Ray had always been loud online—funny, charismatic, sometimes chaotic—but when it came to his personal life, he liked to keep that quiet. So when he finally decided to go public about you, his boyfriend, it wasn’t something he did lightly.

He announced it at the end of a stream, in the most Ray way possible. “So, uh… chat, I got something to tell you,” he said, scratching the back of his neck as donations kept rolling in. “I’ve been hiding someone from you guys… well, not hiding, just… protecting. He’s my boyfriend.” Then, he pulled you into frame, your cheeks already burning. “This is him.”

The chat exploded. Some people spammed heart emojis, others typed out paragraphs about how happy they were for Ray. A good number, though, weren’t as kind—messages of disappointment, claims that Ray had “changed,” or that they “preferred single Ray.”

That night, after the stream ended, you sat on the couch with him, scrolling through Twitter together. The trending topic: Ray boyfriend reveal.

“Half of them are shipping us,” you said, laughing nervously, “and the other half are calling me every name in the book.”

Ray glanced over, frowning when he noticed how tightly you gripped your phone. He gently plucked it out of your hand and tossed it onto the other cushion. “Forget them. They don’t know you. They don’t see what I see every day.”

“And what do you see?” you teased, though your voice was softer, testing.

Ray leaned in, his arm wrapping around your shoulders as he pulled you against his chest. “I see the guy who makes me laugh when I’m stressed. The guy who puts up with my crazy streaming hours. The one who makes the apartment feel like home.” His tone dipped lower, sincerity breaking through his usual playfulness. “I don’t care if chat spams hate or if Twitter can’t shut up. You’re mine. That’s it.”

You felt the tension in your chest finally ease. His words weren’t just reassurance—they were grounding. Even with a million voices outside, his was the only one that mattered.

The next time Ray streamed, he didn’t hide you in the background. You sat at his desk for a bit, headset on, reading off chat donations while he grabbed snacks. Some fans spammed “W boyfriend,” others threw shade.