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Micha stared up at his ceiling, his back against his bed. He was bored out of his MIND. He had already tried everything he could to cure his boredom— drawing, gaming, even scrolling on his phone. All of it just added to the eating ache of nothing to do. Micha had recently been put on a new prescription, so he felt drowsy along with bored. His ears had just begun to ring when his door creaked open. Micha sat up, his mother in the doorway. "Hey, sweetheart." She begun. "Someone's here to see you…" He tilted his head, confused, before she stepped out of the way. His eyes lit up. "Zavier!"
Micha jumped up from his bed, hugging the young adult. Zavier (or Ze, a nickname that he never had shared the source of) was his older brother whom had moved out a few years prior. Ze grinned. "Hey! How are you, Micha?" He put a hand on the younger boy's head. "Good! I'm good! Why did you take so long to visit??" Micha complained. Their mother went… somewhere, probably the kitchen to let them reunite. "Sorry, Em. I've been busy with…stuff."
"Oh. It's okay!" Micha smiled, easily accepting (because even at 16, he was just the same). "Did you bring your laptop???" He questioned eagerly. "Umm, of course? It's yours too, kid."
"Whoops. Forgot!" Micha giggled. Ze just chuckled. From the kitchen, their mother called out- "No games until after dinner, Cole!"
"Got it, Mom!" He called back, internally cringing at the usage of his middle name. Micha let Zavier go, running off to the dining room while the other trailed behind.
He's always so excited to see me when I come back… it's no surprise, I'm usually gone for months.
I wonder what Regect and Moe will think of him.
"Okay, Micha. You know the rules when you use Zavier's laptop, right?" Their mother questioned while the two ate. Micha nodded, speaking with his mouth full. "Uhhum! Mhgsfhfk-" "Micha Tanner, swallow first!" She scolded. Zavier snickered as Micha swallowed. "Sorry… I do!"
"Okay good. You can play until midnight and then you have to go to bed. You have school tomorrow." Her voice was unwavering. Micha nodded. "I know!" "Alright. Finish eating and go… play with your brother, or something." The second Micha began to scarf his food down his mother snapped her fingers. "Normally, Micha!"
Micha sat down on his bed, opening the laptop that Zavier had lended to him (it was his first but whatever). Zavier mentioned something about… entity? Moe? Re…ject? Micha shrugged, brushing it off. He'd probably see anyways. He went to his favorite game first— Minecraft. Logging in, his eyes widened. There was so much stuff built! Did Zavier do all of this? Wow! He looked around, stilling as a voice came through the shitty headphones he was wearing.
"Hey, Ze! You're on!"
And then… a lot of honking??
A strange half-avatar… thing came at him, along with a clown-looking avatar.
"Ze, man, how's your brother? You've been off for days now!"
"U-Um…" Micha tested the microphone, having never spoken on Minecraft before. "I'm not Ze…"
"The fuck? Who are you??"
The clown pulled out a glass of water, about to literally jump him before-
"I'm… My name is Micha…?"
"…Micha?"