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Mysta had it pretty alright.

He was living with 4 of his friends who also just happened to be his co-workers, he’s been trying stuff out like makeup and other kinds of hobbies, he’s even learned how to play a guitar! He’s just been honestly enjoying his time lately.

But something’s been bothering him, and it has something to do with 4 of his friends.

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”Hi Ikey! What you up to boi?” Mysta popped up behind Ike who was scrolling on his phone, causing the other to jump, “Mysta! You scared the living heck out of me!”, the detective only chuckled at this, causing Ike to go silent

Getting worried at the sudden quietness of his friend, Mysta waved his hand in front of Ike’s face, “S..sorry, I gotta go..”, the novelist suddenly took off.

“HUH? But we didn’t even get to talk yet man!”

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Seeing Luca and Shu playing games on the Tv, Mysta decided to join them to pass the time. He sat next to Luca on the couch letting out a relaxed sigh.

The moment he sat down, the game was paused. Turning his head to look at the two, he saw them staring at him  

..which was a little bit creepy to Mysta to be completely honest. “Uh.. you guys good?”

”Yeah were, um doing pretty pog! Me and Shu have to go now, BYE!” Luca then grabbed the sorcerer’s wrist and quickly dragged him somewhere else.

“What the, HEY!! Where are you two even going????” Mysta sighed as he was left alone,

“Guess I’m playing this game by myself..”.

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The demon was in the kitchen, cooking lunch for the whole household. Mysta made his way to his side, looking at all the ingredients placed on the counter. 

“Can I help? I promise I won’t mess up!” He gave Vox puppy eyes, trying to convince him. The demon could only sigh and nod, “Alright, but I’m monitoring you the whole time.” Mysta silently cheered as he went to help chop up some vegetables.

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The rest of the cooking session actually went pretty good, which Mysta was pretty proud of in all honesty.

“Wanna taste test?” Vox asked, holding up a spoon for Mysta to take. The brunette nodded as he put his mouth on the spoon, not even taking it from Vox, “Mm!! It tastes pretty good!”.

Vox felt his cheeks turning red as he put the spoon down on the plate, “I’m gonna call the others now…” Mysta watched as the demon hurriedly went upstairs looking quite tense.

”What’s up with him?” Mysta picked the spoon up and took another bite, “Holy fuck this is heavenly!”

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Today Mysta decided to ask Luxiem if they wanted to go to the new diner that just opened, they happily agreed to Mysta’s surprise.

It seems like they’re acting better than yesterday.

“Yo this dish lowkey looks good!” Mysta showed the Luca which the blonde nodded agreeing.

Once they placed their orders they just spoke about random things to pass the time while they wait. “So.. Mysta” Mysta hummed, “Been trying make up lately?” Luca asked, “Yeah I have! Seeing Shu do his make up made me curious, plus I’ve always wanted to do eyeliner so I decided to try it out, does it look ok?” All four nodded like children. 

Mysta smiled at their response, a new found confidence arises in him. Their talks continue until their food arrived “Want a taste of mine Mysta?” Ike lifted his spoon, letting Mysta take a bite, “Mm! That tasted good, their food here is great.” the novelist nodded, giving him a fond smile.

Mysta continued to eat before he felt a thumb swipe across his cheek, “Sorry, you had food on there.” Shu looked away shyly, “Nah it’s fine, thanks Shuey-shu!” the detective gave him a cheeky smile.

’Thank you Shu Yamino for this gift!!’

The other three thought seeing Mysta’s genuine smile.

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”Ugh.. this stupid cat tree..” Mysta groaned trying to assemble said object, Luca overhearing offered to help his dear friend.

Mysta beamed at the finished cat tree. “Thanks dude!” he gave the blonde a hug before walking out his room to find his cat named Mystake, weird he knows but Mysta’s weird too so what did you expect.

Luca who was left in the room felt his face turn red. It wasn’t the first time Mysta had hugged him, but somehow that one felt different.

He clutched his shirt as he tried to calm his beating heart. “Lord Mr. RiASS, what are you doing to me..”

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Ike was in the living room, writing a new chapter for his book but he seems to be struggling. He sighed as he rubbed his head in frustration, closing his laptop and setting it on the table in-front of the couch.

Mysta, who was passing by noticed the novelist struggling and sat besides him. “You ok Ike?” Ike shook his head, “I’m trying to release the second book of my novel but I’m struggling to even get past making chapter 2..”.

“Oh.. um I don’t know much about writing but is there anything I can do to help you?” Mysta asks, determined to help the boy out.

Ike then pulled him in for a hug, “Just.. stay like this with me for a while…” he said shyly. Mysta’s cheeks flush but nodded as he and the novelist just cuddled for an hour.

Surprisingly after that time with Mysta, Ike felt his writers block lift. 

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Mysta felt weird, something about his genmates changed, they’re more… affectionate?

Lately Ike’s been cuddling with him in his room, which is fine since they’re homies, but he can’t help but feel his heart beat fast when they do.

Luca’s been helping him with a lot of stuff he needs help with more now, he feels as if when he struggles with something even as little as opening a jar; Luca suddenly appears!

Don’t even get him started with Vox, he’s been more flirty with Mysta, which he doesn’t mind but he feels as if the demon’s being serious about it and Mysta doesn’t want to be given mixed signals.

And Shu… Shu’s been more affectionate with the detective too, Shu shows his affection more through actions rather than words, and Mysta knows that. He’s been helping him with things, like Luca, but he’s been giving him things he needs and he’s been helping him with his make up as well.

