Boyf Riends

Boyf Riends is the slash ship between Jeremy Heere and Michael Mell from the Be More Chill fandom.

Canon
Jeremy and Michael have been best friends for twelve years as mentioned in the musical. They would often play their favorite game "Apocalypse of the Damned" whenever they go back home from school or during their vacant time. They would even call each other names like "Player One" (Michael) and "Player Two" (Jeremy) as referred to their favorite game.

Act 1
During the opening of the musical (More Than Survive), Jeremy mentioned Michael that he made a letter for Christine about his feelings for her. Michael congratulated Jeremy for his unexpected confidence but later frowned when Jeremy later shared that he ripped the letter before giving it to her. After this conversation, the two boys noticed that Christine signed an audition for the After-School Play. Jeremy then suggested that he can audition for the play in order to get closer with Christine, which Michael later agreed. After their lunch, Michael lead Jeremy to the school's auditorium to audition for the play.

After school, Jeremy tells Michael about Rich's offer of getting a SQUIP (Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor; a pill-sized computer that can travel to a person's brain through ingestion) while playing their favorite game, Apocalypse of the Damned. (Two-Player Game) However, Michael is convinced that Jeremy is being duped. Jeremy then decides to check out the SQUIP after an unusual conversation with his father. Jeremy assures Michael that they will always be a team no matter what happens and promised him that they will study in the same school when they graduate.

The two then went to the mall the next day in order for Jeremy to get the SQUIP from a dealer at Payless ShoeSource. Although, the duo got separated when Jeremy was having a deal with the seller. After he was instructed to take the SQUIP with Green Mountain Dew, which he did, he started to look for Michael but unexpectedly bumped into Jake and Christine. When he was talking to them, the SQUIP suddenly activated and caused Jeremy to have a quick seizure in front of his classmates. After this incident, Jeremy continued to look for Michael but the SQUIP lied that Michael already left the mall. It then informs him that in order for its plan to improve his social standing to succeed, Jeremy must obey every order it issues. Jeremy then left the mall leaving Michael behind.

The other day after that incident, Michael started to confront Jeremy that he hasn't seen him all day and had the assumption that he was ignoring him. The SQUIP explains that it was using "optic nerve blocking" to keep Michael out of Jeremy's vision and that in order for him to be more popular, he must "upgrade to Jeremy 2.0." Jeremy eventually decides he is tired of being a loser and turns on optic nerve blocking, leaving him alone with the SQUIP.

Act 2
After days of ignorance between the two, they met again during Jake's Halloween party in his bathroom. Michael tries to warn Jeremy about the dangers of the SQUIP, explaining that someone ended up in a mental hospital after going insane trying to get it out of their head. Jeremy accuses Michael of being envious of his fame and calls him a loser. Michael, devastated and angry, locks himself in the bathroom, where he suffers from a severe panic attack and sensory overload as he mourns the loss of his best and only friend (Michael in the Bathroom).

Jeremy is confronted at home by his father, who brings up Jeremy's new personality and attitude. Jeremy chastises his father for his actions since the divorce, labeling him a loser as well. Mr. Heere is shaken by Jeremy's words and realizes that something is very wrong and that he must take charge. He finds Michael, who has been smoking a lot of weed since the party's trauma, and begs him not to give up on his friend. Michael agrees to help if he puts on some pants and becomes a better father as well.

Christine confronts Jeremy about his use of the SQUIP during the play, making him doubt the plan. The SQUIP, however, detects this and instructs Mr. Reyes to take the beaker and SQUIP the other students in the play. The SQUIP reveals its intention to synchronize the entire student body in order to make everyone happy in the entire world happy. Jeremy also realizes that green Mountain Dew activates the SQUIP and red Mountain Dew deactivates it. Michael reappears from the audience, carrying a bottle of Mountain Dew Red, which he gives to Jeremy after forcing him to apologize for his actions, but Jake, now SQUIPed, steals it and dumps the majority of it. To reclaim the bottle, Jeremy and Michael fight off the controlled students. Although, as they were fighting them off, Christine suddenly got SQUIPed. Both of the boys then planned to make Christine drink the Mountain Dew Red and break the chain of students who were SQUIPed, causing Jeremy to pass out as well.

Jeremy awakens in the hospital, sharing a room with Rich, who proudly declares that he is bisexual and ready to finally be the person who he wanted to be. Michael then pays a visit to Jeremy and both boys reconciled their friendship continued their school life as being the cool dudes they already were.

Songs

 * More Than Survive

During Michael's solo in the song, it is shown that Michael and Jeremy noticed Rich's handwriting of "Boyf Riends" on their backpacks and are later embarrassed from what he did. It also showed how close the relationship are between the two boys through the song's dialogue. From Michael teaching Jeremy on how to confess to Christine and how he comforts Jeremy when he was bullied by Rich and Jake.


 * Two-Player Game

Jeremy and Michael's friendship blossoms with this song. In the song, Jeremy and Michael get together to play a video game. Jeremy admits that he is tired of being a loser and wishes to triumph in high school. Michael assures Jeremy that they will be more mature as they grow older. Many of the lyrics in this song have dual meanings, alluding to their game as well as their high school experience.

Fanon
Boyf Riends is the most popular ship of the fandom due to how close their friendship is throughout the whole musical. It is mostly rivaled by Stagedorks (Jeremy/Christine) and Puppy Love (Jeremy/Brooke), which are both semi-canon in the main story.

The pairing got its name during a scene in More Than Survive where Rich wrote on Jeremy's backpack "Boyf" while he wrote "Riends" on Michael's backpack. The two later noticed Rich's handwriting on their backpacks during lunch. Because of this scene, some fans would headcanon Rich for being the first person to ship Jeremy and Michael.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Michael/Jeremy tag on FanFiction.net
 * Michael/Jeremy tag on FanFiction.net
 * Michael/Jeremy tag on FanFiction.net
 * Michael/Jeremy tag on FanFiction.net
 * Michael/Jeremy tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * During the Broadway production, you can notice that on Michael's red hoddie, there's a pin of the LGBTQ+ flag on the left side of his shoulder.
 * It is confirmed by the creators of the musical that both characters are part of the LGBTQ+ community but same with the other characters in the show (exception for Rich), their sexualities aren't confirmed and the creators want to keep things open. Some fans would headcanon Michael being gay and Jeremy being bisexual.
 * George Salazar and Will Connolly, the actors of Michael and Jeremy, both ship Boyf Riends.
 * George Salazar mostly posts videos about Boyf Riends on his Tiktok account.