First Stream

Might be a little confusing, but basically as they're playing, I'm giving context outside of game.

"I'm going now!" I call as I grab my backpack, tossing it over my shoulder and heading to the kitchen and grabbing a drink to go. "Okay Sweetie, good luck! Have fun!" My mom calls as I head to the door and slide on my sneakers. "Don't forget to give me a shout-out! I'll be watching, so kick ass!" Akira calls from his room, making me laugh as I pull my hair up in a ponytail. "Akira Suzuki! What did you just say?!" My mom screeches, making me laugh even more as I pull my car keys out of my purse. "Hey, at least he used it in a proper way." Ukai calls from the living room, though I hear my mom's door open. "Don't you encourage him, mister." My mom teases, making Ukai chuckle as I roll my eyes. "Akira, watch your potty mouth or this'll be the last shout-out I give you. I don't support dirty mouths." I call, hearing my mom come out of her room. "Have fun and kick ass, sweetie." My mom chimes, coming over and kissing my cheek. "Will do, ma. I'm sure you'll hear Akira go wild when I pull off a sick stunt." I say, my mom giggling as she heads to the living room. "Good luck, Kiddo." Ukai calls, making me smile. "Behave in the chat, Akira!" I call before I head out, jogging down to my car.

It takes me an hour to drive to the place, though I make it in half an hour as I take the fast lane of the highway. For the others it was about two hours away each. Seeing as they would be taking trains, it was the fastest commute for each of us without having anyone go too far. I'm the first to arrive- Arthur is waiting at the train station to get everyone together. I go through the rooms, booting up the laptops before settling into my room. I put my headset on, going through and testing everything, getting it all set up on my end and making sure it all worked on my end. I wore a black long sleeve off shoulder shirt, black jeans with two tears on each knee. I then pulled up fortnite, going into my settings and getting everything set up how I liked it. Once I got everything set up on my end I went back to the others computers getting them set up before pulling up fortnite, pulling up their settings so they could adjust them how they wanted when they got here. I then head down to the kitchen, whipping up some snacks for everyone- we had a ton left over from the Walmart party. We planned to do a two day stream starting this afternoon, after school- today was Friday, school had gotten out two hours ago.

It was prime time to do a big stream- I already had a bunch of my tiktok fans committed to watching, we even had a set schedule with intermissions and potty breaks. Arthur would be supervising it all and acting as a mod- the guy was a total tech wiz when it came to anything technology, don't let him fool you. He had taught me everything I knew, including my way around settings and other doodads that came handy. He had been the one to set up all the PCs and install all the games and DLCs and packs. I mean, he also paid for it all, including all the programs so we could stream everything in ultra high quality. He had spent a week tearing through everything to find the best of the best and learning all the ways it ticked- he was a programmer, so he picked apart the code as well. I'd be surprised if anything went wrong tonight, technology wise- he had it all down to a T. I had made all the intros and things last week while he was getting everything set up, the two of us pouring our whole weekend into it. They had turned out beautiful with the help of Suna's backgrounds, I couldn't be more happy with his work. The boys had used them to set up their youtube channel over the weekday.

"Let's get this show on the road! Kiki, you here?" Arthur calls as I hear the front door open, finishing the last plate of goodies. "Way ahead of you, Arthur. Everything's set up and waiting- just finishing up the snacks." I call back to him and he comes to the kitchen, giving me a big kiss on the cheek. "Always two steps ahead of me, aren't you?" He chuckles, the boys coming into the kitchen- they had bags with their stuff for the next two days. "Okay, um, I pulled everything up and it's ready to go. If you want, there's time to go through all the games and get your settings how you like them. There's snacks for everyone here…" I mumble, thinking over anything else we might need. "Thanks Kitten, we appreciate it." Kuroo says, kissing my forehead and making me feel giddy as I smile. "Oh! Code names, so we don't go revealing our real names." I say, though the guys all chuckle. "We all already have nicknames for you, pudding." Kozu says and I offer them a sheepish smile as I fiddle with my fingers. "I meant for me to call you guys… I was thinking Kitty cat, Apple Pi, and Foxtrot or Rooster, gamer boi and sleepy head." I say, pointing to the respective people as they raise an eyebrow at me.

"Can't you just call us like you usually call us?" Kuroo asks though I shyly itch the back of my neck. "Well, I could, but then people would know who we are and it could be linked back to us. I figured setting the line beforehand would be better, that way we don't get people obsessing over us right off the bat trying to be our friends." I admit, though Kuroo's lip twitch as his eyes fill with amusement. "Well, I know that. I meant calling us your daddies." Kuroo says, making Arthur laugh as he shakes his head. "Do you want someone on the stream clipping that and listening to it on repeat?" Arthur says simply and suddenly the boy's faces get dark. "Kitty cat is fine. Rooster, even. Just don't call me daddy on stream, only I can hear it." Kuroo says, making me giggle softly. "It doesn't matter what you call me… but I don't want anyone clipping you calling me papa." Kozu says, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "Foxtrot and sleepy head are fine." Suna says, making me giggle as I grab my plate of goodies. "Okay, I'll go with that then. I'm going on ahead to set up my settings, let's have lots of fun okay?" I chime, heading up to my room and getting settled into my gaming chair and fixing my game settings.

