*Day 2*
5 .... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1....
*RIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG*
Let's go! Going to meet Elizabeth again, that game was addicting and good!
"Okay class, pack your things"
"Goodbye ma'am"
I packed all my things in my backpack and started running towards the door.
"Nathan! Wait!"
A hand reached out on me, in front of my face. My head bumped into it, I fell to the ground. Good thing I have my head raised, who the fuck did that! I stood up and raised my head, it was Julie who did it, she had her arms raised straight.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm really sorry" she repeatedly said
Gah damn, just leave me alone. I started walking towards the door.
"Nathan"
Julie tried to put her hand on my shoulder. I turned around and raised my right fist at her. She flinched, taught that I was going to punch her. Her eyes are opened wide, she is full of shock. We just stayed in place, frozen.
The classroom was very quiet, I could feel a lot of eyes looking at us. Yeah, that's right, this is a sign that I am going to fight back starting today. I lowered my fist and continued my way.
"Just please, hear me out!"
So you just won't give up? And so do I. She started reaching for me again. I turned around, I raised my fist and swung it to Julie, giving her a strong blow to her face. Easy! She fell to the ground, hitting her felt good.
"Why did you do that!" One of Julie's friends said and ran up to Julie to talk to her
"Nathan!"
"Are you okay?" One of Julie's friends asked
"Y-yeah, I'm fine" Julie replied, holding her cheek, the spot I hit her
I started walking to the door, all of the people inside the classroom just stared at me. I just ignored them. I raised my fist and started punching the air. Woah, why the hell hitting her felt so good. So Elizabeth was right, getting revenge tasted like chocolate.
*Day 3*
Nathan rushed his things to his backpack and rushed out of the classroom. Julie's friends stopped Julie from going and chasing after Nathan.
"Let me go!"
"What if Nathan hits you again?"
"We need to apologize! Look how broken Nathan is! We need to prove to him that we care for him!"
"Yeah I know, we can do that on christmas"
"We already tried that plan but he didn't even attend the school party and exchange gifts. He just straight up went for a vacation early. We need to fix him!"
"We will soon figure it out"
*Day 4*
Nathan left us a swift of air after running past us, running out of the classroom.
"There is really something strange about Nathan. It's like there is something special he wants to do or see. This is the first time to see him like this in the past few years since grade 1, he also has that big smile and excitement on his face"
"Maybe he had a girlfriend?"
"I..... I hope so, it would be good that someone is making him happy"
"Oh yeah, remember when he punched Julie's face?"
"Mhmm, I think he really..... Change"
*Day 7*
"Boy, he is just listening to music"
"Just relax bro, follow him quietly and ninjastically"
We followed Nathan, quietly behind him. We followed and followed until he arrived at a house and entered inside.
"So, this is his house"
"You're telling me, there is something that excites Nathan inside his house, or is this his house?"
I looked around, I saw a tree nearby. A little bit far away from the house, looks climbable.
"I have a plan, but we will do it when I am free. I will be very busy for the next few days"
*Day 12*
"Okay, good thing Nathan was one of the cleaners today, we went ahead of him"
I climbed up the tree.
"Give me the binoculars" I said to Daniel below
I reached my hand out to him, he put the binoculars on my hand. I grabbed and raised myself up and started scoping the house"
"Let's see, there are windows. On the first floor on the left window is the kitchen, on the right is the living room. On the second floor, on the left window is a pink bedroom, and on the right is a blue bedroom, maybe it's this room?"
I looked around the bedroom
"Woah, is that a VR set? That's a beautiful and expensive-looking one"
"What kind of VR set does he have?" Daniel asked
"It looked like it was the Tecin12, the most latest and popular VR set, made by Tecin"
"No way, the Tecin12!? It cost a lot, I didn't know Nathan was rich"
I searched around the room again. An expensive looking PC set, a shelf, cabinets.... A teddy bear?
"Daniel, what in your mind first when you see a teddy bear in a boy's bedroom?"
"A gift from a girlfriend? Remember when we entered Anthony's room and we saw a teddy bear and he said Fiona gifted it to him, his girlfriend"
I looked below the house, I saw Nathan going inside the house.
"I saw Nathan going inside the house, let's see what you are excited about"
I waited for Nathan to go inside the blue bedroom. The door opened, it was Nathan who entered the bedroom, jackpot. I watched him, he took off his backpack and put it in the ground, he then stretched.
