BEYOND THE CAMERA (Alien Stage)

Naglakad Ka Nang Dahan-dahan

Till finally finished his album for release with Reyes as either the guitarist or backing vocals for some songs with Till as the main guitarist. He liked the way Reyes played his guitar, it was different from his usual play style and music style as well but for this album, it fit quite well.

He just doesn't want to admit how many attempts he had to revise the lyrics since he kept messing up the pronunciation since he kept imagining Ivan’s face. Because Reyes was quite literally just shoving Ivan's picture at his face whenever he was singing so he's prepared to sing his unreleased song to Ivan as a surprise.

Though, a lot has been resurfacing lately, especially about Ivan. A certain account has been spotted being noticed by Ivan in every one of his posts, with the idol consistently replying. At first fans didn't notice before they took into account that the account wasn't a big name or even one of Ivan's known friends, causing speculations for a secret lover.

When Till saw that, he hesitated even releasing the songs or the full album when Reyes nagged him on how it's just a rumor and theory, plus, how can Ivan even be meeting anyone in secret when he's all up on Till’s back all day? When he's so busy with work that it took all of the cast to even convince him to take a 3 day off?

“Putangina mo, dahil lang sa rumor di mo na rerelease?!”

("You motherfucker, just because of a rumor you aren't gonna release the song?!")

Reyes shouted, cursing in his native language as he kept shaking Till. Angry at how weak his will is as he was about to sob and cry on the floor as he worked hard on those guitar solos.

“Fine, I'll release it with your label."

“FUCK YEAH!!!"

Reyes jumped, squealing in joy as he hopped around Till, kneeling and thanking him as if he's his savior and world. Though, the thought of Ivan doing the same…

What the fuck?-

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Till was nervous about the reaction of the audience after releasing the album, now Reyes was thinking of somehow making a funny music video for one of the songs just to grab more attention. Till wasn't as busy as the other alien stage members since he didn't actively have acting gigs nor was he recruited for modeling, which felt like shit but Reyes saw that as an opportunity to explore his music career more.

So as Till was standing on set, playing the guitar as he practiced how to catch the audience's attention, he kept thinking of how Luka would do it; Grabbing the camera as he sang the lyrics,  trying his best to look attractive and when the practices ended and it was time for the final cut… He did it like how Sua had done, How the actress caressed the camera like a person and he knew who she was imagining that time but rather than thinking of pink he somehow saw black.

That caused him to blush and turn red at the final scene, stopping mid singing as he pulled his hand away flustered as the camera cut. He was about to apologize and ask for a retake only for Reyes to shout how good that was, because it fit what he was singing. Suddenly cutting off right when it's about to go to the guitar break.

“Damn for a while I thought you were just going to play some nonchalant hopeless romantic but then you added that subtleness into it!”

Reyes said, catching Till in a hug, which was somehow filmed for the behind the scenes video so that Till can get his popularity going, Potentially getting into more acting roles so he can catch up to the others. He studied them from afar, really. He noticed how calculated Sua’s lines are delivered, how confident Luka's actions are while Mizi has that anxious aura that seemed unstable yet it drew the audience in because of the mystery.