Queen Shit Bitch

Hey lovey doveys! How yall doing ? Okay, so my dog broke my laptop. Yes, my laptop. Aka where the chapters are posted and written on.

Good news: it’s in the shop to get fixed. Bad news: it’ll be done by Thursday-Friday.

I deeply apologize for the wait. I’m thinking 10-12 chapters posted in bulk as an apology.

ANOTHER THING AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT:

A very nice supporter of mine called me out for my unintentional racist behavior towards Mr. Choi. It was truly unintentional, but unfortunately it was racist.

I just wanted to say on here for everyone to see, I am sorry to those I have offended, hurt, and upset. That was never my intention. Sensei is the JAPANESE word for ‘teacher’, Mr. Choi is a Korean immigrant. This mistake was unintentional, and it may seem small, but it did damage.

Something that seems so little is actually so discriminatory, whether it was intentional or not. The continent of Asia is not just Japan, Korea, or China. It’s filled with even more beautiful countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India, etc. And that’s just naming a few. All of these beautiful countries harbor beautiful intelligent people, people culture, languages, ways of life, and religion. And it was my fault for not doing better and not educating myself.

As for the way Mr. Choi speaks: not at all meant to be cute or funny. He is not fluent in English, he’s a hardworking, Hello Kitty obsessed, immigrant!

Hold on, another thing, Hello Kitty was just simply funny to add to his character. If I’m not mistaken, Hello Kitty is Japanese ?? But Hello Kitty does not tie into his Korean culture. I’m obsessed with Kuromi, so I thought adding something so cute to such a grumpy old man was funny. Like the juxtaposition of that was meant to be funny. Again, Hello Kitty is just simply an interests of his, not anything tied to his culture!

Alright, back on track. My first language is English. I obviously do not know how it’s like to butcher my mother tongue (besides stuttering 😭💀). So my thought process as to how Mr. Choi’s speaks was, “okay, if I was new to English what mistakes would I make ? What are easy words I could easily learn to say for day to day life? What grammar mistakes would I make ?” Obviously I didn’t do a good job of that, which I will educate myself on.

But Mr. Choi’s way of speaking English was NOT a comedic thing, should not be read in a comedic tone, cause there’s nothing funny about that. He’s a hard-working immigrant that has been dealt a hard life (you will learn about that with Eli soon). 

All in all, I am so sorry. The way I went about Mr. Choi was ignorant and disgusting. And I’m not saying this just to make myself seem better, no, what I did was VERY wrong. And to the person who called me out (idk if they want to be mention so I’m not going to add their username) THANK YOU! I know I hurt some people, I went back and edit what needed to be edited. I will educate myself and work on progressing Mr. Choi.

Love yall, thank yall for reading ! And this is exactly why constructive criticism is welcome, so ignorant hurtful mistakes like this are called out!

The guitar part is soooo good in this song. Any jjk fans??? I have a feeling there'll be certain parts yall like in this chapter *smirk* *smirk*. Enjoy!

Jane! 

You’re early 

You’re life’s work is dirtied by the 

Fools! 

Who adore you

Only to find, only to find you out 

The first thing Elijah did when he woke up was jumping jacks. Yes, jumping jacks. 

Usually he was so tired he couldn’t even stand straight, his legs folding in half in hopes of going back to sleep. But no, not today. Today, Elijah was fired up because of his potential hangout with Matt. 

Well, they hangout every day at work (Matt would never call it that) but Matt never said no to his proposal to see the new Superman movie. I mean, he never said yes, but he never said no either. Which left a window of opportunity for Eli to beg Matt’s ear off until he said yes. 

Ssaem yelled at him for ‘causing a ruckus’ so early in the morning, but Elijah just shoved Hello Kitty in his arms to get him to stop yelling at him. It obviously worked. 

Today, Elijah was a man on a mission. He had his alpha face on. His game face on. His gigachad face on. 

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“What’s up with the face? Are you constipated from all that chili?” 

Elijah blinked out of his haze, looking up to face Matt. 

“What?” 

“That face. You look like you’re solving two plus two.” 

“Hey! That was completely uncalled for! I can solve two plus two, Matt.” 

Elijah heard Matt mumble ‘could’ve fooled me’ but he chose to ignore him. He couldn’t have Matt fighting him today (Eli never starts their arguments, Matt just grows defensive too much), after all, Matt would hopefully be the one taking him to the movies today. 

All day, Elijah’s been checking his phone to see if the movie is still available. It’s a Wednesday for pete’s sake nobody’s going to the movies on a Wednesday. But Elijah couldn’t help it. He reaaaally wanted to go to the movies with Matt. Not even because he was his crush, but because he just simply wanted to get his cold boss more. He knew a few things already, but not much. 

He looked up at Matt and watched him for a little bit, forgetting to do his own set of windows. Gosh, he’s so delusional. Matt is so out of his league. He’s older, more handsome, taller, way more mature. Elijah totally doesn’t stand a chance, but he’s gonna try regardless. That’s what Tommy would want (not him dating an older man), Elijah going for what he wanted. 

Out of impulse to get out of his head, Elijah began spraying Matt with the spray. He was giggling to himself, which he guesses is what got him caught. 

“Are you serious? What are you doing?” 

Elijah silently went back to work, trying to ignore the fact that he could feel Matt’s stare burning into his skull. 

“Don’t do that again.” 

Elijah was tempted to do it again, but he forgot about the vow he made himself. Oh, yeah, that’s right. He was supposed to not get Matt to argue with him. 

They worked after that in silence. Well, Elijah was still singing and humming to himself. So silence from Matt. Anyways, house after house they cleaned windows, Matt talked to customers, and Elijah checked his phone religiously. 

On their second to last house of the day Elijah spotted a step ladder. Hrm, who's this? Is it even supposed to be here? Now that he's looking at it, it was kind of funny seeing a step ladder in such a random spot. Matt walked by, busy loading the truck, so Elijah asked him. 

“Hey, is this our step ladder?” 

Matt stopped to see what he was talking about.

“Yup, nothing gets past you, bud.” 

Elijah smiled when Matt turned away. Holy cow, did Matt really just give him a compliment!? Was Elijah finally working his way into Matt’s heart? This day just got so much better! 

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Now, Elijah was walking with Matt in the city. Elijah was looking at everyone and everything. While he was job hunting, he was too busy on the grind (no he wasn’t, he just didn’t pay attention to his surroundings) to stop and admire the city. That he now resides in with Ssaem. And even shared the space with Matt. Wow, this is a really good day so far. Elijah doesn’t know why he’s getting so sentimental, but he is. 

It’s been a hectic time as an adult. Some days were better than others, but that’s okay. As long as Elijah got to text Levi and Tommy, got to wake up to Ssaem’s presence, and be allowed in Matt’s space everything was gonna be fine. Wow, superman would like totally high-five him for such a positive thought. 

Elijah turned his head to the left when he caught sight of a dirty window. Wait, yes! Another marketing idea. He leaned into Matt’s space to get him to listen. 

“Matt, look, look, those windows are pretty dirty. What if-what if we go up to like just a random ramp store and just wash the windows for free. And then we take a picture and we’re like, ‘Oh we wash… windows! Just as like a service for free. Like, ‘Oh we’re a nice company.’ Like, look! Right here we could just do this right here. Oh, look-” 

“What do we do about our scheduled clients?” 

“Well, we do those, we do those too but then we just like sneak in like the little free ones and it's like, we just do a little heart emoji like,” Elijah makes the heart emoji with his hands, “We love our city!” 

“So you just wanna start doing work for free?” 

“Mhmm, nooooo, no, no, no. Just like every now and then, y'know?" 

“Honestly, this isn’t your worst idea yet. It’s not bad. Sometimes we will do that for companies if they’re on the fence for us. We’ll give em a window clean.” 

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s just-let’s just do it for like random-” 

“But you’re asking-you just wanna start just cleaning everything for free. Is that what you’re asking?” 

“And then everybody’s like, “Oh wow, they’re the cool window company. They’re nice.’” 

“Yeah ... .See that’s where-that’s where we kind of get lost on like ‘good ideas’ and then they turn into really bad ideas.” 

Elijah deflated, rolling his eyes when Matt turned away. This is like the thousandth time Matt turned down his awesome sauce ideas. Whatever, Matt just doesn’t know what he’s missing. He will eventually though, because he’ll give in one day. Elijah’s counting on it. 

They reach the last client’s house destination. They worked, got it done, and boom they’re back in the car. Usually, Elijah would be snoring in the car by this time. But he’s brimming with energy. Matt notices this and turns to look at him. 

“You’re still up. What’s up with that?” 

“Um, I, uh, can I ask you something?” 

Matt squints at him, but he still nods his head. 

“So…y’know how we’re both DC fans.” 

“No, we’re not.” 

“And we’re like Batman and Superman.” 

“Elijah, you are far from Superman.” 

“Matt, Matt, Matt, just listen, please. Please just listen and think like, really, really, really, hard on this. Please.” 

Matt was silent for a minute, and he quickly averted his eyes as if the sight of Elijah burned him. That was weird. 

“Sure. Shoot.” 

“Can we go to the movies and go watch Superman?” 

“Elijah, no.” 

“Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt.” 

“No, Elijah, no. And that’s final. I need rest, you need rest. I don’t even feel like driving there.” 

“Maaaaaaatt.” 

“Elijah. Stop.” 

“I’ll pay for everything.” 