Suddenly, he looked at the door, maybe someone was knocking. He walked to the door and opened it. Someone came in, Nathan backed off with a question on his face. The person showed, his/herself, a girl emerged, it looked angry at Nathan. A girl!?
"Is that a girl I see over yonder!?" Daniel asked
"Yeah, it really is a girl! And a... Cute one!"
"Maybe it is his girlfriend!"
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"Ivana, is there something?" I asked my sister
"Brother, are you.... Hiding something?" She replied
"Hiding something? Why are you asking that?"
"It's because you always come home early and rushingly for the past few days instead of taking a long time to come home"
I looked around my bedroom, I looked at my VR set.
"Oh, it's just my new VR set mother and father gave to me. I just want to come home early to play it"
She crossed her arms and started tapping the floor with her feet.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah yeah"
She pouted
"You're lying, I know the kind of person you are! And how dare you lie to your cute sister! You are the type of person who really easily gets addicted to doing things but easily gets bored like the games on your computer!"
"No, this time, the game was really really really good"
"No, you are lying again! You said many times the last time you played that popular game and for the past few days, you got bored of it! There may be something in your room that made you like this"
My sister started searching around my room.
"I just said I am not hiding something!"
She looked at the teddy bear placed on the floor.
"How many times do I tell you to not place the teddy bear on the floor?"
She picked up the teddy bear and put it on my bed. She was the one who gifted me the teddy bear.
"Sorry"
"Starting today, sleep with it. And starting today, I will put my scent on your teddy for you to smell every night when you sleep"
"I am not sure why you would you do that"
She continued searching around the room.
"I am not hiding something!"
"You have never interacted with girls, except me, and never felt love right? Maybe you are hiding a porn magazine that's why"
"No! And please don't say those words like that!"
"No porn magz, check"
"I just said don't say those words like that!"
"No cute girl figurines.... Check. No book that shows attractive girls..... Check. Oh, I know, maybe..... Let me check your phone brother"
"Why?"
"Just let me check it"
"Okay"
I turned my phone and gave it to her, my privacy! I am sweating hard, looking at my VR set.
"Hmmmm, who is this Julie?"
"Oh, just a bitch from school"
She continued looking around my phone.
"No girls messaging.... Check, just family contacts. Okay, clear"
*Tek*
Wait, what was that? I heard something fall over my VR retail box. It is a book.
*Zuuuuuuuuuuut*
The disc drive started to emerge out of the VR console, showing the disc of the Virtual Girlfriend Simulator game. Nonononononono, go back! Go back!
"What was that?"
AAAAAHHH! My sister is going to see it!!!! I ran to my VR console box and took the disc and hid it.
"Hmmm? Is there something?"
"Uuhhh, just checking if my VR is.... Scratched"
"Then why did you need to run?"
"I mean, it's new and.... There is no way it is going to have a scratch without even reaching a month old with me"
She winked
"I heard that the new VR Tecin12 needs a disc to play a game right?"
"Yes"
"Hmmmm, wait, do not tell me, you bought a naughty game for the VR"
"No! I did not!"
She pointed at the 1st Recruit game on the floor.
"The game mother and father gave you, which is I the one who bought it for you, is not opened from its box. That means, you have never played it"
My cover has been blown
"So that means, you are playing another game. Can you.... Show it to me, handsome brother... Please"
"I am not hiding something"
She ran up to me, I stood up and walked away from her. I put my hand behind and threw it backwards, it went between the books, the disc looked unseeable.
"Brother, you have me. You don't need to buy a naughty game cause you have me! Give me the disc and let me destroy it with my own hands and see it broke with my very own eyes"
I raised my arms
"Search me, I am not hiding anything"
Ivana went to me and started touching searching me. From the top.... To bottom. She crouched down, she unbuttoned my pants.
"Why are you unbottoning my pants! You are literally my sister! You shouldn't do that to your own brother!"
I held my pants and buttoned it again.
"Just let me check it, maybe you are hiding it inside"
"Feel, not see it"
"Awww, my brother is letting me feel it?"
She raised her hand and was about to touch my private property, I covered it with both of my hands.
"Why are you like this!? And I thought you were going to search your imaginary disc you are talking about"
She pouted and patted my legs, searching. She stood up, she hugged me, hugged me tight.
"You don't have to lie to your sister, and you don't need girls other than me, because I am always here for you"
She hugged me tightly, she hugged me for like, 8 minutes. She kissed me on the cheek and let go of me, she went towards the door and went outside the room, she closed the door behind her.