Mysta really doesn’t want wanna assume that they like him, because what if he ends up with a broken heart y’know? That’s kinda embarrassing.

So what does one do when they’re having a dilemma.. go to Uki of course!

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”So you’re telling me they just suddenly started giving you so much attention?” “Yes!” “And they’ve been more affectionate?” “Yes!!!” Uki sighed at this, “I don’t know.. Maybe they have feelings for you?” the psychic laid his cheek on the palm of his hand,”Nah there’s no way! Plus Shu and Luca are straight so there’s no chance they’d like me.” Mysta declined the assumption.

Uki only sighed at his response, shaking his head before taking a sip of his tea. “Well… if you really wanna know why they’re acting like this, I could lend you some of my mind reading powers for a week.” Mysta perked up at this.

“But wouldn’t that be data privacy..?” The psychic only gave him an unamused look, “Ok, ok!! Just… dont accidentally turn me into a dog or sumn..”. Uki rolled his eyes as he held the brunette’s hand and closing his eyes, mumbling words Mysta doesn’t understand.

Their hands then glowed a purple hue, similar to Shu’s magic, before disappearing. “There. Also I’m a psychic, why would I turn you into a dog when you’re already one.” He joked; chuckling while Mysta pouted at his words.

Uki then decided to test if his transfer worked. ‘Can you hear me?’ , Mysta raised an eyebrow, “Well yeah??? You’re in front of me.” Uki pointed at his mouth, ‘I’m not speaking using my mouth bitch.’ Mysta’s eyes widened “OH SHIT it actually worked!” the psychic let out an amused huff.

”Now remember, you can only use this power if YOU touch the person you want to read the mind of, if they touch you the power wouldn’t work.” He informed the detective who nodded, letting go of the man’s hand. “Wait but how come you can do it on command?” Mysta asked, “Well that’s because your power is temporary. My power was given to me by the star that fell into my eye, while your’s is lended to.” Mysta let out ‘ohhhh’, understanding the others words.

After a while Mysta stood up, “I’ll be going now then, thanks Uki!”, he placed his part of the bill and thanked Uki before heading out of the cafe pretty satisfied.

Uki shook his head and watched the detective leave, fondly. “Well at least we wouldn’t have to painfully watch Luxiem try and not make their crush on him obvious anymore.” Uki chuckled as he took a sip of his tea.

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“So.”

“So….”

Luxiem (excluding Mysta) all decided to have a meeting in Shu’s room. “What are we gonna do about this situation.. Mysta’s starting to get suspicious..” Shu says.

Vox sighs, “Well it’s our fault for not being able to resist him, I mean, the boy is so..cute..” the other for nodded agreeing. “True!! I mean, I feel like we we’re pretty good with hiding  our feelings, but lately he’s been experimenting with makeup and he looks so.. pretty! Make up looks pog on him.” Luca comments.

”Ok, game plan, we try to be less obvious and slowly try to get Mysta to fall for us and confess when the time is right!” Ike says determined, “Alright! He’s probably still at his hangout with Uki so let’s prepare dinner for tonight. Just hope he’ll end up liking us back...” Everyone agreed, getting out of the sorcerers room to head to the kitchen.

What they don’t know is trying to be less obvious with their already obvious feelings for the detective was going to be even more of a challenge.

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An hour after Mysta’s meeting with Uki, he went to the store to find some things he needed for his stream. Losing track of time, he ended up going home pretty late.

When Mysta entered the house, he looked around, confused as to why it was rather quiet, until he heard noise coming from the kitchen.

Making his way to the source of the noise, he found all 4 of his friends making dinner. “Ayo? What’s the special occasion? Why’s everyone making dinner together.” Mysta hoped they wouldn’t run away and to his surprise, they acted normally again.

”Ah, Mysta come and join us, we wanted to spend time together.” Ike gave him a soft smile, the detective raised an eyebrow at this. “You want ME to help cook?”

”Well do you not want to?” Vox gave Mysta a smug smile, Mysta then went to their side excitedly as they all started to prepare dinner.

At that moment,

Mysta had forgotten he had mind reading powers, it seems like he was too distracted to even remember he had it.

That’s the Mysta everyone knows and loves alright..

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It’s been a couple of day’s since Mysta received mind reading powers that he graciously forgot about. You might be wondering, has he not touched at least one person? Yes. But that’s only because everyone’s been so busy lately, with lots of big projects and works being done, and Mysta was pretty busy as well.

Well until today, Luca seemed to be free, so he and Mysta went out to spend the day together to relieve some stress!

Walking into the mall they went out to shop for some stuff, they first went to the arcade. “Yo Luca you should totally try that punching machine!” Mysta recommended, “Oh pog!! You’re right! We might win lots of tickets too!” Luca went up to the machine, and entering the coins, he stretched his arms warming up to punch the punching bag.

A loud bang then echoed through the arcade, “Holy shit.” ‘1696 points!?’ “POGGG!! Look at the amount of tickets Mysta!” 

They then moved on and found a claw machine, Mysta eyed the cute fox plush in the pile of plushies, this didn’t go unnoticed by the blonde as he quickly entered some coins in and got the plush in 3 tries.

”Here ya go Mr.RiASS!” Mysta’s eyes sparkled at the sight of the cute plush, “Thanks, man!” he took the plush and hugged it tight.

‘Cute..’ Luca thought to himself as he watched the other hug the plush. They had more fun in the arcade before deciding it was time to leave to buy some other stuff.

