I watched as Clay's neon green Minecraft character went towards Quackity's. I turned my character to look away from them.

"Pleasure doing business with ya" Quackity says

"Quackity..." I turn my character slightly, but not enough to see the 2 "Don't kill him."

"Will do, bye" He says as I hear the 2 leave the call

I do a small sniff, but make sure my chat is able to hear it to make them think I'm somewhat crying. I make the screen go black and play "An Ending" by Toby Fox from the Undertale soundtrack. Gosh, I love traumatizing my chat with a song.

I eventually end stream once the song ends and let out a long sigh. I turn over to look at Niki who is staring at her phone with her mouth agape. We make eye contact with each other, her jaw still dropped

"WILLOW!" She yells causing me to slightly jump "THAT WAS AMAZING"

She runs over to me and embraces me in a hug

"DUDE IT WAS SO STRESSFUL" I yell into her shoulder

Surely everyone in the house could hear us yelling in excitement and shock

Tubbo and Ranboo come into our room, both with shocked expressions

"DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME" Tubbo yells

"THANK YOU"

"IT'S ONE FOR THE ANIMATICS" He yells once more

"YOUR LORE IS SO GOOD, YOUR ACTING WAS SO POGGERS" Ranboo yells. Everyone else was probably getting tired from the yelling

"Better than yours?" I ask with a raised eyebrow

"Ehhhhh, don't get too cocky" He says as he looks back at me and we look at each other with a smile for a moment

I see Toby whisper something to Niki but I can't quite catch what he says

"Come downstairs!" Toby says as he grabs my arm

Me, him, and Jaxon all go down the stairs together and I see a black screen that says "Thanks for watching! Hope you all enjoyed the stream and stay safe

It was the ending of my stream

I then see everyone else sprawled along the living room. On couches and on the floor

"Yo, you guys all watched it??" I ask surprised

"Of course! We wouldn't miss it for the world" Wilbur says, standing up

"Your acting is insane, dude" Phil says

"Eh, it's alright.." Tommy murmurs

"Oh shut up Tommy, you're just jealous that she had more views than your last lore stream" Techno says

"Wait, what?!" I almost choke "I never checked my view count, what was I at??"

"668k" Sapnap responds

"HOLY COW-" I yell in disbelief

Then the star of the show, lol that's a joke because my acting is far better than his, walked down the stairs

"Where's my congratulations?" He asks with a scoff

We all just look at him, deadpanned

Then we slowly all just look towards George

"Why are you looking at me??" He asks

"Go ahead, congratulate your boyfriend" Sapnap says

"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND FOR THE TENTH TIME-"

They argue for a while and I get bored after a while. I'd seen this argument many, many times already.

I feel a nudge on my arm and look over to see the 3 other minors. Ranboo tilted his head towards the back door, gesturing for us to go out. I thankfully started walking with them outside. It was dark, but it was really nice. I always had some sort of connection to the night sky.

We laid down on the grass and looked up at the stars. We're all in a somewhat circle

"Can you believe it?" Tommy asks, coming from above me on the ground

"We're all here, together. I mean, I've met up with Wilbur and Tubbo, but you 2. And all of us together" He continues

"I haven't even met any of you. Hell, I hadn't even face revealed. This is all so...surreal to me" I say, smiling up at the stars

"I'm so glad we were able to plan this. I haven't been this happy in a while" Jaxon says and I see him look over at me in the corner of my eye and then look back up

"You guys are my best friends. I'm so glad I have you" Toby says

"Agreed" We all respond

"Let's promise to always be friends" Jaxon suggests

"I promise" Toby says

"I guess I promise.." Tommy murmurs, but we all know he means it

I think back to last time I made that promise..

Flashback

I had just vented to my best friend, Kenny, over text. They gave me some good advice and then this:

That was the last time he was able to say that..

No matter what happens, no matter how much I care, they always go away. My best friends, my closest friends, the friends that've helped me through the most, have all gone away. It's not their fault, it's not mine.

But ever since I lost them..

I promised that I'd never make a promise again

Present time

"Willow?" Jaxon asks, breaking my thoughts and stopping from making my glossy eyes let a tear out

"I-" I stutter out, trying not to burst out crying in front of them "D- do you think we'll always be friends?"

A bit of silence passes, most likely them being in disbelief of my question. Jaxon sits up and so do I. Tommy and Toby joins us as well.

"Willow, we're always gonna be here" Jaxon says reassuringly

"Yeah but that's what they always say. That they're going to stay, that they'll always be there, until they're not.." I look down, recalling all I've lost

I feel a hand on my left shoulder and look up to see Tubbo

"Is this about Kenny?" He asks

"Yeah.." I murmur

I had told them all about my trust issues, and they'd reassured me before. I felt bad.

Jaxon embraces me in a hug from the right

"Don't worry, Will, we're gonna stick with you no matter what happens. No one can change that" He says

Tubbo joins the hug "Yeah, you're stuck with us. No matter what"

We all look over at Tommy who's just kinda sitting there awkwardly

"C'mon, join the hug" Tubbo urges him

He lets out a sigh and a king "Fineeee" and hugs me as well

I smile as a tear rolls down my cheek

"Thanks guys, so very much. I appreciate you all"

"No problem" Jax says as we all separate from the hug and back to our lying down positions

We just look up at the stars for about 30 more minutes in comfortable silence

"Do you guys believe in soulmates?" Tubbo asks, breaking the silence

We all think for a moment

"I think there's always gonna be that one person that you just seem to fit best with. I don't know about destiny or anything" Tommy responds

"I do" I say "I think there's always gonna be someone that you're meant to meet. Whether it be platonically or romantically. And I think you can have multiple"

"What about you, Jax?" Toby asks

"What classifies someone as a soulmate?" He asks

We sit in silence once more, contemplating the question

"I think it's someone you just click with" I begin "Someone that you would give up the world to be with. That you want to spend all your time with, no matter what. Every time you get a message from them or see them, you're filled with happiness. Someone that matters to you the most and that you hope stays with you forever"

He hums in response

"So do you believe in them, Ranboo?" Tommy asks

"Y'know what?" He responds "I think I do"

And at that, I smile. We lye in the grass under the moonlight for the rest of the night and fall asleep there too. I wake up to a blanket on me and guess that someone saw us out here and made sure we wouldn't be cold.

I sit up to see that all the other boys are still asleep. I look at Jaxon

I wonder if I'm one of his soulmates..

Words: 1375

Date: April 29th, 2021