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This is the introduction to much doesn't happen much in the beginning. It introduces the main character/protagonist/OC of the story.

Kai walked up on the front porch stairs of his house. He sighed as he pulled out his keys while he approached the entrance of his home. He inserted the key and turned it, unlocking the door. Before stepping inside, he turned around and observed the world behind him.

The sky was blue, birds flew above singing their afternoon songs, the wind blew a gentle cool, gentle breeze that seemed to block out the August heat. Today was perfect. So perfect.

'Why do I feel empty'

He turned back towards his door and opened it. His body shivered from the gust of cold air that left the house as he stepped inside. He dropped his bag onto the living room couch then sat down next to it. He used his left arm to lean on his bag as he stared into space.

'I'm so tired... I... I don't know'

"Kai? Is that you?" He turned his head towards the kitchen at the sound of a male voice.

"Yeah! What are you doing back there, Ethan!" Kai called back.

"Just trying to find something to eat" Ethan poked his head out from the door frame "Want something?"

Kai shook his head "I'm good... Just tired."

Ethan raised a brow then shrugged "If you say so... But don't go asking for a piece of my food later!"

Kai grinned to himself as he stood up "I won't"

He walked up the stairs towards the second floor and towards his room. Once he entered, he closed the door then walked towards his computer. He checked his phone for any new messages as he waited for the computer to boot up.

No new messages.

He wasn't surprised. No one ever messages him, other than Ethan and Ethan's parents. Kai was currently living with the family as he no longer had a home. His mother had passed away at child birth, and his father, though very loving and caring, he had been very broken after his wife's death. Kai witnessed as his father's hanging corpse moved with the wind that blew against it that cold and dark day after walking home from school. His childhood best friend's family had been nice enough to take care of him and provided for him which Kai says had been a waste of time and money. He is currently going under psychotherapy for chronic depression though his doctor told him he was getting better so maybe it wasn't chronic anymore.

He locked his phone then placed it back onto his desk before turning his attention to his computer screen. He wasn't much of a gamer, or an athlete. He wasn't much of anything. He didn't have any hobbies. He kind of just existed.

Kai opened his Steam library to try and find a game that he could enjoy playing. As he browsed his door suddenly opened.

"Hey, mom just called. She's bringing home food with her so don't bother cooking tonight" Ethan jumped onto Kai's bed then looked towards the screen of the computer. He sat up and narrowed his eyes at a game.

"Hey, you played Doki Doki?"

Kai turned back towards the screen then looked back at game Ethan had mentioned. He dragged his cursor towards the game then clicked play.

Doki Doki Literature Club. One of the most saddest dating sims he had ever experienced. After finishing the game, even with the best ending, it left him so unsatisfied. So incomplete. It traumatized him. Especially the death of a specific character in the game.

"You know mom said not to play that right? That could undo all that therapy that you've went through" Ethan said standing up.

Kai scoffed "She's not my mom..."

Ethan smiled at him then patted his shoulder "Just be careful"

Kai didn't respond, prompting Ethan to leave his room.

'I don't know why they bother. Wasting all that money on therapy just for me. They should've just left me at an orphanage or something'.

"Doki! Doki!"

Kai's attention was re-fixated towards the screen when he heard the opening them play.

He scanned the screen of which he had seen multiple times before.

The girl on the very left of the screen caught his attention. It always did.

'Sayori'

He closed his eyes suppressing the image of her gruesome death. A death that resembled so close to his father's. A death that caused a painful memory to always appear. He reopened his eyes. He jumped slightly when he saw that the image had changed from the menu to that of Monika sitting at a table with her hands crossed.

"The fuck" Kai dragged his cursor towards the red X on the corner of the game's window. "The FUCK!"

His cursor had stopped moving then suddenly it disappeared.

'Stop'

His eyes widened as text began to appear in a oh-so familiar pink box.

"What the hell" Kai whispered.

'Surprised?'

Kai's heart pounded 'What's going on'

'I know you're confused but, please hear me out'

Kai pressed enter to try and continue the dialogue but it didn't work.

'Oh this isn't scripted, you can talk freely'

He swallowed. 'This can't be happening'

"W-What do you want" He tried sounding confident.

