"Hey hey!"
"Are you... Awake?"
The sound of a girl fadingly appearing in my ears, as I slowly opened my eyes to see Yi Mei Lu infront of my face with her small hands being on my shoulders.
As I wake up, her face turned to relief and said.
"You're awake!"
Her voice charms with excitement, her hands went up. Glancing to the window as she sits beside me.
I turned to see Akiyama Suzu who was asleep at the other seat, infront of mine.
Awhile later then spoked by Yi Mei Lu,
"Hey, the weather seems to be cold."
Her hand was softly leaning to the window as water from coldness outside, has stained onto her hand. Her eyes were softened from the feeling aswell with her hand.
She turned to me with a small smile on her face, the smile of a cheerful child.
"Brother Xiao."
"Can I call you that instead?"
Her eyes gazing upon mine, as if a charm had sparked through her as she stares.
Slowly after, I responded.
"Sure."
Looking away to my hands, her words sounded like a nostalgia from a past where I couldn't seemingly repaired with.
But then again, hers were different. More hidden yet sound so genuine.
I quickly snapped back to reality as the TV had turned on,
Saying,
[ Hope everyone is going on their own after the game, please know that there will be given a meal for each person. ]
A meal? Akiyama Suzu hasn't woken up yet.
Yi Mei Lu looked confused as she stare at the TV for a couple seconds before her face turned into horrendous and turned to Akiyama Suzu, walking up to wake her up.
As she placed her hands hard on her shoulders and says,
"Big sister... Suzu?"
"There will be given a meal soon"
She was desperately shaking her shoulders as she stares at her in worried, as if something will happened if she doesn't wake up in any time now.
She turned to her hands and grabbed them to slap her face softly and yelled,
"Wake up!"
Although it wasn't loud like a casual child would yell but it was sure still loud.
She continued to shake her shoulders rapidly, using her hands to slap her and even yelled at her to wake up
Little while, she was starting to get more concerned for her and now shaking her shoulders rapidly, trying to wake her up.
Eventually, Akiyama Suzu had woken up right before the meal had come and was left all awkwardly confused on us both
The butler was tall and all black shadowed when it gave our meals.
We all looked at each other as the meal were on our hands, the aroma coming from the food is delicious.
Too luring, making people eat it the moment they get their hands on it.
But we didn't, we stared at each other as if one of us had the answer to all of this.
Just a quick later, Yi Mei Lu was about to drive that one bite into her mouth and stopped the moment we stared at her.
"..."
Out of embarrassment, she placed the spoon back to the plate. Her face was down-frowned as she avoids eye contact.
She was looking down, fidgeting her fingers nervously.
The only reason we didn't start eating the moment we get it was because we're not sure. Even though our stomach is growling so bad.
There was a line from a book that I've read...
"In a game, there's no such thing as giving people meals unless you are only using it to lure them get trapped"
A line that's possibly accurate with out situation, where I have read it from a book before. Although I couldn't remember the name of the book, but I would say it was written perfectly.
Yi Mei Lu is feeling anxious lately, she's been silent since the meal had arrived. As if she's scared of something.
Awhile later, that butler comes back. He was taking our meals with no reactions at all, like a robot...
A message was said from the TV, saying.
[ Seems like you guys didn't eat the meals... ]
And emoji was shown on the TV, the emoji is thinking... Perhaps so the person behind this all.
Akiyama Suzu was checking out on Yi Mei Lu if she was okay earlier, but words come out of her mouth as "I'm okay."
I can tell that's a lie but whatever plan she's on, I'm afraid I'll ruin it if I say it out loud.
I turned to look at my phone as time goes, there was a novel. A novel that's locked until we got out of train, the file says that but I never downloaded this nor do I know how to.
— [ Tales ]
"...?"
Confusion.
I've had this phone for 4 years, but never come across a strange problem until now.
The first time I bought this, it was as how as I have seen from others' hands.
It was shaped as in a rectangle with black colour, there was even a brand logo on the back of it. And the camera is quite great.
As I thought...
Walking around the streets without one seemed left out but is a WOW for them. I got to see the price for one phone and it was over 600 coins!
This average sized of an object could cost over 600 coins, a thing that could make people broke.
is also known to be useful for the humanity too? To make things easier??
"They were really not lying about it being useful."
"Huh, I want to give myself one too!"
I said to myself, buying it with curiosity. It seems easy to use.
[ 12 months later... ]
"..."
To my surprise.
Useful but not useful.
I don't know how such objects called "devices" would be this hard to use, just how did they come up with this idea?
For a simple phone that is freshly new, happened told to be useless. It really was a shame to buy one.
"Wasn't it useful?"
I pondered to myself, as I was starting to have a breakdown over this "phone".
Day after day, I tried to go on those square images on the screen, I would get punched on the face with more options to learn.
The language, the options, the the the the the the the the the the the...!
The everything is stressing me out!!!
What is "Games Store"???
What is "HoloTube"???
WHAT IS "GOGOLE"???
Questions were streaming in my head like an explosion, trying to figure out what they're pointing out.
It was an absolute scam