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Bretman. Flirting. Again.
Sykkuno sighed. Usually, he wouldn't mind. He knows Bretman isn't serious, he knows Corpse isn't serious (he never is, not even when... Nevermind) he knows how many people flirt with both Corpse and himself, and he knows these are all for the memes.
But today was an off day. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Bretman shamelessly hitting on Corpse, and Corpse smoothly flirting back. What the heck was that voice? What the heck was the "Baby... Babyy nooo" Corpse just said to Bret? Why did Bretman get to hear Corpse call him 'baby' so often, when Sykkuno couldn't gather up the courage to be half as smooth as Bretman was, even though he has known (and pined for, not that anyone has to know that) Corpse much longer.
But, to be really honest, he's used to it. The world isn't fair, and people aren't into him.
"Corpsey bear. I would never snitch on you, daddy" Bretman's voice rang out again and Sykkuno gritted his teeth.
On the outside, he went on playing for the chat, like nothing was wrong. Even if he was actually bursting with annoyance inside.
Next Round.
Sykkuno : Imposter.
Sykkuno internally smirked, looking at his red screen. He has the kill button, and he knows exactly whom to kill first. Sure enough, "Corpsey-poo, I.." Bretman's voice cut off as they all deafened themselves and Sykkuno was ready, they were playing Mira, Corpse's favourite map, and he knows a thing or two about making people simp for him, he had just the person in mind.
Bretman's yellow character was right next to Corpse's black one in Admin, when the green beansprout walked up to them. Sykkuno didn't even hesitate, or check to see if anyone else was around before slaughtering the yellow character then and there. And then he stood there, waiting for Corpse's move. He knew Corpse would be wheezing right now, unsure of how to play this. (And if the thought of Corpse's surprised laughter as he banged the table and said "holy shit oh my God- oh fu-" filled Sykkuno with warmth, that's no one's business)
After waiting for a couple seconds, 40, to be exact, since his kill cool down was down again, he vented out of Admin, kind of surprised that no one had come to the room in such a long time. Another few seconds (and a Rae kill) later, he saw Corpse in reactor with Brooke, Bretman's body still unreported until-
Dead Body Reported.
Toast : Okay, this is Bretman's body in Admin, has anyone seen him this entire game?
Abe : I have no info, other than I can hard vouch for Jack, he was with me all round.
Spedicey : can confirm, we were together the entire time.
Brooke : Didn't Corpse go up to Admin with Bret?
Corpse : Oh no this is gonna get put on me you guys know I- uh I have terrible memory but uh I did go up there with Bret, uh then someone c-came in and I left immediately a-after. Bret was still in there.
Toast : Who was it, Corpse? Who was it?
Sykkuno : yeah Corpse, did you see who it was? Who would kill Bretman? You maniacs!!
Corpse : Uh I..no I don't really remember who it was, sorry guys.
Brooke : I just think that Corpse is really sus.
Sykkuno : he is, isn't he? maybe we should vote him ou- haha I'm just kidding guys I'm just kidding, we don't have enough info, let's skip.
Spedicey : we're on six with two imposters alive,
Sykkuno. We can't skip here. You know that, unless...It's Sykkuno-Corpse?
Sykkuno : WHAT no I'm with Brooke AND Corpse in reactor.
Toast : The Bretman kill could be old, plus Rae is dead, we all know Sykkuno would kill Rae round one. You being with Brooke and Corpse right now is useless.
Brooke : it would make sense, Corpse is simping for his imposter buddy. I'm voting Corpse.
Corpse : Guys it's not me guys. Brooke I was literally with you the whole time after the time I spent in Admin, how could I have killed anyone? Four people are dead. And it's only been one round.
Brooke : that is true, or maybeee it's Sykkuno who's killing them. It would make sense, Jellykkuno killed Bret because he was jealous of him flirting with Corpse way too much.
Sykkuno : no no guys, it's not me guys, you think I would kill Bretman? In front of Corpse? Just to make him simp for me to prove his loyalty, because I was jealous? And then vent out of Admin, kill three others, and go to the reactor to meet up with Corpse and Brooke again?
