TW: Swearing, unfaithfulness, innuendos (only one, and babbies won't understand)

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Taurtis walked in the video game store with tear stains on his cheeks and his head hanging low. Taurtis has come in here so many times that the shop keeper knew him well and even let him get first dibs on any game before it hit shelves. Taurtis normally goes in for any game that piques his interest or manuals for "Super Crab Bros", but right now it looks like he needs a hug because he just slammed his head on the counter.

"What's up, man?" The cashier poked Taurtis' head with his pen and was somehow able to lift it up. Taurtis groaned but looked like he was gonna cry again. He just responds with:

"Single"

"What happened?" The cashier gasped. He replaced the pen with his hands and lifted his head up, so they could have eye contact.

"She said I wasn't supporting her financially and...then I saw her through the window, making out with somebody with wads of cash," Taurtis was now fully crying at this point, the cashier just placed his head back down and pat his back while rubbing circles. Taurtis just put ¥20 on the table. 

"Can I buy 'Drinking Simulator'?" he didn't want to pick his head up, but then he realized that eventually, he had to. He had to grab the receipt.

"put the virtual bottle down, what you need is to get out there. Luckily for you, I may have just recently got a 'dating simulator' for practice" The cashier bent down and went through a box before sucking air through his teeth.

"Ok, I got good news and bad news. The good news is: that I found it, the bad news is: it's intended for girls," he pulled the disc out to show 3 men on the cover wearing male school uniforms. The main one had rabbit ears sticking up, chocolate brown eyes, freckles, and a determined smirk as well as his hands on his hips. The one on the left had distinguishable eyebrows, a purple hat, muscles, slightly ripped uniform, and standing with his arms folded. The last one had brown fluffy hair, braces, blue glasses, and a wrench in his right hand. 

Taurtis raised an eyebrow, not understanding the problem, and gave him the ¥20. He walked out with the disc before hearing the cashier announce with a wave :

"GOOD LUCK MAN!"

~

After eventual fighting and grabbing his stuff, including his console from their house, Taurtis stayed at a friend's house and booted up the game. He was met with typical Japanese theme song music and silhouettes of the characters, except now there was 4 instead of the main 3. Taurtis moved his cursor to each one of them to see who they were, he moved the cursor and an infobox popped up, also they were illuminated to show the character. He first moved his cursor to the main one with the rabbit ears.

SamGladiator:

Determined, feisty, and adorable! This is the top picked boyfriend and no wonder! He has a distinguishable bunny-like charm, and will always try to defend you!

Likes: carrots, stuffed animals, video games, Anime and Manga
dislikes: clingy people, loud slurping, rabbit abuse, beards,

Select                                Cancel <

Taurtis gave it a "maybe" and went through the other options and understand who was who

DomRao:

Muscular, fearsome, yet gentle hunk. This is the second most common picked boyfriend! Despite not showing it, he cares about you and will be in pain if anything bad happened.

Likes: The internet, memes, bagels, Athletics, pennies
Dislikes: anybody hurting the one he loves, his dad, Doritos

Select                                   Cancel <

JTheStar:

Sweet, kind, handsome, and ripped, also he is rich! This boyfriend will not be hesitant to give you every cent and just wants only love in return.

Likes:  Manga, wrenches, cars, inventing, space
Dislikes: Gold diggers

Select                                   Cancel <

All of them seemed nice but there was still one left, it seemed as if the game itself forgot about him. He moved the cursor over to him and was met with somebody who looked nervous and shy. He had golden, dirty blond hair, blue eyes, he seemed faintly muscular but had feminine thighs like Sam's but Sam's are slightly bigger. There was something that Taurtis found adorable, whether it be how he looked nervous or his body, Taurtis found him charming and moved the cursor to him. 

Grian:

404 ERROR

Select <                               Cancel

Taurtis looked concerned and a little bit frightened but reminded himself that he might be better than his girlfriend.

