Sweet As Honey

~Chapter 10~

You drop Pete off and drive back home. What he said at brunch has really put a damper on your mood. You have no idea how you are going to put on a happy face for your stream. Oh my goodness you still have to stream today! You add more pressure to the acceleration petal and make a turn way too fast. You really have no need to speed home but something urges you too. Possibly the knowledge that you are going to talk to Tubbo today.
You don't know why you're nervous, sure he is your favorite streamer but he is just a person. A person who only started talking to you recently. He had no real reason to talk to you, and for some reason this made you feel special. He reached out to you, not the other way around. But it probably meant nothing. You were definitely overthinking it. As you pull the minivan into the driveway you put it in park and take the keys out. As you get out you notice Benny on the porch. He must have either gotten out when you left or when your mother went to the store. He walks over to you and rubs up against you.
"Benjamin! What are you doing out here!" You say scooping him up, bringing him close to you so he feels safe. He cutely mews as you open the door. Bending over and placing him on the floor he runs off towards the kitchen, he must be hungry. "I'm home!" you quickly shout. Walking into the kitchen and seeing his food bowl already filled. James must not have realized he was out. But James was with Gwen so it must have been your father. He doesn't pay attention to the cat much. He prefers to just give it food and pet it sometimes since Benny bothers him when he tries to sleep.
You grab a juice box, because even though you're seventeen you can never be too old for one. Tearing the straw off and shoving it into the juice you sip as you walk into the family room. Coincidentally, the same time James walks in. "Really a fruit punch juice box." He says, looking you up and down.
"Silence child." You put a finger up. "I am cheering myself up. If you disturb me I will hit you to feel better." You wave the arm that's not holding a juice box around.
"As if. You couldn't hit me if you tried, shorty." Now, James is currently only two inches(5 cm) taller than you. But here he was challenging you. This was not allowed, you were older.
"You have asked for it child," You say, putting your juice box down, and lunging at him. He yells and tries to get out from under you. You lightly smack him, before you begin to tickle him. He screeches and starts laughing!
"No y/n! Stop! Haha! Please! Ha!" You continue to tickle him. "No! Please!" His begging and screaming causes your father to come upstairs from the basement.
"Will you stop touching each other! No touching! No one is allowed to fight or yell!" He pulls you off of James as he tries to catch his breath.
"She's a meanie! Turn off her internet!" James fake pouts.
"You little sh-" You scream as you go to lunge at him.
"No one's internet is getting turned off! Especially not hers since apparently she makes money off of the internet. Whatever that means." Your father for some reason believes you are some sort of camgirl. Even after you have assured him that you just play video games.
"Thanks dad." You brush yourself off and grab your juice box and look over at the clock. One forty five. You have fifteen minutes until Tubbo time. You head upstairs and change your shirt, worried that you stained or spilt something on it. You log onto your computer and see a private message from Tubbo on discord.
Tubbo: Hey do you mind if we get into a call a little earlier? Maybe get to know each other rather than go into this blind.
Y/n: Yeah! That works for me! It would be better this way.
You brush the hair out of your eyes and go to click the call button but your heart begins to flutter. This takes you by surprise, you aren't really used to this and you didn't really know why it was happening. Was it just nerves over talking to him sort of face to face for the first time? It shouldn't be a big deal but if felt like one, and you could figure out why. You sat and stared at your computer screen, absolutely puzzled, until you got a message:
Tubbo: Ummmm. Do you want me to start it or are you just doing something? I don't quite get what's going on right now.
Quickly snapping out of it you respond:
Y/N: Nonononono I was just getting water. I'll start it. :)
You reach over on your desk and grab the giant water bottle you have. As much as you understand that plastic is bad for the environment you just didn't want to buy one of those hydroflasks or metal water bottles. Inhaling deeply you click onto the call button and put on your headphones. Almost just as quickly as you pressed the call button he answered.
"Hello?" He says, turning on his camera. His face right in front of it, causing you to laugh at how silly he looks.
"Hiya, why are you so close to the camera?" You ask, still giggling.
"Well um," He leans back and laughs as well. "I honestly don't know. Why isn't your camera on?" He says raking his hair back.
