No Item Run

The door creaked open and light came in.

”Dude, get in on—what the hell? ” the fat man frowned. ”Why do you always turn the lights off? I literally just went out to take a piss, I didn even take that long. ”

”Oh piss off, you dumb pig! ” the man wrapped in a thick blanket exclaimed. ”I keep telling you to turn it off whenever you go out or whenever you
e finished with whatever you
e doing that specifically requires light. ”

He added, ”And not once did you listen. ”

The fat man groaned.

He couldn do anything as he was the one at fault. It wasn his room in the first place so being a bother and not respecting the room owners rules was already a bad move.

Still, it wasn like his friend hated him.

If he was hated, then he shouldve been kicked out ages ago but not once did he get pushed away—just scolded for his actions and nothing more.

Because of that, the fat man thought it meant that he was forgiven and he could do anything he wanted.

”So anyway, catch this, ” the fat man said, walking inside the room before turning on the lights and closing the door behind him. It closed with a pair of clicks. ”I just saw your neighbors dog waiting outside. You know, that one dog thats awfully attached to you. ”

”Julie, ” the ball of blanket spoke, covering his face more as the light blinded him. ”Shes a good girl but lately, shes been very affectionate. Like VERY affectionate. Shes been trying to lick me everytime we meet and I swear to god, I can see hearts in her eyes. ”

He trembled violently, hugging his body to calm himself before taking deep breaths. The memory had been traumatic, the experience even more so. It was terrifying to be looked at as nothing more than prey.

He wasn planning on getting sexually harassed.

Not to a dog at least.

”So I haven been out, scared for my chastity, ” he added, rubbing off the goosebumps on his arms. ”Might be a good thing since I get to have a reason not to go outside the house now. Ive been playing games all day and haven slept a wink since yesterday. ”

The fat man clicked his tongue, ”And here I thought something major happened. Like you finally getting a girlfriend—or boyfriend—after years of being single. ”

He sighed, ”I got worried for nothing. ”

His dear game addict friend had skipped school, which wasn unusual as he wasn the studious type in the first place, but the fact that he didn tell him though, was a cause for concern.

Like any good friend would do, he visited.

The first thing he saw upon arriving at the house was the gigantic golden-furred dog waiting patiently at the door. It had been in this neighborhood for no less than a month and it was already infatuated with his friend.

Must suck to fail at getting girls for years only to have one walk up your doorstep but it was a dog.

”Kek, thats hilarious actually, ” the fat man giggled.

”Stop laughing! ” the game addict shouted. ”If you
e done with what you need, go turn the lights off. Its blinding. Then go home while you
e at it cause I still have to finish this damn games tutorial, and I need to concentrate. ”

He continued, frowning, ”Its making me crazy! Just why the hell can you die in the tutorial!? Its supposed to guide new players, not make them drop the game out of frustration! ”

He sighed, annoyed, before restarting at the beginning.

His character had died once again due to an NPC holding on to him, making the both of them trip. Not one to discard an opportunity, a group of zombies immediately came and ate them whole.

”Its always the girls! ” he snapped, raising the game controller high, hesitating, before bringing it back down slowly. This thing had been quite expensive. ”Goddamn NPCs—just why the hell did they even add that? ”

A loud click resounded and the room was bathed in darkness.

”Do you want my help? ” the fat man offered.

”No, get out of my room, ” the game addict replied. ”See if you can shoo Julie away, I have to buy new headphones. And no, you
e incredibly useless when shopping for what I want so I can let you buy it yourself. ”

The fat man clicked his tongue before walking away, ”Touché. ”

The game addict sighed once more before quickly tapping the dash button as soon as the screen flashed into a mess of purple particles. That was the end of the cutscen