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Walking into a clothing shop, Mysta went scavenging for clothes he might like, “OO! This one would look on you!” Luca held up a black turtleneck, “Hmmm, it would.. but I have a lot of black turtlenecks already..” the blonde pouted at this as he went to look for other clothes.

Touching the rack of shirts he found a cute soft pink shirt, “Not usually what I’d wear.. but it does seem comfy, I wonder if they have a bigger size so I could use it as pyjamas..” the brunette thought to himself as he looked around. 

All of a sudden he felt a tap on his shoulder, making him flinch, “Ah— sorry sir, but you seem to need some help?” an employee asked, “Oh, um, do you maybe have a bigger size of this shirt?” Mysta asked. “I’ll go check if we do, I’ll be right back sir.” Mysta nodded as he looked around some more to see if he wanted anything else.

”Mysta do you think this would suit me?” Luca showed him a brown sweater with a white collar, “Yeah! You should get it dude.” Luca smiled at his response as he put it in their basket before going back to finding more clothes, possibly for the rest of the boys as well.

“Alright sir here is your shirt.” The employee handed him, their hands brush against each other as he took the shirt, ‘I wonder when my shift ends today..’ Mysta was about to thank the man but he was caught of guard when he suddenly heard him say those words. “Is there something wrong sir?” “Ah no it’s nothing, thanks..” He put the shirt into the basket.

‘That was odd..’ Mysta thought to himself. As time passed he and Luca went ahead and payed for the things they bought, they bought some stuff for the rest of the Luxiem boys aswell, they got Vox new pants, they got Ike a nice hat and for Shu, they got him a new hoodie.

Next stop was groceries. “Yo Luca do we need anymore caviar paste for Ike or do we still have a stash left?” Mysta asked as he touched the box of paste, “We still have a box left, but I think we need some steak..” 

Finishing up groceries, they went back to their car and filled the trunk up with the things they bought. “Don’t think we need to go grocery shopping for a while after this, am I right big guy?” Mysta smiled as he put his hand on Luca’s shoulder.

Luca nodded happily, ’Mysta’s so cute!!’ Mysta froze, ’Huh?’, “Mysta are you ok?” the blonde frowned, the detective shook his head and nodded, taking his hand off of the other’s shoulder, “I’m good, let’s just get going, next stop is the park.”

As they reached the park, the walked around for a bit, enjoying the environment. “Mysta, Mysta look! There’s ducks!!!” Luca ran to the pond excitedly, “Wait for me!” Mysta ran after him.

They both observed the ducks in silence until Luca decided to break it, “Did you know if you piss on a jellyfish sting, it’ll relieve the pain? ‘Cause I think I just got stung on my mouth~” Mysta laughed, “Dude wtf?”, the blonde grinned, “Who turned off the thermostat it’s getting hit in here, never mind found the heat source right here!” the detective let out another fit of laughter at the mafia boss’s dumb jokes.

Soon after that, they went to walk more. Luca suddenly came to halt, “You good man?” Mysta asked concerned, “I hear a dog whimpering..” Luca then left Mysta’s side to find the source of the sound.

Mysta trailed behind him. Luca then crouched near a bush, the brunette stood behind him awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

Luca stood up and turned around, showing a sad golden retriever puppy in his arms, Mysta cooed at the cute sight. “It seems like it was abandoned..” Luca said frowning, “It looks like it’s been out here for a while.. does it have a chip?” Luca shrugged.

”Let’s take it to the vet to see if it’s ok” Mysta nodded at the blonde's words as they got back into the car and went straight to the vet.

Luckily, the dog seemed to be in perfect health, it also didn’t seem to have a chip meaning it didn’t have an owner and it was apparently a male.

”Can we keep him?” Luca gave the detective puppy eyes, “But we don’t know if the other members would agree.. plus I have a cat, what if Mystake freaks out? Its best to put him in an adoption shelter for dogs Luca..” Mysta answered.

”I promise I’ll take care of him pleaseee!!” the blonde begged, Mysta tried to resist giving in, but then the puppy joined in, giving Mysta literal puppy eyes making him sigh.

”Fine, but we don’t even have any dog stuff! How are we gonna take care of him?” Mysta asked, “We can buy some right now! Plus he was just vaccinated by the vet, we can get him chipped now too!!” the detective let out a sigh as he and Luca went back into the building.

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When they got home, you could imagine the shocked face on the other Luxiem member’s faces. Luca and Mysta was being scolded by Ike and Vox while Shu played with Dogma, yes, Dogma is the puppy’s name..

After that whole fiasco, everyone helped put away the groceries and tried on the clothes Luca and Mysta bought. Dogma and Mystake seem to be getting along, which is a shocker to Mysta knowing how his cat was usually stubborn and took a while to warm up to other animals and people.

Vox and Shu cooked dinner are the other three played smash to pass the time. Mysta’s face softened when he saw Dogma and Mystake sleeping together soundlessly. 

“Dinner’s ready!!” Shu shouted from the kitchen, catching the three’s attention. They eat dinner, shared some stories and jokes before calling it a night.

Vox, Shu and Ike then went back to their room to finish up their work load while Luca and Mysta then crashed on the couch, Mysta layed his head on the blondes shoulder, making Luca’s cheeks flush red.

’Mysta.. you’re making it so hard for me to not kiss you right now!!’ Mysta’s eyes widened at the words he just heard, he looked up at the Blonde with a shocked look on his face. “What did you just say??” He asked wanting clarification, “H-huh? What do you mean Mr. RiASS I didn’t say anything?” Mysta then took his head off of Luca’s shoulder.

He was about to ask again but went against it. Shaking his head he just told Luca ‘Never mind, must’ve just been me hallucinating or something..’ making the blonde chuckle.