"Everyone ready?" I ask, double checking to make sure everything was set up properly, that I was streaming the right screen and that everything vital was off the screen. I was playing light music through my headphones to keep me calm, my Juicewrld playlist. "I'm ready." Kozu says first as I pull up fortnite, inviting everyone to the lobby. "I'm good to go." Suna says, the first to join my lobby- "Ah! We're matching!" I chime happily, seeing he was wearing the raven skin- I was wearing the ravage skin. "What? No fair~" Kuroo groans as he and Kozu both join the lobby, Kozu in the red night skin and Kuroo in the original skin. "Hold on, I'm gonna change my skin." Kuroo mumbles, making me snort as I shake my head. "You can't both be the same skin, that'll cause confusion." I say, Kuroo taking a deep breath- Kozu changes his skin to Omega. I actually bought the oblivion skin cause I thought it was cool, it was on my roster. "What should I do then? I want to match, too." Kuroo says, making me smile as I roll my eyes. "Um, I dunno." I say, opening up my skin tab and looking through. "Wear the gold ice king." Kozu says and Kuroo hums as I exit out of my skin tab, stretching my arms.

"Okay, let's sit and do nothing but play for two days starting in 3… 2… 1… and start." I say, hearing everyone click as I start up my stream- I had just done a post on tiktok saying we were starting 5 minutes early as a test to make sure everything was running fine. "Alright. Everyone working?" I ask, turning to my left screen and pulling up their streams, clicking through and seeing them all running. "Pretty sure." Kuroo mumbles- his stream was a view of his torso and head, though at a slight downward angle. "I'm good." Kozu says, his stream mostly consisting of everything over his shoulders. "I think we're all running smoothly." Suna says- his stream didn't show his face at all, only showing his keyboard and hands. "Thank you~ Dragon." I chime, Arthur sending a thumbs up in the live stream chat that I had going on my right screen, signalling that everything was running fine. "Alright, where's my bro at? Is he in here yet?" I ask, seeing a flood of viewers join the live stream. "Dragon, check the views for my little guy." I say, watching the comments flooding in, people seeming excited for the stream. "He's here." Arthur says in our Skype, though the stream didn't pick up his audio, just the trio and mine.

"Okay! Welcome to my stream everyone, before we start I just want to give a shout-out to my little bro BallEBall in the chat, I love you buddy! He's my biggest fan already, so be nice Mmkay? Without further adieu, let me introduce my crew to you guys. We got Black Cat, Applepi and Super Sloth; at any time if you guys want to go check them out, I linked their channels down in the description. Their streaming live right now also, I definitely recommend them because they're totally cool- not Black Cat, I totally don't recommend him. Totally." I say, offering the camera a cheesy smile as I hear Kuroo scoff. "This is because of that bet, isn't it?" Kuroo asks, making me giggle as I sit back in my gaming chair. "Shush, I'm doing my intro. I'm kidding guys, Black Cat is okay, I guess. We've got an old rivalry going on, so you'll probably see a bit of that going on." I say as I lift my leg up on the chair. "Thanks, I guess." Kuroo snorts, making me grin as I roll my eyes. "Anyway, I'd like to introduce our esteemed mod and manager, he's simply known as LD or Dragon, it's up to you really. He'll be monitoring the chat and maintaining order." I say, slowly spinning my chair back and forth as Arthur sends a wave.

"He's also our sponsor and dear friend, without him none of this would be possible. So much love and appreciation to him for making this dream a reality. I look forward to many great streams with all of you! Please, like, subscribe, comment and hit that notification bell so you can get in on all this fun. Check out my friends and our main channel, WildPicnic. Our group streams and best complications will be uploaded to that channel, as well as a monthly vlog specific to that channel." I say, offering the camera a smile as I glance at the time. "Without further ado, it is time to get this show on the road! Thank you for joining us today, let's have lots of fun together, shall we!" I chime as I set my foot down, scooting forward and putting my hands on the keyboard. "Everybody ready~" I chime happily as they all hum, Kuroo doing the original fortnite dance- I decide to do the worm for shits and giggles, flexing on them. "Let's go~" I chime, starting the lobby and finding a match. We all drop in retail, looting the place as I hear Kuroo and Kozu slaughtering a group that landed with us. "You know, I really miss the old fortnite." I sigh softly, looking around out the new map to check the zone as I loot the building I'm in.

"New fortnite is pretty cool." Kuroo says as I start breaking down material, listening for any enemies. "Yeah, it's fun to play and there's always something new and cool, but… old fortnite tho." I say simply, breaking through a wall and getting a secret chest. "I feel you. You just get on, look around and just think… wow. That's where such and such used to be." Suna says- he was looting the building across from me, Kozu and Kuroo finishing the battle on their end. "There's good things that they added." Kozu says as I hop out of my building, heading to the next one over. "Yeah, I like snobby shores and shifty shacks." I say simply, lightly kicking my feet as I start looting again. "I miss the old pump shotgun, but I like the new deagle." Kozu says and I hum softly as I notice small pots on the ground, pinging them for Kozu and Kuroo. "I like the new revolver." I say, seeing Kuroo head over for the pots before I move onto the next building. "There's a lot of controversy over that kinda stuff, people can be really touchy on it." Suna says, moving onto his next building as I see Kuroo slip into my last building with the pots. "Oh yeah? Sensitive topic, huh?" I hum softly, starting to loot the building.

"Yeah, lots of people think they should bring the old maps back." Suna says and I hum softly, heading up the stairs to loot. "I don't know about bringing it back. I mean, yeah~ I miss it, it'd be nice, but there's some cool nice things about all the new stuff." I say, though I hear someone running around downstairs. "Enemy on me." I say, bunkering down in a corner and aiming my gun out the door as I hear a sniper shot and the sound of someone dying. "Got 'em." Suna says and I whistle, breaking down the wall beside me. "Nice kill." I giggle, heading onto the next building- the guy from before had looted it, but he forgot ammo boxes and materials. "Aren't you going to loot it?" Suna asks and I hum softly, looting the materials and ammo from the building. "That's your loot. You kill, you loot. I scavenge the leftovers and ping anything handy, that's how we operate." I say, Suna humming softly as he heads to the loot of the person he killed. "I see, I'll keep that in mind." Suna says and I can't help but smile at his words. "Oh yeah, you play solo squads. Must be annoying when vultures steal your kill." I say, Suna chuckling softly. "I got used to it." He says, though we go about playing and chatting.

