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  Zoe clicked out of the stream and let out a big sigh. She stretched her arms and crunched her back by twisting side to side. Today’s stream went great as usual. It took some time, but she felt like her Nether base was finally set up the way she wanted it. Tomorrow, she could explore the big fortress.

  Zoe stood up from her chair and continued to stretch out her body. Sitting for hours on end always made her feel a bit stiff, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. Plus, she knew from how popur her yoga streams were that she was plenty flexible. Life was going great. She was earning more money with streams, she felt healthy and strong, Gym Bro was a pretty great boyfriend.

  Gym Bro.

  Zoe tapped her phone screen and looked at the time. Crap! She was te. She blew through the door and started towards the kitchen when she noticed Gym Bro already sitting at the table with some Chinese takeout. Crap.

  “Oh hey,” he said. Zoe frowned and sulked over to give her boyfriend a hug. “I’m so sorry,” she said. She leaned against him and started pnting kisses on his cheek. “I lost track of time. We were working hard on building my new base in the Nether, and the guys kept giving me these great suggestions.” She started to trail off as Gym Bro chuckled.

  He patted her on the head and said, “It’s okay babe. I forgive you.” He gave her a big kiss on the lips. Zoe started to smile. Gym Bro said, “I saw how zoned in you were when I got home. You didn’t even notice me open the door.” That was true. She’d had no clue when Gym Bro got home today.

  She asked, “Why didn’t you say anything to me or wave me down?” Gym Bro tsked and shook his head. “I couldn’t do that,” he replied, “people would know you didn’t live alone. They might assume it was your super awesome boyfriend. It’s best for your brand that people think Zoe Bang is single and avaible.”

  “I know, but,”

  Gym Bro shushed her and gestured for her to sit down. Zoe obediently sat on his p and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Gym Bro said, “It’s only been five months since you started streaming. We need to build a bigger audience. Never give people a reason to say ‘no’ and you’ll attract more people, you know?”

  He pulled Zoe’s body closer and started to kiss her neck. Then her chest. Zoe felt her body responding to Gym Bro’s touch. He was right. She knew he was right. Besides, it’s not like their retionship was really a secret. All of his friends knew about them dating. She remembered the look on Jack’s face when Gym Bro made it clear she was officially off the market. She smirked to herself.

  Gym Bro pulled at Zoe’s shirt, so she absentmindedly lifted her arms. Gym Bro was practically insatiable ever since they became a couple. Every night he would bite and suck all over her body. Well, mainly her neck and boobs. Actually, only her neck and boobs. Gym Bro was definitely a boob-guy.

  Zoe couldn’t bme him. Her breasts were obviously her best feature. She sort of felt proud about her legs since they spent so much time working on them on the bike and with all the stretching.

  Gym Bro made his way back up Zoe’s neck and found his way to her lips. He plunged his tongue into her mouth greedily. Zoe shifted their position so they were straddling Gym Bro’s crotch. They could feel Gym Bro’s erection pressing against their tucked genitals. Zoe’s brain sparked. He hated thinking about how aroused he got during these moments.

  He wished he could lose himself in the moment or get caught up in the passion. He needed to go harder. He slid himself down and pulled at Gym Bro’s pants. “Oh, someone’s hungry,” he heard Gym Bro say. Zoe flinched internally. Did they feel hungry? Maybe. It was always hard to tell what was going on in his body tely. All he knew is that he didn’t get to disappear again until he finished his job.

  He was basically an expert when it came to sucking on Gym Bro’s cock now. He knew exactly when to speed up and when to slow down. He’d learned how to stay loose with his neck to account for Gym Bro’s movements while still being able to apply pressure with his lips. But not too much pressure to make it feel like he was biting. And it was super easy to let Gym Bro’s cock hit the back of his throat without gagging.

  Five minutes ter, Zoe rinsed his mouth out with some water and sat down to dig into the food Gym Bro must have gone out to buy. He still felt a little ashamed about losing track of time pying video games and forgetting to make dinner tonight. He’d been losing track of time a lot tely.

  “Hey,” he said, “I am really sorry about forgetting about dinner tonight. Thanks for picking something up.” Gym Bro waved his hand dismissively. He replied, “I told you it’s no big deal. I’m sure you won’t let it happen again.” Zoe nodded their head. He’d make sure of it. He grabbed his phone and opened up his notes app. He made a memo to himself to set timers on days he streamed to make sure he didn’t forget to cook dinner. He didn’t see any other new notes. Good.

