Nick and Luke had been best friends since kindergarten. Since then, they've been inseparable.
Middleschool, Highschool, and now college, they've done it all together. While they had chosen different classes to study, having interests in different careers, they sure had one passion in common, Video Games.
Whenever their parents would find one with the other, they were playing games. Even when they weren't together, they were, online.
This continued now that they were in college. Roomates in a flat near campus, they spent their first monthes here playing.
Following the trends online, they considered being internet personnalities and created their youtube channel. Sadly for them, it hadn't brought them far and they soon stopped trying.
However, their monthes of inactivity did have an impact on some aspects of their life. They both fell victim to the Freshman 15.
Luke had always been a beanpole. Towering most of his student life his friends at 6"2 and only 150 pounds, the weight did not seem like much and only resulted in a slightly bigger ass. It even motivated him to go to the gym, working off the pounds and even gaining muscles in the process.
Nick had always been considered skinny too. But at 5"9, adding 15 pounds to his 140 was a bit more effective. While his stomach had always been flat, he had developped little love handles and a spare tire that would be left unseen under most shirts, but were still there nonetheless. Not quite as motivated as his friend, he opted for jogging, which he wasn't very diligent about. Still, while not losing weight, it helped maintain his new figure, preventing him from gaining more.
But something else changed with that. At the gym, Luke met new friends that he would spend time with, time that Nick would spend alone at home, working for school or playing. Nick hadn't given up yet on their dream career, and was quite saddened that his friend would forget about it and spend time with others than him.
One day, while walking home, Nick saw a shop he was sure he hadn't before. It said it was a magic shop. Out of boredom, he decided to take a look. There were many weird things in here but one in particular interested him. The first word was hard to read but he could decipher "Gamer Fuel Potion : Will make you the best at it". Looked like nothing more than an energy drink, but it was enough to intrigate him. He decided to buy it, then go home.
Once there...