he stops eating for a moment. he remains unmoving besides his eyes when it slowly rolls away from the crepes to noah. the stare remains as he chooses not to blink away from the person opposite him.

"i didn't have breakfast for this. not even coffee."

as he says that, kyle hopes noah doesn't pick up the fact that he sounded like he went out of his way to make this date happen. going late might have been the better choice if that meant escaping his teasing.

then again, the teasing comes regardless of what he does, he supposed.

"why are you muttering cute?" he asks.

he starts to return to his crepe. he takes a bite when he eyes on noah's side. "did you take us here just to watch me eat? just take a picture. it'll last longer." he chews his food afterwards.

kyle would have jokingly offer to feed him as a way to mock, but he knows noah will seriously take the offer.

the feast continues even with noah taking pictures, grumbling as he stuffs himself with crepe.

kyle scoffs. "yeah," he answers confidently, before following it up with a depressing tune. "...my mom."

a sigh follows. he wonders if he's naturally unpopular and noah just hypes things up out of proportion. then again, fame didn't really come to him until a year ago. can't blame him for that.

the sensation on his foot distracts him. it stops him from finishing the last few bites of his crepe when he's forced to kick back noah's shoes. with how much he loves his shoes, he wonders what prompts him to risk their condition with someone as petty as kyle.

kyle tries to go with his best guess.

grumbling, he takes noah's phone on the table. "fine. i'll give you a good wallpaper for your phone." he turns the front camera on, angles it slightly above him where it captures his face and the demolished pastry, and puts a peace sign next to his disinterested expression. the phone captures the image and kyle sets it on the table, sliding it across for noah.

"is this good enough?"

kyle flushes at noah's words. he covers his mouth, hiding the awkward smile from view, and takes it off as soon as he recovers. "the only thing you got right is the not giving a shit part," he replies back.

the question causes kyle to raise a brow. he quickly takes the rotom phone in front of him and logs in on his social media account, confirming the truth behind his words. kyle hasn't been aware of it, somehow.

"why would i need to do that?" kyle asks. "my profile picture has my face. isn't that what counts?"

he contemplates on it, if only because he has been indulgent since the start of the day and he might as well continue it until the end. he goes for the camera feature of his phone. it sets itself to the back camera instead of the front, and noah's features get framed on the screen nicely in that instant.

he presses the interface. a click sounds as noah takes a bite. another picture is saved on his gallery. kyle's expression remains neutral as he tries his best not look suspicious, although the redness of his face cannot be hidden.

kyle takes a deep breath and exhales slowly. he covers half of his face with his hand as he looks away from noah.

"why would you even need my pictures for," kyle asks underneath the read. "do you get yourself off of them?" he taunts with his joke, but part of him realizes that the answer for that question might be more than what he asked for.

he sighs and takes the final bite of the crepe, finishing it completely. he hopes food helps him take his mind off from the endless praises and compliments that render him asunder, but it doesn't.

his hand extends towards noah, fingers gesturing for him to give him what he asks for.

"j-just lend me your phone. i'll upload that pic i took from that."

"you just can't wait to use this for your background, can you?"

despite the complaining tone in his voice, the mellow smile in his expression shows a different sentiment. kyle navigates through his phone, stopping to look at the different apps. "you don't have games on this?" he asks. he doesn't wait for an answer before he opens up his social media app.

he logs out noah's account in favor of his and opens up a new post. as he selects the gallery, noah's other pictures start to pop out. the first few ones elicits a comment from kyle. "wait, you take candid pictures of me too?" the surprise ends as he scrolls further down.

nothing comes out from his mouth as he stares at the screen. he gets red all of a sudden, unable to even move his finger to scroll away. it takes him a while to get out of his trance to ask noah.

"y-y-you usually take these kinds of pictures?"

instead of posting the earlier selfie, kyle sends his discoveries to himself.

"i-i, uh..."

he stops himself from answering the question. the fire on his cheeks needs to be contained, and he knows verbally answering the question feeds the flames. a grumble sounds from his throat before going for what he initially asked noah's phone for.

"i'll just title it with a bunch of random emojis."

he returns the phone as soon as he does the deed. "...but yeah. they're... nice, i guess." he scratches his head to get rid of the awkwardness, trying to reset his mental to get him back to the game.

"do you want me to take one of those for you?"