You and CaseOh had been streaming together for months. From the very first stream, you were basically impossible to ignore—in the best way. You were loud, energetic, constantly making ridiculous jokes, dramatically reacting to everything, and doing whatever you could to make CaseOh and the chat laugh. Your chaotic energy had become a huge part of the streams, and you and CaseOh had developed an easy friendship because of it.

But lately, something had changed.

During one stream, you were scrolling through chat while CaseOh was completely focused on his game. At first, you barely paid attention to the messages flying by.

Then you noticed the same comments appearing over and over.

"She's so annoying."

"Case needs a new stream partner."

"Why does she keep trying to be funny?"

"This is so cringe 😭"

"She isn't even funny."

You stared at the screen for a few seconds before quietly scrolling past them.

You didn't say anything to CaseOh. You didn't want him to notice. Instead, you forced a small laugh whenever he looked over and tried to act like everything was normal.

But over the next few streams, your energy slowly disappeared.

The person who used to yell at every jump scare was suddenly sitting quietly beside him. You stopped interrupting him with jokes. Your reactions became smaller. You smiled when something was funny, but it didn't have the same energy behind it anymore.

CaseOh never seemed to notice.

The chat did.

During another stream, CaseOh was talking while you sat beside him, unusually quiet.

Then the messages started changing.

"Wait, why is she so quiet tonight?"

"Bro she used to be so energetic."

"Is she okay?"

"Case, check on her."

"She's barely talking anymore 😭"

CaseOh glanced toward the chat, confused by the sudden flood of messages.

Then he looked over at you.

You were staring at your screen, pretending not to notice any of it.