“You can’t even afford that.” 

“I’ll pay you back then!” 

“You could buy me a yacht and I’d still say no.” 

“Maaaaaaatt. Maaaaaaaaatt. Maaaaaaaatt. Pleaseeeeeeee.”

“No. N. O. No.” 

“I’ll be quiet during it! You won’t even know I’m there! I promise!” 

“I already told you my answer.” 

“ I just want to hangout with my cool boss.” 

  “....Elijah.” 

“Please, Matt. Please. I’ll be so good, I promise.” 

Matt flinched back as if Elijah had struck him. Elijah leaned over the console space to possibly help him, fearing that the eggs with barbecue sauce caught up to him, but Matt just swatted his hands away. 

“Alright! Alright! We’ll go, we’ll go. Jesus Christ…” 

“Yay!” 

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Matt was driving them to the movies in his personal car. A Ford F-150. Elijah's jaw was still hanging loose just from the sheer size of it. It was a beautiful red, and just hearing the engine roar made Elijah almost pee himself. The entire ride Elijah was laughing from the speed Matt was going. Matt tried to turn his Nirvana up to cancel out the loudness of Elijah’s dumbassery, but it was no use. 

Once they made it to the movies Elijah tried to take off running but Matt held him by the back of his shirt, pulling him close. 

“You’re not getting hit by a car after forcing me to watch this movie with you.” 

They got in, Matt handled all the business and talking. The only thing Elijah did was point at the candy he wanted. 

Once they got in Elijah was buzzing all over the place. He couldn’t believe this! His wish came true!! Gosh, he’s so freaking happy. He turns over to look at Matt, who’s glaring at the ads. 

“Matt-” 

“Inside voice, Elijah.” 

“Pssst, Pssst, Matt. Matt. Matt, thank you so much. I’m so happy. This is like so cool, I’m so excited. Are you excited?” 

“...You’re welcome, even though my hand was forced-” 

“You could’ve said no.” 

“....Elijah….I literally did. Multiple times.” 

“Well, still, thank you! Here-here’s my apology, get some of my candy.” 

Elijah tried to feed it to him but Matt kept dodging him, desperately swatting off his. 

“Elijah, no, stop, move! You are an adult, why did you even pick M&M’s?” 

“Um, because they’re good. Plus, you paid for it so eat 'em.” 

“No, give me some other candy. I’m not eating chocolate so late.” 

“Why? Are you afraid it’ll give you nightmares?” 

“Elijah….I’m gonna say this once-” 

Elijah shoved a handful of Skittles into Matt’s mouth, clasping his hand over to force Matt to swallow them down. He will kill Matt with kindness if he has to. 

Matt does swallow them, but next thing Elijah knows Matt has him in a Full Nelson. 

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Elijah felt the car stopped in the midst of his crying, and he turned to see that they were outside of his home. 

“Alright, time to go.” 

“Maaaaaaaaaat. The-it-that was SO beautiful,” more sobs came out, “I’m-I’m so happy and sad at-at the same time!” 

“It was a nice movie. Very touching. Now get out of my car.” 

“Maaaaat. Maaaaaaatt.” 

“Shushhh, shushhh, it’s like nine pm, Elijah.” 

“ Like it was sooooo good. And-and then the guy that died!” 

Elijah went into another sobbing fit but by this time Matt leaned over to unbuckled him. Elijah finally got the memo and got out of the car, walking backwards to continue talking to Matt. 

“Thank youuuu for taking me. I’m so *sniffles* happy.” 

“I would say no problem, but it really was.” 

“That was like the best movie ever.” 

“Mhm, now go. Be quiet for Mr. Choi. Go to bed immediately. I mean it, Elijah.” 

“Okay, Matt. See you tomorrow. Thank you.” 

In the back of his mind he noted that he didn’t hear Matt’s car drive off until he was inside. 

Author’s Note: Chapter seven down! How we doing? How we feeling? We got a lil glimpse of soft Matt!! Ya’ll worry, because it’ll be a while until this version comes back lol. But don’t worry Elijah, your daddy will eventually come back around. 

We got whiny submissive Eli here as well! Gosh, I love writing his whines. It was making my toes curl LMFAOO. Also, why do you think Matt finally caved in and took him to go see the movies??? Heh, wink, wink, smirk, smirk.

Another thing, do yall like the scenes I’ve been adding in? As yall probably realize, I write the videos word per word, and then I usually make up scenes and dialogue after that. Do y'all like it? I’m trying to flesh out the characters more than what they show us. Matt be soooo mean in some of the videos, and obviously I can’t just write only that part-because there'll be no romance! I don’t want sweet innocent naive Eli marrying an asshole. And I know y'all don’t want that either! So I gotta get him to go from mean/condesencing to reluctant sweet tsundere. Lmk if it’s working or not! I don’t want him to be too mean to the point it’s like ‘alright, get this fuck ass asshole outta here’ but I also don’t want him to be too soft bc that’s not his character. He’s a tsundere through and through. 

Haven’t seen Levi in a lil minute. Yall miss him? I haven’t seen Mr. Choi/Sensei either! But don’t worry, I ain’t forget about my own characters. Levi will actually be pretty important in Eli’s decisions *wink* *wink*. As for Mr. Choi, I’ll try to incorporate him somehow. I’ve stopped writing Eli’s morning scenes bc I’m not sure if y'all like that. It’s more of a filler part in the chapters, just pretty much comedy or kick-starting Eli’s dilemma of the day (aka how that one superman show worked! Just in a different way.) I lowkey missed writing them because Mr. Choi bullying Eli is just so funny to me. But he loves his boy to bits, trust! 

 Lmk if yall got any song recommendations. I got a pretty good list on my own now that the plot is kicking off, but I’m very open-minded. The songs could be for Matt or Eli! 

Ignore the fact that this Mistki (idk how to spell her name either sorry) is toxic. Elijah and Matt are not toxic! Try to look at these set of lyrics in rose tinted glasses...please?

And I am the idiot 

With a painted face 

In the corner, taking it up space

But when he walks in

I am loved, I am loved~

Elijah woke up with a groan. Matt worked him like a dog yesterday. They went to like twenty houses, and didn’t get a break until the tenth house. Elijah knew Matt had a strong work ethic from Levi, but my goodness. 

He groggily brushed his teeth, did his morning routine, and started his car. He did like taking the scooter, but gosh was he tired this morning. Hopefully listening to his favorite songs would energize him. He went back inside to give Ssaem a hug. 

“Bye Ssaem, see you later.” 

“Young man, why so sad?” 

“Mmmm, I’m not sad, just tired. My boss worked me like there was no tomorrow yesterday.” 

“The hard-worker? The crush? Hopefully?” 

“Yup! Turns out he’s my boss.” 

“I see. He worked you hard in good or bad way?” 

Elijah's eyes flew open. 

“SSAEM!?” 

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He was yet again driving in the car with Matt, the car being filled with silence. Truthfully, he was a bit sour from their ARGUMENT yesterday. But that’s okay, Elijah was raised on reliance. He’ll just keep nagging at Matt about it until he agrees. 

He turned his head to look at Matt, wanting to see what he was doing. Said man was currently eating his food like Elijah might steal it from him. He was eating eggs and? 

“Is that barbecue sauce?” 

“Mhm.” 

“Ah, okay.” 

Elijah turned away a little bit, utterly disgusted at the display of human savagery to an egg. Why barbecue sauce of all things? 

“You, uh, you always eat it like that?” 

“Mhm.” 

“You actually like it like that?” 

“....No, of course not. I eat this every morning just to torture myself. It’s therapeutic.” 

“Heh, that makes more sense. I was beginning to think you actually eggs in such a nasty way. I was like ‘woahhh, this guy’s kind of a freak’.” 

Matt slowly turned to look at him. 

“That was sarcasm, Elijah.” 

“Oh, right. What I said in response to that was sarcasm too. I peeped game and locked in, don’t worry.” 

Matt rolled his eyes at him and went back to looking at the road. Elijah bobbed his head to the music slightly, but then boredom began to settle in yet again. He turned to look at Matt again. His stern face, those focused eyes, the way his hands and arms flexed while turning the wheel. 

“Can you take me to McDonalds today?” 

“Absolutely not.” 

“C’monnnn, I won’t even pick anything expensive!” 

“I can afford McDonalds, Elijah. I just refuse to take you there.” 

The car was silent once more. 

“Y’know, I'm so proud of us.” 

“For what?” 

“Earlier when we were talking about your eating habits, we had a conversation. Like you didn’t grow defensive. I’m proud.”  

Matt gave him a death glare. 

“There was no reason to bring our past conversation up.” 

“Well, it wasn’t-” 

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Elijah rubbed his throat while climbing the latter to the roof. His throat was starting to hurt from their hour long argument in the car. 

He was walking behind Matt when he saw another marketing opportunity. Yes! He waited for the possible moment for Matt to trip over the wire hanging low from the ground. 

“Please trip, please trip, please trip-” 

“What?” 

“What? No, wouldn’t it be funny like if we did a video and then you tripped. And-and then you turn around and you’re like, ‘Trip’s Windows!” 

He was hit with another deadpan stare. 

“Okay, but like picture it though-” 

“We’re on a roof. You really think it’d be good if I tripped and fell on a roof?” 

“If-if there’s trees and stuff it’d be co-uh, no.” 

“Exactly. Matter of fact-” 

“Heh, you like said your own name-” 

“How about you go back down and clean the windows on the first floor, okay?” 

