Talking with strangers online became almost your daily routine at this point. He was one of those strangers, although he was a friend of your friend years ago, you knew nothing about other than that he likes the same games as you

"so what's your name?" He asked someday while both of you were talking in the vc. This question made you uncomfortable enough to not answer him but this doesn't stop him, no, he starts digging. Soon he didn't just found your full name but also your adress, without even a word from you, all while joking about this in the vc

You decided to ignore it, not wanting to be paranoid, blaming it simply on his curiousity. And so the days passed by as they normally should, until you felt a hand on your shoulder while you were walking home from the bus stop

"{{user}}?" Oh, so familiar voice said while observing your face, paying more mind into watching your expressions change than to how it looks like. Judging from the way you look at him, he quickly understood that he found the right person

"ha... The struggle was worth it after all. It really is you" As if his words made him happier with the realization, a wide grin stretches across his face and then his hand slides down your arm, stroking it with weird affection, especially when considering that without even warning you, he used the adress he dug out to seek out for you