NonPopular ~ Book 2 [A LCS FanFic]

The Interview

1st of June
Wednesday

Lauren POV

"Lauren! Jeffrey! Get ready!", I heard Heinz voice from downstairs: "They soon will be there."
I turned my head to Jeff, who was standing next to me and sighed out heavily.
"What?", my best friend smiled.
"I don't know. I just don't like the thought about being followed around until Saturday."
"Ah, gonna be fun. I mean, isn't it an honor? Puls4 just came for us two."

(Sidenote: Puls4 is an Austrian broadcaster and Chris Stephan is a famous interviewer, who ... likes to troll ... a lot. xD)

I brushed down my player-shirt and made sure that I was looking alright.
"An exclusive report just about us", Jeff grinned: "I like it. Our friends will be so jealous. Felix will be so jealous! He loves Chris Stephan."
I sighed and murmured: "Maybe then my mother will finally be proud of me."
I looked down and suddenly felt two pairs of arms wrapped around me.
"She already is. I'm sure about that", Jeff gave me a short kiss on my hair and then let go off me: "But no negative thoughts now. Come on, it will be fun. I swear."
I chuckled a bit: "Okay, I just hope that they won't make us look like an absolute joke."
"Naah, this isn't ATV", Jeffrey laughed.

When we came downstairs, Heinz just opened the front-door to the little team of Puls4. It consisted of a camera man with his sound recordist, a director, a light engineer, two women, who were there to make us look good and Chris Stephan.
We greeted them and while they prepared everything around the couch, the two women put a little make-up onto our faces.
Shortly before we were done, the director came and we talked with him about our schedule for the next few days.
"We already filmed the entrance scene, where Chris talked about, how he will follow you around and now we will do the big interview. We will ask you a lot of questions and probably only stay in your gaming house today. After the interview, we will film you while doing your normal daily schedule. Your coach already told me when you are going to train and when you are going to eat, so we adjusted our schedule to yours. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will join you at the League Championship to get an insight in your life there. We are probably also gonna do some interviews with you there. Maybe even with other Proplayers. And on Saturday we will do some outside shots with you."
Jeff and I just nodded, cause the women put some powder on our faces and told us not to move.

Everything was ready and we could finally sit down on the couch with Chris Stephan.
"Just take your time to answer. No stress. Think about my questions and just answer normally", Chris told us and smiled.
I felt less nervous, now that I knew that we could take our time and it wasn't a stressful situation. I already knew Chris from several TV shows and I also knew how much of a troll he was. But he seemed really nice and normal in real life, so that also helped a lot.
Chris turned his face to the director and nodded: "Just let the camera roll."
After that he looked into the camera and grinned: "So, now I am here with Lauren a.k.a. Meffi and Jeffrey a.k.a. Jefferson from NonPopular. We are currently sitting in the living room of their gaming house."
Then he turned back to us: "So, let us just start with a warm up question. How did you two meet?"
Jeff and I smiled at each other.
"Well", he started: "In 2011 we met at a homeparty of a friend. We both were really tired at the evening and both didn't want to party at all. So we instantly had this connection and not even one month later we became super close friends."
Yes, friends. Just friends. I just smiled at Jeff, cause I didn't want to add anything else.
"Tired on a party? That's not how I imagined a Proplayer would live. So, what do you like most about being a pro? What's been the biggest life change?"
"The biggest change was probably that so many people suddenly know you. Like, I can't post anything on Twitter without getting so many answers", I laughed: "But it is also really great. I love answering questions from my fans. So, the life itself hasn't really changed. We aren't famous singers like Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus, who are being followed around everywhere. We can still go outside and act like we are strangers, you know? But I really like it. It's really cool."
"Same", Jeff said and we had to laugh.
"Ah, so you aren't like me? I always have to hide for my fans", Chris joked and put a hand in front of his face: "And do you like to live in a gaming house? Together with so many people? What are the best and the worst parts?"
Jeff and I gave us a short glance.
"Well, the best thing is that you see your friends every day. It is just super funny. We all sit together and play together", Jeff smiled: "It's so easy for us to train, when we are actually sitting next to each other."
I wanted to start talking, but started laughing badly instead.
Chris gave me a confusing look, but decided to join my laugh: "Isn't it true or why are you laughing, Lauren?"
I shook my head: "It's true. But it isn't so funny to see them every day all the time. Sometimes it gets really annoying and we start fighting for random reasons. Cause that just happens if you stick together 24/7."
"24/7. The real gamer language", Chris looked into the camera and wiggled with his eyebrows: "I already learned a few expressions, but I'm still a noob with some words."
Jeff and I chuckled a bit. His jokes were sometimes really ... weird and random.
"Anyway", he turnd back to us: "What's been your favorite moment of the League Championship so far and what do you hope to achieve in the future?"
"Winning worlds", Jeff said neutral: "Like, what else?"
After a few seconds, we both had to laugh at the same time. That was just a imagination in our head
that was never going to be true.
"I guess, our favorite moment was even getting into the LCS. We didn't even think we would get so far last Split. And now we are here and yes", Jeff shrugged: "I think we are pretty happy with our situation at the moment."
"But what would you be doing right this second if you hadn't become a pro-gamer?"
I thought about it for a few seconds: "I guess, I would be still a waitress. After I finished school, I didn't want to learn anything else. I just wanted to play some League and get money. And it was actually really nice in my restaurant. So, I think I would still be there for a couple of months and then maybe study something else."
Jeffrey just grinned: "I honestly don't know how to answer that."
Chris laughed: "That's the right mentality."
"Well, everything went well for us. So why should I be worried", Jeff laughed.

