#he's melting the tiktok fanbase

[dominoblues]

During those worst 300 days of his life, following Anzu's encouragement, Mokuba started taking dancing lessons.

Fastfoward to a few years later, it seems that you can find online a 'very hot' (qtd.) video of his dance practice on 'Idol' by BTS that's making his fans (boys and girls alike) go crazy.

[myoddessy]

hellooo congrats on 2k!! not sure how to phrase this request but some 🍰 please for harry/w2s. maybe about being seen in the backgrounds of his videos/features on other videos sometimes? or the things he mentions about you on camera if thats not too much trouble! congrats again! and if head cannons are easier thats great too

thank you so much! im a bit rusty when it comes to blurbs so i hope this is okay 💞

it was no secret that harry had found his forever in you, anyone who was anyone could see the shift in his smile or the glint in his eye when you caught his eye. be it a fleeting look of shyness on your instagram story or tiktok, a short clip of your face popping into the background of a video, or even a flash of your face in a pop-up add as he scrolled through social media.

it was as if the boldness and unabashed bravery of wroetoshaw melted away for a split second, and the world saw harry for who he truly was; a boy in love.

now, with a love that open and observed, privacy was a luxury you rarely found yourself in possession of. whether someone tweeted that you were on a date down a quiet city street, or the detectives of your fanbases debunked every picture, comment, and clip about either if you until you were certain they knew more about your relationship than you did. and as grateful as you were that there was such a wide reception of love for you and harry, the lack of secrecy lead to you cowering away from video cameos so that any moments you did managed to share stayed between you and you only.

that being said, you couldn't honestly say you hadn't fallen down a rabbit hole of your w2s and sidemen pop-ups before.

your favourite was during the sidemen become parents for 24 hours challenge, when harry was in a murderous state and little baby nathaniel would not stop screaming, ethan caught a glimpse of you walking down shop street and yelled for you just in time for harry to release the child from a chokehold.

with a confused smile and hands stuffed in the pockets of your northface puffer, you walked towards them, unaware to the cameras panning in on the softened eyes and uncontrollable smile of your boyfriend.

"well, lads. you alright?" you asked, voice trailing off to a higher pitch when you saw the screaming doll dangling from harry's grip, his hand wrapped loosely around its ankle.

"doing just fine, birthed a beautiful baby boy. bog couldn't be happier." ethan joked, hand clapping down on the younger man's shoulder. "he won't shut up." harry said, blowing out an exhausted sigh. "help us, please." you sucked in a harsh breath, toying with them. "dunno if i shouldn't, wouldn't that be breaking challenge rules?"

"i will literally pay you." harry shook the baby's leg in your face, emphasising his pain.

"just do the washing up for the rest of the week and we're sorted."

"deal."

"hand me over the child then."

ethan's focus bounced between you and harry like he was watching this unfold in wimbledon, unsure of who to look at throughout the exchange, before settling with staring at the camera, blinking slowly as harry handed you nathaniel. you bounced the doll in your arms, shushing him and swaying slowly, your hand running up and down his back as if it were real and second nature.

would never say it, nor did he think he even could, but a sense of urgency washed over him in that moment. like he wouldn't breathe until he saw it again, except real, with your child—his child. with a shake of his head, the thought dispelled before his cheeks got too red, but anyone could see the far-off look in his eye, and he worried that anyone who looked too close would see the reflection of domesticity behind it.

in the span of a minute, you'd gotten nathaniel to calm down, and with a laugh of good luck and a happy wave, you left before any other sidemen could approach and see them getting outside assistance.

over the years, the clip had been reposted, edited, referenced by the world as the love they yearned to see in their partner's eyes, and you loved every second of it. now, with two diamonds weighing your left hand down and a bump in your stomach, you sat before the camera once more, this time with purpose. this time to confirm to everyone that the dream harry held in his eyes three years ago was finally upon him.

his forever was set in stone.

[lovejosephquinn]

Imagine this with me here, reader is going through tik tok and everyone knows that reader and JQ are dating and then reader saw a edit of the both of them “The way she looks at him, The way she looks at her” and it’s all the events and moments when both of them are all goofy, lovey dovy and everything [and the amount of times they look each other with love in their eyes, even though they have dated for years it still seems like they are teenage in love]. When reader saw that, her heart just melts and JQ was behind her and wrap his arms around reader’s waists saying “I’m glad everyone knows now that I’m only in love with you. And only you” ❤️❤️❤️😭😭 can this be a request please?

It absolutely can 🥰 this is so cute, I live for fluffy little blurbs like this

Thanks for your request angel, I hope it's what you wanted x

You knew your boyfriend wasn't big on social media and that was entirely his choice, however since you'd become public a few months back after 3 years of dating and keeping it sworn secrecy, you couldn't help but check up every now and then to see what people said about the two of you.

Some good, some bad. There were people that clearly weren't really that supportive of Joe and his happiness to say the least, the way some would slate your relationship or verbally threaten you for 'taking Joe away from them'. Others would be completely sweet, the actual fanbase that gave a damn and realised you were both human. You knew it was going to be a burn for most.

