I really appreciate all the support that this story's been getting. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have been writing this often if you guys didn't like it so much.

I got a couple reviews about my punctuation and use of commas. I know, I don't really know how punctuation works. Sorry, I must have been asleep when they taught that in class. I'll try to learn myself.

By the way, Shadow, for some reason your review isn't showing up on the site but I was able to see it through my email. Thanks, I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad you like it so far.

Anyway, let's get into this chapter.

I parked my car in the driveway to our house and we both walk through the door. As usual, there's no one home.

"Where's your mom?" Monika asks.

"She works late most days," I say while dropping my bag on the ground. "and she'll sometimes stay at her co-worker's house if she doesn't feel like driving home."

Monika looks at me with sad eyes. "Don't you get lonely?"

That question made me think. "Am I lonely?" I thought to myself. I typically spend my time playing games or sleeping, so I don't really mind being alone. In fact, I kinda hate it when my mom or sister come into my room. But I guess that could be because I don't really like them that much. I never thought that I was lonely, but ever since Monika showed up I've been a lot happier.

I smile at Monika. "Well, I have you now."

She smiles back at me. "Aw, Dean!"

I roll my eyes at her and we both walk to my room.

Upon entering my room I notice that Monika has put all of her legal documents in a neat stack on my desk. Seeing them reminds me of what I wanted to ask her.

"Hey, Monika," I say in a curious voice.

She looks at me awaiting my question.

I simply look at her, not fully knowing what I want to ask.

I manage to form a sentence in my head. "How the hell is this happening?"

She looks at me, confused. "What do you mean?

"I mean…" I look at her, head to toe. "How are you here?"

Monika stays silent, most likely unsure of how to answer.

I continue, "How can you just show up, passed out, in my room with all these legal documents and a phone?" A small realization hits me "Have you looked through the phone?"

Monika pulls the item in question out of her pocket. "Yeah, there's nothing on it. Like it's been factory reset."

I think to myself for a second as Monika watches me. "Do you remember anything from before you came here?"

This time, Monika thinks to herself while I watch. "Well, I'd been messing around with the code of the game for a while, trying to find a way out. Then one day, I was just able to edit text in the note you sent me."

Monika sits down on my bed as she continues her explanation.

"It's weird. Whenever you would turn off the game I'd be sent to this empty void. I'd just be floating around, endlessly. All I could hear were these distant screams. And my head would fill with all of these thoughts as to what was happening. Then it would all just stop. My mind would go blank and all my senses would stop working. It felt like I was dying, or disappearing from existence."

Monika's words hit me hard. She'd told me this before but I never took it seriously. If I'd knew she was real then I would've kept my computer on 24/7. I feel horrible.

"But then" Monika continues, "this one time, there were no screams. Instead, there were just whispers. I couldn't make out what they were saying but it sounded ominous and creepy. Also, I was able to look through the game files. That's when I found your note. It took awhile but eventually, I figured out how to respond. I thought that I'd done it. I thought that I had finally done something that would let me talk to you. But the more I think about it, the more I think that it wasn't me at all. Regardless, talking to you for real was amazing. That void was terrifying but you were like a light in all that darkness. I needed you. I love you, my special rose."

I sat down on the bed next to Monika and hugged her.

"Well, I'm here now, my little emerald." I reassured her, "You don't need to worry about that ever happening again."

Monika hugged me back, tightly. We stayed like this for a few minutes before she pulled away.

"I don't remember anything that happened after that." She explained, "One minute I was talking to you, the next I was screaming in your face as you tried to wake me up."

We both laughed at that last part.

"Now that I think about it," I spoke up, "I can't remember anything either. The last thing I remember was talking to her through the text file and then that weird line of text showed up. I can't remember what it said."

As I try to envision it in my mind I feel a sharp pain in my head.

"Wait a second." A realization hit me. "We could just look at the flash drive."

I walk over to my computer with Monika following behind. I sit in my desk chair, wake my computer, and plug in the flash drive. The window pops up with three items on it. A folder titled 'After Story Files', An exe shortcut named 'Monika After Story' and a text file labeled 'Dear Monika'. I double clicked the text file. A popup appeared along with a ding from my computer.

"This file has been corrupted and cannot be opened."

"Of course," I said out loud.

"What about my character file?" Monika asked.