Elijah shrugged his shoulders and went to go climb down the latter. He didn’t want to be alone, but if his boss is giving him orders then he guesses he’ll follow them. 

Elijah was singing ‘Don’t Mine at Night’ to himself when his phone rang. He was like a really good worker. So as a good worker, you can’t answer your phone on the job. And that’s exactly what Elijah did. But the phone just kept ringing, ringing, and ringing! Who wants to talk to him of all people so badly!? Elijah picked up his phone, flipping it aggressively because he was kinda annoyed. 

“Alright, pal, go find someone else to scam. I’ve had enou-” 

“Elijah, it’s very unprofessional to not answer your phone when you’re on a job. ‘Cause I’m calling you, and there's more work to be done up here. I’m stuck alone because you’re not answering your phone. Unprofessional. Unacceptable.” 

“Wait, wait, Matt? Woahhh, dude, how’d you get my number!? That’s like, so cool! Now we can text and call and stuff.” 

“....Did you hear nothing I said?” 

“No, no, no I heard you. I just ignored you for a moment to think over the fact you have my number. Even though I didn’t give it to you. Trust me, I would remember giving you my number. Because I would like text you cool memes and stuff-” 

“I asked Levi for it. Now can you please consider the words I said?” 

“Ah, yeah, sure dude. Um, let’s see. Well, Matt, you’re the one who banished me to the first floor. Plus, I didn’t even know you had my number. So it’s like totally unfair for you to pin the blame on me.” 

“Oh, so it’s my fault?” 

“...You’re getting defensive.” 

“No, no, we’re not going to…argue-” 

“Thank you!” 

“At a client’s place. Now that you know it’s me, answer the phone the moment I call you, understand?” 

“Yes, sir!” 

“Good. Now come up here and clean these windows with me.” 

Oh, now you want me up there. 

Elijah thought to himself grumpily. He finished the windows on the first floor and then climbed up the ladder to the roof. He walked over to where Matt was working and patted him on his back in hopes of scaring him. 

“Dude, I could hear you from a mile away.” 

“Oh, well, don’t worry. The Robin to your Batman is here!” 

“...Absolutely not.” 

“Whaaat!? Dude, we’re like totally Batman and Robin though! Think about it, we fight off dirty windows. We climb roofs, we have a utility belt, we have our own little Batmobile.” 

“Except Tim’s smart, Jason’s athletic, and Dick’s responsible. And even then they’re all smart, actually fit, and actually use their brain. You embody absolutely none of those traits. So you’re automatically disqualified from being a Robin of any kind.” 

“.....Did you really just nerd out? Like, full blown nerd out about the Robins right in front of me?” 

“......Shut up, Elijah.” 

“No, because you literally just did! BAHAHAH! Dude, you’re a nerd just like me!” 

“Yeah, well, at least I’m not the one who wears a superman tie under his shirt.” 

“Would you like for me to wear it over the shirt?” 

“I would prefer it if you keep your nerdy habits at home actually.” 

“Look, I’m not judging! Hey, speaking of, we should go see that new Superman movie that just came out!” 

“Can you even sit still or be quiet during a movie?” 

“I mean, I’d try my hardest for you.” 

“Just get back to work, Elijah.” 

Elijah happily went back to work, helping Matt with the windows. He got some more information about his crush! They had common ground about DC, which was soooo cool. They could like go on dates and stuff and talk about DC all night and stuff. Their wedding could be DC themed! Elijah would dress up as Superman and Matt can be Batman. Lex Luthor wouldn’t work because Matt actually has a good amount of hair. 

Author’s Note: Another chapter down, how we feelin, how we doing???? 

Writing these two is sooo funny. Also, Matt’s a lil DC nerd! But, are they gonna go see that movie together????? Questions, questions, questions. 

This chapter was pretty short ngl. I didn’t want to overwhelm yall bc I know the past two chapters were long. But, lowkey I don’t like how short this chapter was. PlusI have 117 more videos to cover, so they’re going to be longer in order to cover all of them. 

I’m thinking at least 1,500-2,000. But one of the chapters was 2,000 something (forgot which one). How did yall feel about that??? Was it good, too long, or just right? 

Another, this chapter was a bit dialogue heavy. Did yall like that? I lowkey didn’t, but then again it was pretty dialogue heavy bc of how short it was. I think if I write more lengthy chapters they won’t be dialogue heavy. Lowkey, not my best chapter so I’ll do better on the next one. Okay, I don’t know why I sound so sad, it’s not that serious lmfaoo. 

Comment down anything (obvi besides hate, we take constructive criticism dolls), questions, funny shit, idc. I like engaging with yall bc yall funny asf on instagram. The way yall acted like I was yallsavior had me cracking up. 

I lowkey don't like PinkPanteress (idk how to spell it sorry) music. It just kinda gives insecure, or at least her old music did. But I freaking love this song. It sounds like if flowers could talk. Btw, please don't jump me for disliking her lyrics!

Hey it’s me, 

We’ve been talking twice a week

I like this beat

Yeah it just makes me wanna sing 

(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah) 

Elijah woke up because of the vibration from his phone. He pulled it out from under his butt, flipping it open to see who could’ve possibly been texting him at five in the morning.  

Levi 😎 at 5:10 

Morning, Jay-Jay.

Remember, you got this, boss man ain’t got nun on you. 

Well, he does. A lot actually, but you get the sentiment, right? 

Anyways, keep your chin up high, I’ll be thinking about you while snapping cool videos and pics. 

Elijah at 5:13

                                   I’m so honored to have a nickname from you, cool bro! Can I make one for you too? 

                                                       I appreciate this, but how in the world are you up at the crack of dawn? 

                 Don’t worry, I’ll be thinking about you too while boss man is probably verbally abusing me 🫩 

Levi 😎 at 5:15 

Glad you like the nickname! Though it would fit. 

Sure, do your thing

I was up playing COD actually, and then I just randomly thought about you 

Sorry if I woke you up, but knowing you, you probably needed to get up anyways 

Anyways, get up, go make money. Continue being a nerd, don’t let boss man stop you 

Elijah at 6:00

                       Sorry chat, lowkirkenily fell asleep. 

        Don’t worry, I got my superman tie on under my shirt. He’s not getting through this. 

  How does Apple Bottom Jeans sound??? I like it!! 

Apple Bottom Jeans😎 at 6:15 

I know that’s right 😂 

Elijah, what the fuck kinda nickname is that 😭

Elijah smiled at Levi’s message, opening up the chat to Tommy’s. 

Elijah at 6:20 

                                 Cool bro, I forgot to tell you that I got the job!

Coolest Brother in the Entire Galaxy 😎🥰🔥❤️ at 6:23

Next time don’t make me wait so long, dumbass 

Good job though, knew you could do it 

You never told me what job it was though

Elijah, you better not be slinging dope or some shit 

Elijah at 6:25

Dude, I clean windows 

Coolest Brother in the Entire Galaxy 😎🥰🔥❤️ at 6:27

Oh 

Well, yeah, you better have gotten that job 

I would’ve came up there and beat your ass if you didn’t 

Does it pay good?

Elijah at 6:30              

 I mean, yeah, I guess. I get to afford Pokemon cards from Walmart

I’m my bosses side kick now, genuinely terrified for my life rn big bro 

Coolest Brother in the Entire Galaxy 😎🥰🔥❤️ at 6:33

If he gives you shit tell me 

Immediately 

In that very same second, do you hear me? 

Elijah at 6:40

                 Could you like not beat up my boss?        

Coolest Brother in the Entire Galaxy 😎🥰🔥❤️ at 6:41

I make no promises         

Elijah at 6:42

                                        *You hearted a message* 

As Elijah rode on his scooter to his job he began thinking about his boss again. Was his boss a bully or chill? Whatever, Elijah could deal with anything that comes his way! But he also began thinking about Levi and his marketing stuff. Making videos was so cool. Plus, Elijah would be a good friend if he was able to help Levi out with his new position. Wait…help Levi out? A thought sparked in Elijah’s mind.

He parked his scooter into the storage room again, and munched down on a spoonful of chili before leaving. 

He wandered around for a while looking for boss man. He should’ve asked Levi what he looked like, gosh he could be so stupid sometimes! He turned a corner before bumping into somebody. He mumbled out an apology, trying to hurry up and find the boss man. Where could he possibly be? Did he leave without him or something? 

“Where are you running off to?” the person he bumped into questioned. 

The  voice was awfully familiar. But he didn’t know why, because he bumped into nothing but chest. Elijah didn’t know anyone that tall. Elijah turned to face the man. 

Elijah felt like he just transcended into heaven but also took a freefall to hell. It was the man! Like, the really, really, hot man! 

“Uh, uh, nowhere sir. It’s uh, pretty surprising to see you again. Like, you were in my house, now you're here! At my job, where I clean windows and stuff.” 

The man raised his eyebrows at Elijah’s words.

“Are you trying to insinuate that I’m stalking…you?” 

Elijah let out a dry chuckle, trying to laugh off his unintentional disrespect. 

“Um, no, not at all. Pfft, I would like, never do that. It’s just, y'know, cool to see the dude who cleaned my old man’s window at my job.” 

“You’re Mr. Choi’s boy?” 

“Uh, yeah, heh, why? Does he talk about me a lot?” 

“....Not in the way you would like.”

Elijah let out a quiet ‘oh’. That was okay though, Ssaem always said his mean words out of love. 

