Denial - a Breddy fanfic

128.

"Eddy?" Brett asked during breakfast a couple of days later. "Can we... Film something today? Get some work done, you know?" Eddy looked up from his bowl of cereal, as they had ran out of eggs the day before. Brett had actually started eating almost all meals again, and suddenly they ran out of eggs twice as fast.
"Oh yeah, sure. What video should we do?" Eddy asked, putting his spoon down. "It's been a while since we've done a LingLing40hrs, as a suggestion."
Brett's lips curved up into a tiny smile. It had been too long since they had filmed anything regular at all, as Brett hadn't been feeling up to it. He wasn't exactly in perfect shape now either, but the voice had been quiet almost two days now at least, which helped s whole lot.
"We can do that, I'm sure there's lots of new memes now", he said, taking a spoonful of the cereal in front of him.

Eddy flashed him a shy smile, which made Brett raise a questioning eyebrow.
"And uh, there's... The announcement video, I guess", Eddy mumbled after a while, blushing, and Brett nodded. He had gone through the comments of the vlog from Norway the day before. People had seen Eddy's ring, of course, and some of the speculations were insane. Some connected him with Victoria because of the picture Chris had snapped of them, some connected him with Brett because of the video Chris had posted of them, some thought it wasn't an engagement ring at all... Every possible theory about that ring floated in the comments.
"I mean... Have you read the comments on the Norway vlog?" Brett asked, taking another spoonful. "They're like ninety percent about the ring."
Eddy couldn't help but grin at that.
"Well, I mean, it's a nice ring", he said, running a finger over it, sounding almost dreamy. "Will be a shame to replace it with a wedding ring."
Brett leaned over the table and touched his hand.
"We'll find an equally nice replacement for you, no worries", Brett said, and their eyes met.
"I know we will, but this one will still be special", Eddy said, seeing the hint of a blush creep over Brett's cheeks.

"But... Yeah, the annoumcement video...", Brett said, to get them moving again after getting lost in each other's eyes for a moment. "I'm thinking we should tease them a bit more first."
Eddy raised an eyebrow.
"And what do you mean by that?" Eddy asked, a joking spark in his eye popping up. "Are you planning to be a tease in more way than one?"
Brett stuck his tongue out at him, blushing. It had been quite a while since they had...
"We both know it's you who are the tease, but I'm thinking to uh... You know, be less... restrictive on how we act in videos and stuff, maybe?" Brett felt his cheeks burn warmer as he spoke. It felt like he had just asked if they could have sex on camera when he really only had suggested not insisting on acting "purely platonic".
"But just for a while though? We'll make an announcement eventually?" Eddy asked, running a hand through his hair. He didn't want to continue being a secret, and most people knew by now anyway. "Just because... You know, I don't want this to be secret anymore."
You knew it was stupid, Brett, and still you opened your stupid mouth.
"N... No, I don't want that either, I just... I'm sorry, it was stupid. Forget I said anything", Brett mumbled, moving his eyes down to the cereal. All of the good mood and the energy he had just a moment ago disappeared.
"No no, Brett, listen to me, it wasn't stupid. I think it's a good idea, to build up to an announcement, and to not have to stop myself from staring at you for too long when you play or hold your hand or..." Eddy's voice trailed off when he ran out of points. He felt like an idiot for not thinking before speaking. He should have known better than to shoot down his idea like that.
"Just forget about it, I don't actually want to wait either. I just thought it could be fun to see how people would react, but it's more important to get it out there, I guess." Brett's voice moved down almost a whole step like it always did when his mental energy got drained. Eddy hated hearing it happen.
"No, we'll do your idea. It'll be great, and I mean we'll just act natural anyway so there won't be much change for us, right? We'll still be as public as we have been up until now."
Brett nodded weakly.
"Okay", he mumbled, not reacting when Eddy stood up from his chair.
"Hey, c'mere", Eddy mumbled, taking a step over to hug Brett. "I love you, okay?"
Brett rested his head against Eddy's chest, feeling the hoodie bury him.
"Love you too", he replied as Eddy's long arms wrapped around him.