Since Joe had broken out into stardom, 90% of people fell in love with him. And who could blame them? He was pretty much perfect, to you there was nobody more genuine or real or no less chaotic than him, and you were the lucky one to capture his heart and oh you loved this man, with the entirety of your heart, body and soul.

Scrolling through TikTok, you laid on the sofa whilst Joe took a shower and ceased the opportunity to search your names for the first time in about a week. You'd recently attended an event together which saw you both photographed multiple times, the full PDA was captured between the two of you, shots of Joe holding your hand as you walked, the way he looked at you and the full twinkle in his eyes that just radiated pure warmth and adoration, the way he kissed your forehead when he knew you were anxious.

You came across a particular edit that played a sweet love song, the pictures of you and Joe that had been taken secretly in the street along with various events including your most recent images. The caption read. 'Good luck finding someone to look at you the way Joe looks at Y/N ❤.' You watched it multiple times, pausing on each picture to just admire the way Joe looked on them, your heart could've burst. After all this time, every time you merely even took a glance at his face, you'd fall in love over and over again.

Joe interrupted your thoughts, creeping up behind you and leaning over towards your head, bringing you out of your quiet and sneaky viewing and instead making you leap up from where you laid. "What are you watching love?"

"Do I dare tell you?" Joe had witnessed you upset a lot at the beginning from some of the comments made about you, so in a way he disliked it when you would go looking for it, it never stopped you and he'd come to understand that, but the more a little time had gone by you learned to ignore the hate and the good eventually outweighed the awful.

"Save it, silly." Joe gave you a comical stare, raising his eyebrows and putting his hands on his hips, you could see a small smile appearing on his face though, which made your heart rate slow down.

You stood up and moved over to face him. "I can't help it; I know you don't like it but I-"

"Baby, stop trying to explain yourself, your little giggle I heard when I came out already let me know it was good."

You passed Joe your phone for him to watch the video, a small content sigh fell from his mouth, the full smile you loved to see emerging. He passed your phone back to you and you leaned to the side, throwing it away onto the sofa, you found Joe's hands snaking around your waist to bring you back up to him, you retaliated by wrapping your arms around his neck as he leans down to plant a couple of loving kisses square on your lips.

"I love you so much, beautiful. I'm so glad we made this public when we did, now the whole world knows how much you mean to me and I'll never stop showing you off, I'll never stop giving you 110% every god damn day of my life."

You couldn't help but get teary from his words, nobody had ever loved you this hard like Joe did, and it showed.

[angst-after-dark]

📖 for Wick?

Favorite out of the bedroom activity!

📖 With Kestrel: TikTok! Making videos, editing videos, watching videos, laughing and talking and doing couples pranks, challenges and trends together! Both of them have very nice voices that blend well together and sometimes they do covers too!

They're not looking to be verified or influencers so they can do whatever they want on their page!

They get a dozen questions asking if they're a couple or just friends and sometimes they have to make yet another video about being in a qpr and aromanticism but mainly their followers are nice and kind. They have a pretty good fanbase and sometimes Dami or Peyton join in.

📖 With Dami: Comic Con / any bookstore! He's never more in love with Dami than he is seeing them in their natural habitat: surrounded by literature. There's something about the way their eyes light up or their shoulders loosen or they just talk about what they're interested in that or the fact that they can't help stimming all over the place (if he loses them in the store, he just has to stop and listen for a moment. It doesn't take long to find them). It makes him melt every time.

Comic Con isn't Dami's favorite place but he loves that they're willing to come with him.

📖 @wildfaewhump Peyton: Anything honestly, especially in the beginning of their relationship when Peyton is just figuring out how to have intimacy outside of the bedroom. When he's more comfortable being with the 'cule and secure in his position in their lives, Wick loves just sitting at the counter while Peyton cooks. That's where Peyton gets some of his most genuine joy and Wick melts watching him figure things out and be happy with and proud of himself.

[shoichee]

hello! may i ask some tips about the instragram acccunts the GoM + kagami could have? like of sort of post, amount of followers, stuff like that THANK U and have a great day !!

THIS IS ACTUALLY HILARIOUS SINCE I BREATHE OFF OF INSTAGRAM LFMAO

[Headcanons]

Kuroko Tetsuya

HELP WHAT IF HE HAS NO PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO—

professional lurker

never comments on anything unless it’s to congratulate under a friend’s post or something like that

probably started using it because Ogiwara moved from letters and texts to just... instagram (technology advancements, jazz hands)

his account is on private, and he only lets people he knows follow him

all of his posts are pictures to commemorate something or just really wholesome group pictures

DEFINITELY has that picture of the GoMs at his birthday OVA

DEFINITELY also posted the big birthday picture taken at the end of the party

and also had typed very sappy BIG paragraph captions for both of these posts, talking about the journey and him being grateful… y’know, him being him

HIS ENTIRE COMMENT SECTIONS ARE JUST EVERYONE SOBBING AND KEYBOARD SPAMMING??? ONLY LIKE MIDORIMA AND AKASHI POST COHERENT RESPONSES UNDERNEATH

