Zelda (Ben drowned X reader)

Chapter 5

After a long day of school, I was excited to play again. I'm pretty sure Resident Evil 6 has been completely downloaded by now. It would be also kinda fun if that user named BEN would join me again... It would definitely be fun to play it with him.

I don't know if it's weird to have that kind kind of relationship with someone on the internet but I didn't mind. Perhaps it's normal for people who love to play like me. I am sure every gamer had  experienced at least once to play with someone they never talked to but just play until the goal had been reached.

It was the same with that dude yesterday named BEN. I don't know him but I trust him. Just in the game of course. I wish there were more gamers like him out there.

I turned by PC on and was ready to launch the new game and selected Helena's character. I decided to play in online mode to let other players join me. Just hope they won't be too shitty.

Surprisingly enough, a player joined me soon enough. And his name: BEN. Again. This was getting weirder and weirder. Is this really Ben drowned? If not, how was he able to find me again? I'm pretty sure I haven't added him to my friend's list.

Strangely enough, I didn't mind  him finding me again; in fact, I felt rather glad to be playing with him. He was a good co-player and as long as my webcam wasn't connected I don't have to fear much. I think.

We went through the game smoothly and I had to say I was pretty satisfied. We reached to the boss stage, finishing Leon's chapter. We would proceed to Chris' chapter next.

I had a lot of fun playing with this user. Maybe the stalker is not as bad as I thought. Maybe he just wanted to play with me. Could that really be it?

Well no use on dwelling on it. I'm having fun so it doesn't matter. I miss playing with decent people that don't fuck up and cause my blood to boil or make my mouth swear faster than my mouth. Nothing of that. Challenging but still smooth.

 I don't know how long we've been playing already since I have never bothered looking at the clock even once. That is a good thing, right?

 We finally finished Chris' chapter and started on Jake's. I wasn't looking but I could feel the sun rise behind my always closed curtains. Time is really fast, huh?

Suddenly, he chatted with me.

 "Like the good old times, huh?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know...when we used to play together."

"What?"

"You don't remember me... It's been such a long time..."

I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what I could possibly say. What can I say when I don't remember anything?

He noticed I wasn't replying so he messaged me again.

"I wish I could still be with you :("

"I miss you."

He... misses me? I didn't know what to do think. Who was this person anyways? And was it even a person?

Due to the distraction, I looked at the clock and saw that it was nearly seven. Shit, I'm going to late again. I didn't eat dinner or breakfast either. Talk about being healthy.

"I need to go to school now. Bye." I replied to him.

"Take care, princess."

Why does he keep calling me a princess? I'm far from being a princess and even if I tried hard I never could. This didn't make any sense.

I quickly thew new clothes on me and hurried off to school. As I was running, something dawned me. He said it was like good old times, right? And that he misses me... could it be... that he's my childhood friend I coudl not remember?

This wouldn't make any sense either, why would he stalk me. If he found me on Facebook, he could just be like "Yow, (n), it's me your childhood friend" or something. That would have been a lot easier and less creepy.

After all those years, I have never seen again. Where did he go? And why would he just appear now? Is he the one playing a prank on me? I don't understand. I don't understand anything.

Late as always, I enter the classroom and slip into my seats, and just as usual, nobody gives a shit. Not that I do either.

 After my class, I rushed to my next subject which was research, amazed I wasn't late this time. It would probably be another boring lesson I am not looking forward to.

"Alright everyone, I want you to find a partner to work on your paper. Research about anything you and your partner have in common and find its benefit to the society. Do it now." The teacher announced always so cheerful.

...A partner? Is she serious? She wants me to work with someone else? Keeping my head down, I looked around the classroom. My other classmates immediately knew with whom they wanted to be partnered with. I just hope we had an uneven number in this class so I could work alone. But what if the teacher makes me work with a pair instead? I shuddered at the thought.

I looked over at Catherine. She was with a bunch of friends and argued who would be paired with who since once of them would end up being alone. After doing a couple of rock-paper-scissors, the pairings were decided and one of the boys lost. He looked around and I lowered my head in hopes he won't notice that I was alone.

It seems like he did noticed me and walked towards me. Fuck fuck fuck fuck, please don't. I don't know how to possibly interact with him. I want to work alone. But my hopes were crushed as he finally came up to me.

"Hey, do you have a partner?"

Fuck. I played nervously around with my hair, hesitating to answer.

"...Err... no.. I guess." I awkwardly shrugged, not sure what gesture to make.

"I'm Drew! How about you?" He took a seat across me.

"....(n)" I answered, trying to keep eye contact but it didn't work very well.

"Cool! Let's be partners!" Drew gave me a wide smile. His enthusiasm caught me off guard and I tried to return a smile that felt awfully fake and awkward. I'm horrible at socializing.

 "So~~ What kind of things do you like?"

"Err... well... not a lot... Like games and 9gagging-"

"Games? OMG are you a gamer girl?? That's so cool!! I have never met one before!!"

"W-well, not really a gamer girl, I just love to pl-"

"I have this game called Firefall and it's so awesome! Have you played it?"

"Yeah, I have it-"

"OMG we should totally play it together!"

"Err sure-"

"You should add me!" He scribbled something on a piece of paper which was what I supposed was his username and handed it to me. He was still smiling. What's up with this guy? He is so happy, it makes me feel like I really should leave now. I could never smile that brightly.

"O-okay, so about your paper..."

"We should start as soon as possible! Best if we start after school! When is does your class end?"

"At four-"

"Then we meet at four in the library! We should exchange numbers!"

He was a very jumpy person, the extreme opposite of me. How am I supposed to handle this guy? He handed me his phone and I entered my number. He did the same.

"Bye (n)~~~~ I 'll see you after school!" He said and ran off.

I hated this. I usually go home to play immediately but now I have to stay here longer. Ugh, my head hurts. i just wanna be alone.