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A small hum left Zephyr's mouth. She was slouched on her streamer chair with one of her legs under her butt while her right leg was dangling free. Scrolling through her phone, liking post after post of her favorite creators.
Putting her fist on her face she lets out a sigh
“Damn, there's nothing good going on right now” She grumbled.
She set her phone down and uncurled her legs. Zephyr laid her head back and looked up at the ceiling of her streaming room, or to be persisted, her bedroom. Zephyr closed her eyes letting the arifile light hit her skin. Her white and black locs where up in a messy bun, now really looking at the meaning of pepper and salt now.
She spun in her chair “Maybe I should ask Mauri if I could join his stream..” she mumbled
Zephyr spun in her chair, pushing herself every time she slowed down.
A light knock came on her door.
Zephyr froze up.
That's weird, usually, people don’t knock on her door; they just bargain unless she makes it clear that they can't bargain.
She glanced at the door. Suddenly, a wave of dread washed over her. Her pupils shrink and her mouth goes dry.
There's only one person that she knows who knocks on her door, no matter the day, streaming or not
And that person was her good ol’ pal
Kale.
A low voice came from behind the door.
“Open the door, Z” Kale threatened.
Zephyr felt sweat drip down her head and her palms. Her breath quickens and she gets slightly shady. She bit her lip debating if she should respond.
There are only 4 reasons that she could be here right now, she thought. 1. She found out about the romer she spread to her 2. Mauri told her something she didn't need to know, 3. She is going to jail (again) or 4. All of the above.
She let out a shaking sigh and then spoke “The is door unlocked”
The door slowly crept open, and heavy footsteps made their way over to her. Slow drowned steps made it seem that her friend was hunting her down. Zephyr's gut turned telling her that she should get up and run, but she knew better. Running will do nothing at the moment, it will just get her in more trouble than she already is.
A massive hand descended onto her shoulder, calloused from years of hard work and capable of immense strength. She glanced upward at the towering blond figure, gazing into piercing blue eyes that seemed to penetrate her soul.
“Z” Kale whispered.
Zephyr's spine trembled as she was enveloped by the commanding, intense sound of her low voice, each word spoken with deliberate force.
“Y-Yes?” She fumbled with her hands.
Kale leans down. Zephyr felt the cold metal of her friend's mask touch her cheek. Her mouth felt dry. She felt her heart pounding in her chest, making it feel like it was trying to escape the imposing force right next to her.
Her friend.
The one who was there for her the day she married her lover. One of her best friends.
Her maid of honor.
Partner in crime.
Was standing right in front of her with a giant roll of duct tape. Kale spun her chair to make her face her. Zephyr lets out a small squeak of surprise from the sudden movement.
The loud sound of tape being unrolled filled the air of the quiet room. Zephyr tried to move out of the way but Kale shoved her back into the purple chair. She lets out a scared whine.
The tape starts to make its way around her body, trapping her from leaving the chair.
Zephyr starts tapping her finger on the side “So”
Kale glanced at her “What.”
Zephyr flinched at her voice “Why are you tying me up?” She asked
Kale stopped for a second then spoke “You know what you did” She said.
She proceeds to go back to taping Zephyr's legs together. The dark skin girl deadpanned at her. As if she knew what she did, she thought. Zephyr looked at her PC setup and wondered. What did I do for me to be tied up at the moment… The 22-year-old let out a hum.
“Was it because I stole your hoodie?” Kale glanced up at Zephyr and let out an irritated sigh.
Zephyr started speaking, taking heed of what she did.
“Maybe because I ate your leftovers or-or was it because I was going 130 in a school zone?” She blabbered.
Kale stood and looked at her “You went to a school zone?” Kale asked
Zephyr closed her mouth, “Non-Nothing” She stammered out.
The awkwardness in the room was too loud, so loud it hurt to speak.
“Exactly what did I do again?” she asked.
Kale got up and started turning on her PC. The power-up noise filled her room. The blonde bent down and typed out her Twitch account name. Zephyr gulped, whatever she did was going to be streamed.
Kale pressed the enter button and put the stream starting page on. Soon the views started coming
👁️🗨️: 10
👁️🗨️:3,000
👁️🗨️: 100K
The chat started spamming messages like:
Phinoxe23: I didn't know Zephyr was gonna stream today?
Guestuser355474: Me neither
Good_Shark: What do you guys think it's about?
Phoenix23: Maybe it is something important
They were coming in quickly. Zephyr let out a giggle of nervousness and looked at Kale.
“So, are you going to tell me what I did or are we going to keep playing the quiet game?” She looked over at Kale and smirked.
Kale glanced over at her and growled, “You're going to tell them the truth that what”
Zephyr blinked, truth? She thought. I’m not hiding anything from my viewers She pondered for a good minute before it clicked
Oh.
Oh.
She was talking about the rumor, the one she started a month ago.
That rumor was that her friend Kale, had a partner. This was simply not true and the only real viewers of her streams and the channel would know that this was a straight-up lie (she caused many rumors in the past but they found out it was fake after a month or two but this was a whole nother level) But then again half of her viewers would ask for her to step on them, so it made sense why they would believe her without a second thought.
She giggled at the thought of a kale face when she found out.
The giggle soon turned to bowling laughter
“Oh my god!” She yelled
Kale pressed the button that turned on the face and so everyone saw the two.
“Tell them Z” She looked at her
Zephyr shook her head in amusement “Nah, I want them to find out on their own” she giggled
The brute faced her friend and spoke “ Zephyr Anthony, you will tell them the truth”
The girl shook her head and let out more laughs
“Again, I'm not going to tell them.” she lean into her face
“How about you tell them?” she hummed.
Her friend snorted and started speaking to the chat about what they were arguing about
Zephyr lay back in to get as comfy as she could, for this was going to be a long, long stream.