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Phainon and Mydei are popular actors that always get paired in movies and TV shows where they were rivals. Both of their fan bases thought they truly are in real life by how much bickering they had in the behind the scene clips.
That was until one reality TV show directed by the twin directors, Caelus and Stelle, who saw potential in them to bait their fanbases to believe otherwise.
The twins had this idea for a while after watching every single footage of Mydei and Phainon (they were secretly their fans). So they rent a nice small area in a remote village to make sure not a single audience knows where they are to avoid stalking.
“Wow, this looks like my childhood house.”
“You were raised in a barn?”
“Nope! My family sells wheat though. And chicken eggs.” Phainon stopped walking to use his fingers to count the animals in his childhood, “Okay, maybe it was a barn.”
“Not a surprise.”
“What does that supposed to mean?” He mocked offense. One of the twins looked at the other with a smile and a nod in approval. Their idea is the best!
“You look like a farmer.”
“And you look like you belong to an emo boy band.”
Stelle caught her cough while Caelus almost knocked the camera with his feet amidst his fall.
“Touché.”
The two actors explored the rooms, which aren’t much since it was built for one person.
“Why did you pick this small of a house again?” Considering both of them have big builds, it was a wonder why these two picked a tiny house.
“The other houses were as small or even smaller, this is the nicest one we have!” Caelus reasoned while Stelle added, “And if you say ‘But I saw a huge one while we were in the car’ Wrong! That one is haunted!”
“Well thank goodness you didn’t pick that one or Mydei would pick a fight with them.” Phainon joined in the conversation, leaning his arm towards Mydei’s shoulder.
Stelle’s eyes glinted in stars. Oho, did she see what it seemed like to be a blush from our blonde prince? To the untrained eye, he looks like he wanted to kill Phainon for a mere touch. But a loyal fan like her with a collection of DVD’s versions of his movies, that is totally a sign that Mydei likes the fella!
She nudged Caelus and her twin laughed maniacally but quietly.
“Scared of the dark?” Mydei said, all eyes on Phainon, while oblivious the twins were still busy whispering and laughing.
“N-no. Like I said my dear Mydeimos, I’m more afraid you would scare the ghosts instead. They were people before, afterall.”
“Uhuh.”
Phainon’s suffering ended when Caelus clapped his hand to pop their little bubble, “Okay, me and Stelle agreed we should start tomorrow.”
Phainon raised a hand midway, “What about the part where we explore the house?”
“Oh we got that already, just a short clip to keep the fans on their toes.”
“Unusual, but I trust you partners.”
“Aw, more than Mydei?” Caelus half hugged the other and for a moment, he saw how Mydei eyed their interaction more intense than usual.
Phainon laughed, “How could I pick? Not fair of you to put me in a spot, Partner.” He ruffled his gray hair to return Caelus’s playfulness.
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“Mydei, what chu cookin?” Phainon peaked from the blonde’s shoulders, placing his hands on one like a cat peaking.
“Omellettes.”
“No honeycakes today?”
“HKS, I gave you honeycakes all the time.”
“But they’re not freshly baked.” Phainon whined, now hugging Mydei from behind.
Mydei rolled his eyes, “Fine, I’ll make them tomorrow.”
Stelle turned off the camera abruptly by covering the lens. She knows she instructed them to be nice to each other but she’s worried they were making them uncomfortable for the sake of the show, “Um, you guys don’t need to go over the top.”
“Huh? Over the top on what?” Phainon asked, still in the back hug position while resting his head on an unbothered Mydei.
Caelus pulled the hem of his sister’s coat.
“Nevermind, keep whatever you guys are doing!”
The twins gave them a thumbs up. Seems like they were right about them actually getting along!
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The crew then moved location to the barn beside their house.
“Why is there a single horse here?” Mydei asked.
“Awh poor thing, are you lonely?” Phainon cooed while patting it. The horse neighs as a greeting, its muzzle nudged against Phainon as an appreciation towards him.
Mydei grabbed the back of his collar, “You’ll get dirty.”
“That’s why showers exist in farms.” Phainon pointed out.
“We’ve just started and you already smell.”
“Afraid of a little dirt. Mydeimos~?”
“Ha! As if!”
“Then let’s see who could carry more hay!” Phainon challenged, puffing out his chest which Mydei respectfully stared at.
“You’re on.”
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After the two showered out the dirt and sticked out hay, Caelus and Stelle announced it was time for a game to win lunch.
“I could just cook for all of us.”
“Nope! No fun in that. Remember this is a reality show and not your getaway marriage!” Caelus teased while Mydei went red.
“What’s the game?” Phainon arrived later after the shower, his usual bouncy soft hair damp, and the usual collar sitting tightly on his neck was vacant. To Mydei’s eyes, he looks naked.
“You two would spin around like a beyblade for 10 seconds and you two need to touch each other fingertips without falling!” Stelle explained.
