With the couple back together and the angst over momentarialy, the week continued on. The very next day they had a few interviews with popular talk shows. Hunk had sure worked fast and had them booked for almost every celebrity talk show and drama show out there.
With a few days of interviews over, the very last one had fallen upon them. Before the show the pair start their normal routine of helping each other look their best for the audience when they hear a knock on the dressing room door. The knock is accompanied by a the cheerful voice of a stage hand, "Excuse me? Akira? Loverboy Lance?"
The pair exchange a look before Lance heads over to the door and opens it with his usual bright smile, "Yes?"
The younger looking women clears her throat and looks at her clipboard, "I was sent to give you guys a little run down on how the shows going to go. Is it fine if I come in for a moment?"
Lance looks back to Keith who is sitting in the chair at the makeup counter. The other looks up in the mirror towards the door and nods before going back to doing his eyeliner. Lance steps aside and welcomes the lady in, "Um, yeah sure."
She steps in and Lance closes the door behind her before going to Keith and fixing his tangled black hair. The lady smiles brightly at the sight of the couple and starts off on her short run down, "First off, I'd like to say I'm a huge fan of both of you and I'm shocked you're actually together."
The couple simultaneously glance back at her. Keith shifts his gaze back to his reflection fast and asks, "Are you a stage hand or a fangirl that snuck in?"
"Stage hand but also fangirl," She admits. She looks down at the clipboard again and reads off the usual, "Anyways, I'm sure you both know how this works. You wait at the side, get queued then walk on stage and answer a few questions. We will be having questions from the fans,"
"Questions from the fans?" Lance questions her.
"All of them have been approved by your manager, Mr.McClain. You two should have no worries about any ridiculous comments and questions."
Lance eases a bit upon hearing that Hunk approved all the questions before hand. If anyone knew how uncomfortable this is for him it'd be Keith and Hunk. He's glad that one of them went through the questions and okayed them.
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Lance tucks some of Keith's hair back behind his ear as they wait on the stage side. Keith fidgets with the engagement ring on his finger nervously and the popstar notices this.
"Aren't I supposed to be the nervous one?" Lance teases in a hushed whisper.
"Shut up."
Lance stifles laughter and grabs Keith's hands, "Hey, no backing out now right?"
"Right."
Lance pulls him into a quick hug as he hears the hostess announce their arrival.
"Now can we get a warm welcome for the couple of the hour, Loverboy Lance and Akira?!" The hostess calls out to the audience.
A nearby stage hand waves them on. They untangle themselves from eachother and opted to hold hands, fingers intertwined. They walk out on stage, Lance gives the audience a small wave and they take their seats at the couch adjacent to the host's chair. The crowd begins to die down as the mc welcomes them.
"Welcome, Welcome!" She turns her attention to the more familiarized guest, "Gosh, it's been forever since we last spoke, Lance! How have you been?!"
"I'm fine for the most part," He smiles, "Obviously I've been doing pretty good in the love department."
Lance motions to Keith who has is usual fan pleasing smile on his face. The hostess shifts her attention to Keith, "You must be Akira! It's a pleasure to finally meet you!"
"Pleasure's all mine," He replies, his brain shifting into people pleaser mode.
The MC looks back to Lance, "I was shocked when I heard that you got engaged! I never thought in a million years that you'd settle down so fast!"
"Neither did I," Lance admits. He looks to Keith and a bit of lovesickness flashes across his face before turning his attention to the host, "But then I met Ke- I mean Akira and everything kinda just clicked."
"Awe, that's sweet," The MC gushes. She looks to Keith, "What about you, Akira? I heard about your previous relationship prior to the show and was wondering if you ever thought you'd be getting married so soon?"
Keith shakes his head, "Marriage was never really something on my timeline if I'm being honest. But, Lance strutted into my apartment back in Korea like he owned the place. He had the confidence of a thousand suns and I admired that."
"Oh thats right! You two somehow have kept your relationship going even though the distance is remarkable. How do you do that?"
The couple exchange a look, Keith taking the lead, "Lots of patience."
"Daily phone calls, FaceTime,"
"Texting."
"Really just all your standard stuff in a relationship," Lance says.
The woman leans back in her chair a bit, "Do you have any plans of moving in together anytime soon?"
