streamer! zanka who accidentally leaks that he has a girlfriend three times. three. times.
it was apparent that zanka saw the way celebrities revealed that they had partners and fully believed it wasn’t ‘that hard’ while you two cuddled on the couch.
for a long time people had always just assumed he was just not interested in dating, especially when his clips were mainly about him being very respectful to women he collabs with.
until the one night someone in the chat sends a donation—
“thanks shampooconsumer47– wow what a name… ‘are you and riyooore4vah dati…”
his sentence trails off before he quickly discards it, his eyes immediately search the chat for something else to bring up, one moment that his stream was just ‘chill minecraft stream’ to chat trying to investigate if he has a relationship with someone.
it first started on twitter—or x, whatever you call it, when people start to tweet using #zanyo or #rinka while reposting the same clip. mentioning how upset he looks when he fully realizes what the message was.
zankanijifanpage: is it just me or is it rly weird how he just stopped himself and ignored chat 4 the rest of the night… #zanyo???
r1yoreapahwife1: bruh he doesnt deserve her anyway… bye look at that chopped chud next to my queen. #rinka is NOT real.
frooglhusier56: cmon guys, irs so obvious they’re dating LOL. literally the only woman zanka has ever argued with is @riyooore4vah. believe it or not #zanyo is real
you hadn’t even been awake for any of it, just having gotten home, you just wanted to lay in his bed and relax. you find yourself at peace mostly around the silly little scent he carries around.
so while you slept, zanka tried to figure out a way out of the whole ordeal. i mean… no one really knew that him and riyo quite literally have the same guardian,
let alone the fact his girlfriend is right behind him all the time when he streams…
so when he asks his sister what’s up and how she’s dealing with it, she just gives him a few sob emojis captioned ‘hahahahaha’ in capital letters. what is that even supposed to mean?!??
leaning back in the matching cerulean gaming chair he has to your own purple one, he stares up blankly into the ceiling, hands over his chest while his phone vibrated.
“what the hell am i gonna do…”
closing his eyes for a moment, he hadn’t even realized you woke up, letting out a soft yawn as you got up to hug him from behind.
“why are you so exhausted… i’m the one who just flew over seven hours…” a tired smile fell upon your weak lips, only the backrest separating the two of you,
“i… messed up.” “…did you cheat on me??”
“what?! god no! why would—ah, my bad baby, bad wording.”
you gave him an expectant look as he rotated his chair. “look i… you know how i try to give zero sign i’m dating anybody?”
you hum in acknowledge as you reach for a graham cracker in the box beside his setup. “well… i kind of… gave that awkward silence when someone asked if me and riyo are dating.”
“the kind that’s like ‘i hate her’ or the kind that’s ‘i’m keeping my mouth shut because i love her’.”
munching on the biscuit a loud crunch echoes quietly, checking your phone for the time, “well how ‘bout just stream for now? worst comes to worst, the world will know about me, right?”
you were right, zanka thought. nothing bad could happen other than probably the amount of comments and questions he’ll get but it can’t get any worse… right?
blegh. wrong. how wrong he was.
he didn’t account for the fact of him asking if you could cook him dinner so he could just have a few bites or two—well to be more precise, zanka didn’t think his chat would be looking at every single thing.
every little clue they could find. parasocial much?
so a new clip started to surface everywhere, the title being: ‘zanka’s mysterious partner giving him dinner, cute clip must watch’ or something like that.
where he had forgotten to turn his cam off and pull up the ‘on break’ screen he had commissioned for a while ago. fuck—why did he change his damn keybinds?!
it was a short ten second video, it’s as plain and simple as its title; your hand wasn’t seen, but the nice dish of homemade ramen suddenly sliding onto the table…
while zanka looks up, eyes softening with words that sound a lot like ‘thank you, baby. you can go back to bed now’.
now—a call loudly quakes his phone when he’s trying to go to sleep.
‘riyo (chudling #2)’ is calling!
reluctantly pressing the green button, he puts the phone up to his ear as his other arm pulls your body closer to his, “dude… it’s two a.m., don’t you have a shoot tomorrow?”
“dumbass! you are… a dumbass! how stupid are you, nijiku zanka?!??”
wincing at the volume of her voice, he lowers it down and replies, “what?? what’d i do now?!”
