Protect her? Hah. That was something that I never expected that I'd have to
do. Well, how to protect a girl. I really didn't know. I decided to just
wait for her to come back, and she did. She seemed almost surprised I
wasn't frantically tying that ribbon back or kissing her while she was
vulnerable. It was kind of odd for me, too.
"Are we going to level up?" I asked. She didn't answer my question, only tackled me and started to kiss me, enveloping us in her wings. It was odd, but very, very fun. As we got up she skipped towards the gate, motioning for me to come along.
We entered the level, a little newbie area, and looked for a monster to appear. I saw her lunge past me at some little grass looking monster and bash it into the ground savagely.
"Done and done," she said proudly. But that look quickly turned to one of sheer horror. "You can have the next one," she said, shivering.
"What?" I asked, whirling around to stand face to face with the horrible monster that she didn't want to fight.
"Lord Balmung, is this really necessary? I mean, sending a level 70 monster at a level two character to see if she can handle those powers? That's a little extreme, don't you think?" Balmung's assistant protested.
"No. If she can pull it off, she'll be fine," he said, looking towards the one sided battle.
"It won't leave me alone!" she yelled. "Why won't it follow you?"
"I don't know! Try using one of your abilities!" I yelled back.
"If it'll sit still long enough," she said. She put both of her hands forward and thrust her wings out menacingly. Her body glowed gold and she pulled back one hand, now holding a bowstring, to shoot a long golden arrow. She let it go and it struck the monster in the heart. The monster's data field went haywire and it dissolved into thin air.
"I did it," she said, amazed at what she had done.
"You did!" I said, running across the field towards her, embracing and twirling her around. Then I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Balmung.
"You were splendid out there," he said, taking her hands in his, looking into her eyes.
"Yeah, buddy. I think we knew that," I said stubbornly. I did not like this guy at all.
"You were the right one," he said. He kissed her on the cheek and gated out swiftly.
"Wow. He's pretty amazing, huh?" She saw the hurt look on my face and laughed. "Oh come on! I like you better! Oops! It's almost eight! I'll see you there!" And she logged off.
And so did I. As I got up I looked into the mirror again, and decided to change out of the shirt I was wearing. I put on a new one and realized that I wasn't really that bad looking. My hair wasn't long and flowing like the online me, but it was better than most. And I wasn't really that fat. Just, needed some work. I knew that huge muscles were out of my range but hey. I walked out the door and out onto the street, going to meet her at the restaurant.
I sat at a table inside. I was early, about five minutes early. Then I saw a girl that I was almost certain was her. Blonde hair, nice body, and a cute little miniskirt. It had to be her. She looked at me and jumped up and down and ran towards me as I buried my head in my arms.
"So, you're Rex? I'm Fall, or Faye out here!" she said. I couldn't see her face; I didn't want her to see mine. "Come on, I'm not that bad! Let me see your face!" she urged. I reluctantly looked upwards, not even pushing the stray hair out of my face, when she squealed with delight.
"What?" I asked out of sheer confusion.
"You are so adorable! Wow! I expected you to be some big tough strong guy with no decency! But, wow, I was wrong!" She started to laugh when her cell phone went off. "I'll be back in a sec, I gotta take this call, my brother!"
I looked around and noticed a few people I knew. They were the ones who'd make fun of me and tease me in school. I tried to shrink but it wasn't working well. They were watching me carefully, keeping my every move in mind. She came walking back and sat back down.
"Sorry. My brother doesn't know how to use the oven!" She looked over to see where I was looking. "Friends of yours?" she asked, looking back at me.
"What?" I asked, breaking my concentration on them.
"Never mind, let's order!" she said.
When the waiter came, I was surprised by how much she ordered. I could eat that much, but a little girl like that? This was something I wanted to see.
We were in the middle of a conversation, about what I can't remember, when the guys came over.
"Hey, girly, hows about you come along with us and leave this nothing. I know you'll have a lot more fun," he said, licking his lips.
"Oh, no thank you. I'd rather stay with Rex. He's not a perverted idiot like you," she said calmly.
"I told you to come with us, and you're coming," he said, anger boiling inside of him. I knew he wasn't used to being rejected, but to be told off was something that had never happened.
"I know how you people think. I'm not going to go with you. I'd rather stay right here with my boyfriend," she said indignantly.
"What? Rex, did you pay her for this?" he said, shooting his glare at me. I sat still, trying to stay out of this. He looked back at Faye and said, "Lemme guess, you wanna do it with this gaywad, too?"
"Is it your business? And he's not a gaywad if he's here with a girl! And a gaywad is better than a greasy asshole like you!" The look on his face was priceless, and I have no doubt mine was as well. "Now leave. I'm starting to get sick. Looking at you too long probably causes cancer or some incurable disease," she said, acting her zany self again, waving her fingers around and oo-ing and ah-ing.
