nick x the gaming fungus slowburn enemies to lovers coffee shop au

part one: rivalry begins

nick was walking down the street to his house after a hard day of college. he was thinking of his rival, the gaming fungus. god, how he hated the gaming fungus. he was what you call a gaming fungus hater. but he had good reasons. you see, nick also ran a channel, called "the gaming nick". nick had plans to destroy the gaming fungus, let that be his channel and internet prowess... or even taking his life. sure, maybe murder was a bit far for a few thousand subscribers, but nick was desperate.

reaching his house, nick opened the door and stepped inside. he went into his room and slammed it shut, making his mother scream at him. yes, he did still live in his mothers basement- do you have an issue with that? nick put on his headphones and set up his webcam, getting ready to do some more streaming. but, nick noticed- the gaming fungus was also steaming! and the gaming fungus was playing the game he was going to play! nick felt his teeth grit together, as he threw his headphones at the wall, yet again making his mother shout at him. but nick didn't care. he just had to go outside to get a fresh breath of air.

nick passed by a coffee shop, and he noticed the 'looking for help' poster was gone. a shame, he had been planning on applying, since he was sitting at a measly subscriber count of 1,000,000,000, while the gaming fungus was at a subscriber count of 1,000,000,001. nick hated that fact. it made his blood boil at the mere thought. but, either way, he shrugged it off. walking inside the coffee shop, nick ordered a very complex starbucks drink, before the person who was working at the coffee shop quickly reminded nick that this was indeed not a starbucks. "oh..." nick sighed. "can i get a coffee then" "ok" the person working there then made him a coffee. nick sat down at a booth near a window with his coffee, drinking it as he thought of the ways to get rid of the gaming fungus. he was a threat to his career, after all.

nick then went home. his next few days were normal, and he frequently visited the coffee shop, earning many weird names from the employees from his questionable fashion sense. the normies just didn't know socks with sandles was in nowadays, along with diarrhea colored plaid. although, nick paused as one day when he entered the coffee shop, he saw a familiar face... one he had seen streaming oh so often, and one he often planned the downfall for...

it was...

the gaming fungus.