~

He was met in a classroom with "Grian" sitting on a desk looking down, he looks up and gives a wave before a textbox appears for Taurtis:

>"Who are you?"
>"Are you ok?" <<
>"Wanna make out?"

Taurtis figured that the 3rd option seemed inappropriate to ask anyone that you just met, virtual or not, especially if they seem sad. he got points on the counter in the top right corner and another textbox appears

???:                                                                                                      
I'm ok, I'm just new here and I don't exactly fit in. What's your name?

_

Insert Name:

T A U R T I  S 

_

"wow, normally spell check messes that up" Taurtis commented and another speech box appears and the male on the screen gives a smile:

Grian:
Taurtis? Thats a nice name! Well, My name is Grian.

>"You have a nice accent"
>"where are you from"
>"Is that a 'no' on the making out part?"<<

Taurtis was interested to see if the character actually did have an accent and was going to click the 1st option, but misclicked and hit the 3rd. He flinched when he heard an incorrect buzzer, saw that he lost points,  and Grian looking away in discomfort.

"I actually did mean to click the 1st one!" Taurtis gasped in realization before seeing Grian's giggle animation and another textbox

Try again?

Yes <               No

-

>"You have a nice accent" <<
>"where are you from"
>"Is that a 'no' on the making out part?"

"Sorry about that..." Taurtis spoke to the screen before a Speech box appears, he gained back half of his points, and a smile and wave animation appears

Grian:
Don't worry, accidents happen you know! Anyways, I'm from England.

Taurtis eyes widened slightly, he didn't expect him to actually respond to his apology but thought nothing of it.

>"Nice to meet you" <<
>*Shake hands*
> "so..."

Grian:
Nice to meet you too :)

 If it wasn't for all of the textboxes for prompts, Taurtis would be too shy to think of something to talk about. They soon got to get along but Taurtis realized that he didn't get to see what he likes and dislikes and the only way for the player to be able to ask their own questions for the boyfriends is for them to get 500,000 points. Right now he is only at 950 and couldn't get as far at this rate. That is until another speech box appears.

Grian:
Close your eyes, I have a gift ;) 

To make sure that he actually didn't see, an animation of the player closing his eyes made Taurtis' screen dark for 5-10 seconds. The eye animation opened up for him to see Grian smiling and his points are set to 500,950. The "ask your own question" was activated. Taurtis gasped and thought that this was a secret of the game.

"What is your favorite anime?"

Grian then made an animation as if he just got caught and made an animation that he was hiding something by tapping his index fingers together shyly and looking down at the floor.

Grian:
I don't really watch anime...

Taurtis gasped and faked being shocked and distraught at this, getting a laughing animation from him and joined in on the laughing fit. Taurtis then yawned into his hand and Grian frowned. Then a Text box appeared:

Would you like to take a break? All previous data will be saved.

"Aw, come on! I just unlocked this" Taurtis pouted before Grian made an "Go to sleep" animation with his arms folded and his foot tapping on the ground. Taurtis sighed, saved the game, and got ready for bed. He looked at the clock and only saw that it was just 10:05, he was going to pout before he realized that he actually was tired and let his eyes drift off into sleep.

~

"Where is he?!"

"Get out of here! He doesn't deserve someone like you!" 

"Don't you DARE try me!" 

Taurtis woke up to hear somebody arguing, he had assumed that somebody left the living room tv on and got up to the console. Just as he laid back down on the bed and clicked open his save file to meet Grian smiling and a text box appearing, suddenly a woman he knew very close to his heart slammed open the door. His girlfriend. 

"Taury~ there you are, where were you? I've been worried sick!" She had stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and was blocking the tv. Taurtis moved his head to try and see the screen. He wasn't in the mood to talk to her but sighed when she wasn't going to budge 

"what do you want?" Taurtis harshly spat out, slammed his head back on the bed frame, and shut his eyes so he doesn't see her.

