Not Very Idol Like

Lilia propped his head on his hand as he rolled over on the couch. Boring.  That was the only thought in his head as he swiped left and right on Fleuros on Fleurinder. As an idol, he was often busy. He had concerts every week, fan meets every other day. Never had time for Lilia. And when he did have time for Lilia he spent it like this. On the couch. Scrolling for potential love interests. It’s not like he was lonely or anything. Oh no! He was FAR from that. He just craved the attention. And the idea of living with someone other than his brother sounded quite nice. He paused on a weird profile. Almost as strange as his own. It lacked a good picture and only had a few pics of guitars, flowers, some weird galaxy patterned things and sheet music. Strange. Well, he couldn’t judge. Lilia’s own profile was a close up of his flowers and ears. Just trying to stay as incognito as possible. Which to be fair was quite hard with an eye-catching combination as his own. Lilia tapped the screen a few times before finally swiping yes on this poor soul. 

An instant match.

Lilia bit the inside of his lip and slowly sat up as he tried to think of a funny way to start a conversation. 

Music?

Guitars?

Flowers?

Weirdest wish you’ve granted in the last millennia?

He snapped his fingers as it hit him. Ask their favourite musician obviously…and see where it goes from there…

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“I hate clothes. I hate life. I hate how I look today…UGH. Ok, Get it together. One sheep. Two sheep. Three sheep.” Lilia hummed to himself as he spritzed his flowers. Today was the day. After a few weeks of talking their schedules have aligned and they could finally go on a date! Like… A Real Date. Just them. On their own. Meeting for the first time. Lilia’ swallowed hard. This was going to be a lot. Apparently, this mystery match was really into him. Like Him. As in Vex. Lilia pulled at the side of his hair, right foot tapping the beat to one of his songs. Gods above why did life have to punch him in the gut like this! They seemed to mesh so well. They had musical chemistry! And yet for some reason, Lilia was their favourite idol. Lilia laughed nervously before shaking it off. It wasn’t very idol-like to be nervous about a first date! Like, please. He saw more idiots every day on stage. Yeah! That’s a good way to look at it! He pulled out his chapstick swiping it on before smiling at himself in the mirror. “You. Are going to make a great first impression today.”

Hey, at least if it didn’t work out Lilia would still get to attend the concert afterwards! He was so excited to watch Nexus perform on stage. His bass tunes were to die for… 

Lilia was a little distracted walking to the meet up spot. Constantly checking himself in his phone camera to make sure he looked decent. Whatever decent was! But as he got closer to the destination he felt his feet wanting to walk the other way. He just had to…trust himself. His friends signed him up on this site because they knew he was lonely aha…so might as well give it his best shot to make them happy… 

Lilia took one last deep breath before opening the door to the restaurant. 

In front of him was his date. However, he didn’t expect said date to be a unicorn. And he also didn’t expect said date to be freaking Nexus of all people. Lilia took a deep breath letting out a slight strangled noise. Idols don’t curse and they definitely don’t scream omg keep it together!  Lilia wanted to ask if he was maybe lost but suddenly the profile pictures made sense. They were close ups of his eyes and ears. This was real. This was Nexus. And Nexus was his date. “I- Um Aha..so um..” Lilia started finding his words simply got lost in his mouth. Nexus on the other hand seemed to be completely unaware holding out his hands to the other. What? Does…he want a hug or something? We just met…  Lilia took a slow step forward finding himself in a really awkward hug. 

He’s not saying anything. This is really weird. He’s touching my hair.

Thoughts that quickly flew through Lilia’s head before he quickly took a step back, eyes ducking to the ground. He didn’t even notice the embarrassed expression on the other’s face. “Anyways! I’m Lilia..nice to..meet you uh. Nexus. You can call me Vex if you want it’s just a stage name but yeah…whatever. But nice to meet you!” He perked up quickly shaking off his nerves. “I rented out the place for us after you suggested it. I hope you don’t mind. I’m not really good with crowds. Too many photographers. And I- am talking too much. Sorry”

“Your voice is pretty. It’s nice to meet you too, Lilia” Nexus finally spoke. And said his name. And said his voice was nice. Lilia cleared his throat, looking away again. Cute! Nexus was so cute! 

“We should probably… eat before your… concert”  Lilia whispered letting the waiter seat them. He continually messed with the flowers in his hair once they sat down. Lilia was half looking at the menu half glancing up to Nexus on occasion. Every time their eyes met his heart skipped five beats. Now that can’t be healthy… 

…Hey at least…he still has a concert to look forward to?

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Dinner was dinner. He didn’t expect much from it especially when Lilia was pretty much the only one talking half the time. But it seemed like Nexus weirdly enjoyed that? Now here they were walking to the concert venue together. Lilia’s hand loosely rest in the other’s. The cat trying to find a new topic for him to ramble about but seeming to have gone through his extensive list of things to say on his first date he was stuck being quiet again. Nexus rarely smiled on this date. Lilia glanced up at him. He had a strange tired look on his face. Yet his cheeks had quite a lot of colour. Was he embarrassed to be next to him! Was it the hand holding? Probably. Not that Lilia initiated that! Nexus did! Didn’t he? The cat fleuros chewed his lip slightly as they neared the venue. It was a smaller one than what Lilia typically performed at. But honestly, he liked these holes in the walls. He half wished he could go back to performing at places like this. He quickly let go of the other’s hand as they got closer.  “Hey! Um. I know you got me a VIP pass or whatever but uh I just wanted to say I really enjoyed today’s date. It wasn’t just about getting to see the concert. I was hoping that-” 

“Lilia, if you are about to ask for a second date the answer is yes. But you’re staying after right? So we can hang out more?”

Geez, mind reader much? That must’ve been the most he’s talked about all night…

“Yeah of course! Whatever you wanted to do! Haa…I’m free all night. For uh… whatever… you… yeah”

Nexus smiled for a second. Just a second. Or maybe Lilia dreamed it but it was a nice little day dream! Sat up in the front, Lilia texted Nexus all the way till the concert started up. Dual toned eyes never left the stage. Ah..So this is what his brother meant by falling in love huh? That weird feeling in his heart as Nexus looked at him. The butterflies when Nexus brought him on stage. The way Nexus made him feel… special. Like more than just a fan. More than a pretty face. More than talent. An actual fleuros. And now sitting outside the venue after the concert, talking about their duet on stage, Lilia finally felt that something in his life was finally coming together.