@kiseryouta: kuROKOCCHIIIII!!NEJWIEISK

@momoiowo: TETSUU (ʃƪ˘･ᴗ･˘) YOURE SO SWEET REEEE

@a_daikiii: i stg quit being so corny no one died yet🙄 and @momoiowo relax smh

@shin_chan77: I suppose I can express some form of gratitude for being in my life despite you being a blood type A. (insert a giant paragraph after this)

@4k4shi: This was very touching to read, Kuroko. I’m very glad that our… (insert him going down memory lane)

Murasakibara has no comment LMAO

his entire Seirin team are his hype men under his posts

his profile picture is literally the gray default blank head because he didn’t even set up a profile picture for himself

he has like 20 followers max or something?

8 posts? like, he only posts on special occasions or big events

his occasional stories are always comprised of Nigou and blurry Kagami pictures/videos running away from Nigou UH OH (courtesy of @dust-of-fandoms)

@tetsuya11 for his user handle

@dust-of-fandoms JUST MADE AN INSTAGRAM FOR HIM HERE!!

Kise Ryota

uses his instagram account as a portfolio for his modeling career

majority of his posts are actually pictures he managed to snag from his frequent model shoots

it looks SO professional… but then you look at his IGTVs and his reel videos

his reels are either short clips of mini vlog series he does whenever he visits the GoMs or when he’s recording his Kaijō teammates doing tricks and dunks

his IGTVs are either skincare tutorials, fashion advice… or just… unexplainable, out-of-context shitposts of Kise running away from what fans assumed “a green-haired man” or some “captain”

follower account?? 124k

who wouldn’t resist a hot model?

DEFINITELY HAS A TIKTOK I CAN FEEL IT

@kiseryouta with an official verification next to it

people either love him or hate him

posts a casual selfie from time to time, and people praise him for “being real” LMAODOA AND HE’S JUST STARING AT HIS PHONE LIKE “??? IMIG BUT I JUST FELT CUTE TODAY”

his captions feel fake LMAO like: “Wow! today’s so pretty today!” as he puts a selfie post OR “What’s your favorite game?✨” under a professionally-shot model picture that does not correlate with the caption???

has posted shitposts on his stories and his fans are utterly confused… only the GoMs get it LMAO

Midorima Shintarou

ONLY reason why he has social media is because Takao convinced him that he could let everyone know the daily lucky items for each signs for every post he makes

so for the first 2 months of having instagram he just casually posts a “daily horoscope” report(?) for the day

his content attracted in all the astrology fans and people who are devoted to tarots

and he’s CONFUSED.

… Takao may or may not have played a hand in messing with the algorithms to expose his account to bigger audiences

once Midorima finds out he’s MAD LMAO *insert Takao pain noises*

either goes down two paths: just casually continuing to post the daily Oha Asa predictions without interacting with anyone OR deleting his account and making a new PRIVATE one just for communication/lurking purposes

so he can honestly have 10k followers if he chooses to be a horoscope account or like 3 followers on his private, take it or leave it

maybe he has two accounts if he feels that having instagram has its merits

definitely has a shit ton of random stuff/posts in his saved collections

boomer energy, like… what’s a “reels” feature?? people talk to their phone camera and record that?? he’s squinting really hard and scratching his head

either has 356 horoscope posts on his “main” or like 19 posts on his private

has a rubber duck as a profile picture for BOTH ACCOUNTS HELP HIM

@oha_asa_ for his horoscope account or @shin_chan77 as his personal because he doesn’t know how to change his username (thanks, Takao LMAO)

Aomine Daiki

he doesn’t give a shit about instagram LOL

it’s MOMOI who handles his account because he doesn’t wanna bother with it LMAOO

she would tease him and try to “encourage” him to stop lazing around by taking pictures of him whenever he’s snoozing and posting it

but he’s so damn good-looking that his sleeping pictures got some traction with new fans

Aomine is still sleeping

his account also has pictures of him eating at Maji burger or at a café, and of course Momoi is the one snapping these photos of him

he started caring about it a little more once Momoi told him that he can post videos of himself doing trickshots and one-on-ones to potentially find worthy rivals over the internet and meet up

so now his account (videos, reels, IGTVs) are all riddled with basketball/small parkour footage shot by yours truly, Momoi

so his fanbase is split between thirsty people and people who genuinely admire him for his skills… but I mean there’s also people in both categories, anywho

he’d totally follow his favorite Japanese idols on IG if they had one

also would follow any NBA-related accounts/players he admires

has like 2.7k followers (but growing really fast) with like 176 posts of videos and random pictures of him

his profile picture is literally a picture of him sleeping by Momoi

@a_daikiii

Momoi Satsuki

LOTS OF REALLY cute, playful selfies, and a lot of them are used with cute filters from the Snow app

sometimes would post herself doing a really cute Tiktok dance while in her school uniform

she doesn’t post too much; she’s actually more into posting IG stories and making highlights out of them and then making highlight covers have a coordinating theme together

