My entry for Little Gui Takeover's May prompt â Celebrity! Don't look at the date shhh shhh shhh
Poly??? Except only you and Gui are actually in a relationship and this gremlin's just trying reallyyyy hard to claw her way in. Let's see if she succeeds!
Guinaifen x Reader x ...Sparxie?! - Collab
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"You look like a shrimp."
Her spine snaps straight up as your fingers wrap around her shoulders. It's not the first time you've caught her slumping over her desk in this manner; in fact, if you had to guess, you'd say this is the... third time today correcting her posture? Fourth? Too many, that's for sure. You sigh.
"What's been up with you lately?" Slowly, your eyes scan over the various numbers coating her laptop screen. The same goes for the similarly populous graphs. "Is this your streaming data?"
"Hey, don't look! It's embarrassing..."
She lets out a sigh as both of your gazes lock onto the right side of a particular graphâher viewership. It doesn't take a genius to see why its line, dropping ever lower with each passing week, troubles her so deeply.
"I just don't get it! I'm following all the trends, and I even came up with one of my own that went crazy viral. But my views are still dropping each stream... I'm not falling off, am I?!"
"No, you're not falling off, Gui. I'm sure there's some other explanation. Oh! I bet it has something to do with that other chick that blew up recently. What was her name again? Sporky?"
"Sparxie!" Guinaifen jumps up, nearly knocking you over. "That's totally it! Ever since those Phantasmoon Games started, she's been popping off like crazy and stealing all my hard-earned fans. I don't get it. Her content isn't even that good! I mean, it's not awfulâoh, what am I doing, praising my arch nemesis like that?!"
As Guinaifen is busy working herself up into a rage and stomping around the room, you lower yourself down into her chair and give the mouse a few clicks. Honestly, you're much too loyal a fan/partner to pay any mind to other streamers, so you've yet to watch any of Sparxie's streams. It appears she's live right now, though. May as well see what all the hype is about. Your index finger pushes down.
"What's up guys? It's your one and only number one favorite streamer in the whole wide world, Sparxicle!"
"Oh gosh, now I'm hallucinating her too?!"
"No, Gui. It's just a stream." With a sigh, you tug at a panicked Gui's wrist and bring her closer. Sparxie, in the meantime, wobbles around like an oversized bobblehead. She even blows a kiss at the screen. You squint. "Is she trying to act cute?"
"Don't fall for her tricks! It's all an evil hoax to make her fans super parasocial about her."
"I won't, don't worry. After all..." Another tug, only harder. Her face zooms right in front of yours. "I've already got the cutest streamer right here."
Her eyes widen before rapidly blinking open and shut in embarrassment, her lips equally uncommitted to any particular position as she struggles between smiling and letting out a soft, adorable giggle. You inch closer until your lips connect, and all of a sudden, she knows exactly what to do with them. Maybe too much so. In the heat of entwining yourselves together, you hear a faint series of clicks and clacks. And then a gasp.
"Oh my, that username... I had no idea Little Gui was a fan of Sparxicle too!"
The two of you draw away from each other to stare wide-eyed at the computer screen. Shit. Did you really accidentally type something in her chat? And by the sound of things, Sparxie is more than happy to publicly dwell on your mistake. She beams at her camera.
"You know, I've been thinking. All this time of being a streamer, and yet I've never done a collab with another creator. We should change that! What do you say, Little Gui?"
"...WHAT?!"
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So, yeah. Here you two are in Planarcadia, lost in the middle of Aeons knows where and trying desperately to make yourselves not so. Funny. Despite your current predicament, you distinctly recall a certain planet hopper proudly proclaiming that she's "got you, fam" and to simply relax as she leads the way.
"Hey, Gui?"
"Don't tell me... We've already been here?"
"About three times now, yeah."
"Darn it!" She groans and throws herself onto the floor. You kneel down and gently rub her back. Her face turns up towards you, puppy-eyed and tearful. "I'm sorry. I really am good with directions, I swear! It's justâI'm freaking the hell out, okay?! We're going to see the real life Sparxie. Sparxie!"
"I thought you didn't like her."
"I don't, but you gotta understand. This. Is. Huge. Do you have any idea how many people are going to be watching this stream?" Her hands clench onto your shoulders and shake you around. "Messing this up is basically career suicide!"
"Well, yeah, but you're not going to mess up, okay? You'll be just fine." You press a kiss into her forehead. "Relax."
