- "I just had to let you know you're mine." -

A couple of weeks after the wedding, I was in our kitchen, preparing everything for a BBQ with him and Benito. Bysael had wanted to have a chill evening with all of us, so he had invited Benito, some other streamers and his girlfriend. While I was putting the meat for the grill onto plates, Benito made a salad and Bysael was putting all of the sauces we had in the fridge onto a tray. Benito and I were somewhat a couple, we just hadn't told anyone but of course, Bysael had done the math and had concluded it pretty fast.

"Are you guys gonna tell the others or?" he started, when he saw me pinch Benito in the ass in a flirty way as I was walking past him to wash my hands.

I had asked myself that question a couple of times too but I knew him and I didn't want to pressure him into anything which is why I hadn't asked him directly so far. I looked over at him, he put the knife away, started smiling and pulled his phone out. When I looked at his screen, I could see that he was creating an Instagram post. It was a picture I had taken of us just a couple of days prior. I had my head leaned against his shoulder, while he was pressing a kiss on my forehead.

"You don't have to do this." I told him, when I noticed that he was hesitating with posting it.

"It's alright." he gave back and posted it. I knew that everyone coming to this BBQ would see it, so I mentally prepared myself for the questions they would ask. The doorbell rang and Bysael left the kitchen. Finally a moment alone with him. Benito had went back to making her salad, so I wrapped my arms around him from the back and snuggled into him.

After we had carried everything out, we both went back into the kitchen to get our drinks. Very much to my surprise, Benito grabbed my hand as we were making our way outside into the backyard. Tim, Erica and Ronny were all staring at their phones, I was pretty sure they had seen Benito's post. It felt weird that a lot of the guests were staring at us, while we were walking up to our friends.

"Are you guys already drunk?" Ronny immediately asked, when we reached them. Isabella was still holding my hand but leaned herself against my shoulder. I caught a glance of Trevor - Bysael had invited him as well - who looked just as surprised as everyone else. It was giving me the feeling of satisfaction because he had been the reason for our fight in the first place.

"No, we're not." I answered Ronny's question.

"You're not pranking us either?" Tim questioned skeptically. I shook my head and took a sip from my cup.

"Are you dating?" Erica wanted to know. Since I didn't know what to say, I looked up at Benito who was staring at me just as clueless.

"They don't know that either and now, let's cook." Bysael intervened. I was grateful for that because I didn't want to pressure Benito. Smiling, I buried my face in his hoodie. He let go of my hand and put his arm around my shoulder. The others were still staring at us but I was pretty sure they were gonna get used to it.

At around two, only my room mates, Bysael's girlfriend and some other streamers were still in the backyard. Since we all fit on the couch and armchairs on the back porch, we had sat down there. Pretty much all night, Benito and I had not touched one another or kissed because we had been too busy with either cooking, eating or talking. Now, we were sitting next to each other - I was more sitting on his lap than next to him - and were talking to Erica. Well, I was talking, he had rested his head on her shoulder since he was incredibly tired. Every now and then, he placed a kiss on my shoulder.

"Is it bad that we didn't have an answer to their question?" he asked me shyly, when I had finished talking to Erica. A smile spread across my face, then I started shaking my head.

"No, we just need some time." I said quietly.

Shortly after, the guests left and Bysael and my other room mates went to bed. Benito and I stayed downstairs and wanted to clean at least a little bit. While he was putting the glasses into the dishwasher, I was putting the left over food into the fridge. After that, I cleaned the grill, so we wouldn't have to do it in the morning. When I came back into the kitchen, Benito was sitting at the table, reading through something on her phone.

"The fans are happy." he informed me.

"They always loved seeing us together." I said, sitting down across from him.

"Yeah, but there has never been a post with just the two of us." Benito gave back and locked his phone. Yawning, he laid his head down onto the table.

"We should go to bed, you're tired." I said and got up from the chair. He nodded and did the same. Benito was so tired that he pretty much dragged himself up the stairs. When we reached my room, he let himself fall onto my bed. Benito seemed cold and not like he could like romantic stuff - at least that's what everyone else thought - but he actually loved cuddling; something I had learned in the few weeks we had been seeing each other. I slowly took off my hoodie and my pants and laid down next to him. With his eyes closed, he sat up, took off his jeans and sneakers and then he cuddled up to me. I placed a soft kiss on his cheek and just listened to her steady breath, slowly drifting off to sleep as well.