AN: Okay, I just need to get this off my chest.
I'm so committed to my OT3 that I HAVE A NOTEBOOK WITH ALL MY FIC IDEAS.
I've NEVER done that before.
Kara plopped onto Oliver's lap with a huge bowl of popcorn in her arms. Oliver snaked his arms around her waist and brought her closer to him, keeping her in his embrace. Barry, who was next to them, tried to sneak in his hand into the bowl while Kara was entirely too engrossed watching Wonder Woman. But the woman had a sixth sense when it came to food; without taking her eyes off of all the action, she slapped Barry's hand away, making him flinch and pull his hand back.
"Devil woman," Barry whispered.
"But you love me," Kara proclaimed smugly, tossing popcorn into her mouth.
"Oh by the way did you guys see my video?" Barry asked.
"Well," Kara started as she scooted around on his lap, making Oliver drop his hold on her, so she could face Barry.
"We were kinda there when you were making it," finished Oliver.
"That's the problem," Barry said, a small amused smile on his face.
Kara and Oliver looked at each other; the former widened her eyes and raising her eyebrows in question while the latter shrugged in response.
"We're a problem?" Kara asked in a small voice, fear stitched into her tone. She hated this: all this insecurity in her gut that manifested every time something happened, that she was the third wheel in this relationship, that she was going to be left behind by Barry and Ollie once they realize they didn't want her anymore.
Kara took in a deep breath. She'd been through enough therapy and long nights to know that wasn't true, oh, but fears don't play like that, do they?
She stood up and put the bowl down on the coffee table. She turned off the TV and decided to sit on the coffee table in front of the couch to make the conversation flow better.
Barry reached over and put his hand on Kara's knee, squeezing lightly. "That's not what I meant; you guys were in the background again."
"Oh."
"You know people ship us?"
Kara's eyes widened; she didn't know whether to be scared or excited.
It wasn't a secret that they were roommates. All their fans knew that, seeing as they appear in each others' Instagram posts and Snapchat stories all too often. Plus, they made really quick and unplanned cameos in each others' videos already.
It wasn't a secret they were best friends, either. Judging by how they called each other out and roasted each other good-naturedly on Twitter, tagged each other on Tumblr and appeared randomly in one another's Instagram Live, it was plain and obvious how close they were
What wasn't common knowledge, however, was their relationship. It wasn't that they weren't proud. Hell, they've been together since they all quit college at the same time to pursue YouTube full-time: Barry with his covers and eventually original music, Oliver with his gaming channel, and Kara with her awkward and quirky type of comedy. They've been through hell with one another that made them and their bond stronger. They were honestly past the point of scared.
Their relationship was just something special to them. They were thankful for all their fans and supporters; without them, they wouldn't be who and where they were without them. However, the minute Barry hit one million subscribers, they all agreed to not collaborate with each other to respect the others' successes and so not to have any resentment and other stuff between them.
But that promise was made years ago, back when they were still stumbling along through their fame and learning how to handle it.
Kara didn't check the comment section of her videos nor Barry's or Oliver's. She used to, early on in her rise to internet fame, but a lot of the comments were just so horrible that it caused her to develop an anxiety disorder and a body dysmorphic disorder. She was in a better place now, but... the comment section was just not a place she was ready to reconcile with anytime soon.
"Us?" She asked cautiously. "As in..."
"No." Barry shook his head. "Not as in. We have three different ships."
Oliver caught on. Unlike Kara, Oliver practically lived in the comment section. People were nice, others weren't, and a tiny percentage of them only existed to advertise their own small channels. The nice comments were that: nice; heartwarming and greatly appreciated, fueling his want to do more and more videos. But the bad ones... there were two different categories of bad: the comments that were just downright horrific, and the insults that were just so creative and original that it impressed him.
"You mean, Karebare, Olivarry and Karaver." It wasn't even a question but a statement.
Kara glanced at Oliver, shocked. "People gave us ship names?" How did she not know this? She lived on the internet. That was her job!
"Oh yeah." Barry nodded. "People are really divided."
"But we don't have any ship name for all of us?" She didn't mean to make it sound bitter, but damn, it did. She loved both Barry and Oliver. She couldn't imagine life without the other.
Oliver laughed. "Oh please. We might be more tolerable in this place and century, but it'll be a while before people can wrap their head around polyamory."
"That's why we should make a video together!" Barry said excitedly, but underneath that, they could hear his nervousness. After all, they did make that promise not to.
"Uhh..." was the only thing Kara could get out.
"I have been meaning to suggest that for a while now, too."
Kara's head whipped back to Oliver's direction. "Really?"
Oliver nodded once. "You know. Awareness and all that."
"Since when do you care what people think?" Barry said teasingly.
"I don't. I just want people to stop rooting me with only one of you."
"Aww, who knew the Green Arrow would be so sappy."
"I'll make you sleep on the couch."
"Ha! Please. As if you could survive the night cuddling with just Kara—Er, um, n-not that you're inadequate at all, babe. You're beautiful and strong and really adorable and more than enough and I love you, we love you. So much. Like wow, babe—"
"Barry."
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Wait," Kara interjected. "So are we actually making a video together?"
Barry and Oliver glanced at one another, grinning at her raw excitement; it would seem that it wasn't just them that had been toying around with that idea.
"Yes."
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