Her facial muscles warp between tension and release as she processes your comfort before completely giving into it. A moment passes in silence, save for the ambience of the city. Finally, she exhales and jumps upright once more. She throws you a wink and a thumbs-up.
"Alright, enough loafing around. Let your handy-dandy travel guide lead the way!"
"Even though this 'handy-dandy travel guide' is half an hour late?"
Guinaifen squeals and runs behind youâmuscle memory from your many ghost hunting adventuresâbefore letting out a gasp of dread-filled recognition. Sure enough, the lady standing before you is none other than Sparxie herself. She beams a bright smile at the two of you. The sharp, repetitious thudding of her shoes against the ground, though, tells another story.
"Aw, don't look so frightened. I'm just teasing. It really is lovely to see you, Little Guiâand you too, uh..." She eyes you up and down. "Who might you be?"
"Oh." You flush, realizing Guinaifen must have forgotten to mention you. That scatterbrain. "I'm her partner. It's a pleasure to meet you, Sparxie."
"Her partner, huh?" She hums. You swear you see her eyes shine with a dark glint; at least, you do for a second before her cheery persona retakes the stage. "The pleasure's all mine. Now, shall we head off? Not to rush, but we don't exactly have much time, since... you know."
"Shoot, you're right! I'm really sorry for causing so much trouble." Gui clasps her hands together. Sparxie merely nods in response before turning her back and walking forward. Not for long, though. After a brief moment of stillness, her head spins back towards you two.
"Oh, and by the way... Little Gui, you should really consider getting into acting. It takes skill to act so friendly with someone you dislike so much. Trust me. I would know."
Today's going to be a long day.
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"And three... two..."
Hushed chattering fills the room despite them all receiving very clear instructions to pipe down mere moments prior. You suppose it's only fair; if you were graced with the presence of a local legend such as Sparxieâat your own school, no lessâyou'd have a pretty hard time keeping things together too. Thankfully, the woman in question seems to pay the rowdy crowd no mind. Guinaifen, on the other hand... You're just thankful she's still standing, given how hard her legs are shaking.
"One. Hello my lovely, loyal fans! Welcome to the stream. Today we have a very special guest from the Xianzhou who's traveled all this way just to entertain you. Isn't that right, Little Gui?"
"Th-th-that's right!" She sputters out. "Here to, uh... entertain you all. Yup."
All of a sudden, Sparxie reaches up and grasps Guinaifen's chin, raising it higher and provoking a flood of squeals from the people surrounding you, as well as some interesting commentary that they'd "kill to be touched by Sparxie like that" or how they "would never wash their face again" if they were in Gui's place. A person not too far from you collapses to the ground. Their nose is bleeding.
"Don't tell me you're getting camera shy?" Sparxie pouts and bats her eyes at her fellow entertainer. "You poor thing. You must not be used to having this many eyes on you all at once."
Guinaifen smiles and laughs in response, but even from here, you can see her eyebrow twitching in barely contained disdain. The rest of the audience pays no mind to your partner's frustration, though. Is that a good thing? Either way, after a few more moments of bickering disguised as niceties, the show continues on. Sparxie grabs the other's arm and leads her towards a thin rope dangling in mid-air.
"Now then, onto our first act of the day! Prepare to be amazed as our darling Guinaifen braves the trials of the tightrope."
"What?! But you told me earlierâ"
"Hm? You say something?"
"You told me we were going toâ" Gui sighs. "Never mind... Tightrope it is. No biggie. It's just walking. I can totally do that, no problemo."
"That's the spirit! Now hurry on up and give us a show, why don't you?"
The crowd cheers louder as a visibly shaking Guinaifen makes her way up towards the attraction. Sparxie wastes no time in joining in on the cheering herself, although the look on her face makes it hard to believe that her eagerness is anywhere near as purehearted as the others'. After a moment, she clears her throat.
"While she's getting started, I think it's only right to express my appreciation for all of you. Really, the fact that you're all here, watching and cheering meâI mean, usâon..." She lets out the fakest sob you've ever heard in your life and smiles softly. "It brings a tear to my eye. As such, it's only right that you get some appreciation back. Wouldn't you agree?"
