Three letters - IdubbbzTV x Reader

Part 2

I awoke to my alarm blaring, even though it's my day off. I groan and hit snooze when Mang bangs on the door.

I groan in displeasure as I wipe the sleep from my eyes. "你要什么？" (what do you want) I ask as she continues to pound. I open the door and repeat myself.
"快点！" (hurry up) She pulls me out of my room and into the bathroom. "你去在 Ian 的家！" (you're going to Ian's house!)
"Oh yeah, shit I forgot about that." I looked at my phone, a message from Joji, two messages from Ian, and five messages from my brother. Joji's message just says to answer Ian. And Ian's messages are asking what time is good for me to come over. My brother is telling me it's something important, but he's probably trying to get money to pay rent. I message Ian back saying "about 4" and leave it at that. Then I look back at the clock.

It's 2:15! How did I sleep so late, no wonder Mang was banging down my door. I was so high I probably dozed off for more than 12 hours. Call that a power nap. I run into the shower after stripping down. It's freezing and I start shivering right away. I continue my routine and finally get out of that freezer. I dry off and blow dry my hair. I huff when I finally tie up my hair, and I put on an outfit of shorts and a black tube top. I calmly gather my thoughts and I check the time. 3:30, holy shit. I don't even know how far away he lives! I grab my phone and shoot him a message when I hear a knock at my door. I open it to see my brother heaving. "I don't have any money to spare. I need you to learn about responsibility," I cross my arms and pass him. I get the address and start walking.

My brother starts to follow me and I just keep my head down and walk faster. I turn into Ian's neighborhood and start to look at the house numbers once I'm on his street. I message him when I am at his door and he opens it immediately.

"Hey, y/n come in." He looked distraught.

"What's up? Everything okay?" I look at him, "is something wrong?"

"Joji is freaking out about Mang who is freaking out about you." He huffs, "Why aren't you freaking out as much as them?"

There's a pound on the door that makes me jump, "What are doing here? I told you I'm not going to help you with your financial problems."

Ian places a hand on my shoulder, "Listen to your brother for once,"

"What is it?" I look at my brother.

"It's our cousin. She has a heart issue no one knew about until now. She's barely hanging in there. We don't know what to do. You know that we've never been properly trained to get money easily. And I need you to help. Please." He explains.

My face drops. How the hell did this happen? I look at Ian and wipe my eyes. "Hey, we can have a gofundme? Or we could do a stream where all the money goes to your cousin?" He hugs me and I push him off.

"I want you to leave," I look at my brother, "please just get out of here. I will do what I can. But I don't know how much I will be able to do."

I exhale and put my head on Ian's chest. "Perfect time to do a video don't you think?"

He puts his hands on my shoulders, "I'll be there for you. We can record it together? I can make a video too? I'll edit it too, I know this isn't what we planned but I think it will work out."

I nod.

He sets up everything and we sit on the couch. "Want me in the shot?" He asks. I shake my head and take a shaky breath.

"But if I break down, be in reach, okay?" I look at him and he nods. I am on one side of the couch he's on the other, out of view.

"Hey guys," I start to tear up, "so I was planning to, uh, make a sort of... Make a lighthearted comedy video. But I was just... I got some news that may put me on a slight break." I wipe my eyes and continue, "YouTube hasn't been giving me the proper money to handle this. They're giving me enough to live a happy life with some left over," I feel a tear run down my cheek, "My very close and only cousin has been diagnosed with a heart condition." I sob and Ian reaches his hand out, I put my hand in his.