Part 1, Message on the internet... Day one.
As the bell rung, the last period ended. Shinya shoved his books into his bag and hurried out of the classroom and down the stairs. Some people whispered softly to each other as he ran past them in the hallway. Nobody really liked him; he didn't have any friend unless you counted that air headed girl from a lower class, who thought he looked cute, as one. As he left the school grounds and turned the corner into the local park, he finally slowed down. Ever since he noticed how quiet it was in the park a few years ago, he had been taking that way home. This spring everything was blooming and parents took their children there to play. Shinya sat down on a bench at the pond, his favourite spot.
It was already evening when Shinya made his way into his neighbourhood. Same routine as everyday: He would wake up, go to school, hurry to the park, and return late to meet an angry mother. His father always worked late so he never had to deal with the guy. And so, 10 minutes later, he settled himself in front of his computer with a cup of noodles. Just as he was about to check out the new one of the new hentai games he downloaded (yeah... he's a healthy guy I guess), something started blinking in the corner of his screen. 'Oh... ain't that the crappy chat program my niece had once downloaded' as he thought he clicked the icon. "MSN messenger..." Of course the list was totally empty. He had no friends, and his niece used his computer to go on internet. Then he noticed the reason it was blinking. 'Someone requests to add me on his list who could that be' He had the program for over a year now, and he hadn't met anyone new since then. "TransparentDragonwhoknows.com" Didn't seem familiar at all 'Owh well... Who cares...' and with that he pushed the accept button.
Quickly a sound rang through the soundboxes, disturbing his playlist of OSTs from arranged anime. A small box-like item appeared together with that in the down-right screen. Saying someone got online, and a second one said that this person said something to him. In his taskbar a new item was opened and he cast a quick glare at it. His mouse hovered over it and soon a larger box appeared. Text was present in this new box...
The ghost inside says:
Hello there.
He just stared blankly at the line. And after a few minutes of just reading the line over and over he finally replied: "Who are you"
It didn't take nearly as long for the stranger to type his answer.
The ghost inside says:
Nobody important...
'Well... If you're no one important I wont spend my precious time on you' he thought and clicked the X button in the corner of the screen. "Let's call it a day..." He turned of his screen and quickly gobbled down the noodles.
After finishing up his noodles he put his speakers louder to make sure he'd still hear the music coming out of the boxes as he got off the chair and crashed down on his bed for a second, quickly grabbing a random manga from the pile next to him and opening it at the first page.
"Bling!" And after a second again, "Bling!" sounded his computer. It was not loud, but it most defiantly annoyed the boy. So he got of his bed with his manga still in his right hand and turned off the speakers. "Nobody important."
It was the next day he was gathering his books when he watched the black screen of his computer. 'Curiosity killed the cat... But then again... did it kill anything else' He turned on the screen. Yes: there was a new message. When he was just about to open the chat window his mom called him. He turned of the screen again, grabbed his schoolbag and hurried out of his room. But he did glance back... Something was not right about that person talking to him. He could still hear the sound of incoming messages in his head.
As the bell rung, the last period ended. Shinya shoved his books into his bag and hurried out of the classroom and down the stairs. Some people whispered softly to each other as he ran past them in the hallway. Nobody really liked him; he didn't have any friend unless you counted that air headed girl from a lower class, who thought he looked cute, as one. As he left the school grounds and turned the corner into the local park, he finally slowed down. Ever since he noticed how quiet it was in the park a few years ago, he had been taking that way home. This spring everything was blooming and parents took their children there to play. Shinya sat down on a bench at the pond, his favourite spot.
It was already evening when Shinya made his way into his neighbourhood. Same routine as everyday: He would wake up, go to school, hurry to the park, and return late to meet an angry mother. His father always worked late so he never had to deal with the guy. And so, 10 minutes later, he settled himself in front of his computer with a cup of noodles. Just as he was about to check out the new one of the new hentai games he downloaded (yeah... he's a healthy guy I guess), something started blinking in the corner of his screen. 'Oh... ain't that the crappy chat program my niece had once downloaded' as he thought he clicked the icon. "MSN messenger..." Of course the list was totally empty. He had no friends, and his niece used his computer to go on internet. Then he noticed the reason it was blinking. 'Someone requests to add me on his list who could that be' He had the program for over a year now, and he hadn't met anyone new since then. "TransparentDragonwhoknows.com" Didn't seem familiar at all 'Owh well... Who cares...' and with that he pushed the accept button.
Quickly a sound rang through the soundboxes, disturbing his playlist of OSTs from arranged anime. A small box-like item appeared together with that in the down-right screen. Saying someone got online, and a second one said that this person said something to him. In his taskbar a new item was opened and he cast a quick glare at it. His mouse hovered over it and soon a larger box appeared. Text was present in this new box...
The ghost inside says:
Hello there.
He just stared blankly at the line. And after a few minutes of just reading the line over and over he finally replied: "Who are you"
It didn't take nearly as long for the stranger to type his answer.
The ghost inside says:
Nobody important...
'Well... If you're no one important I wont spend my precious time on you' he thought and clicked the X button in the corner of the screen. "Let's call it a day..." He turned of his screen and quickly gobbled down the noodles.
After finishing up his noodles he put his speakers louder to make sure he'd still hear the music coming out of the boxes as he got off the chair and crashed down on his bed for a second, quickly grabbing a random manga from the pile next to him and opening it at the first page.
"Bling!" And after a second again, "Bling!" sounded his computer. It was not loud, but it most defiantly annoyed the boy. So he got of his bed with his manga still in his right hand and turned off the speakers. "Nobody important."
It was the next day he was gathering his books when he watched the black screen of his computer. 'Curiosity killed the cat... But then again... did it kill anything else' He turned on the screen. Yes: there was a new message. When he was just about to open the chat window his mom called him. He turned of the screen again, grabbed his schoolbag and hurried out of his room. But he did glance back... Something was not right about that person talking to him. He could still hear the sound of incoming messages in his head.