Toast : when you put it like that...
Sykkuno tuned out the chatter, he had been memeing as usual. When he is sussed, he lays out exactly what he did in a sarcastic tone as a meme, to convince people that he's innocent. But this, what he had just said? That's too specific, there's no way Corpse wouldn't notice.
He was right, he was barely done thinking that, when his phone buzzed with Corpse's name on the screen.
Meanwhile, not satisfied with the info, Toast had called another meeting with no problem since Sykkuno was too distracted to call a sabotage.
With the hand that was out of the frame, Sykkuno picked up his phone and placed it on his lap, hidden by his set up.
Corpse ♡ : What was that? You jealous of Bret? Lmao no way they don't believe you here, right? They'll know there's no reason for you to be jealous. You nearly convinced me of your innocence with that one.
Well, thought Sykkuno, might as well see it through.
User : Well Corpse, since you're not telling them it was me, I take it you're simping for me right?
Corpse ♡ : of course Sy, I'd never tell on you.
User : how far would you go?
Corpse ♡ : HUH?!
User : Are you the Jester?
Corpse ♡ : no...? Why?
User : make it easier for me to win, get voted out.
Corpse ♡ : WHAT LMAO?!!
User : get voted out, then I'll need one more kill. Will you do that for me, Corpse?
On the other side of the screen, Corpse was fucked. This whole thing was so hot. Assertive Sykkuno is his one weakness. Kay that's a lie, Sykkuno, all versions of him, is Corpse's weakness. To him, Corpse would always surrender.
Sykkuno's phone buzzed again after a few seconds.
Corpse ♡ : For you, Sy? I'd do anything.
Corpse ♡ : how though? I can't randomly ask to get voted off, they'll never vote me, they'll think I'm the Jester.
User : follow my lead.
Sykkuno focused his attention back on the game, chat was spamming like crazy, asking if he was talking to Corpse, who was being unusually quiet and they were both muted. Even though Toast had called them a couple times.
Sykkuno unmuted himself.
Sykkuno : guys sorry oh Jesus I was muted I promise I didn't even realize.
Toast : you were muted for 2 whole meetings?!? WITHOUT KNOWING?!?
Sykkuno : uh-huh anyways uh come on, you guys know it's not me.
Toast : how's that Sykkuno? How do we know that?
Sykkuno : do you really think I'd kill Bretman first?!
Spedicey : we never said anything about Bret being the first kill, Sykkunie.
Sykkuno : oh uh I- oh Jesus. Corpse I'm SORRY I can't. You killed Bret, you killed him right in front of me oh Jesus I tried simping for you but I slipped up I'm sorry Corpse.
There was a pause as everyone waited for Corpse's response to that. A long suffering sigh came from his end.
Corpse : he's memeing guys, it's not me, it's not, I wouldn't kill Bretman, I called him 'baby'! I'm voting Sykkuno here.
The "voted" sticker popped up on Corpse's name. Immediately followed by a similar sticker on Toast and Sykkuno's names. Followed by Brooke and then Jack. And eventually Abe.
Five votes on Corpse. One on Sykkuno.
Toast : WAIT. I voted for Sykkuno. That's the one vote. CORPSE?!?!
All that was heard from him was the banging of the desk.
Sykkuno's "Oh Jesus!" rang out the same time as his phone did.
Corpse ♡ : Call this one your LG, and video call me. Immediately.
And who was Sykkuno, to say no to Corpse?
The game ended about another minute or two later, with Sykkuno calling reactor and Brooke killing Toast.
Toast : IT WAS BROOKE AND SYKKUNO?!?!
Leslie : Sykkunooooo
Rae : Sykkuno, Corpse. STOP THE SHRIMPING I CANNOT DO THIS.
Abe : that was some serious shrimping, I've never seen someone willingly get voted out just to cover for someone.
Spedicey : it wasn't half arsed either, Corpse really played it up to make it seem like he was upset about being told on. I really believed that he was pissed at being thrown under the bus by his shrimp when.....