The rest of the night, Mysta stayed up thinking about what happens, what was going on? Was he going insane or something? That thing that happened earlier had happened 3 times today!

Maybe he just needed some rest, today was a tiring day..

Mysta then slept that night hugging the fox plush Luca won for him in the arcade today with the thoughts still lingering in his mind. This only meant he was one step closer to remembering at least..

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After that day with Luca, Mysta finally remembered something, he has mind-reading powers! How could he forget that he and Uki spent the whole lunch together talking about his problems with the boys?

The only problem now was how was he going to time his touches with the boy’s thoughts. Mysta pouted as he cuddled his plushie in his arms, watching the TV with furrowed eyebrows.

”Mysta you ok?” The brunette flinched and looked at the source of the voice, “Im good, why’d ya ask?” Vox scratched his head, “well you were staring pretty intensely at the television mate.”.

Mysta felt His cheeks burn red in embarrassment, “Sorry I was thinking about something.”, the voice demon raised an eyebrow “While watching cooking videos?”, the detective nodded “I uh… wanted to learn how to cook better and got caught up in my thoughts..” Mysta let out an awkward laugh.

”you could of just asked me if you wanted to learn you know.” Vox ruffled his head “I didn’t wanna bother you, you seemed busy lately..” it was true, Vox has been pretty busy with his lore projects to the point they’ve been mostly ordering takeout instead of eating Vox’s home-cooked food.

The demon shook his head, “You’re never a bother Mysta, c’mon what’d you have in mind to make?” Mysta stood up and smiled excitedly, “Burgers!” Vox nodded as they made their way to the kitchen.

”Hope you don’t actually think you’re an outrageous cook.” Vox comments as he took the meat out the fridge. Mysta only looked at him confused, seeing his expression, Vox lets out a fond huff. “It’s just, you tend to be self-deprecating, just know we know you’re capable.” the detective blinked a little surprised “Oh.. thanks dude that’s actually so sweet.”

Mysta then took out the seasonings, “This ‘s good right?” he said hoping to change the subject, he didn’t really wanna talk about stuff like that at the moment, luckily Vox seemed to catch on, “That should be good.”.

After finishing preparing they went ahead and started to work on the meat. “Alright so what you want to do here is add the seasonings to the ground beef.” Vox instructed Mysta. The detected nodded, adding the seasonings in nice amounts.

Vox then takes the egg yolk and puts it in the bowl with the seasoned ground beef. “This is where you use the glove, mix this up while I go and toast the buns, got that?” Mysta nodded as he went and mixed it up together as the demon went to the stove.

”This good Vox?” Mysta went up to the man who was toasting burger buns. Vox took a look and hummed, “Perfect! Just place it here for a moment while I go ahead and place these bad boys to the side.”.

Mysta was in charge of cooking the patty, which he hoped inside that he wouldn’t burn; yes he knew he could cook alright but he still didn’t trust himself.

Vox then instructed him to roll some of the ground beef into a ball and place it onto the pan which Mysta complied as he took out a portion and placed it onto the pan.

Mysta didn’t expect Vox to suddenly go behind him and hold his hand. ‘What the fuckdhjshdu..’ the detective felt his cheeks turn slightly red, he hoped the demon didn’t notice.

Vox guided Mysta’s hand which was holding onto the spatula and flattened the patty down. “After you flip this, add the cheese and then just repeat this 3 more times with the rest of the ground beef left.” Mysta nodded silently, his vacant hand gripping his shirt as he felt his heart beating.

Vox moved from his position behind Mysta and went back to the kitchen island to chop some onions up.

Finishing up the burger, Mysta felt pretty proud. “Told ya you’re a great learner. Good job mate!” Vox patted his back. Mysta smiled at him with a cheeky grin as he thanked him.

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After their little cooking lesson together, Mysta and Vox decided to go out to the backyard to get some fresh air with their burgers and coke in hand. Sitting down on the chairs, Mysta laid back and let out a relaxed sigh, “There’s nothin’ like just chilling outside with your homie after cooking burgers together.” Vox only chuckled, “That sounds like such an American thing to do  ‘This is the life dudeee, freshly grilled steaks and chilling with the homies while drinking beer!’.” Mysta laughed at his unexpected joke.

Vox looked at Mysta with a fond expression, he loved Mysta’s laugh, it was pure serotonin. 

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Time passes and the two are still talking, completely immersed in their own little world. “Ike has the smallest hands among ‘Amogus..’ the boys right?” Mysta asked, “Pretty sure yeah, wanna compare hand sizes again?” the detective nodded.

As their hands touched, Mysta felt that feeling again. He looked at Vox, who was looking at their connected hands, curiously. ‘I wish I could hold his hand without having to find a random reason to.’ Mysta’s eyes widened, freezing at the new info he just received. ‘Is that why he held my hand earlier in the kitchen? So he wasn’t just trying to help me? Holy fucking shit that’s so cute.’ he thought to himself.

Vox looked at Mysta a little concerned when he felt him tense up, “You ok Mysta?”, the detective snapped out of it as he retracted his hand away, “ah— uh, yeah, I’m uh HAHA, yeah I'm good!” ‘Wow that was totally believable.. I’m such a fucking idiot!1’ he berated himself.

”Alright lets call it a day for now haha..” Mysta stood up and went back inside in a hurry. “Mysta wa—!” he couldn't finish his sentence as the detective shut the sliding doors. “—ait…” the demon sighed, he wanted to talk more with him.

