Lookism: What Am I Even Doing?

Chapter Sixteen

Hmm, I feeling so much better today! After being stuck in bed all day I should really go stretch out my legs for a bit! Its a bit cold outside but maybe that's why I'm craving ice-cream. Its not that late so I don't have to sneak out my window tonight. 

Uncle was sitting in front of the TV in the dark with a face mask on when I left. He asked me to buy him a coffee while I was out. I've noticed since living with Uncle that there's a time in your life in when coffee becomes an everyday drink like water. Your body doesn't even react to the caffeine anymore and you start to crave it.

This time I made sure to leave with a couple layers on. The weather these days has been pretty cold. Though the wind isn't that strong. It honestly feels really nice. Maybe I'll sleep with my window open tonight. Since our building is at least a floor taller than the rest I could get a good view of the night sky.

Strange, the convince store is really packed tonight. Most of them were familiar faces; Duke, Jiho, Zoe, and little Daniel. There was someone I didn't recognize though. He was pretty tall with a narrow face and was wearing a long blue coat. My gut told me that we weren't going to like this guy.

The door rang as I walked in. Zoe's face immediately lit up when she saw me. She must've liked the coat I got her. Yesterday in the evening I was feeling good enough for my Uncle to take me shopping with him. He was afraid something would happen while I was home alone. On of the stores we passed through had this pretty pink leather jacket.

My first instinct was to buy it for myself but I'd never get caught dead wearing pink. So instinctively the next person I thought of was Zoe since Sookie didn't really wear things like that. I coincidently met Crystal at the front gate and told her if she minded delivering it to her.

"Ila!" 

I went over and hugged her real quick. Why was this girl behind the counter when she doesn't even work here? I said a quick hello to everyone else before stepping aside so they could continue their conversation. Should I get some chips too? We were running out. The prices were more expensive here than at the grocery store though. I'll just wait until the weekend.

"Anyway, just click anywhere."

"Huh? I can't click?!"

"Since they are fake icons you can't click on them. Click on the 'Join' button at the top."

What the hell are these two doing? I managed to catch a look of Jiho's phone screen as I walked passed by them to reach the drinks at the other side of the store. There was a strange screen that popped up where it asked a bunch of person information. I almost cursed out loud. Do these people not know anything about internet safety?

I dropped my things at the register, "Don't do it. Those kind of things never turn out good."

The guy in the blue nervously smiled at me, "What do you mean? Everyone's doing it and its really easy money."

Does he really not get the picture here? First of all if something were really that easy then why go through that process of making a fake webpage to enter from? Things that are really easy and safe wouldn't have to go through such lengths to hide what they were really doing.

Also, I don't like the way this guy was talking. I don't know if its by real age I'm actually way older then all of these fuckers. If you count the six years that reversed in age when I woke up in this world I'd be in my twenties I think. But whatever it is, for people my age it should be common knowledge not to give your personal information to websites you don't personally trust.

This guy...whoever he was. Was talking like a promoter. Using keywords like "money", "easy", and "fun". Just what exactly what he was trying to do?

"Sites like those are usually run by small organizations looking to strip people of their money. Since they don't have the money or resources to set up actual sites they run most things manually behind the scenes and most of the time they give our loans directly themselves. But these loans have crazy interests rates and they ask you to put down collateral in advance.