Rae : when HE was the real shrimp all along.
Bretman : Syyykkkuuunooo whyyyy what did I do to you? Corpse, I can't believe it, you chose Sykkuno over me?!
Sykkuno laughed as Bretman fake wailed "Oh Jesus! Bret its not like tha-"
Bretman cut him off by fake wailing some more.
Corpse laughed too "Sorry b-" his phone pinged in a span of half a millisecond.
Sykkuno ♥ : if you're about to call him baby, don't.
Corpse continued, after covering up his slight pause after the 'b' with a cough, he HAD been about to say 'baby' as usual but then.. "Sorry Bret, it's Sykkuno above everyone else for me."
Sykkuno preened at that even as he shrieked "WAHT C-CORPSE!? OH JESUS CORPSE!! Guys he's memeimg guys he's-"
And Corpse's deep, rumbling laughter stood out among the "awws" and "shut up Syk he's not memeing" (Rae, of course, who else)
Bretman fake whined some more "but Corpseee"
Both Corpse and Sykkuno called LG after that,
thankfully for them, Rae called it too. Which prompted Toast to declare the lobby closed, games wrapped up for the day.
Of course Rae did that, thought Corpse. She knew. And she had covered for them. Just them leaving at the same time while everyone else played on would raise questions. Had Corpse told Rae he loved her? He should soon.
After saying all the goodbyes, Corpse waited patiently for the incoming discord call from his favourite anime boy. And he didn't have to wait long before Sykkuno's face showed up on his screen, just for him. God, he's the prettiest thing Corpse has ever laid his eyes on.
"Hello C-corpse! What a last game huh?" Sykkuno laughed.
He really has the audacity to laugh, Corpse thought. "Yeah, indeed. What a last game. Tell me Sy, where did that come from?"
Sykkuno, ever the 'oblivious' one cocked his head to the side, "where did what come from Corpse?"
Corpse shook his head "you know exactly what I'm talking about, Sy."
On the other side of the screen, Sykkuno was low-key panicking. But then again, he had started it. Of course Corpse was going to finish it. And he had to suck it up and go along for the ride.
And yet, he tried "Corpse, I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Fine. Let me spell it out for you then. Where did that come from? You know, the thing where you killed poor Bretman in cold blood right in front of me and-"
Sykkuno winced "Corpse I-"
Corpse didn't let him finish "And you then proceeded to wait to see if I'd simp for you. Even after that, you weren't satisfied with my simping, so you made me get myself voted out and made sure everyone knew I was your simp-"
And Sykkuno snapped. He's only human, and Corpse was pushing him.
"I'm pretty sure you did that on your own, Corpse. Made sure everyone knew you were a simp for me I mean."
"S-sy I just well I-" Corpse stuttered, he was looking at Sykkuno's face on the screen and he was internally screaming.
He looked... Oh God, his face. A smirk on his lips, his eyes that seemed to be peering into Corpse's soul, and his smooth voice were doing things to him, holy shit.
"What? You wanted to talk about it, let's talk then. I did that because I wanted to prove a point." he still hadn't wavered.
His voice was nothing like it was usually, stuttering and soft and cute. It was the exact opposite of that. Assertivekkuno was here.
"What point?" Corpse could barely breathe.
This was... This Sykkuno was... Too close to his fantasies.
"The point where I wanted to make sure that everyone knew, even if you flirt with Bret a lot, you'd choose me over him in the end."
"W-what now? Sy? Of course I would. O-of course I would choose you over everyone else. You're... You." stopping the slip up nearly killed him. But Corpse persevered, he had stopped it. It's okay, but-
"What does that mean? I'm me?"
"I mean- I just I meant" Corpse's breaths were heavy. He was going to panic he couldn't do this. He-
"Corpse. Breathe. Cmon, in through the nose, out through the mouth. Slow down, everything is okay."
Corpse was trying. Really. But this Sykkuno, combined with the things he was saying to Corpse, the things he was making Corpse want to say....this was too much for him.