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After that interaction, Mysta has been avoiding Vox for the rest of the day, he was too embarrassed to face him again after embarrassing himself. Vox probably doesn’t even know the reason!

This didn’t go unnoticed by Ike who happed to have come home later that day, especially when he saw Vox on the couch, looking kicked kitten while he hugged a pillow. “You alright buddy? What happened, wanna tell me?” Ike said with a soft sounding voice as he rubbed the demon’s back trying to comfort him. It’s a bit of a rare sight to see their voice demon like this.

“Mysta’s been ignoring me for the past few hours, I don’t even know what I’ve done wrong, do you think he hates me Mike?” Ignoring the dumb Mike nickname, Ike looked at him sympathetically, “Of course he doesn’t hate you. Mysta’s not like that, plus you’re his friend!” Vox doubted his words but decided to stay silent instead of responding.

Sighing, Ike stood, pulling Vox up with him. “Let’s go out and meet up with Nina and the others to get your mind cleared c’mon big guy.” Vox looked at him surprised, “but you just got home!” Ike didn’t reply as he just dragging the demon out of the house.

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“Ike, honey!” A familiar motherly voice was heard. “Hi Nina, hope you don’t mind that I brought a plus one with me.” he nudged the depressed-looking Vox, urging him to greet the fox goddess, “Hey Nina..”.

The fox goddess looked at Ike concerned and mouthed “Is he ok???” to which the novelist shook his head to. “Hello Vox! Well let’s get going, Mama’s hungry for some Korean BBQ!”

 Nina and the two boys headed to the restaurant to meet up with the others. “Oh? What a surprise Voxxy’s here.” Fulgur commented, “Yeah hope you guys don’t mind.. I had to drag him out the house to clear his head, ya know how the boi is.” Ike said sighing. Fulgur only chuckled “Ah I get it.”

Everyone sat down at the table, Nina went and ordered for her friends, leaving them to converse. “Sonny look, isn’t this fan art cute?” Alban shows the commander his phone. Sonny nodded smiling softly.

”I see Uki couldn’t make it Fuu-chan?” Ike asked, “Yeah, he’s been pretty busy apparently. Gotta love Uki and his effort to make such gorgeous projects.” Ike nodded smiling. 

Reimu wanted to banter with Vox, but he didn’t seem like he was feeling well so she decided to just converse with him normally. “You alright?” All she was given in response was a sigh from Vox. “Jeez, whatever happened to you must be rough.” the demon gave the ghost girl the look after her comment, which made him forget about his situation for a moment.

This was a good sign to Reimu so she decided to continue to talk to him and make slight banter here and there.

”Do you and Alban ever fight Sonny?” Enna asks out of the blue to which Ike slightly chokes on his complementary water too. “E-enna!” Ike laughed. “What??? It’s a genuine question! Plus it was too quiet so..” Enna argued.

Sonny scratched his head as he chuckled “I mean yeah, all couples do.” Alban nodded agreeing “Mhm Mhm!”. The commander ruffled the thief’s head “Sometimes when he’s upset at me he ignores me for a few hours before giving in.” Alban pouted, “Well I can’t be mad at you forever! You try and talk it out with me right away when you make me upset..Plus you always end up spoiling me with a small gift whenever we argue, who am I to deny such shiny jewelry.” 

Fulgur snorts, “More like you end up getting needy for his attention.” the cyborg says with a knowing smirk, “Shut up Fulgur it’s not like that!” Fulgur could only let out his kettle laugh at this. 

Ike chuckled at the interaction. But in the corner of his eye, he sees Vox listening into the convo; he must’ve heard the word ignores and piped up.

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”Stay safe now honeys!” Nina bid them farewell as they headed home.

After their little get together dinner, Vox seems to have cleared his thoughts up. “Alright, I’m gonna talk to him!” Ike hyped his friend up “You got this!”.

He walked upstairs nervous, the rest of the boys should be in their room, well except for Luca since he’s out doing Mafia work.

He knocked on Mysta’s door, gulping as he heard it open. “Ah— Vox.” unfortunately for the detective couldn’t find an excuse to avoid him in this setting.

”Can I um… come in?” the detective could only nod. They sat on Mysta’s soft bed, and an awkward atmosphere was created in the span of seconds.

”So—“ “I’m—“

”….” “…”

”Sorry you go first.” ”Sorry you go first.”

”Pfft.” Mysta covered his mouth to not laugh, the sight made Vox smile. “Alright, I’ll start..” Mysta nodded.

”Sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable in any way mate, I just wanted to apologize since I seemed to upset you.” Vox apologized as he looked at Mysta.

the detective blinked at his words before his eyes widened in realization. “What? No no, you didn’t do anything to upset me bruh.” Vox looked at him confused, “What do you mean?” 

“The reason I was avoiding you was because I felt embarrassed of how I acted earlier..” Vox looked at Mysta surprised. “So you avoided me because you were embarrassed?” Mysta nodded a bit ashamed he avoided Vox.

‘Good fucking heavens Mysta Rias you’re going to kill me one day with how clueless you are..you’re lucky you’re a cute bitch.’ Vox sighed and hugged his friend “I’m just fucking happy you don’t hate me.” he laughed. Mysta hugged back, “I could never hate you, man.”

Mysta closed his eyes, he knows he could now hear Vox’s thoughts. ‘Wish we could just hold this embrace till the end of time..’

‘Thats a bit cheesy.. but nice in a way I guess..’ Mysta thought to himself as he tightened his hold, his cheeks we’re definitely red but he chooses to ignore it.

After they make amends, they call it a night and head to bed. Leaving Mysta alone again in his room.

