Two heads into the bathroom and i take a moment to collect myself. i lean against the wall and try to breathe evenly. nothing could have prepared me for the director hollering my name like that. he knows who i am, of course. but he also knows i am a secret. i think he realized his mistake because he only said my name the one time and then hasn't since. maybe no one will remember it. yeah, right. i came into the room practically on the arm of One's rumoured partner. everyone is going to remember me. pictures are probably already circulating in the various group chats speculating on who i am.
Two: you good?
Two has exited the bathroom and i didn't even notice. i push off the wall and turn to head back towards the stairwell.
Three: yeah, i'm fine.
Two: you don't look fine.
Three: sorry?
Two: *speaks up and takes a few quick steps so he's no longer following Three but next to him* i said you don't look fine.
Three: how do i look, then?
Two: like you know there are pictures of you being shared amongst the staff in the building right now and everyone is trying to guess who you are.
Three: *stops dead* what??
Two: *pulls out his phone* it's actually making it onto social media now. in all of what, ten minutes?
Three: *looks over Two's shoulder* not even.
Two: *shows Three his phone. a picture of Three standing slightly behind Four, right after he spoke up when Four and the director are both looking at him, is front and center on the screen*
Three: good grief.
Two: the real gold is in the caption.
Three: *leans closer and reads out loud* "drama on the set today! Four showed up to support his man but the friend he brought with him is vying for his attention" WHO WROTE THIS?!?
Two: if i had to guess, it's probably one of the make up artists. one of the female ones. they are the worst.
Three: *closes his eyes* the ones that fetishize One and Four, right? and you too?
Two: *shifts uncomfortably as he puts his phone away* something like that.
Three: they've told me about people like that.
Two: they have?
Three: yes. it used to be a pretty big source of contention.
Two: for Four right? and that's why he retired?
Three: *pauses* no, for One. Four never cares about what other people think but One gets mad when the facts are misrepresented.
Two: *dryly* and this is stuff you just pick up on, right? as a driver?
Three: *grins sheepishly* yes of course. why would you think any different?
this kid is smart, just like One said he was. i haven't picked up on any type of social awkwardness or scatterbrainedness during this conversation and i'm almost wondering if this is the same person that One has been telling me and Four about. we're heading back downstairs now and i'm wondering if i can flesh him out before we're back on set. Four has likely retrieved One by now. and hopefully told him about me being here so he doesn't cause a bigger scene than the director. a vision of One running to me and throwing his arms around me as i fall backwards and we damage valuable camera equipment flashes through my mind.
on second thought, maybe visiting the set was a bad idea today. but One was so down earlier....i wanted to attempt the whole supportive partner thing and get rid of the disapproving air that hovers all over Four's face and words whenever we talk about keeping this relationship a secret. she thinks we don't notice but we do.
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the love rectangle
General Fictionsecond lead in a series falls for the first lead, who is already in a relationship....except he's not. not with the person everyone thinks he is, anyway. as the second lead gets to know more about them, he discovers who the first lead is actually wi...
