And They Let Us Be Confused

Frog - Cavetown

(Wyyen POV [Present time])

I see the light flooding into my bedroom from the kitchen window down the hall. I haven't slept the whole night. Neither me or Joey responded to the message, but I'm still not sure how to feel.

Joey and Acey are the same person? It's hard to believe but not impossible. The message was sent to both of our private accounts, and there's no way that Jonathan would know Joey's account unless they knew each other.

Jonathan seemed bugged by something when he was here. For sure this was it. I knew that we both lived in the same state, but I never would have guessed he'd be my neighbour, much less my best friend.

I've never hated Joey, so it's hard to think that I could, even if I couldn't see his face behind the computer screen. Is it real though?

Jonathan has never been a guy to troll, but it sure as heck could have been Mendez at the keyboard. I don't know though. It kind of makes sense...

There are a lot of things that do make a ton more sense. Joey always seemed like he was hiding something. I guess the only reason I didn't bug him about it was because I was also hiding something, so it was only fair. 

Obviously there's nothing left to hide anymore, because we both know, and there's nothing we can do about it.

I pull out my phone again as if there will be something different than there was when I checked twenty minutes ago. I search 'Acey clips' on youtube hoping for something that can prove I'm not overthinking and it's not just a troll.

"Oops, sorry guys, my door-dash is here." Joey's voice sounds from my phone. Right after that Joey came to my house.

~"I was just str-" He stops and turns red. "strumming my ukulele and my food came and I brought it in and then I heard something from outside-"~

Of course. He was streaming. His food came? His door-dash.

I start getting ready for the day and I leave my phone playing the video as I listen. It's definitely him. I don't know how I never got it.

~In all honesty, I find myself being annoyed by Acey a lot, and it's not that I hate him, there's just something about him that makes me feel so disgusted when I see his name pop up in our group chat.~

Joey is way different. Any message from him makes my entire day. In fact, I wish I could get a message from him now.

~He's not a streamer like me though, and there's a kind of 'streamer connection' that is just not the same as normal friendships. He probably wouldn't understand that if I tried to explain it to him.~

No, stupid. Of course he would get it. O f   c o u r s e   h e   w o u l d   g e t   i t .

I hear a knock on my door, louder than a knock I would expect any other day at six in the morning. But not today.

I sigh and walk to the door. My hand hovers over the handle longer than usual. I swing it open nonetheless.

Joey stands in front of the door, his hair messy. He looks like he hasn't slept much either, but clearly he pulled it off better than I did.

He's wearing a hoodie, my favourite hoodie on him, and holding his car keys out in front of him.

"Come on. You up for a drive?" He gulps. "And a talk? And an apology, and an explanation?" He sounds nervous and I slip on my shoes. Luckily I had already changed, so I didn't need to leave him waiting. 

I nod and we quietly walk to the car.

He closes the door and starts the car. He pulls out of the parking lot before saying anything.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I thought that you wouldn't like somebody that was a streamer, especially because I knew about your weekend job at Subway, so obviously you seemed so official, like you knew what you were doing. I was just a kid on a computer. It's not even a real job! Like-"

"I know!! I felt exactly the same! I would never have guessed though. I know that now you probably hate me, and because we were streamer rivals you're going to want to not be friends with me or something, which is totally fine, because-"

"Hate you? Why would I hate you? You should hate me! I was so rude to you on stream, and online, I'm realising that if I was going to be nice to you, then why couldn't I be nice to, well, also you?"

"Yes! Exactly." I say. There's nothing better than a friend that can finish your sentences. He completely understands me and I guess I just had so much from him that I didn't feel like I needed anything from anybody else.

"So, we're still friends?" He asks, his voice shaky.

"I have never had a better friend in my entire life than you. You are the greatest friend in the world and I would never ever want you to even have a doubt in your mind that I want to be your friend."

Joey smiles. "I wish I could say words that beautifully, but I feel exactly the same."

We turn onto another street and Joey pulls up to the grocery store parking lot. He leaves the car on and opens the door.

"Wait here. I'll be quick."

I wait in the passenger seat of the car with a light warm feeling. It feels like a heavy weight has been lifted off my shoulders that I had so long I forgot was there. 

It's so relieving that I don't have to hide anything anymore. 

A good relationship is always a relationship where nobody has to lie to feel comfortable.

I sit thinking about things I should change. I feel bad that I ever treated Joey with disrespect. I don't want to make a mistake like that ever again.

I see Joey standing outside the car door holding something behind his back. I reach over and open the door as he steps inside. He closes the door, hiding the object carefully behind him.

"What's that?" I ask.

Joey moves his hands and reveals a beautiful bouquet of flowers. 

The colours are eye-catching and there's white ribbons tied around the aesthetically pleasing twine, holding the flowers together.

"Wow. Who are those for?" My eyes trace the flowers for a minute and I look up to Joey's eyes.

Joey pushes the bouquet into my hands and looks into my eyes.

"My best friend in the entire world."

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The end :)

Author's note:

Word count: 1200 

OMG ITS THE END o7 I loved writing this so much I hope somebody enjoyed it HAHAHA I'm sorry if you didn't like the ending, i wasnt planning on writing kissing and stuff sorry  T - T anyways sorry tysm to  uhm ~you~ my imaginary reader for reading all the way through ur my favourite person ever 

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