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win and sound had never intended for their relationship to be hidden, nor had they intended to publicly declare it, as well. they were simply going with the flow.
and that flow continued with no disruption for 6 years.
win and sound are both artists. win was known for his song-writing ability and his rap, while sound was known for his versatility with music and acting.
they worked for different labels, but the two of them had already cleared early on in their relationship and careers that they don't want to hide their relationship from their managements. lucky for them, their agencies were accepting of their relationship.
for the next few years in their relationship, they had never tried to hide it. if their instagram posts had the same scenery because they were together, they didn't care. if the fans had caught on with their complementary captions, they didn't care. but seriously, no one really noticed it long enough for everyone to start a rumor.
so why now?
because the young couple have no idea if they would laugh or be concerned at the complete haywire disaster that both of their fans are currently in. they have gone down a rabbit hole trying to connect the dots and any connections between actor/singer sound and song-writer/rapper win.
different rumors have spread: they were dating, they were engaged, they were married, they were enemies. honestly, the last one was the most confusing one. because in what world did their fans interpret their cryptic captions and same background posts as two people competing with each other? they get the point. trust me, they do. but seriously?
it was pure entertainment, nonetheless. waking up at 6 in the early morning at both their day off, scrolling through twitter as their fans posted different kinds of speculations like they haven't slept a wink yet just because sound and win's relationship is a mystery to them.
"your fans have really wild imaginations," win suddenly said as he was laughing at something he was reading in his phone. his comment made sound laugh as well, having had his fair share of encounters with his own fans' speculations. to say the least, it was otherworldly.
"why? let me see." sound set his phone to the side and cuddled close to win's side, laying his head down on win's shoulder. his boyfriend turned his phone towards him so he could clearly see what win was reading.
it was a thread of sound's fan's speculation regarding their dating rumor. according to the fan, they think that sound and win had met at a bar because the first cryptic caption they had was at a bar, not to mention that the captions were 'had a good night?' and 'one of the best night'. the thread even continued about a one night stand speculation with a zoomed in picture of sound's neck with a hickey and win's arm that had a red scratch.
sound closed his eyes and kept his mouth in a tight line, trying not to laugh. there was some truth to the speculation, yes. but win was right. sound's fans really have some wild imaginations.
"i'm still confused how they managed to connect your hickey and my scratch as a one night stand," win mutters with a chuckle, placing his phone to the side and wrapping his arms around sound. he leaned down and gave sound a quick peck on his lips as sound laughed at his words.
"i mean, they were somehow right. we really did have sex that night. but the whole bar and one night stand thing was definitely a product of reading too many fanfictions." sound turned more to his side to properly face win. he used win's arm as a pillow, placing one hand on win's jaw as he leaned up to kiss him.
"how did they even start the rumor, though? for 6 years, they had no idea that we were dating. some would start a theory, but it's usually turned down quickly by the others because we have never collaborated even once." one of win's hands grabbed purchase on sound's hair, combing the soft locks with his fingers. sound shivered a bit like a cat at the soft touch that sent a pleasurable and comforting feeling in him.
"i think it's because someone saw us in our high school yearbook. i saw one fan's post with our picture in high school with the band. i think they're studying in our previous high school right now. the fan just wanted to share it because they're a fan of both of us, but then everyone went down a rabbit hole with all the rumors. it's amazing how one high school picture of us with the whole band somehow sparked their imagination that we're dating, yet all of our posts went by unnoticed." sound cuddled close to win, burying his face in the crook of win's neck, inhaling his boyfriend's body wash scent of vanilla and lavender.
"i even went as far as posting a really obvious picture in my story with the two of us, but they just assumed i was out with a friend. how their mind works... it's really beyond me." the two of them laughed at win's words. sound vividly remembers how win contemplated if he should post it, add it to his instagram story, or just keep it hidden in his photos. it was a slightly blurred picture of the two of them with win's hand wrapped around sound's waist, while sound was leaning one arm on win's shoulder. in the end, win added it to his story. some fans had gone crazy over the post, talking about the possible meaning of who win was with. but it was all quickly shut down by multiple fans who believed that win was simply just with a friend.
yeah, friend. a boyfriend.
"should we reveal our relationship to them? or should we just let them go crazy over it?" sound voices out the same thought they both had in their head. part of them wanted to just come clean and tell their fans. yet part of them also liked the peace and privacy they had when no one suspected anything going on between them.
in the end, the question remained lingering in the air between them and in their mind. but deep down, they were both answering the same thing: they won't make things public. at least, not yet. they would wait for the right moment.
and so, they continued living their lives like how they used to before all the rumors. they honestly expected it to die down after a few days, just like what happened with all the past attempts of their fans to spark a rumor. but it seems like their fans are completely hell-bent on shipping the two of them now.
crazily enough, their fans had started to interpret everything that would connect the two of them. any and all possible things that might've hinted at their relationship, their fans watched like hawks. it was quite hilarious to see how hard they were trying to figure this whole thing out and how there seemed to be a united force going on between sound and win's fans.