Hoooo, that was a close call! Okay, where did I throw that? I searched for it between the books. Aha! There it is, I hope it was not destroyed when I threw it. I went to the VR console box. I turned the VR console box on and inserted the disc.
"Scanning... Virtual Girlfriend Simulator is ready"
Such a relief, I thought it was defected. I am not going to play it today mostly that Ivana nearly saw it, amd she was also getting suspicious about it.
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"Daniel, did you capture all of that!?"
"Yep, let's show this to the others"
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*Day 13*
"Why didn't you come and visit me yesterday?" Elizabeth said to me
I started typing at the keyboard.
"I am sorry, there's just something happened, that's why"
*Processing Reply*
"Did something bad happen to you?"
"No"
Elizabeth went to me and hugged me. I could feel it through the vibration of the armor thingy I wear.
"If something happened to school, just say it to me okay?"
She kinda reminds me of my sister.
"I... Love.... you"
Huh? Did Elizabeth say something? I didn't see any subtitles on screen.
By the way, this game is so realistic and good that it is so addicting
And it also has a cute girl.
*Day 17*
I woke up, I was met by Ivana's face.
*Flashback*
"Brother, can I sleep with you?"
"Can you tell me why?"
"For the past few nights I am getting scary and bad nightmares and maybe sleeping with you again may ease it again"
"Okay"
*End Of Flashback*
Why is it so tight in here? I looked at my body, Ivana was hugging me tightly. I pushed her, escaping out of her grasp. I stretched on the bed, I looked at the time, 5:04, still too early.
I stood up from the bed. I wonder what to do? I looked at the VR Tecin12, I looked at Ivana on the bed. Playing for a bit won't hurt, I hope she won't wake up early while I am playing.
I went to the VR set and turned it on. I waited for it to boot up.
"Game is ready"
I wore the VR, I was transitioned to my room.
"Haloo Nathan" a voice from my side
I jumped and looked, it was Elizabeth.
"Ehehehehe, sorry for scaring you there"
She reached out for my hand and grabbed
"C'mon, let's have some fun!"
I followed her, her face was full of smiles. I may have seen her smile many times now but this one looked very different. I followed her to the kitchen.
"Cut me those carrots while I prepare the other ingredients"
I went to the countertop, I took the knife by the side of the chopping board and started chopping the carrots into pieces. The game froze, this happens all the time for the past few days, but I got used to it.
....
Wait, why is it taking too long? The game started to get glitchy, what happened!? Was the disc broken?Does it do something when I throw it the other day? Nonono I can't lose this disc, if the disc is destroyed, then that means Elizabeth and the progress I have done will be gone forever!
I started getting dizzy, dizzy in real life. I just walked around my bedroom, Elizabeth continued cooking. She didn't detect what was happening to me because it is happening in real life. I stopped using my leg, I covered my eyes to not see the dizzy.
I waited for a moment and took off my hands from my eyes. The dizziness and glitch is gone, damn, what's wrong with this game, it became more severe than before.
I went back to the countertop to continue chopping. I took the knife... Something is not right, I looked at the knife, it felt like, I was really touching a real knife. But I am not using those gloves to feel the vibration.
I ignored it, I hold the carrot and continued chopping, holding the carrot felt realistic, but I ignored it. I finished chopping it and put it in the boiling hot pot Elizabeth is boiling.
The steam that was coming out of the pot felt warm.
"Sniff sniff"
Why can I smell the food? This should be VR, I am not wearing any machine or thing to smell, and also why does the floor felt real? I went to the door to go to the living room, I touched the doorknob.
The doorknob felt cold on my hands, I turned the doorknob and opened it. I went into the living room. The sun rays from the window hit my skin on my arm, I could feel the heat of the sun rays. Something isn't really right here!
"Is there a problem my love? You looked like you have trouble" Elizabeth from behind asked
"Oh, uhh, just nothing"
"Are you sure?"
"I am very sure. Oh yeah, I'm sorry but I have to go again Elizabeth. Don't worry, I'll soon come back later after eating, good thing it is Saturday today"
"Ohhh, you're leaving again, okay"
"Don't worry, I promise I will come back"
I raised my arms and grabbed the VR headset on my eyes....
I only touched the air, my four fingers and my thumb met. I tried it again, grabbing the VR headset, there is nothing there! Where is it! This cannot be! It should be here! Nonononono this can't be right. I looked behind me
Elizabeth is giving me an evil jolly smile