"If lifes a game then I can easily win," is a famous saying originating from the younger generation
"He's here!"
Loud footsteps followed him closely, the school grew eerie as the sun fell asleep, dark and eerie school bell echoes.
[System: Error! A quick update patch has been launched! Due to playing at the hardest difficulty, realism has been added.
Status: Capture Target Karin's Love Gauge drops to -99, Capture Target Suzu's Love Gauge drops to -99, Capture Target Sana's Love Gauge drops to -99, Capture Target Yura's Love Gauge drops to -99 and so on.
Outcome: You've fucked up real bad! There's no such escape. You're cooked. That's what you get you unfaithful wench-]
The system board closes as his patience grew ever so thin by the abrupt change of pace of this god awful plot.
"Screw you system! You're the one who gave that quest in the first place. Go fuck yourself. Why am I even arguing with an inanimate object?"
But would it be easier if life was all a game?
Status indicator.
Class selection.
Talent allocation...
Even the ability to save a certain timeline?
I thought the same as well, a life that's based on a game. I thought I'd be cool until I learned the horrible truth
"There you are!"
Countless girls all harmoniously uttered in sync. Their red tinted eyes showed clarity. Various tools for death held dearly.
(I guess there's no escaping this. Let's just do a better job once this is over. So don't fight it, Hikaru. Just accept it.)
"Die you trash of a scumbag!"
A curb stomp lands on his head. Crackling sound envelope his mind. He could easily escape but his body grew frozen in place.
He felt this sensation before. He's no longer in control. The setting changed to a cinematic scene. A scripted scene.
He watch as every girls he converse with attack him. A box cutter stabbed to his neck. Bullet piercing his knee
[System: The Player Hikaru Aoi has died. Ultra Hidden Bad Ending Achieved! You've gained extra protagonist points to buy unique perks.
Cause of Death: Activation of Bad End: Cheaters Requiem. Only accessible by getting caught red handed by your affairs. All of your capture targets banded together in means to kill you.
Outcome: Newly discovered Bad End shall be recorded. The current dilemma shall now be highlighted as a warning if you ever repeat this act. Due to your horrible blunder all of your progression Save Files are deleted.]
As he dies, the scenery fades, everything went blank, his environment grew null of details and became a blank white space.
In front of him the system notice flashes. Upon his progression clear was sent to this null void of a space. He remains here until he chose to continue.
'I need a breather.'
(Would you finally want to go to the gathering? It might give you some closure. Or even make things a lot easier.)
'Sure, what the hell. Its better than relieving that every looping segment. Where is the chat room located again?'
(Its in the [Others] selection.)
[System: Whay would you like to do?
[My Sweet Heartstopper] (Hell Mode)
[Continue]<—
[Buy Perks]
[Check Status]
[CG]
[Save] (Currently Inaccessible)
[Load] (Currently Inaccessible)
[Others]
[Quit] (Inaccessible)
Status: [Others] has been selected!
[Others]: What would you like to browse?
[Chat Room] <—
[Customer Service]
[Clear Cache]
[Clear Data]
[Achievements]
[Remove Gore] (Inaccessible)
Status: [Chat Room] has been chosen.
Outcome: You are now being sent to the [Chat Room] please remain calm and not upset the other people.]
"Finally, there's a new guy! Oh, hi, yo get it I'm actually saying ohayo- Sorry that sounds so racist. Its been so long since we talk to a newly trapped person."
The scenery didn't change it was the same blank white void of a space but now a group of people stood present.
An american happily greets him as he appears. There was a few chairs nearly forming a circle. Everyone seems to be sharing their trauma.
"Hello, I'm Hikaru Aoi. I just recently got myself stuck with my divine wish. Its nice to meet you all."
"Hi Hikaru..." They've all said in tune. Their voices felt broken and lifeless. He felt it, that it was a bad idea to ever reach out.
"Don't mind them, Hikaru. Also my name is Bryan Josling. I know famous actor, I'm literally every male person in the world-"
"Can I just tell my story?"
