£rr0r D3t3ct3d: Act One- Chapter one
Nothing...
I feel nothing...
Is that normal? Sleeping after what feels like a long day but not a shred of dreams, in turn, feeling... nothing?
I'm perfectly aware that you could have multiple dreams and only have only a glimpse of a single one... but unless you count an endless void of darkness as a dream, I didn't have that glimpse...
"Well, I have nothing better to do"
I groggily got of what I thought was my bed but was actually the couch of the living room, accepting and ignoring it, I headed upstairs to the bathroom to start my usual Monday to Friday routine, only to realise that someone has already started their before me. It's most likely my best friend, Sora Kirei. I hear music playing, probably from her phone, but I don't hear her showering, so she's probably decent, but she's always been open on how often she...reliefs herself...
Probably best to avoid that nightmare
"Hey-yo, Kirei?" I knocked on the door calling her out, "Can you hurry up? I don't care if I'm late, but I rather it not be because your horny-ass trying to get wet twice"
"Well, Good Morning, motherfucker! I hope you slept well!" Sora leashed out with a chuckle, "Unfortantley for you, my horny ass is doing make-up right now, I need to get to school early"
I narrowed my brow in confusion, is not rare that Sora wakes up early than I do, but not because she's teacher's pet, it's because I overwork myself either recording or editing my videos, so it was odd to believe that Sora had reason to go to school early
"Who's dick are you sucking that you have to get to school early?" I jokingly asked
"Sorry to disappoint you, but NO" she clapped back, "Jessica needs up help setting up the club and I still want to have at least a single of a class, so, I'm going early to help Jessica and still have time for class!"
"I guess I'm walking to school alone then..."
"Sorry, bud..."
"It's fine... I like music more than I like people, anyway"
"Besides the chick you believe is closer to you than your own blood-relatives?"
"Not exactly hard to do, but if it helps you sleep..."
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You know, despite my general desire to listen to music rather than socialising with people if not necessary...I have to admit, walking to school without any form of company is actually depressing as fuck. It usually isn't, since the music I listen to is so batshit insane that thinking and concentrating becomes overrated, but it's as if the emptiness I felt when I woke up this morning was still planted in my head, somehow making the relenting and hype inducing loop of dub-step and heavy metal feel... So plain that not listening to it wouldn't make a different...
Guess it's pretty convenient that Cookie showed up just as I needed company...
"For someone who looks like she runs on rainbows and fumes of skittles, you're actually not half bad," I complimented, "Adds to the cuteness dare I say..."
"Cute? You're not flirting with me are you?" Cookie teased, "You gotta try harder to get Cookie's cookies, if you catch my drift..."
I took a second to figure that one out, "Did you mean that sexually or literally?"
"Both if you're not compensating..."
Cookie and I shared a dragged chuckle, continuing the back-and-forth explicit flirting as we walked to school, we did make a pit stop at coffee shop that Cookie strongly likes, ordering a pumpkin spice latte (there's a basic bitch joke I could make here, but Cookie got me the exact same thing...)
As we continued talking, I thought to myself on how fun and carefree it felt to talk to Cookie, as if the filter and protocols that I use to talk to anyone else (that isn't Sora) is for now less strict, but considering how flirtatious Cookie is being, it's possible that
"Do you live near the Techs by the way?" I asked, "If Sora's gonna be helping Jessica here and there like today, I might need an extra someone to flirt with,"
"Aww, the player's lonely...Lucky for you, I live inside the Techs, door number 76," she revealed
"Sweet, that's in front of my house! Door number 75! Maybe we can meet up before school in general, let me get your number,"
"You really want Cookie's Cookies huh?"
"Stop..."
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It's not uncommon for a student just be counting the minutes for lunch to start, the reason would most likely because they're bored out of their ass would rather do anything than the participate in the lesson they're in, it could even because they just want to get to lunch early because there's a particular food item or it could because two people had an unfortunate dispute which resulted into a fight in the dining hall...regardless of their reasoning...
It's still better than what I'm feeling...
Well Cookie definitely helped, I'm still in the same blank and dark mood, as if I just want the day to end so I can go home and wallow in my darkness, preferably by sleeping, just to be safe. This feeling could just because I've been skipping my meds recently, but something would have triggered my PTSD would it not? While, I'm too unmotivated to check with the doctors, so whatever....
I looked for my usually lonesome table for me to eat, only to see that it has be occupied by a hooded figure. I recognised this one from the club, noticing the white bangs peering out of the hood of her jumper, Lola Prince... Or just Ice, I guess...
Well, I have nothing better to do...
I sat down on the seat in front of her, smiling at her as she noticed me, "So how's the hottest member of the manga club doing?" I greeted
"D-do...do you really think that of me?" Ice asked with slight nervous stammer...
I took a second to respond, not sure if I should be telling Ice out of all people but since I'm already here "Overall? I guess, yeah...Jessica's ass pretty flat,"
Ice blushed slightly as she pulled her hoodie down but chose not to pull down her face mask as well, "T-thanks for the...compliment," She spoke with a bit of hesitation, "To answer your question, I've been good...and you?"
I didn't want Ice to worry since we only known each other for two days, but I can't lie, "I have had shittier days but doesn't feel like it today... kind of just want the day to end"
"Shame, that's the exact same way I feel at least four times a week...two times whenever you upload a new video online,"
I chuckle at the fact that my excessive critic videos are therapy to an introvert with a possible high rate of anxiety, but I think the thing that kept me going was because of that at some point, I was too an introvert with a possible high rate of anxiety. I'd go into detail about my own reasoning, but their called repressed memories for a reason...
"You really must be a big fan if you have been watching my videos for four years," I told Ice, "My voice only started to drop when I became 14..."
"Well, you always did find away to work with what you got, as if you videos grew up with you," She pointed out, "Part of the reason I've been following for so long..."
"That's sweet of you, Ice, thanks...What is your favourite video though?"
"How much time do you have?"
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Finally the end of the school day... I can officially confirm that I am in better mood than I was waking up the morning, but does not mean I'm willing to seat another class room for another hour, even if it is about one of my favourite forms of media. Right now, I just want to go home and enjoy my other favourite forms of media, eat and then sleep...
"Hey! Wait up, Jay!"
Fuck my life...
I turned behind to look at the face that (all things considered) I did not want to see until I got home, Seemed that Sora even ran towards me with how out of breath she was. I wanted to make a comment on how unfit she was, but then I remembered that she started developing before she was seven...
"Ice...told me... that you weren't coming to the club today," She revealed, still take moment to catch some air
"Yeah, true...I haven't been feeling it for the whole day," I replied with a hint of guilt, "It's probably because I've skipping my meds but still,"
"Figured...You seemed out of it yesterday and your insults this morning wasn't as spicy as they usually are..."
I scratched my head in confusion, "You can figure out my mood by the serveity of my insults?"
Sora scratched her own head, but out of shyness instead, "You've been verbally bullying me for while..."
"S-sorry about that...and sorry that we didn't spend any time today, anyway to make it up to you?"
Sora took a moment to think as I realised the mistake that I made. Sora is richer than me, that's for fucking sure, but I have always made it my thing to treat my friends, especially Sora who has been with me thick and thin...unfortunately, I generally go overboard if I do something wrong and Sora is well aware of it...she hasn't done anything to take full advantage but I can never too--
"Date me,"
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wut?
"What?"
"You said you wanted to make it up to me, right? And the issue here is that we didn't spend anytime together...so, why not kill two birds with one stone by treating me to a semi-romantic day out on Saturday? If I think you did well, I might even kiss you,"
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"Well,I got nothing better to do,"
"Bitching, I'll call you at 12!"