JumpingNinja: HI RODNEY!
starportaldestroyer: I mean.. He’s not wrong…
CJforMayor(mod): Look what you started Rodney! Now the chat is thirsty!
SkateboardKid(vip): Someone get the hose!
“Godsdamnit, Rodney,” Gayle says with a chuckle, his cheeks turning the most beautiful red color. “Stop trying to distract me! You’re terrible!”
RodKneeonComs(vip): Sorry sorry! I’ll try to reel it in!
WhoCares: *scoffs* I’ll believe it when I see it
RodKneeonComs(vip): What are you even DOING here!
BedheadRooster: Ohhh my favorite grump is here!
WhoCares: I’m leaving
CJforMayor(mod): Nuuu don’t leave! We’re such a better chat than Rodney’s! Trust!
I laugh to myself, watching the chat try to persuade WhoCares into staying. He’s always so grumpy but he’s almost always in chat whenever I go live. He’s a real one.
Gayle loses this match but that’s okay because he wins the next one. He’sreallygood at these types of games and it’s really fun to watch him. I almost wish he had a hand cam so I could see his technique.
At the end of the stream, he says goodbye to everyone. I’m about to close my laptop when a ping of a direct message comes through. I open it up, my stomach fluttering when I see it’s Gayle.
SnowbodysSorry: Are you on Discord?
I quickly give him my Discord information and we friend each other. It’s much easier to talk one on one over there.
Snow: It made me really happy to see you in chat today
Rodney: It was super fun! Your streams have a nice vibe
Snow: Thanks :D Do you still wanna do something on Thursday together? It’s fine if you don’t. No pressure or anything!
Rodney: I would love to. Do you have something in mind?
Snow: Have you seen that Halloween game? If you get your roommates to play, we’d have a pretty good lobby.
Rodney: Hell yeah! That sounds like a blast. I’ll talk to them and let you know!
Snow: It’s a date!
I stare at the words before closing my laptop. My stomach is a complete mess. A date? Surely, he didn’t mean it the way I wanthim to mean it, right? It’s not really a date because Rin and Kei will be there too.
Why are these feelings so complicated? Why are they completely taking me over? Ugh, I feel like such a mess when it comes to Gayle.
I put my laptop away and make my way into the kitchen where Kei and Rin are already sitting. Maki is here as well, waving at me when I step in.
I go into the fridge and pull out a soda, sitting down with my friends.
“Do you guys have plans on Thursday?”
“Not really,” Rin says, shaking his head. “Probably just stream my current Dungeons run. Right now I’m playing as an evil thief and chat has been eating it up.”
“Kei?”