Bryan felt unnerved yet he kept his mouth shut and the newcomer shared his tale.
"Whoops I did it again, please, by all means, share your story. We've all been there. Its always hard to voice out your trauma."
Hikaru takes a deep breath and reminisce over the horrors he experience.
"I've always thought that life as a game would be easy. But my divine wish said otherwise. Every bad choice I did ended with death followed with repeating the loop."
His story was the same as them. Their stupid and insane thoughts magically becoming real. Without them even knowing.
3 months ago
[Average Popular Female Extra
Age: 14
Sex: Female, what did you expect?
Role: Has a segment dedicated for her
Title: Do we really need to fill this up? She's not even gonna appear after this?
Hobbies: I don't know, never met her]
"Hikarus senpai!" A girl quickly calls out to him.
He turns his head over. His locks flutters by the breeze. Both hands on pocket. Doing his afternoon mewing as she approaches.
"Oho so you are approaching me?" Hikaru suddenly strikes an absurdly bizzare pose like a main character on an adventure.
"Well, I can't confess my love to you without ever getting close-"
His backstory suddenly stops as a voice snaps his words to a stop.
"Hold on are you sure this actually happened?" Bryan interjects.
"Of course it did. Do you know how long I'm stuck in a never ending loop? I hardly remember her name. So I'm just making do with what I remember."
Hikaru stated.
"Can you please remove the brainrot?"
Bryan asked sincerely.
"I'll okay. I might as well give this girl a name. Since she's the school idol, let's call her Madonna chant. That fits perfectly."
He continues his story and this time its now normal compared to before.
[Hikaru Aoi
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Role: Cafeteria Worker
Title: Middle School Student, Unfortunate Orphan, The Main Protagonist of his life, Asian difficulty mode.
Hobbies: Esports; because he dreams of going Pro like Flaker, Reading; because it makes him look smart, Live streaming; Its either this or OnlyTwinks.]
"So, I've heard that you want to talk to me? What is it Madonna chan? Did you come all here to say your goodbyes."
Today was the arrival of spring and love was blooming in every nook and cranny of young Hikaru's school.
"I-I uh, please go out with me, Hikaru senpai!"
Utter silence filled the air and the back of the school grounds where they stood were flooded with students from every grade.
At this point, they're not even hiding the fact that they're eavesdropping.
Their voices can easily be heard and some even cheered from afar.
It seems this girl standing before him was someone important to all these people to unite
'... Sigh, I guess I can't leave with my usual route, since it came to this I might as well... Get this over with,'
"Thank you for sharing your thoughts... Truly, I never thought I'd receive such wonderful news! What's more, it happens to originate from such a cute girl,"
"Then you'll take me as your girlfrien~"
"Hard pass..." His junior suddenly grew teary eyed by his response.
"Can you tell me why?" Madonna chan kept her tears at bag waiting for his answer.
Hikaru pauses.
He inhales. His chest puffs out.
The gathered air was exhaled, and he opened his mouth.
"First of all I'm poor as fuck, dating you means I'm required to take you out for lunch, since its the norms of our culture for me to pay-"
*Inhale*
*Exhale...*
"I'm already tired as is by living through a day. You're addition will become a scorn. I won't even feel love, just obligation-"
*Inhale*
*Exhale*
"So with all of that I beg you to understand why I turned you down, not because you're ugly of anything, I just can't be in a relationship at the moment-"
*Inhale*
*Exhale*
"Whew that was so long. It felt like I was rapping. To add to that you aren't actually my type. I'm into goths, tomboy, and dommy mommies, so you see I rather like my life~ Arrrggg!!!"
As expected, one of the bystanders showered him with the heaps of trash he collected and the others joined along
"Screw you asshole! Maddona Chan is perfect."
Their screams and outrage encircled his hearing and all he could have ever heard was a bundle of enraged voices.
"Piss off, I have needs as well, you guys are double standard pricks! You can't even take my side and not throw a fit."
They threw everything they collected, but one of the things they tossed varied from can papers to even the socks they used for Madonna chan.