"One thing I don't miss about fortnite?" I say, watching as the guy who downed me does the renegade dance. "Hm?" Suna hums softly, the guy spinning around as he does the dance. "The toxicity, I mean, do you really gotta dance when you down someone?" I ask, though the person does a bow. "If you're gonna do it, make it good though. Like… do take the L. The worm, the floss. Make it a classic." I say, though the person does take the L- just as Suna snipes him from the hill in the distance. "Nice. Don't BM." I say as Kozu runs over, starting to rev me. "Don't kill him? Why not?" Suna asks as he comes over, Kuroo on his tail as I use a chug jug. "Spin twice if you're watching our stream." I say, the downed guy proceeding to spin twice. "I knew it." I laugh as I finish off the chug jug, pulling out my pickaxe. "You know what, you're gonna be my little buddy for the rest of the game. Come on, let's go." I say as I pick the guy up, starting to cart him to zone. "You're kidding." Kuroo laughs, making me smile as I keep going. "Nope. Dead serious, he's my game buddy now. You know, it'd be nice if you could put down people in carts and just scoot them around." I say, the boys laughing as they follow me.

"RIP buddy. I'll miss ya, gone but I'll remember you for the rest of the match." I say as I do the salute dance, standing away from the loot pile. "Sweet. I finally got my loot." Suna says, running over and beginning to loot the body. "Oh, my bad… but at the same time, how dare you? That was my buddy, respect him." I say, making Suna laugh as he takes the gold scar the guy had. "I'll respect him by winning the game using the loot. How about that?" Suna says, making me smile as I glance over to the live chat. "That alright, buddy?" I ask, though a chat pops up on my main screen- what? "Haha you got spoiled! It was fun playing with you, thank you for making me laugh! Feel free to loot me, I don't mind." A robotic voice says, making me jump in my chair. "Yo, what was that? I just-" I say, staring confused at my computer as the chat disappears. "Oh, you finally got a donation?" Arthur says and I slowly settle back down into my chair, putting my hands back on my keyboard. "I just got a what? A donation?" I ask as Suna finishes looting the body, slowly going through and picking up the goods. "You got a donation. They gave you $5 and sent a message." Arthur says and I slowly blink, looking at the chat.

"Hold up, let's go back a minute- so, uh, people can send me money and messages… through donations?" I ask slowly, trying to wrap my head around the concept. "Yupp." Arthur says and I pause in game, crouching down. "Grats, Pudding. Your first donation." Kozu says and I blink again- people could donate me money? "Congrats on your first donation." Suna says and I tilt my head, looking at the chat again. "Good job, Kitten." Kuroo chuckles, though I slowly scoot back my chair, taking my hands off of my keyboard. "Um… okay. I uh- thank you. Thank you, I really appreciate your donation. I didn't realize that was a part of streaming." I laugh softly, itching the back of my neck lightly as I take a deep breath. "Um… wow. I uh… I'm surprised someone actually wanted to just give me money?" I say, all the boys chuckling as I cover my face. "Is there a way to like, turn that off?" I ask, slowly scooting back to my keyboard and running to the zone with the others. "Even if you do figure it out, I'll collect them on your behalf. All donations and profits today will be split evenly amongst the four of you." Arthur says and I slowly think over what he was saying, though I didn't really want other people's money.

"It's the start of making a living off of streaming, Pudding." Kozu says and I slowly nod my head- all proceeds from our stream today would be split amongst the four of us? This was part of Kozu's dream? As much as I hated taking people's money, I didn't want to deny my friends their opportunity. I couldn't exactly tell Arthur to just make it between the trio, people were donating their money to me. It would be disrespectful to deny them, especially since they took money from their own wallets and thought so much of me to give it. I mean, as surprising as it was, I really did appreciate the thought and gesture. If it was up to me, I would give the money right back and thank them profusely for the gesture and tell them that the thought was enough. At the same time, if this was the start of making a living as streamers- then this was going to be part of our income and revenue. Denying it would be denying all four of us of that, potentially cutting off that source. I really did appreciate the gesture, as much as I hated taking money from people without warning it first- but they must've thought I earned it, right? No one would just give money away without reason, there was always a reason.

We finish the game and I sit back in my chair, starting to load another lobby. "Okay, I want to address this to all of my viewers right now." I say, the boys falling silent as I turn to the camera. "On the topic of donations, I appreciate it and I'm very grateful for anything you decide to give me- but I think you should really think about it before you make that decision. Money is something that should never be taken lightly or given thoughtlessly, I don't quite like the thought of just taking your money. I do understand that by making such a decision and following through is something of your choice. However, I don't feel comfortable just taking money. If you think I deserve it… I am very, very grateful for your kindness. Before you even consider giving me that money, I want you to think about this first; are all your bills caught up, do you have enough to put food on your table, do you have enough just in case an emergency expense comes up? If the answer is no, then please, keep your money. I am perfectly fine with your kind thoughts, I would much rather that you have food on your table and a roof over your head then your money to be in my wallet." I say firmly, lacing my fingers together and smiling lightly.

"There are other ways to show your appreciation, you don't have to feel the need to donate. As much as I appreciate it and how much it means to me, each and every one of you are dear to me. Knowing that you are watching me right now, that you enjoy my content even though I just started, so much that you want to show your appreciation with such a gesture… it's amazing. I never would've thought that you would all be so invested in my startup, but it really is special to me. If you want to show your appreciation but for whatever reason you can't or won't donate, you can simply like, comment, subscribe and click that notification bell; knowing that you took the time of day to click those things for me means a lot to me. Please consider checking out my dear friends, they are all fantastic people who have helped me become the person I am today, they inspired me to start this channel and are going to be a big part of it as well. Much of our content will be uploaded to our main channel, WildPicnic, so if you miss our streams or want to revisit memories, you can always check there. We will be doing a monthly vlog on that channel as well." I say, untwining my fingers as the game starts.

