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“Do you have to do this now?” Kenma asks.
He starts the countdown; there are less than ten minutes left before the stream starts. He switches the window to troubleshoot one of the settings before checking the stream link works on the various social media sites.
You?
You’re braiding his hair.
“I just want to do something special for this stream. It’s my second one as your girlfriend.”
“You don’t have to do anything special.”
“Please just let me do this.”
Kenma sighs and does a sound check. A few people in the chat say they can hear him. He tells you to speak into the second mic, which is clipped on your shirt. He got it specifically for you.
“Mic test. Testing,” you say and Kenma gives you an okay.
The braids are done and Kenma can’t see your mischievous smile. He can’t tell the difference since it’s similar to his usual hairstyle: half up and half down.
You crouch behind his gaming chair and slowly unzip your backpack.
“Hey, try these on,” you tell him, slipping a pair of black gloves with gold trim over his hands. They reach up to his elbows.
“Y/n, what are you doing?” he asks without looking up. He squints his eyes at the chat and you’re thankful they’re distracting him.
Three minutes are left until the stream starts. You pull out a blue and white coat from your bag. The sleeves are short but the coat is long with a golden edge along its hood.
You take his hand and put it through a sleeve.
“What are you doing?”
“It’s a gift,” you tell him. “My first one for you. I want to show it off to everyone.”
Kenma turns his hand over to investigate the gloves and looks down at the coat. “Wait a minute. Is this–”
“Here, put this broach near your neck.”
“That’s a Geo Vision.”
“Hurry up! The stream is about to start!” you rush him, buttoning up his coat.
“If you’re doing this because of the last stream, I already said I was sorry–”
“You know I couldn’t get him on his rerun banner. I got his weapon on max refinement and everything! This will"– a laugh finally slips out –"make me feel better.”
Kenma reaches for the gloves but you hold his hands down. He attempts to twist your arms to escape but your grip is firm.
There are three seconds left.
“Y/n! Stop! Just let me–”
“Please, Kenma?” you plead. “He’s my favourite character and I didn’t get him.”
The stream starts and the camera catches you both standing with your arms twisted around each other. You and Kenma sit down.
“Welcome to my stream,” he recites. “I’m Kodzuken. This is my girlfriend Y/n and today I'm…”
Kenma looks at you and you bat your eyelashes at him with an innocent smile. He grimaces as he rubs his temples.
“… going to play Genshin Impact dressed as Albedo.”
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Bonus:
After the stream ends, Kenma removes the coat and gloves and hands them to you.
“Why did you even want to get Albedo?” he asks.
“Oh you know…” you play it off. “I need a character with a lot of damage and he’d be a good fit with my other characters.”
“Don’t you usually want characters because of how they look?”
“Do I?” You glance at him and he raises his brow.
He’s played Genshin Impact with you long enough to know you were lying.
“Okay fine. He just looks a bit like some guy I used to have a huge crush on. Happy?”