He plopped down on his back, sighing. “This is gonna be a long awkward week with these powers.”

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“Thanks Ike, we’re all good now.” Ike gave him a proud grin. “See, now aren’t you glad I dragged you with me?” Vox chuckled “I am, this is why you’re the only man I would let peg me.” Ike gave him an unamused face,

“anyway.”

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Mysta opened the door with distress, he spent the morning in the gym but he couldn’t even really focus, he has exactly 4 or…3? more days until his powers are gone, how is he going to read the other two’s mind without making it obvious? That makes him sound like an asshole thinking about it..

He sighed as he closed the door behind him, walking into the living room seeing no one around, ‘Odd.. why is everyone so busy lately? I mean I know why but still, it’s weird not having any noise.” Mysta thought to himself as he went upstairs heading to his room to take a shower and change.

Drying his hair off with a towel, a certain room catches the eyes of the detective. Shu’s room seems to have some purple hue coming from under it’s door.

Curious, Mysta walked up to it and knocked, yet no one responded. “Shu? You good in there man?” He knows he shouldn’t disturb Shu during his sorcery hours but that purple hue is unusual and it makes him uneasy, so he’s concerned.

Instead of an answer, Mysta is was instead had arms wrapping around his shoulders, causing him to be put off balance, “W-woah!? Ike??” he looked at the novelist confused and solicitous expression. 

“Mysta! I didn’t know you were home! Sorry about Ike, he volunteered to help me with a few spells but it looks like I may have messed up a little..haha” Shu tried to pry Ike off of the detective with no success.

Sighing, Shu rubbed the back of his neck. “Er.. what kind of spell did you even do?” Mysta awkwardly patted the man who had him in his embrace’s back, “I was supposed to cast a mind control spell, I was curious about Vox’s voice demon abilities and wanted to replicate it but instead.. we got clingy Ike as a result..” the sorcerer chuckles embarrassed and gauche.

”Well is there a cure!?” He asked panicked as Ike started to rub his cheek against Mysta’s chest, “I’ll have to make it in potion form.. spells aren’t my forte, I’m more experienced in curses and potions.” Shu gave him an apologetic look.

“Could you handle him for a few hours?” Mysta’s sweat dropped as he nodded, “Great!!” Shu went back into his room and closed the door before reopening it immediately, “Oh yeah! Keep him away from alcohol, it could worsen his state!” And there the door goes shut again..

The detective looked at Ike with an awkward smile making the novelist give him a dopey smile in return, “Mysta, have I ever mentioned how pretty you are?” he felt his cheeks flare up.

This is going to be a long day…

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The first obstacle was streaming, Ike was hugging him from the waist which already distracted him enough the whole time he was playing, but then he started to make random whines! 

“Uh.. sorry chat, Ikey isn’t feeling too good so he’s here right now.” The chat filled with confused and worried messages as soon as they heard the novelist wasn’t feeling the best. “He’s doing fine don’t worry! Just a little whiny.” he sighs as he pats Ike’s head, surprisingly he doesn’t seem to mind. He let out an amused chuckle seeing people saying ‘TSKR’.

The whining soon stopped as he gave Ike the attention he wanted.

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Second, was when he had to go to the mall to hang out with Mika and Uki. 

“Woah, you and Ike, HOLDING HANDS BEFORE MARRIAGE!?” Mika gasped as he saw an embarrassed Mysta walk up to them “Oh shit, you dating Ike now?” the detective sighed, flustered at Uki and Mika’s comments as he held the novelist’s hand tighter “Shu messed up a spell now he’s clingy.. holding hands was the most modest option! Would you rather see him with his anrms around my torso bro??”

Mika rolled her eyes at Mysta’s response before they started roaming around the mall, “Yeah, yeah, keep making up excuses!”

The whole time he was constantly teased, but that wasn’t even the worse part of the whole hang out, the worst part was being able to hear Ike’s thoughts.

’Mysta’s so beautiful..’

‘I wonder what Mysta’s lips would feel like.’

’I want to hold Mysta’s hands forever!’

Uki shook his head as he watched the detectives ears turn crimson red. “Alright last stop for the afternoon! Boba.” Mika squealed to herself, excited to get some boba, Mysta was about to follow behind the two when Ike pulled Mysta back.

”Ike? Are you ok?” Mysta looked at Ike “You aren’t giving me attention.. also you let go of my hand..” the detective scratched the back of his head and bowed slightly as an apology. 

Ike kissed his cheek which caught Mysta extremely off guard. “H-huh? Eh?” Ike gave the malfunctioning Mysta an innocent smile as he dragged the detective with him to the boba shop.

When they arrived, Ike managed to convince the detective to share his drink with him, and boy Uki is gonna use this to tease the living life out of him, Mysta’s sure of it.

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The 27489th was getting ready for bed.

”Uh.. Ike, I gotta shower dude.” Mysta sweats as he watches Ike not even move an inch “Ike?” the detective poked the latter’s arm “Ill shower with you.” Mysta’s face bursts into red. He swears this clingy novelist will be the death of him!

”W-wha? We can’t do that!” Ike tightened his grip on his friend’s waist, making Mysta let out a surprised yelp.

“OkIthinkit’stimetocheckuponShu” Mysta stood up all of a sudden, causing the novelist’s grip to release. Ike pouted watching the detective run out the door before chuckling. The novelist stood up and followed the detective, he saw him holding a test tube as he thanked the sorcerer.

”Ikey! If you drink this for me and you can hug me anytime you want!” Mysta offered the potion, Ike looked at it curiously before he took and drank the potion, sooner or later his vision had started to get dark. 

