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“Should I play some Roblox games today?”
Yoshida closed out of the game he was on, only spending an hour or so on it after eventually getting bored and wanting to change it up.
The second monitor lighting up his room as the chat flew by, a bunch of emotes and “please do” zooming past.
“Alright, let’s start with Arsenal, yeah?” It wasn’t like he was waiting for a response though, his cursor already hovering over the play button.
He looked at the chat, a small, tired, smile on his face. The screen illuminated his face as the game loaded. “Sorry, just a bit tired and Outlast was making my head hurt.”
Yoshida didn’t like to limit his streams to only one thing. He realized quickly that if he did that he would get bored almost immediately.
He spawned into the map with a default avatar the game provides since he was on an alt account. There was no particular reason for it but he liked having at least 2 other accounts on hand.
“This is probably annoying for everyone. I mean- seeing a level one account killing everybody.” He chuckled, getting a good 3 kills back to back.
Though he didn’t stream many FPS games, he played them lots in his free time. He just felt it wasn’t as entertaining to watch as other games he played.
That shouldn’t be too big of a concern considering that most of his viewers seemed to watch no matter what.
He wasn’t sure what kept most of them so interested. He felt his commentary might fall a little flat especially when he was focused, there was no face cam, and he usually played alone.
He was grateful though.
Thanks to streaming he was able to start getting some pretty good amounts of money from subs. He was eventually able to quit his full time job thanks to it.
He looked at the bottom left corner where the game chat was, seeing a few words from some guy on the opposite team show up.
‘HOW???’
‘DUDE.’
‘genuinely genuinely hes hackignb’
‘GOTTA be an alt’
Yoshida chuckled, quickly killing two other guys before typing out a reply in chat.
‘im new’
‘this is my main’
With a small glance at the chat he could tell that they noticed the small interaction, a bunch of chats, most saying ‘LOL’ and ‘free him’.
“He’ll be fine, I think.” The screen cut to the guy who was typing in the game chat running around after a kill.
“See, he got me.”
‘i dont believe that but i did just kill u so inm happoy’
‘happy’
After a few seconds, Yoshida ended up finding him again and killing him with ease. He glanced at chat before looking back at the screen with the game on it.
“Should I send him a friend request?” He glanced down at the game chat, laughing once he caught his new rival was typing.
‘BRO’
‘ok. we’re eneiees’
‘ene,moie’
‘omg enemies’
‘octogrb im GOINGto getn u’
Of course, everyone was typing yes.
“Alright, here it goes.” He opened up the menu, finding his user immediately.
denjsaw
A few seconds after he sent it, he saw the small notification on the bottom right of the screen telling him his friend request was accepted.
“Enemies to Friends situation we got.”
‘sorry’
‘pls dont hurt me’
Though he didn’t have a face cam or anything, it wasn’t hard to tell that Yoshida was enjoying this interaction.
“He’s funny.” An obvious smile was heard in his voice.
The match ended shortly after he ended up killing the guy once more, Yoshida in second place only because he joined a few minutes too late.
Denjsaw ranked right behind him though. He could only assume the guy behind the screen was bothered.
A small crack could be heard from Yoshida cracking his knuckles as his eyes squinted at the screen that was a bit too bright. The chat going a bit too fast, but slow enough for him to be able to read.
“He’s a streamer?”
Now there was genuine curiosity. He felt that the name sounded a bit familiar but he couldn’t place his finger on why. “Let’s pull him up real quick.”
He searched for the name that was being typed in chat, the same as his username on Roblox.
“Here he is,” he clicked on the stream on his second monitor so his chat couldn’t see it.
He seemed to have about the same amount of viewers that Yoshida had, maybe just a bit less but not too big of a viewer gap.
There was no face cam on his stream either, but his commentary was already making him laugh a bit.
“What the hell is up with this dude? We all agree he’s not new and this isn’t his main, right? Like.. he knows these maps too well.” The streamer changed his in game skin before loading into the game.
Yoshida took note of that once he loaded in on the opposite team.
“Alright, let me turn it off so I don’t end up stream sniping.” He closed out of the stream, not before following his new rival.
Once he spawned in the map he made his way around, killing a few others that happened to be in his way.
Soon after he saw that familiar skin he saw his new “friend” put on.
Of course what was Yoshida to do if not give fair treatment and just shoot?
‘how.’
‘GENUINELY didnt evne see u.’
A genuine loud laugh was heard on Yoshida’s stream, the humor in the situation being blamed on how he was probably delirious from streaming so late. It was almost four in the morning.
“Fuck, I feel bad at this point.”
He got a few more kills before typing back in the game chat.
‘sorry’
‘i did end up seeing you change ur skin on ur stream but i closed out i swear’
‘dont hurt me’
He went back to the game, dying a few times, only once to the guy who was now his enemy though.
‘cheater’
‘joke.’
‘ur actually good tho but’
‘if i lose to u this match i GOTTA get off’
“He has to get off, guys.” Yoshida of course chuckled at his own joke and only assumed that his chat was laughing along with him since he saw it move a tad bit faster from his peripheral vision.