“Wait, um, what are you doing here though? Are you like just seeing what other windows companies do or something? Are we competitors? That would suck, I don’t want to fight you.” 

The man leaned back on the wall, crossing his arms and legs. Wow, he looked so cool! Like, he looked like a real man. He was tall, lean, yet he had such big guns on his arms. If Elijah wasn’t so confused he would’ve been drooling. 

“What are you doing here?” 

Oh, okay, wow. Flip the question right back to him. Elijah can work with that. 

“Well, I started working here two weeks ago, it’s been nice. But if you’re asking like, what I’m doing here right now, I’m looking for my boss.” 

“Oh, yeah?” 

“Yeah! Levi, my coworker. He’s uh, like around my height, black, braces, he’s a cool dude. Anyways, Levi was like, “I’m going into marketing, you’re with the boss man now.” I think he left without me, I don’t know.” 

“Did he ever give you a name?” 

“No, we’ve just been calling him boss man. He was mostly preparing me on boss man’s personality and stuff.” 

“Really? How’s…boss man like?” 

“Well Levi said he’s quiet, serious, and patient. I hope that’s true.” 

“Do you want to know his name?” 

“Yeah! I’ve been looking for him for like twenty minutes, dude!” 

The man stuck out his hand for a handshake, Elijah accepted it without hesitation. The grip was real firm, which had Elijah almost curling his toes.                                      

“Matthew Holcomb. Just call me Matt.” 

“Uh, Elijah Benjamin. Elijah’s my first name, so I would like to be called that. Nice to meet you, but I was asking for the boss man’s name.” 

Matt shot him a deadpan stare. 

“Elijah, I’m ‘boss man’” 

Elijah truly felt as though the ground collapsed beneath his feet. 

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So, now Elijah was riding in the car with bos-Matt. His boss, his crush. Now it felt too real saying that out loud, as if finally affirming his feelings. The feelings were still fresh, but Elijah could already feel a longing in his chest. 

They were pretty silent together at first, with most of it being Elijah just admiring Matt’s face whenever he could. He also watched how Matt worked, how his biceps flexed when he was cleaning a window on a higher level, how his shirt would rise….

This is the first day, god why is he acting like he’s in heat!? Plus, this is boss man. Like, he can’t be acting like this. Maybe at home. 

But he also observed how Matt advertised their company. Any customer or stranger that asked a question about them Matt was quick to either give a whole speech (when he was in a socializing mood) or refer them to google. Hm, pretty old school, which is to be expected from an old (very hot) guy. 

But another idea struck Elijah. He could help Levi, but he could also help Matt. Think about it, getting Matt to agree to his cool marketing videos would A.) Help Matt with his oldness and lack of social media awareness, B.) Help lessen the workload for Levi (because if Elijah was basically doing the work for him, he was helping his cool friend out!), and C.) Gain the company engagement aka customers! And he could do it in the best way he knew: comedy! 

Elijah just knows his seventh grade teacher is rolling in his grave now for calling him an idiotic brainless dirt-eater. 

He waited until Matt parked the car to explain his idea. 

“So, um, Matt. I know you’re a big fan of doing like word of mouth and like, advertising on google and all that stuff.” 

“Yeah..?” 

“Hear me out.” 

“Okay…..?” 

“Comedy.” 

There, Elijah dropped the mic. He would’ve felt more proud of himself if Matt wasn’t looking at him with a mix of concern and confusion. 

“Social media marketing. We do some funny videos-” 

“Yeah, okay, no.” 

Matt begins climbing out of the car, shaking his head to himself. Elijah tries to reach for him in hopes of getting his point across. 

“You’re a funny guy! I’m a funny guy! Like people-” 

“No, no, no, let’s go. We gotta work.” 

Elijah scrambles out the car, chasing after Matt. He takes a momentary pause to say hi to a man’s dog. 

“No, but for real! Because we could do some funny videos of us like washing windows and posting them and it’ll like go viral and stuff. And then people will get-” 

Matt holds up their work belts and says, “I mean look at this, what about this is funny?” 

“You can find the comedy in everything! Like, look, look,” Elijah reaches for a spray bottle, “Oh wait, is that a water bottle, or is that a ... .uh…I don’t know but you know, we could think of some funny ideas, y'know?"

“I mean there’s nothing funny about cleaning windows though. We’re not comedians. What are we supposed to do?” 

“I’m-I’m funny.” 

The silence after that was a real confidence killer for Elijah. 

“...Yeah, that water bottle bit really worked out.” 

“Hey, okay like I didn’t think about it, it was just pretty random! Okay, look, just think about it like this, right, right, right-People would like us because we’re funny. So then they see our funny video and they’re like, ‘Oh, wait, those people are funny. They’ll do-they’ll be cool.’ Like they’ll trust us.”

“You don’t think that’s gonna make us look like imbeciles.” 

“Think-Think about like Jim Carry, Ryan Reynolds…and other people. They’re funny-” 

“Oh! Jimmy Carry and Ryan Reynolds? Y’know what?-” 

“Yeah, yeah, yeah! Like if you say them on the street you’ll be like, ‘Oh wait they’re funny! I can-I can-they’re cool. Like I want them to work for me” 

“That’s a good point. Maybe you should, uh, maybe you should call them and see if that they want to come work for Trips Windows. Because they’re funny! So we can hire them and they can come wash windows for us and be funny guys! And that way-” 

“I want it-I want it to be like..Wait, I don’t have their number though.” 

“Well, what do you want me to do about that?” 

“Well, okay, look, look, we can be funny! If I-If you-if you just-” 

“Buddy, you just tried to be funny with the water bottle bit and it got….literally nowhere. I’m just-I’m just pointing out things! I’m not trying to be rude. I’m just pointing some things out!”

“We could just film a video! Like, cmon. It would be cool to do some marketing! Look, look, here,” Elijah pulls out his phone, “We can-” 

“So, you wanna film inside client’s homes?” 

“Well, yeah, but hey, hey, y'know we’re doing a funny skit…We’re washing windows over here! Like, yolo!” 

Elijah looked over at Matt to see what he thought about it, only to see the face of nothing but disappointment. 

“No, like you have to go along with it. Like you have to improvise!” 

“Okay, well, um. We gotta go clean a house because that's what we do. Because we clean houses-” 

“I know.” 

“We wash windows-” 

“I know.” 

“We offer pressure washing-” 

“I know, I know.” 

“Uh, things of that nature. Gutter cleaning, things like that.-” 

“I get it, Matt.” 

“We don’t offer stand-up comedy to these people. And I think we should just-” 

“But-” 

“And I think that we should just know our place-” 

“But we should go with the times! All the cool companies are marketing-”

“That’s really cool! I think that’s really amazing. Gen z, millennial, I totally get it. There’s an age gap. I understand.” 

“I just wanted to incorporate stuff that’s cool…” 

“Yeah, hey, dude, I think-” 

“And people would like it…” 

“Keep thinking of ideas that don’t have to do with any of this on your off time, okay?” 

“I-okay..” 

“Good. Good. Now let’s get back to work, and forget this…conversation-”

“No, it was more of an argument really.” 

“Conversation-” 

“Nah, man I’m telling you it was an argument. By like legal classification it was.” 

“Elijah, I’m not going to argue with you about the concept of arguing of all things.” 

“Buuuut, you kinda are.” 

“...I’m not.” 

“But you are. Like you’re responding to what I’m saying in a defensive tone-” 

"Nobody's getting defensive!” 

“You’re yelling!” 

“I’m not! And even if I was, yelling doesn’t automatically equate to being defensive.” 

“But in this situation it does because you’re yelling because you feel like I’m attacking you!”

“Nobody’s being defensive!?” 

“You are!”

Nothing but pure silence after that, Elijah noticed stares around them. Matt saw him looking around and followed his stare, noticing the same thing. They both silently agreed to get back to work. 

Nosy teenagers peer around the corner. 

“Y’know I would offer them my mom’s services-” 

“Ew, your mom’s a prostitute?” 

“No, you fucking idiot. She’s a marriage counselor.” 

“Ohh, yeah don’t do that. They’ll just argue about whether or not they need it.” 

“That’s exactly what I’m thinking.”

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Author’s Note: Another chapter down, how we are feeling, how we doing? Matt’s here!!!! You just know he got a kick out of teasing Elijah in their first meet! 

Yall, I was giggling while twirling my feet writing this chapter. I kept going like, “And then what? What happened after that?” But…..I’m the author. Which is nice, bc I get to decide whether I’ll give myself butterflies or tears. 

Omg it was so fun writing those two together. Having to write the videos word per word I realize that they genuinely argue like a married couple. Like it’s ridiculous, they ALWAYS cut each other off, talk over each other, and then they both argue with their hands. They’re a hot ass mess, but we love them! 

I can’t believe I was so scared to write Matt. It was actually easy once you actually look at his character. He’s always caving into Elijah’s bullshit. Like he’ll be mean and condescending, but best believe he’s always keeping an eye on him! 

Plus, I’m convinced they both like arguing lmfaoo. Elijah ragebaits him but Matt’s gonna respond everytime. They crack me up!

Wassup, bad bitches!? Don't mind the title names btw, I didn't know what else to put. Anyways, Hope yall enjoy this one!!

Oh, I’m just a girl, what’s my destiny? 