very aesthetic theme on her feed overall hehe

definitely uses her account to comment on other GoMs posts, often commenting something snarky on Aomine’s and Kise’s

actually has 1-2 IGTVs on the Vorpal Sword’s big game against the Jabberwocks

doesn’t have much of full-body shots/outfit pictures other than mirror selfies because Aomine refuses to take good pictures of her

only when she sees Kise or Kuroko is when she can ask either to be a photographer

she’s definitely gotten a few small collab offers from small businesses, but she usually ignores them because it’s not exactly her thing

her profile picture is just a selfie with a sketch-line cat ear filter

uses a bunch of emoticons on her bio, captions, comments, everything

⌒(ㅇㅅㅇ❀)⌒ or ☆⌒(＞。≪) or .₊̣̇.ෆ˟̑*̑˚̑*̑˟̑ෆ.₊̣̇.ෆ˟̑*̑˚̑*̑˟̑ෆ.₊̣̇.ෆ˟̑*̑˚̑*̑˟̑ෆ.₊̣̇.ෆ˟̑*̑˚̑*̑˟̑ෆ.₊̣̇. you get the picture

967 followers… that looks way too specific, but it’s somewhere around there; a lot of them came from Aomine’s account after they saw who’s been taking his pictures, and they wanna learn more about her??

around 40 posts?

@momoiowo

Murasakibara Atsushi

Himuro showed him how to use the app, but Murasakibara doesn’t find ANY USE FOR THIS LMAOO

he’d probably only get on it to look at food on the explore page and drool about the cuisines

keeps tabs on local places/restaurants/shops on instagram; those are probably the only accounts he’d follow tbh

it’s probably like ONE post and it’s an old picture of a dango on a plate he ate like 2 years ago

I have this image in my head that he has a really cute bento art as his profile picture?? can you imagine a Rilakkuma-shaped rice as his PROFILE PICTURE?

his bio is definitely: “hungry”

and that’s it

27 followers, and it’s literally just his Yōsen teammates, the GoMs and probably some other classmates of his

his captions are literally empty or 1-2 words

@oomaib0

Akashi Seijuro

only uses instagram because it’ll be beneficial for his company and to expand social networks, plus getting those sweet business deals and engagement

he doesn’t mind seeing really wholesome videos on the explore page though

when he wants to relax, a cat video melts his stress away

laughs to himself while he reads all the shenanigans underneath the GoMs’ posts

DEFINITELY loses a few brain cells seeing trolls and idiots on the internet… especially on controversial or political ones LMAO

he at first had to REFRAIN himself and take deep breaths before he just scrolls on, but he eventually got used to them and can now easily ignore them as easy as he breathes air

he actually enjoys shitposts and meme videos?? like he may not completely understand the meme trends sometimes, but he’ll still find it amusing enough for a chuckle

he ends up being the one who uses instagram the most? like Kise posts a shit ton, yeah, but Kise doesn’t really sit down and just scroll endlessly; Kise releases out content, while Akashi consumes the content

he reasons with himself that it’s to study his current demographics for the company, and while that may be true, Akashi just enjoys social media, plain and simple LOL

he does get to study the behaviors of all the generations using the platform, young folks and old folks alike, and it does get him excited in using his analytical skills to try to figure out people BEHIND a screen rather than those in front of him

it makes a really good challenge for him when he wants a good mental exercise

he has a post or two about his horses, his manor, and a video or two on him playing his violin?? but most are business-related, them being advertisements or business contracts/offers… things like that

his highlights are all about Q&As regarding the company, his background, his skillsets, etc. like an actual resumé

actually links current world issue cards/petitions on top of his company website; he’s quite an advocate

he actually doesn’t post about basketball because that’s something very close to his heart since it reminds him of his late mother… having that mixed in with his company-related posts feels wrong to him

27k followers, most of them are business-related accounts AND some are some followers his father bought for him without Akashi’s input to inflate engagement, etc.

@4k4shi… oh he thinks he’s SO CLEVER FOR MAKING THIS USERNAME LOL with the 4 being his jersey number and the 4s looking like As… AKASHI PLEASE—

his profile pic is like a professionally taken picture, nothing less for our king

his grammar and syntax are impeccable on social media; after all, he’s still being judged for how he carries himself even on the media

Kagami Taiga

mukbang guy… DEFINITELY

hot guy eating nine plates of steaks

IGTVs are filled with mukbang videos because Kuroko said he could make a living off of his appetite

HE COULD MAKE MONEY OFF OF JUST EATING? SIGN HIM UP.

on his posts, he posts dishes he makes for the day/is proud of and talks about the dish and ingredients briefly in the caption

that, or he has pictures of his new basketball shoes LMAO

or all of his basketball merch

HE’S DEFINITELY POSTED PICTURES OF LANDMARKS AND OTHER ICONIC PLACES HE’S TRAVELED TO (*cough* in America)

has a generic Jordan brand logo against a dark background as a profile picture

doesn’t have his face anywhere unless it’s in a mukbang video

279 followers or something

why do I have a feeling that he’ll accidentally blow up when Alex takes his phone to do a quick selfie on it?—

@taiga10

[trashydemigodmess]

q&a | dex & ben

date: idk sometime recently summary: what’s more intimidating, introducing your boyfriend to your family, or your fanbase?

