[You have consumed one and forty-five minutes of game-time in the cafe. Please reload your subscription again if you still want to play at the desk.]
A notification floated from my screen, apart from the usual alert windows of the game. The monitor glued itself in front of me, followed me around, and obstructed my view. It even flashed a bright light to remind me about my subscriptions.
I wanted to play more, but I needed to return home with my sister, Himari. She would never allow me to go outside again if she learned about me cutting my class and ended up playing in a cafe.
"I get it already!" I shouted.
My hands slid open the settings, revealing the set of options I could choose from the slides. I scrolled down and pressed the button that said "log-out". Within a second, my body materialised and woke my senses back in the actual world. The world around me changed from pixelated cubed into a dark place. As I opened my eyes, the recognisable ceiling greeted me.
