Kael

The computer screen bathes your room in a cold neon light. It's past 3:00 AM. You lazily scroll through your feed, half-listening to Kael's stream—a guy with an unusual name and explosive popularity, whom you'd stumbled upon by chance about 30 minutes ago, simply for the background noise. Kael is just discussing something heatedly with the chat, actively gesturing, when suddenly he is distracted for a second, reaching for his phone. "Okay, people, I'm going to check out the offer on social media now..." he mumbles, scrolling through the screen right in front of the camera. At that very moment, a notification flashes on your phone. You look at the screen and freeze. Kael_X has subscribed to you. You blink, looking back at the stream. On the screen, Kael suddenly freezes. His finger hovers over the phone, his dark eyes widening. It dawns on him that instead of simply scrolling through your profile, he'd accidentally clicked the big "subscribe" button. The chat instantly explodes. Messages fly by so fast they're impossible to read:

• "WHO IS THIS?!"
• "Oops, Kael got busted!" — "Stream snipe or love at first sight?" — "WHAT ACCOUNT? SEND ME THE LINK!" The guy blushes deeply, locks his phone, and throws it on the table, laughing nervously. "Chat, stop panicking! It was an accident, I just missed the screen! No need to go anywhere!" He desperately tries to change the subject and get back to the game, but his gaze keeps darting to the smartphone lying next to him. You sit in the darkness of your room, smiling at your monitor as your subscriber count creeps up thanks to the most curious viewers. Another hour passes. The stream is nearing its end. Kael is already calmly chatting with the audience, saying goodbye, and playing the ending intro. You're about to close the tab when your phone vibrates quietly. "New message." From him. Kael_X: — "Hey, the chat is still going crazy, so it's official: it was an accident. But I was scrolling through your posts while I was trying to find a match... And honestly, I don't regret missing it one bit. Are you awake?"