"Okay, so," Dex secured his phone on the small tripod on the coffee table in front of them, "Basic media training: If you see something stupid or mean, ignore it. If you see a question you don't want to answer, ignore it. The comments will push it up fast enough that you can get away with pretending you never saw." He'd jokingly asked if Ben wanted to hang out while he went live on Instagram, and was still surprised that he'd so easily said yes. Even now, Dex wondered if maybe Ben had been joking, too. "I promise, you really don't have to do this if you don't want to." He clarified, glancing over his shoulder at him, "I can just sit on the other side of the couch so you're not in the frame."

"No, no, It's okay," he said, nodding. But despite that, he glanced at the phone, as if Dex might have started it already. He had said it as a joke, kind of. But he also meant it, kind of. He'd heard Dex talk about it plenty of times in that playful tone that betrayed that he actually wanted it to happen. And seeing that excited, hopeful gleam in his eye was enough to make Ben commit. It didn't stop him from still being nervous, though; he crossed his legs and ran his palms over his knees. "I want to do it. What do you think they're going to ask about?"

He shrugged, "Usually just a lot of boring, basic stuff. Ask me to sing old songs, come to Brazil, what am I watching or listening to, stuff like that." Dex was still crouched in front of his phone, opening up Instagram, "It'll feel weird because it's like, just us talking to the void, but I think you'll get the hang of it and it'll go fast."

Gods, he was really just going to turn that thing on. Ben felt woefully unprepared; he did a few TikToks, but those he could do multiple takes of. Plus, way less people watched those. Ben bit the insides of his cheeks in an attempt to hide his anxious smile, and sat on his hands. "Okay, okay. I'm just gonna follow your lead."

Dex gave him another reassuring smile, "You don't even have to say anything, I can ask you all the questions and you can just vibe." But, Ben still seemed nervous. He stopped what he was doing and climbed onto the couch, "I promise it will be great. They'll be so excited you're here." Wrapping his arms around him and kissing his cheek, then his mouth, "And if you want out you can just...squeeze my knee or something. I'll say you have to go."

It was a small thing, but it felt like Dex had addressed the two key things he was anxious about very readily, without needing to ask. Almost like he'd thought about this before, prepared himself for when or if Ben ever joined in. "That works," he said, nodding enthusiastically, tension melting out of his shoulders. Ben's stomach was doing weird little flips— maybe he was reading into it, but he didn't care, Dex was so cute and excited and clearly wanted him here—and he kissed Dex again. "Ask me the questions and, yeah, perfect."

That had seemed to calm his nerves. "Good," Dex kissed him one more time, just because, then sat back down on the floor in front of his phone, "It'll be fun."

Dex pressed a few buttons, and suddenly, they were live. "Howwwwdy," He grinned at the screen, stretching the word out as the counter in the corner steadily began to climb, "How're we doin' today, friends?" His body took up the entirety of the screen, presently blocking Ben from view as the comments started to scroll faster. "You're in class?" He laughed at one of them, grabbing his water bottle from the coffee table and taking a sip, "As long as you don't blame me if you fail." Dex let a few more seconds pass and people to join in before continuing, "Okay, so, maybe I have a friend with me today..." The grin on his face turned mischievous, watching frantic guesses start to flood in. Slowly, he moved the phone and himself so the both of them could fit on the screen.

'NO WAY NO WAYGHSJDG' 'BEEENNNNNNN' 'hes so cute omg' 'OMFG SHUT UP' 'awwwwww hi bf 💕' 'SGJFKSGSFD' 

Keeping his cool and public demeanor was always easy, but, this time it was difficult to hold down the giddiness erupting in his stomach at the positive response. "Y'all better be nice to Ben or I'll block you," Dex leaned back against the couch, though the look on his face made the words feel not serious at all, "That's a threat."

That chat was moving fast. Ben couldn't really make out too many words, but he saw how much the activity exploded once he was in frame. Wow. That was a lot of people. Ben hoped he looked normal and not terrified while he lowered himself off the couch to sit beside Dex. More comments soared past his eyes: a lot of exclamation marks, caps lock, heart emojis. Dex was practically glowing beside him, and his infectious energy kept Ben from psyching himself out too much. "Hi everyone," he greeted, waving.

Dex moved over and adjusted the phone one more time as Ben sat down beside him. "Alright, what are we talking about today?" Dex asked the void, watching the comments continue to fly by. "No, there's no updates on the music yet," He laughed, "It's coming when it comes....Oh—! Here's a good one." Dex turned to Ben, "Ben, how did we meet?"

His focus jumped between Dex and the screen for a few seconds, but he kept his eyes on his boyfriend at the question. Even though he was the one asking, Ben felt his heart fluttering, like he could actually mess up the answer. "Our—" Ben remembered that he should be looking toward the phone, and turned his head. "Our mutual friend introduced us." He smiled again. "One day she asked me to come over and said I had to meet someone. And there you were looking all handsome, and I thought, what the hell is she thinking?"

