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vinnie was bored.
ever since the tiktokroom post, the other boys had been talking nonstop about nyla, and how she was going to regret choosing spencer over them.
vinnie didn't give a shit. it was her life, her choice, but he missed her.
ew.
he just wanted to go back to when they would duet each other's tiktoks and make fun of each other, the snarky remarks, the deadly glares. he missed it.
he was tired of the boys talking about nothing but nyla, so he left, deciding to go to the skatepark or do anything else other than stay at home.
so now, it was just the eighteen year old at a deserted skatepark an hour away from his house, skating and ignoring all his other problems.
• ★ •
nyla was about to go insane.
spencer hadn't come over in a few days, since it was time for his final exams, and she had already finished schoolwork and her clothing line designs.
she wanted to go on instagram, or twitter, and see what was going on in the world, but spencer was right, social media was doing nothing but harming her relationship with spencer and her own mental health.
i should do it. it's just instagram, after all. and it's my account.
she reached for her laptop, opening google chrome and logging into her account.
well, tried to log in.
spencer changed the password.
nyla sighed, rolling her eyes before coming up with another idea.
my spam account.
the account she never used, especially since she started getting more famous on tiktok. with a few taps on her keyboard she logged in, a small smile on her face.
"what are you doing?" spencer's voice questioned, his eyes trained on the laptop on nyla's lap. "is that-"
"n-nothing," nyla stuttered, closing out the browser and slamming the laptop shut. "don't worry about it."
spencer frowned, looking at nyla's shaking hands. "you're lying."
"i-it's nothing, baby, i'm trying to find you a birthday gift and you can't ruin the surprise."
spencer relaxed, putting his wallet and keys down on the counter and sitting next to nyla on the bed.
"how was your day, honey?" he asked, taking his phone out and looking at his texts.
"pretty good," she hummed. "i hit 25 million today on tiktok, i need to go live on instagram like i always do, you wanna join me tonight?"
"no."
"oh, well you don't have to be in the live, spence, but i need my instagram back or else my supporters are gonna be confused because i always go live. my manager told me i needed to interact with them more, and i miss them too."
spencer huffed out a breath. "fine. i'll be behind the phone."
• ★ •
"hello my loves," nyla waved at the phone, watching as people started to join her live. remember how a few months ago we hit 20 million and i baked a cake? we're doing the same thing again," she smiled. "it's a chocolate cake, as always."
spencer groaned, "i hate chocolate cake."
nyla rolled her eyes, laughing, "deal with it, you picky eater. who doesn't like chocolate cake?"
she turned, grabbing the ingredients and putting everything in the large glass bowl in front of her, mixing everything up as she started to read the comments.
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user: i love you
user: we missed you so much where have you been?
siennamaegomez: pretty girl
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"aw, i missed you guys too! i've been taking a little break from social media recently because of my mental health, so i haven't really been on instagram. spence, my boyfriend, has been posting stuff for me so i can just focus on myself," nyla explained, cracking an egg and adding the yolk to her cake batter. "hi sienna, i miss you."
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user: why did you leave the sway boys
user: ur so pretty
user: happy 25 mil
user: what did kio do
user: i miss you and bryce
user: i ship you and troy
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nyla's brow furrowed, "um, the boys and i haven't really been talking much," she said quietly, whisking up her batter. "it's all good, i'm sure they're just busy. and troy and i are just friends, guys. i have a boyfriend i like very much," she said, looking at spencer, who shot her a stiff smile, his entire body tense.
nyla poured the cake batter into the pan and moved off camera to turn on the oven and wash her hands.
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user: what
user: i thought she was mad at them
user: didn't SHE block them in the first place?
addisonraee: hmm
user: ur so pretty
user: spencer is giving me bad vibes
user: why is she playing the victim
user: what the fuck is going on
user: your bf is sus
user: hi tiktokroom
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nyla put the cake in the oven, about to turn around and keep reading more comments, when spencer came into the camera, waving to the live with a forced smile. "guys, my phone is about to die, so we gotta go! i'll post a picture of the cake on my story, so look out for that!"
and with that, spencer ended the live, meeting eyes with nyla. "what? my phone was about to die, baby."
"i have a charger right there, and i wanted to read more comments," nyla said, "why did you end it so quickly?"
spencer's rolled his shoulders. "i told you, my phone was about to die so i needed to end the live. just take a picture of the cake later."
he turned, grabbing his stuff from the counter. "i gotta go home, my roommate's asking for something. i'll call you okay?"
nyla sighed, kissing spencer's cheek and walking him to the door.
something was going on.
nyla grabbed her keys, slipped on her shoes, and silently slipped out the door, following her boyfriend.