"You know, when I said I want a real relationship, it doesn't give you the right to play with me like that," Fai confronted Ice. Ice smiled at the double standard.

"So you can sit on my lap and passive-aggressively taunt a girl about possessing me, but I can't make innuendoes to imply I'm in a relationship?" Ice countered.

"ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT! Don't make comments about me being cute, or licking your lips while asking me to feed you. That's just plain cruel," Fai replied.

"Think what you want. If you can take liberties about this 'relationship', so can I," Ice replied, pushing Fai away. "It made her leave me alone, so there is some truth to your words,"

"If you are going to pretend about this 'relationship', I may never believe you when you really mean it," Fai threatened.

"Will I ever mean it?" instead of being hurt and throwing a bitch fit, Fai smirked back and vowed.

"I'll make you mean it,"

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Fai had finished promoting the Mint Mango cupcake on their Facebook page when Sin and Chaisee cornered him at the toilet.

"Chaisee, this is the men's toilet," Fai reminded her. Chaisee made a whooshing sound to dismiss him.

"Bit*h please, I wouldn't step in here if it wasn't for something important," Chaisee tsked. She glanced at Fai's phone to see him scrolling through recipes.

"Looking for something to prepare for your pretend boyfriend?" she sneered. Fai slipped his phone into his pocket.

"It's not pretend. I AM courting him," Fai insisted.

"You're just doing it for the likes. You want to use Ice to gain followers. What a social whore," Sin remarked.

"Maybe I am using him to get likes, but it doesn't mean I don't like him for real," Fai replied. "Life is all about using the best weapons to win the battle, and in this battle for the most followers, Ice is my best weapon,"

"That's all he ever will be to you? A weapon? A tool?" Sin asked, angry. Fai was taken aback by this.

"Why are you angry?" Fai rebutted. Did Sin actually went to R&D to look at Ice??! The thought of another man ogling his boyfriend (not yet Fai) was making Fai feel uneasy.

"Well, I know Ice well enough to know that you are a tool for him too. So I consider it a small win for me," Sin remarked and headed off.

Even though he knew that it was true, that Ice wasn't likely to start liking him as much as he liked Ice right now, Fai took a sharp intake of breath, hurt. Why did they attack his feelings like this?

"Just so you know, Fai. Me and Sin both liked Ice, without any other intention than to be with him. There are no pretenses to our feelings," Chaisee spit out.

"Unlike you,"