Chapter 4: Oblivion in pixels
That day I remember falling asleep and I couldn't even play my favorite video game. I had nightmares all night; how could I endure such humiliation all because of a misunderstanding? Damn, what will the teachers say when I go back to school? It's better to miss a few days, yes that's it, I won't go to class today, I'll wait for everything to calm down while I play video games.
I got up from the sofa where I was sleeping, the room was messy as usual, I was always too lazy to tidy it up. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth and washed my face, then I went to the kitchen looking for something to eat, but with all the commotion, I forgot that I had to go to the supermarket to buy groceries. I felt so ashamed and humiliated that I cried out to the earth to swallow me up and erase me from existence. Determined, I said:
"Ah, what a drag, I'll go to the store later, meanwhile I'll sit and play video games."
I went to my room, sat down and turned on the PC, running my favorite game, a third-person FPS shooter, very similar to a battle royale, but it had anime and manga characters, but just like in my life, I was always LV 0001, I was always in the endless tutorial, and that's how I spent most of the day.
Bored of playing, I got up, grabbed my coat and went to the supermarket. On the way to the supermarket, there was a store, it didn't look very good, but there was a very long line waiting outside to get in. In my mind, I said:
"What a crowd, is there a celebrity in the store?"
Curiously, I got closer. Being 10 meters from the store, I looked and saw the logo of a game that had been advertised a few days ago.
"That's right, today is the release of the new MMORPG -ESTARLIA-. How could I have forgotten? I can't miss this opportunity, the supermarket can wait."
"But I'm hungry, I haven't eaten since I woke up."
"What do I do? If I leave now, I'll miss the opportunity to buy the new game."
"I better stay, an opportunity to start a queue at a video game store being close to the entrance doesn't happen all the time. Could it be that I'm leveling up?"
Iwase imagined himself playing Estarlia and forgetting about all the problems that surrounded him.
And so an epic battle arose between his hunger and his mind.
While I was waiting in line, I was so bored that I took out my phone to watch anime and read manga. I got so distracted that without realizing it, an hour had already passed. When I looked around, in front of me, about 7 people ahead, I saw the reflection of two girls peeking through one of the glass doors of the store. The girls looked familiar to me, while in my mind I recited:
"Please don't let it be someone who knows me" X5 "I better try to go unnoticed." "What if it's Akari and Roxy...?"