AUTHOR NOTES:
[Currently playing: Halsey - Colors]
So, it's Middonaito. This is so embarrassing for me to say, but I have to inform you guys that I Never Expected is 'frozen' or... Temporarily discontinued. Why? Because of life, some hate reviews from guests (who didn't even give some tips to improve my fic *sigh*), working on an original named Magica and co-writing my friend KuroganeNoir's Filipino Wattpad comedic love advice book named Advice Mula sa Inexperienced (Advice from Someone Inexperienced), and I grew to like writing this fanfic, along with CPU-Knights, which I'm not stopping even if it gets a lot of hate, I wanna see it from start to end. Basically, I have a lot of work to do... Anyways, so I got new reviews. And here's my reply.
Email to JustUsingARandomName:
Glad you're liking the story so far. Hope you continue to tune in.
Email to Guest:
Lolz, NepNowa forever? *whispers "Don't worry. I ship 'em too..."* And yeah, I'm actually shipping Histy and Minakkun (this nickname's to be introduced in this chapter). Didn't think I'd ship them. XD
And... Basically a lot of school stuff is about to go down, so it'll be slow updates. *sighs sadly*
And again, please, when reviewing as guest, if you hate my fic, tell me about it, is it some parts of it? All of it? Heck, even all the fics I've published? Just leave some words, and that'll help me improve.
Without further ado, let's go on.
/ MIDDOSTATION ENDS HERE
9:57 am
Currently eating breakfast. And the funniest thing happened...
While I was out getting some more food supplies, Nep decided to cook. And guess what? She almost caught the house on fire. Well, the other girls didn't know, so… Now, we're eating some sunny side up eggs. I was supposed to cook some good breakfast, but man, now I have to clean the place up...
I take out my smartphone, and decided to search for FancyTux on Google. Here's some of his details:
Who IS FancyTux? The Gaming Marshmello Keeps his Identity (by Amir Kazahn)
FancyTux's identity is unknown, since he uses a bucket-like mask, like Marshmello. All that's known is that he's at least the same age as me, 16 and has a Japanese accent when speaking English. He's often seen in his videos wearing a formal attire consisting of a tuxedo and black pants. Fans always ask in his comments for his face reveal, but so far, none. He has been dubbed as the gamer version of Marshmello when it comes to hiding his identity...
*sigh* How am I gonna make a cool collab gameplay with someone who doesn't reveal his identity?
"Are you okay, Minakkun?" Hm? Minakkun? That's me, right? I turn around.
"Hm? What, Compa?"
"You seem... Not yourself..."
"Well," I scratch the back of my head, "…I have a… little something that just popped up, but there's no worry about it, okay?"
"Are you sure?"
"Ah, no, this is my problem, okay? Don't worry..." I pat her head to assure her.
FancyTux's POV
I wonder how this will turn out. I mean, I KNOW Masteralz, as a classmate though... His name's Minamoto, right? I fight with him back at school because I want to hide my gamer side. No one must know. No one at school must know. But, I have a bad feeling about collabing with 'him'.
"Looks like you're thinking of something again," the woman with me asked. We're both playing a cooperative game. Portal 2. And I do say, she's not so bad. Having a gamer as a friend... That is...
"D-don't worry about me... Just... Hey, what are you doing?!" She's already reaching for a CD... With... Of course...
"I thought I'd use this opportunity to play a BL game instead but..."
"You sneaky woman!"
That is if I can understand her boy's love visual novel addiction! God! She has a boy as her company, God!
Minamoto's POV
1:00 pm
"Hello, everybody, FancyTux here..."
"And how's it going! Masteralz here!"
"AND WE'RE HAVING AN OVERWATCH GAMEPLAY!"
It's time… time to not suck! I ready my keyboard and mouse. Match found!
2 hours later...
3:00 pm. No sign of FancyTux's voice. It's been at least an hour since he last talked, so I've been silent this whole time. And wow, since last hour, FancyTux is damn dominating! I didn't expect him to be so good... Too good!
"Dude, wow! FancyTux, you are killing it!"
"Why thank you, young gentleman..."
"Yeah, that's- wait, who are you?"
Hey, who is this? A girl's voice answered me. A mature one, even. I don't encounter gamer girls that much, so this is rare and surprising... "Are you FancyTux's mom or..."
"Oh no, I am not his mom, but he's hosting me for the moment..." Hosting? Is this...
"Wait, are you Vert?!"
"Oh, how do you know my name?" Jackpot!
"No way! FancyTux is hosting you?!"
"Why are you asking?" Vert asked.
"Well, I'm hosting the Planeptune girls so..."
Vert then answered, "So you're Minamoto Minazuki, huh?"
I ask her, "How have you known my name, may I ask?"
"From Chika. It seemed like Neptune was the one who kept sending her Oracle's host request email to many people in Japan in the effort to find the Earth human named Minamoto Minazuki, that's you..." I sweatdrop. So Nep was spamming messages just to track me down... Really? She should've had Histy track me down, than indirectly inflicting damage to many people.
"Eh? What?"
"Don't you know? The Oracles should ALWAYS accompany us..."
"No, no, I was talking about what Neptune did to just track me down. But, about that Oracle thing, I don't think that's really correct and thought out well... What if your n ation crumbles?"
"You question Chika coming along with me, but you're not questioning Histoire coming along with Neptune..."
"Hmm... Touche, Vert..." Touche indeed. Well anyways...
"Why did you choose FancyTux?"
"Tuckson Kosaki is a perfect host candidate, he's-" Tuckson Kosaki?!
"No way! That jerk's FancyTux?! And he says he hates gamers!"
