Crush

  Hey there, how ya doing?

  Gaia

  Crush! Been a while, how are you?

  Crush

  Kinda under the weather

  That’s why you haven’t really heard from me

  Gaia

  Oh, hope you’ll feel better soon <3

  To be honest ... I didn’t actually notice. I hadn’t really given myself enough time to think about him at all. But yeah, he hadn’t visited any of my streams lately and he hadn’t been online much either.

  And I’m still lying about myself!

  When he didn’t show up to that DnD meeting I was relieved. At least for that moment. Now I guess, I’ll just have to keep going.

  Shit.

  Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

  Crush

  I’ve watched the recording of your last stream, where you “battled” ValGal!

  How do you keep getting the attention of these high-ranking V-Tubers lmao

  Gaia-chan

  Oh, you know, be me, flex a muscle, sprinkle a bit of bullshit on top ...

  Yeah, I have no idea.

  Crush

  You ever thought of doing one of those 1v1 streams?

  Where you and another streamer try to play the same game at the same time and try to finish it first?

  Gaia-chan

  Oh, those are cool!

  Don’t have any friends for doing that though ...

  Crush

  Well, you got Big-Tuber-San, now Val ..

  Also you got me ...

  Crap, crap, crap!

  Oh man, I’d loooooove to do that, but ...

  What do I say now?

  Deflect!!!

  Gaia-chan

  Yeah, it was such a shame, you didn’t come to the meeting, few days ago :c

  Missed youuu

  Crush

  Yeah, sorry bout that

  All hell broke loose really

  There was a huge outbreak where I live, so I had to go into hiding

  so to speak

  Gaia-chan

  lololol

  You ok though?

  Crush

  Yep, thankfully I was really, really, really lucky

  Still in Quarantine though

  But at least I got my vaccine early

  Or something ...

  Gaia-chan

  Shame, I was looking forward to meeting you in person finally

  No lies there!

  Crush

  So sorry to have disappointed you

  But we still have time!

  It’s gonna happen sooner or later

  At this rate it’s likely to be later, but ...

  I am so close to telling him. The words are on my tongue, threatening to burst out. Luckily text as a medium did not allow for my spontaneous bouts to be of any effect. My voice merely grazed the top of my screen. No matter how many words I typed on my keyboard, the strength to push the final button simply wasn’t there.

  Gaia-chan

  Good night <3

  That had to suffice ... for the moment.