Radish Reunion: The Dark Horse (Andrew's POV)

{Pre Comp} The Beginnings

After a month of waiting, and definitely not forgetting about the comp existing, I was finally given a message on discord from Todd. It was an invitation to the server for the Comp, May 16th had finally arrived.

I hastily accepted the invite, both excited and nervous for the whole event to begin. The very first thing I noticed when joining the comp was the rules, I had to react with a thumbs up or whatever so that the hosts knew that I understood what was going on.

I should stop for a moment here to introduce the hosts and make sure they get their proper notoriety, so allow me to show you who they are:

Main Host: Todd Radishologist
He's been the host for all 7 seasons of the Radish Kik Comps, hence the name of the comps. He's a pretty chill guy in general and can be pretty fun to hang out with, but we mostly like to make fun of him.

CoHost: Thomas ThomasPaul61
He competed in a few seasons of RKC and has been a close friend of Todd's as far as I've known. He's really funny and I'm always smiling whenever I have a conversation with him, this led to some fun during the comp.

CoHost: Abby Rocknrebel44
Definitely the most caring host out of the three. She was the host I related to the most, and she also is a genuinely kind person and a great friend to have as I've gotten to known her more and more. She also competing in two seasons of RKC, and won both of them. I inspired my gameplay after her.

There, not the best introductions, but you guys will get to know them a bit more as the comp goes on, anyway.

After taking a peek and accepting the rules, I took a look at the competition, hoping to see some old friends I had, and maybe some people who I never had the chance to get to know. The first people I instantly noticed were Cat, Glitch, Leo, and Fall.

Cat had always been a friend of mine, in fact they were the first person who I ever met when it came to the comps. I was paired up with them in my first season (Season 4) and we went pretty well together. I also got to know them more through a writing group I was added to, and they always were great to hangout with.

Leo and Glitch were also part of this writing group, so I was happy to see they were both alive as well. Another reason they stood out was because they both were precious victors. Leo winning season 4, and Glitch winning season 5. Fall was also a victor, she won season 2.

There was one more person I was hoping to find, and as I looked at the list, I scrolled to the bottom, and at the very end of the list there she was-

...I can't believe she's here- I thought to myself.
Her name is Naomi.

Authors Note: In the RKC Book, Naomi is referred to as Luna, but I decided to go by her proper name because that what I

know her as.

I met her through the Comps as well, but in more of a iffy way. She wasn't actually competing in the first season I took part in, in fact, I only knew of her because she competed in Season 3, and was the winner of that season. I looked up to the way she played the game, and was my favorite contestant in that season, but there's more to her than just that.
Naomi was also a part of the writing group I was a part of, and was definitely the most important one to me in the group, mostly because of my history with her.

She and I dated in between seasons 5 and 6, and I sort of disappeared, and then again after season 6, we tried it again and I made a terrible mistake.
I panicked. I didn't know what was going through my head and I ruined my chance. I can remember the exact thing that happened with her. I was on a vacation during the summer in Missouri, and I had decided that maybe it'd be best to delete discord altogether (that's the platform we had decided to text and communicate on) and my thought process was blurred. I was just so terrified of the idea of having an online relationship with a girl who lived so far away from me. I was never able to truly open up to her and tell her my real feelings, and how I was scared. So I took the cowards route, and I ghosted her.