"May I ask what relation do you have with my host?"
I answer Vert, "He's a damn rich kid jerk! I mean, he says gamers don't have a life, always pins me with trouble, and sometimes... Tch..."
"So it seems like he doesn't want to show his gamer side..." Vert pointed out. I think for a while. That is a logical(?) explanation for why he acts such a way to gamers like me...
"I dunno. That's kinda stupid..."
"Everyone has a secret that they have to hide, Minamoto-kun..."
"I guess you're right. Oops, I gotta go. FancyTux already recorded this, right?"
"Yes, about an hour ago..."
"Then, I gotta go then. Have to fix up stuff."
"It's hard to handle five girls, Minamoto-kun?"
"No, having a YouTube channel is."
And just like that, I exited Overwatch, along with the voice chat with Vert. I gotta tell Histy about this. I gotta know more about this experiment...
A few days later...
Okay, so a few days passed, and Histy contacted Chika to come over here, as well as Tuckson and Vert. And right now, I don't feel like meeting up with that damn rich-kid-who-hides-his-gamer-side-and-picks-a-fight-with-me. Okay, that was a long nickname, I know. But that's how I resent Tuckson. He's like a jock in personality. We always get involved in (verbal) fights that the heads of the school don't even care anymore, like it has become a common thing.
In other news, I tried to contact Ren for some time, but he hasn't replied to my texts, calls, or even email. What's up with that?
"Minakkun, they're here..."
"Okay, Compa. Coming..."
I get off my chair, turned at the door, opened it, and here comes...
"Minazuki..." Tch, that ticked tone.
"Kosaki..." I answer, implying annoyance.
"Now, now, you two... We are not here to fight," someone behind Tuckson said. It was Chika.
"U-uh, yes, Miss Chika..."
"Now, may we and my dear Vert enter?"
I put on a smile, "Most certainly..." trailing off after gazing at Tuckson. He then looked at me, implying the "You think I'm amused as well?" feel. Then, the three of them entered.
"As expected of Minazuki, such a mediocre living room... Heh."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" I answer, gritting my teeth. And he looked at me with a smug look. Why the hell did we collaborate then?!
"Please, you two. Claw each other later, okay?"
"Okay, IF. Well, anyway, Histy, care to explain the whole experiment?"
"Oh, it seems like Minamoto-kun and Histoire have now become close," Vert remarked. "Really?"
"That's not the point right now, Lady Vert. Okay, are you sure about learning of the experiment, Minamoto? I mean..."
"It'll be hard for the author to make up an exposition, right?"
I quickly look at Neptune with an unamused face. "Save the fourth wall breaks for later, Nep. I want to know, Histy. Tuckson here might be itching to know too..."
"Eh, not as much, Minazuki. And why did you call me by my first name?"
"Oh, is it bad... FancyTux?" I mischievously answer and he became triggered.
"I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE A COLLAB WITH YOU, MASTERALZ!"
"SAME HERE, FANCYTUX!"
"EVERYONE, SHUT UP!"
Kosaki and I froze up when Histy shouted. Oh, man, what did we invoke?!
"We're here to talk about the Gamindustri to Earth experiment, not see our hosts fight with each other. Minamoto Minazuki, Tuckson Kosaki, can you please try to be friends?"
Tuckson and I looked at each other, a little spark clashed from our eyes, but then this is Histy's request... "*sigh* Fine, Histy, but don't expect me and him to get along so much..."
"Same here, uh... Miss Histoire, right?"
"Oh fine, but please listen..."
"Phew, good thing the author decided to skip the exposition. We don't need that when I'm here!"
"Oh, shut up Nep. Anyway, let me summarize. Basically, it was first Histy's idea to come to Earth and try to find a way to lessen the effects of the Shift Period. But then, Nep decided to spill it out in one of the meetings with all the CPUs, and now they're all staying on Earth with the same goal in mind, right? But the primary intention is to migrate, or even merge, Gamindustri to Earth."
"I kinda don't understand all of this, since I didn't know of Hyperdimension Neptunia until now, but I kinda do."
"Well, I'm glad that you two understand the predicament..." Histy answered.
Chika added, "I'm even surprised that Planeptune's host has an idea with all of this..."
"Well, that's Minazuki for you, Hakozaki-san..."
I look at Tuckson with a peculiar face. Wow, never thought I'd hear that from him...
I look at the time. 11:25 am.
Oh shoot. "Listen, why don't you guys stay here for lunch? I just need to buy some food supplies from the supermarket part of the mall, though..."
Vert then nodded her head, "I'm interested to learn about Minamoto-kun more..."
And then, out of nowhere, Tuckson leaned to my ear and whispered, "Hey, would you mind if I come along? I feel like if I stay here, Vert's gonna force me to play another BL game..."
I first doubted his intentions, but I do understand the pain of BL and any related stuff... *cough* Boku *cough*
"All right, Tuckson's coming along... See you girls then."
All right. Not happy about Tuckson coming along, but I don't have a choice. Alright, we're at the mall.
For awhile, we've been exchanging glares at each other. And I think the people are already weirded out, so I decided to stop. I look around for something interesting, and hey!
Would you look at that? It's Ren! Along with his siblings... And two girls? "Psst... Tuckson."
"What are you- Hey, that's the guy I got some good comments from! Ren Tohsaki, was it?"
But I didn't mind what he said, what I'm focused on is the two girls. Both raven-haired, one has her hair in twintails... Twintails...
"Yo, Minazuki, you okay?"
Oh, snap! Oh my God! Woah!
"That's it, I'm calling the ment-"
"NOIRE AND UNI!"
"Hate to ask, Minazuki, but... The who now?"