still thinking about that one anon on that one person’s blog saying that they thought sam was trying to ham up samisa for clicks…. so anyways sam saying they should fake gay for pay (objectively gayer than whatever real dudebro friendship samisa actually have going on)
he explains it in a very roundabout way to misa who’s only half listening while he’s between rocket league games, something about making themselves the next big duo and how that’ll get clicks and money and more career opportunities. whatever, sam sounds passionate and sure about it, and when has misa ever not followed his lead to a pathological degree?
sam’s first and most important act is reviving his instagram. nice new pfp of him on the ice at sap where you can just barely make out misa in the background. then it’s all about misa mondays, a photo every monday of mikey looking loveable and not quite awkward if possible. sometimes he adds extra captions like “my mike to five” stapled at the bottom of a photo of misa holding up their chipotle bag like a fish. more often the only text is “misa monday” and a photo of misa in a big hoodie, not with a number six on the front no matter how tempting that is because it would be too heavy handed, and sam’s insta stories are an art. he’s even bullied misa into posting a “sam sunday” every once in awhile, photos of sam looking big and cuddly with stella in his arms.
warm ups are even easier, sam skates a little closer to misa than he needs to, throws in a waist grab here and there, then watches the edits roll in. he makes misa join in for one of the media team’s tiktoks, and half puts misa into his lap for a team photo at toff’s. so easy. misa’s good about it all too, waits for sam to take a photo of him with his ice cream instead of eating it immediately, honest to god giggles when sam calls him cutie on camera, lets sam keep his arms draped all over him even if no one’s looking.
eventually, misa wiggles around on sam’s couch looking soft post-impromptu misa monday photo that may just stay in sam’s camera roll forever, and asks, “are we like method acting?”
sam stares at him. obviously not. “if we were method acting, we would behaving sex,” he points out, no sex, no relationship. that’s how it works, same thing with consummating a marriage.
“you want to have sex with me?” misa asks, wide eyed and with his sharp canines pointing out a little.
the fact that sam and misa are frequently hooking up on the road and now at home is neither here nor there. it’s completely unrelated to the insta stories and media videos and warm up routines. mostly, except sam forgets sometimes and crawls up his bed to where misa is curled up in his hoodie, loud bold six on the front, to pull him into his chest and say “long day, baby?” like they’re some married couple working separate nine to fives, or just deeply in love. not the point!
their hooking up has been purely hand and mouth stuff so not really sex, but on the other hand, maybe misa is onto something and having sex will bring this whole thing to the next level.
“we could definitely have sex,” sam says.