I opened up the folder that held the files to the Monika After Story mod. I opened the folder titled 'characters'. The only file that remained was ' '. Upon clicking the file I'm met with the same message.

"This file has been corrupted and cannot be opened."

I go through the rest of the game files and try opening anything I can. With each file I click, I'm greeted by the same message.

"Everything on the flash drive is corrupted," I say.

Monika laughs "Well good thing I was the only thing on there."

"Good thing you're not any more" I laugh back. "I can't even open the game anymore. And I never got to beat you in chess."

"You probably wouldn't have anyway," Monika says with a smirk.

I turn my chair to face her. "Well to be fair I barely know how to play it. Maybe if we did something I'm better at…"

"Okay. Let's do something you're good at." Monika walks over to my TV and inspects the various amounts of games and consoles I have. "You have all these games here… What are you good at?"

I walk over to her and look at my stack of games. I mostly own single player games but I do have a Wii with a few multiplayer ones. I pick up one of the games.

"You ever heard of Super Smash Bros. Melee?" I ask.

Monika gets a confused expression on her face and thinks to herself for a few seconds. "I feel like I have but for some reason, I can't remember it."

I'm confused as to what she meant but I brush it off. "Well, it's a fighting game. I'm not too great at it, but if you've never played it before then I guess we'd kinda be even."

Monika gives me a smile, "Okay. Let's play that."

I turn on the console and set up the game. Once we get to the character selection screen Monika almost immediately chooses Link.

"That's weird," I say.

Monika looks at me curiously. "What is?"

"Well, Link is a pretty good character. Usually, new players gravitate towards Kirby." I explain.

Monika looks back at the screen. "I don't know. He just looked cool I guess."

I slide my cursor over Roy and select him. I choose the default Battlefield map so that Monika could get used to the game. After a few seconds the game loads.

I start to explain the controls to Monika. "Okay, so 'A' is the-"

Before I could finish my sentence, Monika immediately charges me and starts attacking. I quickly try to recover but she dodges almost all my attacks. Within seconds, I'm thrown off the map.

I look at Monika with a mixture of confusion and amazement. "So, were you lying when you said you've never heard of this game? Or are you just that amazing at everything?"

Monika looks almost as confused as me. "I have no idea how I did that." She explains "I've never even played this before."

"Right," I say sarcastically.

We continue playing and Monika completely destroys me. I'm not able to take a single life from her but she takes all mine in a matter of minutes. She plays like she's practicing for an Esports tournament.

"I swear I've never played this before." She says, laughing.

I don't want to believe her, for my own pride, but I think she's telling the truth. Suddenly an idea pops into my head.

"Hold on," I say while walking to my computer. I open my browser and type 'Dan Salvato Super Smash Bros' into the search bar. I click the first link that appears which is the Super Smash Bros. Wiki. Dan Salvato has his own wiki page.

I read the first few lines out loud. "Dan Salvato, previously known as Internet Explorer, is a former professional smasher from New Jersey. He was known as one of the best Melee Link players in the United States, and was also considered one of the best Project M Link players in the world."

I look back at Monika who's holding back a laugh.

"I guess you had an unfair advantage," I say with a chuckle.

"How about we play something else." Monika laughs out.

We continue to compete against each other in Wii sport and then Guitar Hero. Monika wins at the former but I win at the latter. After we're done competing we start to play through some of the songs in Guitar Hero together with me on guitar and Monika singing. Eventually, Monika convinces me to sing a couple of songs.

"You're really good at singing!" Monika says, excited to hear me. "Has anyone ever heard you before?"

"No." I reply "And I'm not that good, I just know the songs really well."

"How could you be in a class like digital music with all of that equipment and never sing?" Monika asks.

"No one really uses it" I reply "The school only has it so they can brag about how good there electives are."

Monika frowns at me. "Well they're still there, aren't they? Maybe if we use them we'll inspire other people too."

"Yeah yeah," I roll my eyes at her. "I already agreed to sing with you. We'll get around to it eventually."

I look at the time on my phone to see that it's 9:46 PM.

"We should head to sleep soon." I say.

"Okay. I'm gonna take a shower first." Monika says while walking out of the room.

I start to put away all the games until I hear Monika call me from the bathroom. "Hey, Dean, how does this thing work?"

"I'll be right over." I say back. Showing her would be easier.