"Not at all," Lance says, "I think I can say safely that we both hate the distance but for the sake of our jobs its a necessity."
"Yeah," Keith adds, "And on top of that we'd have to decide where to move and who's moving where. It's just a hassle that we're going to tackle when we need to."
"That is completely understandable!" She looks off stage and gets a queue that she needs to move things along, "Moving along, I hope you don't mind but we have received many questions from eager fans!"
"We don't mind," Lance answers.
The screen behind them pops up the questions like most talk shows. The hostess reads the first one, "Okay, XXX from XXX asks, When did you guys realize you liked each other?"
"Like I said before," Keith goes first, "The moment he walked into my home, I just knew I liked him."
"And you Lance?"
"Funny story," Lance looks between Keith and the MC, "It was like a month or two into recording and we got drunk one night. Like absolutely plastered and we ended up making out on his living room couch."
The audience gasps.
Lance blushes lightly, "I woke up the next day and realized that I may have had a little crush."
"Little?!" Keith exclaims, "Okay Mr. Handsy, keep telling yourself that."
"Oooh," The MC gushes, "Sounds like it might have been more than just making out."
"There was some clothing missing but it never escalated further from that," Keith says, saving them from more embarrassment.
"Okay, next question from xxx, How long were you two dating before getting engaged?"
"About 8 to 10 months, give or take," Lance answers.
"We broke up like twice," Keith adds.
"Oh?" That peaks the hostesses interest, "Why did you guys break up?"
They exchange a quick glance before Keith answers, "Both over a really bad fight."
"Trouble in paradise?" She teases.
"Sometimes," Lance says simply.
"Okay!" The hostess claps her hands together, "XXX asks, How do you guys deal with fans? Do you ever get jealous?"
"We have subtle gestures and looks that we give each other if one of us is uncomfortable or jealous," Lance explains, "Like during fan signings sometimes we'll click our pens X amount of times or gently kick the other under the table."
Keith admits, "I've done that multiple times."
"He kicked me so hard one time it left a bruise."
"To be fair, the girl was feeling all up on you."
"You still didn't have to kick me that hard."
The host laughs, "In short you two do get very jealous of fans sometimes?"
"Yep," They say simultaneously.
"Moving onto the next question, XXX asks, What feature do you find most attractive about eachother?"
They look eachother up and down for a moment before shrugging. Lance answers first, "Well, y'know what they say, when you love someone you love everything about them. It's really hard for me to nail down one thing that is the most attractive about Akira."
"What about you Akira?"
"Uhm..." Keith ponders on it for a moment, "If I had to choose one thing that I love the most about Lance..? I think it's his overwhelming confidence."
"Confidence?" The MC repeats.
"Yeah," He smiles more genuinely, "Lance's confidence is honestly what drew me in."
"Awe," The host gushes, "What about you, Lance? Finally think of something?"
"Not sure if it's appropriate, but his body. I catch myself just staring and admiring him constantly. Like I'll be there gazing off into space then I'll be looking at Akira and be like, Damn that really is mine."
Keith turns away and covers his face with his hand. His cheeks flush red, "Lance, shut up."
The hostess chuckles and reads off the next question, "XXX asks, How has being public with your relationship affected your relationship?"
They both pause and have the same thought. A bit of fear flashes acrossed Lance's face. Keith picks up on this and offers a sympathetic look. After a few moments of silence Keith finally says something, "Being public with our relationship has had a negative impact to put it simply."
The hostess quirks a brow, confused, "Really?"
"We haven't seen eye to eye on a lot recently and we actually.." Keith pauses and looks to Lance for the okay.
Lance sighs and continues on, "In short, we broke up and just got back together a few nights ago."
"It's been rough for both of us," Keith explains, "Between me getting hate from the people that still cling onto my past relationships and Lance coming out and the drama surrounding that, we haven't really had a moment just for us."
"I didn't really come out in the best way either," Lance explains, "Proposing on stage was not the best choice of action."
"Do you regret it?" The MC asks.
Lance goes into a silent panic. He gently squeezes Keith's hand to try and signal him to answer this. Keith notices and takes control of the situation, "Can we move on? I don't think either of us want to talk about this anymore."
"Of course!" The hostess doesn't falter in her upbeat energy, "Next question..."