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"fuck." keith's voice is quiet—deathly so—but his tone says more than volume ever could.

"fuck," again.

"keith, what is it?" the quiet comfort of a few moments ago is gone, and eugene stands up, making his way over to keith. he looks over his shoulder and instantly feels his stomach drop.

there, as unfortunately real as eugene himself, is an instagram post with a picture of himself and keith holding hands in a corner of a buzzfeed hallway. eugene remembers the day all too clearly —they had been having a quick kiss when they thought they were alone. both of them had heard a small scuffing sound, but had blown it off as just a door or something similar.

apparently, though, the noise had been something all too human—becky, to be exact.

keith looks helplessly over his shoulder at eugene. "why? why would she do this?" he asks, crestfallen. his hand gestures to the comments already piled up underneath the image. tears form in his eyes, but eugene takes the phone gently from him before he can begin reading what people have said.

"i don't know, keith. it seems she doesn't want you to be happy. now, i'm just as mad as you are—trust me, i'm fuming. but there's sure to be backlash. we'll work it out, okay?" he moves to place his hands on keith's shoulders, but the taller man jerks away.

"it's easy for you," he says, face in his hands. his elbows meet the counter, creating a perpendicular of pure defeat. "you've already come out. no one knows that i—well, you know."

"i'm so sorry, honey. we'll figure it out."

more tears slip between keith's fingers.

"fuck, i'm sorry, i—"

eugene says nothing; merely draws his weak boyfriend to his chest and rocks back and forth.

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euegene groans and flips his phone face-down, turning over in bed to face keith, who moves his eyes from staring at the wall to meeting eugene's sadly. "just ned, zach, shane, and ryan," eugene says, answering keith's unspoken question. "we don't need to worry about any of them right now. all that matters is us."

"but everyone knows," keith answers, voice barely a whisper.

"at the end of the day, no one's opinion matters. we are the ones who determine our relationship—not becky, not fans, not coworkers—no one but us, okay? tomorrow we can film the video and face things on our own terms."

keith nods, still looking sad, and eugene takes him in his arms for the millionth time that night.

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by the next morning, eugene's managed to make keith feel a little better. they drive to work in eugene's car, and keith becomes visibly more shaken the closer they get to work. as eugene parks and the two get out, the taller man draws a shaky breath.

"we're gonna do this together, okay?"

"together," keith nods.

and the two walk inside.

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yelloooooo

next chapter is the final one!! hopefully you've enjoyed this so far!!!

my next story will be gif imagines for emo/alternative bands such as twenty one pilots, panic! at the disco, ajr, and waterparks. if any of those float ur boat, then keep an eye out for that!! i'd love if you'd give it a look and maybe drop a cheeky lil request in the pms!! (private messages not premenstrual syndrome lmaoooo)

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