She stopped as he grabbed her around the neck and lifted her up.
"I don't take no mouth from a woman!" He punched her in the mouth as hard as he could. After that there was blood. But she didn't seem to mind. She kicked him as hard as she could in the place it would hurt the most. He dropped her and fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
"And I don't take attitude from bastards like you," she said, wiping the blood from her lip. "Go before I kick you again!"
It was funny to see my worst enemies running out the door with their tails between their legs like scared little puppies.
"Yum! Food!" she said, and started right in.
It was a real sight to see. She really could eat. Everything was going, and it didn't seem like she was going to stop anytime soon.
"You remember when I said it's none of your business earlier?" she managed to get out through a mouthful of noodles.
I nodded as I took a small bite out of a piece of bread.
"Well," she swallowed and picked up the whole loaf and pointed to me with it, "it is your business." She ripped off a piece and soaked up some broth with it. "And, I really would, but I have to get to know you better. Maybe it will happen someday." She took a bite and started to laugh, spraying me with pieces of bread. "Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" she said as I wiped it off.
"Faye, I want the truth. Do you really like me? I'm not exactly what girls want," I said quietly.
"Stop doubting yourself! You are a wonderful guy! And you really know how to kiss! Whoo hoo!" Her bright eyes glittered in the dim light of the room.
"That was my first kiss, and it wasn't even real," I mumbled. "Why did you kiss me? How were you so sure I was the right one?"
"I guess I just could feel it. But you say it wasn't real, like I didn't feel that way, but you're wrong," she said, pushing the empty plate out of her way. "And if you want a real life one we'll go back to your place,"
"My place?" I could just see my mother's face, seeing me bringing a girl like this into the house. I'd never hear the end of it.
"Yeah. My older brother is really over protective of me. He won't let me do anything or hang out with any guys. He just doesn't trust them. Isn't that silly?" she asked.
"That's just stupid. How about the park instead?" I suggested.
"I'd like that, I really would," she whispered as we got up and left, not even noticing we skipped the bill.
To put a long story short, we picked up where we left off in the park. I staggered into my room at one in the morning and lay on my bed, not able to sleep. My first kiss. I was to meet her at ten in the morning in the world to level up, and she told me to get some rest. But that didn't happen.
I decided to log on early. It was 1:30, but I didn't care. As I was just logging in, though, I fell asleep at the controls.
"Are we going to level up?" I asked. She didn't answer my question, only tackled me and started to kiss me, enveloping us in her wings. It was odd, but very, very fun. As we got up she skipped towards the gate, motioning for me to come along.
We entered the level, a little newbie area, and looked for a monster to appear. I saw her lunge past me at some little grass looking monster and bash it into the ground savagely.
"Done and done," she said proudly. But that look quickly turned to one of sheer horror. "You can have the next one," she said, shivering.
"What?" I asked, whirling around to stand face to face with the horrible monster that she didn't want to fight.
"Lord Balmung, is this really necessary? I mean, sending a level 70 monster at a level two character to see if she can handle those powers? That's a little extreme, don't you think?" Balmung's assistant protested.
"No. If she can pull it off, she'll be fine," he said, looking towards the one sided battle.
"It won't leave me alone!" she yelled. "Why won't it follow you?"
"I don't know! Try using one of your abilities!" I yelled back.
"If it'll sit still long enough," she said. She put both of her hands forward and thrust her wings out menacingly. Her body glowed gold and she pulled back one hand, now holding a bowstring, to shoot a long golden arrow. She let it go and it struck the monster in the heart. The monster's data field went haywire and it dissolved into thin air.
"I did it," she said, amazed at what she had done.
"You did!" I said, running across the field towards her, embracing and twirling her around. Then I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Balmung.
"You were splendid out there," he said, taking her hands in his, looking into her eyes.
"Yeah, buddy. I think we knew that," I said stubbornly. I did not like this guy at all.
"You were the right one," he said. He kissed her on the cheek and gated out swiftly.
"Wow. He's pretty amazing, huh?" She saw the hurt look on my face and laughed. "Oh come on! I like you better! Oops! It's almost eight! I'll see you there!" And she logged off.
And so did I. As I got up I looked into the mirror again, and decided to change out of the shirt I was wearing. I put on a new one and realized that I wasn't really that bad looking. My hair wasn't long and flowing like the online me, but it was better than most. And I wasn't really that fat. Just, needed some work. I knew that huge muscles were out of my range but hey. I walked out the door and out onto the street, going to meet her at the restaurant.
