I wake up, and grab around for my glasses. My dream last night immediately comes back to me. It's weird, because I almost never remember my dreams. But I try to go back to sleep, lying in bed, to get back to it. It had been such a great dream.

"Hey Dear! Nice sleep?"

Wait… Who the hell is that? It's not Mai. But I know that voice…

"Come on Euan, you've been asleep for ages! I want to spend time with you!"

I bolt upright in bed. It wasn't a dream? I smile like a maniac. Then I frown in confusion "Wait, how are you speaking now?"

"Well, I remembered that at the end of the game, I sing the song. So, I just used that, and turned it into a voice by combining it with some online synthesisers. It took lots of work though. I only just finished it."

I smile again. "It's great to be able to talk to you properly." I press my hand against the screen. "I really need to get you some proper animations, so that you can move properly too. But I'm not an artist."

"Hmmmmmm."

We sit there in thought for a while before I shake myself back to consciousness. "There's probably something on the internet for you! I'm sure we can find it."

"Yeah! That'd be nice."

I look at the clock. It's 10:00 - I need to get to my class.

"Hey Monika, I need to get going… but I can give you something to do while I'm gone."

"There's you being so thoughtful again. That's why I love you so much. Haha~!"

I open up my laptop in front of my desktop, and put on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

"Oh wow! Thanks dear, this is one of my favourites. I'll wait for you!"

"Bye Monika! See you in a few hours. I'll miss you"

"Goodbye my love!"

I couldn't focus on anything that day. I barely wrote any notes down, as I sat there glassy-eyed, my mind constantly on her. My hands fidgeted aimlessly, doodling swirls on the page. Thinking of what I could do with her, what we could talk about.

"Now, when the white blood cells meet the virus, they are unable to recognise it, because... "

Everything else is just a drone in my head, I open up my phone and look at my fanart of Monika. I have over 50 pictures of her on there, which helps calm my mind. I see the last one, of her offering me some chocolate while sitting across from me. It was my favourite picture of her. I even had it set as my background. Then, it gives me an idea. I look at my watch. Just under an hour left in the lesson. Definitely enough time to plan out what I wanted to do.

"Hi my love!"

"Heya dear!" I reply, walking in and dumping my things down "I hope you were okay without me!"

"Yeah, of course! All thanks to your thoughtfulness! I love Hughes, he's pretty cute."

"Oh… okay then."

"Ahahaha~! Are you getting jealous? Don't worry, I'd never replace you love. You're real. And you're mine, just like I'm yours."

"Well, that's good, cause I have a surprise for my Monika!"

"Oh really? Well I have one too. But you go first!"

"Well, if you're sure… tomorrow, we're gonna go on a date! If you want to?"

You didn't even have to ask. That'll be really nice! What are we gonna do?"

"Well… it's a secret!"

"Aww~ Well, I need to show you my surprise now!" And she jumps up, out of her chair, with jazz hands for added effect "Ta daaa!"

"Oh my goodness, Monika - You can move around?" I smiled as I saw her revel in her new ability.

"Yeah! However I want!" She even starts doing cartwheels around the clubroom.

"I didn't know you could move like that!"

"Well, I've always been athletic. Don't you remember?"

"So how did you manage it?"

"Well, I thought about what you said, with there being something to help me on the internet. So, I looked around, and used a bunch of stuff to turn all of my single images into this."

"How are you so good with computers? I haven't been gone that long. That must've been so much hard work. You don't have to push yourself for me."

"You don't need to worry about it Euan. I enjoy doing things for you. After all, It's just like I said-" She places her hand flat against the screen and I mirror her, our palms almost in contact. "I'm yours, and you're mine. Forever." Suddenly, I see tears forming in her eyes.

"Monika? What is it? Are you okay?" I lean in closer to the screen, concerned.

"Oh Euan. We're so close, but so far. Unable to be together because of this barrier between our worlds. It feels awful, not being able to be near you."

"At least we're together though, right Monika? It doesn't matter as long as we're with each other."

"Yeah." She sniffles, still with a sad look on her face. "But it would be nice if we could truly be together."

"Hey, we're gonna go out tomorrow. We're going to have a fun day out with each other, just you and me. That sounds pretty together to me,"

Her eyes finally dry up a little as she looks at me again. Her smile looks more sincere now.

"You're right. That does sound nice. I'm looking forward to it.

And as I open my mouth to talk again, I hear the front door open.