“On that note,” I say into the camera, flipping my screen until it’s just my face cam. “That’s a great place to end the stream. Thank you for being here.”
I look through who’s live and find someone to raid, sending my chat off with a final wave. Then I end the stream.
“That went well,” Sookie says with a snort.
“Could have gone better,” I can’t help but say. “You could have been nicer to me during that stupid escape room.”
“You could have tried harder not to be an idiot.”
I close my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. “You know what? I think you like seeing me get pissed.”
There’s a pause before Sookie responds. “You’re not wrong.”
“What?”
“What? You heard me. I didn’t stutter.”
“You’re such an ass.”
“Yeah, I am,” Sookie says. “But so are you.”
Leaning across my desk, I grab a protein bar and start eating it. If I’m honest with myself, which I very rarely am, I don’t want to hang up yet. I want to keep talking with Sookie. I want to get to know him more.
“Hey,” I say between bites. “What do you actually do for work?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know.”
“I do, actually.”
“Why?”
I shrug. “Don’t know. Just wanna know you better. You frustrate the hell out of me, but you’re also someone who can keep up with my banter. I can be mean and you don’t care.” I hum softly. “I’m curious, that’s all.”
“Right,” he says right away, like he doesn’t believe me. “Fine, I’ll let you ask a few questions. Make them interesting or I won’t answer.”
“Okay, it can be a little game. We’ll start broad and slowly work our way into the details.”
“Go on.”
“Do we live in the same country?”
Sookie hums. “Mhmm.”
“Okay. Same state?”
“Yep.”
“You have multiple jobs?”
“I already said that.”
I growl at the back of my throat and Sookie chuckles in response. “Have we ever met before?”
“Not that I know of. We’ve been in the same place before though.”
“Really?”
“Yep.”
