STICKY NOTES // JSchlatt X Reader

26

"I fucking hate you."

You couldn't help but laugh at Schlatt's disappointed face as he laid down his controller and pressed his face into his hands. On the screen in front of you, the rankings for the Grand Prix you had just completed. You hadn't even chosen that hard of a course, but Schlatt had managed to land himself a place in fourth.

You weren't even on 200cc. 

"How are you doing this badly?" You asked. 

"I have to get back into the swing of it!" Schlatt said, picking up his controller agian. "This is the one, promise."

You shrugged. "Alright then." You picked your way to the next Grand Prix, stopping on the character selection screen. "You're sure you don't want to choose someone other that Bowser?"

"Fuck no." Schlatt said. "You know what I like about Bowser?"

"He's got good speed?" You asked, changing up your kart a bit to get better handling - you had almost lost to the computer once last race because of it. 

"They call him the big guy." Schlatt said.

You sighed, mocking exasperation. When he had asked for a Mario Kart rematch for his channel, you had known it would be a non stop ride full of bad jokes and screaming. Didn't mean you weren't enjoying yourself though - you didn't think that was possible in Schlatt's presence. 

"Any course preference?" You asked, breezing over the different options. 

"Anything but the crown-"

You clicked the crown before you really thought about it, giggling as Schlatt knocked into your shoulder playfully, pushing you into the side of the couch.

"I fucking said anything but the crown!" He griped, watching as the countdown for the Cloudtop Cruise. 

You got ready as well, gluing your eyes to the screen. "And what about it? I want to win, of course I'm going to choose the one you say not to."

Schlatt grinned as the race started, shooting off right away. "And that's exactly what I knew you would do you sneaky son of a bitch, which is why I tricked you into choosing the one I'm the best at!" 

You gasped dramatically for the camera - you would just have to give him a solid beating anyway then. Not that you were too worried about it - so far he had been absolutely trash.

"Wait, did you just pass me?"

You watched as the little number one in the corner on your side of the screen turned into a number two and Schlatt sped ahead, hitting one of the jumps and flying off. He laughed as you scrambled to catch up and forgot about the lightning bolts, getting hit square in the face. 

Your second place turned into fourth.

"Motherfucker!" You cursed, getting going again, speeding up before you could get passed again. It was still only the first lap, so you had time to make it back up, but you would have preferred to just stay on top. 

You grabbed another power up and prayed for a mushroom only to be given a red shell. You could work with that though, and you tossed it forward, watching it hit the guy in third as you zoomed past him, setting your sights on the guy in second now. 

It was easy to pass him as well - he was only the computer after all. Soon enough you were gaining on Schlatt again in the middle of the second lap. Plenty of time to make it up still. Plenty of time. 

"I see you back there." Schlatt said. 

"Good." You shot back, grabbing another power up. What you needed was a shell now - you would take any kind - and the universe heard you, handing you a red shell.

Without thinking, you threw it, only to see that Schlatt had been holding a banana peel behind him and the shell did absolutely nothing.

As you crossed into the third lap, he laughed. "Idiot, you didn't even look to see if I was holding anything."

You just grit your teeth and aimed for the double power up as you hit a jump. 

It went on like that for another minute - every time you got a power up Schlatt would already he holding something behind him and it would be absolutely useless, and the laughter just got louder and louder as you got closer to the end of the course. It was when you could see the finish line that you knew what you had to do. 

You untucked one leg out from under you and kicked Schlatt in the side - not hard, but just enough so that he lost control of the kart for a moment and you could speed past him, crossing the finish line a second before he did.

"What?!" Schlatt roared, staring at the screen for a second. "You-"

You set your controller down, raising your hands in surrender. "We never said anything about kicking or anything-"

"Because that's just assumed!" Schlatt said. "If I knew that hands were legal I would have tossed you out the fucking window!"

You couldn't help but giggle at the genuine surprise and shock on his face as he looked at the screen displaying your places now. Schlatt scrubbed a hand over his face before punching you in the shoulder - not hard, but enough that you were pushed into the side of the couch again. You didn't mind; it was only fair, you supposed. 

"Cheater..." Schlatt said. "I can't believe this."

"Hey, you tricked me into choosing this cup." You said. "Tricks and cheating were on the table after that-"

"Fine." Schlatt said, glancing at you. "You better get ready for next race then because it's absolutely on. I'm going to completely destroy you."

"Oh, you're on." You said, hitting A and letting the next race load up. You smiled to yourself - this is what you had missed in the two months since you had visited Schlatt, the competitive spirit and the laughter and the way that he got completely focused on beating you no matter what game you were playing. 

You wouldn't trade this for anything in the world.