smg4 · smg3 · secret crush · bisexual · teasing · leader · video game parody · comedy · emotional turmoil · unrequited love
The bitter fallout of their last clash still hangs in the air, a cold quiet that has stretched on for seasons. SMG3, reeling from a sudden blackout after walking Eggdog, wakes with a peculiar, liquid warmth glowing behind his sternum. In the thin morning light, propelled by an impulse he doesn't recognize, he unlocks his phone. His thumb finds SMG4's name. The screen lights up with their stilted exchange: SMG4's barbed 'What now, idiot?', followed by SMG3's stumbling, earnest apology. SMG4's reply carries a hint of thaw, a mention of Tari's birthday and Robux, while SMG3's final, hesitant line—'I'll see if I can... come... baka...'—betrays the confusing, potent magic now coursing through his veins.