Stepping Beyond the Pixels: Loves Intricate Game

Chapter One: Secret Ending

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Secret Ending

There was no way that you could have predicted that a game so simple would lead you down this long and confusing path of love and murder. What originally started off as a typical Friday afternoon ended with you being stuck in the predicament you are currently in, and leads you to wonder if maybe you hadn't been so obsessed with the darn game then maybe things would have ended differently.

The level of your obsession had amounted to you skipping lunch that day, sitting in an empty bathroom stall, your phone pulled out, and the game loaded in just so you could finish the current route you were playing. While normally you would consider yourself a good student who always found ways to study efficiently, get good grades, and listen to the simple rules that were given, you couldn't help yourself this time as the feeling of completing yet another route in this game filled you with such contentment.

The male lead of this route wasn't even your favorite out of the three possible capture targets, as his personality was less than favorable most of the time. "Annoying prick." You gently spoke under your breath, careful as to not alert any teacher to your current transgression.

If not for your want to complete all endings then you wouldn't have bothered with his, the first few encounters between him and Yui, the name you decided to give the protagonist, is probably to blame for your dislike for him. Fukumoto Akihiko, the son of a wealthy family who mainly deals their business in the sake industry, he was the type of character who seemed to have everything put together in his life. The top academic student in their school, a wealthy family who had lots of money to spend, and the looks to match.

Despite all of this, many of his peers described him as easy to talk to and quite charismatic but the one flaw that everyone could agree on was his tendency to be overly critical and harsh to those who he feels attempted to take his place as the top student. It is this tendency of his that has caused you to find him less than appealing as the first half of the developing relationship between him and the protagonist is one based on a practically one sided rivalry centered around his inferiority complex. You felt that in many ways his character comes off as too rude and self important, even after the revelation of his strained relationship with his father, you still couldn't fathom why so many people out there found him to be appealing.

"Well," you started. "At least I won't have to deal with him for too much longer." You think aloud as you continue to play your game, tapping the screen every so often to change the dialogue. You were almost finished with Akihiko's route when you heard the all too familiar sound of clicking heels enter the bathroom. Shutting your phone off, you lifted your feet off of the ground and pulled them up to your chest.

"Y/n?" A familiar voice rang out in the deserted bathroom. Realizing it was just your friend, you let your feet fall back to the ground and made your way out of the stall you were currently in.

"Jeez Louise, Ashleigh." You exclaimed. "I thought you were a teacher, don't scare me like that." Exasperated, you huffed out a response. She also looked started for a second before her eyes trailed down to the phone in your hands.

"Oh, so this is what was so important that you had to skip lunch for." Her face held a playful smirk as she continued to tease you. "You can't seem to put that game down. Careful now, you already look obsessed with it, one might even say–" Ashleigh held up her hand to her mouth, feigning shock. "—Addicted?"

Unamused, you playfully shoved her shoulder with your own smirk. "Yeah, whatever. You were just as bad when you started playing that DND styled otome game, remember? You went two whole days without sleep!" Her face went beat red with embarrassment as she let out the most horrified gasp.