Bahim

Bahim is the slash ship between Benji Campbell and Rahim from the Simonverse fandom.

Season 2
Victor and Rahim both attend Creekwood, though they are not close friends. Rahim is mostly supportive of Victor and Benji's relationship, and wishes for something similar. Victor also tells Rahim about Benji's drinking problem. This is something that upsets Benji, who wanted it a secret.

At Mia's dad's wedding, Benji witnesses Rahim and Victor dance together. He is jealous and runs away from the wedding, upset. This also led to him relapsing and drinking alcohol again.

Season 3
At first, Benji and Rahim do not get along. The whole of Creekwood learns about Benji going to rehab, and Benji assumes the poster is Rahim. Later in the day, Rahim walks into Brasstown for a drink and sees Benji. He turns around and starts to walk out, but Benji mutters: "seriously". Rahim turns around. They talk. He'd been avoiding Benji and only going to Brasstown on the days he doesn't work. Benji makes a curt joke about Rahim kissing other's people boyfriends.

Later on, Rahim goes back to see Benji. He apologises for kissing Victor at Mia's dad's wedding and tells him the identity of the person who posted the Creeksecrets: a guy named Karl from Creekwood. Benji grudging accepts his apology but says they aren't friends.

At school, Benji is falling behind in calculus and gets assigned a peer tutor: Rahim. They work together at Brasstown. Rahim gets them some freshly baked pastries to signify their fresh start. He is overly enthusiastic and a little patronising. Benji tells him to stop treating him like a five-year-old, so Benji retorts calling him a dumbass. He is happy with Benji gets the correct answer. Their study session is interrupted when Vahim gets a message from his mother. Uncle Farzard is picking him up, however, his uncle is homophobic and will question his fashion sense. Benji decides to help Rahim. He mockingly tells him to 'put the pencil down' in a voice similar to Rahim. They then find a box of lost property at Brasstown. Benji apologises for being a jerk about the tutoring. They bond over their shared difficulties with their families. They find a shirt for Vahim, and he takes off his shirt. Benji is attracted and jokes that he should stop seducing people.

At Creekwood, Benji tells Rahim that he achieved a A- on his latest test, and Rahim congratulates him. They also hug, and Rahim strokes his hair. The two guys are now more friendly with each other, presumably, Rahim is forgiven for kissing Victor before.

Fanon
Bahim is a rarepair in the fandom. Season 2 of Love, Victor introduced a love triangle between Venji (Victor/Benji) and Vahim (Victor/Rahim). Some people decided to ship the third alternative: Benji and Rahim. After the release of Season 3, the ship grew in popularity. Some fans loved their tutoring interactions, and felt they had more chemistry that the series' lead couple Venji. Some people also prefer this as a friendship, or a poly ship with Victor. Fanfiction is not common between this pairing, with only 1 work on AO3 as of 2022.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Benji/Rahim on AO3