  Outside of losing time and needing to write down reminders for himself, Zoe’s life was pretty amazing. Streaming was going well, he felt much healthier, and pretending to be a woman so he got free rent wasn’t terrible. Gym Bro was actually a pretty great boyfriend.

  Zoe’s mind buzzed. He had this weird feeling of deja vu.

  ————————

  Zoe sat down at a table and let out a big sigh. Carrying around all these bags was hard work. She dreaded to think about how weak she would be without all those difficult poses Gym Bro added to her recent yoga routine.

  Zoe took a big sip from her smoothie as she scanned the crowd in the food court of the mall. It was a busy Sunday afternoon, but Zoe loved hearing the background hum of people moving around and talking. Most her week was spent with music and video games noises in her ears.

  Talking to Gym Bro was nice. And seeing the guys for video game tournaments was fun. Especially since none of them dared overstep getting too familiar with her since she and Gym Bro started dating.

  The final tournament would be coming up soon. The two leaders were Jack and Gym Bro; both tied with an equal amount of wins. Whoever won this st month would be the champion and take the prize money. Zoe was a little bummed she didn’t get to py anymore, but she was gd the guys had agreed to return her money. Gym Bro argued that it was only right considering Zoe had to drop out because of the partners cuse in the tournament and not because she gave up.

  In truth, she had given up, but nobody needed to know that. Besides, it’s not like she wanted to. In fact, she couldn’t really remember why she gave up on the tournament in the first pce. She loved video games, she liked hanging with the guys, and she liked competing. It would have been fun to keep trying even if she had no chance of winning.

  Zoe took another sip from her smoothie. It didn’t matter anymore. She could find other things to make her happy. Maybe she could start a video game tournament among fans on her stream. Zoe smiled to herself. She couldn’t expin it, but she’d started to really feel alive these st couple of months.

  She remembered the slog of exercise, cleaning herself, studying, cooking, cleaning that she had to go through when she first met Gym Bro. She remembered knowing with such confidence that it was all for the greater good, but she also remembered feeling worn down and tired all the time.

  She pulled out her phone and scrolled through her Instagram. The early photos showed a person who was happy and enjoying life, but she couldn’t really remember it. All she remembered was the work that went into building the life they had before.

  Things were different now. She didn’t only get to pick her own clothes; she got to enjoy wearing them! And she had so much fun on this test shopping trip. She sent a quick message to Gym Bro to let him know she was done at the mall and would be ready for him to come pick her up when he was done at the gym. She was excited to model some of her new purchases for him back home.

  This time, Zoe found a few great swimsuits for the upcoming beach photoshoot. She also finally bought a repcement evening dress for the red one Gym Bro destroyed on their first date. Zoe chuckled at that memory. It was so clear Gym Bro was crazy about her from the beginning.

  The things taking up the most space in her bags were, of course, all of her new bras. Zoe sifted through one bag and looked at the size of the cups. She still couldn’t believe it; her new size felt so surreal: 34G. But that’s what the dy said and she was a professional, so the size had to be correct. Zoe couldn’t deny that she’d been uncomfortable squeezing into her old bras for the st two months. Of course, she had to save a few since wearing slightly smaller bras helped emphasize her cleavage for streams.

  Not that she really needed it with boobs this big. Zoe wiggled her torso and felt her breasts sway underneath her shirt. She chuckled to herself.

  Her mind buzzed.

  “Thirty four G is too big,” she heard in her mind.

  She frowned and thought about it.

  It did seem strange that she could have grown so much so quickly. Then again, ever since they started dating, Gym Bro’s attitude changed about her weight. Zoe was back on a bulking diet and even drank a weight gain shake every morning. He’d told her that the fillers wouldn’t st forever and she needed to build up tissue to keep Zoe Bang’s appearance on stream.

  The fillers. Obviously the dermal fillers plus the increase in weight expined her recent increase in bra size. There was no reason to be concerned. It was good that she was trying to make their boobs bigger. Zoe’s mind buzzed again. Something felt off about that statement, but she was certain her logic was sound.

  They needed to be Zoe. A woman. A streamer. The girl with giant tits. She was working for that and it was paying off. They had more money now. They didn’t need to worry about paying Gym Bro back for all the cool gifts and trips he gave them now. In another six months or so, they could probably pay off their whole debt to Gym Bro thanks to how great Zoe’s streams were going.

  Then they could go back to…

  To what?

  Zoe’s mind buzzed even louder. Sparks began to fly across his brain.

