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‘Fuck, fuck, fuck, this is crazy’
He thought as he ran down the street hearing sirens ringing not far behind. The real culprit of his crime, his camera, was being shoved down his bag as he hurried into some back alley. He didn’t care where it would lead as long as he escaped, but as he rushed down different alley ways he found himself in the poorer side of town. He had never been there but something about it felt..familiar, in a weird way. He shook it off as he noticed the place was definitely crime ridden and he needed to keep his guard up while weaving through.
It was a blur on how he got home, the smog in that back area seemed to mess with his head but he somehow made it home. Albeit with a raging headache when he woke up the next morning. He groaned sitting up and getting out of bed going towards his bathroom and staring in the mirror. His clear and pale skin, smudges eye make up he never took off last night, and a messy silvery mop of hair.
He stared at his reflection in the mirror quietly inspecting himself then thought.
‘Till, that’s my name..right.’
He then sighed, splashed his face with water to wake himself up more and accidentally getting his hair wet slightly. Ignoring the water dripping from the front ends of his hair he opened the mirror cabinet over the sink. Rummaging through it slightly before grabbing what he was looking for, a white pill bottle.
Grabbing the bottle he opened it taking the one pill left and swallowing it dry, hoping it’ll help him recall the events of him getting home.
Till then turned away from the mirror walking out the bathroom and checking his phone, 10:09am.
“Shit”
He sped walked into his bedroom grabbing a new set of clothes, nothing fancy, just some grey sweat pants and a black t-shirt. He pulled them on hurriedly and grabbed his bag leaving his apartment door not caring to lock it, not like he had anything worth taking.
The city was buzzing, it was supposed to be an eventful day. Till weaved between people down the sidewalk, his eyes glued to his camera checking the photos from the day prior. They were dark photos, granted they were taken at midnight, but they were clear enough.
Just as he was about to look at the last photo, the most important one, his feet stopped hearing the crowd of voices get louder and he looked up. He arrived, an hour late but still, he searched the crowd spotting a familiar black hair girl. Pushing between fans he made it up to the front next to her, out of breath he spoke.
“Sua! Has he..”
The girl, Sua, glanced at him, her camera up taking photos of some idol walking by.
“No, Ivan hasn’t walked by yet”
Till sighed out in subtle relief, he wasn’t too late at least.
“You look rough”
She said simply, not empathy or anything in her voice just and observation. Till knew how she was, only cared when it came to her girlfriend. It’s not like they are friends either, more so just colleagues. To be honest Till was sure Sua didn’t like him at all when they first met. He did have a celebrity crush on her girlfriend though, so he can’t exactly blame her.
Then Till heard the first highpitched scream.
“AHHHH!!!!! IVAN!”
“WE LOVE YOUU!”
“IVAN! TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF!!!”
‘I definitely didn’t need to hear that one.’
Till thought, a little uncomfortable for Ivan but he couldn’t be the one to judge so he shook it off and pulled his camera up.
Adjusting the camera he started taking photo after photo as Ivan walked down the walkway. Ivan was the twenty-third idol to walk down there, it was the previews for Idol Stage. An event that happened once every 5 years, a chance for newer idols to rise up just as easily as older idols could fall down.
Till pulled his camera away from his face for just a moment to adjust his camera when he raised it again and Ivan was right in front of him. The taller male with flawless skin inches away from him smiling. Till could’ve sworn time went way to slow when Ivan lifted the lense of the camera smiling perfectly for Till. Without thinking Till took the photo and Ivan turned continuing to walk down the walkway.
Sua was even shocked herself, glancing back at Till before hearing someone shout, “Mizi!” and her attention was back on the walkway taking multiple photos instantly.
Till stood there, stunned and confused, when he was tasked by his company to prioritize any stories on the idol Ivan he was sure it was gonna be infuriating. Ivan was infamous for evading paparazzi, there was maybe one small story out about him.
‘Did he just grab my camera..and pose for it?’
The day was hot, Till regretted wearing sweats but it was the easiest to throw on. After all the Idol competitors walked by him and Sua began making their way inside the event. They had it lucky, being allowed in that is, it was all thanks to Sua. Her and Mizi had been dating since before Mizi even started her idol career. Sua was obviously her number one fan, she was Mizi’s personal photographer when at home. With this connection however it got her, and Till since they worked together, into the building before other paparazzi.
‘Finally some quiet’
Till thought as he went into the bathroom, his headache from before growing. He set his camera down on the sink for a moment before checking the photo’s he got. They were alright, Ivan looked flawless but the only one that looked worth the hassle was the one Ivan came up for. It looked..phenomenal, he was gorgeous, well of course he was but this photo was..something else entirely.
Till then thought back to earlier when he was going through his camera and switched back to the photo’s he got last night. He looked at the last photo from that time, it was the clearest of them all, Ivan, in his home privately, hair wet, fresh out the shower, towel wrapped around his waist dangerously low. The oddest part, a smile on his face, he almost looked like he was angling in the light..’weird’ Till thought then brushed it off. Closing the photo and ready to head back out when he heard a voice.
“That was a nice photo.”
Till jumped out of his skin, bumping his camera off the sink. It plummeted towards the ground when the person responsible for scaring him caught it. Till looked at the person..Ivan.. his skin crawled for being caught looking like a creepy stalker. He couldn’t really deny it either though.
“I- it’s not what it looks like-“
Till tried to defend himself from no accusations that were even coming his way while Ivan just smirked at him.
“If you wanted some shirtless photo’s of me you could’ve just asked”
“I’ll delete-what?”
Till looked at Ivan completely baffled. This idol, infamous for avoiding any scandals or paparazzi photo’s was offering to give him free material..?
“That tree must’ve been hard to get up to the point you got a photo this nice”
Ivan said looking through some of the photos. Till’s face flushed reaching for the camera.
“You can’t just-“
Ivan smiled, that devious smirk he was know for. Holding the camera just out of Till’s reach.
“C’mon I’m offering my body to you at least let me see the results”
“Don’t word it like that!”
Till whisper yelled reaching for his camera, not realizing how close he was to Ivan when the door to the restroom opened. Till froze looked behind towards the door, another Idol, Luka, the blonde Idol glanced at the two, his face blank as he turned and walked right back out the door.
Till’s face somehow got even more red as he swiped the camera out of Ivan’s hands and sped walked out of there. Leaving the venue itself quickly, he got a decent photo, with Ivan’s help, but it was more than enough for his company.