D̲i̲s̲c̲l̲a̲i̲m̲e̲r̲:̲ 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩: 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺, 𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘔𝘗 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘯. 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘯. 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢. 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.

【☆】★【☆】★【☆】★【☆】★【☆】

"Xy! You have to wake up now!" 

Xylo grumbled, 

"No," 

Avon walked further into the room and jumped on top of them, 

"YOU HAVE TO!" 

Xylo yelled out in shock when Avon landed on them,

"Vonnie!" 

Avon laughed, 

"I am not going to let you be late for work!" 

Xylo sighed, 

"Why not?!" 

Avon sat up, 

"Because you need that money," 

They glared at her and Avon shrugged, 

"Come on Xy, you know that you like that job enough to keep working there," 

Xylo sighed dramatically and sat up, 

"Fine fine. What are you going to be doing today?" 

Avon shrugged, 

"Probably clean up everything, sort some things..." 

Xylo sighed, 

"Still don't want to go outside?" 

Avon blushed and shook her head, 

"Nah," 

Xylo chuckled, 

"Alright," 

Xylo left and Avon sighed in relief once she saw them leave. Avon glanced at her phone momentarily and plopped down on the couch. Avon decided to go to her room, which used to be Xylo's guest bedroom but they turned it into Avon's room when she started staying with them, and sat down on her bed. She pulled out a single photo that was of her with everyone in New York. She sighed, 

"I'm sorry," 

She slumped forward in defeat, 

"I can't take back anything...but I'm sorry that I caused so much pain to all of you. I know how hard this is for you...but I just had to get away from it all, I couldn't take it anymore. It was slowly killing me, having to hide from so many people, to pretend that something is alright. I'm just so sorry," 

.｡:+* ﾟ ゜ﾟ *+:｡.Meanwhile｡.｡:+* ﾟ ゜ﾟ *+:｡.

Xylo walked into the cafe and went to the back to get her apron on. Her coworker, Xavier, walked up to them, 

"Hey, Xylo," 

Xylo glanced at Xavier, 

"Hello, Xavier...what's up?" 

Xavier smiled and shrugged at them, 

"Nothing much, was going to ask if you saw," 

Xylo frowned in confusion, 

"Saw what?" 

Xavier took out his phone, 

"You remember how all the content creators went dark for a week around a month ago?" 

Xylo rolled their eyes, 

"Xavier, you know I don't go on YouTube or anything like that," 

Xavier sighed, 

"This was big though," 

Xylo shrugged. Xavier rolled his eyes, 

"Well, they are going dark for the day again because of their friend being exposed," 

Xylo glanced at him, 

"What do you mean by exposed?" 

Xavier shrugged, 

"Something about her name being leaked. Her streamer name was Ace and she was nameless, much like Corpse being nameless and faceless. Then her name was leaked to be Avon uhh...Avon Sadler or some shit like that," 

At the mention of their roommate, Xylo immediately tensed, 

"What did Ace look like?" 

Xavier shrugged, 

"Uh, I'll show you a picture," 

Xavier pulled out a picture on his phone and showed them. Xylo felt shock flow through them when they recognized the girl to be their Avon, just without brown hair. Xylo flashed a small smiled and gave the phone back to Xavier, 

"Thanks, now...we have work to do," 

Xavier shrugged and nodded, 

"Yeah," 

Throughout their entire five-hour shift, Xylo couldn't help but think of Avon. They trusted the girl, very much, but they didn't know about this part of Avon's life. But they also don't know a lot about each other's pasts, just the bare minimum seeing as both roommates don't enjoy talking about it. 

✩｡:*•.────❁5 Hours Later❁────.•*:｡✩

Xylo walked into the apartment and spotted Avon in the kitchen cleaning up the counters. Avon smiled brightly at them, 

"Hey, Xy!" 

Xylo smiled at her, 

"Hi, Vonnie,"

Avon immediately frowned, 

"What's wrong?" 

Xylo sighed, 

"Can I ask you a question?" 

Avon immediately nodded, 

"Yeah, of course!" 

Xylo looked Avon in the eyes, 

"Why didn't you mention that you usually went by Ace?" 

Avon immediately froze in horror at the alias, 

"Wh-what?" 

Xylo frowned, 

"Xavier told me that content creators were going dark for the day...because one of their friends had their name leaked and left the community until further notice. Then he showed me a picture of you...Vonnie...why didn't you say that's the reason you hate going outside? Why you hate everything that has to deal with social media?" 

Avon sighed sadly, 

"B-Because...I was scared that you would see me differently...that you would think I was egotistical or selfish for not spending more money on us." 

Xylo immediately walked up to her and pulled her into a hug. Avon hugged them back and let a few tears slip. Xylo patted her back, 

"Avon, we are friends, we live with each other. I would still put up with all your shit and I'd sure as hell possibly get arrested for fighting some twelve-year-old for hurting you," 

Avon giggled and smiled softly, 

"Thank you," 

Xylo winked at her, 

"But obviously I want like some more rent," 

Avon burst into a fit of laughter and Xylo soon followed. Avon smiled softly at them, 

"Xy...I really do appreciate all of this," 

Xylo smiled, 

"Nah don't worry about it, you help keep me a bit more sane," 

Avon gapped, 

"Hold up, don't blame your insanity on me," 

Xylo laughed and smiled, 

"Damn, I was really hoping I could, sucks," 

The two laughed again and Xylo sighed, 

"So, you haven't actually been talking to some of your closest friends?" 

Avon sighed sadly, 

"I can't deal with everything all at once Xy...I talk to my best friend, Niki, every now and then, but barely. I talk to Corpse, someone I met and we got closer due to both being nameless, we talk a bit because he really helps me with my anxiety of everything...I talked to Karl, who is taking care of this kid I basically adopted as my sister, a little bit when I first left. Then I talked to that sister a week or two ago to check up on her. I haven't talked to anyone else though," 

Xylo nodded, 

"Yeah, I can see why you did it. I'm sorry, I should have helped more with all of this, I can Vonnie, I can help you. We are in this together now," 

Avon glanced up at her and smiled tearfully, 

"Really?" 

Xylo nodded and grabbed her hand, 

"Vonnie, we are in this together, alright?" 

Avon smiled and nodded, 

"Yes, we are in this together,"