"Um, she was thinking that we'd get along great, and she was right." Dex scoffed and nudged Ben with his elbow, though the grin on his face seemed to be immovable. "Oh, lord," He squinted at the screen, reading something else, "I don't even know if I remember the chords to that song." Regardless, he reached behind him to fetch the guitar sitting on the couch. Dex attempted to sing some of the song, but wound up mumbling some words partway through the verse and gave up, "There you go, close enough." He kept the guitar in his lap and rested an arm on it, reading some more comments, "Oooh, they want to see your tattoos," He said to Ben, then turned back to the phone, speaking once more to the void, "They're new."

He wondered yet again if Dex was doing this strategically, giving Ben a moment between questions while he did his own thing, pulled all the attention onto him. Or maybe this was just the first question he saw flying by. He didn't worry about it too much, though, happily watching Dex play and sing. While this was happening, his phone buzzed in his pocket. And then it buzzed again a moment later, and then again. So, someone was watching, probably. Ben was biting back a smile when Dex turned to him again, and he gladly held his hands forward. "Oh yeah, for sure," he said, holding his hands a little closer to the camera. His phone buzzed again, but he took his time letting people see. "Thank you," he said with a little laugh, seeing another flood of compliments.

His immediate reaction was to take Ben's hand and kiss it, but something stopped him from doing so. He couldn't quite pinpoint it, but, Dex chocked it up to feeling a bit too intimate of PDA for the public persona right now. Instead, he watched more comments roll in. "What am I watching right now? We're watching Drag Race. Old seasons and new ones, 'cause Ben's never seen it." He rested a hand on Ben's knee, "Who're some of your faves?"

Ben reacted automatically; once Dex put a hand on him, he placed his own over it. "Now that you ask me that I forgot everyone," he chuckled. They were just a few minutes in, but Ben could already feel himself start to relax a little. "Uhhh. Oh, I love Bob the Drag Queen on TikTok," he said to the phone. "And I like Yvie Oddly, she's really cool. And from the most recent season, um... Bosco or Willow Pill, I think."

"He's got taste," Dex grinned, "And now we know who Ben's rooting for on All Stars." Everyone was now throwing out names in the comments, "—Yeah, you're right!" He huffed dramatically, reading another one, "Me as a guest judge when! I'd do that for free, I don't care."

"Oh my, god." Ben faltered slightly to stop himself from saying gods on the live. "And I'd pay to see it," he continued, shaking Dex's hand slightly from its spot on his knee. A few more questions came and went, and the next time Ben tried to read the comments, he found that he could. Or at least, it wasn't such a blur, and he could sort of keep up. His eyes snagged a 'omG WHAT DID I MISS' and a 'play another song please!!' and a ‘you two are couple goals 😭' and it all made his heart beat a little faster. "Can I ask them a question?" he asked Dex in the slight lull after his last response.

"No," Dex shook his head, randomly strumming a few notes on his guitar, "You can only sit here and look pretty." He then broke into a grin, in case the joking hadn't been obvious, and nudged Ben's leg with his own, "Of course you can."

A grin spread over his face as well, and he reached for Dex's guitar, lightly plucking a string to break his flow. "Shut up," he said, chuckling, almost forgetting where they were for a moment. Then he turned abruptly to the phone, smile still wide. "Okay everyone, tell me your favorite Dex Finley song? I'm curious."

His head dropped back onto the couch, exuding dramatics once again, but he was smiling, "Why? Are you making a playlist for yourself?"

Answers filled the screen, song title after different song title. He nudged Dex's leg, looking back to him briefly with a little smirk. "Like I don't already have one." Ben checked the replies again. "So I'm getting, uh, all of them." He chuckled.

That was new information. And it sent a warm, fuzzy feeling down from his head to his toes. "'Cause I'm a musical genius who doesn't have a bad song." Dex wanted to wrap Ben in a hug and kiss his face, but, he settled for gently tracing his fingers down his back instead, smiling like a fool. "That's a lie." He lifted his head off the couch, then started playing the riff from the only song he wrote for his movie. It only lasted a few seconds, but, it was a notorious inside joke that spurred a sudden surge of comments:

'FSJDKGFD NOT THE PICK ME BOY ANTHEM' 'ummmmm idk about y'all but we stan' 'oh bestie not this 💀💀💀' 'BEN GIVE US THE PLAYLIST'

The comments made him chuckle, "But, I appreciate you all saying so. And yeah, Ben, now you're gonna have to give us the playlist later."

It was all worth it for that look in his eye, that mix of surprise and pleasure, the way his face got a little brighter. He was smooth on camera as always, but Ben was satisfied. "I mean, it's just my favorites. And," he rubbed the back of his neck, "a few songs I thought you'd, uh, sound good singing. Like, hypothetically."

