When did it all begin?
In 2013, two middle schoolers happened to sit next to each other during an after-school club meeting for Scratch programming (IFKYK). On that day, one gave up her beloved art club -- which met at the same time -- to check out Scratch club with her friend, who bailed last minute and left her alone! The other one had been attending Scratch club for some time and was getting bullied by one of his future groomsmen. They met, they hung out all afternoon, they bonded over cheesy anime art, and then they never saw each other again (mostly because she didn’t want to miss another day of art club).
Until about two years later, of course. But that's a different story.