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The blaring of an alarm snaps a certain red-head out of his intricate daydream. He moves from his designated “staring out the window absentmindedly while fantasizing about literally anything that’s not his life” spot, and scrambles to turn off the alarm before it disturbs any of his roommates. He feels excitement bubble up inside of him because today he has something special planned for his usual twitch streaming schedule. He’s a relatively popular twitch streamer, with a few thousand subscribers, and a loyal following of almost 100 thousand people, who he calls his “rocks” (as in, “you guys are my rock(s)!” or “you rock!”, he’s a cheesy motherfucker, what can I say). He normally streams League of Legends, but plays different games according to his mood and requests made by the rocks. Today, he’s doing a drawing to make teams so he can play games with his followers, selecting a new team for each game. He loves interacting with his followers, and considers each and every one of them his friends, so he tries to do things for them as much as possible. He put together a program so his followers can input their usernames into roles they want to play, and the program will draw a name for each role, top, middle, jungle, ADC, and support (except for the role Kirishima is playing that game of course).
Kirishima set his alarm for an hour prior to when the stream is supposed to start so he had ample time to get ready, he has a certain..aesthetic.. he portrays when he streams. He heads to his closet and goes to the section where he keeps his stream clothes, and picks out a soft, oversized, pink pastel sweater and gray joggers (because nobody ever sees his lower half on stream so why bother), and then walks to his jewelry box. He picks out some purple, blue, pink, and light green hair clips, some are stars, some are cats, some are random cute blobs with faces, a couple rings, some brightly colored bracelets, and a single necklace. He takes his pile of clothes and trinkets and migrates into the bathroom so he can do his makeup, fix his hair, and put the whole look together, the look being what he lovingly refers to as “pastel e-thot”.
He spikes up his hair as usual while adding in the chalk that gives him his signature dusty rose color, adds a coat of glitter hairspray, and clips in his barrettes. Kirishima is obsessed with Harajuku style, and usually does a mix of igari makeup and Harajuku for his streams. He sets about doing his makeup while playing his “bops that’ll make ur ass clap involuntarily” mix, and slowly he morphs into SunshineRock, usually referred to as Sunny on twitch. His cheeks are overly blushed, he has cute stickers plastered all over his face, and his usually chapped lips are perfectly pink and plush looking. He looks at the clock, and realizes it’s almost time for his stream to start, so he shuffles over to his desk, fixes his pink cat ear headphones so they don’t mess up his hair, adjusts his keyboard and mouse to his liking, and begins his stream.
He sighs, tapping his desk while waiting for people to show up, and his eyes light up when he sees one of his long time fans, @Stan_Dadmight, show up in the chat. He goes by Deku when they’ve talked, but he’s been there since Kirishima started streaming almost four years ago. He beams at the camera and greets him, “Aye!! Deku! It’s been a hot minute man, how are you?”
Stan_Dadmight : not too bad, just been busy with finals, but i’m finally finished for the year! i missed watching your streams :(
The reply pops up almost instantly after Kirishima asks, and he chuckles at the other man, he’s talked to Deku quite a bit on Instagram and other platforms after bonding with him through multiple late night streams. It first started one morning at 3 AM when Kirishima couldn’t sleep, and had decided to play league and stream it for shits and giggles. Deku was the only one who watched for the whole thing, and they’d talked for hours that night, Deku staying up because he struggles with insomnia from time to time. After that they became friends, sometimes messaging on Instagram, but mostly talking through the streams. Deku has a very special place in Kirishima’s heart, and he was glad that he was able to show up to this stream.
Around an hour later Kirishima’s stream is overflowing with viewers, and after a warm-up game he decides to start the drawing for teams. He does voice chat with the teammates, and after talking for a few minutes, he starts the first round. It’s a rough first game, lasting for almost an hour and a half, but after some close calls, his team wins. He thanks the others for playing, and goes on to draw for the next team.
This next team setup doesn’t go quite as smoothly as the last, with a few technical problems arising. Kirishima has decided to play support this round, a role he doesn’t play too often, but one he still very much enjoys. Most of the time he likes fucking people up with a nice combo (because how manly is that?), but he has a soft spot for helping his teammates and working in unison so they can absolutely dominate bottom lane. After talking strategy with his teammates, they queue up for a match, and a few seconds later they get the notification that they found one. Despite four of the teammates accepting, the match gets declined because one member’s internet disconnected, so they get tossed back to the party queue screen. Kirishima didn’t notice the one group member leave, and queued up for a new match. This time, their match goes through, but once they get to the character selection screen, Kirishima sees a strange username. Strange because it wasn’t one of the names he drew for teammates, and strange because the username was “LordExplosionMurder”. The person types a quick “ADC” in the chat, and after asking the other party members for their opinions, he decides to roll with it, because the person that disconnected was supposed to play ADC anyways, so everything panned out. He apologizes to the person for starting without them and promises to get them into the next round. Kirishima types in the chat, “does sona work for u?”, and gets a rather crude response of “whatever u wanna do fuckface, as long as u don’t sit there with ur dick in ur hand i don’t give a fuck.” Kirishima giggles at the odd interaction, but responds, “righty-o bossman :)”, and at that they’re moved from the character selection screen and into the game. Kirishima mumbles to his stream, “This guy seems interesting, let’s see how this goes.”
