I like me better when I'm with you (A Bang dream x AAside fanfic)

Chapter 3: Nothing compares 2 u

"𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎..."

𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚙. 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎? 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘....𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜." "𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗." 𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜.

"𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜?" "𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜!" 𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍. "𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚡 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝..."

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 "𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."

"Yukina?" Felix asked, making Said women come back to reality from her flashback, "you alright?". Yukina saw that she was back in her home, inside the bathroom looking at the mirror. Felix was outside and just knocked on the door before asking his question.

"I'm fine!" Yukina answered to reassure her husband and continued to wash her face. She still thought about what the spokespersons said to her and tried to get it out of her mind. "He doesn't have to know instantly." Yukina thought and left the bathroom.

As she settled herself into her bed, she noticed Felix playing with his hair. "You still thinking of cutting it?" "Yeah, I think it's getting too long..." "But I like it long."
Felix blushed when he heard his wife say that, but chuckled as he said "Your saying that Like I'm going to cut a chunk of it off."

Yukina only laughed as Felix turned off the lamp light they had so that they can go to sleep. But The two couldn't seem to get any. "Felix?" Yukina asked, wanting to break the silence. "Yeah?" "Fantome iris came over, didn't they?" Felix stayed silent for a little bit before answering with a yes.

"They were supportive and said that we can go to them for help." Yukina smiled when she heard that. "They sound nice..." "They really are." After a few more minutes of silence Yukina broke it again by saying "I just realized I'm going to have to meet them...". "They did ask for you, but you were out when they came." "Huh, missed out."

Felix also came to a similar realization. "Does that mean I also have to meet Roselia?". Yukina rose up from her bed and began to think, before coming to an idea. "Let's meet them at the same time." "Meet at the same time?" "Let's have roselia and Fantome iris meet together, an ambitious crossover!". Felix chuckled at Yukina's optimism at the idea and nodded.

"Oh and...." "what is it?" "...never mind, goodnight."
             
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It was 3:00 when Yukina heard her phone ringing. Not a morning person, she lazily tried to reach for her phone at her night table while still in bed. Once she felt it she sloppily awakened and checked to see who it was. And it turned out to be Lisa, the person she feared was going to react the worst out of anyone.

She yawned before answering with a tired hello. "Yukina...Can you come over at my place for a bit?". "Lisa, do you know how early it is...can't we do this some other time?" "I just need to talk to you." There was a money of silence before Yukina finally complied. "Thank you, this news About your...husband is everywhere and I just need to hear from you.

Yukina hanged up and got out of bed, but her arm was softly grabbed by Felix. "Do you really want to go now?" He asked, Yukina nodding in answer. "This is Lisa, I have to tell her everything."

Felix went back to sleep as Yukina got ready, deciding to put on shades and a face mask so that nobody could recognize her. After finally arriving at Lisa's place, she rang the doorbell and was immediately greeted by her childhood friend. "Yukina!" Lisa cried out, hugging her close. Yukina shushed her so that none of Lisa's neighbors could hear.

As Yukina made her way into Lisa's house, Lisa went straight to the point. "How long?" "What?" "How long have you been together?" Yukina knew what Lisa meant and decided to answer truthfully. "19 years..." Lisa couldn't believe her ears "You been with someone for 19 years...and never bothered telling me?"

Yukina felt guilty as Lisa said that. Lisa wasn't wrong, why didn't Yukina tell her. Lisa wasn't someone that went around telling secrets to other people. "I don't know, was just afraid that this would go public." "But Yukina-" "I was afraid that your stalker situation was going to happen again!"

Lisa froze when she heard that. She didn't want to revisit that...not that again. Yukina realized that she went to far in mentioning it and soften her eyes. "I'm sorry...." Yukina mumbled but was reassured by Lisa. "No, don't be...your 100 percent correct on that." "But I'm being selfish-" "I'm the one being selfish, expecting you to not tell me anything.

Lisa went quiet before saying "Sorry for calling you here..". Yukina quickly embraced Lisa, hugging her tightly. "Lisa...your my best friend...don't be sorry for something I started."

Lisa returned her hug and began to cry, mumbling "I told you...to not be sorry...."

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Felix's day job was one of the few places he could go outside to. Since nobody there knew he was in Fantome iris, he could freely talk about whenever he wanted. But now that his real identity was fully revealed thanks to...certain news, this couldn't be the case

He decided to call in sick for the day, and wait in his house for Yukina to come back from Lisa's place. As he scrolled through a Reddit thread about the situation, and came across a particular comment

"Kinda worried for them now...imagine all the pissed off fans and haters they have now."

They were right. With how batshit idol culture is, Yukina and Felix's marriage is now going to lead to a flame war online. And the possible harassment they would receive...

Felix turned off his phone and shook the thought out of his head. He can't worry about those things, as he tried to look on the bright side of everything...but there wasn't any bright side to this.

Just then, Felix heard the door open and in came his wife and Lisa. Felix was stunned to see Roselia's bassist for the first time in person. "Um...Hi?" Felix greeted Lisa nervously, at lost for what he can say. "Lisa...Lisa imai." Lisa introduced herself while outstretching her arm out for a handshake.

Felix smiled at the kindness Yukina was showing and took her hand. "Felix, but perhaps you know me better as the king of vampires, FELIX."