ー『QAQ』ー

"Are you fucking serious...?"

At that moment, you thought that『QAQ』is indeed quite lucky, because if he didn't cease his ridiculous behavior right away by telling the players to stop touching his NPC and bringing her away, you would have used all of your resources to ban his existence from this game.『beauty<3』seems to notice your darken expression, grabbing your hand so you would pay attention to her and her group.

"Is there something wrong?"

You sneer after hearing her inquiry. The audacity of her to normalize something
like that when she too is a woman.

ーor maybe you are the one who is exaggerating right now.

They are, after all, NPCs, created by the developers to be the plaything of the players. Telling them that what are they doing is wrong is like going to a porn site and telling the viewers there that watching porn is wrong. Your effort would be futile since no one will listen.

Your clench your fist, jerking your hand away. "His behavior simply brings back bad memory."

Surprisingly, there is a player that agrees with you.

"Right?" The player goes by the username『IHaveAPet』nods in agreement. "Q, that bastard, I told him many times to stop doing something so tasteless like that, but then he ends up spouting bullshits like sharing is caring. If that were the case, then he should have shared his own ass instead."

A few players snicker at『IHaveAPet』 remarks.

As if he knew that this group of players was talking about him,『QAQ』makes his way towards them, the female NPC that's clinging to him earlier is nowhere to be found. The despicable man stops right in front of you, his eyes lit up in recognition as it falls on you.

"[insert number] right?" He asks in excitement. "Man, since that night I saw your head got slammed on the pole, I have always been watching you, you know!"

"This man won't shut up about you,"『Lovey』chimes in. "Always saying things like his ultimate dream is to be your sugar baby."

The players sitting there laugh while『QAQ』looks at you expectantly, as if waiting for you to agree.

Before, you have always felt intrigued to know more about that certain player in the world chat that keeps begging you to make him your sugar baby (8901), but now, all you feel is disgust when you look at this man.

You chuckle, eyes darkening. "Why not?"

『QAQ』cheers in happiness at your approval. He clings to you, sticking his tongue out at the players who were mocking his dream earlier.

"Mommy, you can call me Q! I promise you I will be the most obedient among all the babies you have," Q says, acting cute.

You snort, "then strip."

The male player blinks innocently. "Huh?"

"You want to be the most obedient, right? Then prove it to me by stripping right now." You snicker.

"Mommy," he whines, glancing at his friends with cheeks flushed red. "Let's do this in private okay? Iー"

"If you can't even do such a simple thing then fuck off," you push him away, taking your seat right beside『beauty<3』.

The players there watch in amusement and if earlier the male player thinks that you were joking, now he knows that you are serious by the sneer on your face.

"Your mommy is telling you to strip. Why aren't you stripping, Q?"『E.Er.San123』says between laughter.

Q looks troubled, looking your way for help only for you to ignore him. He then looks at his friends whose looking at him in amusement. Some damn friends I have, he sighs, feeling a little excited all of a sudden as he relents to his fate and starts stripping off.

The room is filled with cheers.

Amidst that chaos,『Beauty<3』hands you a can of beer, only to be turned down by you. You go for the chicken leg on top of the coffee table instead, biting down the finger as you watch the show dryly.

Eventually, Q did strip all of his clothes off until his boxer is all that was left. He stares at you, refusing to strip off his only piece of clothing. You are about to throw him the chicken bone for his disobedience until you see the NPC he's with earlier, standing at the door as she looks at Q dazedly.

An idea comes to your mind.

You smile provocatively. Amidst that chaos, you don't think that anyone notices that instead of looking at Q, you are actually looking at that NPC. You beckon Q to come closer and the man hesitantly complies, leaning down so close to your face as if the two of you are kissing each other.

When a scream fills the room and you see Q's eyes widen in pain, you know that you had succeeded.

Behind him, his NPC had stabbed him with a knife.

Unfortunately, Q must have turned his senses on because a groan escapes his lips as the female NPC pulls him away from you. Her eyes are wet with tears and you can see madness swirling in them.

"Mine. He- He's mine!" She sobs. "Don't take him away from me!"

His friends try to stop her from hurting him further but each of them is held down by their own NPCs. You know that for these yandere, they can relate to her pain. What yandere fears the most is to lose the one that they love to another person, so the best way to do that is to either get rid of their rivals or their own lovers.

Looks like she chooses the latter.

You hum in delight when Q elbows her off, falling on his stomach with the knife still sticking to his back.

His eyes go to his phone on top of the coffee table. You guess that he either wants to turn off the pain or maybe logs out.

But where's the fun in that?

