Time flew by whenever Holly and I hang out. We would play video games, watch shitty anime or whatever she was into (Doctor Who was terrible but I never told her that) and I wouldn't notice how much time passed. Sometimes we just forget sleep. Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have let Holly go through those nights sleepless. She did have that heart condition but she never showed any signs of it. In fact, she probably hid it from me. What the hell am I saying? Back to the present.

Even just talking about Holly made time flew. I had no idea how much time I spent with her that I could talk about it for hours. Days even. How Holly can actually fucking juggle the Single Action Army. How Holly would bitch about the new Doctor (it's just the Doctor, not Doctor Who). When I gave Holly a smut about Teen Titans cartoon as a joke and she ended up going red. When Holly slept over but ended up arguing about the story I was working on instead.

Right now, I just told Yuri about Holly's ex-boyfriend who thought I was banging her despite dating him. Of course, Holly dumped the sad sack after hearing that from HIM. I laughed so much as I told Yuri who seemed to be laughing too . I don't know, I'm laughing too hard to notice as well.

'You really love her, don't you?'

I looked up to her. "Yeah."

'She's a wonderful person. I can see she brings the best in you.'

"I know. She's the reason why I even still have a job."

I don't know what the date was anymore. I just talked to Yuri almost nonstop then I took a nap then ate a little. Yuri would tell me to take my medication (I would skip on those) or take a bath then we'd talk whatever, whether it was about books or Holly, time would be like on fast forward.

And then my phone rang. Probably an email. I opened my phone and noticed a message from Twitter. Probably Creuset. I opened his message.

Hey! I think I suddenly left you hanging last week. Really sorry! I didn't mean to. IRL things, you know? Anyways, I have no idea how Yuri became real. All I did was send you an installer.

Great, there goes another lead down. I typed in my reply.

Damn. I'm out of leads. Any ideas?

And like the thunder of Thor, Creuset's reply came in. He must have some mad typing skills. I opened it.

Try looking in your inbox? Maybe someone is willing to help? Sorry, I really don't .know what to do. I gotta go. Give Yuri my regards, okay?

Give Yuri my regards? Geez. At least he's not calling me crazy. I don't really want to do this but I guess I'll have to look into my inbox now…

I opened my laptop and told Yuri about what I was doing. So into I go to Twitter, open my inbox and what do you know, most of it is shit. Most DMs were just questions on where to get the mod. Fuck. I scrolled down and skimmed most of it. And then I got a new message. If this was another 'mod download link plz', I will delete my goddamn account. I opened the message.

Hi. I know you probably had many messages like this but I want to know if Yuri really is alive.

Well that's fresh. A stupid question but still. Fuck it, if this guy is messing with me, I'm deleting my account.

You fucking cunt better not be one of those trolls. Yes, she's alive (for the millionth time). IF YOU CAN'T HELP THEN I'M GOING TO BLOCK YOU.

And sent. This should keep him away. A reply came in fast. Not as fast as Creuset though. I opened it.

Help? Is something wrong with Yuri?

Aren't you the curious bastard? It could be that he knows something or he just know how to push my it, I ain't having any of it.

Do you even believe with what I said in my post? If you're just wasting my time, I'll block you.

That should shut him up. I closed down the lid of my laptop and let out a sigh.

'You look annoyed,' Yuri commented.

"Yeah, well, nothing came up from the photo we uploaded on my Twitter. Just people thinking you're made up and asking if I could share the mod. Fucking idiots."

'Have you taken your medicine? You seem too tense.'

"Yeah."

Another lie. And then another reply came from the stranger. JUST GIVE UP ALREADY FOR FUCK'S SAKE. I opened his message.

I believe you because I have Monika with me. Did you receive an installer from Creuset? She might have something to do with Monika and Yuri.

I suddenly felt cold. His words froze my hands from moving the touchpad. The fuck? Monika is real? She did all this! This fucking bitch made Yuri cry. Why the hell is he not deleting her?! And he knew Creuset too? What the hell? I then heard a sound from the television. I looked up.

'Luce? You're sweating… Are you alright?'

"I'm fine." I shook my head. "I'm fine. It's just… Someone might have Monika. With conscience."

'What?' Yuri's eyes widened. 'Monika? I-I don't know what to think of this. Can she help us?'

"I don't know. I'm sending a reply, see if they want to meet."

I typed in my reply.

Let's meet. It's better if I see your proof in person. Bring Monika. I don't care if she's on a desktop computer. Do something so she's there too.

Sent. I got off the bed and took the box underneath it. I opened it and took the gun. I took off the false bottom and took six bullets. Life's too short to not be careful. Yuri looked worried as I inspect the gun.

'Do you really need that?'

"I'm meeting this stranger who has Monika. For all I know he might be lying to get you. This is just protection."

I looked at the laptop again and saw a new reply.

Okay. Just tell me where to go.

Perfect. If Monika was real, I'll kill her. He'll probably bring a computer. I don't think it's illegal to shoot down computers. At best, he'll charge destruction of property to me. Even if he was lying about Monika, I'll still shoot down his computer. Yuri needs to be safe from that bitch and I'm the only one who can protect her.

I closed the gun's chambers and rolled it.