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Word had spread quickly about the picture that Aou had posted the night before on his private Instagram. The next thing that had happened was concern spreading quickly for Boom, and how he would react.
The picture was of someone with their head in Aou's lap, his hand very purposely placed in front of their face to hide their identity.
The concern had spread throughout the GMMTV building like wildfire, worried if Boom had already seen the photo. Boom's friends knew that he had feelings for Aou. They worried that Boom seeing the picture would break his heart.
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆
Aou looked down at the boy lying on his lap, a smile on his lips as he brushed hair back from his forehead. "Can I take your picture?" He asks softly, adding, "You look so cute." The boy smiles, grabbing Aou's hand and holding it over his face. "Now you can take the picture." The boy tells him, pressing his lips against Aou's palm after the picture has been taken. Aou takes his hand back, leaning down and cupping the boy's face in his hands, pressing a kiss against his lips.
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Winny and Satang both carefully approach Boom, unsure if he had seen the picture yet. Neither of them wanted to be the ones to tell him about the picture if he hadn't seen it, but they both knew that he needed to find out before Aou came in that morning.
Sensing someone standing behind him, Boom turned to look at both Winny and Satang who tried their best to look inconspicuous. "You don't have to tiptoe around it. I saw the picture." Boom says. "Oh." Satang murmurs, glancing at Winny. "Are you okay?" Boom shrugs. "I don't really have the right to be upset, do I? It's his life." "I know, but.." Satang trails off. Boom gives him a soft smile. "I'm okay. Promise."
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Awkwardness filled the room when Aou entered, the tension so thick and heavy in the air that it could be cut with a knife. Boom stops in his tracks, looking at Aou for a moment before brushing past him and continuing on his way.
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Another picture is posted that evening, this time it's the boy holding the camera, the two of them in front of a mirror with his chin on Aou's shoulder, his face covered by the phone in the reflection. There's a soft smile on Aou's lips and anyone who sees the photo can tell that, whoever this person is, Aou holds a lot of love for them.
After the picture is snapped, Aou turns to him and kisses his cheek, holding the boy's face in his hands. "How long should I keep you a secret?" Aou murmurs, looking into his eyes, his thumbs brushing over the boy's cheeks gently. "I want to show you to the entire world." The boy smiles, tipping his head toward Aou's. "You are my entire world," the boy says, making Aou melt. "I love you." He mumbles before he crashes their lips together, holding his face carefully in his hands.
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It was as if Aou was playing a game, trying to make people curious as to who his mystery boy was. Every time someone asked, he simply avoided the question or gave a random answer that only confused the inquirer more than they had already been.
The pictures continued over the next couple of weeks. The boy lying on his lap asleep, his face tucked away just enough not to be visible. A picture of their shadows. A picture of the them, the boy with his back to the camera but Aou looking absolutely smitten. A picture with the boy's face straight up just covered with an emoji. A picture where the boy sits just out of frame of the camera, holding Aou's hand. The latest photo was of the two wrapped up in a hug, neither of their faces visible.
As the pictures continued, people kept being curious; but they also kept their concern for Boom, constantly checking on him despite his constant assurance that he wasn't bothered by Aou's love life. He stated that, yes it was hard to watch the boy he loved love someone else, but he couldn't control Aou's life and he couldn't just keep sitting by and waiting for something to happen, he had to get over it one way or the other.
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The boy grinned at Aou, touching his face gently. "I think you should tell them." Aou brushed his nose against the boy's. "Are you sure? This is so fun." The boy laughed and agreed. Yes, it was fun, but it was also getting tiring. "I want to show everyone my whole world, Aou." The boy says softly, tilting his chin to meet Aou's eyes. "I want to show my friends the boy that I love so much." Aou pressed his lips against the boy's, kissing him soft and gentle.
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The last picture sequence was posted, with a simple caption of: "swipe for a surprise". Swiping led them to the reveal of the boy that Aou was so clearly hopelessly in love with, and everyone was surprised to find out who it was, shocked that the two had kept the charade for so long. Shocked that the final picture revealed the boy to be none other than Boom.
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Boom smiles at Aou, feeling a relief settle over him. It had been fun, teasing their friends and playing along with their concern but, even though Boom already loved Aou so much it had gotten harder the deeper in love he fell to keep a secret.
They hadn't even meant to start anything with the first picture, just thinking it was a cute idea— and honestly, they both thought that their friends would know that it was Boom in the picture but when nobody seemed to, they had come up with the plan of seeing how long they could do it.
"Do you think they're surprised?" Boom asks softly, turning Aou's face to his own. Aou meets his eyes, a grin on his lips. "Maybe," he answers simply. "But anyone who knows me well enough should have known that it's only you I look at like that." Boom feels his face warm and sliding his hand up and around the back of Aou's neck, he pulls Aou's head to his own and kisses him deeply.
"I love you," Boom murmurs against Aou's lips. Aou kisses him again. "I love you, Boom. I love you so much."
