Game Gyaru

Chapter 75: Summertime Sadness

The best time of the year for many had finally arrived, or at least the time before said best time. It was the final week of classes before everyone would be allowed their long summer break and most students were in a buzz about it.

Most were discussing with their friends on their plans. As high schoolers, there was a lot many wanted to do before being forced back into the routine of going to classes, studying, and doing homework. So there were a good number who planned on taking trips together or with their families to get a good break away from mundane life.

Hakuta was not one of these people. His dad was never around and there was no way he'd want to do a bring your kid to work day considering the circumstances. The boy also wasn't interested in the many ideas for a summer trip. Most of them involved going outside and he was more of an indoors person. Of course, this didn't stop other people from pestering him on the idea.

"Hey Hakuta." That person would be Iruka, seeing as she had easy access for talking to him. "You doing anything this summer?" She asked.

"I don't think you need to ask that question." To him, it should've been blatantly obvious what it was he had in mind for the break. They all knew what he wanted to do, which was stay inside away from the hot sun and play video games. This didn't mean they wanted him to do so.

"Wait, do you sunburn easily?" She asked as a follow up. It was a fair assumption that him spending so much time inside might've prepared him poorly for handling the sun's rays.

"No." He answered, sighing at her continuing attempts to grab his attention and get the boy to do something outdoors with her. "Why don't you go ask the other girls? I'm sure whatever they have in mind is much better than what I can offer."

"But what's the harm in you coming along too?" Now Yuusen and Itsuki had joined in on the conversation. The three had Hakuta surrounded, there was no hope of escape for the boy. "I can think of some fun places we can hang with the girls." He said with a smile.

"And I can think of those places as being miserable for me." He responded. "Let me take a wild guess, you all want to go to the beach." It was an easy assumption to make. He knew his friends well and most people did want to go there during summer anyway.

"Bingo." Itsuki gave him a thumbs up as if the boy was trying to answer a hard question. But it was not desired by Hakuta who really didn't care for going to the beach. "Come on, you know all the great things we can see while we're there, right?" It also didn't interest him on the many things his friends wanted to see while they were there either. Mainly because it involved girls wearing cute and revealing swimwear.

"With all that sand there? No thanks." He crossed his arms to reject their proposal. It would be hard to want to game there considering the lack of TV screens. However, even if he could bring his console, he wouldn't. All the sand and humidity from the ocean would mean nature would wreak havoc on his hardware. So the boy would rather not take the chance.

"You know there's more to life than just video games, right?" Asked Iruka. "I mean, we just don't want you wasting away your youth all by yourself."

"And I'm pretty sure when I'm an adult I won't have time to play video games." He countered. Which was part of why he attempted to make his youth as full of those games as possible for the future where he couldn't. "Now I'm going to stand up and leave so I don't have to continue this conversation with all of you."

Hakuta was grateful it was lunchtime so he wouldn't have to be forced to stay at his desk. As he walked away, he thought about the number of times during lunch when he actually didn't eat. No wonder he was always starving by the time he got home.