Cool room
Snacks on one side
Towel on the other
Virtual connections
Perfectly acceptable
Alternative to physical interaction
Gaming controller
Consider it realistic action
Carried over a digital medium.
Wake up
Eat
Play
Repeat.
Pathetic cycle
Only few understand
Die in game
Pop cracker in mouth
Paint towel cheddar orange
Respawn
Repeat.
Peaceful atmosphere
Annihilated
Sudden entry
Unwelcome intrusion
Threat was proven true
With the presence
Of a certain fire queen.
"Surprised?"
"This is private property."
"What are you, a cop?"
"I'll call one."
"Try me."
"What do you want?"
"Just bored."
"Komachi let you in?"
"Of course."
"Impossible."
"I passed as a 'girlfriend'."
"And you lied. How low."
"She assumed it."
"And you entertained the idea."
"Be grateful. I'm the only girl willing to put up with you."
"Not so. There's Yuigahama and Yukinoshita."
"Yeah. But Yui is always nice and Yukinoshita is just as rotten as you."
Raise hands
A sign of concession
White flags
No stopping a fire
Not this one at least.
"Oi. That's mine."
"Sharing is caring."
"I don't care."
"Of course you don't."
What creature
Sneaks into your dwelling
Pesters you
Consumes food
And patience alike?
A pest.
"The controller!"
"Who you calling a pest!"
"You're being a pest right now."
"Let's see. Hook up another control."
"Your pick."
"Left 4 dead?"
"Gee. I didn't know you liked these things."
"I like zombie survival."
"Strange woman."
"Shut up and get started."
There goes the story
How a cynical loner
Spent hours
With a fierce beauty
In the most bizarre fashion
Of playing a console game
Highlighted by alternating picking
Two hands emptying a bowl
Painting a towel orange
Occasional screaming
Followed by annoyed sighs.
"Well that was fun."
"Hate to admit, but it was quite entertaining."
"Huh?! Onii-chan! I'm proud you had yourself a girlfriend, but I did not expect you to go at it for hours!"
Two pairs of eyes
One olive green
Glistening evilly
Accompanied by a sly smirk
And blue ones
Painted by shock
And disgust?
"Komachi. whatever this woman told you are not true."
"Oh Hachiman! How could you! After all that, you push me away!"
Clever bitch. Always the actress.
"Onii-chan. Take responsibility."
Indeed
Smiles
Most versatile
Of all expressions
One can show
Happiness or anger
Pity or apathy
Killing intent or sinister plights.
He shook his head in defeat.
Denial is always tantamount
A proof
Of false truth.
"Hey Yumi-chan, you should join us for dinner. Food is ready!"
"Yeah sure! I'm famished by all that action."
"Ahem. She means zombie killing action."
"Yeah right."
Eventually
One comes to terms
Such absurdity
Becomes normalcy
Lies become truth
Scorn shift to respect
And maybe
Loath turn to love?
In front of him
A sister
A friend
And him
A brother
And a fellow friend.
Sometimes
Family
Not by blood
But in bond.
Laughter
Chatter
Banter
In-jokes
Out-jokes
He could taste
Flavor
He could feel
Emotions
Good food
And good company
Ask for no more.
Three's a crowd
A family
And friends.