“Ah, man, this guy’s more exhausting than I thought.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjTNxAJPMq
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about gaming?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnz1VY0B8In
Do you picture a bunch of over-eccentric boys kept silent by the audio of their headphones? 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmcgShHPq2
Do you imagine a whole new world of exaggerated color schemes and characters with various hair colors?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtSKTefMug
Do you think of racing, fighting, shooting, skating, gambling?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd35WDzYd4F
Do you live off of gaming? Or is it just one of those things that you’ll never understand the hype about?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EXtYTcRnE
I live for it. Every breath I take behind my screen is new power flowing to my avatar. Every level I unlock is a whole new galaxy that I must swim through. Every character I take down, every creature I pulverize, every road I wander, every weapon I hold, every item I gain, every game I win. I live for it.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62gnVtM3Eh
“Fuji. Come down for lunch before I call out your entire name.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IsO8dDbGJ
“Oh. This is bad. This is bad, bad.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW5n6uf1h6
But man, I’m on the last level of RawSK8.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KI18wNiTZ
“Fuji Nak-”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P29uTJAUS
"I’M COMING!!"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ134mPZrvwa
I rip off my ultra-bass headphones while gently placing them on my grazed desk. I abruptly swirl around 180 degrees in my swivel and violently jump onto the floor with my pale bare feet. It’s so cold. Was it this cold when I was gaming? I take one step closer to my door, and oh no- I’m already looking back. The room’s dark. All of the lights are off, and the windows are shut. The heater’s just barely working, we really need a new one. My desk’s cramped up with a mountain of tissues, Cola cans (some finished and some partially full), a half-eaten bowl of Ramen noodles, some thrashed-up looking figurines, lollipop wrappers and sticks, and a bunch of gambling cards dripping off the desk like water. I don’t even gamble (yet), where the hell did the cards come from?
My eyes shift away from the hot mess and gaze into the computer screen. A mirage of colors that look so enticing it’s almost dangerous- the only thing lighting up the room, brighter than blurred city lights. I taste the sourness of adrenalin wafting through the air. Wait a second- it’s sweat, so much for having my own dramatic monologue. 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukHFAVTW5x
I can feel my eyes gleam and grow bigger as they study the game’s interface with undeniable astonishment. “RESUME”, “HELP”, “CHANGE SK8”. These three words, floating in the middle of the glass like undiscovered planets, appear to me as Gods. Each button has a heartbeat of its own, and I can feel mine synchronize with every one of them. I get a cold sweat when competing, yet I’m on fire like never before. I feel like I’m being absolved off my sins in Church and every crack of the whip, off the game, is painful. I feel like-
“FUJI NAKAMURA, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZHzplms82
I feel like my life is about to come to an end over a bowl of miso soup. I should really head off now. 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WmPaH0MPh
“Yes, I’m here, I'm here!” 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzxqZADKAz
“No you’re physically here, but mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and in every other way possible, you’re there.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjypv1hW734
“Isn’t the existence of my body more than enough?”
“The existence of your body will no longer be if you come this late for lunch again.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XpUj8QfQc
She’s smiling, but it seems sinister. Is this a good or a bad sign? Either way, the only thing that gives me more goosebumps than losing virtually is this woman right here. Mom. 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6GN52EWJ7
“Mom, we need a new heater.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURlN4RzvgC
“Sure, I’ll sell your gaming set for it.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34Hgzr3QPh
“Mom, our heaters work beautifully, the suggestion of a new heater is absurd.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9gG7yPyVH
Yep, she’s the only game I can’t figure out.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ60qQlmeO
“Okasa, tadaima!”
“Oh, a warm welcome to my much preferred child.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBHS1SqiLc
“Yeah, I always knew you played favorites.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbgpxpL05Y
“I did not say ‘favorite’, I said ‘preferred’.
With a short gap of silence taken to absorb the after-attack of such an already diminishing remark, all I could say is,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnAaqUtyay
“I’m dumb, but not that dumb.”
“You’re dumb enough to have not passed a math quiz you cheated on.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Qu930yDLR
And this is a game I’d never want to play, “The Sister Complex”, aka, Junko Nakamura. She was named after Junko Tabei, the first Japanese female climber to have climbed Mt. Everest. My parents, and their creepy obsession with the concept of overcoming situations, named her after the woman who’d overcome the highest mountain in the world. They have high standards, yet they had me. But as long as she hasn’t climbed Mt. Fuji, I’m good (wink wink). 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8kCNJ8oDO
“I… I… I’ll cheat better next time.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRH4Rbtn3U
“Dear God, I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud right now.” 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtQjEq8iJb
“Knowing this boy, the latter, mother. At least he’s putting effort into something other than twiddling his thumbs.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPIZ9DaLv0
“Alright, foods getting cold, let’s eat. Itadakimasu.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07vGJwG5AW
(Fuji and Junko in unison) “Itadakimasu.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgj9MWPT9l
“Geh.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO95IxR0dOQ
I slightly choke on the Miso soup.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizR80gSeQ7
It’s cold.
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