“Ike!?!?” the detective gasped as he watched his friend fall to the ground with a loud thump “No worries! It’s supposed to do that! Just uh.. let’s take him to bed and he’ll be fine tomorrow.” Shu chuckled awkwardly as he lifted Ike up in his arms carefully.

Finishing up putting Ike to bed, Mysta stayed to watch him as Shu left, telling Mysta goodnight as he did. 

A few minutes pass and it seems like the detectives starting to get a bit tired, so sooner or later, he laid down on Ike’s bed telling himself he’ll just take a little nap……

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”Luca shut up! You’re going to wake them up!!”

“It’s not my fault! You two are crowding Mysta and Ike, I wanna take photos too, unpog!”

”Guys please its 4am in the morning..”

“Hmgh..” The detective groaned, rubbing his eyes as the noise quieted down. Blinking the blurry vision away, his eyes widened as he sees his friends in-front of him.

He immediately got out of sleeping Ike’s hold and fixed his clothing “Uh.. morning.” Mysta feels his face burn red as he awkwardly stood there “I’m.. gonna go!” He rushed out the room extremely embarrassed.

”Whoops..” Vox and Luca looked at Shu apologetically as the sorcerer shook his head with a smile, “I’m gonna check on Mysta.” The other two nodded as they looked at Ike, relieved he was still asleep.

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”Aghhhh that was so fucking embarrassing man!!” Mysta groaned into the pillow in his arms. “Mysta?” The detective heard a voice; it was Shu by his door. So he stood up and made his way to open it.

”ughhh Shuey-shu..” Mysta buried his face into the sorcerers turtleneck. Shu chuckled and pat him on the back “It’s ok dont worry about it, plus Ike hasn’t woken up so.” He says as he slowly brings the both of them back into Mysta’s room, sitting them both back on his bed.

Mysta sighed, scratching his head “Do you think he’ll remember what happened?” Shu thought about it before responding, “theres a 0.1% chance he might remember but I wouldnt worry on it.” the detective pouted at the sorcerer, “That’s not a zero..”.

Shu chuckled as he rubbed his back in an attempt to comfort him, “Well it’s quite early in the morning so.. you should go get more sleep, I think Luxiem needs a little hangout later aswell, would also be good so you can clear your mind.” The ravenette smiled at Mysta’s little nod before standing up and leaving the room.

The detective sighed before getting into bed.

These boys are gonna be the death of him.

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It was later in the evening, all of Luxiem grouped up in the living room. They had planned a movie night since they haven’t hung out in a while.

Mysta still felt a little awkward being around Ike but he tried to make it, not…obvious? He was very much failing but he’s trying, give him some slack.

Ike kept sneaking glances at Mysta as the movie went on, he looked like he wanted to talk to him. 

Not long after, the movie had ended, the rest of the boys had bid their goodnight and went into their rooms; but not Ike.

Mysta stood awkwardly, flinching when he heard the novelist call his name. “Mysta? I uh, wanted to talk to you, do you mind?” He asked in such a gentle voice it made Mysta’s stomach flip, “h..huh? Oh uh, sure. What’s up Ikey?”

Ike reached out for Mysta’s hand, looking at Mysta’s face to see if he’s reject his advances; to which he didn’t. Now holding Mysta’s hand, he caressed it with his thumb.

”I er, wanted to ask if anything happened? Earlier this morning I felt like something had happened yet, I don’t remember what,” Ike looked at Mysta looking for answers, “and I assumed you would know, because I heard the boys say something about a spell or.. potion..? Earlier.”

’Mysta’s always so beautiful…’wish I could just caress his cheek.’

Mysta gulped as he heard his words and thoughts. “I um.. well.” He felt his cheeks flush so he pulled his hand away from Ike’s; curse this stupid ass power.

He sighed before looking at Ike guilty, he didn’t wanna lie to the dude, y’know? “Well.. you know how you volunteered for Shu?” Mysta looked at the novelist for confirmation before continuing.

”It turned you into this er, clingy monster I guess??” He let out an awkward chuckle.

Ike’s eyes widen as he realized what must’ve happened. “Oh god.. I am so sorry Mysta!” He burried his face into the palm of his hands, embarrassed.

”No, no! It isn’t your fault Ike don’t gotta apologize dude!” He came near and tried to comfort the novelist as best as he could. “But still!” Mysta was taken aback when the novelist lifted his head up with an incredibly red face.

He stared at his friend in awe, Ike has always been cute, but this..? Wow…Ike was so..pretty.

”I can’t believe I was so clingy to you, I’m so sorry you were probably so embarrassed! And you had an outing with Uki and Mika yesterday too! Lord save me I’m hoping I didn’t do anything emba—“ Ike’s words were cut when lips touched his.

The novelist’s eyes widened before his eyes closed, melting into the kiss. Mysta pulled away with hooded eyes, “It’s.. it’s ok Ikey..”

Awkward silence then filled the air, almost suffocating. “A-alright I’m gonna head to bed now have a good night Ike!” Mysta rushed upstairs, knocking his fist onto his forehead, cursing to himself as he did so.

”….” Ike touched his lips, cheeks burning redder than before.

He smiled as he watched the detective walk upstairs.

Looks like things are going in the right direction.

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“You kissed him!?” Uki looked at him surprised, “Holy shit bitch…” Mysta covered his face embarrassed, “I KNOW. I snuck out and stayed over Pomus place for the night because I was too ashamed, I can’t face him anymore Uki!” The psychic stayed quiet, thinking for a moment.

