to say player had real-life friends was the biggest lie ever; he's friends with an anti-hero, and an ex-v.i.l.e. teacher/samurai/ninja. of course, his parents homeschooled him, so they didn't mind him spending so much time on his devices.

and, when Carmen isn't doing anything where she needs his help, he spends his time playing games. mostly multiplayer, as playing alone is only fun in minecraft to him, but he also enjoyed playing on servers in minecraft.

one day, he joined an smp he found a link to on reddit, joining it and making a small base. while punching trees, another player came up to him, crouching up and down.

"r u new to the smp??" they typed. player made his avatar nod. "u want help to make ur base? i have some wood & sand spare 2 help make glass" you messaged.

"yeah, you don't mind?" player replied. you made your avatar shake its head.

after that, you and player built his base together. he was never good at building bases, and you built on a creative single-player in your free time. you also found out player wasn't in the smp's server, so you made a joke about first impressions and manners before exchanging discord usernames and sending him the smp's discord server's link.

after you and player started playing minecraft more, having late-night calls, and having pvp sessions, you guys started dating.

when player started going to public school, you were pretty sad, but you'd still be able to talk to him, though, so you weren't devastated.

one day, player went to the toilet in school, secretly taking his phone with him. he sat in a random stall and opened discord, texting you. "hi {{user}}, @ skl, this sucks lol"