"It would also mean a great deal to me if you would share our content with your friends and family. If you enjoy our content so much that you extend your appreciation to others, it will help our channel grow and develop into a big critter picnic like our dreams. With that being said… thank you. All of you, for being here today. It means the world to me that you all are here, supporting my friends and our dream to make this happen." I say, tears gathering in my eyes- I quickly wipe them away, jumping off the battle bus with the others. "To my first donor- thank you so much for your kindness. As a sign of my appreciation, I am going to take your kindness and put it forward. My profits today will be going to non-profit organizations; every dollar that is donated I will also take two dollars of my own and donate it, giving to reliable organizations that help those truly in need. While I very much appreciate your kind donations, I hope knowing that your kind thoughts and appreciation through donations are going to great causes I truly believe in, to people in need; I hope this will justify your thoughtful appreciation for my content and character." I say, feeling a little better knowing that my commitment was made.

"Atta girl, Kitten. You and your heart of solid gold are truly a noble cause. I'll donate my profits from today, too." Kuroo chuckles, making me smile as I feel my cheeks burning. "That's just like you, Pudding. I'll join you then; I'll also donate all of my profits today to non-profit organizations. If I get any, that is…" Kozu says, making me feel giddy as my heart feels full. "I will, too. It's the super thing to do." Suna says and my chest explodes in butterflies, tears gathering in my eyes. "Guys… thank you." I croak, though already a bunch of donations are flooding in as the likes, comments, subscribers and views explode in numbers. "Thank you so much…" I sniff, my vision blurring with tears as I try desperately to wipe them away. "Aww, are you crying?" Kuroo chuckles softly, though I bunker down in a corner and pry off my headphones, dashing to the closest room to mine. Kozu looks over, surprised as I open the door to his room and walk over. "You okay, Pudding?" He asks as I crouch down in front of him and hug his waist. He chuckles softly, turning his chair to me and gently stroking my back. "It's okay." He says and I sniff, burying my head into his lap and soaking in his comfort.

"Yeah, she came to me." Kozu says to his microphone and I hear another door open a second later, someone walking in the hallway. "Come here, crybaby." Kuroo says and I peek out of Kozu's lap, seeing Kuroo in the doorway with his arms open. "Not a crybaby." I grumble, burying my head deeper into Kozu's lap. "You're not? I couldn't tell, considering that you're crying right now." Kuroo says and I peek back up at Kuroo, giving him a playful glare. "I'll kick your butt, Rooster Head." I say, his lips curling into a grin as he leans into the doorframe. "You could do that… or you could come get a nice big hug from me." Kuroo says, making me snort as I slowly slide off of Kozu's lap. I walk over to him, sliding my arms around his torso and laying my head on his chest. "That's what I thought." Kuroo chuckles, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me tight into his hot embrace. "Crybaby." Kuroo says, kissing the top of my head and making me snort. "Oh, heck you, Rooster Head." I laugh, shoving him away and making him laugh as he leans against the doorway. "You good now?" He asks and I shrug, sliding past him and heading to the last room and knocking softly.

"You don't have to knock, you can just come in." Suna says and I slowly open the door, peeking in and seeing him tapping on his keyboard. "'Mere Sunshine." Suna says and I walk over to him, stopping beside his chair. He pats his lap, looking up at me and smiling softly. I sit down on his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck and nuzzling my head into his neck. "Thank you." I whisper softly and he gently kisses my neck, wrapping his arms tightly around me. He holds me in his hot embrace, lightly swinging his chair side to side. "No problem, Sunshine." Suna says, burying his head into my neck and taking a deep breath. I can't help but smile, taking my own deep breath of his forest scent. "Hey, you're in the middle of a stream you know?" Arthur chuckles from the doorway and I squeeze Suna a little tighter. "One more second." I mumble, burying my head into his neck and making him chuckle. "One. Come on, money maker." Arthur snorts and I huff as Suna pats my back softly. "Go on, boss is calling." Suna says, though he wraps his arms fully around me, squeezing me tight. "I can't, someone's holding me down." I giggle, Suna chuckling as he gives me another soft kiss on my neck.

"Who? Innocent ol' me?" Suna teases, making me giggle even more as I lean back, kissing his cheek. "Go on, we've got games to play." Suna says, reluctantly prying his arms off of me and stopping his chair from swinging. I slide out of his lap, heading back to my room with Arthur on my tail. "Can't you ever just, like, take money? The point of this is to make money, right? Nobody's making money now, we're actually losing profit thanks to you." Arthur says and I shyly itch the back of my neck, offering him a sheepish smile. "Sorry, you know me." I say and Arthur smiles, rolling his eyes as I get settled into my chair, putting my headphones on. "Whatever, I actually expected it from you. I didn't expect you to get the others in on it. It's all good though, you know me." Arthur says, leaning in the doorway- he wasn't showing on my camera, all the live stream cameras were pointed away from the doors just in case he would get caught lurking. "So, what causes are we donating for this time?" Arthur asks as I start playing the game again, looting the best that I could with my late start. "Um… how about the usual?" I ask, Arthur nodding as he heads back to his room, closing the door behind him.

