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“how'd he know my name?”
march blinks again. “didn't you tell him?”
“no,” caelus says. “i didn't.”
“how'd he know my name?”
march blinks again. “didn't you tell him?”
“no,” caelus says. “i didn't.”
march bombards him with questions before handing over a glass of lemonade.
“uh, yeah, actually—” caelus pauses, recalling something.
march blinks. “what?”
march bombards him with questions before handing over a glass of lemonade.
“uh, yeah, actually—” caelus pauses, recalling something.
march blinks. “what?”
“where the fuck did you come from?!”
“you got a backstage pass?!”
caelus blinks.
“huh?”
“where the fuck did you come from?!”
“you got a backstage pass?!”
caelus blinks.
“huh?”
the paper is a bit weird, a few words he couldn't recognize and—
“caelus!”
the paper is a bit weird, a few words he couldn't recognize and—
“caelus!”
dan heng clicks his tongue before quickly taking something out of his pocket, handing it over to caelus.
“give this to my staff later, caelus.”
dan heng clicks his tongue before quickly taking something out of his pocket, handing it over to caelus.
“give this to my staff later, caelus.”
caelus nods in reply, pressing his lips into a thin line before starting.
“i—”
“one minute is up, please exit.”
oh, you've gotta be fucking kidding me.
caelus nods in reply, pressing his lips into a thin line before starting.
“i—”
“one minute is up, please exit.”
oh, you've gotta be fucking kidding me.
“i take it this is your first time to an event like this?” dan heng laughs in return and it sounds foreign— so, so different from TV.
“yes,” caelus answers truthfully.
“i take it this is your first time to an event like this?” dan heng laughs in return and it sounds foreign— so, so different from TV.
“yes,” caelus answers truthfully.
so that's how.
“hello,” dan heng starts the conversation with a smile, a bit different from the one he had seen on television.
“hello,” caelus replies.
so that's how.
“hello,” dan heng starts the conversation with a smile, a bit different from the one he had seen on television.
“hello,” caelus replies.
surprisingly there's no scent, at least, not anymore. caelus wonders what he had sensed earlier, autumn, perhaps his stalker had followed him here?
he shivers, taking a seat in front of dan heng.
surprisingly there's no scent, at least, not anymore. caelus wonders what he had sensed earlier, autumn, perhaps his stalker had followed him here?
he shivers, taking a seat in front of dan heng.
“next, please enter.”
there's alarms blaring in his ears, loud and overwhelming, but the burn is addicting and everyone else is waiting. so caelus enters inside, only a foot in before—
“next, please enter.”
there's alarms blaring in his ears, loud and overwhelming, but the burn is addicting and everyone else is waiting. so caelus enters inside, only a foot in before—
oh god no. i'm happy single! i'm not ready to mingle!
“excuse me—”
before caelus manages to turn around, there's a burn of autumn flaring in his nostrils and he can't help but instinctively cover his nose.
oh god no. i'm happy single! i'm not ready to mingle!
“excuse me—”
before caelus manages to turn around, there's a burn of autumn flaring in his nostrils and he can't help but instinctively cover his nose.
caelus hears a few whispers behind him, feeling their gazes on his back.
“he's handsome, you think i have a chance?”
“weren't you here for dan heng? fake fan,” a third voice cuts in, laughing at the end.
caelus hears a few whispers behind him, feeling their gazes on his back.
“he's handsome, you think i have a chance?”
“weren't you here for dan heng? fake fan,” a third voice cuts in, laughing at the end.
caelus stares at the booth, then to his phone.
something abruptly shifts in the air.
caelus stares at the booth, then to his phone.
something abruptly shifts in the air.
“you're too funny.” caelus deadpans as the pink-haired girl laughs her ass off.
“next, please hurry up.”
“you're too funny.” caelus deadpans as the pink-haired girl laughs her ass off.
“next, please hurry up.”
“i feel like i'm out of place of sorts.” caelus sighs.
“oh don't be so dramatic—
“i feel like i'm out of place of sorts.” caelus sighs.
“oh don't be so dramatic—
“please refrain from exceeding the time limit,” the security gaurd had said, letting the girl up in front of them inside the booth.
“please refrain from exceeding the time limit,” the security gaurd had said, letting the girl up in front of them inside the booth.
but there was an uneasy feeling in his gut.
but there was an uneasy feeling in his gut.
it was true he had binged everything dan heng had been in, bought some merch, kept track of his newest appearances... but it was all out of curiosity!
“please, caelus, it's gonna be so fun!”
it was true he had binged everything dan heng had been in, bought some merch, kept track of his newest appearances... but it was all out of curiosity!
“please, caelus, it's gonna be so fun!”
“caelus, please, we have to go!”
the silver-haired man almost chokes on the tapioca pearls.
“caelus, please, we have to go!”
the silver-haired man almost chokes on the tapioca pearls.