THE next day was the day of the famous photoshoot Chan and Mal agreed on. The group were standing in a mostly-empty space with only a table, a green background and a few cameras installed.

"Yes, just like that."
Mal and Felix posed to the camera as they hugged each other's bodies close. They changed their positions as soon as they heard the familiar click of the camera taking the picture.

"Hyunjin, go stand on Mal's other side and put your arm on her shoulder."
The boy obeyed. The three members were now posing to the camera in a different, sharp position.

"Chan, stand in Felix's place and hold Mal's hand. Felix, come stand next to Han."

They, once again, did as told.

"Han, change positions with Hyunjin."

Hyunjin moved out of the way to make space for Han. The three members stood against each other for only a few minutes before they heard the clicking sound again.

"Felix and Hyunjin, switch positions with Chan and Han here. Chan, stand next to Felix, and Han, stand next to Hyunjin. Time for a group picture."

They did as they were told.

"Mal, switch positions with Felix and put your arm on his shoulder. Everyone, make a resting face and don't smile." the photographer spoke in a French accent.

He took a few more pictures with one of the cameras.

"Chan, stand in the middle."

Just then, Mal's phone gave a long, peaceful sound. Felix felt his muscles relax at the sound, knowing that it was finally time for Mal's prayer.

"Hey, Lumière? Do you think we can take a ten minute break? I need to pray."

"Well, of course, honey! Please drink water, everyone. The bathroom is on the left." the photographer, Lumière, instructed.

"Thank you."
They all muttered, then headed towards the nearby table to grab the water bottles.

"Hey, how is it going with the Instagram accounts? I already made one." Chan asked as he took a sip of his water.

"I made one too. My username is @FelixLee, but I don't know what to post on it." Felix replied, then pressed a few button on his phone's screen and show its content to Chan.

felixlee

Felix Lee    0 posts    0 followers    0 following

Hi, I'm Felix. Nice to meet you.

"Hi, I'm Felix, nice to meet you? Seriously?" Han asked in a sarcastic tone.

"I got creative."

Chan rolled his eyes. "What about you two? Where are your accounts?"

Han raised the screen to Chan's eye level so he could see the content.

hanjisung

Jisung Han     0 posts    0 followers    0 following

Call me Han, or Peter.

"Why does it sound like you're trying to flirt with someone?" Hyunjin asked, which made Felix giggle lightly.

"Yeah. I got creative too."

Chan turned to Hyunjin, "And you?"

"Yeah, here."

Hyunjin showed the profile to Chan, only to make him realize that it was just the same as the others. They didn't have any followers and they didn't post any content yet. They didn't even have a proper profile picture.

hwanghyunjin

Hyunjin Hwang     0 posts     0 followers    0 following

:)

"A smiley face? What are you, five?"
Felix chuckled again at Han's comment.
"How about we all follow each other? When Mal gets here, I'll tell her to do the same."

They all nodded in agreement. Felix opened the search bar on the familiar app and typed his girlfriend's name. An account with a verified check mark popped up.

maloffical

Mal      100 posts     20M followers    270 following

Mal means angel in Arabic. But I'm no angel, and neither are you.

"That's a good quote."

"Yeah, finally."
Felix pressed on the follow button, and a small, almost unseen message popped up.

Also followed by griffingluck, avamichelle, diegovelazquez , macecoronel, joshuabassett, and 20 others you may know.

Curiosity rushed through him as his eyes fell on Griffin's profile. He pressed on it, and was met by the profile picture of Griffin's face posing to the camera.

griffingluck

Griffin Gluck      58 posts     10M followers      300 following
Big Time Adolescent

He decided to scroll through the posts.
A picture of two dogs that he previously owned. A picture of him and Diego posing to the camera, while Griffin's arm was rested on Diego's shoulder. An old picture of him hugging Mal's torso, which made her smile uncomfortably to the camera, barely hugging him back.

He frowned at the picture, knowing that it made her uncomfortable that he was holding her like that. The lump in his throat was growing bigger, so he scrolled down a little further.

And his eyes went wide at the like count.

500,560 likes.

A wave of hurt washed over him.

Griffin was using her for clout, and that was only because that was his most liked picture on his account.

A few moments later, Mal opened the door and came into the room.

"Hey, guys."

"Hey. Can you follow us back on Instagram? We just finished setting up our accounts."

She smiled at that, tearing away the scarf around her head and putting it inside her purse, then let out her phone from her purse and began scrolling through it for a moment. 

"Done! Now we get to text each other, all the time. This is going to be so much fun!" she spoke sweetly, reaching over to hold Felix's hand in reassurance.

"I can't wait to tell the whole world we're together, sunshine."

He allowed a sincere, happy smile to crack through his cheeks.
"Me neither, Mal. Me neither."

That moment, Lumière, who was done staring at his laptop screen, motioned for them to come closer to him.

"Look at these," he began, "they look fantastic!"

Mal nodded and turned to Chan, a small, positive smile planted over her face.
"When should we post these?"

He glanced at each of his friends for a few seconds, and his eyes fell on Felix. The situation that Han told him earlier flashed into his mind, which caused the words to form between his lips automatically.

"How about right now?"

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