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Aurora Park sighed as she munched on her spicy ramen, eyes staring ahead at herself in the mirror adorning the bare wall of her kitchen. The day hadn't been very eventful so far, the most exciting thing being that Poki had sent her a meme of a cat she found on Twitter. Other than that, Rory had spent the majority of her morning watching Seán's stream with some people she's never met before.
Her brown orbs darted to the table before her, meeting the lonesome gaze of her textbooks. She knew she had to start studying soon—but it could wait. Exams were fast approaching, but she was a certified procrastinator. Slipping her phone out of her pocket, she opened up Instagram and quickly went live, balancing the device against a metal water bottle so the viewers could see her.
"Hi, guys." She greeted in her thick Australian accent, holding up her cup. "I've got ramen."
A bright grin found its way to her lips as she read the comments, each user greeting her with smiley faces. She chewed softly on another mouthful of the noodles, reading questions. She hummed at one, speeding up her chewing so she could answer.
"Mmh—yes! I did see Seán's stream earlier." Rory nodded. "He is quite possibly the worst person to ever play Call of Duty."
People were quick to defend him, to which she chuckled.
"Oh, I mean in comparison to me." She clarified. "Y'all do realize you're talking to one of the few YouTubers known for being beasts at COD, right?"
user1: please punch me
"Why would I punch you?" She questioned. "But if you insist, I'll do it."
Rory took a long sip of her soda, eyes still training on the comment section. Not paying enough attention to her task at hand, she began coughing. She slammed her cup down onto the counter and started pounding on her chest with wide eyes.
"Jesus Christ." She cursed, recovering.
Corpse_Husband: choke me like you hate me but you love me
Rory eyed his comment with furrowed brows as her followers went berserk.
"Huh?" She cocked her head to the side. "Is that some pop culture reference?"
After their first encounter from the other night, the stream had gone fairly smoothly. She began to grow comfortable around Corpse's new presence, often finding herself laughing along with him. It felt good to be back in the groove of being a YouTuber, considering her professors had made it practically impossible to even breathe for too long recently.
user2: MISS THING!!!! they're lyrics from his song!!!!!!
She had to scroll up again to reread the comment, certain she hadn't read that correctly. "He has a song?"
user3: react to the song on live challenge :)
She restated the comment. "Deadass? Let me grab my laptop."
Rory was quick to dart out of her seat and run to her room, swiping her thin computer before practically tripping back into the kitchen--to which she awkwardly brushed off with a laugh. She quickly pulled up Spotify and searched for Corpse's account.
"Before I start, Corpse... Are you comfortable with me doing this? I know I seem, like, dead-set on doing this--but I'll stop if you want."
She paused, awaiting his response. What if he left?
Corpse_Husband: it's fine. go for it.
Given his consent, she clicked on the top song titled E-Girls Are Ruining My Life!.
A dark beat met her ears as her brows rose. Not even three seconds into the song, a deep voice boomed through the speakers of her laptop, making her jump in her seat.
"Choke me like you hate me, but you love me. Lowkey wanna date me when you fuck me-"
Rory paused the song, turning to her screen with widened eyes and reddened cheeks. "Holy shit." Was all she could mutter.
The viewers went feral, laughing at her reaction. She didn't respond to any of them, only keeping an eye out for the comment of one single person.
"I still can't get over your voice, Corpse." She admitted, albeit slightly embarrassed.
She brushed a stray strand of red hair behind her ear, suddenly wishing she had never even read the comment that suggested this idea in the first place. She couldn't even imagine how humiliated Corpse must be in comparison to her.
Corpse_Husband: i still can't get over yours either princess
All notion of life left Rory's body at that moment, her soul practically ascending to the heavens as her eyes read the very comment Corpse had fought himself with posting. Seeing her reaction, he knew he made the right decision. If her cheeks weren't red before, they certainly were now.
"Shut the fuck up, or I'll kiss you." She blurted, wanting to smack her hand over her mouth and never remove it.
Her tense figure slowly allowed her fingers to grip her chopsticks once more, knuckles practically turning white as she raised some ramen to her mouth. The moment she chomped down, another comment grabbed her attention.
Corpse_Husband: is that a promise?
While her viewers were calling Corpse a simp left and right, she choked once more, having to push her head out of frame to recover some of what little pride she had left.
"God tests me every day." She mumbles just loud enough for the livestream to hear, pushing her empty cup of noodles aside. "Do you enjoy seeing me almost die?"
user4: actually yes
"Hmph." She pouted. "Well, at least it's good content, I guess."
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roary: i will not simp i will not simp i will not simp i will not simp i will n-
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user1: SIMPPPPPPP
user2: we all know this is about corpse right...
↳︎ user3: yes ma'am
↳︎ user4: please it's SO obvious
pewdiepie: SPEEDRUN!!!!!!!!!!
↳︎ roary: leave me alone old man
↳︎ pewdiepie: the DISRESPECT!!!!!!!
user5: felix has no room to talk when he literally simps for marzia 25/8 but okay BOOMER
↳︎ pewdiepie: b-booMER?????
user6: more like i** will not simp... bc MISS THING YOU ARE STUNNING
valkyrae: can you not be this attractive for once please??? save some for the rest of us
↳︎ roary: literally do NOT boost my ego. i'll be unstoppable.
↳︎ valkyrae: that's the POINT.
user7: PLEASE RAIL ME
Corpse_Husband: ;)
↳︎ roary: SWOON
↳︎ user8: now THIS is a ship i can get behind
↳︎ user9: PERIODDDDDDDD
roary: uh lol what
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