“your dumbass didn’t turn cam off when (name) gave you food!”
mentally facepalming himself, he just ends the call and throws it to some unknown corner of the room. poor phone—well, the only thing that mattered was you still getting your sleep after all that jet lag.
but would you believe me the very last mistake he makes seals his fate for good?
akn4z: no stream today, vlog time :)
that was it. that was supposed to be it. that’s all he was supposed to post today but now he can’t remember to switch accounts.
going out on dates with you was a dream come true, the one woman who believed in him when nobody would, the only girl he would ever plan on having eyes for,
the only person he’d ever match fortnite skins with—actually scratch that, he’d only ever match anything with you.
so when you two went out, it was to an amazing restaurant, one that had this amazing rooftop floor where the moon would highlight this one table; said table was always reserved, you had always wanted to sit at the spot but…
well five hundred reservations to one particular seat?
what do you mean the queue will last until six months from now…?!
but that’s why you had never been more thankful for your boyfriend, because that’s exactly where he brought you out tonight—
zanka had a suit that matched the color of your chosen outfit tonight, pulling your seat out for you, ordering your favorites while you sat directly under the glittery moonlight.
a beautiful bright spotlight that roamed your skin so perfectly, it only became even more picturesque when the chair felt comfortable for once, and the food tasted amazing.
zanka had happily offered to picture you—god i mean… how could he not? you were fucking breathtaking.
you’re just sitting there while spacing out into the island in the distance, an active lighthouse that blinked back to the light from this very restaurant’s kitchen.
leaning your chin onto palm, it was hard not to take a photo, but even when his thumb hovered over the shutter, now it was his turn for his breathing to hitch, he’s always sworn on the fact that no one is perfect, and the thought that he’d never deserve you,
but if perfection was real, you might be the one person who could achieve it.
“zanka look! boats!” you exclaimed under your breath before gasping audibly.
“perfect. m’posting that one to my dump.”
and you know what the couples that usually took up that moonlit spot on the high tower of a restaurant? they’d later on walk on the beach that resided below,
gentle waves crashing into the sandy shore, your shoes sunk into the grains as you roamed the beach, holding onto zanka’s hand.
“you’ve really outdone yourself, baby… i really liked tonight.” leaning onto his shoulder, you both continued to walk as he let out a scoff. “i might be average, but i’d never give you anything less than my very best.”
sharing a silly little kiss, you finally decided it was time to go back home,
he had put his phone on silent a long time ago, so was it a surprise when—
you raised an eyebrow before answering, “hi riyo! how are you?” “hi (name)!!! look i really love you, mwah mwah mwah- but do you mind passing the phone to your ugly boyfriend?”
you let out a chuckle before tapping your boyfriend on the shoulder, “beb. riri is calling you.”
“huh?” placing the phone up to his ear, he takes ahold of it before replying.
“hey, riyo—driving right now. don’t think i could’ve answered-“
“are you actually stupid?? please answer honestly.”
scoffing into the speaker, he replies with just as much sass. “what the hell are you on? no i’m not and you should know that.”
“then why did your blind ass post something probably meant for your dump onto your main account?!?!”
you couldn’t hear the call for the most part just riyo’s little voice spiking up every now and then. only making you more concerned, zanka pulls your car over to the side of the road.
his hand flies off the steering wheel as he goes to get his own device, putting riyo on speaker.
“no fucking way.” “yes way, bitch! someone’s dumbass posted their secret girlfriend on his main!”
“ah, that’s why you called me instead…”
“hi (name)!!! i just want to add you looked amazing tonight!!! a lot of people think you looked gorgeous too!!!”
you feel your heart warm when you hear her words. you smile and answer, “thank you riri!”
“no prob girl. love you. zanka—we aren’t done. ooohh, enjin is gonna kill you!”
the call ends as his face pales staring down at his phone.
he had posted a whole slideshow of photos with you and him (mostly you) on his instagram, and the caption being ‘the moon is lovely or whatever 😍’.
“…fuck.” “well… at least they know it’s not riyo anymore…?”
in summary: it took zanka three times to realize that trying to hide his ‘secret’ relationship is a lot harder than it looks.