‘tmi dude’
“Alright, I feel bad for killing this guy so much.” His next few kills were enough to get him to the top of the leaderboard after being behind the same random as last match.
“It’s looking like my last kill is gonna have to be him,” he ran around the map looking for any players, his eyes landing on ‘denjsaw’ with his dinosaur suit avatar.
He ran up to the other streamer, getting his hits in with a knife which led to the match ending.
‘BROP’
‘gg denj’
‘time for ebd’
“Oh, he actually left.”
Yoshida opened the stream he clicked off of earlier, seeing the blond boy he was having a rivalry with say his goodbyes to the stream before ending it.
“Hm, my sign to get off for the night as well.”
The cursor moved to close the window, a small click sound following. Yoshida said his goodbyes to the chat before ending the stream.
Of course, he couldn’t just finish the night without giving his new rival a proper goodbye.
The cursor hovered over the chat on the bottom right, the chat option popping up to show ‘denjsaw’ at the top of the list. He clicked on the chat, typing out a short message for the other.
‘hey, sorry abt killing u sm lol’
‘saw u were streaming but i closed out of it just to keep it fair.’
‘gg tho :)’
The small smile he typed out mirroring the small grin on his face. Soon after he turned off his pc so he could tuck into bed.
Yoshida was far from sleeping though.
His phone was in his hand and the dim screen was now shining light on his face. He opened Instagram and Twitter to follow the guy, finding out his name is Denji.
Maybe it was a bit creepy or weird.
He couldn’t find it in him to care.
And clearly Denji didn’t care either because he followed him back at least 5 minutes later.
Yoshida’s brow raised, the notification catching him off guard. He squinted at the screen as he pressed on it to open Denji’s profile on Instagram.
There were pictures of him at cafes, some with a guy and girl that he would assume he’s close to considering they took up at least half his posts, and of course random hang outs that he found worthy of posting.
They were sort of charming even without his face plastered on any photos.
Now he could message him properly though.
A small tap on the message button below his bio was all it took for the chat screen to pop up.
‘quick follow back’
‘im flattered’
And he was a quick replier too.
‘nono’
‘i found out who i was playing with right after i got off and opened twt’
‘im lwk embarrassed now’
‘i actually rlly like ur streams LMFAO’
Well that was a pleasant surprise. One he didn’t see coming for sure.
‘oh shit?? no way??’
‘i didnt even know i was playing with u until my chat pointed it out and then ur name seemed kinda familiar so yes i knew who u were too’
‘also.’
‘u like my streams but didnt already follow me.. i see how it is..’
(Un)Fortunately for Yoshida, he was already having far too much fun talking to this guy. He was easy to talk to and stupidly silly.
‘nono wait bb gimme a chance to explain myself’
‘so basically im a boss’
‘no ok srsly tho i just like dont rlly follow ppl dont hurt me’
Fair enough. Yoshida wasn’t one to follow people either unless he was a genuine fan of their work.
‘im the same i guess i forgive you’
‘I didn’t realize I was supposed to Apologize.”
‘well just know i forgive you <3’
Yoshida chuckled to himself in his dark room, only the dim light from his phone providing any light source around him.
If Yoshida was being honest, he never actually sat down and watched one of Denji’s full streams but he saw his occasional popular clips floating around social media (Denji was very memeable).
‘thank u i wouldnt know what to do w myself if i was never forgiven by THE yoshida </3’
‘wow mega fan yk my name holy stalker’
‘SHUT UP U LITERALLY HAVE IT AS UR DISPLAY NAME DONTTT PLAY W ME’
‘and and and u literally say it at the beginning of ur videos so suck on that’
True, he did. Though he rarely posted and not only that, but that meant Denji had to sit and watch those videos.
‘so u watch my videos?’
‘u go to my channel and watch my videos even tho i rarely post?’
‘if i didn’t know better i would think ur like..mega fan..fan page..’
Of course he was joking, but the thought of Denji genuinely consuming his content alone was making him a bit flustered.
‘so like i ALMOST blocked u for that’
‘im a casual watcher i swear.’
4:28 AM, also known as far too late (early?) to be up. Though Yoshida had to admit, it was hard to want to leave this conversation.
‘and if i checked i wouldnt find u being subbed to me right?’
It was almost like he could hear the silence from Denji all because he didn’t reply as quickly as he was previously doing.
‘baby please dont do this to me’
Yoshida would look crazy to anyone watching him full out laughing at his phone in the dark. Not that he wasn’t at least a bit delirious at this hour.
‘LMFAO ok i wont dont even worry’
‘is it 4 for u as well??’
‘yes..’
‘popular gaming streamer yoshida is local to me hello’
‘possibly..’
‘im sorry my eyes are genuinely hurting me i might go to sleep’
‘bros apologizing for what help its okay get ur rest’
‘i’ll go dream abt beating ur ass in arsenal tonight dw’
‘dreaming about me already??’
‘wowww ur case isnt looking good denji’
‘...’
‘Goodnight, Yoshida.’
‘goodnight denji’
With that, Denji hearted his message and Yoshida hearted his back.
He reluctantly turned off his phone, setting it aside on his pillow before he drifted off to sleep to the sound of the early commute of people who were just starting their day.