Chapter 8: MMORPG

Suzuki felt a sudden pain throughout his body when he woke up to the daylight shining through his room. "Ahh," he groaned in pain while sitting up. "Where am I?" He asked himself as he scratched the back of his head.

"Ohh, the game, did it finish downloading?" He rushed over to his computer.

"Finally!" He screamed in happiness. " But how come I woke up so early?" He quietly said, looking over to the clock.

"2 hours before class, what should I do?"

He hoped to play them and enjoy the game without the thought of school in the back of his head. Finally, he headed toward the bath, ready to take a shower and get on with his usual schedule.

He felt a sudden pain on the left side of his body. Unsure of what to think of it, he hopped inside of the shower. Not worried about his current state, he carried on with his routine.

After brushing his teeth, he finally headed out of the shower buck naked and with only a small towel wrapped around his crouch. Then, to his surprise, a sudden knock came on his door. "Huh, who could it be at this point of the morning?" He asked himself in a shaken state.

Slowly approaching the door, he had no peak hole, so he took his chances and jerked the door wide open, and his towel unwrapped and revealed his private area to the unwanted visitor.

"Oh my, what a sight to behold." The old landlord admired her scenery. She held her basket and handed it forcefully to the shaken and stand-still Suzuki. "Here you go, dear, have a good morning." She told Suzuki, leaving without a second thought.

Suzuki, embarrassed, closed the door shut and quickly picked up his towel. Then, putting aside the food the lovely landlady brought him, he rushed into his room to dress. "Embarrassing!" He screamed inside of his head.

Downed by his current situation, Suzuki walked to school quietly and without a coffee in his hand. "Oh, I didn't get anything to drink?" He tightened his grip on his side bag, thinking about a hot cup of coffee in the cold morning.

"Whatever, I just need to get this day over with." He said to himself as he placed his hoodie onto his head.

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He arrived home, relatively late this time, with a coffee in his hand. He sat down and started his computer in excitement.

"No homework!" He screamed as he stretched his long arms into the air. "What a time to be alive." He started the new game.

"This is it!" He spoke as he watched the game load. Then suddenly, the computer made a noise, and it boated him out of the game, which had almost finished loading.

Infuriated, he stood up and sandwiched his computer screen with both hands. "What the hell! You piece of dog shit!" He screamed at the computer.

Finally, he managed to calm down and take a seat once again.

Giving it another try, he waited some time, and the game opened up. The first thing he read on his screen was character customization, which he took full advantage of and molded his character after himself.

"Beautifully ugly!" He commented on the character that resembled him, giggling.

He took some time and smashed through the tutorials. Then, he enjoyed himself in the darkness.

Finally loading up a lobby full of real players, he muted his microphone and started walking towards designated areas for newbies. Along the way, he felt followed by a character.

Taking notice of her, he hid behind a merchant's tint. She skipped past Suzuki, who emerged from his hiding and ran in the opposite direction. She took notice of him and stopped him with a shout.

"You know you can play this game with a Vr set?" She said, smiling while walking towards him, as he turned to face her cute character. Suzuki had no idea who this girl was. She resembled no person that his good memory could recall.

Her character was slender with pink hair. Her eyes were as green as the Earth's greenest surface from above.

She tucked her white button-up shirt decorated with a red ribbon under a cute short black skirt. She was wearing high tights with slip-on shoes.

"Uhu?" Suzuki scuffed in confusion. She leaned in front of his face. "Anway."

"Why're you d-dressed like that? You know this is an action game, right?" Suzuki couldn't help himself but ask.

"These are my casuals when I'm around towns traveling." She smiled. However, she went back to her sentence again.

"You know you can play this game with a Vr set?" She repeated the same sentence.

"I don't care. Now, leave me alone." Said Suzuki as he took off to the next designated arrow.