A/N: No, I'm not dead, neither is this story. The thing is that I have been playing way too many video games, I was caught up in Pokémon, then Smash Bros Ultimate came out and then that took up lots of my time. Also, the last chapter had some typos that I have been trying to fix but Anyways, I'm back and will be trying to update this story as much as I can so enjoy this part!

Well this is good, I'm snowed in with a girl that came out of my computer. Nice.

"We're snowed in." I called back.

"Does that mean we can't get out?" Monika asked, a bit more awake than before.

"No, it means that I gotta go out there and shovel it out with no tools because there all in the basement."

"Well good luck. Also, thanks for the clothes babe!" She said with a smile

Only now the reality of this situation had come to me. A girl magically came out of a game and now she thinks that I'm her boyfriend. And this would become pure stress for me, so I turned around and said something about it.

"Don't call me that." I said, growing into a more serious expression.

"Why? We are a couple, it should be alright." She explained

"No, we aren't. You don't understand, you appeared in my house last night without any reasons as to why and now apparently, we're a couple, it's just bullshit."

"But I though you said you could sympathise with me, you wanted me to get my own route, you liked me." Monika said, also getting somewhat angry

"That's because it's a video game, a fucking video game. And to top it all off you are a character from a video game, you shouldn't be here!"

Her emerald green eyes started to well up with tears. "Well, if that's how you feel, I'll find a way to go." She said while taking my laptop and walking upstairs.

Now, did I feel bad? Well… no. I've made lots of people cry in the past, how is this any different? Besides, if she is just a game character, maybe she could find another person to go to, through the game so it should be fine. And I'm not known to have a short fuse, but my emotions are all wack right now, put yourself in my shoes, you wouldn't know whether to feel happy or angry and confused. Me, I'm just stressed enough from school and just everything in general, this is the last thing I need.

I walked upstairs and went to my bedroom, hearing sobbing from the other room. I just continued with my day. Taking the first hoodie I could find and a pair of sneakers from my closet then walked to my window. Forcing it to open because of the frozen hinges, I jumped out onto the snow which reached around the height of my door. Now, do I have any care for my own personal safety? Well, no, not really, I'm used to doing this all the time considering this is Canada and it's November. I got down onto the concrete and started digging to my front door. Only until now I had realised that I had forgotten gloves, the essential items for digging out snow without a shovel. I was already outside now and had no way of getting back into my house without digging through the snow because my window was too high up. I didn't have gloves, so I kept clawing at the snow until I heard a voice behind me.

"Need some help Gavin?" A familiar voice called out to me.

Thankfully it wasn't one of my friends or we would be going inside after digging the snow and that would be a whole other situation, but it was my neighbour Bill. Bill is sixty-five years old, I think…. He lives next door to me with his wife Maureen. Fun fact, when I was in junior high, he used to help me with homework because I live alone and had nobody to help anyways. The thing now is that I just don't do the homework, there is honestly no point to it besides wasting your time.

"Hey Bill!" I said walking up to him

"Do ya want a shovel?" He asked

"Yeah that would be good thanks Bill" I said back with my teeth slightly chattering.

Bill handed me a shovel and walked back to shovelling his yard while I walked back to mine. With the shovel that Bill gave me I got my yard shovelled way faster than using my hands. I finished in almost record time and gave the shovel back to bill. I gladly walked back inside my house and kicked my shoes off. Checking my phone and the time only read twelve thirty-seven which meant that there was lots of time to do stuff. I really had nothing to do because the Ps4 gets boring after a while and my pool and trampoline has been frozen over. Yes, I have both of those things, I can't exactly remember what happened but a person from the government of Toronto spoke with somebody and now Toronto pretty much pays for my house and me until I can get a stable job. After thinking, I just figured I should grab Ethan and go to Tanner's house to play games or something. Even if I was going out, I had to let Monika, so I slowly walked to the spare room and leaned against the door.

"I'm going out, there's food in the fridge and in the cupboard if you want anything, try and find something to entertain yourself with."

No response. But I could hear breathing, so I knew she was there.