What I’ve succumbed to is making me numb

Oh, I’m just a girl, my apologies 

What I’ve become is so burdensome

Training was nice, real nice! It wasn’t too physically demanding  (which was surprising because he wasn’t the most athletic) and it wasn’t boring! 

 Levi taught him techniques and stuff. Then Levi gave him the rundown of all the equipment he would use in the future, including giving him a tour of the trucks! That was probably Elijah’s favorite part so far. 

Plus, he was getting paid for training too, which was extra nice. He desperately needed to go shopping, he showed up to training with his Jesus sandals and received nothing but glares. Levi laughed though, which was nice. Elijah liked being funny. 

It was 6:30 in the morning, Elijah was slowly becoming used to waking up that early. His training was at nine, but like he said he needed to go shopping. Plus, Ssaem surprisingly said he wanted to go shopping today too, so that was another reason why he got ready so early. 

Elijah sluggishly brushed his teeth, gargling for two minutes (still hasn’t beat his PR yet), and got up to go feed Hello Kitty breakfast. Once he was done with all of his morning chores he went to the car and waited. He felt his eyes closing, but he was too tired to fight it. 

“Drive.” 

Elijah woke up with a scream. He didn’t mean to, but he guessed he fell asleep. Goodness, Ssaem scared the living crap out of Elijah! 

Nevertheless, he followed Ssaem’s order and began driving to Ross. 

Once they reached the store, they both wordlessly got out of the car and walked up to the store. Not a soul was in there besides old ladies and employees. Which was to be expected, because it literally just opened. 

Ssaem got a cart and they began walking. At first they were shopping together for clothes, but Ssaem got mad because of a joke Elijah made. 

“Ssaem, there’s so many old ladies here, you should rizz one of them up!” 

He quickly ran away from Elijah. Acting like he didn’t know him whenever Elijah came up to him 

“Young man, go away. Shoo, shoo. Stranger danger.” 

“Ssaem, you’re too old to be kidnapped.” 

“Shoo, shoo.”

Elijah got three pants, three shirts, and two shorts. Yeah, California was hot, but he was starting to get used to the scalding heat. Levi asked him how he was capable of wearing sweat pants to work, and Elijah just shrugged. Georgia’s heat wasn’t too different from California’s, so he had some experience. 

Elijah waited for Ssaem to finish while clutching onto his pile of clothes. Finally, he rounded the corner and signaled to go up to the cash register. Elijah paid for it all, feeling proud of himself. Ssaem bought some old plates, Hello Kitty decor, and a Superman plushie. Elijah gasped when he saw it while driving back home. 

“For me!? You got a superman plushie for me, sensei!?” 

“Focus on the road.” 

“Awh! Look, I knew you liked me!” 

Elijah got ready and flew out the house, not wanting to be late. So far, he’s been good at getting on time. There were times where he was definitely cutting it a bit too close, but Levi never said anything. He took his scooter to his job again. It was starting to become fun riding around on that scooter. 

When he showed up he dragged his scooter to the storage room, hiding it there. It was a safe place, but he couldn’t lose Chimpanze. Then he went to the back where Levi was probably at, which turned out to be true. 

“Hey, Levi, dude! Like my new sweatpants? I got em from Ross for like seven dollars.” 

Levi nodded along to his words, glancing down at his sweatpants. He turned away, walking to the truck. Elijah followed him, a bit confused at the sudden silence, but he just decided to play along. Levi climbed in the car, and so did Elijah. He watched Levi buckled himself in and huff, staring out into the window. 

“Uh, everything good, my guy? You’re starting to scare me, did I do something?” 

Levi shook himself out of his haze, turning to look at Elijah. 

“What? No, no, you just got here. You’re all good.” 

“Oh, okay, I thought you guys caught my chili stash in the storage room.” 

“Elijah, what? You know what, don’t answer that. Here, we’re going to clean this house. Practice in real time how to talk to customers, handle their questions, and judgement. They’re going to be judging you since you’re cleaning their house, but you're gonna have to put up with it. Are you ready?” 

Elijah blanked out the moment he said something about talking to customers. Elijah wasn’t good at all talking to strangers, nevertheless old people. All the people in his life talked to him first. That window cleaning man was the first man he’s ever spoken to in hopes of a conversation. Elijah could handle chit-chat, but actual conversations? No, absolutely not. And it wasn’t even out of shyness really, he was just scared of being disregarded the moment he opened his mouth. If people spoke to him they would expect his reply. If he spoke first, people always ignored him. 

“Uh, no, no I’m not ready.” 

“Said you’re ready? Good, that’s what I like to hear.” 

They reached the customer’s destination. Levi immediately got out while Elijah stayed in the car. He hoped that sinking down into his seat would make Levi forget that he was here. 

“Elijah, got out of the car.”

“Ah, nah, I’m okay man. The floor’s pretty nice actually, I could sleep here for days.” 

“Elijah, you’re talking to the customer.” 

“My name’s Benjamin, I lied when I said Elijah’s my first name. So I don’t know who you’re talking to right now.” 

Levi huffed (he seemed to be doing that a lot today) and went around to open Elijah’s door. 

“How about this, you watch me talk to the customer just for today, okay? But you have to promise you’ll talk to a customer eventually.” 

Elijah's eyes lit up. Yeah, he could totally do that! He said eventually, so it didn’t have to be tomorrow or even next week. Elijah hopped out of the car and followed Levi. When they got to the customer, truthfully, Elijah didn’t pay attention to their conversation. The lady had such pretty flowers! 

“C’mon, Elijah. You take the back, I’ll take the front. Come to me if you have any questions, don’t be a hero.” 

And with that they got to work. Elijah was humming Midnight Sun to himself while cleaning the lady’s windows. The lady’s dog was barking at him to shut up, but Elijah didn’t really care. He was cleaning the windows to the dog’s house (why did the dog even have his own little house to begin with?) so the dog could’ve been, at the very least, grateful. 

He saw Levi round the corner and he smiled at his presence. 

“Hiya, dude! Just got three more windows to go.” 

Levi nodded at that and sat down on the grass, just watching the world. Elijah shot him a questioning glance, but silently just went back to work. Levi’s been acting weird this entire time, which was a bit unsettling for Elijah. Usually they kind of joked around and talked about themselves.

 Levi was turning 18 in a month, said he hated being a manager (but he was forced into the role due to him being qualified, and they were also severely understaffed), and he played the trombone in his school band. All very cool things, and Elijah told him cool things about himself in return.  

Like how Elijah played the flute from time to time. He was okay at it, but he didn’t really have time for it. Elijah’s pet peeve was people assuming they had to talk ‘stupid’ in order to have a conversation with him, how being squeezed helped him regulate himself, and how cool his older brother was. He talked about Tommy to Levi pretty much whenever he had the chance. Both out of missing his older brother and because they were similar in personalities. Levi smiled every time he talked about his brother, which was nice! 

Finally, Elijah was done. Levi exchanges goodbyes to the customer, with Elijah running off to the car in order to avoid doing so. Levi caught up to him and drove them to their next destinations. 

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Ten houses in one day. All they were doing was cleaning windows, but it was a bit tiring. The constant movement was starting to make Elijah car sick. 

Now they were driving to In and Out since Levi had promised him lunch. They sat outside waiting for their order to be delivered. Elijah admired the flowers on the ground once again, but he wasn’t a complete idiot. There was tension in the air, Levi was carrying something heavy. It’s the same tension Tommy would have after their parents got done yelling at Elijah. But he didn’t want to force Levi to confess, so he just admired the flowers, desperately ignoring the awful silence. 

Finally, Levi cleared his throat. 

“So, uh, Elijah. I gotta tell you something.” 

“Am I getting fired? Is it because of my stash of chili? I promise I’ll get rid of it, I just get hungry during shifts.”

“No, no, dude, you’re good. It’s not you at all, it’s me actually.” 

Elijah felt his entire body deflate. Thank goodness, not that he wanted Levi to suffer. But he was glad he wasn’t losing his job. Elijah thinks he’d actually vaporize into thin air if he lost this job. 

“Alright….well, what is it? Are you getting fired?” 

“What!? Fuck no, they need me. No, um, I’m getting transferred. Like to a different department. Marketing to be specific.” 

Elijah felt his heart drop. He didn’t want to be selfish, but he also didn’t want to lose his only work friend. 

“Wh-what? Marketing? Like where you make cool videos and stuff?” 

“Yeah, that’s exactly it. Today was my last day with you, Elijah.” 

“Oh.” 

That was all Elijah could offer. He was really sad right now, the arrival of the food didn’t even cheer him up. He couldn’t even eat it, sick to his stomach at the fact he only got a week with his newfound friend. Elijah really doesn’t like this, being left behind by a good friend made his heart ache. 

“Elijah, c’mon man, cheer up. Don’t make me feel bad. Look, we’ll still see each other. We’ll still be able to talk, okay? I’ll even give you my number, look alive man, you got this without me.” 

Elijah could feel his spirit kind of coming back at that. Levi was right, Elijah could do this without him, even if he didn’t want to. Elijah scrambled to pull out his flipphone, practically shoving it in Levi’s hands. Levi took it with a laugh, shaking his head at Elijah’s eagerness. 

“You promise you’ll respond back to me?” 

“Elijah, you could text me at three am and I’ll instantly get back at you.” 

Alright, everything was good now. Elijah was still a little sad, but it wasn't the end of the world. Plus he still got to keep in touch with his friend. 

“So, you get to make cool videos now? That’s cool!” 

