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"That round wasn't fair!" Shigaraki grumbled, tossing the controller onto the desk. "How is it fair that I get stuck with disconnected players during a glowfly round? The game shouldn't allow you to be demoted when it's not your fault…" He glanced over at the Twitch chat.
Skill issue
And with the gatling too 😩
SR sucks, ranked better
SR good rotation when???
A win streak is impossible on spawning grounds…
I thought he hated SR?? Why's he playing
"Why Salmon Run? Because it's the next challenge to face," he sighed and picked up the controller again. "I get repeatedly asked to earn Eggsecutive VP 99+ rank. Though it doesn't seem possible today with all these disconnects and awful weapon rotation. Just whose bright idea was it to put the hydra splatling and tri-stringer on the same team? You can't possibly shoot fast enough."
He collects his in-game rewards before queuing up another round. Swiveling back and forth in the chair, he reads chat.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK
Tri-stringer gang where u at
SR players worst fears are DCs and glowflies
Will the controller count go up again today?
Controller sweating rn
Based dualies player
The team-matching finishes and a new round starts to load.
"The controller count… what is it up to now? 12? I can't afford to lose another one. It'll be game over for me if I do…" The round begins and he starts to focus on the task at hand, ignoring the chat.
Game over for you? Your bank account?
Ain't that what gloves are for
Door?
Hey door open just now?!?
Low tide nice
Door???
He have a pet?
Gotta be a cat or something, classic cat move
WAIT
AGSHFJGKLF
WHOODOF
GIRL?!?
WHOISTAHAT
HELLO.!? MAAM!??!
Doesn't he live alone?!?
Hot gf when??
Ain't no way he got a gf before me
HE GOT A ROOMMATE?!?
Despite how fast the chat was suddenly moving, Shigaraki paid no attention to it. Though it was hard to ignore the sounds coming from within his room. He spared a quick glance to see what it was, before doing a double take.
His expression became conflicted, torn between the game and the girl whose presence was made known in the room now. "W-what are you doing in here?? I'm streaming right now!"
The girl appeared on screen again, face just out of frame. Though, this time she had a laundry basket in hand. "Oh gosh wait, today was your streaming day? I thought since your door wasn't closed fully it'd be okay- I'll leave now- I'm sorry," she dashed out of view to the other side.
"Don't be sorry- it's just-" his character falls off the stage and dies. "Dang it…" and with 20 seconds left till the round ends, all team members were incapacitated.
"Oh, was that salmon run?" The girl questions.
Shigaraki glares at the fail screen for a few seconds before taking a deep breath. "Yeah. It is. And I still don't understand why you like it so much," he slinks down in the chair.
"Well… I mean… you're forced to use new weapons and it's not pvp…"
"It's a broken game mode that relies too heavily on other players."
"... you get a lot of money from it…?"
He shakes his head and rests it in his hand. "No. We're done with that mode. Not unless it gets an update."
"Fair enough… I'll get going then…" the door opens and closes.
"... Salmon Run is pure torture." He concludes to himself. With a chance to finally look at the chat, he had to do a double take of it as well.
Sobbing crying shaking she was so pretty
PLEASE tell me she's just a roommate
You two should stream together!
How'd you meet
Who is she??
Ranked supremacy
Roommate or gf???
We've been bamboozled guys
Can't believe you hid her from us >:(
Show us!
Name??
Just a friend?
"She's… just a friend. Nothing else. We share the apartment since rent is so high right now."
Sus
Sus
Very sus
X to doubt
Suuure dude
Let's trust his word okay
Gotta be a friend, ain't no way he catching a gf like that
Gamer bf housewife gf?
Sus
Super sus
Shigaraki scratches at his neck in thought. He had never considered her slipping up like that before. Though, perhaps it was inevitable that it would happen at some point. Regardless, you can't simply leave Twitch chat to assume things for themselves, especially about a girl.
"Hmm… how about a deal?" He stops scratching. "If you guys get me to 10,000 subs, I'll reveal it. Her name and face- as long as she agrees."
The chat speeds up again, too quick to read. However the words that appear the most happen to be "YES" and "too easy".
"Then you better hold up your end of the bargain. Be sure to subscribe while you're watching. Now," he turned back to the game, "where were we…?"