It’s been at least a month since you started talking to Kiara and you spoke every day of the month with her. You would speak with her for hours on end about anything and everything, only stopping because the both of you still hold responsibilities. In such a short time you had found an amazing friend in an unexpected place. Within her you also found a great mentor. Being a much larger streamer with infinitely more experience than you, you would often turn to her if you needed any help with streaming and she would bestow you with her almost boundless wisdom. And that knowledge has propelled you even further in your streaming career. Kiara has made such an impact in your life over such a short time, you don’t even know how you can repay her.

But of course nothing good lasts forever.

‘Yeah my GPU and CPU simultaneously kicked the bucket last night and there’s no way I got the money to replace it, I barely earn enough to pay rent.’

‘Oh that’s why you didn’t stream yesterday. I was really worried, you know? I left you a few messages but you didn’t respond. I was super worried then :(’

You wouldn’t really equate a ‘few’ messages to the almost 50 messages she sent you but you’re not complaining, it was rather endearing to see she cared that much.

‘Haha yeah sorry I didn’t feel like talking to anyone and I went to sleep early’

‘You know you can talk to me about anything and I mean ANYTHING. Your big sister is always here for you!!!!’

That’s another thing. It seems as if she sees herself as your big sister, it wasn’t just a one off joke she made but again it’s not like you’re complaining, it’s nice to have someone to look up to and someone you can always talk to, someone your actual older sister wasn’t. Heck you even indulge in her antics sometimes and call her ‘Onee-chan’ and she goes absolutely insane and gushes even more about how adorable you are.

‘Yeah I know thanks Onee-chan’

‘OHHHH MY GOOOODDDD!!!!! Just because of that I’m buying you those parts. Just you wait!!’

‘What no I couldn’t impose on you like that. You’ve done far more than enough. I’m sure I’ll be able to scrape some money up soon enough’

‘I’m not taking not taking no for an answer! My little streamer can’t stream without a PC!’

‘Oh yeah well you can’t send me anything if I don’t tell you my address!’

‘Oh you cheeky little thing! Just you wait!’

And wait you did. A few days after that exchange, there was a knock at your door and a small cardboard box at the doorstep. You don’t remember ordering anything. Ugh maybe this was a drunk purchase, you did get blackout drunk a few days ago and that period of time is just a big blur. Well you might as well check what your drunk self-bought before returning it.

You brought the box inside. It was a plain cardboard box with only a shipping label stickered to the side, no clues to what would be inside. Just what did you buy? Cutting through the excessive amount of tape around it and opening the flaps, the first noticeable thing is the aroma of herbs and spices. It’s a pleasant smell but it’s confusing as it doesn’t really match the contents. Those contents being things you could only dream of on your payroll.

A RTX 3090 and an AMD Ryzen 9 5900x. You want to beat the shit out of your past drunk self. There is no way in hell you could afford these beauties, your shitty pay wouldn’t allow it. You scramble to your phone to check how far red your bank account is but your money is still all there? No transactions of any PC parts. If you didn’t buy them, where did they come from?

You carefully extract the components from the box and resting beneath them was a folded piece of paper. Unfolding it revealed some very lovely handwriting.

‘I know you said you didn’t want me to buy you anything but there is no way I could leave my precious little streamer without a working PC! So this is a gift from me to you!

-Love Kiara

So that’s why the box smelt like herbs and spices. It’s way beyond nice of her to send such an expensive gift, it’s probably the most expensive gift you’ve ever gotten from anyone but how does she know where you live? You never told her that and there is no way in hell you accidently said it on stream. To be honest you don’t really care if she knows your address, you trust her of course but you can’t shake off the feeling that it’s a teensy bit creepy. No you shouldn’t be thinking about your friend like that, it’s rude especially since she’s been so nice to you.

A buzz from your phone breaks you out of deep thought, a message from non-other than Kiara herself. Her timing is eerily perfect.

‘Soooooo how did you like the gift I sent? Surprised right? God I wish I could have seen the look on your face.’

 You were surprised, she got that right but not for the reason she was expecting. Should you ask how she knew your address? You want to but you also can’t help but think it is a rude and awkward question to ask straight off the bat. She’s already helped you so much and continues to do so. She’s the sole reason you can start streaming again without a hitch. How she knows your address shouldn’t be too much of a problem right? It’s not like she can do anything with it, you’re halfway across the world. Yeah It should be fine…?

‘I can’t believe you would send me something so expensive! I honestly don’t know If I could ever repay you for this.’

You shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you right?