  He felt sound starting to return to his ears. He looked around at the people in the food court. He looked down. His smoothie was done. It was nice that he could eat more. And he didn’t have to wear the waist trainer all day anymore. Is that what he was thinking about? Their phone was in his hand. He opened it up and looked at the notes app.

  Go shopping? Zoe looked at all the bags surrounding his legs. He’d definitely done that. New bras? Check. Swimsuits? Check. Earrings? Check. Evening dress. Check. Okay, that was everything he was supposed to buy. Next on the list was sign up for a post box with Gym Bro. Zoe opened up his messages. He’d already sent a message saying he was ready to go.

  Weird.

  Maybe he only felt off because there wasn’t anything to worry about.

  ———————

  “He’s going to do it!”

  “The comeback is alive!”

  “Arrrrrh!”

  The crowd of men roared and cheered. Gym Bro and Jack were neck and neck in the race. Zoe let himself cheer and cp for Gym Bro’s sake even when all he wanted to do was hide in a corner.

  Today was the final tournament. Gym Bro and Jack were both tied with their current amount of wins, so it all came down to a video game marathon race between the two of them. First, they had to beat the first episode of the cssic Doom. Second, they had to beat the first five levels of Pac-Man. Finally, the first person to get Mario to the fg in World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. would be crowned the champion.

  Jack was ahead by a couple of minutes coming out of the Doom section and everyone thought the race was over. Then, Jack fumbled on level two of Pac-Man and ended having to start over which put him and Gym Bro essentially on even footing once again. Both pyers were on level five now.

  “Watch out for the red one!” Zoe said. Gym Bro was too locked in to the game to say anything back. Zoe tried to focus on the two screens as Gym Bro and Jack navigated around the maze while avoiding the ghosts and collecting pellets.

  Normally, he would love this kind of environment, but he was too tired and overstimuted today. He could feel his makeup against his skin. His earrings felt like they were pulling down on his ears. To top it off, he couldn’t get the sight of his breasts out of his view as he watched the games. They were so rge and so obvious. He hated this. He wanted to crush them down and put on baggy clothes, but he knew Zoe needed to look her best for what could be Gym Bro’s big moment.

  “Yes!”

  “Fuck!”

  Both competitors excimed as they succeeded in beating level five. They raced to switch out the games. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” Jack continued to yell. The crowd’s voice got louder and louder. Gym Bro’s game loaded first. He mashed his way through the menu and started running.

  “Hey, what the fuck!” Jack excimed, “His game loaded faster than mine.” He angrily gestured at the referee, but got no response before his version unched. He mashed through the menu and started running, but Gym Bro was in the lead.

  They made their little Italian plumber crush evil monsters and eat mushrooms as fast as they could. Zoe was amazed at how proficient Jack was at the game. He even managed to catch up quite a bit. However, the lead was too strong. Gym Bro’s character grabbed onto the fg. As it slid down, Gym Bro exploded out of his seat to the roar of the crowd. Jack angrily tossed his controller against the floor.

  Zoe tried to back away before getting crushed by all the rowdy men, but Gym Bro pulled them into his arms and lifted them into the air like a trophy. He pnted a big smooch on Zoe’s lips before finally putting them down. Normally Zoe would have been happy to be manhandled and lifted, but he really wanted to go home. He didn’t know why he felt so terrible today.

  After being put down, he was able to skirt his way to the kitchen area and grab some water. He let out a big sigh and watched as Gym Bro and the guys started to tease Jack. He could tell Jack was arguing about the load time and trying to get a second chance. Zoe shook his head; there was no overturning it.

  Gym Bro broke away from the crowd and came over to Zoe. “Hey babe,” he said, “I’ve got great news for you.” Zoe made sure to smile. He couldn’t let Gym Bro see how terrible they felt. He didn’t want to bring down the mood. Gym Bro said, “The final pot was twenty-six thousand dolrs!”

  Zoe’s eyes widened. That was an insane amount of money. He knew he should feel happy for Gym Bro, but all he felt was awful jealousy. If they’d been better at games. If they hadn’t been so distracted from learning how to be Zoe. If they hadn’t started dating Gym Bro. Zoe suppressed all of those horrible thoughts and feelings and said, “Congratutions babe! That’s amazing!”

  He stood on his toes and pnted a big kiss on Gym Bro’s lips. Gym Bro wrapped his arms around their body and squeezed them firmly. They broke apart. Gym Bro said, “There’s more. I didn’t want to say anything and get your hopes up in case I lost. But, I decided that since you had to drop out of the tournament since we started dating, that I would give you half of the prize money.”