"Taurtis I was dumb, please forgive me~" She didn't even try to deny the infidelity and gave a pouting face. Taurtis wouldn't budge and was close to shoving her away from his screen. He couldn't because he would never hit a lady unless they REALLY deserved it, like murder someone and he had to tackle her to save somebody. She then crawled on his lap and messed with his hair which annoyed him greatly. It angered Grian as well who had a tornado on the top of his head that was bouncing up and down and his hands balled up in a fist.

"You have be crazy! Not to forgive me, please Taury~" She had moved her fingers up and down his arm hair and making Taurtis so uncomfortable that he pushed her off and she landed gently on the other side of the bed. 

"You know what! I tried being the better person and apologize, but now I don't feel bad! You are a jerk and you never cared for me! I deserve somebody better than you-!" 

Grian:
A dumpster full of rubbish deserves better than you.

Taurtis was at the brink of tears until he looked up and started giggling. She turned her head and gasped. 

"You think this is funny?! Using a stupid video game to talk to me instead of being a fucking human?!"  She glared and Taurtis saw an animation of Grian folding his arms, shutting his eyes, and cocking his head back. 

Grian:
Trust me, I'm using my own mouth to speak. However, knowing you for 5 seconds, I have come to the assumption that you use yours for any guy with a yen coin in his pocket. 

"You have the gall to try and insult me, with your stupid video game!" Taurtis lifted his hands up in defense to show that he isn't touching the controller. The animation was the same but now his head was facing hers and his tongue was sticking out. 

Grian: 
yet you're the one arguing, and losing, with a "stupid video game". Who's the stupid one now?

She let out a furious scream and faced Taurtis with anger in her eyes. Taurtis met her eyesight and finally got the courage to say what he always wanted to say for a long time

"We're done! Now go home, pack your shit, and get the fuck out of, this house, MY house, and my life!" Taurtis screamed and pointed to the door. She had never seen him like this and was a bit frightened. 

"Just know, you had something great and you wasted it!" She spat out and stormed out with her last shred of dignity. 

"Just know, if I find anything of your's at home, I'll send you the ashes~" Taurtis winked and gave the finger. Grian did as well with a smile on his face when he heard her scream and run out of the house. Taurtis turned to the tv to see Grian with his hands behind his back, a smug grin on his face, and a halo bobbing up and down instead of the tornado. 

"Thank you, I don't know if you can understand me but thank you..." Taurtis looked at him with tears in his eyes from finally being free from most likely years of regret. Grian smiled before looking down and holding his throat.

"What's wrong?" Taurtis asked in shock, trying to understand what he is trying to say. Grian held up 3 fingers, then 2, then 8, and finally 6. He then pointed to the settings button the best he could. Taurtis was met with a box that reveals a cheat. He thought that it was a cheat code and entered the code only for Grian to audibly gasp and was able to actually move like a person. 

"T...Thank...Y...you" He looked at Taurtis and spoke with a voice, no text box to actually reveal what he was feeling, Taurtis in shock fell off his bed with a scream.

A/N
CLIIIIIIIIIIFFHANGER! MUHAHAHA!!! Don't worry there might be a part 2 I really like this chapter and it was fun to write. This was recommended by PinkBossMusic, Is it not what you wanted? That's what you get for making me PAY 5 cake slices for it! >:3 I also am sad, Taurtis and Salex aren't dating IRL anymore. No, the bitch in the story isn't Salex, and PLEASE don't comment that Grian and Taurtis can start dating now, that is kinda invasive and RP PERSONAS ONLY! (I was joking on the canon thing, but In YHS, THEY GAY!)

A couple of announcements for the book. 

One, WHY DOES THIS BOOK HAVE OVER 2K VIEWS, YOU ARE ALL CRAZY THANK YOU!!!!! 

Two, If you draw any art for my chapters I WILL LOVE YOU (this is not me forcing you to) I really just wanna see more Taurian art its an underrated ship and every time I see art of it I go uwu, THAT IS THE ONLY TIME I WILL EVER SAY ...the cursed emoticon..WITHOUT HATING MYSELF. (It's an inside joke on discord where I hate everything about...that, but I will say owo)