After the open conversation and a nice sleepover with Gabrielle, Danica woke up to jog. As much as she wanted to keep her situation to herself, her heart felt much lighter after sharing her miseries with her best friend. She only managed to get a half an hour's sleep while Gabrielle didn��t sleep at all; she was busy checking whether she packed everything or not.
Danica went to her room, and surprisingly, she saw Aziel sleeping peacefully, holding Troy. Troy was sleeping in her room, in her bed, with her younger brother.
A smile took over her face, staring at the two of them sleeping peacefully together. No wonder why Aziel didn��t come to me at night in fear, thought Danica. He called Troy. They must have bonded a lot overnight.
Trying not to make a noise, Danica went to the closet room to change into her tracksuit. As she was about to get out of the room quietly, her heart jumped in fear at hearing an alarm clock ringing. It was coming from Troy��s phone.
Aziel was a heavy sleeper like Troy, so sighing. Danica snoozed the alarm on Troy��s phone that was on the nightstand. She knew none of them would get up, but she was wondering why Troy had set an alarm at six in the morning��alarms could never wake up that sleepyhead. Maybe he wanted to join her for jogging?
Right, he wanted to be my jogging partner, Danica wondered, I think I should wake him up otherwise he would sulk for the rest of the day, and then, I have to comfort him too. With that thought, Danica decided to wake Troy up.
She kept Troy��s phone back to where it was, noticing the wallpaper was the same as his WhyNTube channel��s icon; she couldn't help but smile. Slowly, Danica started to call, ��Troy, wake up.�� She called a few more times before she started to shake him.
��Fuck off,�� Troy groaned and rubbed his eyes before opening them. When he saw the familiar hazel eyes looking at him, he jumped and sat on the bed. Danica stared at him in silence, waiting for him to speak. ��You...I thought it was Hernan. You should��ve��ugh. Sorry, I am just going to change and join you in jogging.�� He got up, and as he was walking out of the room, he mumbled, ��I had set the alarm. Damn it. Will I ever wake up from sleep hearing an alarm ring?��
Danica watched Troy going out, and she let out a small laugh at his nature. She decided to check her phone while she waited for Troy. She didn��t post many pictures on her account, but people were going crazy by texting her and commenting on her posts. She couldn��t believe the blue tick next to her username was real. She saw texts from a few friends from her university. None of them were close except Richard Allias, and she knew other snitches were just texting her because they saw her kiss with Troy and their pictures of the cafe going viral.
��I am ready. Let��s go,�� announced Troy, as he was ready in his tracksuit, his hair disheveled.
She smiled at him and followed him. Once they reached the park, they started to jog.
��How was your sleepover with Gab?�� inquired Troy.
Danica replied while running, ��It was really nice. Felt like we were back in high school. It has been a long time since we talked��actually since I talked with y��all. Yet, it feels like we never parted ways. This is what I love about us. No matter wherever we are, we will always be ourselves, without any hesitation.��
��But none of us left without any explanation, Dani,�� he mumbled, which clenched Danica��s heart.
She stopped in her tracks.
Dani��this was the nickname Troy gave to her. She was used to him calling her Dani, but soon, Trevor and Gabrielle started calling her that, and even Aziel too. She knew when Troy was calling her with her full name ��Danica��, he was really upset at her. But hearing the familiar name from his mouth again gave her deja vu. Even though she didn��t want to agree, she did miss getting called ��Dani�� by Troy. She didn��t fully realize how much she had missed that until he called her name right now.
��Why did you stop? Are you okay?�� he asked, walking back to her because he had gone a few steps ahead of her. ��Danica?��
��Dani,�� she turned to face Troy and continued, ��Call me ��Dani��, Troy. I missed getting called ��Dani�� by you.��
Troy sucked in a deep breath, hearing what his first and only love was saying. He was trying to stay mad at her for leaving, yet his tongue betrayed him. Her nickname just rolled out of his tongue as he wasn't paying attention. Despite that, he couldn��t say how much each of her words affected him. ��Okay,�� this was what he could respond.
��Troy, I have thought about the idea you proposed last day.�� She looked at her crush, who was eagerly waiting for her to continue.
��And... What is your decision? It��s okay if you don��t want to pretend to be my girlfriend. I will just tell everyone that it was a misunderstanding and���� he was interrupted by Danica.
��I want to be your girlfriend.��
��As I said, it��s ok��wait, what?��
Danica smiled with her dimples out. ��I said, I want to be your fake girlfriend. Let��s experience how it feels to be the WhyNTuber��s fake girlfriend.��
Chuckling, Troy pulled her into a hug. He could feel that Danica did this just because he wouldn��t lose his perfect image in front of his fans. Even though he didn��t know whether Danica liked him in some other way or not, his Dani would never do anything which would harm him.
She wrapped her arms around him, missing his closeness��missing the Troy Kingston who was always there for her. How could she leave such an important person without giving an explanation?
After their hug, they did realize how much they missed each other. Troy took his phone and placed his hand over Danica��s shoulder, pulling her closer. ��Smile,�� he said, opening the front camera.
Danica smiled brightly as Troy placed his lips on her cheek, clicking the selfie. She was stunned at Troy��s move, but she knew it was only to show off to his fans. He possibly couldn��t do this for any other reason.
Troy had no idea why he did it, but he just had the urge to do so. Instantly, he said, ��I have to post it on my social media and announce our relationship officially. Thus I clicked the picture.��
She nodded. ��Let��s click some more because I have to post as well. I don��t have my phone right now so you can send the pictures to me.��
��Okay.�� Arching an eyebrow, he asked her for the last time, ��Are you sure you want to do this?�� He wanted to know whether she was ready for the upcoming challenges they would face.
Giving an assuring smile, Danica said, ��Yes, Troy.��
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A brunette woman entered the Rose mansion, her white Louis Vuitton heels clicking as she was walking fast. She glanced at her golden wristwatch, which suited her caramel skin. She found Danica working on her laptop, sitting on the couch in the living room.
The woman cleared her throat and gave a smile that didn��t seem welcoming at all, rather it radiated a malicious aura. ��Welcome back to California, Danica Waylon.��
Shifting her eyes from the assignment she was doing, Danica looked at the owner of the voice before letting out, ��Tatiana?��
