BITTERSWEET

CHAPTER 59 / LIVE-STREAMING

"Hey there, ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, gals and non-binary pals! We're coming live to you from-" 

"Tokyo!" Laurance chimed in, pushing his way into the shot. 

Garroth took the phone from Dante and stared into the camera as he'd done for their Floor Is Lava patriot. "We're being serious, see that?" The blonde pointed up toward the enormous building towering over their heads. "That right there is the Tokyo Skytree."

With a pout, Dante took back his phone. "As I was trying to say, yeah. Anyway, today with us we have four lovely ladies accompanying us up the sky tower, or whatever it's called."

"Skytree!" Melissa called out.

"No one asked you!" Dante exclaimed. "They never know when not to speak. It's annoying," He whispered to the fans watching the live stream. 

"Today, we have the lovely Lucinda, the marvellous Melissa, the wonderful Kim ns the incredible Nicole," Laurance announced, putting an arm over the witch's shoulders. Which she playfully pushed off immediately. 

"We couldn't get Katelyn and Travis down here with us, but, we don't need them here today," Garroth said with a shrug. He turned and made eye contact with the ice cream store across the road. 

Garroth's blue eyes shone and he almost squealed at the sight. Good thing he had controlled himself well enough so that his werewolf ears and tail hadn't emerged. 

"Ice cream!" He exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear. "We've got to get some!"

Dante rolled his eyes and redirected the camera to his crazy friends. 

"There's cherry cream!" Nicole spoke up, jumping up and down, clasping her hands together. 

"Come on, please!" Melissa whined.

"But, we have to tour the tower!" Laurance protested.

Kim frowned looking between her best friends. "We don't have a reservation, nor an appointment, I don't see the rush," the brunette considered, pushing her black-rimmed glasses up the bridge of her nose. 

Dante groaned, "Fine, ice cream then we immediately go up the tower."

"Yay!" Garroth, Nicole, Melissa and even Kim cheered in response.

'''''

"So, these are capsule hotels, I guess. Dude, look at all the buttons! Kind of cramped, though," Dante said lying down on the bed, wearing his boxers, a skintight workout top and white socks. He had the curtains released and his pillow propped up against the headboard.

The guy climbed out of his capsule and tapped on the door that belonged to Laurance next door. "What?" Laurance asked, pulling out his AirPods.

"Where are we having breakfast?" Dante questioned whilst recording. Laurance made eye contact with the camera and sighed, giving a shrug. 

"I don't know, I thought Travis was choosing. Does it matter, get some sleep?"

"Can I sleep with you?"

"NO!"

Laurance slammed the capsule shut as Dante spoke to his followers on the live stream. "Sorry, he gets cranky when he doesn't get enough sleep."

'''''

"What the hell is this!?" Laurance exclaimed, holding up a water bottle with insane art on the inside. He didn't know the term for it but showed it to the camera anyway. 

Lucinda took it off him and put it beside a couple of other water bottles with the same anime girl on the front. "It looks like it's telling a story," She concluded.

"Yeah, no **** Lucinda!" 

*cue elevator music - we'll be right back*

'''''

"Ssh, ssh. Right now we're going to prank Garroth and Kim. They share a room with Zaner and KC but sleep beside a pillow barrier between them because they feel uncomfortable. Well, what if I told you I put a frog in their sheets?" Dante narrated, crouching outside the room. 

Zane and Nana came up to the room, hand in hand. "WHat are you doing!?" Zane protested.

"Pranking Kim and Garroth, don't mind me," Dante answered quickly.

"Could I... could I borrow your phone for a second?" Nana questioned.

"Uh, yeah, sure," The bluenette said, reluctantly handing her the phone. 

"Catch me on Twitch to see the outcome of this event at kawaii-chan_official," She said, then ended the stream and handed it back to its rightful owner.

Nana flounced back to the room and pulled out her phone, leaving the two men in silence. 

"You didn't manipulate her, did you?"

'''''

Nana leant against Zane as she streamed, watching Garroth and Kim's every move. She giggled to herself every so often, using the excuse that she was watching funny YouTube videos and had her AirPods in. 

Statistically, she wasn't particularly wrong. 

In fact, within fifteen minutes, Garroth screamed as he saw the frog jump under the covers. Kim screamed too as Nana laughed her lungs out. 

Reluctantly, Kim lifted the covers and gently tossed the frog out the door. 

"And that is how you prank your friends, you see that Dante?" Nana said turning the camera to herself. "Konbanwa!"

"Did you do this?" Garroth asked with a head tilt.

"Dante did it," Zane answered monotonously. 

Garroth fumed. "Dante! You're dead!"

Zane hissed in disappointment looking back to the novel he was reading. "Yeah, well, we're not paying for that door's replacement."

"You got that on video, right?" Kim questioned as she continued fixing the sheets of her bed. 

"Every last word. Rip, Dante." 

And with that, she shut off the live stream. 

Dante got the greatest scare of his life.

sorry for not updating. :(