(A/N: Idk why Dee Va's name (I'm spelling it like that in hope that that error doesn't happen with this upload!) is not showing up properly in Chapter 1 and 2 it's really pissing me off! If anyone knows what it is please let me know!)
7:45 PM – Jonathan's House
"Alright guys, see you to-" I had to stop myself in the middle of my usual goodbye to my Final Fantasy XIV Party. That's right, I couldn't hang out with them tomorrow because I'm gonna be with Hana for the day.
"Actually on second thought, I won't be on tomorrow. I've already got plans now that I think about it. Sorry guys!" I say with a hint of sadness in my voice. The group all throw their grievances at me but I shrug it off as I log out of the game client and immediately open up twitch and to my delight, Dva is streaming some Starcraft II. Now, I'm not very knowledgeable with the game or anything, but I know a special player of any game when I see one, and the way Dva micro-manages her teams and armies in Starcraft is beyond insane. Her hand-eye co-ordination must be absolutely mesmerising to be able to click and drag and command at the speeds she does.
"Alright, let's shoot for a new high score! Sorry about the Delay in the stream today everyone! Things were preeettty busy today so I had to put it off!" she says in her delightfully upbeat voice as per usual. "I think I might start streaming at this time every night from now on, as I'm in a different time zone!" she exclaims, which causes the chat to erupt. I laugh at it a bit and type in:
TheRealJoJo: lol its ok Dva, it suits me because I have school and your streams were always a bit too early for me, I never really got time to check them out
Not that Dva ever really reads her comments, she occasionally does when donations come through though. I sat back as kept listening to Dva's voice guide me through whatever campaign she planned on doing tonight. I didn't really understand most of it, but I'm slowly picking up on a few things thanks to both Dva and Lena's streams.
"Speaking of which…" I open a new tab and – regretfully – mute Dva's stream to see what "Tracer" was upto. She was playing Takeshi's Challenge, one of the first ever games that Japan would ever define as shit. (No Joke, they call it a kusoge which literally means crappy or shitty game). I'm honestly kind of surprised. I know that Lena loves her some old 8-Bit classics, but Takeshi's Challenge is a bit of an oddball choice.
Then again, this is Lena we're talking about.
I look at Lena's stream for a few moments but can help but cringe at some of the stuff she does, like trying to sing the karaoke section on stream. What was even more surprising was that her views, normally peaking at about 1000-1100, were at an all time high of 2500. Lena hadn't noticed yet, but I took a screencap and quickly sent it to her over Facebook. The face she'll make when she finds out will be hilarious. I close her stream and go straight back to Dva's stream, watching her master the world of Starcraft.
11:00 PM – Jonathan's Bedroom.
"Alright guys, thanks for tuning in! We got through a lot today! As always I hope to see you again in future streams and I appreciate all your donations! Love, Dva!" Dva performs her traditional sign off from the stream and it goes offline. I look at my computer's clock and realise that it's getting pretty late. I take off my clothes, leaving only my underwear on to protect my most precious part, and begin to drift off into sleep.
The Next Day – September 30th – 7:20 AM – Jonathan's House
"So JoJo, you didn't tell me about the new girl at your school yesterday" said my mom, who was performing the final touches of making my lunch for the day. I turn around and reply.
"Well, she's Korean and her name is Hana. I don't know much else, she likes games though, so she's pretty cool I guess" I say, scoffing down a slice of toast. I look at my phone's clock and quickly get up and take my lunch from my mom, who stops me for a second before leaving.
"She sounds nice. Be nice to her, Jonathan" she says with an endearing smile that only a mother could give.
"Of course, mom" I smile back and head out towards the Winstonian. At the end of my street, just before the corner, I notice Lena leaning against the wall, who was giving off an undeniable aura of confidence.
"Someone's in a good mood this morning…" I say as I give Lena a wave.
"You bet I am! Look at this!" she exclaims, shoving her phone screen right into my face. I take a glance at what looks to be streaming statistics. Apparently Lena's stats were above even what I had seen last night.
"You got…5,000 simultaneous views last night?! Holy shit Lena that's fucking awesome!" I say with joy overflowing in my words.
