Alright, time to write again. Sorry if this chapter is a bit late. I just wasn't feeling up to it lately and I didn't wanna force myself to write. Believe me, whenever I force myself to write it's noticeable and bad.

But I haven't updated in a week so here's something really short just to show I'm still here.

"Dean?!" I hear Monika call out to me again.

Slowly Monika starts to become visible in the distance. The look on her face tells me she's confused and frightened. She's hesitant to approach me.

"W-what were you just doing?" She asks through a shaky voice.

I don't know how to respond.

"Was I about to kill him?" I think to myself. "I didn't want to kill him, but… wrapping that chain around his neck just felt so..."

"Careful Monika he's dangerous." My thoughts are interrupted by another voice.

I look up to see Melony walking up to Monika.

"What do you mean?" Monika asks her.

"You saw what he was doing. He was about to murder poor Devon." Melony looks at me with menacing eyes. "He's a fucking psycho. Only a matter of time before he does something to you."

Monika looks at her confused. "To me?"

"Oh yeah." Melony says with a chuckle. "He's especially viscous around girls. Aren't you Dean?"

'I'm not like that anymore' I think to myself. I try to speak but no words come out.

"Dean?" Monika looks at my through teary eyes. "What's going on?"

"Yeah Dean." Melony walks towards me. "Why don't you tell her about everything you did to me."

I feel like I can't speak. All I can do is think. 'She's making sound much worse than it actually is. Right? I mean… I hadn't even done anything to her yet.'

"Dean what's going on?" Monika shouts at me. "What happened with you?"

I want to reassure her but I just can't. I feel myself sinking into the floor.

Melony walks up next to me. "What's wrong? Too scared to tell her? Or are you planning to do the same to her?"

"Just tell me Dean." Tears start to pour down Monika's face. "Don't you trust me? Don't you love me?"

The more I look at Monika's sad face, the more I sink. I look away from her, ashamed. I want to tell her I love her.

"I don't even know you do I?" Monika turns and runs away, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Don't worry." Melony says as we both watch her leave. "Rejection never really stopped you anyway."

With a laugh, Melony disappeared and I'm left alone. I hear the distant whispers come back as I start to sink deeper into the ground. I don't try to resist. Soon I sink down to my chest. My arms are trapped and I'm unable to move them. I don't care. I deserve whatever happens to me.

Soon my head goes under and I can no longer breathe. 'This is how I'm gonna die. Alone. I guess that makes sense.' I start to lose conscious.

'I deserve to be alone.'

My eyes dart open as inhale sharply. Instinctively, I try to sit up but as I do I'm restricted by something holding me down. I look at my chest to see a pair of arms latching onto it. I follow them back to see Monika peacefully sleeping while clinging to me. I start to relax once I see her.

I lay back down and Monika adjusts herself in her sleep to get closer to me. Her head now rests on top of my chest. I put my arm around her and hold her close. Lying like this is almost therapeutic. I feel myself calming down as I look at Monika's peaceful, resting face.

While holding her like this, I realize how lucky I am to have her. I mean she came out of a video game just to be with me. I still don't know how that's even possible but right now, I don't care. All that matters is that she's with me and I'm never gonna let her go.

"I love you." I whisper to her as hold her closer.

"I love you too." She responds, slowly opening her eyes.

I jump slightly, not expecting a response.

"Wait your awake?" I say slightly embarrassed.

Monika chuckles. "Yeah I woke up when you jerked up so suddenly."

"Oh, sorry about that." I apologise.

We sit in silence for a while before Monika decides to speak up.

"So did you have a nightmare?" She asks.

"N-no I just-" I cut myself off.

Without even looking at her, I can sense that Monika isn't falling for whatever I'm about to say.

I sigh, "Yeah. I did. Don't worry about it though. It was nothing"

"You sure?" Monika questions. "Your heart was beating pretty fast when you woke up."

"What is it with you and heart beats." I ask with a chuckle.

"Well it's what keeps you alive right?" Monika speaks in a serious but loving voice. "It's the center of you. Your core. And to feel it you have to be really close to someone. Assuming you don't let strangers that close to your chest."

I chuckle again. "Well I guess if you word it right you could make anything sound romantic. Even a fleshy organ that shoots blood out of itself."

Monika exhales a laugh. "Well… It's also the fact that I can even feel it at all." She rearages herself so that she can place a hand on my chest. "When I was stuck inside that computer I wasn't able to feel you like this. I was barely able to talk to you." She then lifts herself off the bed and hovers her face over mine. "But now I can be as close to you as I possibly can. And what we did last night seemed like something I could only dream of." She plants a kiss on my lips then pulls away to look into my eyes.

"I was trapped in a cage my whole life. The only comfort I found was in you. And there was a screen separating me from you. But now I'm here with you. I don't know how or why but I don't care. All I want is to be close to you."

I smile at her and lift myself up to kiss her again.

"I love you my little emerald."

"I love you too my special rose."

We stay silent for a while until Monika starts to drift off to sleep again. I slowly reach for her phone nearby, trying not to wake her. I turn on her phone to check the time. Once the device turns on I'm suddenly blinded by the bright light. Soon my eyes adjust and I see that Monika's lockscreen is a picture of me in class.

"She must have taken this while I wasn't looking." I think to myself, chuckling.

I look at the time to see that it's 4:00 AM. I decide to go back to sleep sense we still have a few hours till school. I gently wrap my arms around Monika as I slowly lose consciousness.

And there it is.

I know it was really short but I just haven't been feeling motivated enough to write and I've been SO busy with school.

I promise I'll write something longer soon. But I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm still alive.