Chapter Fifteen: Electronics

Wednesday, June 5th. 10:37 pm. Oakley got sick so I've been banished to my room or sneaking around in case he gets up and goes downstairs. It's been a pretty good day.. Nobody's tried to kill me, even though I've only been up for about an hour.

Reina and I made a few thousand dollars by scamming a few rich guys who sucked. It's been almost two days since someone tried to kill me and my anxiety is killing me over it. 

I was on my phone watching some random videos that one of my friends sent me on my 3rd phone. (Which was my programming/hacking phone depending on public opinions.) . After the video I felt a vibration in my hoodie pocket. I picked up my main phone and saw a notification from Atlas.

Gender_Is_Confusing

'Atom….'

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'Hmm?'

Gender_Is_Confusing

'How do snakes have sex?...' 

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'...Ya really want me to answer that…'

Gender_Is_Confusing

'....'

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'....'

Gender_Is_Confusing

'....'

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'....'

Gender_Is_Confusing

'Nevermind I just googled it…'

'....'

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'Is that all?'

Gender_Is_Confusing

'Yes…. I gtg to a meeting…. bye beautiful bitch'

AtomicBomb🖤💥

'Lmfao bye'

I giggle as I roll my eyes before setting my phone back down. I get off my bed and walk into my closet and take off my oversized hoodie. I look in my full length mirror and notice my curly hair is a little bit frizzier than usual. I walk closer to the mirror and start to examine my face; freckles scattering all over my face, my headache causing my eyes to be a greyish color, my brain seeing every bump and anything it'd dub as an imperfection. My brain was nitpicking every little detail.

I took a step back and looked at my body. I was wearing a pair of black leggings and a tampon at the moment. My eyes fall to my body as I pull at the skin, I flex my arms and see the small amount of muscle that my body has built up trying to cheer myself up, I notice the thickness in my thighs and it gives me a bit of insecurities and confidence at the same time. I like my body, but I hate it so much. 

People compliment me, but I have days where I feel insecure…. And today happened to be one of them. All women are beautiful, I knew that for a fact. But today I didn't feel beautiful. I grabbed a different hoodie, slipped it on and decided to go play a new video game that a friend/company sent me to beta test. I walked to the spot I had in front of my bed that had all my gaming stuff that wasn't for my computer, grabbed my white, black and blue anime PS4 controller, turned on my PlayStation then put in the game. 

I sat down in a beanbag chair on my floor as I watched every little detail that was happening on my TV. Neon swirls going around the screen, the company logo on the screen then transitions into the game name/logo. Soft but dramatic music playing in the background. Warnings pop up as it goes silent. As the start/main menu screen pops up I watch it for a few minutes then I grab a new notebook and start writing in it.

"Bug… Bug…. Glitch…. Lag…. Lag… Lag…. Oh look it's lagging again…" Alex said, irritated by the game. "Alex I don't have the time nor the energy to convert you into a physical energy right now… So please just deal with seeing what I'm seeing for now. Plus it's being beta tested so it won't have these problems." I replied back.

I've been playing the game for about fourteen hours straight and I've searched pretty much the entire map. I'm almost done with the game and I've completed almost every achievement and it's a pretty short game. I've logged every bug, lag, malfunction, etc. And typed them into my computer as I went because I was getting sick of writing and thought it could maybe be easier for me.

Thursday, June 6th 12:55am. The clock read. I groaned slightly and got up from my chair for the first time in the last 14 hours and grabbed another sprite from my mini fridge. I saw a shadow pass my window and then land on my balcony. 

ChiChi

'Open up im on your balcony'

12:56am

'How do I know its actually you Daichi🤨'

12:56am

ChiChi

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'Belive me now'

12:57

Daichi sent me a selfie of him outside my window with a pissed off expression holding up a peace sign. I roll my eyes and unlock the millions of locks on my door. "Why didn't you use kad to unlock it?" Daichi asked, raising an eyebrow after I closed and locked the door. "Why didn't you walk through the hallway?" I reply in a monotone. "Cause I felt like it." I said brushing his black short hair out of his face then putting his hands in the pockets of his black hoodie. 

"Same here, plus I have Kad in resting mode at the current mode and I can't have a robot to do everything for me." I say sitting on one of my couches. He sits next to me and hands me his phone showing me his messages with someone named 'Love'. "Just scroll down." He said. 

"What do I do?" He asks me. "Bro your girls pregnant….So one support her in any decision she makes unless it's horrible obviously, and in this case she wants to keep the baby. But here's the real question do you want her to keep the baby?" I look at him seriously.

"Yes I wanna keep it." He said very seriously. "I just don't know what to do now that there's actually a child, I thought we were being careful." He continued. "Well it's your fault for having a weak ass pullout game." I say looking at my nails. 

He hits my arm as I throw my head back laughing. "Don't worry… But you should probably tell dad, and hope it's not a girl." I giggle. "Atom!" He yelled with wide eyes. "I'm just saying." I say holding my hands up in defense. "Don't worry I'll give you and her some tips and warnings." I say combing my fingers through my hair. 

"Wait you've been pregnant before?!" He asks with wide eyes. "Pffft No. I'm not fucking stupid. I just know some people and I'm intelligent." I reply with an exaggerated laugh when I start talking. "Oh… I can't wait for when we can finally have a newborn and be super happy." He smiles while imagining. "Ya sorry to interrupt your happy thoughts, but not really. Um ya, she's gonna be hormonal and excessively bleeding after birth." I reply while I pick at my nails.

"Bleeding?!" He asks in a worried tone. "Ya know what a period is?" I ask him. "Ya?..." He replied. "Ya it's gonna be a heavier and longer version of it after birth." I say with a yawn. "But why all the blood went to the baby?" He raised an eyebrow. "Actually no… Pretty sure most if is not all that blood is just to create a safety barrier for the child." I reply.

I got a look from him that amused me even though I didn't show it. "Wanna play a game I'm beta testing?" I ask him. "It might help distract you some." I add. "Sure, which game?" He asks, getting up to go to sit in one of the squishy seats. "Fall mines." I reply while getting up. "FALL MINES?!?!" he practically yells. "Bro quiet the fuck down." I say sitting down. "Do you know how popular the ads are?!" He asks sitting down. "Ya ads look fine, graphics annoying." I say handing him a green controller. 

After about two hours of playing Daichi went back to his room, using the actual door this time. It was currently 3am and I was fucking over this shitty ass case of insomnia. I turned off all electronics in my room, I tried dancing to burn energy, I tried reading, I tried drinking some caffeine. I didn't try sleep meds because no matter what it was it made me stay up longer. Eventually the boys woke up at about 4-5am to do their routines of training, getting ready for school, eating, etc. Before going to school. While I stayed in my room asleep… I was ok with this for now.

"Target locked on, give me the signal whenever."