Curate, connect, and discover
According to what I saw on the official Lolirock tumblr @teamlolirock , Nathaniel and Doug were apparently best friends, so I thought I would give a go at attempting to figure out/add on to the story of their friendship.
They met in middle school, 6th grade perhaps.
Doug was really shy back then and just listened to music secretly by himself on breaks, insecure because of past bullies and jealous of people like Nathaniel who always seem to have people around them laughing with them.
That was until little Nathaniel came by and saw he was listening to anime theme songs and then got super excited to find a fellow fan. At first Doug isn't very open thinking that he's just there to make fun of him for something, but slowly after more and more interactions he starts to trust Nathan
After getting over Doug's initial mistrust, they just generally click together, as surprisingly they have a lot of shared interests as well as a shared sense of shock humour.
Nathaniel, as a result of having made friends with Doug, drags out his new friend to meet his many other friends and helps Doug further his social group.
Till this day the pair still hang out all the time, whether at Doug's flat or at the smoothie bar
By now Doug’s mostly grown out of his shyness although he's kept his shyness for meeting new people. He can fake confidence pretty darn well though.
And after years of dealing with the blond, Nathan is still thoroughly befuddled at his long time friend, longing for those days where he wouldn't be assaulted by text messages at 2 am in the morning about the extinction of honey bees.
Note: If I were to assign them an irl friendship counterpart, I would say Josh and Ollie from Korean Englishman and Jolly. Their interactions are similar to how I imagine Doug and Nathaniel interact.