  Zoe couldn’t believe his ears. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped. Gym Bro continued, “Obviously I’ll hold onto it, but you can use it for whatever you want. Clothes, a trip somewhere, new shoes, something for your streams, maybe a spa day.”

  “My debt,” Zoe spurted out.

  Gym Bro cocked one of his eyebrows. “Your debt?” he asked, “What debt?” Zoe replied, “The money I owe you. For the hospital, the medicine, the rent, the clothes. I want to use all of my half to pay you back as much as possible.”

  Gym Bro ughed. “What are you talking about? You don’t owe me for any of that stuff. You’re my girlfriend silly.” He ruffled Zoe’s hair. Zoe immediately straightened it back out. He said, “I’m talking about the money from before we started dating.”

  Gym Bro scratched his chin. “See, now I know you’re confused,” he said, “There’s a guy named Josh who owes me some money, but that’s not your responsibility.” Zoe blinked. He was really confused. “B-but,” he started. Gym Bro interrupted, “I’m not letting you throw away your half of the prize paying off some other person’s debt. Think of something fun for yourself, okay?”

  He kissed Zoe on the forehead. “Okay, I’ll drop you off at home, but then me and some of the guys are going out drinking to celebrate. Let’s get going.” He turned around and started walking to the door where a few of the guys were standing waiting. Even Jack was there although his face was sour. Zoe was too stunned to do anything but slowly follow.

  ———————————

  Zoe hummed to herself while stirring the vegetables around in the frying pan. Cooking was definitely becoming more fun ever since she started listening to music while she worked. Suddenly, she felt an arm wrap around her waist. She jumped a little and turned her head. It was just Gym Bro.

  Zoe smiled and ughed. “You scared me babe,” she said while giggling. Gym Bro chuckled and gave her a nice kiss. He moved to side as Zoe returned to stirring their vegetables. Gym Bro put out a finger and pulled at the colr around Zoe’s neck.

  He asked, “How much longer do you have to wear this thing?” Zoe shrugged. “Only until tomorrow. People were talking about doing another donation goal where I have to wear one for a whole month. I said I’d only do it if they bought me a nicer one though.”

  Gym Bro smiled. “That’s my girl.”

  He walked over to the table as Zoe started to put the food on ptes. She brought the st of the food over and sat down. Gym Bro was scrolling on his ptop and rubbing his chin. “What is it babe?” Zoe said, “You have that look on your face when an idea pops into your head.” She chuckled lightly and took a bite of food. Perfectly seasoned.

  Gym Bro replied, “I’m looking at the poll I did yesterday for possible donation goals. The winner by far was Zoe Bang starting an OnlyFans page.” Zoe choked on her food for a moment and coughed. “I-I mean, obviously I can’t do that,” Zoe said nervously. She didn’t have a reason for why she couldn’t but something inside of her was screaming that doing an OnlyFans was impossible.

  “I don’t know,” Gym Bro replied, “It could be a great opportunity for more revenue. And there’s clearly a demand for it.” Zoe’s mind was buzzing. She needed to find a way out of this. Something clicked. She said, “But, what about my brand? I thought we decided that I still needed to build up a base first. Plus, other streamers are more popur than me and they don’t have one. Maybe it’s not necessary.”

  Gym Bro said, “That’s true, but those other streamers can do something you can’t: accept sponsorships. It’s a big pain not being able to expin to sponsors why all their contracts need to be in a different name, you know?” Zoe felt herself shrink a little. “I know,” she said.

  Gym Bro snapped his ptop shut. He said, “I wouldn’t worry about it. Like I said before, it helps that Zoe Bang happens to enjoy showing herself off a little, but not in a way that directly asks for money. I’ll use my fan account and see if I can get the ball rolling on some other ideas.”

  Zoe nodded her head and smiled. She was gd Gym Bro was willing to drop the issue. She watched happily as he started digging into his food and talking about other matters.

  ——————————————

  Zoe sucked in a big load of air after swallowing. “Holy fuck babe,” Gym Bro said. Zoe opened his eyes and looked up. Gym Bro was wiping sweat from his forehead. Gym Bro said, “I don’t know how, but I swear you get better at these every time you do it.” He reached over and patted Zoe on the head. Zoe smiled. “Thanks babe,” he said.

  Gym Bro stood up from the couch and walked over to his room to clean himself up. Zoe decided to take a moment and rolled over to sit on the floor. He rubbed his knees to ease the soreness. Maybe he could suggest Gym Bro put some carpet in key areas around the house.