"Okay Corpse, calm down. Breathe. I'll talk. You just listen. Can you do that for me?"
Corpse nodded. He felt calmer. Sykkuno's voice would always calm him down. He was his comfort streamer, his 'comfort' in the truest sense of the word.
On screen, Sykkuno smiled at him. And for the first time ever, he wasn't covering his smile. That did it for Corpse, he saw Sykkuno smile, and he was gone.
"Look Corpse, I'll admit it okay? I was jealous."
"But w-why? What do you even have to be jealous of?" the younger could barely even believe his ears. Sykkuno? Jealous? Of him flirting with Bretman, apparently?
Looking at the ravennette's incredulous face made Sykkuno more confident in what he had to say. As shy as he was, he was done with his one sided pining.
At the very least, he had to at least tell Corpse about the said pining "I don't like it, okay? You flirting with everyone else. You're never serious, and usually, the fact that you aren't serious helps. It helps to know that the flirting is all for the memes and-"
"B-but I, I flirt with you t-too don't I?" Corpse's voice shook as he talked.
And all Sykkuno wanted to do was reach through the screen and wrap his arms around the younger.
"I like it when you do that. Yes. But again, you're not serious, you never are. Not even when it's me. Then again, people aren't into me" he laughed dryly "but I can't help but wish that this one time, YOU were."
Corpse was choking on his own breathe at this point. There was so much he wanted to say to the older.
How much he liked him, how long he had pined after him, how hearing his voice makes his day, how he played his streams in the background on his worst days, when he could not even get out of his bed. But nothing would come out. Absolutely nothing.
And yet, bless his heart, he tried "Sy... I- I- it's just I-"
And just like that, the older's confidence evaporated. "I-it's okay Corspe! Like I said, people aren't into me, it's fine. You don't HAVE to return my feelings obviously. I just had to get it off my chest, I had to tell you that I- I just really like you"
Sykkuno. LIKES. him?? Likes Corpse? It wasn't just silly jealousy? It wasn't for the memes? Sykkuno likes him?!?!
"Sykkuno..." Corpse started.
"it's fine it's totally fine I'll just-"
"Sy-" he tried.
"-go I really hope nothing changes between us I hope we can-"
"Sykkuno-" he tried again.
"-still be close friends I'll just go now I'll go offline for a bit and then I'll go-"
"Sykkuno stop, le-"
"-get dinner anyways Corpse I'll see you later I have to go and get dinner and water my bimbus and take plants out for a walk and-"
This man. Corpse groaned "SYKKUNO. Shut up."
"Oh uhm uh-huh go on Corpse" he looked upset. And it was killing Corpse.
"I really like you too, okay? I flirt with everyone, yes, that's just how I talk. But with you it's different okay? You're the only one I mean it, with."
"Corpse..."
"no, listen. If you don't like me flirting with Bret, I'll stop. Okay?"
"It's not that, I know that's just the way you talk. It's fine, really, I do NOT want you to change in the slightest. It's just that.. Today was an off day and-" Sykkuno blushed, but he still looked kinda down, Corpse could not have that. Not at all, Sykkuno could not be 'down' it's illegal.
So he cut his rant off "and you were jeaaallouuussss, Jellykkuno"
"I- WHERE DID THE CHANGE COME FROM" Sykkuno was obviously blushing now, even his voice had gone squeaky and high pitched with embarrassment.
"It's fine, don't worry, Kkuno, at least it got you to confess how much you like me" Corpse teased.
The elder ducked his head "yeah well you didn't confess, so one of us eventually had to, wuss."
Now it was Corpse's turn to duck his head, embarrassed "Well I.. I just- you see I-"
"You're a wuss. I know."
"Yeah well you still likeeee me." Corpse stuck his tongue out.
"Real mature Corpse, real mature."
"You likeeeeee meeeeee" he was still going.
The brunette was bright red now "Shut up, you like me too"
Corpse nodded "You bet your ass I do"
"Five seconds in, and you're already talking about my ass"
Corpse choked. He hadn't seen that one coming.