We went through a few games, playing as we normally did- I didn't really get much attention with the other three since they all killed anyone before they could even get close to me. I would get in one or two fights when it was just Kuroo, Kozu and I, but with Suna and his sniper there were no fights for me. He fit right into our pack, more of a silent support that could protect you from the distance. When we got into a tower, he was the one taking down teams and killing people from the distance. He mostly stuck close to me, Kuroo and Kozu charging into battle as we gave our support from the distance. I didn't mind being out of the fights, though I did take the time to learn the map and buildings better so I could use them to my advantage if it came down to it. I also revved and supplied heals when someone went down, acting as the healer and looter as normal. If anyone needed mats during or after a build battle, I had whatever they needed. If someone needed ammo, I had it all. I even got some good guns from vending machines, passing them out and taking anything that could come handy later on. I was more of the last line of defense, holding down a safe zone for us all.

"Akira's about to lose it." Arthur snorts when we're running to the zone, drawing my attention to the chat. "What? Why is that?" I ask, watching as the chat fills with all kinds of comments, though I see the word 'carried' is the most popular. "People are saying you're being carried, which basically means that the-" Arthur says and I snort, turning back to the game. "I know what 'carried' means. It's true though, these guys are carrying me. That doesn't mean I'm helpless, it also doesn't mean I'm not helping. I'm just not needed in battle; I'm the ultimate support and defense, the last line. I keep these guys running, I make sure they have ammo, health and guns to take on enemies like they do. When they get knocked, I'm waiting nearby to heal and get them back in fighting shape. I hold down the fort and knock the enemies fort down- of course, the others are fighting, getting the kills and winning the games. Black cat is an aggressive fighter, Apple Pi is talented and Super Sloth is supporting from a distance; If you want action, you can watch their channels. I trust that they can handle it and I haven't needed to fight thanks to them, I'm just their support." I say, shrugging my shoulders and taking a drink.

"But as I said, doesn't mean I'm helpless. Support is a very important role that doesn't get much credit or appreciation like it should. A good support can set the game in your favor; just because they're carrying me doesn't mean I'm not holding my weight. Plus, I only really play like this in fortnite. Other games I can be more aggressive and fight like them, I just prefer a more supportive and laid back approach for this game. So you can say I'm being carried, I don't mind. I get where you're coming from, but I can hold my own in a fight. It just hasn't been necessary because these guys are really strong. It's saying something when someone makes a choice to not fight and put their faith in their teammates, choosing instead to go a support route. It's kind of like… they're going into a 3vs4 battle, they're strong and can handle it- but they're still at a disadvantage. I make sure they get the advantage by making sure they have material, ammo, health and a safe place to fall back on if need be. I can also provide covering fire if need be. It helps more than you think, it's really an underappreciated role in games. It's also rare to find." I say, the boys all humming in agreement as we keep playing the game.

"A stream sniper? I'm being stream sniped? Wow. I don't know if I should feel honored or not." I laugh as Suna picks up my revive card, the trio sorting through my things. "It's okay, we'll protect you." Kozu says, making me snort as I sit back in my chair and watch them play. "You better pick that deagle back up, Pi. I can do without those shield pots, there's plenty out there on the field. It's rare to find a gold deagle." I say and Kozu picks his deagle back up, all of them running for the zone as the storm starts coming in. "The guy got away. He used a tramp." Suna says, all the guys running over and using it to fly into the zone. I look over to my comments, seeing a bunch flooding in- "Uh… looks like that guy is also running a stream, talking trash. He's focusing on me." I hum, Kuroo snorting as they land near a revival station, bunkering down. "Should we give him a taste of his own medicine? Do you know the channel name?" Suna asks though I shake my head as he starts reviving me using the station. "Nahh, we don't need to fall to such petty tactics. It'd feel like cheating, you know? Let him do his own thing and we'll take him on properly." I say as I take a sip of my drink, sitting back up.

"I'm glad he's not focusing on you guys. It's actually kind of fun thinking that he's coming for me like… expect it when you least expect it." I giggle as I carefully set my drink down, getting back to my keyboard. "Want me to ban him from watching the stream?" Arthur asks though I shake my head as I spawn in, falling with the boys. "Nah, leave him alone. I might actually get some action if this guy, plus if you ban him on my channel he might focus on the others. I can take 'em; well, if the guys don't get to him first." I say as the guy's drop me some of my loot which I quickly pick up before hopping out of our makeshift fort and heading to the nearest building. "Aww, yee. Unlooted- there's some mini pots right here! Told you so!" I chime, beginning to loot as the boys all laugh at my goofy commentary. We keep playing though I keep a steady eye out for the stream sniper, ready to fight at any moment. "Hey, Sleepy Head?" I chime as I duck down into the fort we made and were defending. He hums softly, ducking down into the fort with me as I drop some bandages to make room. "Can I borrow your heavy sniper for a second?" I ask and he drops his sniper, though I quickly pick it up and equip it.

I dash to the top of the building and jump off, doing a quick 540° spin and no scope someone who was moving to hide behind a tree on top of a mountain. I watch the body pop as the fall from the building knocks me, letting out a sharp laugh as I look at the chat. "Was that him? Did I get him?" I laugh giddily as Suna comes down to rev me, watching the chat as it explodes with comments. "That was him." Arthur laughs and I pump my fist, Suna reviving me. "Aww yeah! Worth it, heck yeah. Nice try, buddy! You can't take me that easy!" I laugh, stretching my fingers before giving Suna his sniper back. "No way, you actually got the guy?" Kuroo asks- he and Kozu were in a fight in the distance, though they were easily winning. "Mhm. I'm about to go loot him after I heal." I say as I climb back up into our tower, grabbing my bandages and using them to heal. "That was a sick sniper shot, Sunshine. I'm surprised you even saw him over there." Suna says as I take a sip of my drink, carefully setting it down. "I knew he was there ever since I saw him build up the mountain. I figured I'd let him relax a bit and let him think I didn't know." I say, dashing to the far mountain so I could loot my kill.

