Jason sat comfortably on his bed with the pillow on his back to keep his back straight. He was with his phone in hand ready to read his favorite online novel.
He was very eager to know how the story ended since he noticed in the morning that the 'completed' tag was on the book.
Finally, after one whole year of following the novel, the author has ended the book. He opened his account and checked his coins. He needed to make sure that he had enough to gift the author after he finished reading the final chapters.
He couldn't wait any longer, he clicked on the romance novel 'Standing by you' and started reading the chapter. He had his fingers crossed on crown prince Davion and Lady Sashina getting their well-deserved happily ever after.
As he read on, he couldn't help but hold his breath when the second lead-turned villain took Sashina captive. He felt the urge of entering the novel and beating Nedryn to a pulp. He should learn how to let go when he is not loved, he thought.
He read on to the battle between Davion and Nedryn for Sashina. Davion emerged victorious which was no surprise since he was the male lead of the story while Nedryn fell down a very high cliff to his end.
Davion and Sashina convinced the king to let them marry, together they ruled the kingdom of Aphidia for many years and lived happily ever after.
Jason loved the ending of the story. The crown Prince deserved a happy ending from the awful life he had growing up and he was elated to see Nedryn brought to his end once and for all. For a villain the man lived up to his title, he made life miserable for the female and male lead. They lived in constant fear of him, as much as their love blossomed all thanks to him. It still wasn't fair for the two love birds to have such a cold-hearted man be in their lives.
The story according to him deserved applause, he quickly gifted the book all the coins he had left. He closed his phone and slithered out of bed.
He was happy with the book's ends but also sad since he wasn't sure if he would ever be able to fall in love with another novel again. The author of his novel mentioned nothing of when her next book will commence and that left him feeling lonely.
He raced into the kitchen to get himself a snack to eat. He settled for some popcorn and a smoothie. He decided to pass the time watching on Netflix. It was a better distraction to keep him from thoughts of how what he had always wanted to be made him feel so sad.
He wished the author would have made another plot twist and made Nedryn somehow survive his fall and return to cause chaos in their lives and extend the feud to their children so the novel can keep going.
He flipped through the movies nothing seeming interesting enough for him to watch. His mind kept taking him back to his novel. He felt like sending the author of the book a request to continue the book or start a new one with the same characters soon.
He needed to read of the adventures of his girl Sashina who he had fallen in love with for the whole year. It felt like he had been dumped by his girlfriend after dating for a year.
The thought of never reading of her ever again made him uncomfortable. He rushed back to his room slipped into his bed and vowed to reread the whole book just to get a glimpse of his girl and her beautiful smile.
Her image was arched to his memory from the description the author gave of her, he was sure he would be able to recognize her in a crowd of a million people if she were ever to be real. What he wouldn't give just to see her and speak to her.
He fell asleep a few hours later while reading the novel. A notification popped up on the screen of the author's page. He was fast asleep to notice the notification.
'The author has decided to rewrite Standing By You in a bl version. The characters remain the same only their roles and a few parts of the plot will change. Stay tuned for updates of 'Standing by you [bl],' the notification read.
Jason dropped his phone on the bed and turned on the bed to get a comfortable sleeping position.
'Author uploaded the first chapter'
Another notification came causing the phone to buzz but Jason was lost in slumber dreaming about his favorite character Sashina. He dreamed of having Sashina in his arms together cuddling the cold of the night away.
It was a sweet dream that brought a smile to his face. He smiled like a crazy person holding on to the pillow believing that he was holding his beloved. He leaned in and trailed kisses on the pillow.
"How wonderful would it be for the two of us to be together in the same world?" he mumbled in his sleep. "Then I would fight for your heart," he added.
He assaulted the pillow with hugs and kisses continuously. The dream was normal, it was one that he had every day, and was not ashamed of it. He had fallen in love with a character from a book and now all the real girls around him became invisible.
They could never measure up to his darling Sashina so to him, they were unworthy of his time and attention. He had no dating life, Sashina was his first and with the way things were going, she was most certainly going to be his last love too.
Everyone in his life was under the impression that he WAS dating a girl named Sashina. Little did they know that she was a character from a book. His mother would often press him to bring Sashina home to meet her but sadly she had no idea, the girl in question is the creation of an author's imagination.