  Zoe licked his lips and the inside of his mouth. He didn’t mind the taste of cum when it was fresh and warm, but he didn’t like the feeling of it sitting around. He could get some water, but he didn’t want to move right now. He reached over and stared at his phone. He heard the water running in the shower.

  Life felt so hollow tely.

  Zoe shook his head. No, that wasn’t right. How could life be hollow? Streams were going well, he was making more money, he didn’t like his body all the time, but they were definitely the healthiest they’d ever been, and being Gym Bro’s girlfriend wasn’t terrible. Zoe’s mind buzzed and sparked. Hadn’t they already had this thought before?

  He rubbed his temples. Then his eyes. He took some deep breaths. Life might not be hollow, but he was having a weird time with things. Every day felt like a blur. He couldn’t even remember how long it had been since Gym Bro won the big tournament. A month? Maybe a month and a half? Time was moving too fast. Josh felt like he was missing too many things.

  He blinked his eyes.

  “Oh fuck,” he said to himself. Josh. He’d called himself Josh. When was the st time they’d done that? He stretched his hands and felt his body move under his command. He felt out of pce being here. He felt like he’d been gone for a long time even though that didn’t make any sense. He vividly remembered giving Gym Bro an amazing blowjob a few moments ago.

  And yesterday. And a few days before that. Then he’d let Gym Bro fuck his tits st week. Josh scratched at his head. How was he busy every day, yet the only clear memories he had were all the physical moments with Gym Bro?

  “Hey, Zoe,” he heard Gym Bro say. Josh turned his head around. Gym Bro continued, “Go change clothes. We’ve got to leave in twenty minutes to be on time for the movie.”

  “Oh, yeah, sorry. I got a little distracted,” Josh replied. Gym Bro chuckled and walked over. He pnted a kiss on their forehead and helped pull Josh to their feet. Josh smiled and started walking towards Zoe’s room. Gym Bro smacked their ass and caused Zoe to squeal a little.

  Josh shook his head and yelled at himself internally. Why did he let himself get pulled back into the pattern so easily? He was Josh. Zoe was a fiction. Some character he pyed on stream. A tool he used to get free rent. Josh opened his closet and looked at his options for his movie date. His eyes spun as the sheer amount of clothing began to feel overwhelming. He had no idea when they’d acquired most of the pieces.

  Okay, maybe Zoe was a little bit more real than he’d like to admit. But he was still himself. Except when Gym Bro was around. Or when he was on stream. Or asleep. Or when he called himself Zoe because he was in the habit of doing so.

  Josh grabbed a cute sundress and held it against his body while looking in the mirror. He nodded his head and slid it on. He didn’t feel like changing his underwear. Sure, it was a little wet, but it would dry out. And knowing Gym Bro, they were likely going to get handsy in the back of the theater and Josh would end up getting his new panties wet again anyways. Then he’d have to do a little bit of extra undry which meant more time being Zoe.

  Something clicked in Josh’s mind.

  That was it. All of these moments where he didn’t explicitly need to be Zoe were chances for Josh to shine. He was picking out their clothes right now. He was the one who would have to satisfy Gym Bro’s urges ter. He was the one who would do undry tomorrow.

  He was still Josh. And all he needed to do was remind himself of that more often.

  —————————————

  Zoe sat at the table and nervously rubbed her hands together. This was so weird. She gnced back at the counter and saw Gym Bro and Jack waiting for their order. This whole situation was crazy. She was getting coffee with her archenemy and her boyfriend like they hadn’t spent the better part of st year fighting against each other every month during the tournament.

  She saw the men grabbing the different drinks and Zoe’s cake. Gym Bro had recently said it was okay for her to eat desserts on special occasions and Zoe felt that this absurd meeting warranted something extra tasty in her mouth.

  She did her best to not gre at Jack as he and Gym Bro sat down with the order. “Here you go babe,” Gym Bro said. He smiled and leaned over for a quick peck on the lips. Zoe was slightly upset at the seating arrangement. She was gd to be next to Gym Bro instead of sitting next to Jack, but that meant she had to be seated directly across from Jack. Except…

  “Weird, he’s not staring at my boobs,” Zoe thought to herself.

  She couldn’t remember a time Jack didn’t ogle her or make some lewd comment about her body. To be fair, she’d certainly invited his attention with her comments during that first tournament she participated in. And, as Gym Bro pointed out, she was bound to draw attention with the revealing outfits she liked to wear so she didn’t have a right to compin.

