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You had just gotten off your shift, exhausted, and you just wanted to sleep. You stayed up late editing your next video, even though you knew you had work early the next day. You were only working so hard to get the new video out since you had recently gotten more popular, making a demand for more consistent videos posted. Despite how tired you were, you dragged yourself to your monitor to continue editing.
You had to finish cutting some parts, adding text, or just adding effects that you thought were funny. You had some music on as background noise, sometimes humming along as you worked. Suddenly, a notification pulled you from your monitor. Ding!
As you picked up your phone, you looked at the screen to read what the notification was, thinking it might be someone from your work group chat or a friend.
3fs_yt has requested to message you.
What? There was no way. Was it just your imagination? Were you so sleep deprived that you were imagining that 3FS was requesting to text you of all people?
As you opened the notification, it showed the message above the usual question of whether you wanted to accept or delete the requested text. You quickly accepted before you read the message.
Max: Hey! I've been seeing you pop up on my feed a lot recently, and my subscribers won't shut up about you lol
Max: Would you maybe wanna talk and play a game with me sometime soon?
Oh my god. There was no way. The 3FS, the Max, that you had been subscribed to for what felt like forever, is now messaging you about wanting to talk and play a game together. You could barely believe it. You tried to think of what to say back as you hunched over the phone.
You let out a breath you didn't even know you were holding as you finished typing.
You: Hi! OMG yes, that would be amazing!
You: I never thought you would ever know who I was lol
You cringed slightly at yourself as you read the texts you sent back. Could you be any more of a dweeb? As you waited for a response, you bit your lip, growing anxious. Did you already mess it up? Did he think you were weird now? Oh god, he's opened it. The text bubbles appeared, closely watching it as you chewed at the skin on your lip.
Max: Haha I watched a few of your videos after my subscribers recommended you and really like them
Holy shit. You couldn't believe what you were reading. Max enjoyed your content. He watched your videos. You let out a squeal as you smiled. The text bubbles appeared again.
Max: Could I have your disc?
Max: Just so it's easier to text and call when we start to play some games together
You: Yea! Lemme send it now
You: [disc!username]
Max: Thanks!
Only a few moments later, you got a notification of a new friend on Discord. You quickly opened it and added him back.
The two of you texted back and forth for a while, and you had finally gotten over your perplexity and went back to editing as you texted Max. This went on for hours, just getting to know each other, talking about what game the two of you could play together, and whatever else came to mind.
After it started to get late, you finally finished your video, quickly uploading it and getting yourself ready to take a shower. As you did so, Max was still texting you.
3FS: I see you just uploaded
You: You stalking my account now?
3FS: Hey
3FS: I just so happen to have notifications on for all my friends' YouTube accounts
You: Sure, buddy
You smiled as you put your phone in your pocket, grabbed the pajamas you had pulled out, and walked to the bathroom to shower. It was late into the night, so you made sure to stay quiet as you crept to the bathroom. Inside, you locked the door and started the shower, letting it heat up as you got yourself ready.
As you stepped into the shower, the water dribbled down your body as it hit your skin. As you submerged yourself in the water, you let yourself melt underneath. This was something you needed after such a long day of working and editing.
You began to wash your hair and body, cleaning yourself. Once you finished, you took a moment to just relax under the water. You let yourself slip away from all your thoughts; both your mind and body relaxed now.
Turning off the shower, you got out and were quickly hit by the cold air of the fan. You grabbed a towel and dried yourself before quickly throwing on your clothes. You brushed your teeth and applied some moisturiser before quickly and quietly returning to your room.
Inside, you turned off the lights and climbed into bed. You were lucky enough to have the next day off to sleep in. You plugged your phone in, seeing that you had another text.
3FS: Just finished your video
3FS: Nice, might have to play that game too
You: Definitely! It's really fun
You: Well, it's late, so I'm going to bed
You: Gn
You cringed at yourself again as you read the triple text you just sent. God, could you be any more desperate?
A buzz pulled you from your embarrassment as you looked back at our phone.
3FS: Gn, hope you sleep well
You let out a small and quiet squeal, kicking your feet a bit as you held your phone to your chest. You still couldn't believe that you were texting the 3FS and that you were going to be friends and play horror games together. You were so excited, putting our phone down, trying to lie down to sleep.
But you couldn't, not with your mind racing about becoming friends with Max/3FS. It truly was a dream come true.
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It has been a few days now, and you and Max were texting nonstop. You two were becoming great friends. Later tonight, you have planned to finally call and play something you both had picked to play together.
You were at work, spacing out as you thought about tonight. You were so excited to finally call with Max.
You had been extra chipper at work, your coworkers even making comments. They asked if something happened, like you were perhaps going on a date. You shrugged them off, telling them it was nothing like that. This only made them more interested and teased you whenever they could.
Once you have gotten home after work, you quickly get dressed in more comfortable clothes before speeding over to your computer to start it up and have everything ready. Despite feeling like you might be doing too much, you couldn't contain the excitement within you. As you waited for Max to tell you that he was ready, you spun around in your chair.
Hearing the Discord notification, you immediately stopped, not caring that you were dizzy as you rolled to your desk.
3FS: Hey, ready when you are
Before you could respond, your hands grew clammy. Why were you getting so nervous now? Why did your chest tighten a bit?
You: All ready!
A few seconds passed before the ringing filled your headphones. Your throat grew tight as you clicked the answer button.
"Hey, Y/n." Max's voice spoke clearly; it was deep and smooth. It was like every video you had watched, only this was for your eyes and ears.
A shiver went down your spine, trying to find the words in your closed-up throat. "Hi.." You squeaked out, voice dry.
The two of you had agreed that the first game you would play together wouldn't be recorded. You both wanted to just have fun and see how well the two of you played together.
There was a moment of silence before Max spoke up again.
"You ready to play this flickin' game? Cause I am!" He said, full of excitement as his voice filled your ears.
You laughed before agreeing. The two of you booting up your games and sharing the code to join. You began the game, calling out to each other, screaming when jumpscared, trying to figure out game plans, etc. You guys were having a blast as you played, not even noticing how much time went by as you did.
You guys were having so much fun together that when you guys noticed how late it was, you both practically didn't want to get off.
But you had work the next day, early in the morning. You both finally called it quits on the game, still on call, just talking. You talked about the game, how you guys were doing terribly, other strategies, and theories.
You had climbed into bed at some point, turning off your computer and lights. You and Max are still talking away.
After some time, you let out a yawn, and Max soon follows.
"It seems we're both tired," Max spoke, his voice raspy from tiredness.
You let out a hum, already falling asleep. It seemed Max could tell as he chuckled. "All right, good night, Y/n. Talk to you tomorrow."
"..Good night, Max..." You mumbled out before he ended the call, falling asleep soon after.
These last few days have been some of the greatest. You didn't want to let them go. You wanted to keep talking to Max every day, you wanted to keep calling, to keep playing together.
You didn't want it end. You were so happy to be friends with him.
Just friends, right?