That seems to be all it takes for the entirety of the audience to forget about Guinaifen's performanceâsave for yourself, of course. No wonder she was so terrified of you getting sucked in by this chick's cutesy facade. Everyone else is falling for it hook, line, and sinker. As Gui takes her first step forward, Sparxie continues stealing the spotlight.
"I'm glad we're all on the same page. As a token of my love for you all, one lucky person in the audience is going to get a very, very special reward. And that person is..."
A foreboding feeling of dread seeps into your stomach. Somehow, well before looking forward and seeing the target of Sparxie's pointed finger, you already know exactly who it's pointed at.
"You!"
The people surrounding you let out exaggerated gasps and turn to stare at you. Some appear excited on your behalf. Some gazes fit squarely into the "if looks could kill" category. None of them come even close to the terror induced by Sparxie's, though, her red eyes suddenly feeling far too reminiscent of an animal on the hunt for your liking.
"Don't be shy. Come on up. This is your reward for being such a devoted fan of yours truly."
Hands shove you forward, forcing you to stop delaying the inevitable. You walk into the beast's domain. She smiles, gripping you tightly within her claws.
"Good. Now, you're all probably dying to know what this special reward is, hm? Don't worry. I'll tell you. This lucky fan is going to receive... a kiss on the cheek!"
A flash of orange wobbles violently side to side in the corner of your vision. You watch in horror as your lover's ankles nearly cross over one another, one misstep away from tumbling onto the ground and destroying any sense of pride she possibly could have left in her. She watches back. The two of you exchange silent screams with each other until, finally, your worried expression convinces her to return her attention back to the tightrope. Her balance stabilizes. For now.
"Are you guys jealous?" Sparxie winks. "Don't be. From now on, every stream of mine with a live audience will have one lucky winner at the end! So be sure to keep showing up and giving me your love and support, okay?"
Her words help alleviate the bloodlust being sent your way, but not for long. As soon as her body starts turning towards you and her face begins to lean closer and closer to your skin, all eyes are back on you. Your heart races.
"Here you go. Your special reward..."
"Look out!"
A voice calls out from above just before her lips can press into you. Sparxie looks up at it, first with annoyance. And then with horror.
The crowd harmonizes to create one deafening gasp. No matter which of the streamers they've sworn their undying loyalty to, every single person in the area's eyes are now equally drawn to both of them, tangled together and unmoving.
"Are they..."
"No way..."
"They're..."
"Kissing?!"
The two girls remain in shock for a few more moments, processing their bodies' positioning with respect to one another. Sure enough, Gui somehow managed to not only fall all the way down from her tightrope, but also aimed her body perfectly to fall right on top of Sparxie, and with the way the latter turned to see what all the commotion was about... Their brain cells kick into full gear and they rush to push each other away, but it does little to change the fact that they did, indeed, kiss. They also did, indeed, kiss both in a very public space and on a very screenshottable livestream.
"Oh my gosh, I totally ship it!"
"Just get married already!"
"Do they have a ship name? We need to come up with one, stat!"
While the two entertainers continue questioning every decision they've made that led up to this point, the fans go wild with excitement, showing off their phone screens to the unlucky few who failed to capture a photo of the fateful moment themselves.
"Um... Gui?" You lean down and poke your partner's cheek. "You okay?"
"Of course I'm not okay! I can't believe I just did that. All that time I was up there, I kept thinking 'don't fall, don't fall' and what did I do? Fall! Stupid stupid stupid..."
Gui's so distracted with berating herself that she misses seeing Sparxie move in on her at first. When she does notice, her eyes widen. "I'm so, so sorry! Please forgive me!"
"Hm." Sparxie's tongue clicks. "You don't sound all that sorry to me."
"I am, really!"
"Is that so? Then are you willing to prove it?"
"Yes! I'll do anything to make this up to you, I swear."
Sparxie pauses and ponders over Guinaifen's words, or at least pretends to. Maybe it's just your imagination, but something tells you she's merely dragging out poor Gui's psychological tortureâa tactic that's clearly working all too well, given how your girlfriend's on the brink of bursting into tears. Thankfully, her cruelty eventually reaches its limit.
"Well, as you know, it's a streamer's responsibility to give the fans what they ask for, and due to your... little stunt back there, their hearts are now dead set on seeing more content of the two of us together. I know we planned on this being a one time thing, but you wouldn't want to disappoint the fans, would you?" Her hands reach outward and curl around the sides of Guinaifen's face.
"So... what do you say, Little Gui?"