"Ew, what the hell? That socks smells so gross. What did you do with that?"
As he shielded his face from the trash, a rock slip pass his defense and took his consciousness away.
"Run!!!"
Afraid of what's to come, the bystanders dispersed, and his graduation daycame to a shitty and chaotic end.
...
1 hour later
[System: You died!!!
Cause of death: Your character has taken a lot of damage from the mini-game!]
"I died again!!?" It's been an hour or so and Hikaru finally returned to his dorm he spent the first hours of his vacation with a stream
[(Live chat)
6:11 PM [King of Bruh]: What is this game?
...
6:12 PM [IloveErillia]: This game looks so old. Is this a retro game...? But the design, it's too good!
...
[Oppai daisuki 69
$50.0
__________________________
Just tell us already! Are you still mad when we diss you about streaming an old game?]
...
6:15 PM [Two piece is real]: Does he want a super chat...? Is this the reason why he's all silent?
...
6:16 PM [Its Diddyover]: Bruh what kind of dedication is this for a pixelated porn game? Fighting Game, Puzzle Game, Rhythm Game? There's even a whole thing about a Civilization game disguised as building your own gang, and even leveling up? What game is this?
..
[Twink Lover Fatale
$100.0
__________________________
Oh Pookie Dookie Hikaru Baby can you please say an UWU for little old me? I'll add some extra $50 if you showed your feet?]
"What do you guys take me for, a child? I might be sixteen but I won't start a tantrum, didn't you see the Icon?"
He exits the game and let his chatters see the main menu of the game 'My Sweet Heartstopper.'
"It glows blue when im taking a break... Since you guys are interested I'll tell it from the very beginning. Also thank you for the sub Twink Lover Fatale, UWU,"
Whilst he continues playing this stunning game to entice his viewers, he tells them of its origins.
1 week ago
"Thank you for shopping at 117!!" Correction, Hikaru wasn't streaming, for the enjoyment of his hobby but as a means to pay his rent
He was an orphan who lost his parents at a young age, and he's been living under a rock for most of his life.
Since his school wasn't anything special, he managed to study whilst trying to manage his work and the burden of being a student.
When his shift finally ended, he walked through the same route over and over again until he reached his apartment.
"What's this...? Did someone mistake me for my neighbor? But it's in my mailbox? Let's check the address first," He found a mysterious box in front of his apartment and took a look at the address.
To his surprise, this box was mailed to his apartment it wasn't an accident nor a mishap.
He never had any money for anything apart from his necessities.
The arrival of this box made him grow wary, and yet he was tempted to open the forbidden box.
He checked it again and again and the result cleared his suspicion
"This shape and feeling... It can't be...?"
When he finally disclosed its content he found a game.
Fortunately he can run it on his laptop, and from its appearance, it was undoubtedly old.
"My Sweet Heartstopper?" It was a CD cover with its drawing highlighting a pixelated bloody Yandere
...
Present day
"So yeah, that's how I found it. I didn't get a note or anything concerning the game. Its already three hours...?"
A buzzer snaps him away from his laptop and he saw the time.
"Sorry guys, but I'll have to end today's stream a little earlier than I planned. Thanks for watching as always," He turned off his monitor and headed off to his bed after changing into his pj's.
'Sigh... bed, I miss you so much. Your warmth is the only thing I've always been waiting for on a tiresome day. I did it again, why can't I just stand up and say I'm not available instead of flat-out rejecting those girls?'
As an orphan, young Hikaru faces one of the most formidable opponents for someone of his age.
Poverty, was an adversary he couldn't conquer and one of the things that beat him harder than anyone could've ever imagined.
Just like everyone else, he needs a lot of money and all his time is spent working long hours to support his own.
'Damn it! That girl was pretty cute. I even heard she's the best in her class and an angel who likes to give a helping hand.'
'Even if she wasn't a tomboy, goth, or a dommy mommy, I would've said yes but I'm so poor we'll immediately broke up.'