The game starts off like most games, farming minions for experience and gold, and Kirishima is surprised at the skill of the unknown teammate, particularly after he gets a very early first blood for their team.
SunshineRock : nice job dude! that was kinda epic
LordExplosionMurder : that’s nothing, just wait until late game dickweed
SunshineRock : dickweed? that’s not very nice :(
LordExplosionMurder : that ain’t even the worst i’ve got, suck it up buttercup
Kirishima snickers, and grins evilly while typing.
SunshineRock : buttercup huh? why don’t u buy me dinner first?
Kirishima’s teammates ooh and ahh in the voice chat, teasing him for the blatant flirting.
LordExplosionMurder : shut the fuck up and play the game dick for brains
SunshineRock : whatever you say sweetheart ;)
Kirishima receives a ping spam in response, the other player obviously trying to show their annoyance and displeasure, which he smirks at.
They continue playing, and Kirishima is pleasantly surprised by his teammates’ proficiency at the game (especially his lane partner), and while this game is another relatively even match up, they’re gaining traction in the bottom lane. Unfortunately, this is when the other team decides to gank them, and after some quick and skillful maneuvering by both him and the ADC, it looks like they’re going to win this matchup. Kirishima decides to use Sona’s ultimate to freeze the three enemies so his partner can finish them off, but underestimates the damage that the move does, and ends up getting a triple kill. Oops. Kirishima slams his head against his desk, groaning both from pain and from the stupidity of what he just did.
“Don’t mind me I’m literally the worst, I’m gonna DC if I do that again I swear to god.”
LordExplosionMurder : what the FUCK WAS THAT SHIT FOR BRAINS
SunshineRock : dude im so sorry that was a complete accident
LordExplosionMurder : sure it was you complete bumblefuck, what kind of cunt wagon would do that??? god I hope u get gonorrhea and ur dick FALLS OFF you fucking kill stealing weasel tit dick muncher
SunshineRock : ,,,,,,, dude r u GOOD?
SunshineRock : not gonna lie I didn’t know what half of those things meant
LordExplosionMurder : of course you wouldn’t shit for brains
SunshineRock : wow no need to be rude >:(
LordExplosionMurder : DID U NOT CATCH THAT THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH I WROTE U WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RUDE AND INSULTING???
SunshineRock : i mean no bc i didn’t understand most of it
LordExplosionMurder : oh my god you’re a fucking idiot
SunshineRock : sis we been knew
At this point Kirishima is about to piss himself he’s laughing so hard, this dude seemed so pissed off and was going off at him in such a strange way, Kirishima couldn’t keep it together. His other teammates were also cackling because they found this interaction absolutely bizarre, and Kirishima not being able to breathe was also hilarious to them. Kirishima feels bad for screwing up so horrendously so he tries to make it up to his lane partner, talking to his other teammates in voice chat and they agree on trying to set up a penta-kill for his lane partner. They figure out a strategy and finally get the timing right, so Kirishima aggressively begins pinging for the ADC to come to mid lane.
LordExplosionMurder : what the FUCK do you want
LordExplosionMurder : u gonna steal more of my kills again?
SunshineRock : no no no just fucking stand there and give me like two seconds u absolute TIT
LordExplosionMurder : that was a pitiful attempt at an insult I’ll have u know
SunshineRock : okay mr. “weasel tit dick muncher”
LordExplosionMurder : u might have a point. i’ll allow it.
Approximately five seconds later, the whole enemy team shows up to mid lane, and right when they arrive, the animation indicating that their teammates had slain Baron Nashor shows up on screen. The ADC goes absolutely batshit crazy. Kirishima smiles, commenting to his stream viewers while watching him skillfully whittle down the health of their opponents. This time, Kirishima times it correctly, and fires off his ultimate, freezing all five of their enemies, allowing the ADC to successfully get a penta-kill.
SunshineRock : happy birthday!!! sorry 4 stealing ur kills earlier :(
LordExplosionMurder : it’s not my fucking birthday u idiot
SunshineRock : :(
LordExplosionMurder : fucking,, thanks I guess.
SunshineRock : ur welcome sweet cheeks ;)
The other teammates decide to take that moment to heckle Kirishima, and the chat is flooded with multiple “DISGOSTANG”’s from their fellow players. Kirishima is once again losing his mind, and the other people in voice chat are also losing their shit, making fun of Kirishima for being such a dumbass and a horrible flirt. After the penta-kill, they use the time it takes their enemies to respawn and their Baron buff in order to overtake the nexus, winning the game. The chat is spammed with “gg”s that cause the animations to lag until the victory screen appears (because it’s a game and they like to be dumb shits and have fun). Kirishima thanks the other people for playing and says goodbye as he exits their party. He leans back in his chair, stretching his arms and chattering idly to the stream, answering questions and asking some to the viewers. He closes his league client for a few minutes, taking some time to have a snack and a drink while talking to his rocks. After about ten to fifteen minutes of this, he sees he has a notification on League. He opens his League client, forgetting to turn off his screen share on twitch, and sees a friend request. He opens the request, preparing to decline it assuming it’s a fan, as he never accepts friend requests from fans, only people he knows personally in the name of fairness. His mouse hovers over the decline icon, when he sees the chat going crazy, so he pops back over to twitch to read what they’re saying and sees that almost everyone is having an aneurysm over the request.