"I know! I bloody well couldn't believe it! It's amazing!" said Lena, smiling wider than I ever had seen her smile before. We begin walking together towards the Academy, and as we turn the corner, we see Hana just walking out of her home, looking just as amazing as she did yesterday. She was wearing a horizontally striped black and white shirt with blue overalls over it, with the same Converse shoes from yesterday.
"Oi Hana! Good morning, love!" Cries out Lena, grabbing the Korean girls' attention. She turns around and smiles at us, fixing a tuft of her hair behind her right ear.
"Jonathan and Lena, good morning!" she says, bowing her head slightly.
"Did ya see D. Va's stream last night? It was bloody brilliant!" exclaimed Lena, who had probably caught up with whatever D. Va had done once she had finished her own stream.
"Oh yeah, she was on fire last night…" said Hana, who while probably meaning her words, didn't show much excitement in her tone of voice. Lena didn't pick up on it, however, if Angela were here she'd definitely say something about it.
We continued to chat our way through the walk to school, and we met up with Angela by the entrance. Before heading to class, both Hana and I needed to get a book or two from our lockers.
"Which one is yours?" I ask.
"Number 85" she replies.
"Oh, neat. That's right beside mine actually!" I say, smiling a little bit. Hana does the same, but only briefly. I walk over to our lockers and point at Hana's one, indicating to her which one is hers. I open my locker and grab a maths and poetry book. Hana however, is stuffing a bunch of papers – some of which say Korean Embassy on them – right into her locker.
"Ehm, aren't those embassy papers important?" I quiz. Hana looks at me, a slight bit of seriousness in her face and replies "Nope, not really, everything's already been sorted." She takes out the same books which I did and closes up her locker, and I do the same as we both head towards the first class of the day with McCree.
12:00PM – McCree's Class, Royal Winstonian Academy
Angela wasn't in the best of moods today. Apparently, Jack had already found a new girlfriend. Without telling me. Whilst I understand the reason Angela was upset – I mean, they only broke up about a month or so ago – I'm somewhat annoyed at Jack for not telling me that he was seeing someone. I mean, I knew he was interested in some girl, but I didn't think he'd already be in a position to be calling her his girlfriend. At lunch, I opened up my phone.
"Angela's not very happy. I'm kinda annoyed too man, I wish you told me about this." I tap the send button, hoping that Jack understands the situation.
Meanwhile, Lena was doing her best to lighten the mood.
"Oh come on Angie! It's his loss really! Don't let it upset you!" said Lena, trying to reassure Angela that everything would be okay. Hana and I tried to help, but only Lena seemed to be getting through to her. I decided that it would be best if we left the two of them alone for now, and decided to go outside with Hana to the lone tree in the school's courtyard.
"Wow, this is a pretty nice spot" said Hana, in awe of how beautiful this sole, lonesome tree looked.
"It's quite chill to be honest…" I say, stretching my arms out before sitting down at the base of the tree. Thankfully, there weren't many students out here today, and the people who were looked to be studying rather vigoursly. They're probably in Amari's class, which kind of sucks since there's nobody in the Winstonian who's as strict with deadlines and work as she is.
"U-Uhm, Jonathan? Are you still able to c-come over later?" asked Hana, with quite the nervous tone emanating from her voice.
"Yeah, definitely!" I say in reply, smiling at her. She looks away…I swear I could see a small hint of red forming on her cheeks.
"Good! I'm happy you're coming over!" she says, smiling at the ground, fumbling awkwardly with the small D. Va bunny keychain on her bag. I have to admit, she looks rather cute in this situation. I feel a surge of heat coming over my face, and a slight feeling of embarrassment.
Am I…blushing?
After School – Hokuto Street, just at the corner beside Mura Street
After finishing school and waving goodbye to Angela, who despite Lena's best efforts hadn't really cheered up, Hana and I arrived at her house.
"Do your parents know I'm coming over?" I ask her timidly.
"Well ehm…here's the thing, my parents don't actually live with me." A small wave of sadness overcame Hana's face.