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool. It was actually the position I originally wanted, but they just needed a manager so bad.” 

Elijah nodded at his words, beginning to eat his food. He was munching down on his burger when a question popped up in his mind. 

“So am I on my own now?” 

He received a laughed in return.

“No offense, Elijah, but absolutely not. Plus, you’re too shy to talk to customers. You can’t handle being on your own right now.” 

“Oh, yeah, that’s like, totally fair. Stung a little but it’s the truth. So, who’s gonna be with me?” 

“Our boss actually.” 

Elijah choked on his drink, some of it going out of his nose. Levi leaned over and patted him on the back. 

“The boss!? Oh my goodness, what if he fires me over a small mistake!? I’ll be under constant pressure, what if he yells at me for cleaning too slow!? Levi, what am I supposed to do?” 

“Lowkey, he probably will.” Seeing Elijah further panic Levi quickly explained himself, “Yell at you, I mean. Not fire you. He’s actually pretty patient. I don’t know him too well, though. So it’s up to you to get to know him. He’s real quiet though, I’ll tell you that. But he’s a cool dude, pretty serious about his job. So yeah, try not to mess up.” 

Elijah almost fainted. Everything he heard about his boss just sounded utterly terrifying. Levi was chill yet helpful. But his boss? Like, what if he’s mean!? 

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Elijah couldn’t sleep that night. Partly out of excitement to meet his boss, and the other half was out of fear. He wonders what his boss looks like, was he blonde or brunette? Was he tall? That’d be so funny if his boss was shorter than him though.

 Elijah fell asleep snoring, laughing in his sleep about his boss being shorter than him. 

Author’s Note: Okay, that was super fucking long. How we are feeling, how we are doing!? I know it was long, but I was trying to build the story a lil bit. I’m sad to see Levi go, but I didn’t want Matt’s official introduction to be out of nowhere. I wanted you guys and Elijah to feel anticipation! 

For those who liked Levi (which I hope you guys do) don’t worry, he’s not permanently gone. It’ll be a minute until Elijah sees him in person, but they’ll absolutely text almost everyday. More of Tommy too, I just love his character so much. I don’t want to abandon him, so I like to mention him. Plus, he’s like the number one factor of Elijah finally starting his life, so it's only right if I mention the main character’s sole inspiration. 

I’m trying to prepare myself for writing Matt’s character. I don’t want to fuck up his perosnailtiy. I’ve been watching their videos literally every waking second trying to perfect it. Btw, today’s song was, “I’m Just a Girl” by Gwen Stefani/No Doubt. 

I had no idea what to title this chapter, or what song to choose. So I just pulled something out of my ass for the title, and picked the most recent song I had listened to. 

Constructive criticism is welcome as always! Especially for Matt’s character. I don't want to write him too soft yet not too mean. Bc in the videos Matt is deadass a bully to Elijah, but like there's a sliver of romance there. Like I can just feel the sexual tension radiating off of Matt while Elijah is oblivious to it. 

Hope yall enjoy this one lovey doveys!!

See me sneering in my car

I’m driving to my star 

I’m listening to the music with no fear 

You can hear it too if you’re sincere 

Okay, so Elijah was freaking out. Like freak the freak out kind of freak out. Both in a good way and bad way. One, he had a job interview. Two, this was his first job interview, so he had no idea what to do! 

For Pete’s sake, he didn’t even have any appropriate clothes for an interview! The only thing he has are khakis, sweatpants, and then DC shirts. Elijah wanted to tear his closet apart just from frustration alone. But it wasn’t even his. 

Elijah ran downstairs, ignoring Ssaem’s scandalized look at his speed to find his keys. 

“Going to the store! Needed new clothes like yesterday dude! Do you want me to get you anything?” 

“A new housemate.” 

“Alrightie!” 

Elijah looked down at his sonic watch, it was ten in the morning. He had the interview at three. Holy smokes he needed to hustle. 

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It was now 1:30. No, he didn’t spend that long at the stores, he just got distracted by ice cream. In his defense the vibrate colors had him in a chokehold.  

Anyways, he eventually made it back to home where he began running around the house, looking for ways to look professional. He took a shower and then shaved, he even shaved his legs! He bought pants, but like, you never know when you’re gonna get pantsed. Plus, it made him feel nice. 

Then he attempted to brush his hair back, but his curls did nothing but spring back up. Thank god they were short (not as long as the man’s) so his hair didn’t look as messy as it would’ve looked. Right now, he was stuck on trying to tie his tie. The youtube tutorials went too fast and they weren’t even explained well. He was trying to learn visually too, but then it’s like the youtuber would do multiple things in one second, and it was hard to track their fingers.

He was frustrated. He wanted to make a good impression. Especially if it was the company that the man worked for-wait no-he was supposed to get over this. The main goal is a job, not a crush. Speaking of, he’s gotta call his brother to tell him the news! 

“Ssaem! You’ve seen my phone!?” 

He could hear his grumbling from a mile away. 

“Stupid young man, phone in your pocket. Do better.” 

Elijah fumbled around for his phone in pants, Ssaem was absolutely right. Elijah took his flip-phone (that was littered with stickers) out and dialed his brother’s number down. He answered on the second ring. 

“Wassup, buddy?” 

“Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, guess what? I got a job, or at least I think. I hope!” 

The line was quiet for a moment, Elijah took the phone out of his to check for the connection. Then he heard Tommy’s voice again. 

“Good job, buddy, I knew you could do it.” 

“Thanks, cool bro. I, uh, got the interview in an hour.” 

“You best get going then. And remember: don’t lie. Not because you’re not allowed to, but because you’re terrible at it and say stupid shit. Shake the interviewer’s hand, make direct eye contact. I know it’s hard, but Elijah, try your best not to fidget, okay?”  

Tommy rigorously nodded alone to Tommy’s words. 

“ Got you, Tommy! I’m gonna do my very best, okay?” 

“Okay, Elijah” 

The phone was silent again for a moment, which was to be expected. Elijah recognizes this as the social cue to hang up the phone. But he had one more thing to say. 

“Hey, uh, Tommy.” 

“Wassup?” 

“Are you, uh, are you like…Are you proud of me, Tommy?” 

“......more than you’ll ever know, Elijah.” 

And then he hung up, but Elijah wasn’t offended. He was smiling so hard, he’s sure that his face might actually bruise. 

Oh shit, it’s 2:10 now, he might actually be late considering he’s taking his scooter. He had gas money earlier today, but he hawked down the ice cream truck earlier, so he had like no gas anymore. 

For the umpteenth time, Elijah raced down the stairs. He ran to the door and paused, turning back to say his goodbyes to Sensei. 

“Alrightie, bye Ssaem! I got a job interview today.” 

“You lying?”

“No, no, no! I’m completely serious! It’s for that cleaning service you told me about, Trip’s Window Services!” 

“Thank god. Tired of seeing lazy bastard all day.” 

Elijah smiled at that and ran off. He hopped on his scooter (he almost fell off) and proceeded to ride the fastest he’s ever rode that scooter. He could feel his whole left leg burning. But he couldn’t stop, far too close to the finish line. 

He finally saw the building in his sight and Elijah could feel happiness bursting in his chest. He didn’t see any safe place to put his scooter, so he took it with him. He told the receptionist what he was here for and was instructed to sit down. Then he began waiting.

And waiting.

And waiting. 

And waiting. 

And-alright he was getting a bit tired of this. 

He started playing games by himself. So far three red cars and six yellow cars. Last time it was a draw, this time it’s a blowout. Very surprising, because most of the time he sees red cars-

“Elijah Benjamin?" 

Elijah perked up at his name being called, he quickly rose to his feet, dragging his scooter with him. He took his hand out for a handshake, it was accepted. 

“Hi, uh, that’s me. Elijah Benjamin. In the flesh, present-with a bow wrapped ‘round on top.” 

The man stared at him, but he then beckoned him to follow him. Okay, not a man of many words, that’s fine! He could do that. Elijah puffed up his chest as he followed the man. Big Boy Style, you feel me? 

Finally, the man took them somewhere to sit. It was a pretty small table in a pretty small room, but Elijah didn’t really care. He was just focused on scoring this job.

“Alright, Mr. Benjamin-” 

“Uh, Elijah’s fine. That’s my first name so I would like to be called that.” 

“Of course, Elijah. My name’s Levi Henderson and I’ll be the one carrying out your interview today. We’ll start off by checking for your availability first.” 

“Um, like all day, every day. I just help my old man make plushies, and then I play Five Nights at Freedy’s. But only during the day, it’s too scary at night.” 

Levi fixed him with a confused stare, but he let it go. 

“Um, alright, well that’s good. Anyways, any experience?” 

“I was in Boy Scouts for like, six or seven years. I could show you all my merit badges and insignias. I have a lot, like a lot!” 

“Right, right. So, like, what did you do during your time as a Boy Scout?” 

“Well, I was a boy scout but like they didn’t let me do anything with them. So I lied, I was actually more of a Girl Scout, they were really nice. I baked and sold cookies, uh, we would clean old ladies houses-” 

“Clean?” 

“Yeah, like mop and stuff. And I would cut the grass, take out the trash-” 

“What else did you clean, Elijah?” 

“Their basements. We were all too scared to do it, but I just decided to do it since I was the only boy.” 

“Right, right.” 

“Oh! And-and then I would clean their cars, roof, and windows-” 

“Right! Windows! Did you like cleaning windows?” 

