The best part of being a YouTube personality, Sora had found, was the nap he got to take after the video was finally posted. It beat waiting anxiously for comments, at any rate, and after the stressful few days of filming he'd had on his latest project, being able to disconnect from the world for a few hours to sleep with a sense of satisfaction… nothing in the world beat that.

Comments did come close, and while he slept there were always a handful waiting for him when he awoke. Also a plus to de-stress naps. He got to be warm, cozy, snuggling his latest plush creation, and feel content as he read through them.

The negative comments were blessfully few on his channel, though he supposed it was because his videos were more of a 'niche' than for wide-view watchers. He got the stuffed animal enthusiasts and sewers and general crafters, full of positivity and ideas. And maybe his watcher count wasn't nearly as high as his older brother's gaming channel, or his younger siblings' music and art channels, but he could boast the happiest watchers and he loved each and every one of them dearly.

You have five (5) new messages.

Sora thumbed through the comments on his email, smiling sleepily at the first reactions he'd gotten on his Papou fruit plushie. It was one of the few art dolls he'd made that didn't have a sculpting element to the face and feet, given it didn't have feet and the face was sewn on, but it was definitely one of his most huggable creations and the viewers seemed as happy about that as he was.

"You're a hit, Steve," he mumbled to the plushie in question, currently being utilized as his pillow. He pat one of the star's squishy points and scrolled down to the next message.

Starheart13

an amazing creation as always! I've been a

huge fan of your work for a long time and I'm

so happy to see such a soft creation! I love

watching you sculpt faces the most but this

is so cute with the sewn in smile! It's just as

cute as you are ✿ ‿ ✿

Sora blushed and smiled wider. It wasn't the first time he'd been called cute since he'd started his channel two years ago, but it was always slightly embarrassing and very flattering. And this only got worse as the final message proved to be two replies that apparently agreed with this sentiment.

He turned off his phone and stretched, covering his face with his hands and slowly dragging them down. Comments like that were always nice, he supposed, but they also made him feel every inch of his singleness. His exes had all called him cute at some point or another, after all. He blamed his baby face.

You have one (1) new message.

He sighed and flopped back over to read, finding yet another reply to the 'cute' comment.

FrozenBeast

Starheart13, i have to agree but has anyone

else noticed how much like VoidGamer he

looks? They could be twins?

Sora laughed a little. Oh, but that would not go over well. Not that his fans would know, but he and Vanitas were aware of each other already and he knew he looked like him. Of course, he'd known Vanitas long enough to see the differences too. Vanitas, for one, was sharper, leaner, taller, and had a dark sort of handsomeness to him that only registered as cute on Sora. He was caustic and rough and aggressive, but Sora would admit to being a devoted subscriber to VoidGamer if only because it was hilarious to watch Vanitas cuss out a video game, even though Ventus very much disapproved.

You have three (3) new messages.

"Oh boy," Sora snorted as the reply thread took off and put his phone on silent since it seemed most of his comments would be on this new discovery by his fanbase for a little while. He was a tad surprised to see how many watched both channels, or would once they looked up Vanitas. All they'd have to do was watch a single video and be hooked, the way Sora had been. Not that anyone would ever know.

Though he had to wonder, just a little, how Vanitas would take the sudden influx of commenters. Because there was no way it wouldn't reach him. It was fair enough to say they'd known each other a long time, but only peripherally. Vanitas was Ventus' boyfriend-turned-ex and Sora was simply Ventus' brother-with-the-same-face. And while they'd gotten along in the brief times they shared the same space, it wasn't enough to judge… well, much of anything. Sora wasn't even sure Vanitas was aware he had a YouTube channel. Vanitas would probably be super confused as to BlueSkiesandSurf even was. How hilarious to think of.

Sora grinned and sat up, giving into temptation and looking at the messages again. A few were happily not about his resemblance to Vanitas at all and he smiled reading through them, responding to one with a promise that the Papou plushie would indeed be on his Etsy once he made a few more. He got out of bed to write it down on his calender, finding some free time space to actually make said plushies around the next project he had planned… which he wasn't even sure what that was going to be.

The downside to awesome de-stress naps was waking up and realizing the cycle was about to repeat. And he was firmly in the 'Brain Freeze and Panic' part of the process. He sighed and grabbed his headphones, setting it on his Create playlist, sat cross-legged on the bed, and let himself sink into ideas.

Two hours and a headache later, Sora was still stuck, but had a few possibilities to play with. He set his playlist to something more soothing against the pain in his temples and looked at his phone again.

You have fifty-six (56) new messages.

"How many of those do you think are about you and not my face?" he asked Steve, who only smiled at him. He pushed on the plushies' face and snickered. "Don't worry, Steve, this will blow over eventually."

Though, he'd come to find, it was less blowing over and more blowing him over.

Fans were a force of nature. He just didn't know it yet.