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👻 : TWENTY ONE!

"LOVE THIS PLACE." Michael mumbles through a mouthful of chicken katsu, looking around the restaurant at all the eyes on the two of them as he continues to eat. "Literally talked Luke into a Japan tour just so we could book Osaka and just so I could have the best goddamn chicken katsu I've ever eaten in my life."

The chef smiles and gives Michael a thumbs-up from in the kitchen, and he tries to return the gesture while also shovelling more chicken into his mouth.

Tyler watches in amusement over his yaki soba as all the fans in the place scream and cry over the interaction and Tyler's presence (quietly; they seem to think neither him nor Michael can hear them), and at the fact that one of their idols is eating with a fan, and the prospect that they could be in the same situation.

"They're enjoying this, you know." Tyler says softly, and Michael grins.

"I know. It's pretty funny and/or cute, to be honest. Should do it more often." Tyler swears he doesn't imagine Michael winking at him or the silent 'cute like you'; it's then his brain decides to realise Michael Clifford is literally possibly flirting with him, and Tyler nearly falls off his seat.

It's not that far-fetched, to be fair to himself. After all, there's that one old video where Michael outright said himself that he was bisexual, and he's always flirted with his bandmates and he mentioned his 'boyfriend' on a Twitch stream once - of course that was just Luke, that was just a joke, but Tyler doesn't really care, because who's made the most jokes about liking boys in the band? Michael. And there has to be at least one of them who isn't straight. And Tyler really, really, really hopes it's Michael.

"Earth calling possible serial killer." Michael waves a hand in Tyler's face, and he jumps a little as he stares straight ahead. "That's your name on my phone, Possible Serial Killer." He opens his contacts to prove this to Tyler, and he can't help but smile at the way he focuses so hard on what he's doing, as stupid as it sounds.

"Oh my god, I don't even have your actual number? Can I have it? Am I going too far?" Tyler smiles sweetly and bats his eyelashes as over-dramatically as he can, until Michael grins and taps a message into his phone.

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here you go, jumpscare boy ❤️