“I mean, yeah, it was cool spraying the cleaning water on the windows. And then the squeegee would make this noise like “skrrrr, skrrrrr, squeaaaak”, really nice.” 

“Good, good, because that’s what you’re going to be doing.” 

“Cleaning windows?” 

“Yes, real easy right? Your availability is good, you finished high school, you got some kind of experience. We’re in desperate need of cleaners and you fit the job perfectly.” 

“Really!?” 

“Really, here I’ll tell you what, how’s it sound to start training?” 

“Right now, today?” 

“This very second.” 

“Yeah dude! I mean, Mr. Henderson.” 

“Relax, I’m only seventeen. Just Levi’s fine. Plus, it’s my first name.” 

And Levi gave him a smile with that, as if he was delivering a punch line. 

But he was, because he had referenced what Elijah said earlier. And then he used it on himself. Levi had just told a joke, a very funny joke. 

Elijah doubled over laughing, clutching his tummy. 

“That was the funniest thing ever man! Gosh, you are a funny dude, my guy!” 

“I try my best.” 

And that made Elijah laugh even harder.

 He later sobered up while Levi was teaching him the basics. 

“So like, did I get the job?” 

“.............What do you think?” 

“......Yeah, okay, that’s fair.” 

Author’s Note: Another chapter down, how was it, how we felt? I tried my hardest not to reference Matt too many times, and wanted to tease y'all some more. 

This was more of a comedic chapter than anything, but it did set the stage! Plus, take the comedy as an apology for how sad chapter one was. Song today was Punkrocker by the Teddybears. 

Got another character added to the roster, Levi Henderson! Btw, do we like the characters I added to the story?? Trying to add more to the storyline than what the videos offer, want it to make sense y'know? 

Matt will probably be featured in the next chapter, don’t get too excited though, it’ll be a small role for now. I want y'all to get to know more of Elijah and his life. His struggles, ambitious dreams, the nice people in his life (besides his parents.) Also, Tommy cameo! Y'all like Tommy? Because I do! I relate to him a lot since I’m also the eldest in my family. Tommy wants to be known as an asshole, but he’s like one of the softest people, that is if you don’t fuck with Elijah. I damn near cried writing that phone call scene. 

Writing Levi had me cracking up. Juggling high school and being a manager for a cleaning company? Yeah no, my boy is TIRED! Ain’t nobody been coming in wanting to be a window cleaner (plus Matt scares them away), so imagine his utter happiness when dumbass Elijah comes waltzing in his life. 

Lil warning too, this won’t be a love triangle. I fucking hate love triangles, so like obviously I wouldn’t write them. Elijah and Levi are strictly platonic, Matt is the only man for him! Though, a good friend of mine said using Levi as a jealousy plot device would be juicy. And I agree *smirk* *smirk*.

Constructive criticism is always welcome, just be kind! Again, thank yall for reading, I appreciate the support soooooooo much! The comments on instagram were so freaking kind and supportive, I was like, “Oh, now I REALLY gotta write this!” 

For anyone who came back, thank yall! Hope yall enjoy this one!

Hey now, you’re an all star 

Get your game on, go play

Hey now, you’re a rock star

Get the show on, get paid 

(and all that glitter is gold) 

Only shooting stars break the mold

So, being an adult was lowkey hard. 

The first few days, Elijah slept in his car and survived off of gas station food. It wasn’t the greatest, but it was survivable! Elijah genuinely did try to score a job, but people took one look at him and scoffed. He thought he looked pretty serious with his khakis and superman shirt, but apparently that was anything but the truth. Whatever, the shirt was his lucky charm, never failed him, just took a while to work is all. 

Elijah also spent his days wandering around when he wasn’t in his car. Boy, oh boy, California was piping hot! But he found himself basking in the sun when he wasn’t being glared down by employees. 

Another thing he found cool in California was his friend, Mr. Choi! Elijah liked to call him Ssaem ever since he saw the small old Korean man whoop some thieves. It was like definitely the coolest thing he’s seen so far on his journey of independence.

Elijah bursted open the doors to Ssaem’s shop. He owned a hole-in-a-wall plush shop. Which was very funny, because you’d never expect that from such a grumpy old man. But the shop was littered with Hello Kitty decorations, plushies up to the ceilings from all kinds of fandoms. Elijah begged him to make a plushie of himself (his plushies were so detailed!) but he only got a fork thrown at him in return.

“Hiiii, Ssaem! Look, it’s me, your favorite guy, I’m back!” 

Elijah walked up to Ssaem with open arms. Afterall, it’s been two days since Elijah’s last been up here. Too busy job hunting, food hunting, searching for a place to stay, and a place to put his car safely at. Elijah was for once a busy man! 

Elijah didn’t get the hug he wanted, only receiving a grumble from the old man. 

“You stink. Bad.” 

“Heh, that’s a Micheal Jackson song.” 

“No, no, you don’t take showers? Walk around stinking all day? Nasty young man.” 

Elijah pouted, he didn’t even have to go in him that hard. 

“C’mon, old man, lighten up on me, please! I’m like, lowkirkenuinely poor right now, dude. I tried to bathe in the river but I almost got stoned for that.”

“Poor? No house?” 

“Yeah dude! This adulting gig is tough, like am I right or am I right?” 

Ssaem fixed him with a leveling glare before huffing. 

“You will live with me. Do chores and stay quiet at tea time.” 

Elijah's jaw dropped to the floor, like that one scene from The Mask. Like holy pull dude. Holy cow, this is out of this world. No way he just got that lucky! 

“Ssaem, Ssaem, Ssaem, thank you so much man! Like seriously, dude, bro, my guy, like aura is in debt from you! Holy crap, I think I just peed myself!” 

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It’s been close to a month since Ssaem’s greatest gift to Elijah. It’s been nice, super nice. He would’ve never thought he’d cried while experiencing a nice hot bubble bath. But hey, you can’t blame a Chad, it’s been a minute. 

Job hunting was starting to actually tire him out. Like, it gets to the point where there's just no hope at all. 

Anyways, enough with the difficult stuff. Right now, he was having tea with Ssaem, Hello Kitty, and Kuromi. It was one of their Friday night rituals after a week of chores. Turns out, making plushies by hand was actually pretty hard. He didn’t get paid for it, but Elijah didn’t mind at all. He got to sleep in a house for once, shower, eat everyday-eat full meals at that, and Ssaem didn’t even pressure him about paying bills! Though, he made a vow that once he did get a job he’d take care of the bills all by himself. 

“Tea is really nice, am I right guys?” 

Elijah looked around for approval, nodding his head to himself when he saw everyone agreed with him, ignoring Ssaem shushing him. 

Good, good, the first couple of times he completely fumbled the tea. Ssaem was pissed at him for weeks for messing up the ritual, almost putting him out. So Elijah was up till 3 am finding out ways to make tea that would earn the approval of a crankily old man.  

Suddenly the door opened. Elijah didn’t bother looking up, too busy scarfing his face down with the Jajangmyeon Ssaem so graciously cooked for him. Eli never had it before and didn’t even know how to pronounce, but they were like sooo fire.

Though, Ssaem stood up real quick, and the weirdest thing was that he had a smile on his face. Whoever entered must’ve been a good friend of Ssaem, because he’s never seen the old man smile at humans, only Hello Kitty. Whatever, it was probably another old man Ssaem knew. Probably his bingo partner or something. 

“Ah, thank you so much, kind sir. Windows look beautiful. Could not do it myself, and lazy bastard back there is too short as well. Thank you so much!” 

Elijah whipped his head towards them. Was Ssaem really that mad because he forgot to rock Hello Kitty to sleep? That was literally a week ago!? Plus, he wasn’t even that short!?

Elijah took a close look at the both of them, not really liking the fact he was getting dogged on while he was clearly present. Elijah looked at the man’s face and

Oh

The man looked around forty something, six foot two if Elijah was guessing, medium wavy brunette hair. The man’s arms and shirt was dirty, but in a way ‘this dude’s been working hard’ type of dirty. Elijah’s never really been into dudes, most of his crushes were girls, but Elijah was rethinking his entire life right now. 

“It’s no problem sir, really.” 

Ssaem rushed to grab the money to pay the man, well that’s what Elijah was assuming. Now it was only Elijah and the man. The man was looking anywhere but at Elijah, like how you avoid looking at a crackhead who’s in your face with peanut butter all over their body. 

Should Elijah say something? Would he even respond? Wait, he can’t let this moment pass. As an adult, he must take every chance of success he could possibly get. He just wanted to talk to the man, that’s all. 

“Do you vear vigs?” 

 The man turned to look at him slowly, blinking his eyes at him owlishly. 

“Excuse me?” 

“Vhen vill you vear vigs?”

The man opened his mouth to respond but was interrupted by Ssaem. Gosh darn it, the worst possible moment for him to show up. You see, this only happened because he didn’t wear his superman shirt today (Ssaem said it was dirty, he had to give it a break for a few days.)

“Ignore him, please. Here is money, again, thank you so much sir!” 

The man gently grabbed the money from Ssaem, giving him a small smile with a curt nod before taking his leave. 

Ssaem made his way back to the tea party, casually sitting down as if everything was normal.

 Everything was not normal! It’s like the zombie apocalypse just started, kind of abnormal. Like Elijah’s heart totally isn’t popping out of his chest kind of abnormal. 

“Ssaem…..who…who was that?” 

