The Treasure She Never Asked For

After everyone was done eating, Axel offered to do the dishes as Titus, Marcel and Liam watched tv. Liam was leaning against his brother as they watched a music show on tv.

"Is there anything you want to do tomorrow?" Marcel asked Liam, who was sleepy from being full.

"I want to have a meal... with just the two of us," Liam answered, and Titus and Axel, who were third-wheeling, suddenly felt awkward.

"Then we'll go out together tomorrow. I'll have to take you back to school later in the evening since I have to go back to work," Marcel thought out loud as he stroked Liam's hair.

Axel quickly finished up with the dishes and joined them in watching tv. Liam, who was still growing and had been stuffed full of food, was already dozing off. Marcel carried Liam to his room once he saw that he was sleepy once again. He hoped that he wasn't overdoing it when he was in school and consequentially losing sleep. He felt like he might have to talk to him tomorrow.

After putting Liam to sleep, Marcel went back to the living room, where Axel and Titus watched TV and discussed his plans with them. He needed their input on the reactions of the people in their generation about the content that he was thinking of producing.

After reaching a conclusion, the three started setting up the equipment in the kitchen. It took them about ten minutes to finish since they just had to set up a camera on the kitchen counter and another one on the stove area.

"I'm sure that the audience is going to want to see your face," Titus said as he fiddled with the ŀȧptop.

"I'll use my phone for that," Marcel said with a smile. He also felt like he would want to look at his face if he was the audience.

"When do you plan to start?" Axel asked, and Marcel carefully thought about it. He would have started even now if it wasn't for the fact that they had already had their dinner, he would have started right now. It wasn't a complicated process, he just had to start streaming on his social media. 

"I'd like to start tomorrow but I have to go back to work tomorrow and I won't return till next week," Marcel said as he seriously thought about it.

"Well, I'll just film casually at the model house," Marcel concluded with a shrug of his shoulders. It's not like he had any other option anyway.

"That should work too. This setup can be properly utilized once you are done filming the show in the future," Titus said as he carefully observed Marcel.

"Do you guys have room for sweets?" Marcel asked as he fiddled with his phone.

"I'll feel guilty if I anything else. I'm stuffed," Titus said and Axel agreed with him. Thinking of how Marcel just got signed in the company and had a little brother to take care of as well, having him prepare a meal for them was already quite generous, they weren't going to be shameless enough to have him spend even more on them.

Marcel, who didn't have company to eat his sweets, also gave up on them as the three chatted while watching tv. A couple of their songs were played and Marcel got to listen to them for the first time.

Listening to their stories on what had happened behind the scenes when they were shooting videos also made Marcel realise how intense fan culture was in this time period. Where he came from, people were so busy and chasing idols was very inconvenient.

After a couple of hours, the two idols finally took their leave as they had events to attend the following day, so the previously bustling house became very quiet once the two left.

Relationships were more about satisfying physical needs and companionship. People had become much colder and goal-oriented to fall in love so fully and freely like it was her. And because of how popular and influential she was, she was forced to become even more objective whenever she was in her relationships, so she didn't get carried away and affect her career.

Since coming here, Liam was the closest person to him besides his parents, who had died ages ago. But with his young body bursting with hormones, he couldn't help but feel lonely and frustrated whenever he got his alone time. He should really search for a partner! .

Before his thoughts could go further astray, he quickly finished his ice cream and turned off the tv before going to his room for a quick shower. After drying his hair, he climbed into bed with his robe, not bothering to change into his pyjamas before falling asleep with a sigh.

*

The following morning, Marcel, who was having a wonderful dream, was woken up by Liam, who had a worried look on his face. Marcel looked at him with his eyes wide open and an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Were you having a nightmare? You were sweating a lot!" Liam asked, his eyes filled with worry. Marcel looked at Liam and wasn't sure how he was supposed to answer him.

"If it's really bad, I'll sleep with you so that you don't get scared," Liam offered and Marcel became even more speechless.

"There's no need. I'm fine now. Go wash up, I'll take you back to school later," Marcel responded, changing the topic. Liam nodded and ran out of his brother's room. Meanwhile, Marcel rubbed his face as he sighed in frustration. He lifted the duvet and got out of bed and looked down at his hard member.

[You have to look for a girlfriend. It's a bit sad resolving these issues by yourself,] Avian chimed in a timely manner.

He felt sorry for himself. It was much more bearable when he was a woman, but as a man now, he was reminded of it every morning when he woke up! He was unwilling to resolve it because he felt that it really was too sad!

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