  But, for some reason, even though he had a direct line of sight and a perfect excuse to look at her chest, Jack was barely even looking at Zoe. She looked down at herself. Her boobs were definitely on dispy. They weren’t as obvious as when she went on stream, but it was hard to hide her rge breasts in anything but a baggy hoodie. She looked back up at Jack curiously.

  Jack noticed her gaze and smiled. That was weird too. He didn’t have that hungry, predatory look in his eyes Zoe was used to seeing. Jack said, “Hey Zoe.” What a weirdo. They’d already said hello when they got to the cafe. Still, she promised Gym Bro she’d keep an open mind. “Hey,” she said.

  Jack gnced at Gym Bro. Zoe could see them doing some weird dude telepathy. Jack cleared his throat. “So,” he said, “I saw your stream yesterday. Some of it anyways.”

  “Oh?”

  “Yeah, you were pying Minecraft. I saw a lot of the people in the comments saying nice things. It was fun.”

  “Oh, thanks.”

  They stared silently at each other. Zoe tapped her foot on the ground. She didn’t know how to interact with this man. Gym Bro spoke, “Jack used to be a streamer too.” Jack chuckled nervously. “It wasn’t a big deal. I would stream on weekends in college sometimes. Zoe is definitely the only real streamer here.”

  Zoe didn’t have any response. The conversation died. The three of them slowly sipped from their drinks. Fine, if nobody else was going to address the elephant in the room, then Zoe would. She said, “Are you guys friends now?”

  Jack choked on his drink a little. Gym Bro coughed. “I mean,” Jack said. He and Gym Bro looked at each other. Gym Bro scratched his chin. “I guess you could say that. We’ve been training together at the gym a lot recently.” Zoe knew about that.

  This all started after the tournament. Jack was salty about losing and demanded a rematch from Gym Bro. However, instead of video games, they decided to compete against in other in weight lifting. Despite being much smaller than Gym Bro was, Jack was deceptively strong. Gym Bro still won, but, based on what he told Zoe, they ended up bonding over the gym and started going together more often.

  Zoe thought the whole situation was crazy. How could two people go from being enemies to friends so easily? But, here they were, all getting coffee together like it was no big deal.

  Jack looked at Zoe and said, “I know this is a little weird. I want to say I’m sorry for how things went between you and me. I was a bit of dick to you.” Zoe was surprised to hear that. Jack continued, “I was the new guy in the group and, honestly, I think I was a little jealous of Kev. But I took that out on you and that wasn’t fair. So, yeah, sorry for being an asshole.”

  Now Zoe felt like the asshole. She was fully prepared to hate this man for the rest of her life, but now… “Thanks,” she said. She stretched her hands and fingers. She hadn’t realized how tightly she’d been squeezing them. She said, “And it wasn’t a big deal. I’m a tough girl, you know?”

  Jack ughed. “Don’t I know it,” he said, “I remember that first day we met on the beach.” He paused and smacked Gym Bro on the arm. “I thought all you saw in her was a pretty face, but then she challenged me in the tournament like it was no big deal. I thought to myself, ‘damn, this chick has some balls.’”

  He and Gym Bro ughed together. Zoe chuckled nervously. She knew they’d given off too much masculine energy back then. Jack continued, “And then, at the tournament, I was surprised to see how good of a pyer you were.” Zoe tried to stay focused on the conversation even though she felt stuck in a loop of wondering if she was still giving off too much masculine energy now.

  Thankfully, Gym Bro said, “I told you she was good. I think it’s one of the reasons her stream has become really popur.” He leaned over and stared into Zoe’s eyes. She felt herself blushing from the attention. Gym Bro said, “A pretty face, amazing body, and actual skills? She’s the whole package.” He cemented his statements by kissing Zoe’s hand like she was a princess.

  Zoe couldn’t stop herself from smiling and feeling a little giddy. Then she quickly looked over at Jack. He was watching calmly. “What?” she said, “No gagging this time?” Jack nodded his head in acknowledgment. “Fair enough, I deserve that.”

  “Come on Zoe,” Gym Bro said. Jack cut in, “No, no. It’s okay. Like I said, I’ve been a big asshole to Zoe this whole time.” Jack looked at Zoe. He said, “I promise you, I’m going to be better. I asked Kev to set this up so we could bury the hatchet. Maybe even become friends some day.”

  Zoe wasn’t sure about that. She looked over at Gym Bro and caught the signals he was sending. Fine. She could tolerate Jack as long as he behaved. She smiled and looked at Jack. “Yeah,” she said, “being friends would be awesome.”