Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 71

Castiel pauses, making sure not to snap at her. He hasn't mentioned Dean to the public at all since they broke up. He's carefully avoided the topic when online, talking to fans, and in interviews. For the most part, it's been pretty easy. This is less so.

Finally, he says calmly, "I'm not discussing my relationship with Dean Winchester at this time."

"Just one question?"

"I'm not allowed to talk about that," Castiel lies. Jim would probably let him if he wanted to. It was never technically forbidden. Jim just assumes Castiel won't, and he's right. They both know Castiel doesn't like talking about things until it works with his schedule, and when it comes to things this personal, that usually ends up being never.

"I'm just curious, how long were you two dating?"

Between his lack of sleep due to packing late and his general increased irritability from tour and not returning to Sioux Falls on time, he finds keeping his cool is much harder than usual.

Without really thinking about what he's doing, he says, "If you won't respect my wishes, I see no reason to respect your show. I'm out." He walks off, ignoring the murmurs of the crowd. He doesn't look back, making a beeline for the limo waiting for him. He can make it to the airport early. Better sitting around on his phone for an extra hour or so than stuck with Lilith.

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Castiel clears security fairly quickly, which means he has nearly three hours until his flight leaves. Great. He sits in the terminal with his carry on — a backpack with his song notebook in case he thinks of any good lyrics, his wallet, and his laptop and charger that he wouldn't trust with anyone. Misha is far too big to bring in the cabin with him, so he's going in with the luggage. Castiel was probably more worried about it than him at first, but they've both grown accustomed to it by now.

He pulls out his cell phone, unsure what else to do for the next few hours. Per usual, he starts with Twitter.

"@CastielNovak rapping Iggy Azalea is still my favorite thing."

Castiel smiles to himself at that. The video somehow got around, probably due to Hael, Ambriel, and their friends spreading it like wildfire. Thankfully, people have backed off the whole "dating Balthazar" thing.

"I'm going to @CastielNovak's Sioux Falls concert and I'm so excited!"

The Twiterverse is being awfully friendly today.

"So glad @CastielNovak's bro started that Literal Satan channel. @YourFavSatan is the best!!"

He can't deny that. Lucifer's channel has been doing pretty well lately. He's already up to three million subscribers, but only about half a million views per video. A lot of people probably subscribed for Castiel, and some probably don't have time to watch every video.

"The only thing @CastielNovak was good for it getting @YourFavSatan's channel out there."

Castiel frowns and ignores that. He gets tweets like that a lot. Lucifer's channel sure changed the game.

It's a few minutes later that he gets a text.

Lucifer: Tweeted you

Castiel gets texts like this from his siblings a lot. It's the only way he can see their tweets at him in all the spam. He hops over to his brother's Twitter. His follower count has been climbing steadily, and Castiel can't help but feel a pang of pride at his brother, following his dreams and having a bit of fun while making people smile.