"Ok then. Later." I said, walking away from the door

Stepping into my shoes and grabbing my headphones and phone, I walked out of the door. Also, I took my skateboard from my yard and went on my way. Ethan's house is about a 5-minute ride away, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Possibly, the only thing that could stop me is the snow and possibly the icy roads, the snow wasn't too much of a problem because the ploughs had already been through the streets. I had made it to Ethan's house and rang the doorbell. A couple of seconds passed, and a petite woman came to the door, she had short black hair and glasses, it was Ethan's mom.

"Oh, hello Gavin, how are you?" She spoke in her best English possible

"I'm good Mrs. Lopez, is Ethan there?"

"Yes, Ethan's here, let me go get him." She said while walking to her stairwell. "Ethan! ¡Gavin está en la puerta!" Mrs. Lopez shouted down to Ethan.

Ethan came up the stairs looking slightly annoyed.

"Muy bien mamá, no tienes que gritar. También asegúrate de que Marco y Nina no vayan a mi habitación." Ethan said

Did I mention he was Spanish? Or more like Spanish/Canadian, I don't even know anymore.

"Hey man, what's up?" He said in English

"Do ya wanna go bug Tanner for a bit?" I asked

"Yeah sure, why not."

Monika

I sat there, left with my own thoughts, thinking about how I messed up. I'm stuck here with a boy who hates me. Hell, I can't even talk to anyone about this, I don't even know what it's like outside. I'm not sure if he's mad at me directly anyways, he could already be stressed or going through something. He looks to be around my age, I don't even know if his parents are around, this house is clean enough to make me think that they are. I should probably ask him that… No, what if he doesn't have parents, that would cause a load of problems. I decided to leave get up and explore this house, it's one of the only things I could do in this situation. I looked around the upstairs of the house, starting with Gavin's room. It had a twin-size bed, a television mounted on the wall and various posters around the room.

I'm not sure if he is a messy person well, at least his room is untidy. I went downstairs and looked around, his living room and kitchen were mostly bland. His living room had a pile of game cases in the corner and a bin quite a few bowls and cups scattered around. The kitchen only had the essentials in it. Oven, dishwasher, sink, fridge, microwave and some chairs along with a small table which could fit around four people. A noticeable item on the countertop was a picture of a black boy holding the camera and in the background was Gavin and two other boys standing next to each other. They were all in white shirts and ties, well one of them was wearing a tie. They all seemed to be at a party of sorts. I stopped thinking about the picture and sat on the couch, across from it the TV was conveniently on. I took the remote and scrolled through the channels until I came across the documentary section. One that caught my eye was one called 'Blue Planet', it was about animals that either live in or near the ocean and how they live. I began watching, I had already had basic knowledge about animals, but this just extended it. The documentary finished around half an hour later as I had started watching. It made me appreciate how beautiful the ocean and seaside are. I must ask Gavin if he would take me out there if our relationship gets any better.

Gavin

Me and Ethan got in his car and set off for Tanner's place. It's around a ten-minute drive in a car because he lives in the next town over from ours. Midway through the drive, I put my feet up on the dash.

"Pies abajo twat" Ethan cussed

"Ok, ok, Jesus Christ." I said

"Hey, its a new car, don't mes it up." Ethan scolded

We pulled up to Tanner's house and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Tanner's shout could be Heard from inside.

Me and Ethan walked in and saw Tanner leaning forward into a (from what could be seen, a very competitive Super smash Bros game. Tanner is 17 like us and has brown hair, he isn't as involved in things as me and Ethan but he's still cool to hango out with.

"Sup nerd." I said

"How am i the nerd again? You told me that you wanted a Nintendo switch as well." Tanner told us " You also play smash bros melee, so i think we're equal here."

"Fair enough." I replied in defeat.

After that, we just hung out for a while, playing various games as it was one of the only things we could do. We did order a pizza though, I was lucky enough to snatch the leftovers to take home. Nine o' clock when Ethan had received a text from his mom that he had to pick up some groceries and him being my only ride home that meant I had to go with him. But, my fridge is almost empty so i had to get thing as well We had got to Walmart and got what we needed which included milk and cereal for me, but Ethan had a shitload of stuff to get so i had to help him get it inside when we got to his house. Eventually, I made it home and as son as i opened the door, i came face to face with my biggest obstacle of the day, Monika. The person who I had shouted at just a few hours earlier, sitting on the couch.

"Oh, hey, I honestly forgot you were here." I said

"Gee, thanks." She said, getting up from the couch and walking to the stairs "I'll be upstairs, I assume you don't want me here."