'But... why did she have to choose me? I'm not anything special and everyone in my class knows im poor.'
'I don't know why she picked me out of everyone.'
He pushed his head deep into his plump and squishy pillow in an attempt to bury all of his guilt and bottomless regret.
'If it were a game then I could easily win! I'd pay any price just so that my life can be a game and escape from my social status... if only it was a game. But that's illogical. The only thing that could ever happen is some mystical shenanigans would appear and change my life,'
Weeks flew by in a flash and Hikaru was met with a jaw-dropping encounter. A long time ago he participated in an examination for a prestigious school intending to gain a scholarship. But in every school, he partakes in their separate examination, his score was high, and yet every one of these letters conveys a single message
"We sincerely apologize, but we've already gained several scholarships before your examination was finalized... Since your talent wasn't something that we couldn't ignore, we'll give you a recommendation. Yeah right, they say they'd help me but I knew for a fact that they didn't care," Just like the time in his third, second, and first year and even till the last year of his junior high
All these letters had a pattern, in their way of writing was similar, and most of their recommendation didn't exist. Is this the end of his school life? Hikaru had nowhere left to go and the money he saved couldn't cover most of his tuition. He thought so too until he opened the last letter mailed to his apartment, and this stands far above them all
"Dear Mr. Hikaru Aoi, I've heard that you're in a bit of a rough since not a single school would like to take you under their wing. If you'd like to further broaden your knowledge then I have a proposition. Do you want to enter as a scholar at my school?" That day passed away in a flash and before he realized it, he was one step closer to the school
Literally, he faced the gates of this prestigious school and the strangest thing was that he'd never heard of its achievements
2 months later
'Morrisoge High was said to be one of the leading schools in developing future geniuses. Why do I feel as though I've heard of this name...? Wait a minute that game! Heartstopper? Oh right, that game may have based itself on a real map, but I never heard of this school?'
"I've been browsing the internet, and yet... maybe I accidentally skipped it! There's no way that a game became true. Now, where was I supposed to go? The gym, I forgot they are about to hold an introduction!" He hurried to the gym and before he knew it, he was lost
"I didn't think I'd get lost on the first day of school! This isn't the impression that I'd want the school to remember. The school's garden is right near the corner, I might find someone I can ask for directions," With the garden as his last chance to find his way through the school, he sought that place for an individual or two
He continued trekking his chosen path, and suddenly he felt a sense of dejavu in the time he'd received the letter. All the things that occurred at this point were one of the scenarios when he'd encounter a mysterious beauty. When he arrived at the garden, he noticed the field of beautiful red flowers and a girl in the middle of this magnificent view. He moved for a closer look, but before he could reach her, his stomps were heard by the girl he sought for advice
"Oh my! Hello there stranger, I never thought I'd see another interested in this view... Ah, a new face! I haven't seen anyone like you around in my middle school years, are you perhaps a transferee?" When she turns and faces Hikaru he then notices a similar voice line from the game whilst striking a pose similar to one of the many capture targets
'N-No way! This is real!!? No! No!! No!!!'
Once he fully understands his situation a panel appears in Hikaru's eyes and reveals the reality of the situation
[Capture target:
Maki Adagaki
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Heroine type: Yandere
Difficulty: SSS+
Strengths: Knife handling, cooking, sweet, caring, gardening
Weakness: Clingy, easily obsessed, potential stalker, easily hurt, can't take a joke, will kill you if betrayed]
"What's wrong? Why are you shaking all of a sudden?"
Her innocent image soon disappeared and all he could view was her face tarnished in blood along with a wicked smile.
Upon seeing the information board of his Capture Target, the message board blares up and transforms.
[System: You've finally finished your initialization within the game! Distributing the perks of the player.
Registered name: [Hikaru Aoi]
Status: You've gained the title [Porn Game Protagonist] or [Ero Main Character]. You can choose what name that will be highlighted.
Alert: Due to initializing there's been an error within the game. Your max difficulty has been set to to [Hell Mode].
Outcome: Welcome to the game you slick and disgusting gooner!]