"Doー Don't move, Q! I will pull it off. I will pull it off, alright? So stop reー resisting me," She wipes her tears, struggling to touch him. "Oh Q, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know what comes over me. But, but you will forgive me, right? Of course, you will, right? My Q is kind, after all. My Q loves me the most. He says so himself. You won't break up with me, right?"

At this point, she is rambling.

You glance at the other players who aren't stopped by their NPCs. None of them make any effort to help, they would rather stand there and watch the show. Even his friends are starting to give up now after they were held down by their NPCs.

After all, it's not like Q will really die.

"Stop it!" The man finally yells out, crying in pain as she pulls out the knife.

You don't know what happens next, because, by the time she starts to cradle him like a baby, you have already left the scene. You hope that male NPC would end up dying due to blood loss. He deserves it anyway.

Hayun's original intention was to go to sleep after taking a quick shower late at night, but when he sees you lying down on his bed, his pillow between your legs, he can't help but glances at the clock. What are you doing this late at night sneaking into the male's dorm?

Nevertheless, he can't deny the warmness spreading in his chest at the sight of you. The male NPC walks closer, watching you who are pretending to be asleep on top of his bed.

He sighs.

What a pity. If only his love for you is high enough, this would be the perfect time to wrap his hands around your neck. Alas, the urge isn't there so he ends up stroking your face, waiting for you to stop pretending.

As expected, your eyes flutter open as soon as he pinches your cheek, and in a second, you circle your arms around his neck, pulling him down so he would lay on top of you on the bed.

"Hayun."

He hears you whispering his name. The man hums in response.

"Hayun."

"Hmm."

"Hayun."

"..."

The said man is starting to feel that you have become abnormally clingy this night. Though, that doesn't mean that he doesn't like it. When a person becomes clingy, isn't that equivalent to showing their vulnerable side? Hayun strokes your back patiently, responding to you each time you call out his name.

"Hayun."

"Hmm."

"Hayun," you bury your face in the crook of your neck. "Why do you always give me to someone else?"

The male NPC is silent. He has only ever given you to one person and that person is Malyshki, so what did you mean by "always"?

Hayun concludes that it must be the original one. The one that he becomes a substitute for.

If...

If what you said is true. That just like him, your loved one had also shared you, then what's the difference between him and the girl in his memory?

The one that shared him with her friends before disappearing and leaving him all alone?

ーand yet, Hayun doesn't feel guilty at all.

Perhaps, his character setting is to blame. Because he is designed to be the same type of person as the girl in his memory, the word "stop," is stuck in his throat. His body doesn't want to listen to him. He wasn't able to do anything when you were fucking Malyshki.

Even though his heart ached like crazy.

『34% ー> 35%』

"I love you, Hayun." He hears you say. "Do you love me?"

Hayun glances on top of your head and smiles, "I'm interested in you."

Hayun thought that the one he was becoming a substitute for is quite lucky. Because when you laugh in glee at his answer as if you were satisfied with just that, he can feel that you truly did love that person you call "Hayun."

"Let's skip school tomorrow," you rub your nose against his neck, inhaling his scent. "I want to go on a date. Let's go on a date!"

"Okay."

Finally, you pull away from him, pushing him over so that this time, you are the one that lies on top of him. You rest your cheek against his chest, feeling sleepy all of a sudden.

"Hayun, why did you sound uninterested when I called you back then? Don't you want to go on a date with me?"

"I do," he answers honestly. "I've never been outside of this school after all."

"Then why?" You raise your head, pouting.

"When you called me, my memory was being updated so I couldn't focus."

"Updated?"

He nods. "Most of us NPCs have no memory whatsoever regarding our childhood. When we are created, we're already here in this school. Our purpose is to study and fall in love, but now that we can go out, naturally, we have the chance to go home when it's a holiday. The developers updated my memory so that I know where my home is, how is my childhood, and who are my parents."

"Does that mean I can meet my in-laws?"

He chuckles. "Once you die, you can meet them."

"... Oh," so they are dead. "Then Hayun, where is your home? We can visit them when we go on our date tomorrow."

"I used to live in an orphanage until I enter this school through scholarship."

"..." how pitiful can this man get? He doesn't even have a home.

He smiles at your reaction.

"Fuck, I need to hunt down whoever who writes your backstory like this," you clench your fists in vengeance.

He wraps his arms around your waist, laughing out loud at your sulking face.

『35% ー> 36%』

"So do you still want me? I'm an orphan with no money to support you nor do I have a good personality to be a good lover. Do you still want me despite that, sweetheart?"

At that moment, Hayun sees you having that look again. That look which is telling him that what reflects in your eyes isn't him, but that other person.

Once again, his heart aches but the pain disappears when you smile at him.

"I will never not want you."

『qaq』: i don't want to play this game anymore _(:τ」∠)_