TheGamer_JDB: You guys are cute *sobs*
WizeWizard(vip): BABE HOW DID YOU KEEP THIS FROM ME I SHIP THEM SO HARD
Azaad(mod): *red dot on my forehead* I promised the boss I wouldn’t tell…
WizeWizard(vip): release my man!
TwinkleKawa(vip): Jesus Christ you two STAWP
“Okay, chat,” I say with a giggle. “Who’s ready to jump into a game? Rodney and I are going to duo queue some battle royale. As we all know, I’mexcellentat first person shooters!”
I jump into the Discord call with Rodney. “Blue! Chat is freaking out! What the heck did you do?”
“I simply typed one. No big deal.”
“Oh,” he says, stretching the word out. “You finally told the world about yourlove.”
“Yes. Yes, I did,” I say proudly. Maki shoots me another soft look from his place on my bed. I love it when he sits in here while I stream but at the same time, it’s rather distracting.
“Can you VIP, LiberosOnTop?” Maki asks softly. “That’s Kent.”
“For sure,” I say, turning towards chat. “Hey, mods? Someone please VIP LiberosOnTop for me!”
Rodney and I jump into a match. The two of us are crouching behind a wall together when a third person jumps into our hiding spot. We all point our guns at each other but none of us shoots.
“Okay, fellas. Let’s all put our guns down and talk this out,” the third person says, this voice smooth and silky through the in game voice chat. “Three people are better than two, right?”
“Oh my gods,” Rodney says softly and I can tell right away that something’s up. “Your voice makes me wanna drop to my knees and bark like a dog. The things I would do to hear that voice in my ears, chat. I would beg and plead. I would write songs. I would become a poet. I would ride a dolphin into the sunset. Don’t even pretend you wouldn’t do the same, chat. The only thing going on inside my head is how much of a gay disaster I am intermixed withbark bark bark bark bark.”
There’s a long moment where everyone is quiet. The delay catches up and Maki bursts out laughing. It’s so rare to see himlaugh so loudly that I can’t help but look over at him with wide eyes.
“Umm,” the third guy says slowly. “Thank you? I think I’m flattered?”
There’s another pause before Rodney starts screaming. “What? My mic wasunmutedand youheardthat? Oh my gods, Blue, shoot me. Put me out of my misery. Let me get out of this game. Oh my gods.”
“Wait, you can’t leave yet,” the guy says right away. “I wanna hear more!” I can’t stop laughing, wheezing so hard I can barely breathe. The third guy is also wheezing into his mic.
“The three of us against the rest?” I ask softly.
The third guy nods his character. “The three of us against the world.”
I cannot wait to rewatch this clip over and over again anytime I’m sad. The rest of the stream goes by without much other fanfare. Wedolearn that the third guy is also a streamer. Apparently chat went and found him, letting us know we’re playing with one of the top battle royale players in the world.Howhe ended up in our lobby? I have no idea.
At the end of the night, I crawl into bed beside Maki. I give him a soft kiss.
“Did you have fun?”
“Very much so,” Maki says softly. “I’ve grown to like chatting with everyone. Do you think Owl, Glasses, Kent, and Squeak have something going on?”
I kiss his cheek. “Now that you mention it, I’ve been seeing them in a call together late at night. I’m gonna have to get to the bottom of that.”
“Did I tell you the latest news about the team? Something weird is going on with Sullivan and Daniel.”
I snuggle against my mate’s side, resting my head against his chest. I can hear his heart beat against my ear. Raising myhand and lacing our fingers together, I stare at the bracelet that adorns my wrist.
Nothing can ever top this.
“Tell. Me. Everything.”
The End
