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Ivan hands let go of Till’s neck, finally. Till looked at him. Not at Mizi, not at anyone but him. It may be in his last moments, but it was still something. As his body reached the ground, blood spilling from his back, the crowd went wild. The “fan favorite,” Ivan, lost. Till looked at the body lying lifeless on the ground, Ivan, the man who was meant to win, lost, his body lying cold on the ground, while he stays to compete for one more. A voice then suddenly rang out.
“Cut, Good Work everyone.”
Director Kim, noticeably smiling, approached the two men on stage. The once lifeless body of the black-haired man was now up and lively, bowing and thanking the staff.
“It’s finally your last scene, you did well playing the character Ivan, the emotions felt so real.”
“It was no problem, director, I owe it all to your skills.”
Seeing the two men chattering to each other, Till left the stage first, back to his dressing room. He still had more scenes to play; it was better to go back first and practice them, but as one left, another came. A blonde man approached the two men on the stage. As he came closer, he could hear a conversation about an after-party about to be held for the black hair.
“Director Ivan already has prior plans today; he won't be able to come to the after party.”
Luka the blonde, inserted while the two were conversing, surprising the other.
“Oh- looks like I invited you too late Ivan, you and Luka here, enjoy your time”
When Ivan was about to refute what the other said, Luka suddenly took his hand while telling the director they would be going first.
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Luka and Ivan, known as best friends to the entertainment industry, have been in the same boy group for 3 years now, together they got cast for the series “Alien Stage” a show about how, in the distant future, Earth had been taken over by aliens, the humans being made into pets for aliens, and the much richer aliens could allow their adopted human to join a singing competition called “ALNST” where the owners of the pet humans could gain fame and respect, winning for a pet human could gain them fame and losing meant death.
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Holding Ivan's hands, Luka led the other back to his dressing room, as they approached the room, no one said anything to the other, only silence could be heard, until Ivan opened his mouth, saying he would just go change out of his costume, the blonde only replying with a nod. As Ivan went to change clothes, Luka sat down, trying to think of what to say to the black hair man once he got back.
“Did I do something wrong?”, “Are you alright, Ivan?” None of them felt right, really, but what else is he supposed to say? They’ve always been good friends, relying on each other for the past 3 years, and suddenly Ivan started to avoid him, with no explanation whatsoever. As Luka was lost in thought, Ivan had already gotten back to the room, changed into a black turtle neck with a leather jacket on top, and once Luka noticed the other was there, he could see the other looking at him with amusement with how deep in thought he was, not even realizing he was already for quite some time.
“Oh- Ivan, you're already done?”
“Mhm, what got you so deep in thought, not even realizing I was already here”
Hearing the other say such words, like he doesn’t know he was ignoring Luka, and here he was worrying about it so much while the other party doesn’t even know, it was kind of Idiotic, before he even knew it, Luka's eyes were spilling out tears, Ivan seeing the other suddenly shed tears panicked
“Luka!? Why are you crying? Did something happen? Is someone bothering you?”
As Ivan was about to hurry and find something to wipe the others' tears, a hand suddenly stopped him in his tracks. Luka held on to Ivan, stopping him from leaving, scared he would never find another opportunity to say the words he had been keeping from the other.
“Ivan, why have you been ignoring me…”
He finally said it
“I don’t know what I did wrong, but won't you forgive me? I like you, Ivan, I really do. I don’t want you to hate me.”
For some reason, his mouth won't stop blabbering. It might be because his mind is in a mess, but everything his mind has been keeping is just spilling out.
“I didn’t mean to say that. No, forget about it, please.”
Luka said as he blushed from embarrassment, covering his face with his hands. Now that he said something like that, would Ivan hate him? He doesn’t want that, he’s been hiding it for so long, why say it now. Ivan, shocked by the other confession, couldn’t believe what he heard: Luka liked him? Not Hyuna but him?
“You're not lying, right, Luka?
Seeing the blonde not having any plans to answer him, Ivan took Luka’s hands from his face, tilting the other chin up to look the other in the eye
“Do you really mean it Luka?”
Ivan asked again
“Yes”
The blonde replied, hearing Luka’s answer, made Ivan ecstatic., The man he loved felt the same way about him, it's like a dream, and if it was, he hoped he never wakes up. Suddenly, Ivan pulled Luka in a tight embrace, surprising the other.
“I like you too, Luka, for a long time now.”
Ivan said, Luka, hearing the other words, was shocked. Ivan felt the same way about him, but why had Ivan been avoiding him for the past few days?
“If you like me, why were you avoiding me?”
“I was just jealous, I thought you and Hyuna were together.”
He and Hyuna? That was the first time Luka heard those. Sure, the characters they play in the series might have some romantic attachment to each other, but outside of work, they were just close friends
“Whenever I wanted to hang out with you, you guys were already together, so I just stopped, thinking you too were busy too hang out with me”
Now knowing Ivan's reason, he would say it is a bit silly, it's his first time acting in anything, and Hyuna was already a seasoned actor; he just wanted to learn more from her, him not telling that to Ivan is his fault, making this huge misunderstanding between them, but on a good note this problem made them open up to each other, letting out their hidden feelings.
-THE END