started this, we may as well make a joke out of it."
Ranboo could practically see Bill's smile through the screen. "Fine, but we should make rules."
"Rules? God, if we make rules it's gonna sound so corny... like straight from a fanfiction."
"I don't care. We don't have to call them rules... more like, boundaries."
"Yeah okay Y/N, what's the first one?"
Ranboo rolled his eyes at the name. "Well no kissing, obviously. Actually, I'm okay with small kisses on the cheek in public if you are. You know, to make it more believable."
"Hm. Yeah. I would be okay with that. I feel like that would be the only rule though, like I can't think of anything I wouldn't be fine with."
"Yeah, same. I'm just trying to make sure we're both comfortable doing this. We can make them while we go, so if one of us crosses a boundary we tell them right away."
"Yeah, that works for me." Bill bit his lip, then continued. "Hey, wanna come over tomorrow? Marco's going out somewhere."
"Sure! I have to go, but I'll see you tomorrow... how does 12 sound?"
"Perfect. Bye!"
"Bye, Bill." Ranboo said, with a smile. He hung up the phone, throwing it down onto the couch next to him. He reached for the remote and put on some random movie. He laid down on the couch, soon falling asleep to the thought of Bill.
Ranboo jolted awake, the sound of his phone ringing blaring from the other side of the couch. He groaned, groggily wiping his eyes and grabbing his phone. He answered without checking who it was.
"Hello-?"
"RANBOO." The brunette jumped at the sudden noise in his ear. " WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU AND BILL WERE DATING? I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND!"
"Oh, hi Aimee. You are my best friend, I just..." He hesitated, trying to think of an excuse. It was quite difficult to do so, seeing as they did tell each other everything. "I... just didn't think it was that important."
"NOT IMPORTANT? NOT FUCKING IMPORTANT? Okay I'm gonna stop yelling because my throat is starting to hurt but that doesn't mean I'm not mad."
"I know."
"Ran, I didn't even know you liked him. You guys hid it so well! How long have you been going out for?"
"Uhm..." He thought back to the past few months, trying to come up with a cute story on how they got together. "Well we got together back in July, so about four months now."
"Oh, so like around twitchcon?"
"Yeah, we ended up having to share a hotel room and-"
"If your gonna start talking about sex please don't."
Ranboo paused. "Uhm. No. We haven't- we aren't up to that stage of our relationship yet." He said, voice shaking while a slight blush crept up around his neck all the way to his cheeks.
"Haha virgin."
"Shut up." Ranboo said, pulling the phone away from his ear so he could check the time. "Oh shit, I have to go."
"Why?" Aimsey questioned.
"It's 10:47."
"Yeah? So?"
"Oh, I'm going to Bill's house."
"Loser. BYE!"
"Bye-?" He was cut off by the sound of the phone hanging up. He sighed, getting up to go get ready to meet Bill.
He excitedly ate breakfast, soon after brushing his teeth and having a shower. He carefully picked his outfit, wanting to impress Bill. Not in a way that he wanted the ravenette to fall in love with him or anything, just so he didn't think lowly of Ranboo.
After getting ready, he called an Uber. The brunette sat on the steps of his house, waiting for it to arrive.
His brain was flooded with the thought of Bill. Holding his hand, spending time with him, giving him cute little handmade gifts and how he would react, kissing him. It wasn't really uncommon for Ranboo to be having thoughts like these, he just brushed them off as wanting to be closer friends with him, or enjoying his company.
Ranboo's thoughts were cut short when he heard a horn honk. He jumped up, blinking a few times before realising his Uber was there. He walked over and got into the backseat, plugging in his headphones hoping the driver would get the hint and wouldn't bother him.
After a short 15 minute drive, he thanked the driver and hopped out of the car. While walking up to the door he put his headphones back in his pocket, along with his phone.
He knocked on the door at exactly 11:57. Three minutes early. His mask was pulled down to his chin, so when Bill opened the door he was greeted with a massive smile.
Bill smiled back, of course. He always thought Ranboo had such a pretty face. Beautiful eyes, a cute nose, light freckles, and a smile too big for his face. He thought it was cute, but would never tell anyone.
"Hi." Ranboo said, a soft blush creeping upon his face.
"Hello," Bill said, still admiring the brunette's features. He coughed when he realised what he was doing. "Uh, come in."
The taller of the two stepped in, looking around the not-so-familiar hallway. He followed Bill as he led them to the living room, taking a seat on the couch once entering.
"So," Ranboo started, "Do you wanna watch a movie-?"
The brunette froze when he felt Bill lean up against him. He smiled, and wrapped his arm around the other.
"Sure, but only if I pick."
"What! But you always pick, Bill! It's not fair."
The ravenette jokingly scoffed, "Well whenever you pick, it's always a scary movie!"
"Yeah, because I love scary movies. Obviously."
Bill rolled his eyes, playfully. "It's almost like you're doing it so I have a reason to cuddle up to you more."
Ranboo laughed. "Maybe. You picked last time, we're watching 'Human centipede."
"Oh fuck no! I am NOT watching a movie where they eat each other's shit to survive!"