"they even wrote stories now. amazing," win said with disbelief as he laughs while scrolling through his phone. it was the weekend, and sound had no schedule today, so they were both free again. it had already been a month since the whole dating rumor had begun, yet their fans looked like they won't be stopping anytime soon.
seems like the dating rumor was not going down easily this time.
sound placed down his glass on the kitchen counter and walked towards where win sat on the sofa. he propped both of his arms on win's shoulders and rested his chin on top of win's head. "really? what did they write?"
"your fans are really wild. whoever wrote this was high on sex hormones." win chuckled as he showed sound his phone screen. true enough, the warning emoji of 18 catched his attention first. the summary of the story was basically just some spicy imagination of win doing unimaginable things to sound.
"it's true, though. you really do unimaginable things to me, babe," sound teases his boyfriend, who slaps his arm lightly as a response. sound removes himself from win and walks around the couch. he sat down beside win, leaning his head on his boyfriend's shoulder as win wraps his arm around sound's shoulder.
"want to do something today? it's rare that we have the same day off." win kissed the top of sound's head as he asked his boyfriend. he let sound think for an answer, watching his boyfriend's cute thinking face.
"i want to go to an amusement park. we haven't visited one together for so long. but fans might see us, though." sound raised his eyes to look at win, only to be met by his boyfriend's siren eyes that was already looking at him. win smiles at his boyfriend's words, rubbing his hand a bit on sound's shoulder.
"let's go to the amusement park, then. it's fine. let them see." win left a long kiss on sound's forehead before the two of them stood up and got ready for their date. sound wore a simple navy blue polo shirt and black trousers, while win wore a white button-down shirt and denim pants. they had brought an extra pair of clothes, just in case.
win rarely ever wears makeup, so it wasn't uncommon to see him bare-faced. in all honesty, both his fans and his boyfriend go crazy at his bare face more than his face with makeup. sound, however, was so used to wearing makeup, especially when he has drama shoots. but today, he was bare-faced, and win could now understand the appeal. the way sound was all dressed up in casual clothes with his sling bag and bare-faced; yeah, win definitely understands the hype.
"you look extra hot today, babe." win compliments him, kissing sound's temple as the two of them walked outside of their penthouse unit.
both sound and win didn't care if someone saw them being so intimate together. after all, there's already the dating rumors, so they have nothing to lose, really. it won't even be a surprise if they get back home later and see the internet going wild about their amusement park date.
but today, they're going out as a couple, so fans be damned. they're going to enjoy today as boyfriends-for-10-years sound and win, and not as singer/actor sound and song-writter/rapper win.
once they arrived at the amusement park, they let themselves loose. all previous thoughts about their fans finding out about their date today flew out of their minds as they genuinely had fun with each other. they rarely get day off together. it was usually win who was free and sound who was busy. it was usually win who would adjust and take care of sound just to have a small amount of time for one another. on crazily busy days, win would come back home at the same time that sound has to leave for work.
sometimes, it felt like they were just simple housemates rather than lovers. but what kept them going was their love, trust, and communication. even after focusing on their own careers, achievements, and goals, sound and win never forgot who they would always go home to at the end of the day. sound and win never forgot who was there, waiting for them to go back. sound and win never forgot who was their solace after tiring days. sound and win never forgot who was there to celebrate all the small and big things.
sound and win never forgot that home can be a person, and that person was one another.
they never forgot to communicate despite both having straight a's at being hot-headed and short-tempered. somehow, in some way, win and sound clashed, and then they blended. they mixed so well that it was scary. they understood each other to the point that one could probably say that soulmates do exist. that some people, in some special stroke of luck, had managed to find their missing half.
win and sound were each other's missing half.
so, yes. sue them for having the best time of their lives after sacrificing so much and enduring multiple things together. whatever bond this is that binds them together so strongly, it wasn't just on pure coincidence. they both worked for it because they both wanted it. and today, they're sound and win who have loved each other for 10 years and will love each other for the remaining decades of their lives.
it was sweet. seriously, it was tooth-rotting to see how much affection and love win and sound had for each other, and this was just from mere pictures taken by fans. who knew pictures could capture such a pure, deep love? those big smiles and expressive eyes, it was no exaggeration to say that their fans had formed an alliance, a pact, to protect these two and their relationship.
sound and win was their last card.
and nothing could have ever prepared sound and win for the onslaught of affection they received from their fans. it was from then on that they realized it was never sound and win against the world. it was always sound and win together with the world.
sound and win smiled at the camera as the comment section quickly loaded all of their fans' comments. win had his arm wrapped around sound's shoulder as they did a casual live that silently but clearly confirmed the dating rumor that had been going around for a month.
the two of them were sitting on the sofa as they ate while chatting together and occasionally reading and answering the fans' comments. one comment in particular catched sound's attention as he read it aloud.
"sound, is that a ring on your finger?"