MEENA'S STARTING soon screen played on a loop as she sat in her chair, brushing her hand behind her ear as soft lofi music played for her chat. She'd been texting Rae who was speeding to make her way home from a photoshoot to stream or to at least make it on time to play 2v2 Valo with everyone.

It'd been a few days since the almost that never was and it was something that both parties thought about often but didn't bother to speak to each other about.

Meena felt childish for not speaking about it but she didn't know what else to do. Talking to him would be the obvious thing to do, but alas, she wasn't ready to do that yet.

Meena finally cleared her throat, sitting upright in her chair as she removed the starting soon screen and smiled at her camera. "Hello, hello."

Her chat zoomed past her with speed as she put her headphone over her head. She sat her phone down, pulling her chair closer to her desk and staring at her monitor.

"My plans are to hopefully play GTA today. I've been lacking and I'm sure Chatterbox will catch me up, but I don't know yet because I'm supposed to be playing Valo with Rae, Tina, and Foolish."

username: why valo?
username: VALO LETS GOOOOO
username: sims?

"No, like, I'm deadass playing Valo because Foolish bet that I could beat him and I thought he sounded stupid for believing in me like that." Meena smiled. "So if I win at least 3 out of 5 rounds I have to go on stream, do some sort of clown makeup shit, and play a horror game. I haven't yet figured out what to do if Foolish wins, so, you guys can help me with that."

There was a soft knock on her door and Meena turned, she expected it to be Miyoung as the girl said she wanted to try and make lunch for everyone, but it was Blau, a plate in his hand and a small smile on his face.

"Miyoung asked me to bring this to you."

Meena smiled, pushing her chair back as Blau stepped closer to the camera.

Blau set the plate down on the edge of Meena's desk, the warm aroma of Miyoung's cooking filling the small space. His eyes met hers for a brief second, and the usual playful energy between them softened just a touch. The light from her streaming setup cast an almost halo-like glow around them, making the moment feel more intimate than either of them expected.

"Have you tasted it yet?" Meena asked as she picked up the fork.

Blau shook his head, looking down at Meena. "No, I brought your plate first."

Meena nodded, twisting her fork around the noodles. "Here, try it."

Meena held the fork out, but instead of Blau grabbing the fork he bent his head down.

Blau leaned in, his eyes locked on Meena's as he took the bite directly from the fork. The air between them seemed to crackle, the small space feeling even more intimate with the soft glow of her streaming setup casting warm shadows on their faces. Meena's heart skipped a beat, and she wasn't sure if it was from how close he was or the way his expression changed as he tasted the food.

username: im gonna kill muself
username: thought we were playing game not watching the aftermath of a love or host
username: guys i want her to play the sims

He straightened up, chewing thoughtfully before breaking into a grin.

Their eyes met again, and for a moment, the noise of her stream and chat blurred into the background. Blau's expression softened, his gaze holding hers just a second longer than usual, making her stomach twist in a way that felt too familiar.

Blau suddenly backed up slightly, clearing his throat as he waved towards her chat.

"I should go." He muttered. "I'm starving and I have to start stream soon."

Meena nodded, her hand over her mouth as she swallowed the food. "Thank you for bringing this to me."

Blau gave her a soft smile before nodded, turning as he began to leave her room.

Meena pulled her chair closer to her desk, moving out of frame to take a bite of food that Miyoung had made, but she had missed the look back Blau had given her before he shut the door to the sound of her laughing bounced off the walls.

username: i'm so hungry that food looks good as hell
username: baking stream when 🎤
username: so no sims?

Meena finally finished her food and continued to wait for Rae as she opened Valo on her second monitor. She took small sips of her water and looked back over at her chat.

"Asking for sims is crazy when Lilsimsie is live playing the game." Meena chuckled.

She moved her mouse over towards Discord, opening the app, and clicking on the call that Foolish and Tina sat in.

"Meena, Meena, Meena!" Tina shouted, her smile evident in how she spoke. "Oh, how I miss you!"

"You're down the hall?" Meena laughed.

"I said I missed Tina and she processed to yell at me." Foolish muttered. "I miss you, Meena."

Meena softly smiled. "I miss you too, Foolish."

"Hello?"

"Rae, Rae, Rae!" Tina shouted in her microphone. "How I missed you? How was the—"

"They don't know!" Rae shouted.

"Oh, sorry." Tina muttered.

"You can do no wrong." Rae smiled. "Sorry for yelling."

After that and establishing teams (Foolish and Tina vs. Rae and Meena), they chose their map and their characters, the round started and Meena begged that Foolish played normally and didn't try to lose on purpose just to see her look stupid on stream.

It would looking pretty bad for Meena and Rae, the two of losing the first two rounds until things flipped and the two of them ended up being tied in the end.

"Final round." Foolish muttered more towards his chat.

"I believe in us, Meena." Rae smiled.

"I do not." Meena muttered.

She prayed that she lost, like begging on her hands and knees that she would lose. She didn't want to sit on stream dressed as a clown, let alone play something stupid ass scary game she would think about for days.

Soon, the round started and rough beginnings began. Rae had been shot and killed by Tina which left Meena running around the map.

