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Corpse walked into the studio, his hands in his pockets. He was nervous to see Sykunno, continuously reminding himself not to hug him.

He spotted Jax, who was standing by a camera, barking orders at a crew. He was surprised to see a very accurate and realistic remake of the among us ship, the waiting lobby was an oval room in the large studio. He saw Sykunno standing there, his heart fluttering with excitement.

Sykunno was surrounded by actors, who somewhat closely resembled their friends. He walked over stopping behind Sykuno as he took a quick selfie with one of the actors. He stayed quiet, taking in the round, slightly blushed face of his friend, trying to maintain himself. He never thought he'd be seeing him in person, but here he was, staring at his bright smile.

Staring. He blinked and furrowed his eyebrows, looking away. Creepy.

"Hey! You must be the guy playing Corpse!"

Corpse turned, feeling his cheeks heating up as he saw Sykunno staring right at him. "Uh," he said, seeing the other actors faces drop at the sound of his voice. "Yea, I'm Julio."

Sykunno grinned. "Wow, they did amazing. You sound just like Corpse."

Corpse laughed. "Really? I never thought we sounded much alike."

Sykunno nodded and held out a hand. "I'm Sykunno."

Corpse shook his hand, shocked at how soft it was. "I know who you are."

Sykunno blushed as they shook hands.

"Okay!" The moment was interrupted as Jax yelled out, drawing everyone's attention. "So, you guys need to go to hair and make up and meet your artists. We need measurements and information on allergies. Then come back out here and we'll go over your lines."

Jax motioned in the direction they were supposed to go, his attention on a clipboard in his hands.

Corpse followed the  group of actors and Sykunno to a metal door on the left, his eyes lingering on the back of Sykunnos head. His heart fluttered and he blushed.

He met his make up artist, shaking hands with the woman. "My names Kayla." She said, gesturing for Corpse to sit in the chair with Julio stitched in the back.

The woman questioned him about his skin as she examined it with pokes and prods, was it sensitve, any materials he couldn't use etc. He answered her questions honestly and she smiled at him in the mirror. She pointed at his eyepatch. "Would it be okay for me to take this off?"

Corpse opened his mouth. He hesitated. "If you turn off the lights on the mirror." He answered.

Kayla smiled, leaning forward and flicking a switch, darkening their portion of the room a bit. "Okay." she lifted the eyepatch, examining his features briefly before quickly placing it back over Corpses eye. "You have very nice eyebrows."

"Ya know," Sykunnos voice drifted over from his make up table where a man was walking around him, examining his face. "Corpse actually wears an eye patch too."

"Does he?" Corpse asked. "I don't really watch his content. Only seen a few clips."

Sykunnos mouth dropped open. "You don't watch his content? His content is so good! Do you at least listen to his music?"

Corpse held in a laugh, free advertisment. "No." He smirked, slightly surprised Sykunno was asking about his music. "You don't strike me as the type to listen to music by an artist named Corpse."

Sykunno shook his head. "I'm not, but I listen to three of his songs at least once a day." Corpse felt shock shoot through him and his heart warm, trying to control himself. "Gotta keep his streams up!"

He blushed deeply. "Thats so nice of you."

Sykunno giggled. "He probably wouldn't notice. All of us do it."

Corpse sighed. Sykunno was right. All their friends streamed his music to boost it, but it felt different to know Sykunno did it. Kayla put several shades of foundation on his face to see which one suited him most.

He then stood up and a man came out with a long strip of measuring tape. Corpse stood stiffly as he was measured, slightly uncomfortable with being touched by a stranger.

Sykunno and the rest of the actors talked while they were measured, getting to know eachother and eventually exchanging numbers on their way back out to the studio.

Jax welcomed them and gestured to a line of chairs just infront of the first set. "Okay," he said handing out a thick stapled stack of papers once everyone sat down. "Here are your lines for episode one and half of episode two."

Corpse flipped through the pages. His eyebrows furrowing as he read the lines.

"Uh, excuse me?" Sykunno said softly, flicking through his own lines. "Corpse is straight."

I'm bisexual. "He doesn't seem straight." Corpse said, eyeing the line that he was sure got Sykunnos attention.

"Is he?" Jax frowned. "Maybe I'll contact him and make sure he'll be comfortable with his character being gay."

"I can ask him for you." Sykunno said. "I talk to him everyday."

"That's so cool." The guy who was supposed to play Jack said.

Corpse smirked. If only they knew. "What about you Sykunno?" He asked flicking through the script. "Are you straight?"

Sykunnos eyes widdened. "Um, as far as I know."

Corpse laughed. "As far as you know?" He adujsted his eyepatch. "Okay."

Sykunno flushed red. "Will you be joining us for dinner tonight, Julio?"

"Nah." Corpse ran his fingers through his hair. "I have a doctor's appointment."

Sykunno nodded. "Okay. Can I at least have your number?"

"Maybe later." Corpse yawned. "My phone is at home." He smacked the script against his hand. "Can we go home now?"

"Yes." Jax said, scrolling through his phone. "See you in a few days."

Corpse got up walking over to Sykunno. "Thanks for inviting me out. See you later."

He took in the mans soft features happy that he finally got to see him up close and in person.

Sykunno smiled at him. "No problem. Bye, Julio."

Corpse turned and walked out of the studio, fanning the air with his script. He climbed in his car and turned it on, deciding to keep the radio off and soak in the excitment of meeting his close friend face to face.

He got home, sneakily avoiding Ben and sitting on his couch in the dark, taking off his eyepatch and rubbing some numbing gel on his lower back as his muscles began to ache. He sighed, frustrated that his pain meds weren't working as long as they were supposed to, but he wasn't sure if he could afford to visit his specialist without it being a usual check up.

His phone buzzed. It was Sykunno.

Corpse! I met the man
that plays you. He
looks exactly how I
imagine you would
look and he sounds a
lot like you.

Cool. What's his name?

Julio. Speaking of
the director wants to
know of you're okay
with your character
kissing another man.

Yea. Thats fine.

He smiled to himself and glanced a the stack of papers next him. He picked it up and flicked to the third page where his character was introduced, kissing Sykunnos. He read over the part, wondering if it was weird that he was a little more excited than nervous to act it out.