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Shit shit shit shit shit! Idia was going berserk, pacing back and forth in his room as he deliberately tried to make that hard headed brain of his to think after turning his brain into mush after just gaming consecutively for days straight.
He could hear gears and autonomous limbs whir as his little brother turned towards him in concern. “What’s troubling you, brother?”
“One of my kittens doesn’t want to call me today.” Idia sobbed into his sticky gamer hands before adjusting his hello kitty headsets that could glow in the dark. “She promised to call me today so I could see her face reveal and she had to cancel! Graughhh… I can’t believe I had to grind that much exp only for me to be stuck and be underleveled! When will we get to level 2 in our relationship!” Ugly sobs were heard followed by distressed wails.
Ortho did not like seeing his older brother in such a sad and sorry state. Simply hearing those words come out of his mouth made Ortho feel sorry for his so-called discord kitten instead. Instead, he patted his back and tried to be there for him. “There, there… What if she’s just busy?”
“No! She’s… She’s in a discord call with the NPCs and she didn’t even bother to ping me for VC… S-She probably doesn’t even want to play duos with me anymore…” The blue haired man hugged his legs in a fetal position. “And I can’t even join to talk to my kitten without the other incels absolutely camping the general VC…”
“I’m sure it’s not like that! Why won’t you go into the VC yourself to talk to her if you want to see her so badly?” Ortho encouraged, gently giving his brother a nudge before Idia cowered as if he had been brutally beaten with a stick.
“N-No! Absolutely not! They’re all normies and they’re going to be all like: dude wtf! What’s the admin doing here!” And they’ll all make fun of me while they play ranked! W-What will snookums think of me when they d-do that? I’m not good at holding up a fight!”
“Calm down, Idia… I doubt anyone would beef with you online since you’re the admin after all. Nobody can talk down to my brother!” Ortho hovered beside him, trying to boost up his confidence. “Besides, if things get out of hand, you can always kick them!”
“F-Forget it, O-Ortho… I’m just a loser internet otaku… My kitten is probably losing interest in me.” Idia sulked.
“Don’t you have other kittens?”
“Yeah, but she’s my favourite! All my other kittens are all just for the gags lol but she’s just built different, you get me?”
“Relationship advice from me, Idia, I advise you to go talk to her. There is no harm with confronting her about being upset. Here! I’ll even text it for you-” Ortho grabbed Idia’s phone at the speed of light getting ready to scan Idia’s texting style and to copy down his confession.
“NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!” Idia screamed bloody murder, trying to grab his phone back and cursed at himself for absolutely making his brother absolutely cracked.
In the end, Ortho had typed:
Gloomurai:
Kitten? Daddy’s got smth to say
KK4:
Haiii shmoopie <3 What is it?
Holy shit. She actually answered the text. Idia froze, feeling flustered by the pet names already despite her calling him that all the time.
Ortho’s matching yellow eyes gazed at him in anticipation. “I can keep going if you’d like, unless you want to finally tell her.”
Idia’s adam’s apple bobbed as he took one big gulp, his sweaty ass hands shaking as he held the phone with both hands, his thumbs hovering over his keyboard and every time he typed he felt like his grip got tighter.
Gloomurai:
*angy boi noises* -_- oki u made me jelly
I saw u in the disc vc and i ws hurt you didn’t ping me for cuddles 👉👈
KK4:
Sowwy u//m//u I pwommy we can VC tonight and just us~ We can rp snuggles too :3
Gloomurai:
n-no… *shy* -._- chu broke a promise ;-;
KK4:
I’ve been vewy busy… and my besties wanted me to spill the tea~ i need ta gossip : P
Gloomurai:
w-what are you gossiping about?... pookie you know how anxious that makes me feel…
KK4:
Nuuuu! don feel sad :< *huggles*
Oki oki… nu more cri ;w; let’s call
Gloomurai:
let’s do a face reveal lol to make it up for ur alpha mate.
i expect ur cam to be on
don’t throw the game
KK4:
Okiii… Brb! Ill call chu :3
This was it. This was the final boss battle before arriving to the second level and Idia was sweating, getting ready to get pwned by KK4’s beautiful looks. He just knew that deep inside that she was a beautiful woman with so much personality and heart. He just knew deep inside that his favourite baby cakes was his soul mate.
It was like matching together in a ranked game and absolutely clutching the game from their godly teamwork. Idia began to try to slick back his hair with his spit, trying to make himself at least look presentable with his crusty jacket he wore 24/7. He sat in front of his monitor, eyes shot out as he waited in anticipation.
What if she thinks I’m ugly? She might freak out because of my hair! Oh no oh no oh no!
The gamer starts to chew his nails and overthink, the last thing he wanted was his popeyes biscuit with no drink to think less of his sigma male.