"Shoot, I'm down…" Kozu grumbles as I see him fall on the map- I start running to rev. "Ah, they got me too." Kuroo groans, also falling as I see Suna start running in. "I'm on the way." Suna says, though I'm not far behind him as they BM Kozu. I click my tongue in disappointment, watching as Kuroo's HP also starts popping down. "BMers. Can't they wait like any other person?" I grumble, a tad agitated as they BM Kuroo also. I hear gunfire go down, Suna arriving before me and starting to fight. "Two teams." Suna says, though I see someone come up behind him. "Watch-" I say, aiming in as the guy mows down Suna from behind. "Out." I sigh softly, tearing the guy a new one and catching him off guard. I go to rev Suna but someone starts running to BM him. "Okay… let's dance." I chime, knowing I was potentially heading into a 1 vs 8 battle and focusing on the fight. I run up and build a ramp, jumping up and shooting the guy in the head before I pull out my smg. I build a quick fort around Suna to keep him safe, going up an extra layer to be safe. I mow down the building the guys had made before pulling out my AR, downing them one by one as they all try firing at me and take fall damage.

They didn't stand a chance. Once they all popped I drop down, revving Suna at his quarter health state. "Great job, Kitten." Kuroo chuckles softly as I drop Suna some health, heading to grab Kuroo and Kozu's revive cards. "Thank ya, I'll be here all day." I chime, heading to the nearby revival station and setting up shop. I get the two revived and hum softly as I drop them health, heading back to the big loot pile and starting to ping stuff I knew the guys would like. I didn't walk in though, I didn't want to pick up any of the ammo or material before the guys could get in. Suna comes in first, grabbing a heavy sniper and ammo I had pinged. Kuroo and Kozu come in next, beginning to sift through the goods for a new setup. "I could still beat you anyday." Kuroo says cockily, making me snort as I keep an eye out for any other attackers. "Totally." I tease, knowing that he was grinning as he walks over and hits me with a pickaxe. "Totally." He teases, making me giggle as I grab a gold scar that I knew he wanted. "Hey!" Kuroo protests as I giggle even more, equipping the scar. "Just like how you'll totally get this scar." I say before I run through the rest of the loot, sifting through as Kuroo laughs.

"Alright! That's our fortnite time, we're gonna take a quick break and we'll be back. Stick around for some more fun times with us!" I chime before we mute our mics, playing our intermission- a looped animation of the main channels intro, consisting of the picnic scene with the Black Cat and Little Fox frolicking and playing around, the Super Sloth hanging from above and the juicy slice of pie on the picnic blanket next to a basket. Occasionally the sloth would yawn, the Black Cat and Little Fox would take a tumble and an easter egg of a Dragon flying in the background- I hid that well. I head into Arthur's room, collapsing into one of his bean bag chairs and looking up at his TV which was playing all four of our streams in quadrants. "Everything is going quite well, if I do say so myself." Arthur chuckles as I let my head hang back, draping my arms over the sides of the beanbag. "Well, I'm having fun. I hope everyone else is, too." I admit, stretching my legs out and taking a deep breath. "I am." Kozu says as he enters the room, coming over and sitting on one of the ottomans. "I'm glad." I say, a small smile spreading over my face- knowing that he was genuinely enjoying himself made it all worth it.

"What are we playing next?" Kuroo asks as he enters the room, coming over and collapsing onto an ottoman. "You have an hour scheduled for your next game of choice, an hour of solo gaming, then an hour of a vote chosen game, then we finish the night off with two hours of minecraft." Arthur says and I hum as I hear Suna take a seat in the other beanbag. "How bout we play COD?" Kuroo says and I hum, pressing my lips together. "I dunno, I want to play something with less… fight." Suna says and I open my eyes, smiling over at him. "That's what I was thinking. I mean, some fight is okay- but like, not full combat." I say, Suna nodding as I look at the TV, watching the animation. "Nice job with the animation by the way. It's really nice." Suna says, making my cheeks burn as I lightly itch my cheek. "It's all things to your background. I'm sure they wouldn't be as nice if you hadn't done such a good job with it." I say, though Suna grins over at me, shaking his head. "Nah, it would've been boring if you hadn't brought life to it with all that." Suna says, gesturing to the TV as I laugh softly. "It's because you did such a great job that I did that." I say, gesturing to the TV as he chuckles softly.

"Okay, you can stop patting each other on the backs. Here are your choices, you got Ark, GTA, Don't Starve, Among us, Astroneer, Killing floor, Sea of Thieves, DayZ, Dead by daylight… Whatever. There's a lot of choices." Arthur says, swinging his chair back and forth as he scrolls through on his laptop. "Among us? Isn't that a 4-10 player game? It'd be difficult with just us four." I say, glancing back at him as he grins at me. "We can have guest appearances from the others if they want in on it, they've been watching you guys stream too." Arthur says and I furrow my eyebrows, laying my head back. "The guys have been watching?" I ask and Arthur nods, picking up his phone and waving it at me. "It all went down in the group chat. They want to play with you guys, but the numbers will make it over 10. We can do a first come first serve thing, but if you have any special requests when can make sure they get in." Arthur says, though Kozu perks up at this. "Shoyo-kun?" Kozu asks, Arthur's lips curling into a grin as he opens up his phone. "He was the first to say he wanted to play with you; so far we got Oikawa, Shoyo, the twins, Bokuto, Noya and Ryu." Arthur says and I hum softly, fiddling with my fingers.