“Close your mouth. Drooling everywhere.” 

Elijah let out a whine, why did his Ssaem decide to be difficult in the worst possible moments. Though, he did clean up his drool. 

“Ssaemm, that’s not what I asked!”

“Very good, hard-worker. Cleans window very well.”

“No, no, no! Ssaem, like as in a name! What’s his name!?” 

“Stupid young man. Why would I know? Hard-worker, pay him, he leaves, that’s all. Not best friends.”

Elijah groaned. He didn’t even know what company the man worked for. How was he even supposed to live after letting a man like that slip out of his fingers. He didn’t even get to have a conversation with him, but the eye contact was really nice! 

Elijah got up, cleaning up the space. He went to the kitchen upstairs and began watching dishes. Ssaem came up after him, silently joining him in cleaning up. He couldn’t even look at him, not seriously angry but definitely disappointed at the lost opportunity. 

“Many cleaning companies are hiring, one may be his.” 

Elijah froze, Ssaem was the absolute goat. 

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Author’s Note: Second chapter done! How we feeling, how we doing? Okay, I know I said Matt wasn’t gonna be seen anytime soon, buuuuuuuut I couldn’t help but think “it’ll be so funny to tease them.” And the rest was history.

Truthfully, I am a bit scared to write for Matt. I’m trying to get both of their voices and personalities down. Elijah’s a bit easier due to the fact I’m just as much of a dumbass as him. But Matt is a whole other world. Any tips? 

Also, if you feel as though there's some songs that totally fit their personalities, don’t be shy, share em! And it doesn’t even have to fit their personalities fr fr. If I can find a set of lyrics that relates to the situation, their feelings, their thoughts, or even some foreshadowing, I’ll use it! 

Right now, it’s gonna be mostly Elijah’s perspective, but Matt’s is definitely down the line for sure! I’m thinking Nirvana for Matt, specifically Come as You Are. But yeah, just write em down! 

Again, any constructive criticism is welcome. Be kind though, this is my very first fanfic. 

Lol, I decided to take it upon myself to make a fanfic about these two dorks. Hope you enjoy!

Ocean Man, 

Take me by the land 

Lead me to the land 

“Elijah, the fuck are you doing!?” 

Elijah jumped, taking out his beaten up earphones out of his ears. 

“Hey Tommy, how’s it going Tommy?-” 

Tommy, his older brother, caught up to him and peered down at him with a glare. Elijah was really confused at the look, he looked around to see what his brother was glaring at-because last time he checked it wasn’t illegal to sit on the sidewalk listening to awesome sauce songs. 

“Elijah, I asked you what the fuck are you doing.” 

Elijah looked around confused once again. Like was it not obvious what he was doing? 

“Uh, just sitting on the sidewalk right by the road. I’ve been watching the cars pass by, counted five red cars and six yellow cars. It’s looking like a tie so far-” 

“Elijah-” 

“Oh! And I've also been listening to my favorite song! It’s called, uh, Ocean Man, yeah, yeah. It was in the Spongebob movie, which by the way, is like so freaking cool dude. Like, absolute cinema y'know." 

“Elijah, I just need you to shut the fuck up and listen to me for once.” 

“Uh, yeah sure dude. For how long though? My personal record of hushpuppies is three minutes and twenty three seconds. So you’ll have to like to make it quick.”

“Elijah, buddy, you just got kicked out-” 

“Yeah, that’s why I’m sitting on the sidewalk-” 

“Elijah, you just got kicked out. For like fucking good, man. They don’t even want to look at you. And all you’ve done is sit on the sidewalk looking like a fucking idiot.” 

“Well, I’ve also been listening to my favorite song-” 

“Elijah!” 

This time, Elijah knew it was serious. His brother always yelled at him, so he was used to that. But he wasn’t used to the intensity of Tommy screaming at him like that. It kind of hurt, like he could feel his heart cracking a bit. He knew it wasn’t like actually happening, thank god, but he felt a deep ache in his chest. Had he ruined things again? 

“Did you not hear them? They called you a fucking bum, Elijah. A freeloader, a dirt bag, trash, pathetic, slow. And look at you, proving them right.” 

Elijah looked down at the ground, staring at the ants. They did call him all of that. It wasn’t the first time, probably won’t be the last. But what hurt the most this time is that there was no cushion to fall on. 

Usually they would scream and insult him, but at the end of the day they all ate dinner together under one roof. He was trying to ignore the pain by freestyling dad jokes, but a small part in his brain knew this was it. Elijah knew they were truly done with him this time. 

“Well-well, I don't really know what to do, Tommy. The only thing I got going for me is my cool car. But like, I don’t have any money for gas in the future so it’s kind of just there.” 

Tommy stopped to look at him. Elijah didn’t recognize his facial expression. It wasn't pity, no. Tommy was the only person who didn’t look at him with pity. His parents did, his classmates, even his turtle he had when he was six. But never Tommy. 

“Who gives a flying fuck if you got autism, Elijah? You’re still capable of the same shit as me, if not more. Now hurry the fuck up, we got errands to run.” 

Finally, Tommy responded, but he looked like he was in pain this time. Elijah backed up a little bit, he didn’t want Tommy throwing up on him. 

“Get up.” 

Elijah looked up in surprise, but wordlessly (for the first time) he listened and got up. Tommy stared at him some more, Elijah looked around again. Was Tommy back on that white stuff or something? He’s starting to scare Elijah a little bit. Tommy advanced forward, pushing Elijah. It wasn’t a hard shove, but it was firm enough that it got Elijah moving. 

“Hey-hey, what’s going on man? What did I do to you?”

“Go, Elijah. Just fucking go.”

Elijah looked Tommy in the eyes for the first time, and there he noticed tears. Elijah's eyes widened. He had never seen his older brother cry before, not even cry laughing. 

“Woah, woah, Tommy, you good? We can go together if that’s what you’re worried about.” 

“No! Elijah, you’re twenty three. You’re young, we just moved to Los Angeles, this big fucking city with so many opportunites. You’re not fucking slow, pathetic, or a waste. I’m sick of hearing that bullshit. Go, go far fucking away from this life.” 

 Elijah stumbled into his car because of Tommy’s pushing. Tommy buckled him in and forced Elijah to start the car. Elijah was too confused at the sudden events, kind of just going with the flow. But he had so many questions. Where was this coming from? Since when did Tommy have so much faith in him? 

Why did he never express it until they had to separate? 

“Tommy, Tommy, Tommy-” 

“You got my phone number, don’t you dare breaking your fucking phone again. Only call me in true emergencies. Not you forgetting how to tie your shoes but like heavy bleeding or getting hit by a car. Remember, if the ambulances come, get your ass up and run. We can’t afford that shit.” 

“Okay, yes, yes, I understand. But-but what am I going to do? Like, drive around and stuff? I mean, I can do that but I don’t have any gas money.” 

Tommy hit him in the back of his head, Elijah’s head colliding with the steering. 

“Attaboy. Money, that’s the goal. Go get a job, find somewhere to stay, even if it’s under a bridge. But, Elijah, look at me, hey look at me, go get a job. J. O. B. That’s the main goal.” 

Elijah clutched his forehead and the back of his head, nodding along to Tommy’s instructions. Okay, Job, find somewhere to stay, job. Yeah, he could do that. 

“You understand?” 

“Yes, sir.” 

“Good, now go.” 

Elijah backed out of the driveway, going slowly to be careful. It was actually to prolong his separation from Tommy, but he’ll do his best to keep that to himself. He tried his best to keep his eyes on the road like he was supposed to do, but he found himself looking at Tommy more. 

He tried to commit all of Tommy into memory. How his clothes smelled like wood and cigarettes, how he walked with his right foot first, how his hair looked when it was unruly after work, how he looked while eating Subway with Elijah, how he only smiled when he thought Elijah wasn’t looking. 

He tried to memorize everything he could about his brother, his only brother, the person he admired more than Superman. The person that was his Superman. Elijah looked at his brother once more, trying to commit his current face to memory, since it’ll be his last time seeing him for a while. But he couldn’t because the tears were getting in the way. 

“I love you.” Elijah sniffled. 

Tommy offered him a smile. He tried his best to make it look happy, but Elijah could see the corners of his mouth tugging down from trying not to cry. 

“You’re already somebody now go prove it. Go make a name for your fucking self, Elijah.” 

He didn’t say ‘I love you back’, but Elijah knew his encouragement was his way of saying it. It was enough, more than enough. Elijah whimpered, trying to hold in his sobs. 

“I love you, Tommy.” 

Tommy smiled at him again. Elijah finally drove off, hearing Tommy pat the back of his car. 

Elijah would never know, but Tommy did say it back. 

Yap session: Lmfaoooo, yall I did not mean to go this heavy into the angst. It was supposed to be light, but I got carried away. Anyways, the first chapter, how was it!? I’ve been reading fanfiction since I was 10 (wattpad baby duh), but this is my first ever fanfiction. Any constructive criticism is very much welcomed and acknowledged. Please don’t be shy, comment on anything even if it’s a hello!! Also, if yall are curious, the song is Ocean Man-by Ween. 

Imma tell y'all right now, Matt won’t be in the next chapter. This is a slow burn (which is hella funny and ironic, because I fucking hate slow burns-let’s see if I’m good at writing them ???) so it’s gonna be slow. Not agonically slow, because even I can’t handle that. Plus, I need to do some more character/world building. Need the shit to make sense before we progress, y'know?