He shrieked and flew back into his gamer chair when he heard the familiar sound of the discord call notification ringing through his ears. He was absorbed in sweat now, absolutely shitting his pants as his hand trembled over his mouse, physically unable to click the green icon to accept the call.
Something must’ve possessed him right at the moment as he watched the tabs on his screen open to show KK4’s camera. Idia’s eyes widened at the screen, ready to worship like a dog and renew her nitro at her word.
Suddenly-
“Nya! Hewwo, gloom-senpai~”
Idia couldn’t believe his eyes. If the RNGesus saw him now he’d be shot at with no revives from what he just witnessed. KK4’s familiar carrot orange hair paired with the glossy green neko eyes (it was obvious she wore cat contact lenses) paired by cat ears that were surprisingly well made. The gamer felt like he got baited. The thing with this girl is that… She wasn’t a girl. This was a man.
“Owo? Senpai? Wut’s wrong?” KK4’s voice was high pitched and all innocent. He had cat paw gloves in the video call while Idia remained with his camera off. “Can I see chu nex? Pweaseee, nya!”
Idia couldn’t take this anymore. He was not against dating a man whatsoever but it just made it even worse knowing that he knew who KK4 was IRL and that they were in the same class too! He couldn’t accept how he was a total simp for Cater Diamond! The extrovert king of Night Raven College was behind the screen of his beloved discord kitten?!... This day really did not pass the vibe check.
“I-I… I don’t know what to say…” Idia’s voice was all quiet and hesitant, Cater immediately catching on.
“D-Do my looks… not please you?” He frowned, using his remote controlled cat ears to deflate sadly.
“N-No, i-i-i-it’s just I-” and with that, Idia turned on his camera, revealing the sweaty antisocial introverted gamer boy who never left his room right in front of him.
Cater seemed equally distraught, dropping the entire nya neko act as his voice went from high pitched to his normal range.
“Idia??” Cater’s mouth dropped to the floor, his face blushing in clear embarrassment as to the amount of self humiliation he put himself through just for Idia.
“Y-You’re- You’re KK4.” His voice sounded horrified, pointing at his screen accusingly as Idia was battling for #1 Victory Royale inside his mind. “Cater… This ain’t it chief.” He shook his head slowly, earning a terrified expression from the ginger’s face.
“Youch… I’m already on 1 HP I don’t think I can take it anymore…” Idia was so close to hyperventilating. He can’t believe he just lost his kitten, this was probably the second worst day of his life (the first being too good at an OSU championship he got accused of aimbot).
“No… We don’t have to end it like this… NGL there’s a lot between us.” Cater admitted, you could hear his voice soften on his side of the line. Even if Idia couldn’t hear KK4’s high-pitched voice, he still managed to make his normal voice sound calming and soothing. “Pls don’t leave, gloom-kun~”
And something snapped inside of Idia, the alpha instinct inside of him couldn’t resist and he needed to protect his kitten, even if his kitten was a man who was also his classmate he feared.
“Grggh… Teddy bear… You can’t just…”
And with that, Cater used marriage bot to type in /kiss @gloomurai, followed by a gif of two anime men giving each other the sloppiest and juiciest kiss in mankind.
“That’s us TBH.” Cater giggled. “It’s not weird, okay? I’m still your kitten but I think you see nya differently now.”
“N-No… You’re def KK4… except you’re an upgrade?...” Idia could feel himself choke on his words, his hands were on his head as he spoke. “I-I just hope you d-don’t look at me d-differently too!”
“OMG. Gloomy-poo, look in chat.” Cater sends Idia a gif of two cats hugging each other. “I would never! Cuz you’re too coot~ Hehehehe!”
“Cater… A-Are you s-sure you’re okay with this?... O-Okay with me… being your hubby wubby?..” Idia pointed his two index fingers together as he looked down, his heart racing.
“OFC. You’re like, the CEO of cootness overload! You live rent free in my head~” Cater flirted ever so casually with Idia, as if they weren’t absolutely strangers yesterday in class that avoided each other’s existence, now forced into the title that they are dating.
“Y-You r-really think so, kitty cat?” Idia called him by his infamous nickname, causing Cater to purr in amusement.
“Yass! You’re like, the main character of a shounen jump manga, if anyone messes with my alpha they’re catching these hands! Lol” Cater giggles and Idia could feel his face heat up. The two truly did click and they shared the same humour. He didn’t know Cater had a side like this before but he could really get used to it.
“I-I… Yeah..” Is all Idia could say before Cater started talking.
“Hmm… Let’s do another cute activity since we’re like, official official now!”
“W-What is it?... Do I have to g-go outside?” Idia seemed allergic to the outdoors and he was practically plastered to his gaming chair.
“No, silly! Let’s play duos on Fortnite and be absolutely cracked at it!”
Then they played Fortnite all day and they customized their own wedding in Minecraft creative mode and eventually truthfully confessed their feelings on Genshin Impact while watching the sun set in Liyue.
The End.