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What I don’t expect is quiteso muchheat.
HadTrash93: I looked up what Scones’s dad did and how can you date him knowing this?
ToastOnBeans: Here I thought you were dating a bi icon but turns out he was just making a homophobic joke like all these bros
SammyIsMyBaby: He’s not even that cute, idgi
I don’t even know these people, but it hurts that they don’t trust me and my judgment. HadTrash, and even TOB? I thought they were my… Well, maybe notfriends, but were on my side, at least. Rooting for me, for us. (I’m also a bit torn up about SIMB’s assessment, even though I know that’s ridiculous.)
WonkyWillow: I’ve never watched this guy’s channel but I’m gonna have to stop watching yours if you keep working with him. I don’t care who you date but keep him away from here.
ToastOnBeans: Oh, no, I absolutely care if you’re still dating him, considering people like him and his asshole dad think that people like me shouldn’t exist
ToastOnBeans: If you’re okay with that then we have a problem
HadTrash93: I’m gonna give Oddly the benefit of the doubt and say she might not have known all this
ToastOnBeans: He’s still a jerk and she’s okay with it
I stopped actively playingPaper Plainsseveral minutes ago, but the chat keeps going like I’m not even here. They’re not even directing their messages at me anymore and are just arguing with each other.
I don’t know what to do in this situation. I don’t know how to defend myself—how to defend Damien—without sharing more information than he’d want. It’s not my place to say,Actually, yes, he is bi, he’s just socially awkward. Or,He doesn’t even like his family and hardly ever sees them. Or even,He never even talks about his dad because they have nothing in common.
He’s the one who should be telling them these things, not me. But he’s not going to, because he’s still hiding.
So I do what he does best:
Absolutely nothing.
I tryto start a voice chat with Damien as soon as my stream ends, but he doesn’t pick up. Instead, he sends a message.
SconesOfAyor:
I don’t feel like talking tonight
Okay
But are you okay?
SconesOfAyor:
I don’t know
What does that mean?
SconesOfAyor:
It means I think I know how you felt now
When you called me your nemesis
What does THAT mean?
SconesOfAyor:
You ignoring all the shitty comments
It feels awful
