Hiori was locked into his game, a slight grin on his face as he nailed a perfect play. “You guys saw that, right?” he said smugly to his chat.

Between matches, he scanned the comments, expecting praise. Instead, he found:

i didn’t know Hiori had a partner??

does he know they’re behind him?

LMAO turn around, bro

“Huh?” he muttered, confused, until he noticed the reflection in his screen; there you were peeking through his door with a huge, teasing grin.

Hiori whipped off his headphones, pouting as he waved you out of frame. “That’s…my friend,” he muttered, trying to ignore the new flood of comments about how attractive you were. Just great, now the world has caught a glimpse of you. The person he adored most.

It wasn’t that he didn’t like you surprising him; in fact, he loved it. But now the chat was in a frenzy, every other comment raving about how your looks and his love life.

“Enough with the questions, chat! Focus on the game!” he huffed, cheeks pink, and his face ridden with slight annoyance.