"I don't know. I just haven't turned it on yet." You say
"Well do it! I don't want to be the only one with my camera on! It's a pet peeve of mine, Y/n." He says pointing at the camera.
Reluctantly you sigh and say. "Fine, I'll do that if it makes you comfortable." You turn on your camera and wave. Smiling awkwardly.
Tubbo gets closer to the camera. "Wow! Your eyes are very pretty! They look a lot lighter here, rather than when I watch your streams." He leans back in his chair nonchalantly.
You feel a blush creep around your cheeks towards your nose. Your face feels hot, you aren't really used to compliments. Especially if it's from one of your comfort streamers. "Um. Thanks!" You reply, your voice slightly cracking.
Tubbo laughs. "You really are something else. Hopefully today helps boost you up in followers. A funny and talented girl deserves that much." He says reaching into a bowl and popping some chips into his mouth. You see his cheeks puff up like a chipmunk. You almost coo at the sight of how adorable it looks but you resist.
"No way. I don't need anything big. I stream because I have friends who want me to stream with them. Nothing else. I don't need anything fancy." You say playing with the necklace you always wear. A nervous tick you developed in school during exams.
"Well there is no need to be modest. You are, as the kids say, popping off." He leans back further in his chair. You burst out laughing at his comment.
"Oh my gosh, you're a kid too, you know?" You struggle to control your laughing. It gets to the point where you are ugly laughing.
"Your laugh is so infectious!" Tubbo laughs. "I'm glad we are going to be friends. There was nothing to worry about." He begins to calm down.
"You were worried?" You ask as your laughter dies. You can see that you have a very concerned and almost hurt look on the monitor. You try to change it naturally.
"Well, yeah. I'm always nervous talking to new people. Social anxiety and all, that's why I'm a gamer. I was born and bred to game." He lowers his voice. This also causes you to laugh.
"Oh, yeah I get that. And didn't Tommy say that while mining in a cave alone?" You ask.
"Yes! It's the dragon video I believe. Do you often watch Tommy?" He asks, cocking one eyebrow up.
"Yeah. I started watching him after he collabed with Boffy. But I grew to just find him so extremely funny. Which in turn led me to find you and your streams." You answer him very honestly. You feel he should know since Tommy is his best friend.
"Damnit! Another person found me through Tommy. I'm not the clingy one he is! Don't let him fool you!" Tubbo jokingly yells, and it quickly turns into a chuckle. "Big man is the one who found you first though. He told me to watch a stream with him. And then I guess I just began to feel you were my comfort streamer."
"Aw, that's so sweet. You are one of mine as well. If only you didn't stream at the same time as me." You smile.
"Hey, I've been a streamer longer. I had my schedule first. You decided to stream when I did. Luckily I caught yesterday's right before you ended. Which was an amazing reaction! It was so funny how excited you got." He chuckles as he adjusts his headphones.
"Haha. Yeah. You got me really excited. It's not everyday someone you watch follows you." You say grabbing the necklace again.
He is looking down at his phone typing. "It's si- one. It's one fifty-five. So you should start up your stream."
"Yeah I'll get it started up. Can you mute and come back when I say something like 'special guest'?" He nods, muting himself. You are confused at how quickly he switched into professional mode but you just shake your head and get onto StreamLabs to start it all up. You sit for a few minutes after it starts, waiting for a few people to join. Maybe like six, you just want someone to watch. You watch as the number jumps from twenty-three to two-thousand. You quickly clear your throat and get into character.
"Good day, guys, gals, and non-gender specific pals! How are y'all doing today! Welcome to a Sat Chat with me Y/n. But today instead of my usual co host we have a very interesting one. Please welcome our special guest." You finish your sentence, switching to show the discord call. You see tubbo unmute.
"Hello! I'm Tubbo." He waves frantically. You start seeing the chat zoom by. Saying things like 'omg tubbo!' and 'yesss they've collabed already!' You love to see your chat engaged so this makes you very happy.
You grab the remote for your wall CD player and turn it on. A Coldplay album starts to play. You watch as Tubbo begins to dance along to the music and scream along to the words.
What a fun stream you are going to have today. "Alright dudes, let's get into it!"

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Just wanted to thank y'all for 250 reads! It's so crazy to think that people are actually reading this! Hope you enjoyed this longer chapter! Love y'all!"
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