Summary :
They fail to recognize it, really: the hearts in each other's eyes. It's all wallpaper to them. Until Eddy realizes.
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Eddy knew it was a bad idea. Don't lurk on their Twitter fanbase. Never. Ever.
It is just common sense, but he learned it the hard way: his misplaced curiosity caused him a lot of cringe, and even some pain. Their fans are nice and cute, but-... well. They're passionate, and he really doesn't understand how so many people can love him so much.
He doesn't understand either how so many people can think Brett and him could-... how can they imagine Brett would ever-... ?
Anyway.
He knows he's not supposed to check Twitter, but he cannot help it. He liked their last video and wants to know how it was received. Obviously, their fans liked it as well. They appreciate Sophie, they missed the charades... Good, good.
But, just as he's about to close the app, a tweet catches his attention. (He should have known, really.)
"HEART EYES ALERT!! a thread"
Oh, no.
Eddy does not need this. He's in a 'concealing' phase, right now (yes, his feelings towards Brett have phases, some kind of a cycle. He regularly comes from expressiveness to ignorance for some reason, urge to confess alternating with an unbearable fear of rejection). So: he's definitely not in a wallowing-in-self-pity kind of mood. Right now, Brett is the last person he wants to think about. The way some of their fans ship them is the last thing he needs to think about.
So why does he click on the tweet to unroll the thread? Why doesn't he just smartly close the app and go practice? Eddy fucking Chen, you dumb fuck, what the fuck are you fucking doing?
Yep, this was definitely stupid. This thread is just a dozen of screenshots from their last videos where he's spotted looking at Brett the way he always does: giving him all his attention when he talks, fascinated when he smiles, tenderly when he messes something up, lovingly when he-... actually, always.
Shit.
These fans are obviously onto him... And Eddy wonders who else is. Ray, obviously, knows everything there is to know about his indefinite pining. Their other friends... He hopes they didn't notice anything, but he can not delude himself: some of them probably guessed something (their glances and sarcastic smirks speak for themselves) (he hates that).
So, some people know he's in love with Brett.
As long as Brett himself doesn't know, he's good.
Eddy feels weird, now. He needs to think about something else, but cannot help to scroll until the end of the thread. How stupid does he look, staring at his friend like this?
The last tweet is something else, though.
"Here's the link for Brett's version >>>"
Ok, this is getting ridiculous. Are they going to over analyse the way Brett looks at him as well, now?
He's dumb enough to click on the link.
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Eddy knew it was a bad idea. Don't lurk on their Twitter fanbase. Never. Ever. Don't look at the pictures they screenshot and edit from their videos, don't look at the drawings.