"Oh I see…" I said, not wanting to press the issue further and make this situation more awkward than it already was. Hana unlocked the door and walked in. I followed suit and was asked to take off my shoes. I complied with Hana's instruction without second thought and followed her into her living room, where awe struck me. On the wall was a massive 4K Television and beneath it were video game consoles of all sorts. From things like the PS4 and Switch to rarities such as the FM Towns Marty and Casio Loopy, Hana had pretty much every game console imaginable.
"Hana, how in the fuck did you manage to afford all this shit?" I say, astonished.
"I…have my ways" she says, sitting down and smirking at me. I ponder the meaning of that statement for a moment, but only for a moment as Hana interrupts my train of thought.
"So, what do you wanna play?" she asks. "I have pretty much anything you can think of" she says, going over to a door on the far side of the room. Upon opening it, it reveals a massive room akin to a closet that is just filled with video games as far as the eye can see.
"Oh…my…lord…" I say. I cannot even fathom how Hana managed to obtain some of these games. She has a fucking sealed copy of Stadium Events for the NES! How the fuck did she manage to get that?
"Wellllll?" She asks, tilting her head, walking right into my personal space. The distance between us is very small. Her head is only mere centimetres away from mine.
"U-Uhm…how about some Castlevania Judgement?" I say, hoping she wouldn't judge me for my choice. She smiles a bit and walks over to the section filled with Nintendo Wii games and picks out the (criminally underrated) Castlevania Judgement.
"Well come on then, you're about to get a real ass whooping, Jonathan."
7:00 PM – Hana's House
Hana wasn't wrong. She fucking anhilated me at absolutely every game we played. Mortal Kombat. Smash Bros. Forza. Even fucking FIFA. She destroyed me in every single game we played.
"Well, fuck me…I mean I thought I was pretty good at Video Games but Hana you must have some kind of natural skill where, you can pick up any game and instantly master it. It's kind of like you're D. Va hahahah" I laugh a bit at my ridiculous statement. Hana laughs a bit too and we lean back into the couch, the two of us tired as hell from gaming for over three hours straight. We look at each other.
Uh oh.
Hana's pinky finger lays itself on top of my hand. It's barely noticeable.
Double Uh oh.
She slowly leans her head closer to mine.
Is this really happening?!
I take in a breath, preparing myself for what it about to happen.
Calm down Jonathan you only know her a day! Don't be kissing her if you barely know her!
Her face edges ever closer as her gaze never leaves my sight, the smell of a cherry blossom perfume engulfing my nasal passage. Our mouths are millimetres away from touching.
Someone PLEASE HELP ME!
*BRRZT BRRZT* 'YOU WA SHOCK! AI DEN SORA GA OCHITEKURU…'
My ringtone destroyed the silence in the room. I pluck my phone from my pocket and see a name I don't really expect to on the other end.
Angela Ziegler.
I look at Hana, trying to hide the disappointment on her face, who beckons me to answer my phone. I do so.
"Hello?"
"Ahh Jonathan, hello there. Are you free right now?" enquires Angela.
"Ehm, Kind of. Why? Did you need me for something?"
"Yes. And it's urgent. Can you make your way over to my place, alone?"
"Did something happen?" I ask with concern.
"Just please come over. I need to see you." She says, hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" enquires Hana.
"It's Angela. She needs me for something. She didn't say what for other than it was 'urgent'" I say, slightly confused by the situation. I was slightly relieved though. If Angela hadn't called then Hana and I would have….
…anyways, I had to get going.
"I better make my way over and see if she's okay." I say to Hana as I gather up my things. She looks a bit upset by the turn of events but she doesn't seem to mind too much. We walk to the door and as I leave, I turn to face Hana to say goodbye.
"Well, thanks for today. It was really fun! We should do it again some time! I really enjoyed myself, Hana" I say, happiness exuding from my voice.
"I'm glad you did" she says with a smile. We stand there for a couple of seconds, just staring at each other again...losing myself in her amazing, beautifully bewitching eyes…
…Not wanting to create another awkward situation like earlier, I interject.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow then!" I say, turning around.
"Wait Jonathan!" cried out Hana. I turn around and before I knew it, I felt her soft lips on my cheek, for only a brief moment.
"See you tomorrow" she said with a loving smile as she walked back in and closed the door to her house.
