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eugene stands with keith in front of zach and ned, blinking in confusion. "what do you mean, you already knew?" he asks. "was it really that obvious?"

"yep," zach says immediately. "yes, it was." ned nods, corroborating zach's answer.

"well," keith said, "we don't want a lot of people knowing we're dating yet—we'll get there eventually, but it might get out to the fans and lord knows what'll happen then."

"understandable," ned says. "one question, though."

"what's that?" eugene asks.

"have y'all danced without pants?"

"no, ned, we have not—"

"you know it," keith winks.

"keith!!"

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eugene sighs happily, the feeling of keith's fingers tracing sleepy circles on the back of his hand calming him. they've lit a candle (rainstorm, whatever the hell that's supposed to smell like) in keith's apartment to dispel the odor from their chipotle takeout.

he thinks back to where he was two weeks ago—single, pining, seemingly unrequited—and feels so far away from his past self that it's almost laughable. his current spot in keith's arms seems like where he's always been.

the silence is dim, grey, and comfortable, but something compels him to break it.

"keith?"

a low hum in response.

"are we gonna tell everyone? like, make a video?" eugene raises his head out of the crook of keith's neck to look him in the eyes.

"we can if you want," keith answers. "i just want to make sure we're both ready. we need to be comfortable, on our own terms. it's a pretty big deal."

eugene nods, pouting slightly. "but i want everyone to know," he says, dragging out the last words with a slight whine.

"well, well, well,  who knew mr. frozen heart man would want to be so open about it?" keith teases.

"i'm ready!" eugene exclaims. he punches keith's shoulder lightly and follows it immediately with a small kiss to the targeted area.

"are you sure, handsome? there could be backlash, and—"

"i'm ready." quieter this time, more serious.

"well, all right, then. we can start planning it out next week. i'll text the other two to let them know about it."

"okay," eugene yawns, frowning at the loss of heat when keith gets up. the taller man crosses the room to get his phone. he freezes after one look at the screen.

"keith? babe, what is it?" he asks, now concerned.

+you have two new messages from unknown number!

unknown: i know what you're doing, keith

unknown: { link to @becksmecks2 on instagram }

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sorry y'all college credit classes & sat prep really be out here eating up all my free time

this fic will wrap up in a few chapters!! anything you wanna see before it ends??

thanks as always for your support; i love you guys ♥♥