I sat at a table inside. I was early, about five minutes early. Then I saw a girl that I was almost certain was her. Blonde hair, nice body, and a cute little miniskirt. It had to be her. She looked at me and jumped up and down and ran towards me as I buried my head in my arms.
"So, you're Rex? I'm Fall, or Faye out here!" she said. I couldn't see her face; I didn't want her to see mine. "Come on, I'm not that bad! Let me see your face!" she urged. I reluctantly looked upwards, not even pushing the stray hair out of my face, when she squealed with delight.
"What?" I asked out of sheer confusion.
"You are so adorable! Wow! I expected you to be some big tough strong guy with no decency! But, wow, I was wrong!" She started to laugh when her cell phone went off. "I'll be back in a sec, I gotta take this call, my brother!"
I looked around and noticed a few people I knew. They were the ones who'd make fun of me and tease me in school. I tried to shrink but it wasn't working well. They were watching me carefully, keeping my every move in mind. She came walking back and sat back down.
"Sorry. My brother doesn't know how to use the oven!" She looked over to see where I was looking. "Friends of yours?" she asked, looking back at me.
"What?" I asked, breaking my concentration on them.
"Never mind, let's order!" she said.
When the waiter came, I was surprised by how much she ordered. I could eat that much, but a little girl like that? This was something I wanted to see.
We were in the middle of a conversation, about what I can't remember, when the guys came over.
"Hey, girly, hows about you come along with us and leave this nothing. I know you'll have a lot more fun," he said, licking his lips.
"Oh, no thank you. I'd rather stay with Rex. He's not a perverted idiot like you," she said calmly.
"I told you to come with us, and you're coming," he said, anger boiling inside of him. I knew he wasn't used to being rejected, but to be told off was something that had never happened.
"I know how you people think. I'm not going to go with you. I'd rather stay right here with my boyfriend," she said indignantly.
"What? Rex, did you pay her for this?" he said, shooting his glare at me. I sat still, trying to stay out of this. He looked back at Faye and said, "Lemme guess, you wanna do it with this gaywad, too?"
"Is it your business? And he's not a gaywad if he's here with a girl! And a gaywad is better than a greasy asshole like you!" The look on his face was priceless, and I have no doubt mine was as well. "Now leave. I'm starting to get sick. Looking at you too long probably causes cancer or some incurable disease," she said, acting her zany self again, waving her fingers around and oo-ing and ah-ing.
She stopped as he grabbed her around the neck and lifted her up.
"I don't take no mouth from a woman!" He punched her in the mouth as hard as he could. After that there was blood. But she didn't seem to mind. She kicked him as hard as she could in the place it would hurt the most. He dropped her and fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
"And I don't take attitude from bastards like you," she said, wiping the blood from her lip. "Go before I kick you again!"
It was funny to see my worst enemies running out the door with their tails between their legs like scared little puppies.
"Yum! Food!" she said, and started right in.
It was a real sight to see. She really could eat. Everything was going, and it didn't seem like she was going to stop anytime soon.
"You remember when I said it's none of your business earlier?" she managed to get out through a mouthful of noodles.
I nodded as I took a small bite out of a piece of bread.
"Well," she swallowed and picked up the whole loaf and pointed to me with it, "it is your business." She ripped off a piece and soaked up some broth with it. "And, I really would, but I have to get to know you better. Maybe it will happen someday." She took a bite and started to laugh, spraying me with pieces of bread. "Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" she said as I wiped it off.
"Faye, I want the truth. Do you really like me? I'm not exactly what girls want," I said quietly.
"Stop doubting yourself! You are a wonderful guy! And you really know how to kiss! Whoo hoo!" Her bright eyes glittered in the dim light of the room.
"That was my first kiss, and it wasn't even real," I mumbled. "Why did you kiss me? How were you so sure I was the right one?"
"I guess I just could feel it. But you say it wasn't real, like I didn't feel that way, but you're wrong," she said, pushing the empty plate out of her way. "And if you want a real life one we'll go back to your place,"
"My place?" I could just see my mother's face, seeing me bringing a girl like this into the house. I'd never hear the end of it.
"Yeah. My older brother is really over protective of me. He won't let me do anything or hang out with any guys. He just doesn't trust them. Isn't that silly?" she asked.
"That's just stupid. How about the park instead?" I suggested.
"I'd like that, I really would," she whispered as we got up and left, not even noticing we skipped the bill.
To put a long story short, we picked up where we left off in the park. I staggered into my room at one in the morning and lay on my bed, not able to sleep. My first kiss. I was to meet her at ten in the morning in the world to level up, and she told me to get some rest. But that didn't happen.
I decided to log on early. It was 1:30, but I didn't care. As I was just logging in, though, I fell asleep at the controls.