SexyLincoln : OH MY GOD IT’S THAT ADC
george_michael_is_daddy666 : IT’S THE DUDE WHO WAS AN ASSHOLE
SexyLincoln : THE ONE WHO CALLED YOU A BUMBLEFUCK LMAO
fathertittywhacker : is this love????
george_michael_is_daddy666 : honestly i ship it
SexyLincoln : dats straight fax my dudes, sunny finna get MARRIED
george_michael_is_daddy666 : sunny r u gonna stream the wedding?
fathertittywhacker : I never thought I’d see the day ;~; my baby is growing up
Kirishima laughs at the absurdity of his fans, “Damn y’all better chill, we’re not getting married, first of all, second of all, you KNOW I would stream my wedding, you guys ain’t missing a thing.”
He ponders how he’s going to deal with the friend request, he usually only accepts people he knows, but this guy obviously wasn’t a fan and he was really fun to play with. Kirishima decided to make a poll asking his fans what to do, and of course the answer was a resounding “yes fucking accept the request you idiot”, with a few “when’s the wedding” answers. Kirishima sighs, and accepts his fate.
“Alright, you’ve convinced me. I’ll accept it. But not on stream, and on my own time. I’m not gonna fucking date someone I met on league you guys, so just chill,” he says while giggling, being mostly serious but still amused by the prospect.
He leaves the friend request untouched for the time being, and continues drawing teammates and playing games for the next few hours. He decides to call it quits for the day at around 4am, and spends the next twenty or so minutes just hanging out and talking with whoever’s left in the chat when finally he signs off for the night. He rubs at his eyes tiredly once he double checks that the camera’s off, ruining his eye makeup. Doesn’t matter too much because he’s going to wash his face and head to bed soon anyways, but it’s always a bummer seeing his masterpiece smudged.
He moves to get up from his chair, but remembers the friend request sitting in his inbox. He hesitantly opens back up his League client, and clicks on the accept icon. He’s surprised to see the blue light next to the username, indicating that the player is currently in a game. Maybe a different time zone? Ah, well. Speaking of the username, what the fuck kind of a username is LordExplosionMurder? Kirishima supposes it matches the person’s personality, but who is he to judge with a name like SunshineRock? He gets up, shambling to the bathroom with his eyes half closed to take off his makeup and wash his face while chiding himself for staying up so late and getting so caught up in the stream. His sleep schedule is going to be fucked -- well, even more fucked -- for weeks now. After his face is clean and moisturized, his hair thoroughly rinsed of glitter, chalk, and gel, and he’s switched into his pajamas, he walks back to his computer to check for a reply before getting into bed. He brushes his red bangs out of his eyes, still dripping water on the floor, so he can see the screen. To his surprise, there’s a message notification from the one and only LordExplosionMurder.
LordExplosionMurder : hey fuckface, what’re you doing up so late?
Kirishima guesses that they both have shit sleep schedules, but decides to reply, grinning to himself.
SunshineRock : aw, u already have a nickname for me? how cute ;) im just finishing up a few games with some friends, why are YOU up so late???
LordExplosionMurder : shut up. couldn’t sleep so here i am i guess.
SunshineRock : aw :( that sucks im sorry
LordExplosionMurder : i don’t need your pity
SunshineRock : it’s not pity it’s called empathy u numbnuts, plus u can’t tell me how to feel so get fucked
LordExplosionMurder : feisty i see
SunshineRock : only a little, obviously not as much as ur aggro ass
LordExplosionMurder : my ass is perfect so u can fuck right off. so are you awake enough to play another game with me?
SunshineRock : unfortunately no im about to pass the fuck out
LordExplosionMurder : damn, you were the least shitty lane partner i’ve had today
SunshineRock : aw was that a compliment?
LordExplosionMurder : in your dreams fucko
SunshineRock : bold of you to assume im dreaming about you tonight
LordExplosionMurder : oh my god this was a mistake
SunshineRock : doubt it ;)
SunshineRock : alright it’s bedtime for me, since you don’t seem like a creep im gonna trust you with my number bc I can’t guarantee I’ll respond on here all the time (XXX) XXX-XXXX
LordExplosionMurder : bold of you to assume i’d text you
SunshineRock : ouch
LordExplosionMurder : go to bed fuckface
SunshineRock : nighty night
LordExplosionMurder : night
Kirishima can’t help but smile while he shuts off his computer, slides out of his chair, and crawls to bed, falling asleep before he can even get under the covers or turn off the lights. He wakes up to a text from an unknown number.