The sun had chased him to the wall next to his bed and his covers were shoved to his feet. The sweat ran all down his body and his eyebrows didn't break a furrow. He hadn't taken off his clothes from the night before and he could smell the peculiar scent of lavender and lemon likely coming from his semi-formal collared shirt.
Kicking the last of the covers off, he turned over in the bed, squinting as the sun blocked his vision, making him practically blind now that it added on to his already blurry sight. He fumbled for his rectangular glasses.
It was a usual Sunday, despite the hangover, and despite getting increasingly anxious over what happened the night before—well, more so over the fact he couldn't remember what happened. There was this dark-skinned girl and—
He squeezed his head between his hands and rubbed the temples with the bottoms of his thumbs. There was no use thinking about it.
He neatly placed his glasses on the ridge of his slightly hawkish nose and got out of bed.
He didn't bother to shower or make food; there were more pressing matters. He had to complete his usual Sunday, so he sat immediately at his desk with the computer, fumbled for a couple of Advils, and took them with some water already on the desk.
The first application he opened before the computer could even full boot up was ZERXO. And before the game had even fully loaded, a message popped up on the screen under ZERXO.
Fyabio: 'BAN BAN WHEREVE U BEEEEAN?'
Rikyu sighed, annoyed, and yet somewhat amused, then typed back.
Von Bane: 'Yeah yeah I know'
Fyabio: 'BANNY WANNY'
Von Bane: '?'
Fyabio: 'bro bro bro Crobo already started playing the new mini-game update....WITHOUT US. CAN U LIEK ACTUAL'
Von Bane: 'uh you pressed enter too fast'
Fyabio: 'CAN U ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT?? UUH RUDE'
Von Bane: 'I can. Why?'
Fyabio: '...'
'BAN BAN U r DRUNK GO HOME. Aka hurry up n do game with ussss. Crobo is waiting ~…~'
Rikyu almost typed that he had been drunk the night before, but thought better of it.
Before Fyabio could continue the banter, Rikyu logged into the server. The character he was playing was a rabbit-like creature. It had some steam-punk attributes such as a top hat with gears and a pair of round goggles. It looked fairly harmless despite the crazy big gun it held. It poofed into existence in a fairly populated area of the virtual fantasy town. It was a simple town made of wood and stone but with several fantastical-looking non-player-characters as well as players themselves. Only milliseconds after he logged in, Fyabio's character bounced next to him in the form of a cute blond-haired boy wearing green squires' attire.
"You must quick. We have much hurry!" Fyabio said. "Crobo is going to gain all the fame before us!"
Immediately, Fyabio poofed out of the town.
Outside the screen, Rikyu held his head in his hands, attempting to muster the energy to try out this new mini-game. Bailing now would only fuel his headache with guilt.
Seconds later, Fyabio messaged Von Bane again.
Fyabio: 'FALSE ALARM. CROBO IS OFFICIALLY DEAD. THEY SAID THEY HAVE A MASSIVE HEADACHE AND STOMACHACHE AND IS GOING TO LOG OUT NOW ((Basically a hangover)) sooo basically no mini game...'
Rikyu sighed, however not out of annoyance this time. He had been saved. But Crobo with a hangover, too? The thought of it made him chuckle.