"Monika, I'm sorry, okay?" I said, walking after her.

The stairs would be no use, so I jumped on my couch and leaped from it onto the elevated hallway. I climbed over the railing to come face to face with her.

"Can't you just forgive me?" I asked

"I don't think I can, I somehow come here, looking for a new home and all I get is to be shouted at. I want a second chance at life, a good one." She replied.

But this just made me rethink my decisions. Maybe, I should have felt at least a little bit bad earlier. Maybe.

"Monika, I'm seventeen and I live alone, you must imagine how that goes. How do you think I'm not supposed to be stressed when something like this happens? Heck, you should see my grades in school if you want proof and not to mention that I'm an insomniac, and that sends all my shit down the drain." I said calmly "Even if you do feel uncomfortable here, there's not much I can do because I don't know anybody who would accept anyone in their house. So, if you don't wanna forgive me then that's fine.

I think I left her speechless after that… well speech, unloading all my problems onto her. It makes me depressed just thinking about all the shit I have to go through She walked up to me and wrapped her arms around my chest. I could hear her start choking out words and I assumed that she started crying for the second time today

"I… I'm sorry, I just wanted a home, a real home and maybe somebody that would care for me o... or even love me." She said, crying on my shoulder.

I just stood there, hands in my pants pocket as a girl cries on my shoulder. It was awkward to say the least, never had this happened to me before, so I had no idea what to do. I mean, I have had a couple girlfriends in the past before but nothing like this. I kinda had to break the ice.

"So, are we gonna stand here or can I go get some food, I got ice cream over there probably melting." I said

"Okay, also do you have any vegetarian food, I haven't eaten since this morning." Monika asked, wiping away her tears and breaking the hug.

Vegetarian? NANI?

Now getting food is going to be a lot more difficult.

"Maybe, I had no idea you were vegetarian." I said, climbing down the hallway

I took the bag and took out the leftover pepperoni pizza. I showed it to Monika.

"I have some pizza that you could probably take the pepperoni off of, I already ate anyways." I explained

"I was thinking more of a meal, but this will do. I assume you don't have any ingredients." Monika said.

"Jeez, I haven't cooked in a long time, so the stuff I have isn't the best to eat unless you want to be sick"

I took the pepperoni off the pizza and heated it up for Monika. We both sat down at my small table and just talked for most of the time. She asked lots of questions about where we are and things about me. Most of it, I would tell, but that's a story for another day. We must have been talking for ages because it had already hit ten PM and I felt like dog crap, I had barely slept last night so I may as well catch up on some Z's. Getting to my feet, I walked over to a drawer and pulled out a capsule of pills. No, I'm not on drugs, they are sleeping pills, not harmful drugs. I have insomnia, remember that.

"What are those? Are you sick?" Monika asked liked the concerning person she is.

"Sleeping pills, I have insomnia, remember?" I replied, pointing to the small bags under my eyes. "I also take caffeine pills, they help when I feel tired during the day."

"Have you tried drinking coffee?" Monika said, probably trying to make me stop taking pills

"Yep, it doesn't have the same effect though. And besides, the pills aren't harmful, I do check them before I buy them." I explained "Also, I appreciate the concern but, you don't have to worry about my problems. I can fix them one way or another. You also have your own problems, don't you?" I asked.

The room went silent.

"Too personal? Geez, I'm sorry, I forgot about that.

By that, I meant the game, but you probably already knew that.

"No, no, it's all water under the bridge now, I don't mind, much. It would be better if you don't bring that up again." She said, wiping away a single tear from her cheek."

"Anyways, it was fun chatting with you, but I'm going to bed before I pass out on the floor. G'night!" I said, standing up and starting to walk away.

"Gavin, wait." Monika said

I turned around and before I knew it, she had got up and planted her lips on mine. The kiss lasted a solid ten seconds and Monika pulled away.

"Uh, thanks?" I said, somewhat confused. "I'm just going to go to sleep now."

I walked up the stairs and got to the elevated hallway and Monika called out to me.

"I love you Gavin." She said, giving me a small smile

"I know." I said, hinting at a Star Wars reference if she even knew what Star Wars was.

I went to bed that night thinking about what life had in store for me.

THE END

A/N: Nah I'm just kidding, I enjoy writing these chapters, see y'all in the next one!