Blood Red Summer

Prologue

Liam's POV

I throw myself back again my chair, cracking my knuckles and letting out a large sigh, "Well, I think that's where I'm going to leave it off guys!" I spoke into my mic, drifting the cursed along the pad and exiting out off the game I was just recently for the 11k people watching my stream.

"It's been a pretty good stream, but I'm getting.. pretty tired," I say looking up at my secondary monitor which was connected to my webcam, looking closely to see the growing bags under my eyes.

I was never good at ending or starting a stream, just everything in between that. I told the audience goodbye and that I'd catch them later, waving the to camera before finally ending the nine hour stream.

I pulled off my headphones and got up, heading to the kitchen for a snack before I slept. That's when my phone started ringing.

I pull out my phone from my pocket and see Airy calling me.

"Hey Airy," I say as I put my phone up to my ear.

Airy is a good friend of mine, we've been friends for around 3 years now. I met him on a random public chat room and he seemed very friendly and chill so we started talking on our own.

Now he's got my back and I have his, we're great friends. He doesn't always know what to say or know how to give much advice, but he still has the heart.

"Hey Liam, I saw that your stream ended.. uh,, How was it?" He asks.

Walking across the dark kitchen, I open the fridge and look through it for something to eat.

"Eh you know, the usual," I reply while grabbing a box of leftovers from the night before, pasta from an Italian restaurant, "tiring. What about you? What'chu doing?"

"Just.. lying down," Airy says, he's normally deadpan like this. Adds to his personality I guess, I mean it's calm, I personally like it.

It's not just me either! He's joined me on stream before, the audience likes his personality and how laid back he is. They've even gone as far as fanart as I've shown them what he looks like before, he and I would FaceTime on a regular basis

"Yea, I'm gonna finish these leftovers and head to bed- what about you?" I asked Airy as I put the plastic box of pasta in the microwave.

"I might go to sleep soon, I got off work about.. two hours ago..? Yea," Airy says.

"You know you really don't have to- I can always send you money, it's not like I'm short of it," I tell him smiled softly to myself.

"I've told you already I don't want you too," Airy says, "I'm alright.. really."

That's how I knew Airy was a real friend, not only was he my friend before I started to actually get recognition and get as big as I am today, but he NEVER asks for money. No matter what! Even if I offer it he'd prefer to work for it then to get it the easy way; that being me.

I pull the leftovers out of the microwave as soon as it beeps and grab a fork from the drawer. "If you say so," I say to Airy.

"Anyways, I'm gonna let you go now Airy, I'm gonna eat now and head to bed afterward," I said and sat down at the table and placed my food and fork down.

"Alright.. goodnight when you do sleep Liam," Airy says, "I'll catch you in the morning."

"Sounds good, 'night, Airy."

"Night,,"

And with that I hung up and put my phone down on its stand at the table and put on something to watch as I ate in the dark room.