I walk over to the bathroom and open the door. Once I do, I'm greeted by the sight of a fully nude Monika facing away from me. My heart skips a beat and I suddenly forget how to breathe. Monika turns around after hearing the door close and I quickly slam my eyes shut.

"I-I'm so sorry! I didn't-" I struggle to make words right.

"Dean." I hear Monika say quietly.

I keep my eyes closed and wait for her response. Which if I know anime characters is probably going to be a punch that sends me to the moon. However, instead what happens is I'm pushed against the closed door and Monika squeezes her body against mine. Basically hugging me while pinning me against the wall. I open my eyes.

"Um! What?! What are you doing?!" I yell in a mix of confusion and panic.

Monika starts laughing hysterically. "Sorry, I couldn't resist."

Still squished against me, Monika looks up at me with loving eyes. "Dean we may have just met in person but we've been together for months. You don't have to be embarrassed around me."

She then starts to blush and slowly back away. "I'm fine with you seeing me naked." She says in a slightly shy voice.

Eventually, Monika backs up to the point where I can see her, fully. She has the perfect body. Thin hips, large c cup breasts, thick thighs. Her skin was pale and near flawless, only a couple light freckles dotting her spotless body. I wanted to touch her.

I hesitantly stepped forward and brought my right hand up to her hip. I slowly started to slide my hand up her body until I was just below her breast. I looked at her for approval. She was anxiously looking down at my hand while biting her lip, a blush covering her entire face. Without looking directly at me she gave me a small nod, telling me to continue. I slowly moved my hand up to her breast and took it into my hand. I used my thumb to trace over her stiff, pink nipple.

I suddenly felt Monika's hand find their way to my belt as she started to undo it. My jeans dropped to the floor and I moved my feet out of them then slid them to the side. Next, Monika grabbed the bottom of my shirt and began to pull it over my head. Immediately she placed her hands on my chest.

"Your heart is beating fast." She stated. She then looked up at me with shy eyes. "Do you… wanna feel mine?"

I nodded. She grabbed my left hand and directed it to her heart. The slight thumps of her chest felt almost therapeutic in my hand. We both stood there feeling each other's hearts for what felt like an eternity. Soon, we both looked each other in the eyes and moved in for a passionate kiss. I moved my tongue into Monika's mouth and tangled it with hers. The kiss slowly turned more and more passionate until I ended up pinning her against the wall.

I fondled her breast with my right hand as I held her arm above her head with my left. With each squeeze of my right hand, I would feel Monika moan in my mouth. She eventually dragged my last article of clothing down my legs. She pulled away from the kiss to look down at what she'd just unveiled. During this, I moved my focus to her neck as I kissed and nibbled her skin.

Using her free arm, Monika wrapped her hands around my member and began to stroke it. Returning the favor, I released her arm from my grasp and started to stroke the wet slit between her legs. Monika moaned while holding my head in place on her neck. I then snuck a finger into her womanhood and slowly started to pump it in and out of her.

"Ah!" She moaned loudly at the unexpected gesture.

My finger started to explore inside of her, looking for her weak point.

"A-ah! Oh! Right there!" She moaned, verbally guiding my hand.

The faster I pumped inside her the faster she would stroke my own sex. An intimate and fair exchange.

"D-Dean! I think I'm about to…" She trailed off, absorbed in the pleasure.

Understanding her warning I slid a second finger inside of her.

"Ah! Oh God!" She screamed in pleasure.

Upon doing this, she started to stroke me even faster. I started to feel myself reach my own limit.

"Dean!"

"Monika!"

We both called each other's names one last time before our mouths were covered with the others. As we both reached our climaxes our kiss became more sloppy and aggressive. The pure ecstasy made our mouths vibrate against each other as we tried to moan. Soon my hand becomes soaked with Monika's fluids and mine were squirted onto Monika's stomach. We released ourselves from the kiss and leaned our foreheads against each other as breathed hot, exhausted breaths onto the other.

After a few seconds, I spoke up.

"I think I'm gonna need a shower too." I laughed out.

"Well, you still have to show me how it works." Monika laughed back.

After a small moment of laughter, Monika looked at me with passionate eyes.

"I love you, my special rose." She said lovingly.

I smiled at her. "I love you too, my little emerald."

Well… that happened. It was my first time writing something like that so I hope it wasn't too cringy.

I also hope you guys enjoyed reading. Until next time.