"That one." Daniel points at one of the chauvinist pigs James Cartwell. He was slim and rather feminine looking but James had an insane complex about this and overcompensated by being voluntarily consumed by straight male cancer. Jia Hyson immediately rejects him.
"No, no, what about-"
"Are you guys looking for roommates as well?" The pair turn to see a handsome bespectacled young man that Jia Hyson recognizes as the supporting male lead Lex Grey! The potential love interest Jia Hyson's sister-complex approves of the most. Good personality. Humble family business of owning a grocery store. Intelligent. An unwavering passion for cooking that even when he leaves the competition he still opens a small popular cafe next to his family's store using their local ingredients. And best of all- he never tries to f*ck his sister! Purely an old-fashioned romantic! Perfect marriage material! A 10/10!
They must be roomies!
"Yes! Yes we are!" Jia Hyson smiles with relief, blocking Daniel's mouth just in case he doesn't like glasses or some other nonsense. For a straight man he has far too many opinions about other guy's appearances. "Great, now we just need one more and-"
"Actually," Lex Grey coughs politely, "I do have someone."
"Even better," Jia Hyson assures him happily, mind already reformatting the story. If the initial bad impression keeps up, Drake Lanzoni can play a similar role to Daniel's. Adrian and Lex can support each other in protecting Maddy when she needs it. Slowly Lex and her will cultivate feelings. When Lex inevitably leaves he will wish her something along the lines of 'win for my sake as well' which will motivate Maddy further. The minor romance condition would be filled and then it's just the guaranteed path of growth and victory as Maddy becomes stronger, more confident and independent!
Best of all, when Jia Hyson leaves the show he could finally let loose a little and find a hot man to play with to wash away the remains of his stupid love sickness. Someone older and mature and steady unlike-
"Adrian." Drake Lanzoni's young handsome face smiles shyly.
Jia Hyson's expression freezes.
Then it turns completely cold.
"You," he hisses but Drake doesn't back down, instead he stares back at him with a steady determination that makes his traitorous heart flutter a little.
"Me."
"Uhm, you both know each other then?" Lex steps in as the tension between the pair grows as time moves on.
"Yes." Drake says.
"No." Adrian says at that same time.
"Well I personally don't care," Daniel huffs as he looks at the hallway of bedrooms that were being slowly filled up. "But unless you want to sleep on the floor for five days we need to go now."
"Adrian?" Drake raises his perfect brow, his lips curved upwards in assured arrogance reminding Jia Hyson of all the times they played games together and how Jac-Drake was always so good at them. It also reminded Jia Hyson how f*cking attractive his smug look was. That f*cker. How dare he use his good looks to dazzle him!
Jia Hyson bites his lower lip, unaware of how it draws a certain young man's attention toward it. He's torn but in his heart he knows what his choice must be. "I call dibs on the bottom bunk," he sighs as he starts to walk to the nearest unoccupied room which was near the end of the hallway. The rest of the men follow.
"Usually people want the top bunk," Daniel comments mildly.
"Adrian isn't very good with heights." Drake immediately replies with the encouragement of absolutely no one. The 'domineering beast' male lead was grinning wildly as he follows behind Jia Hyson like a eager puppy. It was such a Jacob act that Jia Hyson couldn't help but glance back at him a few times before quickly looking away once Drake catches him. Every time it happens Drake smiles even wider and moves a little closer to him.
"Definitely knows each other," Lex mutters under his breath as he watches them. He exchanges faintly amused and knowing looks with his other roommate. It seems... they're going to get to watch something good ah?
When they step into the room the drama immediately ramps up by 200%. Why?
Because there's only three beds.
One bunk bed and one queen sized bed.
Jia Hyson: '...F*CK ME.'
It turns out this was the room the main characters would have sex in once half the contestants leave. Why was there a queen bed when every other bed in the entire house were bunk beds? Ask the producers!
"I already dibbed the bottom bunk!" Jia Hyson suddenly bursts out in the midst of everyone's dumbfounded silence. He takes the opportunity to throw his duffle bag onto said bed to mark his territory. Even if you ignore the future sister having orgasms on that mattress thing- which is very hard to do- as a very sexual bi man who hasn't had any carnal relations for about five years, it wasn't a good idea to put him in a nice bed with another handsome bloke.
Especially if one of them was particularly handsome and currently emotionally infuriating to be around. Jia Hyson hasn't been acquainted with this particular scenario before but he did once drunkenly sleep with one of his more irritating yet better looking editors and that had been a train wreck. Really. Literal trains had been involved. And a lot of crying. Because Jia Hyson really didn't like heights. It's a long story.
"I'll take top then," Drake wastes no time to volunteers as Jia Hyson was hastily sitting on his self-assigned bed and pretending to take out stuff from his bag.
"Hey, no, wait, shouldn't we talk about this?"
Drake's eyes felt like icicles stabbing into Daniel and Lex's soul. "Do you want to top with Adrian then?"
Eh? Why did it feel like they heard it a bit wrong?
Daniel and Lex silently shook their heads and the suffocating aura around them seemed to retreat much to their relief. Drake beams, bright and sunny, like the harsh winter they had just experienced was merely an illusion. "Good, good," Drake says amiably as if they were the best of friends, somehow making the two supporting male leads sweat even more, "So me being on top?"
Forget Daniel and Lex, even Jia Hyson pretending he couldn't hear them was choking back the blood in his mouth.
Oi, oi male lead, you mean top bunk right? We're still talking about beds right? Is this the because you're written as a secret beast that everything comes out so ambiguous?
Drake, seemingly unhappy with the lack of response frowns, making the other male leads jump into action.
"You can top, you can top!" Lex insists frantically.
"Yes, yes," Daniel agrees just as quickly, "Feel free to top Adrian, we won't stop you, really!"
Jia Hyson: ...Aren't these supporting males too spineless?
Jia Hyson watches expressionlessly as Drake struts over with his Louis Vitton brand baggage like a proud cat bringing home his hunt. It really makes his heart itch at the sight. Standing directly in front of him, Drake pauses and gives him a warm helpless smile, "What a coincidence, it seems we will be sleeping closely together," Without even an invitation Drake sits next to Jia Hyson and murmurs into his ear, "It really must be fate ah,"
Jia Hyson: ...Isn't this male lead too shameless?
Fate my perky ass!
Don't act like I couldn't have heard any of what you guys just said! And so loudly too! You think just because you huddle in a corner a silencing barrier just appears? This is a small room you f*cks! What is this, a sh*tty teenage drama?
Oh. Right.
As Jia Hyson continues his one sided cold war with the male lead, the two supporting leads who were the most damaged in this situation can't help but stare at each other with equal helplessness.
"So, I guess we're sleeping together for a while?" Lex weakly comments.
Daniel chuckles but there's an obvious note of bewilderment that oddly enough makes Alex feel a little more relaxed. "I don't even know your name."
With an amused twitch of his lips, Lex puts his hand out, "Lex Grey."
Daniel takes the offered hand and shakes it, slightly surprised at the feel of callouses on the scholarly looking man. It's not a bad feeling per say. "Daniel Green."
Maddy who had been one of the first girls to gather a group and a room had been looking to check on her brother only to stumble across the scene. Two men shaking hands with soft smiles in front of a single bed and her brother sitting next to the horrible man from before that was now whispering things in his ear.
Maddy: '...You guys, is this a cooking show or a dating show? This little girl can no longer tell.' _(:3」∠)_
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