Milo x Oz One-shots (Request's are always open)

♡ A Picture For Each Hand ♡

Summary: Milo kept their relationship with Oz a secret, or at least attempted to. After a picture of the two monsters holding hands got leaked, the reaper was trying to keep their relationship private while also not alarming Oz.

A/N: I hate this prompt but that's fineeee-

Day #26: Holding Hands 🙄

"Hey darling, everything is going to be okay I promise." Milo comforts while grabbing Oz's hand, unaware of the paparazzi in the background.

"I know it'll be okay, but my anxiety won't accept that answer." Oz says with a laugh before looking towards the large doors of the busy club.

"Nothing will happen to you," Milo promises, grabbing onto Oz's other hand. "I won't leave your side the entire night, okay?"

There was a gap of silence before Oz took in a shaky breath and nodded to Milo. With a smile, the reaper brought Oz's hands to their lips before heading inside the club.

The night was mediocre at best, Oz mostly clung onto Milo for dear life and Milo was trying to network with a couple of other influencers. The two acted like best friends, rather than fiancées, but it was all in vain.

When Milo and Oz got back home, the reaper did their typical search on their socials to see what everyone was talking about. They nearly dropped their phone when they were met with a picture of them and Oz in front of the club holding hands and being suspiciously affectionate for friends.

"Is everything alright?" Oz asks while taking off his coat and hanging it up.

Milo quickly masked their concern before responding, "Oh yeah, I just got a message from one of the influencers I was talking to." The reaper lies and Oz just smiles at them.

"Oh that's great, you'll be collaborating then?" He asks innocently and Milo nods noncommittally.

Oz started heading to their bedroom, however Milo stood completely still in their kitchen, basically crushing their phone in their hands. Oz looked back and asked, "Are you coming?"

Milo shook their head and gave a small smile to their fiance before responding, "In a bit, I might talk to the influencer real quick."

"Alright, just don't stay up all night again." Oz says casually before disappearing into the bedroom.

After the door closed, Milo immediately dove for their laptop on the couch and started scrolling through their other socials. They didn't know how bad the effects of these images were yet, maybe only a few fans saw them.

However, that was wishful thinking. Milo soon learned that the two images were trending and sparking very lively discussion in their fanbase. This was bad, like REALLY bad.

Fans were already theorizing who the mystery monster was, and Oz wasn't exactly unknown. He didn't really have social media, but he was the literal embodiment of fear. Believe it or not, being an immortal being causes some conversations.

So, Oz was practically outed as Milo's boyfriend overnight, even some people at the club were posting pictures of the two for the mob. There was very little Milo could do about the situation now.

However, that didn't stop them from holding an emergency PR meeting at 3 AM. Their team recommended painting Oz as a childhood friend or perhaps claim Milo was drunk and interacting with a stranger. Both horrible options in Milo's opinion.

So, they just let themself spiral, uncovering more and more random pictures of the two dating back to years ago. They didn't even know what time it was now, they just kept scrolling and watching theories of the pictures.

Occasionally there would be a fan trying to stop the fanbase from invading Milo's private life, but it was no use. The reaper nearly started crying when they found a new picture, which had Oz's engagement ring in clear view.

They were so distracted by the situation that they didn't even notice Oz walking out of the bedroom and sitting next to them.

"You never listen, do you?" Oz asks jokingly and Milo jumps at their fiance's presence.

"I'm so sorry Oz, this wasn't meant to happen." Milo admits, nearly in tears as Oz pulled them into a hug.

"Oh hun, it's not that big of a deal, I was just joking about you staying up all night." Oz comforted while Milo clinked onto him. The reaper was now crying into the boy's shirt, which caught Oz off guard to say the least.

"Why weren't you asleep?" Milo asks through their tears and Oz just rubs their back before responding, "I'm the embodiment of fear Milo... I could basically taste your worries through the wall."

"I'm so sorry..." Milo whispers out into Oz's chest and the boy pulls them closer. He had no idea what caused Milo to be this frantic, but calming down the reaper was his first priority.

After a few minutes of silent cries and backrubs, Milo was finally able to calm down enough to talk. Instead of talking however, they just grabbed their phone and showed Oz the two pictures that caused this whole nightmare.

Oz just stayed silent before pulling Milo into another hug, attempting to prevent another meltdown. However the hug didn't stop Milo from saying, "I'm sorry" to Oz at least a hundred times.

"Don't apologize hun," Oz says, still holding his fiancée close to his chest. "You didn't know the paparazzi was there."

"I should've, I should've been more cautious, I should've known better." Milo cries out into Oz's chest and it nearly makes his heart break.

"Milo you were comforting me. You saw I needed help and you helped me. I don't care if that exposed our relationship because you were there for me." Oz says, attempting to comfort Milo, but it was no use.

"This is going to change everything. Your anxiety will only get worse and it's going to be my fault." Milo mutters and Oz just hugs them tighter. It wasn't true, obviously it wasn't true, but Milo was too far gone to believe otherwise.

"Here, let's just try to go to sleep, alright? We can just deal with this tomorrow." Oz offers and Milo looks up at him.

"How could you fall asleep after this?" Milo asks and the fearling wipes some tears off their face.

"We can at least try, I know you stayed up all night yesterday getting ready for the club. Staying up tonight is only going to hurt you."

After a bit of silence, Milo gets up from the couch and starts heading into the bedroom, Oz following shortly after. They can deal with all of this tomorrow, it doesn't matter that Milo hasn't responded to the mob yet.

So long as the two fiancées take care of themselves right now, then they can address the curious fans and deal with panic attacks later. Right now, both of them were exhausted and just needed some rest.