You were one of the few people that Corpse had latched onto when you met in a game of Among Us.
Rae had convinced you to join one night, reassuring you that all the players were chill.
Reluctantly, you had agreed, but your anxiety didn't seem to ease up until everyone had welcomed you with open arms.
Corpse had been challenging to read to say the least, he was quiet at first, which you assumed meant he didn't like you.
In the game you had ended up getting imposter, which wasn't good for your already prevalent anxiety.
Things were going surprisingly well, until you'd made the rookie mistake of killing Toast in front of Corpse.
When the meeting was called you were 100% sure you were done for, you could feel your palms growing sweatier with each passing second.
That was until the unmistakable rumble of Corpse's voice filled your ears,
"Y/N was with me in medical when we found Toast's body, so I reported it."
He lied with ease, having played this role many times before, but you were quick to confirm his admission.
"Yeah! I think I saw Lily venting…"
You could hear the hesitate in Sykkuno's tone when he attempted to move forward in their suspicions of who could be the imposter.
When the game ended, you had won, and everyone but Corpse was mortified at how easily you fooled them, but you knew it was due to Corpse's occasional input.
It was about three hours after the game ended when your discord app alerted you of a call, the name displayed caused your brows to shoot up in shock.
You answered the call with confusion laced in your words, to which you heard Corpse's breathless chuckle.
"You did good tonight, Y/N. Do you play Among Us a lot?"
You paused at that, you considered lying and saying you did play, but that probably wouldn't bode over well.
"No, actually. I've only ever played a few times before today. I swore I was gonna get exposed when you caught me.
When you lied, I tried so hard to follow you!" Another laugh filled your ears, and you couldn't help the chuckle you let out at.
"Yeah, no I could definitely tell, I was trying to be nice. I wanted to see how far you'd get if I kept that between us. You won, so I must be a good teacher."
After that night, he called you everyday, unless something came up for one of you, you both even went as far as to video chat, with Corpse's screen faced upward, which was understandable. This went on for seven months.
Though, you both silently agreed that no one needed to know you kept in touch after that one game, Rae, bless her heart, genuinely doesn't know that you two spend hours on video chat talking mindlessly about your likes, dislikes, and whatever random things one of you happens to come up with. Video chat was done with his camera facing up or directly in front of him, and despite not showing his face, you still called often because you knew he liked to see your wholesome reaction to something he said or did, he liked to see the genuine delight on your features when he shared any aspect of his day with you.
He even once told you your smile put him in a good mood, so you tried to make a habit of sending him pictures of you smiling at least once a week, just to see the rare occasion in which Corpse uses a hundred emojis.
So, maybe it shouldn't have been a shock when Corpse asked if you wanted to visit for a weekend, but it did. You almost said no, too afraid of how meeting in person would affect the dynamic of your relationship, but in the end you agreed, because your want to be around him outweighed your anxiety around the whole situation. If he could work up the nerve to have you in his space, his sanctity, then you could muster up enough to come see him for a few days.
Besides, you knew that the couple days spent together would be worth it in the end, especially since it meant you got to be on the receiving end of one of his hugs. He always gave off the vibe that his hugs were amazing, and you were determined to find that out for yourself.
So, without giving yourself too much time to think about it, you booked a flight to San Diego, as well as reserved a hotel room.
When you shared that bit of information with Corpse, he immediately demanded you cancel the room and get your money back, stating that there was no way he'd let you stay in the city alone, when you protested he just started loudly repeating "I literally didn't ask you, Y/N."
Even thought it was only for a few days, you caved and canceled the room, and that was enough to have Corpse move on to the next item of business, the actual visit. He told you all the fun activities he wanted you both to do together, majority of which involved staying indoors, which was both your preferences.
Before you knew it, the weeks faded by and you were headed to the airport to fly to Corpse.
||. I'll write a second part which features reader and Corpse meeting if this one does fairly decent.