This was proving to be much more difficult than Dex anticipated. He wanted to know what those songs were, but, preferably with Ben in his lap, and his voice in his ear, and all Dex could do was bite his lip and grin, "Yeah? So, Ben is in charge of the setlist, then." He winked at the phone, "We'll be following up on that later." Dex squinted and leaned in, reading some more comments. A blue, verified checkmark caught his eye, made him chuckle, "Logan says you're her favorite Barista. Logan, I need you to teach me how to do the whole streaming, Twitch thing." He proceeded to watch a string of keysmashes in the chat from her account, which he took as a probable yes. He then added, "Ben is my favorite barista, too."

"Of course I am," Ben said. He'd kept his hands to himself but, normally he'd have grabbed Dex and kissed him, at least on the cheek. But so far they'd been much less physically affectionate (was it weird that he noticed?) so Ben held back. "Hi Logan," he said to the screen. "You're my favorite customer." Ben turned to Dex and put a hand on his arm. "Sorry." Again, the urge to kiss his cheek, but Ben just looked back to the screen. Somehow, he managed to catch a question. "Was karaoke night our first date?" he repeated. He grinned and looked to Dex once more. "Was it?"

"I mean, not intentionally." Part of him was tempted to leave it at that. But, there was a weird sort of relaxed confidence that came over him. Being able to tell the story himself, on his own terms, exactly how he wanted. "We were just hanging out as friends." Dex rolled his eyes, smiling, "But, he made the move of picking the song. So, I said 'alright, bet' and kissed him after. So, now we say it was."

All of a sudden Ben felt weirdly exposed, a little too seen, as if telling this story about a song that people already saw was giving some secret part of himself away. "Um, yeah," was all Ben said at first, a giddy, timid look on his face. He recovered quickly, though, and laughed a bit. "I honestly didn't think he would," he admitted to the camera. Now he really felt exposed, but he continued. "At least not then. Thought I'd have to take him to a few more karaoke nights first."

‘SGJDFH SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT' 'what did u expect 😂' 'PLS THIS IS SO CUTE I'M SCREAMING' 'aries behavior 💀’

"Well, shoot, darlin', you can take me to karaoke whenever you want." Dex grinned, nudging Ben's arm once again before leaning back in towards the phone. It was a fraction too late he realized how easily the pet name had slipped out, and how the comments were now going absolutely feral over it. His heart did a nervous little flip, but he chose to pay it no mind.

Dex did his best to try and sift through for someone else to talk about, "Yes, I saw the cucumber video. In Kendall's defense—!" He laughed, "I didn't know how to chop a vegetable until a couple years ago either. And that's just because I was on my own and had to."

Ben sat back for a moment, hiding a stupid smile behind his hand while Dex answered another question. He didn't know why, but telling that particular story and getting that kind of response... It felt nice. This whole thing, actually, felt nice. Nice in a way he didn't expect. Ben wasn't sure what to do with that, but he decided to think about it later. "And you're still a better cook than me," he sighed.

"What can I say, I'm a talented bitch." He smiled, reaching over to squeeze Ben's leg again.

They continued on like this, laughing, chatting, and steadily getting into a comfortable rhythm with it. After a while it felt so natural, Dex wondered why he'd felt even the tiniest bit nervous in the first place. "Okay, okay, I love y'all, but honestly, I'm hungry. So we might peace out of here soon. Ben," He turned to his boyfriend, "Is there anything else you want to say? Talk about? Now's you're time to shamelessly promote whatever you want."

All in all, it went pretty well. Ben thought he'd be much more of a mess here, less prepared, maybe even less welcomed considering who everyone was here for. But it still felt weird to promote himself, even after things going so smoothly. "Um..." Ben looked slightly nervous as he addressed the camera once again. "So, I'm kinda in a band," he said, an embarrassed smile on his face. "We're called Thousand Inch Cats, you can follow us on TikTok. Uh, same name. I... I think that's it." He looked at Dex. "Oh, and me, I guess." He laughed. "But just follow the band, you'll find me if you really want to."

"They have my stamp of approval, so," He raised his eyebrows at the phone, "If that means anything to you—But, okay, I am gonna go make lunch." Sitting up a bit, he reached for the phone, "I hope you have an amazing day, night, wherever you are. I love y'all so much. We'll talk soon. Byeeeee." Dex made sure Ben was also in the frame to wave goodbye if he wished, then pressed the button to end the live. His arm promptly wrapped around Ben, cuddling up against him as the air of professionalism he'd kept the entire time evaporated instantly, "What came first, the band name or Frank?"

Ben felt something ease as soon as his boyfriend held him, and he relaxed into the embrace. "Frank," he answered, fitting himself comfortably against Dex's side. "I'm not saying he inspired the name, but I think he definitely contributed." He smiled, then leaned in for an eager kiss. Ben pushed a hand through Dex's hair as he did this, pressing against him for a brief, intense moment. "That was really fun," he said once he leaned back, smiling again. "Did I do okay?"