Meena had her mouth pressed against her microphone, not speaking as she blinked at the screen. She could hear Rae laughing in her room as she locked her eyes on Tina and Foolish who'd been standing with their backs towards her character.

username: i fear i'm witnessing history that can't be repeated
username: what happens if she wins
ellum: im telling them

Meena pulled back from her microphone, but only slightly. "Please do."

She finally sighed, aiming her gun towards their character before firing.

She could hear Tina screaming and watched as both her and Foolish's characters fell towards the ground.

"Fuck!" Meena shouted and slammed her hand against her desk. "I do not want to dress up as a clown on stream what the hell is this shit! Foolish lost on purpose! I know he did! That kind ass man, what the fuck!"

Meena's small rant garnered laughs from the three before they hopped off the call to either play a different game or to end their stream.

Meena decided to finally play GTA and cleared her throat as she pulled her microphone closer.

"I haven't played in a while so I don't know what's happens." She told her chat. "I don't even know who's on the server."

Once the game popped up, she clicked on her character, and made her message on "Twatter" to make her presence known. It didn't take long for the in game phone to ring with the contact name "Brekker's" flashing across it.

Brekker, or Beverly Brekker's, was a character created by Dimoak. Meena saw Brekker's as Mickey's assistant. He was sweet both in character and out and tried his best (in game) to bring joy to Mickey... and his wife, Gurdy.

Meena cleared her throat. "Good Morning, Brekker's."

"Hello, Mrs. Marshell-Sinclair." He greeted. "I was wondering if you were busy today?"

"I have no plans." Meena said. "Why? What's up?"

"Can we meet? It's about Mr. Sinclair."

Meena glanced over at her chat before back at her screen. "Yeah, I'm at the apartments."

"Perfect, I'll meet you downstairs."

Meena hung up the phone call in game and struggled to get her character to move, but once she did, she rushed her character downstairs and towards where Brekker's stood.

Once there, she and Brekker's got into the car, Brekker's drove around absentmindedly.

"As you know, you are married to Mr. Sinclair." Brekker's began. "And you are truly a kind and wonderful person, Mrs. Marshell-Sinclair, but you must know something that I overheard between Mr. Sinclair and Eli."

Meena furrowed her brows. "Eli Lum?"

Eli Lum, if it wasn't obvious, was played by Ellum, who, in his defense, came up with a better name than "Gurdy".

"Yes, ma'am." Brekker's answered. "I want you to be aware that Mr. Sinclair is planning a divorce."

Meena blinked. That's all she could do as she looked over at her chat with her mouth slightly agape.

username: SHE FOUND OUT THROUGH BREKKERS
username: she's married to a gay man are we shocked?
ellum: HE'S LYING

Meena licked her lips, sighing as she let out a small chuckle. "Are you serious, Brekker's?"

"Unfortunately." He answered. "It happened today while they were at the beach. As an intern for the company I was there. And you know I'd never lie to you because it's in the contract."

"Fuck, Brekker's." Meena sighed. "I- I'm... speech- Is he on- I- I mean, fuck." She laughed. "Is Mickey or Eli around?"

"Not at the moment no. They just went to bed. Something about... a game of... Valorant?"

Meena sighed. "Brekker's can we go to the beach?"

With that, Brekker's took himself and Meena to the beach and all Meena had her character do with Brekker's was there and watch the ocean. It was dramatic, but her character was getting divorced. It shocked her that Blau would take this route with their characters and maybe that's why he didn't tell her. To see her shock and to see how well the RP would come out... also she was married to a gay man... it wouldn't last, but in Gurdy's eyes...

She would soon log off GTA and turn towards her chat. She read a few message and went on to talk about ending stream, but as soon as she was about to hit the raid button, she got a Discord call.

Blau's laugh rang out on the other end of the call, rich and unfiltered. Meena sat back in her chair, glaring at her screen even though she couldn't stop the small smile forming on her lips.

"How dare you?" she started, her voice dramatic but tinged with genuine amusement. "How fucking dare you ruin Gurdy's perfectly good life like that?"

"I told him not to say anything," Blau said, his voice still full of laughter. "But honestly, I'm kind of glad he did. Your reaction was priceless."

"Priceless?" Meena shot back, leaning closer to her mic. "I was speechless, Blau! Do you know how rare that is?"

Blau chuckled again, and Meena could practically hear the grin in his voice. "You were perfect, though. The quiet beach scene? The way Gurdy just stared out at the ocean? It was cinematic."

"Cinematic?!" she repeated, her voice pitching higher. "Blau, I was in shock. You divorced me without warning. Who does that?!"

He hesitated for just a beat, then said, "Well, technically Mickey divorced you, not me. But you know... same energy."

"Fuck you." Meena laughed.

Soon the conversation dialed off and Meena ended stream and my God did the RP drain her. She didn't do much of it because of the bombshell news, but it felt like a weight... but she was married to a gay man.

What could she expected?

— lucy has something to say !!

blau is 33 i de-aged him sorry 😔

the reads on this are reaching number i didn't think were possible... im so scared please

SHORT CHAPTER BUT HEY ITS OKAY ITS OKAY it might seem like filler but its not i swear (its 2000 words this chapter was not short)

bye :))))