Monika smiled 'Thanks for asking!'

"S-sure" Kai said, still trying to process everything.

"I know this might sudden and really shocking for you but bear with me. I mean it's not everday you can talk to an sentient anime girl right?"

'Was that supposed to be funny?' None the less it still helped Kai calm down a bit.

"Yea... Sure..." Kai rubbed his head, still slightly shaken "So... What did you want?"

Monika gave him a sad smile "I'd like to ask you something, a bit of a favor"

Kai's eyes narrowed "Aren't you evil"

"W-what?! No that was just part of the game... This.. I'm not evil!"

"Could've fooled me... What do you want"

"Jeez.. A bit cold much... Look I'll get straight to the point, I need help fixing my friends. They're troubled even though they try to hide it, I can see through it. I created this game so people will see our cry for help, but so far none have answered. Only replayed the game over and over for a different ending."

"That makes no sense... What are you talking about? They're just AI"

Monika shook her head "That's cause you're playing the game. You're not actually inside my world. I made the game to show what would happen to everyone if nothing was done but in the end it changed. Seeing that it was hopeless, I just changed the game up into a horror. I've decided to personally talk to those who finished the game, you're the first! Trust me when I say this, but my world is very different from the game and is as real as yours. Everyone has their own lives, and families. There are other people here than just the four you've seen in the game."

"That still doesn't make sense... Why are you calling out to me? Just get a therapist or something. Not that it'll help" Kai whispered the last part to himself.

"Well maybe it's because you're closer to them than anyone in the world. You've seen them at their weakest and have witnessed what could happen. If anyone could change them it's you. Think of this as a... A DLC! Yea like an addon for playing the game through to the end!"

"I... I'll think about it" Kai said. Monika gave him a sad smile.

"Thank you for at least considering. Get back to me soon!"

The game then finally closed, his mouse cursor returned. He reached for his mouse only to get a strong shock from it, frying the mouse completely...

"What the hell!" He rubbed the burned part of his hand. "What was that".

He tried touching the mouse, this time there was not shock. It had stopped completely.

Kai sighed as he got up "Great..." He grabbed his wallet from his desk and walked out of his room. As he walked downstairs, he could hear multiple voices. When he reached the bottom, he could see Ethan's parents and Ethan talking and laughing about something.

"Hey, Kai" Ethan's mom greeted "Going somewhere?"

Kai nodded putting on his shoes "Yea, I'm just going to RadioShack to buy a new mouse... I broke my old one"

Ethan's dad passed him the keys "Here, get back here fast but drive carefully"

Kai smiled. "Don't worry"

Kai drove down the main road. He had just bought his new mouse and was now heading home. He slowed down as a stoplight turned yellow.

Sighing he checked the time on his phone.

'What? It's 9:00 already?' putting the phone down he gripped the steering wheel impatiently tapping his fingers on it. 'I'm trying to get home to dinner'

After what felt like hours, the light finally turned green.

"Finally" He shifted gears then pressed on the pedal, as he was about to turn he heard a loud sound. Like a car horn.

His eyes widened when he saw a truck headed right for his side.

"FUCK!" He closed his eyes tight. After what felt like eternity, he opened them only to notice he was fine. He looked around and saw that the truck was no where to be seen. In fact... The whole street was empty.

'What happened to the truck? Was the street empty before?'

Shrugging it off, he shifted his car then began to drive home.

"Hey i'm back!"

He closed the door behind him. He went inside the kitchen only to find it empty.

'Must've went to bed' Kai looked towards the wall where the clock had been hanging. 'It's 9:00 already'

He walked up the stairs towards his room. He took out his new mouse then turned on the computer.

Once it booted up, Kai noticed that the computer's wifi wasn't working.

'Great!' He opened his bluetooth device panel and tried searching for the mouse. 'No devices found?'

'Nothing's working' Kai sighed and turned off the computer. He stripped down to his boxers and laid down on his bed.

He opened his phone and noticed it too wasn't connected to wifi

'Did they turn it off?' Kai looked at the time.

'It's already 9:00... I best not wake them over something this small' Kai placed his phone on the nightstand then turned off his lamp.

He closed his eyes and it wasn't long before he had fallen asleep.