"Uh- I really regret not wearing a mask with you, Kkuno."
"Is it because I can totally see you blushing right now?"
"Maybe..."
Sykkuno laughed and Corpse could swear he was in heaven.
"Hey Sy?"
"Yeah, Corpse?"
"People are into yo-"
The brunette immediately shook his head "No no they aren't, they're just mem-"
Corpse cut him off "Shut up, Sy. People are into you, they aren't memeing, and even more than the others, I'm into you. Really."
The older's eyes were shining through the screen and he looked at Corpse's bare face with so much adoration, like he didn't only see the thousand little scars that dotted his face, like he saw more than that.
Corpse couldn't breathe, again, but this time it was the good kind of breathless. He wasn't panicking, he was excited. Sykkuno likes him, and someday, he might even love him. And that made it all okay.
"Sy, go on a date with me."
"Yes. Yes yes yes. But like, go out? You don't like people, let's not do that."
Sykkuno was concerned about him? He wanted to cry. Shit. God, Sykkuno was..... He was.... Everything, he deserved everything. And Corpse intended to make sure he knew it.
"I could come over? And we could play Mario Kart? Order in?"
"And how would that be different from the time we hung out when you came here to hand deliver your hoodie?" he pouted.
"Let's see, for one, there'll be other activities"
"Like.. You'll touch me?" Sykkuno wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. He was joking, of course, but the effect that had on Corpse....
"I meant kissing. But yeah Sy, I could... In fact... Touch you."
"Well I meant cuddling. Why Corpse, what did you think I meant?" he smirked.
That little demon knew exactly what Corpse meant.
"You know exactly that I was thinking about."
"Oh? Were you thinking I'd let you... Touch me on the first date? I'm not that easy, Corpse. The most you're getting, is me in your hoodie." he giggled. He fucking giggled.
Corpse was pretty much done for.
"You in my hoodie? When we're on a date? Then, there will be quite a lot of touching involved."
"Perv." Sykkuno laughed.
Corpse nodded seriously "I am. For you."
"Maybe I am easy for you too" he winked.
"Maybe." Corpse grinned at the little devil on the other side of the screen.
"You know exactly what you're doing to me, don't you?"
The older raised an eyebrow at him.
"Maybe, maybe not. Why don't you go flirt with Bretman some more, and find out?"
"What will you do? Make me get myself voted out again? Ah Jellykkuno, who likes me so much, he killed someone and made me simp just to prove a point?"
Corpse chuckled.
Sykkuno went red. The younger knew he was teasing a little too much, especially since that was one of the hottest things he's ever seen, and he'll totally jack off to this Sykkuno later, after he's done screaming because SYKKUNO LIKES HIM AAAAA-
"I'll wear your hoodie, and fishnets, and send you pictures. You can look, but not touch."
Corpse wanted to scream, no way right? He wouldn't....
"You fucking demon, you wouldn't"
"Why not? It'd just give you more material when you're touching yourself...I know you're thinking about it."
The younger's eyes widened "Y-you know?"
"You're blushing like a teenager and you're all fidgety ever since I mentioned wearing the hoodie. It doesn't take a genius to figure out you're hard, Corpse."
Fuck.
"How about you stop laughing at me? It's kind of your fault." Corpse pouted at him.
The brunette laughed some more "Aww, you want me to help you with that?"
Corpse REALLY HADN'T seen that coming. But who was he to decline that offer?
"Yes, please."
Sykkuno smirked "Well, too bad I'm tired from all the confessing I had to do. Night!"
And with that, Sykkuno left. Leaving Corpse to deal with his 'problem' all on his own. But holy shit. He repeated "sy likes me" in his head for the 100th time, he was so far gone.
Speak of the devil-
Sykkuno ♥ : remember to text me about that date of ours. Have fun. Better yet, think of me when you're having fun. ;)
Sykkuno ♥ : I mean, I know you will anyway. Good night Corpse.
Corpse sighed. He was in for a long night.