“Talk to him, im sure it’ll be good for the both of you.” The detective looked at him with hesitation clear in his expression, “I don’t know man, I’m usually not good with words.” Uki deadpanned at his words, “You’re literally one of the most emotionally intelligent people I know, it’ll be fine.”

Mysta sighs and buried his face into his crossed arms that were resting on the table, “How do I even start? ‘Hey Ike! Sorry for kissing you yesterday ijbol!” Uki looked at him amused, “bitch..” Mysta only pouted as he played with the rim of his drink.

“How about this, when you’re ready to head back to your house, ask him to talk with you privately, it’ll be the first step, for the rest you have to figure that out on your own, ok?” Uki says as he takes a bite of his egg. “I don’t know man…” Mysta thinks about it before signing and nodding, “Guess you’re right, it’ll only eat me up inside if I don’t deal with it..” Uki hums.

Uki swallows his food before speaking up again, “Ah, about your powers..” the detective perked up, sitting back straight, “What about them?” He tilted his head curious, “You really only have one more day till it fully leaves your body, so after this day you’ll only have a day left of the mind reading abilities.” Mysta frowns, “I was just getting used to it too, actually that’s a fucking lie, im a fucking liar.”

Uki huffs out a laugh, “But yeah, talk to him ok?” Mysta let’s out another sigh but nods, “Alright, I’ll talk to him. But I won’t guarantee that it’ll make me feel better.” The psychic rolled his eyes and smiled, “Yeah, yeah.”

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“Hey uh, Ike?” Mysta knocked on the novelist’s office door, hoping he wasn’t busy.

When he got no response he got nervous, but just as he was about to leave, Ike opens the door, he seemed to just have woken up. “Ah, Mysta! Do you need anything?” Ike asked, he seemed to be unaffected by the kiss.

“I wanted to talk..” Mysta entered the room  as Ike stepped aside to invite him in before closing the door. “Oh um, yes?” the novelist started feeling nervous, Mysta noticed this and bit his lip hesitant.

“I um! Wanted to say sorry about the kiss, it was probably so sudden I didn’t wanna cross any boundaries and stuff, I wasn’t thinking and acted impulsively..” the detective rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. Ike blinked at his apology, “oh no oh my gosh, it’s ok! It was a big shock though, you just..kinda did it so abruptly buddy..” he chuckled a little flustered.

Mysta looked a little surprised, “Y..you’re not mad?” Ike shook his head before taking the others hands in his, “Completely not mad, though you did worry us you know when you disappeared last night, we look like mad men panicking in the morning you know..” he laughed. ‘I’m just glad you’re ok..’ the detective could feel his cheeks turn red from heat, this stupid mind reading power is something he cannot get used to.

“Yeah sorry about that dude…I felt so ashamed.” Mysta could only chuckle. Ike’s gaze on him felt so warm he felt like he was going to melt, silence occupied their space and the detective thinks about how soft Ike’s hands are, he sometimes wonders why Ike wears fishnet gloves since he has really nice hands. ‘He’s staring at my hands, I wonder why.’ Hearing Ike’s thoughts he immediately pulled his hands back embarrassed.

“R-right! Um..” Mysta looked away awkwardly. “I uh, liked the kiss...” Ike’s words made Mysta’s head snap back to face him but the novelist took one of Mystas hands in his once more “could you…do it again?” This just caused the detective to malfunction all together, “w-what?! Are..are you serious? Did Shu do some weird magic shit????” Mysta’s face was fully red, he’s fully convinced he’s misheard or that Ike’s under some sort of spell.

Ike shook his head as he look at him with a shy smile, “You don’t have to, I won’t force you.” Mysta’s lips quivered at his words, before nodding. Ike gently cupped the detectives cheek before leaning in, his breath ticking Mysta’s before he closes the gap and leaves a soft and gentle kiss on his lips. Mysta stiffened for a moment before melting.

They both pulled away for a few seconds, faces flushed. “That..was nice” Ike gave him a soft smile “Y..yeah…” Mysta says still a little surprised at what just occurred. A comfortable silenced filled the atmosphere before Ike decided to break it “I… I should get back to writing.” Mysta nodded and smiled at the novelist before saying his farewells as he left his office.

The moment the door closed behind him Mysta walked down the hallway to his room and dropped down to his knees and covered his mouth with his face completely red infront of his bedroom door. ‘WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK JUST HAPPENED, THERES ACTUALLY NO WAY THAT SHIT JUST HAPPENED MAN. Why am I even blushing about this I’ve kissed plenty of people before this is so pathetic cmon Mysta get a hold of yourself!’ Mysta mentally turmoiled as he tries to calm himself down.

“Mysta?” He heard a familiar voice, he looked up to see Shu “Are you alright?” The sorcerer asked with concern but his gaze softened as he saw his red face. Shu chuckled a little before crouching down to Mysta’s level, the detective only pouted as he looked at Shu, slightly admiring his pretty features. “Shuey Shu………..” the sorcerer could only smile as he pat Mystas head “Im gonna assume you don’t really wanna talk about it.” Shu then stood up and opened Mysta’s bedroom door helping him up and lead him inside onto his bed.

“I kissed Ike.” Mysta suddenly blurred out causing Shu’s eyes to widen “W-Woah? Why all of a sudden??” Shu smiled, surprised, but he Keeps his reaction to a minimum, “Shu…” Mysta leaned his head against the others shoulder, still pretty dazed. “Do you like me too?” The sorcerer stiffens, staring into the detectives blue eyes.

“Huh?”