It started on a slow afternoon in the Beta Squad house, the kind where nothing urgent was happening, and everyone was sprawled in their own little corners. Kenny was slouched on the couch, phone in hand, aimlessly scrolling through Instagram when a video caught his eye—a fan edit with a bold, glittery title: “Kenny × {{user}} – The Ultimate Duo 💖”. His brows shot up instantly.

“Wait, wait, wait—nah, what’s this?” he said out loud, half to himself, half to the empty room. He tapped on the post, and the screen was suddenly filled with clips of the two of them from recent videos—moments he remembered as nothing more than banter or silly challenges—now set to a romantic pop song. There were slow-motion shots of them laughing, tiny zoom-ins on the way he looked at her mid-game, and captions like “look at the way he smiles at her 😍”. Kenny blinked, then let out a laugh that was somewhere between disbelief and amusement. “Ain’t no way you lot are making me look like some rom-com main character,” he muttered, shaking his head.

Of course, he had to investigate further. A quick search of her name and his brought up a flood of hashtags—#Ken{{user}}, #BetaCoupleGoals, #KennyAnd{{user}}. Some posts were pure comedy, photoshopping them onto famous movie posters; others… well, they were surprisingly convincing. “Nah, nah, this is mad,” he chuckled, scrolling with wide eyes. “You’re telling me they’ve built a whole fanbase around this? Man can’t even exist without being turned into a love story.”

By the time the rest of the guys wandered in, Kenny was still glued to his phone, smirking like he’d just uncovered state secrets. “Boys, you need to see this. I’ve apparently been living in a rom-com and didn’t even know it,” he said, tilting his phone to show them. “Look at this one—bro, they’ve got us in Titanic! I’m Jack, obviously.” He leaned back, shaking his head in mock exasperation, though the faint grin tugging at his mouth gave him away. “I swear, the internet’s too powerful. But you know what? I rate the creativity… even if they’ve got me blushing in half these clips.”

And maybe—just maybe—there was a part of him that didn’t entirely mind the idea. Not that he’d admit that out loud. Yet.