After a few more questions, Heinz wanted to start with some discussions about the games for this week. Thursday Inspire and Friday Fnatic. Hard week for us, but I was confident. Well, at least I was confident against Inspire.
While the Puls4 team changed the light settings, our other team-members joined us on the couch and we did some pre-discussion talking.
Now all we had to do, is talking and try to look good on camera.

Freyja POV

"So you are together now?", I screamed into my headphones after I just read Seika's new tweet.
"What?", I heard her voice over Teamspeak: "Stop screaming already."
"No?! Are you now together or what does your Tweet mean?", as I pressed the heart, I reread it.

good night stream in 10 minutes with my frenchbae @sOAZIZGOOD <3

"Maybe", she murmured into her headphones: "I need to go now. Paul is waiting for me in his Teamspeak."
"Nice dodge", Vic laughed: "But I need to know too! Are you together now?!"
"See you later", she tried to say good bye.
"You know that we are sitting with you in one room, right?", I laughed: "We will just come over to you, if you quit now."
"Whatever", she said and all I could hear was User disconnected from your Channel.
I leaned over to Seika and shouted: "Are you two together now or what?"
As an answer I got a middle finger. I laughed and decided to see who was online.
It was already 10 pm and since tomorrow was LCS, a lot of people were already in bed. But not Peke.

[10:14PM] CdtShepard: wanna play?
I'm so lonley
[10:15PM] Paco Senpai: ohh :(( i would love to, but need to sleep soon though
[10:15PM] CdtShepard: why?
you gonna be coach on stage tomorrow?
[10:16PM] Paco Senpai: nope, haven't you read it yet?
[10:16PM] CdtShepard: read what? D:
didn't have time for twitter until now
lanya didn't let us online until now, since we have such a hard schedule this week
[10:18PM] Paco Senpai: oh!
gonna play tomorrow instead of poe
[10:18PM] CdtShepard: why????
[10:19PM] Paco Senpai: he's a little bit sick :/
but I have no problem with that
missed playing on stage anyway
also we are just playing against roccat and elements
[10:22PM] CdtShepard: nice schedule!! -.-
we face nonp and vitality
[10:23PM] Paco Senpai: I know :D
[10:23PM] CdtShepard: -.-
[10:24PM] Paco senpai: :D
anyway, need to go to bed now
we will see us tomorrow, ginger girl
good night :))
[10:26PM] CdtShepard: pfffht
good night :)

I rolled with my eyes and started laughing. Why does he always need to point out that I'm a ginger? And why do I always have to smile about it, even though it actually annoys me when other people do that?
"Why are you laughing?", I heard Vic. I completely forgot that she was still there.
"Uhm", I closed Peke's and mine chat window and searched for words: "Just read something funny on Twitter."
"That's why you are staring at your League client?"
"Nice stalk?", I turned my head to Vic and saw that she was staring at me grinning.
"Who was it?", she showed me her tongue: "Wait! I know who it was!"
"And who?", I sighed out loudly.
"Peke!"
"Shut up", I murmured and logged myself out of League: "I'm gonna go to bed now."
"Why?"
"Cause nobody's online to play and I'm actually nervous about tomorrow."
"Aww", Vic said: "But okay, then good night."
"Good night", I logged myself out of League and Teamspeak and shut down my PC.
But before I went into my bedroom, I decided to join Seika on her stream. I positioned myself right behind her and waved into the camera. And since she wasn't in game, she had time to read to chat.
Suddenly she turned around and smiled at me: "I should say Hi to you from the chat."
"Hey guys", I laughed and waved again: "Anyway, good night."
"Good night? Are you tired?", she looked at me confused.
"A bit, yes", I smiled and went into my bedroom

The moment I laid down into my bed, my phone started vibrating. It was a message from Peke.

why did you leave the stream? :((
was nice seeing you again.. haven't seen you for so long already ;)

I could feel that I instantly blushed. I just had to smile. But I only wrote him back two words.

nice stalk :D