(This may not be as long as I want it to be, I don't know, I'm typing it on my phone and everything always looks longer than it is on here. I'm not sure, I just wanted to post something because I don't know how often I'll be able to post after this, because today was my last day of spring break and I have to go back to school tomorrow. The stress is real. I'll try my best to keep up with the updating every day or two. Thank you for reading <3.)
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Joey had been dating Daniel for ten months. That was a very long time, Joey knew. He thought about it all the time. He'd been dating a real, live, handsome boy, for ten months.
The thing was, nobody knew about it.
He had millions of people, watching videos about his life, every single day, but none of them knew about his boyfriend. None of them even knew that he was gay.
Sure, there were speculations about it, but Joey never confirmed them. And there were even a few people who'd picked up on the fact that Joey sometimes wore Daniel's clothes, and Daniel had taken pictures of Joey's dog to put on his Instagram, but Joey had been refusing to comment on any questions anyone asked him about it.
He'd written about being gay in his book, which was coming out (just like Joey) in just a few days. And he'd written a song and made a music video, that literally had Daniel in it, and ended with he and Joey kissing. But he still wasn't sure he wanted to tell them about dating Daniel. Part of it was for Daniel's sake, he didn't usually like to be so public with his personal life, but there was part of Joey that just didn't feel..ready.
It was a strange feeling. Joey wished he could just shamelessly show off Daniel to the entire world, but his mind was telling him not to.
It was three days before Joey's book was going to be released, and Joey couldn't wait any longer to unleash his gayness. He made the decision to post his music video for 'Don't Wait' just a little bit early.
It was meant to be released on the same day as his book, as sort of a coming out kind of combo. The book said he was gay, and there was his gay music video to go along with it.
Joey invited Daniel over to be there when he uploaded the video. He felt like that would make him a lot less terrified.
Joey: "I decided I want to upload the video. Like, right now."
Daniel: "Wait, what? You mean your music video?"
Joey: "Yes."
Daniel: "I thought that was supposed to be on Tuesday?"
Joey: "I need to do it right now, will you come over and kiss me or something?"
Daniel: "Of course I will."
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Daniel arrived at Joey's house about fifteen minutes later, and Joey spent about fifteen more minutes just kissing him, taking small breaks in between each kiss to breath and talk to him.
Kiss. "I don't know about this." Kiss. "I'm really worried." Kiss. "But part of me feels compelled to do it." Kiss. "I can't wait until Tuesday." Kiss. "C'mon, we're doing it."
Joey held Daniel's hand, leading him to the computer. He stayed as close as humanly possible to Daniel the whole time he was uploading the video, and when he was done, he looked over at him. "I did it."
"You did it," Daniel nodded. "I'm proud of you."
Daniel leaned over and kissed Joey on the lips for just a few moments before pulling away. He thought about what to say next, biting his lip.
"You think I can stop hiding from the camera when you're vlogging now?"