Ranboo shrugged, "Well, too bad."
"God why do you have to be such a horror movie loving nerd."
"Hey! Watch your tone, or I may just make you watch an even scarier movie."
"I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I think it's cute."
The brunette blushed, subconsciously pulling Bill slightly closer. "..You think I'm cute?"
The other bit his lip, looking up at Ranboo. "Yeah."
They stared at each other for a few seconds. It felt like hours. Bill thinks he could never get tired of looking at Ranboo's angelic face.
"U-uhm, yeah we can watch like, a different movie if you'd like..." The brunette muttered out, looking away. His cheeks were a rosy-pink, and the ravenette thought that was adorable. He thought everything about Ranboo was adorable.
"Yeah, you can still pick though."
"Yeah. Uhm, how about 'Toy Story'?"
"Only if it's the third one."
Ranboo smiled. "Yeah."
They end up watching a lot of movies. They took turns picking, and ended up watching 3 and a half. It got pretty late, so they decided Ranboo would stay the night. Bill offered him the bed, saying that he'll take the couch.
Even though they watch 'Toy Story', that didn't stop them from watching scary movies. Bill -being the scaredy cat that he is- almost shat himself from getting jump scared too many times.
Ranboo was lying awake in Bill's bed, wishing that the ravenette were lying down next to him. He looked over to his left, and pulled some spare pillow closer to him to cuddle it. He breathed in its scent. It smelt like a dark forest, with traces of men's cologne. It smelt like Bill.
Ranboo sighed, hugging it tighter. He loved the way the shorter smelt. Not in a weird way or anything, he just thought it matched him so perfectly. I mean to be fair, Ranboo thought everything about Bill was perfect.
The brunette jumped and pushed the pillow away when he heard a knock on the door. "Y-yeah?" He was slightly surprised when he was greeted with a crying Bill, shaking violently. Ranboo immediately got up and ran over to the ravenette, pulling him into a hug. "Bill, Bill what's wrong?"
"I-It's embarrassing.." He muttered in between sobs, burying his head into Ranboo's chest.
"Hey, it's okay... you can tell me what happened. Come, sit down." He led Bill to the bed, once again pulling Bill into a hug when they sat.
"I-I had a bad dream, a nightmare." Bill said, looking away. He was obviously embarrassed, so Ranboo decided now wasn't the best time to make fun of him for it.
"Yeah? Do you wanna talk about it?" When the ravenette shook his head, he spoke again. "Do you wanna sleep in here and I take the couch instead?"
Once again, Bill shook his head. "No, I wanna sleep with you. O-only if you're okay with that, though."
The brunette smiled softly at him. "Of course. Come on, let's lay down yeah?"
Ranboo led the shorter to lay down, carefully placing the blanket over him. He watched as Bill fell asleep, and made sure not to move so he didn't disturb the other. He cherished Bill's soft features. He let his eyes wander around the ravenette's face, eventually landing on his hand that was placed on the pillow in front of him.
The brunette thought about how easy it would be to just, move his hand up slightly. Bring it up next to Bill's. Make their fingers intertwine. Ranboo's face was already red just at the thought of it. He carefully brought his hand up, right next to the other's. He noticed the difference in size, and blushed harder. Just as he was about to grab it-
"Ranboo?"
His breath hitched as he quickly moved away, face struck with shock.
"Ran, if you wanna hold my hand, you can. I... I would really like it if you did."
Ranboo paused for a second, before slowly bringing his hand up once more, this time actually clasping them together. The brunette let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding, making Bill giggle.
"Yeah. I was right before. You're really cute."
Ranboo blushed. "Well, I think you're handsome."
Bill moved their hands down slightly so he could see Ranboo's face. "I think you're beautiful. I think you're the prettiest person I've ever met. I think you're angelic. I think you're perfect."
The brunette was star-struck. God, how could he not fall for this boy? "I-" He giggled. "I think I love you."
"Ranboo..." Bill started, "I love you too. I love you so much. I've loved you since the day we first fucking met."
"C-can I kiss you?"
"Please."
After hearing those words, Ranboo pulled him into a kiss. It wasn't perfect, seeing as it was his first, but at the same time it was. He whined when he felt a hand trail up his back and to his hair, beginning to gently tug on it. He pulled Bill closer, deepening the kiss.
It felt heavenly. The shorter's chapped lips against his felt perfect, like puzzle pieces that were made for each other. It felt as if the world outside was paused, like you would on a show or movie, just so they could have this moment.
Ranboo really did love Bill. He loved the way he got butterflies whenever he was around. He loved how affectionate he was. He loved how caring he was. He loved everything. He loved Bill more than anything. Ever.
He let out a shaky breath when Bill moved down and started leaving kisses on his neck. He tilted his head up slightly to give the ravenette better access, letting out a quiet moan.
Once Bill kissed/sucked a spot enough to leave a mark, he pulled away. "I love you."
"I love you too, Bill. So much."
Neither of them knew what was going to happen next. Neither of them knew what was going to happen in the future. But everyone knew something after a tweet Ranboo made the next morning.
Billzo and Ranboo are boyfriends.