“That sounds easy.”
Phainon retracted his words when the two were actually placed end to end.
“You guys ready?!” Caelus shouted.
“Ready!”
Mydei nodded.
“Then, one.”
Both positioned themselves lower like what Stelle demonstrated, one hand forwards towards the ground.
“Two.”
“Three!”
They spin while Caelus counts Phainon’s spins and Stelle does the same with Mydei.
“9…10! Go!”
Both of them stumbled their feet, their index fingers pointed towards each other.
“Feeling dizzy, Mydei?”
“You look like a newborn deer.” Mydei mocked while he almost tripped on his own legs.
Phainon was already near Mydei, a little more and their mission was complete.
Easier said than done, Phainon tripped on an uneven part of the backyard’s soil. At full speed, his body collided with Mydei’s. Their foreheads smashed together.
Caelus and Stelle cringed at this.
“Ooh, that’s gotta hurt.”
But lo and behold. While the two were suffering on the ground, the camera captured how the two completed the mission! Their fingers were still together even as they fell.
“Congrats you two! You have proven your bond is more than just a script, you earned a whole BBQ!”
“Yay…” Phainon cheered, fist bumped towards the air while still on top of Mydei on the ground. Their foreheads created smoke from the collision.
In a daze, Mydei unconsciously (or was he?) squeezed Phainon’s thigh, “You’re getting fat, Fig Stew.”
Phainon slapped him to wake up.
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“Your cooking never fails to surprise me.” Phainon munches on the chicken skewer.
“Slow down, you got BBQ sauce all over your mouth.” Mydei scolded while still grilling his portion.
“I do?” Phainon tried removing the sauce stain from his mouth but it ended up causing more mess, “Did I get it?”
“HKS.” Mydei muttered, more endeared than annoyed. He picked several tissues from the box and moved towards Phainon.
“W-what are you doing?! I can do it myself!” Phainon tried to grab the tissues on Mydei’s hand but the blonde easily avoided it.
“Shut up or I’ll pour more BBQ sauce on your face instead.” Mydei smirked while Phainon went redder with each swipe. “Our great actor couldn’t even stay clean forever, huh? That’s cute.”
Caelus almost stabbed his sister’s eyes with the skewer. Did they hear that right?!
“I am not! You’re cuter Mydei. Way more than me.” Phainon pointed like he was being bullied, “Have you seen the pole where they voted you as top 10 beauties in all of Amphoreus?”
“Wasn’t that you who created it?”
“How did you know?”
“You’re the only one who would do such foolish things.” Mydei ruffled his soft hair.
The twins' jaws dropped. Oh my Aeons, did Mydei initiate flirting and Phainon flirted back?!
“It could be them.” Phainon pointed at their directors who were busy screaming inside and out.
Mydei raised an eyebrow at how ridiculous Phainon was.
“Was it that obvious?”
“Yes.” Mydei then did something more jaw dropping than the last.
He- He tucked the hair in Phainon’s face and clipped it with a hairpin from thin air so the other could eat better!!!
“Oh thanks, Mydei” He continued on as if nothing happened
The blonde finally could sit down and eat his food then noticed the twin’s mouth still hanging open, “Was the food not your likings?”
“It’s good!” Stelle squeaked like when she got caught digging a trash can.
“No need to worry!” Caelus chimed in.
Mydei shrugged off their usual weird behavior, “If you say so.”
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The comments were crazily supportive when the first episode aired.
”Our cold Prince could laugh like that??”
”Oh my Aeons, I could faint. The gap moe is so real!”
”Chat, is it just me or do they make a good couple?”
”To that one comment, shitt you’re right. I’m gonna make a ship tag for them!”
Their comments now flooded with how cute the two were together. Some were still negative about how lovey dovey they acted but the supporters quickly silenced them.
“Should we tell them?” Phainon asked, hugging Mydei’s sides while acting as the other’s weighted blanket. His head so comfortably squished against Mydei’s chest.
“The twins should know by now.” Mydei played around with the two white sprouts that seemed to act as a mood indicator for its owner. Just on cue, they bent to shape like a heart.
“It’s kind of fun seeing the two so shocked. They always pull pranks on us first.” His feet playfully kicked forward and back in the air, “And I saw how jealous of you are~” fingers poked at Mydei’s cheek.
Not a single retort was uttered when Mydei’s prey was just right at his fingertips. He kissed his lover’s forehead, the eyes, holding Phainon’s hands when he tried to remove himself from their position. Then of course, he nibbled his ear and a cherry on top, he kissed on lips until Phainon’s lips were like actual cherries!
Mydei loves how Phainon never gets used to his kisses. Look how mushy his brain now is by how Phainon just gave up on talking with a whine of a dog, his body slacking against Mydei which the blonde chuckled at and stroked the back of his head.
“See? You’re the cutest.” Mydei said while Phainon responded with a weak smack on his chest.