"That could be our group. The twins can take turns playing with us." I say, though Suna snorts and covers his mouth, turning away. "What? Do you disagree?" I ask though he quickly shakes his head, a big smile on his face. "No, no. Let's go with that; we'll play among us with those guys. Are you okay with that?" Suna says, Kuroo and Kozu nodding their heads. "Yeah, I get to play with my bro!" Kuroo says, pumping his fist with a big grin on his face. "I'm fine with that… I get to play with Shoyo and Kimi-chan…" Kozu says, actually seeming very pleased with the arrangement. "Alright, Kiki text them and let them know." Arthur says and I take my phone out, tagging the guys. [14] Suna chuckles, watching with amused eyes as the fight goes down. "Okay, you knew that was gonna happen… now they're too busy fighting and we're out a player." I sigh- honestly I should've seen it coming, I honestly felt bad. "It'll be fine, those two always fight." Suna says and I rub the back of my neck, nodding my head. "Still…" I sigh, wiggling my nose as I think of the two fighting right now. "It'll be fine, I promise. Kita-kun can take their place for now." Suna says, reaching over and squeezing my hand as I nod.

"Alright, all set." Arthur says as he finishes setting up the small animation to cover the code on our games. "I'll set up the lobby now." I say, starting one up and setting it to private. Arthur sends out the code and one by one they join- I was the brown color with the bear ears, my favorite combo besides the black or white with the goat horns. My gamer name was 'Little Fox', simple and to the point- Kuroo is the next to join. His name is 'Black cat', he wore the black color with the black cat cap. Kozu joined next, wearing the red skin with a cherry on top, named 'Pi'. Suna joins after him, wearing the lime skin with the red beanie. "Ahh… you took brown." Suna says though I run up to the laptop in game, changing into the white color and ram horns. "There." I say and he runs over and changes his color to brown. "Thank you very much." Suna says and I run down to the bottom left corner, humming softly. "No problem." I say as an orange player named 'tangerine' with the plant hat joins next. "That's Shoyo-kun." Kozu says, a lime green person named 'HEY HEY HEY' joining next, wearing the party hat.

"Oh, that's Bokuto." Kuroo says, though the two start typing in the game chat. "HEY HEY HEY! CAN I HAVE WHITE?" Bokuto asks, so I run over to the laptop and look through the options. "Um, what color should I choose?" I ask, scrolling through the hats while I think. "Go purple." Kuroo says so I flip back, picking the purple skin and the flower hat. Next light blue person named 'Pretty boy' joins, wearing a balloon hat. "Ah, I think that's Kawa-Senpai." I say, my thoughts confirmed when the person types "Hey Little Cutie" in the game chat. Two people join at the same time- a yellow color with a toilet paper hat named 'Rorringu Thundaa' and dark green color with a plunger hat named 'Goddess simp'. "That's definitely Noya and Ryu." I giggle as the two start getting hyped up in the chat. Last but not least, a blue color joins with the name 'KitKat'. "That's Kita-kun." Suna says, the lobby now full with everyone here. "Okay, I'm going back to my room now. I'll give you a countdown to enable your streams." Arthur says and I nod, waving bye to him as he walks out the door. Suna slowly slides behind me, Kita standing where he spawned in and Toru standing in the middle- everyone else running around.

"Alright! Starting in 3...2...1… Start!" Arthur says, everyone restarting their streams, double checking to make sure they were running. "You're live!" Arthur chimes and I clap my hands, smiling at my camera. "Welcome back critters, or welcome if you've just joined or stream. Next we'll be playing Among Us with some friends of ours! Please welcome our friends, they are not streaming, they are our guests. I want to remind our guests and other friends that cheating is not allowed, and also, no names! Everyone is to go by their game names. With that being said, let's get started! Everyone ready?" I chime, the chat exploding- both the in game and our live chat. "No cheating! If you cheat, you'll never get to play with us again!" I say, pointing at the camera and raising an eyebrow. "And yeah, I'm talking to you. Let's have a fun game! No spoiling it for us!" I chime before I start the lobby, counting down giddily- I'm a crewmate. "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious~" I sing playfully as I run to the admin room, running my card as I do a little dance. "Kiki, you're supposed to mute your Skype." Arthur says and I glance over, pursing my lips as I realize that they heard me sing my goofy song.

"Whooosie, my bad." I say, making a sheepish smile as I mute myself and get back to the game. "Welp, that was definitely suspicious… mission failed, we'll get them next time." I say, mocking the COD guy as I head to electrical to do my wire task. "That was really cute though." Kuroo says before he mutes, making my cheeks burn as I cover my face shyly. "Urasai, Baka." I mumble, uncovering my face and getting back to my task. I hum and do the little dance as I play, keeping an eye out for suspicious people. I'm doing the leaf task in O2 when Bokuto comes up and slaughters me from behind. "What?! Ah, mean~" I say as I pout, though I get back to my task. "Time to do ghostie things, I guess." I hum as I head to navigation, doing my upload task there. I'm halfway through and doing a little sitting running man jig when someone reports my body. I open up the chat, watching as it goes down. [AU1] I hum softly as I follow Kozu to the right and down, knowing that he was probably going to do a little brain time to figure out who had killed me. He kept going down, all the way to shields- he turned left, making his way to storage, back up to the emergency button and hitting it. [AU1] 

I'm in admin Admin doing the upload task, doing my little sitting running man jig when someone reports another body. "Ah! I was so close too! Always when I'm doing my upload gig." I groan, opening up the chat- it was Kita who got killed this time. "Wah! KitKat? Who got KitKat?" I say, pouting as I watch the chat go down. "Mm… I get where they're both coming from. Sloth was there when the bodies were reported twice now, Pi is smart enough to formulate a plan to completely clear any suspicions of him. If Cat is his imposter teammate, that means that the two of them could be the masterminds by sticking close together. One things for sure, Sloth isn't dumb- if Pi dies after this meeting, then I'd say he's clear. Everyone would automatically suspect him, though if he did it intentionally to argue his point it'd put him in a tough spot… At the same time, the imposters could use this to their advantage to frame Sloth. So far we're down three people, there's no need to vote but it's time to start formulating opinions and theories. That being said, I've noticed that Pretty Boi has been alone the most. He hasn't been killed… he could be a loner..." I hum as we get back to the game, though I follow Noya and Ryu.

