Joel x Dave [OLD, DON'T READ]

[1] - Live in 3, 2, 1...

[i know from dave's reading his fanfiiction video of his lines and stuff, like having kids is too weird, and i'm not gonna go into anything super weird like smut or suicide since writing smut about real people is weird asf, and i dont feel comfortable writing about things like suicide since i dont know enough on the subject to write about it effectivly] 

Ding

Dave picked up his phone, seeing a text from his friend Joel, who he was staying with at the time. Right now, Joel was at the market nearby, picking up some snacks. They were preparing for a long while of working on a song called... well, it didn't have a name just yet, but the plan was to make something about AI, since it had been a point of interest for Dave for a long time.

The text read simply; Joel was on his way back and had grabbed some fast food for them, along with copious amounts of junk food and caffeine. Dave was more a tea person, so assumed the coffee was for Joel. A few minutes later, Dave heard the front door open from a few rooms away. He got up and found Joel to see if he needed any help with bags.

"Hey." Dave said, grabbing some bags from Joel's arms. Peeking inside, he was delighted to see several of the two's favorite snacks, some of which Dave didn't even remember telling Joel about.

"Oh, nice! I love these." Dave remarked, as they both dumped the snacks on the couch, in another room. Joel's house felt huge, being so open. They opened their laptops and started discussing ideas for lyrics while Dave looked up beats. 

"Ooh, listen to this," Dave moved his screen towards Joel, pressing the play button.

As the beat progressed, Joel started to grin and nod his head in time, "Ah, that sounds perfect!" He laughed. Dave laughed, too, saving it. They spent the next few hours working on some lyrics and tangent-ing off into conversations about AI and genuinely enjoying themselves.

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Dave blinked, eyes heavy. He and Joel had fallen asleep in the living room, maybe around 4am. He checked the clock, it was noon. He stretched, pushing aside a bag of crisps and moving his hair from his eyes. Joel was still asleep, lit brilliantly by the light from the window.

'Huh...' He thought, still a little tired and not fully present. It took him a few seconds to realize he'd just thought of Joel as, 'brilliantly lit.' Man, he was really out of it. 

He got up and shook Joel awake, the two sharing a laugh over the state of the room and the time they'd gone to bed. 

"Hey," Joel said, "Wanna do a livestream on my channel later? Like, show some of the progress of the song in real time." Dave hummed,

"Sure, It'll be easier than what I usually do, editing together a whole other video for the progress." He said, grinning. They cleaned up the mess of last night, Joel plugging in their laptops to charge for a bit. 

A few hours later, they were right back into the process with lyrics, getting into a flow. They moved to Joel's recording area, and Joel set up a stream while Dave kept up their conversation, throwing out ideas.

"Aaaaand.... we're live!" He said, sitting back in his chair and re-opening his laptop. 

Immediately, a few thousand people started watching. The livestream was titled, 'Working on an AI song w/boyinaband.' Joel explained what they were doing in more depth, explaining some of the lyrics they'd already chosen, and seeing what other suggestions people were putting in the live chat.

They did that for maybe two hours, making some great progress with the live chat's help and the ideas they were able to bounce off eachother. It was nearing 6pm, and they said goodbye.

"One last question; when will the song be finished and released?" Joel read, "Hard to say, but we work pretty fast, hah." He said a final goodbye and ended the stream. 

They continued working for another twenty minutes or so, not paying much attention to Joel's computer screens. They were laughing and having fun, sharing some inside jokes and poking each other.

Poking turned into some mild tickling, something Dave hated. Despite that, he kept grinning and made only feeble attempts to stop his friend. It was a strange moment, promptly interrupted when Joel fell out of his chair, taking Dave down with him. 

They paused for a second, before Joel started laughing. Dave joined in, standing up and reaching out his hand to pull Joel up. The lighter-haired man laughed as he stood up, brushing some of his hair to the side. Dave got lost in thought, as he tended to do, just watching Joel laugh. He smiled subconsciously.

Joel looked at Dave, noticing he'd zoned out. He poked his hair, immediately snapping Dave back to reality.

"Hey- Don't touch my hair." He said, semi-seriously. Joel laughed again, taking a step closer to get away from his overturned chair in the cramped room. Dave noticed, probably not for the first time, that his friend was very attractive. Of course, he'd always brushed off those mental remarks as just the logical side of him noticing the obvious. It wasn't that weird to notice when you're friend was nice-looking, right-?

His thoughts drifted off a bit, and he just barely consciously noticed as the two's laughter died away, and they looked at each other. Before they knew it, they had shared a kiss. [there's a reason this account is anon] 

It just kind of... happened. Neither spoke for what felt like a minute, but was probably just a few seconds. A flashing on the computer screen caught their attention, and they turned to look at it.

Dave got an instant sinking feeling as he realized what had just happened.

Oh fuck. 

[okay so i wanted to get right into something dramatic, lmao. i know dave doesnt like sharing personal things regarding relationships so my idea was to create a situation in which he'd be forced to talk about it, hint hint for next chapter. i dont know roomie's personality as much as dave since i haven't watched him as long, and of course i dont claim to know everything about dave. i just wanted to write a cute fluff fic aight? aight.]

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