Twice Upon a Gamer ≫ Toby Turner

Chapter Seventeen - "It's snowing!"

Recap from Chapter Sixteen:

I tower over the grave of Ace that Toby and I dug for him. I kneel down and unhook the necklace he gave to me from my neck, gently laying it up against his tombstone.

I bow my head as Toby's hand rests on my shoulder. I sigh, placing a kiss on the cool marble of his tombstone before standing up and hugging Toby's side.

He kisses the top of my head and we leave the gravesite. And I don't look back.

Victoria's P.O.V.

Toby's fingers are laced with mine as we walk back home, the long route, to be exact.

Trees surround us and the path and frail wild-flowers decorate the edges. Something cold and wet dots my nose and my heart leaps from it's chest as I see snowflakes flutter from the sky.

It's snowing. In Los Angeles. How? (a/n: idek if this is possible but just roll with it aha)

"It's snowing!" Toby exclaims as he bellows out a laugh and squeezes my hand.

"Christmas miracle!" I chuckle, smiling and looking around. I gasp as I notice the snow getting thicker and piling up on the grass.

"It's sticking too! Hopefully it'll be thick enough to make a snowman."

Toby laughs and drags me down the path and throws his head back, attempting to catch snowflakes.

"Oh, God! Right in the eye!" he screeches as he furiously wipes his eye. I laugh at his reaction.

I stick my tongue out and immediately capture a snowflake which melts into water.

"Show off," Toby mutters under his breath, causing me to giggle.

I run along the pathway, emerging from the trees and into the open and spotting the apartment building from a while away.

Toby is at my side in seconds.

"You know what I totally forgot about?" Toby asks me.

"What?"

"My YouTube channel."

Oh my God.

"Oh shit, so did I!" I exclaim, my viewers must think I'm, like, dead or something. "Come on! I gotta make a video!"

Toby and I burst into the building and separate to our apartments. I leap into my computer chair and pull out my laptop, opening my webcam and pulling on my headphones.

"Hi guys! I'm so sorry for not posting any videos! Things have been a lot busier lately and a ton of stuff has happened, like, for example-" I begin.

"VIC!" I hear Toby march into my apartment.

"Meet my boyfriend," I chuckle, pointing the camera at Toby.

"Paparazzi!" he childishly squeals as he ducks away from the camera and sneaks up behind me, tickling my neck. I pull my shoulders up to protect one of my most ticklish spots.

"Hi." Toby waves to the camera and I smile.

"He's the main reason I haven't been posting videos. But no need to worry, I have tons of footage that I'll find time to edit and post! Again, sorry!" I apologize for the second time and I put my finger on the ending button.

"Ba-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-don't come back!" Toby jokes around and I smack his chest before abruptly ending the video.

"That was mean," I huff, pretend frowning. I post it to YouTube and the time to wait is 30 minutes.

He pinches my cheeks and his smile shows. "Sorry, baby."

I giggle before shoving him away, causing him to fall onto the bed.

He grins at me for a split second before leaping at me.

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"Take that!"

I scream before ducking just in time to avoid being hit in the shoulder by a snowball thrown by Toby.

"You devil!" I growl playfully as I launch a snowball at him, smacking him in the chest and watching as the snowball explodes and showers him with snow.

He throws at least three snowballs at me before he hits me in the leg from me retreating. I fall to the ground dramatically and pretend to screech in agony.

Toby runs to my side and calls out, "Man down!" as he loops his arm around me and carries me inside. I loll my head to the side and flop my tongue out to add pizzazz to my 'playing dead' act.

I'm set down on the couch and left alone for a few minutes before Toby grabs my tongue, making me squeal. I jump up into a sitting position and he hands me a cup of hot cocoa.

"Thanks," I say before I take a sip of the cocoa. It tastes amazing and Toby seems pleased by my reaction.

"This is really good. How did you make it so good?"

He grins.

"Coffee creamer."

Whoa. I need to do that more often.

I nod simply and take another sip,well, gulp, and so does he.

I finish off the cup and wipe my mouth with my sleeve before walking to the kitchen and rinsing it out. I set it in the sink and return to the couch.

Toby sits next to me. I put my legs on his lap and snuggle up to his side, sighing.

"I miss him."

"I know you do," he sighs as he kisses the top of my head.

"I wish it wouldn've ended like that. Just, gone," I whimper, on the verge on tears.

"He's happy, wherever he is," he states, causing me to cringe of the thought of him being in Hell. And it would be my fault.

No. No, it's not. I can't blame myself for something I couldn't help.

I let a tear go and wipe it away quickly.

"It's okay, baby. It'll be alright," Toby whispers as he embraces me tightly.

"I hope. It's okay, let's change the subject," I sniff right as Gryphon hops up on my lap and sniffs around my legs.

"Hi, buddy!" I coo while patting his head. He licks my hand happily and I giggle.

Toby kisses my cheek and rests his head against mine, chuckling.

Gryphon runs away and Toby laces his fingers with mine.

"Toby?" I whisper.

"Yeah?"

Here goes nothing.

"I think I love you."

(a/n: merry christmas everybody! hope you liked this update! sorry for taking so long :-( please comment what you think and please vote, it only takes a few seconds! thank you for reading and happy holidays! x)