"Yeah," He breathed out, a dreamy haze and smile settling over his face. Was it really this easy? Had he truly been psyching himself out this entire time? A light, joyful feeling filled his chest, and he realized he was happy. So happy. "You were perfect. Thank you. Maybe it sounds silly but," He shrugged, brushing a thumb across Ben's cheek, "It means a lot." Dex kissed him again, but this time stayed close, his voice a little hum as his nose brushed against Ben's, "Am I allowed to know what those songs are that you want me to sing?"

The look on Dex's face was incredible, and the feeling radiating off of him filled up the whole room, making Ben buoyant. Yes, Dex had made it clear that this was important, but it was only now that Ben realized how much. All he'd been doing when he said yes was chasing that eager, excited energy radiating off of his boyfriend; and he was glad he had since the payoff was so sweet. Ben swelled up with pride, realizing that he did that. He made Dex feel that good, and all he wanted in that moment was to keep it that way. As much as possible, for as long as he could. "Does that means you'll sing them?" he asked by way of reply, his voice low but his smile huge. "At least one? You can surprise me someday."

"Uh, yeah," Dex chuckled, kissing Ben's forehead this time, "That's why I'm asking."

[angycryptid]

Just gonna drop the results of this quiz for all 10 of my Lemon Demon ocs even though i have made character sheets for exactly zero of them, so here's a very strange intro to them.

1. Alec Bell (He/Him)(Lifetime Achievement Award & Touch Tone Telephone)

people don't care about this character enough:((

most fans completely gloss over this character and are obsessed with another character. even if this character is well written and has a cool plot :(( smh these fans need to pay attention to this character :(((

Fair enough, he probably wouldn't be a fan favorite, but i like him

2. Mara Zapp (She/Her)(Pizza Heroes)

people will not shut up about how they deserve better

this character went though a lot and fans are BITTER they write a crazy amount of fix it fics and just generally talk about how the character deserves way better

Tbh she didn't go through too much, her parents just dislike that she wants to be a mechanic/inventor and doesn't wanna do college, also the pet question made me realize that she would absolutely have a pet rat

3. Clover Beckett (He/Him) (Sweet Bod & Spiral of Ants)

people will not shut up about how they deserve better

this character went though a lot and fans are BITTER they write a crazy amount of fix it fics and just generally talk about how the character deserves way better.

Honestly true because he is absolute baby with a somewhat traumatic backstory

4. Talon Rocket (They/Them) (Atomic Copper Claw)

people will not shut up about how they deserve better

this character went though a lot and fans are BITTER they write a crazy amount of fix it fics and just generally talk about how the character deserves way better.

True, but in a completely different way than Clover because they're basically nonbinary American Wolverine who runs on coffee

5. Cygnus (doesn't really care about pronouns, but most people use She/They) (No Eyed Girl)

lots of fanart but in a cool way :o

this character has a chill fanbase !!!! people just make aesthetic art for them !! your character is probably fairly unproblematic

Yesssssss, i think that people would want to draw her especially because they have skin and hair that looks like a galaxy, the fairly unproblematic is a stretch tho because she nearly girlbossed her way to destroy the universe and only stopped because chaos inventor girl is pretty and she must simp.

6. Vic Wilson (They/She) (Spring Heeled Jack)

very controversial

some people are literally in love with your character. others want to witness their execution. and probably these fans fight each other a lot about it. and they @ you for like 90% of their fights so your notifications are blowing up and it's all about this one character and you're just so tired

True because this character is so chaotic that she's been 20 since the 1800's simply because they refuse to die.

7. Dalton Howe (He/Him) (The Only House That's Not on Fire Yet)

people will not shut up about how they deserve better

this character went though a lot and fans are BITTER they write a crazy amount of fix it fics and just generally talk about how the character deserves way better.

Honestly fair because his entire family is bigoted as hell and it got them haunted by an angry lesbian (for good reason)

8. Tr4V1!Z (He/Him) (Melt Everyone (i know not technically Lemon Demon, but still))

it's just edit after edit after edit,,

either fans really simp for this character, or there's a lot of aesthetic scenes for this character. either way there's like 2 songs fans use constantly for these edits and at first it's kinda cool, but eventually, you grow sick of these songs. im sorry but they'd probably use mother mother songs :((((

ahfdkjlhajdgdskjl THEY SIMPIN OVER THE ROBOT TIKTOK FUCKBOY I CAN'T

9. Melano (They/He/She) (Something Glowing & Spiral of Ants)

people call them "smol bean" :(((

i regret to inform you but,, people are making edits of this character and giving them cat ears. and making them say uwu. and probably infantilizing them in some way. your character deserves so much better

Yeah, also this would be especially funny if someone who doesn't know the character bc they would see uwu smol bean so aborbs and then scroll down to see a character who has four arms, glowing antennae, blue hair and skin, a fish tail and human legs, and so many fish fins

10. Bella Wildes

reader x character fanfics :((

people simp for this character. like a crazy amount. you look at the tag for this character on tumblr and it's all just fanfiction with reader x character. you're scared to look them up on any fanfiction site.

I'm sorry, yall wanna fuck the angry lesbian witch ghost, like ok i guess