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Tobi didn't always watch the sidemen videos back after they were posted. He lived through most of them, after all, and sometimes he just didn't feel the need. While some fans might not believe it, he actually didn't think every single one of their videos was that great.
And then, sometimes, they posted a video that he had to drop everything to sit down and immediately watch.
This was one of those videos. They'd filmed it months before actually posting it, holding it back because, as so often happened, Harry had said something offensive that needed to be censored out, and the boys weren't sure if it was even going to be acceptable to fans with the censor. But Tobi had found so much joy in filming it. All he wanted was to share that joy with the fans.
So he personally was thrilled when someone had finally gotten around to editing out Harry's particularly bad joke and actually posting the video to the moresidemen channel. And, two minutes or so into the video, when Vik got up to take his spot, he right away started to feel that same mirth he'd felt while filming it. Vik had spent the entire shoot unable to control his laughter, sitting in that chair a vision of beauty and joy in an ILLVZN hoodie. The hoodie that he'd hidden a tiny love note in when he'd first given his friends their goodie bags to celebrate the brand's launch. The note that he still sort of regretted not filming the boy's reaction to, but had wanted to keep private anyway.
Watching his lover sitting on the screen, his face alight with that beautiful, infectious laughter, Tobi thought back to the day of filming. That first look at the outfit Vik had chosen had been intoxicating. He remembered wrapping his arms around the smaller man, running his hands along his torso, feeling the texture of his brand's embossed logo displayed brazenly across Vik's chest. He remembered the blush that had crept to Vik's cheeks as he whispered in his ear "broadcasting to everyone that you're mine, are you?"
"That's what you wanted me to do with it, isn't it?" He remembered Vik's response exactly, the shy quiver of his voice, the way he'd leaned back into the warmth of Tobi's embrace. The way all of the blood had rushed away from Tobi's brain in that moment.
The hollered "gaaaaay" from Simon when their embrace lasted a few seconds too long, and the raucous laughter of their friends that had helped to set the tone for the whole video.
"Hey, you in here?" He heard Vik's voice down the hall, pulling him back out of his thoughts, and he turned in his chair to face the door, pausing the video near the end. "Yeah," he called back. When the boy's face appeared in the doorway, Tobi felt his own face melt into a smile. God, he was still smitten.
"Hey, love," he said softly, gesturing for Vik to come closer to him. He wrapped his arms around Vik's hips when he did, pulling him close to him and eventually into his lap. Vik laid his head against Tobi's chest and nestled in contentedly beside him. "What's up?" Tobi asked, stroking one hand through his boyfriend's hair.
"Nothing," Vik shrugged slightly as his eyes flickered over to the monitor. "Just wanted some attention. What are you watching?"
Tobi planted a gentle kiss on the corner of Vik's jaw, just below his ear. "We finally released that offensive jokes video. I just wanted to watch it again."
He hit play on the video, and on the screen, Vik was laughing and giggling as he tried desperately to get his joke out. The Vik in his lap turned his head into his chest, blushing deeply. "God, this is so embarrassing for me," he mumbled into Tobi's shirt. Tobi laughed and planted another kiss on his boyfriend's forehead. "Nah, I love it. Your laugh made the whole video, love. That's why I wanted to watch it again."
Vik was still blushing, but he seemed a little comforted by Tobi's words, because he took his face out of Tobi's shirt to lean his head against his chest and watch the end of the video with him. "It wasn't even really that good of a joke, either," he admitted when the video ended. "I dunno why I couldn't get it out."
"Because the more we laughed about it the funnier it got, love. That's humor for you." Tobi ran his thumb gently along the sharp line of Vik's jaw, and couldn't resist stealing another kiss from those perfect lips.
"Hey, I have a joke for you," he said, smirking as his eyes met Vik's. His lover blinked widely at him, biting his lip.
"What is it?" Vik asked him.
"Me and my friends started a band," he said, and before he could even get the whole sentence out, the both of them had collapsed together in laughter.