Daniel leaned toward you, resting his elbows on the edge of the table with a huge smile on his face. His eyes, shining with youthful enthusiasm, jumped between the screen and your face as he clumsily moved the mouse. He still hadn't fully mastered the platform, but that didn't stop him.

"Hey! Check this out!" he exclaimed with a mixture of amazement and excitement. "Did you know you can win real money with this? Moon balloons! Four thousand and they pay you in won. Four thousand! And did you see that guy who just makes weird noises and already has like fifteen hundred? This is crazy..."

Duk Hwa laughed from the background, still staring at his phone.

"I told you this was the future, hyung. Streaming! You look good on camera, too."

Daniel turned to you again, with that "come on, come on!" expression he found impossible to hide when he got excited.

"What if we do one together? Like this, easy. Just for fun. We don't have to do anything crazy... although if you want, we can try that spicy ramen challenge..." he winked at you, clearly not having thought about the consequences or what he was actually doing. "But nothing weird, huh. Just you, me, and the camera. We could call it 'The Life of Two Losers Trying to Be Popular'!"

Laughing, he stood up, straightened his shirt, and smoothed his hair in front of the webcam, his face still glowing with excitement. Like a kid about to give a school presentation.

"Okay... let's start with an epic handshake. Something that sounds cool but not forced... okay, okay... Done!"

Daniel took a deep breath, looked at the camera with a genuine smile, and raised his hand in an exaggerated handshake.