- I'm just frustrated at the entire thing.

- We're just both upset.

I'm just worried that all of this is getting to him

and that he's like seeing me

in a different light or something.

It feels like the quality of the time we're spending

together has been going down.

I don't know how to make things feel normal again.

- Hello.

Is sound rolling?

Sound is rolling.

(clapping)

(sighing)

Hi there, I'm Aria.

- And I'm Merle.

- And obviously things right now are little hectic

- Coo coo bananas. - A little wild out there.

And so I guess, we wanna do our part to

obviously help with the social distancing practices

going on right now.

The work from home orders and so we wanna limit

the amount of time we're traveling back and forth

between our places and so we are gonna

just lock ourselves up together now.

- [Merle] In my jungle.

- [Aria] So we're gonna do this for at least seven days.

- And then we'll decide if we wanna renew

- Yeah - the subscription.

(laughs)

- [Aria] We're not gonna be completely

alone these seven days though

'cause we have this little kitty here.

- [Merle] Genevieve.

- [Aria] Love Merle loves all animals.

- Yeah. - So she's taking me in too.

(laughs)

I guess one of the reasons why Merle brought me here

is that she's using me as a handyman.

She bought a set of wall mounts for the kitty cat.

(drill roars)

- Oh god.

So we've been dating for a few months and you know

going from seeing each other here and there

and spending about a few days together at most

to 24/7 for a week straight

is gonna be like going from zero to 60.

- [Aria] Here is just this beauty and I

confined in a spot together.

- [Merle] Waking up together.

Eating together.

Working together.

- Making love.

- Not on camera.

- Yeah. But...

- I'm gonna see how many times a day this man

uses the bathroom.

- Ah, I don't use the bathroom.

I don't - What?

(laughs) He uses the cat tray.

(laughs)

- Wow. - Ah, look at that.

- [Merle] You look pretty proud.

- Project is complete.

The kitty cat can hop up here.

Scamper up here, wop wop wop--

- [Merle] What's that I see underneath?

- We don't need to show that.

- We certainly don't need to show that.

(laughing)

I may have miscalculated some of my measurements.

From a certain angle

you can't see it.

- I feel like our relationship's been pretty public.

And there is a lot of pressure that goes with that

with like being a perfect couple.

So, I think this will be a good opportunity

for people to see that we are just human beings

here. - Exactly.

'Cause I think it will get tough this week.

- Oh, I know it will get tough.

- (laughs) I'm hoping it won't.

- People aren't meant to be together

24/7 at all times, nobody.

People that live together see each other less

than him and I already do, 'cause we work together.

(chopping crunch)

We're pickling and we're watching "Twin Peaks".

- Pickle, pickle, pickle, pickle, pickle, pickle.

It's pretty.

- The first time that Aria and I went out to get

some Thai food together, he said

"Are you sure you want extra, extra spicy?"

And I said, "Yes, I am sure I do."

And sure enough, we the same thing.

Aria was crying, I was totally fine.

- [Aria] I was blown away by this white woman.

(laughs)

- Smells like BO.

But it will taste delicious in just a week's time.

- Day one is pretty much over.

We're gonna just floss and get ready for the night.

So far so good though, right?

- Yeah, today was a good day.

I think it's gonna be hard enough to stay sane

as your own human being, let alone with another person.

But we're gonna do our best.

We'll try to be kind to each other.

And we'll be very honest about how this actually goes.

- This hurts.

- Yeah, I don't like this.

- I don't like it either (mumbles)

(laughing)

- He's in a bit of a (mumbles)

Let's see his (screams)

I got it, I got it.

- Sock wrestling is something that we've done since we

started dating. - ever since we

started dating. - Yeah.

Very simple concept.

You wrestle. - I always win.

- No.

- I've got the height advantage.

My legs are long. - Exactly, exactly.

She has, she's got-- - But he has been trained

by professional fighters. (laughs)

(thud)

(screaming)

(grunts)

- You hit me in the balls.

- No.

Are you okay? I'm so (mumbles)

Oh.

He's a liar, he's a liar.

(chuckles)

- Yeah. (sighs)

We have work to do today.

But sock wrestling was a good way to start the day.

(birds chirping)

- I'm working on this big project right now.

That is the biggest video I've ever done for BuzzFeed.

It's very personal.

It's essentially like a big life-changing revelation type

video that eats at my soul everyday that I edit it

because I have to watch myself crying every single day.

It's very stressful.

And I can't go outside.

(chuckles) - Yeah.

- It's just a (beep) nightmare.

Working from home used to feel like a snow day.

And now it's everyday.

- [Aria] Do you feel like we're more productive?

I don't about you, but I feel like I get distracted

a bit easily.

- Is Jess watching this?

- [Aria] Yeah probably (chuckles)

- I feel very productive.

(laughs)

(food sizzling)

- [Aria] I'm making some vegan tacos.

I'm cooking for this woman

'cause she's working hard on a big project.

- You're a good man.

- [Aria] There they are, there they are.

- Oh my god, it's so good.

(laughs

No.

Dinner. - Dinner, din--

♪ This man is handsome ♪

♪ This man can cook meals ♪

♪ This man is talented ♪

♪ And he is nice to me ♪

- Yeah, I love this lady. - That's my song.

(shaver buzzing)

- I feel like I'm not making any progress.

And yet I've been editing for 10 hours straight.

Imagine watching yourself go through intense therapy

about something extremely personal and then knowing

thousands and possible millions of people will watch it.

And then trying to be a normal person and a good girlfriend.