"Or it could be these two. They've been together the entire game; if only one of them was the imposter, there's been plenty of opportunities to kill the other. They could both be imposter, or neither of them could be imposter." I say as Noya runs up to the admin card, stopping and standing in front of him. After a while he's still there, though Ryu is standing and watching him. I slowly lean forward, raising an eyebrow- wow, Noya was taking a really long time to do this simple task. I can't help but imagine Noya sweating, failing the task again and again as Ryu was watching. I start humming some intense music, a smile spreading over my face as I imagine Noya sweating bullets. Ryu just stands there, still watching- "Talk about intense." I snort as I take a sip of my drink, leaning back and humming softly. "I know Rorringu Thundaa, it's completely possible that he just can't get the card task done; it's also possible that he's being tactical and waiting for the task bar to move. It's a gamble really, but this is suspicious." I say as I gesture to the screen- I was finished with my tasks. The task bar finally goes up and Noya walks away, Ryu following him to security- where Kozu's body is laying.

"What?! Someone got the jump on Pi?" I gasp, setting my drink down and watching the chat go down. [AU1] "I don't think it's Sloth. I really don't; he's being framed. It can't be the duo Simp or Rorringu Thundaa either- I think it's safe to say they're both innocent. That leaves Cat, Pretty Boi and Tangerine as my suspects. However, I don't think that Tangerine would be smart enough for a play like this; in fact, I don't think he even knew that Pi was killed." I mumble, interlocking my fingers as I hum, leaning my chin on my hands. "I think it's Cat and Pretty Boi. They are smart enough to work together and make a plan like this-" I say as Suna gets voted out, showing that he wasn't the imposter. "I knew it. Okay, I'm thinking Cat, Pretty boy and HEY are the three imposters." I say as I unlock my fingers and out them back on the keyboard. "Two more kills and the imposters win…" I mumble as reactor is sabotaged, everyone starts dashing for it. "Oh, no… no, someone stay behind to press the button. Ah, they probably haven't even come to a conclusion yet. Still, it should be discussed- the two imposters are smart, they're going to win if they-" I say, though the finishing screen shows up, telling me we lost.

"I knew it! Oh my gosh, I friggin' knew it was you." I laugh as I unmute my microphone, starting the lobby up again. "I knew it was you! How could you do that to Pi?" I laugh as the others also unmute, Kuroo chuckling softly. "Simple, with the click of a button." Kuroo says and I snort, shaking my head and rolling my eyes. "Whatever. I was starting to suspect you anyway since you never finished any tasks." Kozu mumbles and I sit back, kicking my legs lightly. "Sorry I suspected you, Pi." Suna says, though I can tell this kinda stumped Kozu. "Um, it's not a problem. It's part of the game and you were right to suspect me; I do make some tough plays like that." Kozu mumbles, making me smile as the game starts up- I was a crewmate. "I still outsmarted both of you." Kuroo chuckles, making me roll my eyes as I giggle and run off to the right. "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious~" I sing playfully as I head down to shields to do that task. "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious~" I sing a little bit louder, heading to storage so I can do the fuel task. "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious!" I sing goofily, doing a little dance- just as I hear Kuroo's loud boisterous laugh from his room.

"Oopsie…" I say shyly as I mute myself on Skype, having forgotten again. "Strike two. Man, I am failing miserably." I say, though I hum as I walk to the bottom left engine and begin to fuel. "Hold on…" I say as I open up a chrome tab, pulling it up and typing in 'how not to be suspicious in among us'. I drag the tab into my stream, leaning forward and squinting at it. "Fake tasks, kill immune people… wait, this is for imposters. I need methods to not be suspicious as a crewmate!" I groan, exiting out of the tab- I was dead. "What! Oh my- who even killed me? I was doing research!" I protest, groaning as I go back to the fuel and start refilling my canister. "I wonder if I was the first kill again… can't be suspicious if I'm dead." I sigh as I head to the top engine and refuel it. "Well, detective ghostie is on the case! I'm going to figure out who killed me." I say as I float to the security room, hopping on the cams. I hum as I watch for a while, not seeing anything out of the ordinary. I sigh softly, hopping off and going to do my medbay lab task. "Lookie, I'm Black Cat! Hm, yes, put the solution in the beakers and isolate the variable using fancy doodads with the click of a button." I say, giggling to myself as I exit out of the tab.

"Wahh!" I gasp, my eyes widening as I see Kozu hop into a vent, Kuroo dead on the medbay scanner. Kuroo's ghost was flying circles around me as I sat back in my chair, a bit surprised. "Okay, umm… So Pi's an imposter, but he didn't kill me." I mumble, slowly sitting back up just as a meeting is called. I hear Kuroo's loud boisterous laugh from the other room, making my cheeks burn as I make a shy face. I grumble to myself as I go to do my admin card task, though he follows after me. "Okay… I don't have any idea who the other killers are. It's a complete coincidence that I caught Pi; who else could it possibly be? Who murdered me?" I mumble, flying back to the security and checking the cameras again. I sit and watch everyone around for a while, though I see Kozu and Kita run into navigation as I see Hina run into medbay, Bokuto run into security, Noya and Ryu in admin- he was probably going to do the card task again- and Suna and Toru run into reactor. "Oh… hm…" I say as I exit out of the cameras, though I blink in surprise when I see Hina pop out of the vent and kill Bo. "What!" I cry, though the finishing screen pops up, showing that we had lost- Hina, Kozu and Toru were the imposters.