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a few days after posting his herobrine sighting, Zander’s mood was at his peak! he was gonna be popular, praised. Of course along with his friend ( albeit he only thought that because thats what good people, like him! Did.)
He spinned around in his chair, adjusting his Minecraft gameband, till he got a message on skype. It was his friend, Maybe he wanted to play with him? He would like to do that!
> Zander.
that was a bad sign immediately , he knew his friend wouldnt use puncation in text.
> Uhhhhh yeah ?? What is it :/
Zander replied, a sense of dread creeping in, he relaxed. Its nothing most likely! Maybe they wanted to borrow his answers for english ( Which were amazing ! )
> Dude, someone made a debunk vid on our herobine sighting https://youtu.be/UOUxpc89dcQ
they replied, Zander felt sick.
> ?? What
He copied the youtube link, pasting it onto Google– a video quickly showed up.
"ZanderX400’s herobrine sighting EXPOSED!" Zander’s eyes wandered over the title, his mouse hovering Over the video– before finally clicking, leaving it on pause.
There was around one thousand views and nine-hundred likes. uploaded four days ago— a a foreign? Familar? sense of Humiliation filled his brain, his chest tighting, posture stiffening. This was HIS only way to fame and adoration afterall! if this .. "bigkvids” ruined it all, then what would Zander be ?!
he calmed himself down; Its nothing! most likely. his fans and loved ones would still praise and adore him— no they wouldnt. they wouldnt want a deceitful-fatherless-bastard like him.
He coughed, ignoring the thoughts in his head. His self-Esteem was already too fragile afterall, he pressed play on the video. His face contorted into something disgusting. He read the lines in a hushed yet disgusted tone.
“Shoulda called yourself zanderx420 right?”
"Well guess what! Im doing exactly that :D”
“ooh thats dramatic”
The ego of this man. Who does he think he is?! Disgusting, scum of the earth. he felt his chest grow heavier, aggression ? Disgust ? It was justifed for something was disgusting as bigkvids..
he paused, realising a detail — he rewinded the video. a certain line getting his attention. "I’ve been getting a lot of comments lately saying i should expose ZanderX400’s herobrine sighting”
a lot of comments.
the people loathed him
the people wanted to ignore him and see him die. a horrid death.
god was he really that terrible? To be instantly noticed by hundreds of viewers wanted to see him fail , that he was a big phony.
he felt useless, having his own viewers turned against him— the once almost maniac mood faltered, becoming dull.
What was he? Just Zander. the pathetic Zander who cant even record videos! He felt anger, shame, self-loathing— it felt sick. Zander was always confident. or atleast he acted and told himself— How much of that was Lies bulit upon Lies?!
He felt sick. he wanted to disappear— for people to forget everything, So he did What he did best. Run
He went to his youtube channel, clicking on his most recent videos and deleting them in a implusive manner, not caring for What his friend thought— it doesnt matter. His reputation was ruined and people hated him.
he continued, delete, delete and deleting. Till it left a blank page with only two thousand subscribers. He looked at it, all of his progress gone because of stupid-egotiscal “bigkvids”. he felt drained, a sudden notification appeared.
> Zander Where did all of your videos go?
> Zander?
he closed the application; being too tired to respond. god he needed a distraction, ignoring the spam notifications on his screen, he shut his eyes. Sighing.
god he was pathetic . Utterly useless.