the clock displayed '2:04'. Nico sat up. his tv played a random show he'd never seen before. looking around, he saw his laptop was still wide open, facing him. the omegle screen showed someone still there with him. only a black screen. "hello?" he said, hoping someone would say they'd also left omegle open. the slight static filled the silence. "ok..bye." he said, double tapping. the chat didn't end. he double tapped more aggressively, but it didn't budge. he tried to back out and close the tab, but the tab was still there. scared, he closed his laptop. then the omegle screen appeared on his tv. he ran out of his room and into the living room. no one was there. "hello?" he called out, but now every screen around him showed omegle. 'stranger is typing' popped up under the little black box. he watched it go on until a message sent. "don't be afraid. i'm not here to hurt you". he got closer to read it better. "i just want to help you, so i took the liberty of clearing out your house to talk to you, and only you. no distractions. just us. you and i. i love you and this is all just for you." he read the words silently and looked at the black screen. "who are you?" he asked. the stranger typed again. "i'm not saying who i am, but if you want to meet me just turn around."
