Lean On Me, I'll Be Here for You (Olikase/FukaOli)

The beginning of something wonderful.

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  Oliver was usually very good at entertaining himself when he grew bored, but his typical methods have grown repetitive and dull. If he pestered his siblings, they would react with the same annoyed responses. If he pestered his parents, they would react with the same playfulness. Even eating dirt and rocks was starting to get boring.

  So he turned to the good ol' internet to find something to do! Somehow, after scrolling for seemingly hours, he ended up on a chatroom. How he didn't think of this before, he had no idea. He could mess with people online! Duh! He nearly smacked himself in the face by how obvious the solution to his boredom was.

  After sifting through dozens of boring people, he finally found someone who was worth his time.

  His method for messing with people was simple. Start out normal, and get progressively weirder.

Choirboy99: hi james m 16

XPoint: my name is not james and im not 16

XPoint: jk x

XPoint: fuka m 17

  Ah, so a smart ass. Oliver knew he'd have fun with this one.

XPoint: what kinda name is james anyway

XPoint: how did ur parents look at u and name u that x

XPoint: thats so cruel x

Choirboy99: so what's someone like you doing on here?

XPoint: bored as hell wby

Choirboy99: i talk to strangers to distract myself from the fact that my family disowned me

XPoint: oh?

Choirboy99: yeah i kinda crashed the car recently trying to hit a school rival :/

XPoint: damn did u succeed tho

Choirboy99: yeah but they survived

XPoint: well now u gotta finish the job x

Choirboy99: oh i will!

Choirboy99: look out for my name on the tele

XPoint: ARE U BRITISH

XPoint: DISGUSTING

  Oliver let out a long, drawn out sigh.

XPoint: im visiting london soon tho

XPoint: maybe i will see u!

Choirboy99: behind bars maybe

XPoint: nah u seem cool for a serial murderer. ill bail u out x

Choirboy99: awww babe

Choirboy99: fat chance tho.

Choirboy99: they'll catch me for my previous crimes. i won't even be given probation

XPoint: what are ur previous crimes??

Choirboy99: ah you know. things like shoplifting, trespassing, destruction of private property, a string of murders i committed in the span of january 2013- august 2014

XPoint: nice xx

XPoint: u will be known as the menace of london

XPoint: i got money tho ill just bribe the cops

  This guy is funny, Oliver thought. He was having a lot of fun talking to him. Oliver wondered if he should drop the act and get his socials.

Choirboy99: that'd probably work tbh

Choirboy99: the cops here are knob heads

XPoint: KNOB HEADS.

XPoint: u make it really hard to like u u know. i like bad boys but idk if i can tolerate a brit x

Choirboy99: you act like an american with that attitude. don't tell me you are, then we can really never be friends

XPoint: GOD NO IM JAPANESE

Choirboy99: thank god

XPoint: i have to go now but if u ever wanna talk again hit me up here x

  Oliver smiled and grabbed his phone to type in the username. He was lucky Fuka seemed to only be on Instagram as well. He requested to follow.

Choirboy99: just sent a follow request

XPoint: BET

XPoint: ttyl babe ;) x

  He disconnected.

  Well, that was fun. His excitement slowly faded back into a feeling of bitter loneliness. He hoped he could talk to Fuka again soon.

  He checked the time. It was almost time for dinner.

  He pocketed his phone and stood from his bed, stretching and feeling a satisfying pop in his lower back. He probably shouldn't hunch over his laptop like a goblin for that long.

  He would check out Fuka's page after dinner.

  He glanced at the empty bird cage in the corner of his room and frowned slightly. "James is a cute name." He mumbled quietly, starting for his door.