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peskellence · 1 year ago

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Pairing: RK900/Gavin Reed

Tags: Post Pacifist Ending, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Eventual Smut, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

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Summary: A lot has changed since the revolution. Crimes against androids are now punished in the same way as crimes against humans. A reluctant Gavin Reed and his new partner RK900 have been assigned to investigate a string of disturbing murders. Despite the shift in Detroit's social climate, Gavin still holds reservations about whether or not androids are truly alive. Will his developing feelings for 'Nines' be the thing to change this?

Warnings: Graphic Violence, Depression/Self Destructive Behaviour, Eventual Smut

Word Count: 3.5K

'Mikeys Electronics' contained little more than a few sparsely filled display cases, some racks of cables and headphones, and a wide range of snacks hanging off the sales counter. A large, unwashed-looking man sat behind the register. He was wearing a wireless headset and staring intently at his phone, seemingly engrossed by whatever he was looking at.

"Hey buddy, how's it going?" Gavin awaited a reply. The man ran a finger under his nose, snorting unpleasantly, before returning his attention to the screen.

"Hello?" Gavin tried again, snapping his fingers in front of the man, but to no avail "Anyone home?"

"He cannot hear you. There is no point in persisting," Nines informed, "Not to worry, I am confident I can secure his attention."

The android reached forward and lightly tapped the side of the man's headset. A sharp buzzing sound emanated from it, loud enough to be heard from across the counter. The man let out a pained hiss, ripping the device off his ears and throwing it to the ground.

"What the fuck? Useless piece of -"

"Good day Sir," Nines said firmly, making its presence known. The man reeled back in surprise, staring at the android with fevered eyes. "Officer RK900, Serial Number 313 248 317 – 87, and Detective Reed. There are a few questions we wish to ask you. If you can spare us the time."

Once recovered from his initial shock, the man's surprised expression morphed into deep displeasure. He let out an angry grunt, placing his phone down. "I was actually in the middle of something important. So no, I don't have time."

Gavin glanced at the counter, noting how the phone had been set face down. Clever, but ultimately pointless. Nines did not waver in performing a scan of the device, to which its eyebrows raised in bemusement.

"Are you sure about that?"

The man stared at Nines incredulously - before his eyes bulged wide in realisation. He snatched the phone from the counter, shoving it hastily into his sweatpants. "You can't be scanning my phone like that! It's private property."

"There are no laws which prohibit the use of my scanners. Although I suppose it could be considered 'poor form'," Nines paused momentarily, LED spinning yellow "Much like viewing indecent material in a workplace environment."

The man's face contorted comedically. His brow grew remarkably tense, skin near-purple with exertion. "You've got a lot of nerve. Coming into my store, insulting my lifestyle -"

"So you are the owner of this establishment? While we are talking legalities, I feel there is something I ought to point out", Nines gestured to a notice pinned above the store entrance. While the paper was worn and the text faded, the message was still clearly legible:

NO ANDROIDS ALLOWED.

"As you may be aware, recent changes in legislation mean that anti-android admission policies are no longer permitted. Displaying notices such as these acts in direct violation of the Android Equality Act - and is punishable by fines up to $5000, or 6 months imprisonment."

The man seemed unmoved by the warning, letting out a dismissive snort. "It's only been a couple months since the rules changed. Must've forgotten to take that down. My mistake."

"It is a mistake that could cost you dearly", Nines dissuaded, "I would suggest that you remove the offending material as an urgent priority."

The man snorted again, louder, phlegm shifting in the back of his throat. He shot Nines a withering look. "What the hell is your problem, officer ?" He put stress on the end of his sentence, forming air quotes with his meaty fingers, "Can't have been one for long, can you? Enjoying the power trip?"

Gavin knew he would have to step in for there to be any chance the man may cooperate. Creating a barrier between him and Nines, he flashed the store owner a large grin. "Don't mind my partner. It gets a little zesty when it's due an oil change."

Gavin stepped backwards, forcing Nines to do the same. Once they had pulled back a suitable distance, he subtly leaned over to whisper into its ear. "Look, I'll handle chuckles. Just do what you need to do."

"Gladly - that man is revolting. I doubt he's bathed himself in weeks."

After taking a moment to regain its composure, the android paced its way down the narrow store. Gavin took a smooth side-step back to the counter, hands slung casually into his pockets.

"You got any CCTV in here?" I'm not seeing any monitors."

"Hell no - You know how expensive that is?"

"Oh, I hear that", Gavin replied, forcing a chuckle. "Seems kinda brave, though. This is a rough area. Gotta protect your interests."

The man narrowed his gaze, "Maybe the crime rates wouldn't be so high if you fuckers actually did your job."

Gavin combatted the urge to rise to the bait, albeit with some exertion. His teeth clenched together instinctively - before he could morph the expression into something resembling a smile.

"You know, I must have walked past this place a thousand times, but I've never been inside" Gavin swiftly changed the subject, leaning against the counter. "I remember when this was a deli: My friend Tina said their subs were the absolute tits. Shame I never got to try one."

"...They were pretty good", The owner admitted, grunting. "Sorry, I don't mean to be rude. The names' Mikey Scott." He extended a hand towards Gavin, which the detective gently clasped.

"Gavin Reed, nice to meet ya", he said back, trying not to grimace at the unpleasant wetness of Mikey's palms. "I don't want to take up too much of your time. I'm just here to ask some questions."

Mikey shrugged his shoulders. "Well shoot, I guess - but I dunno what help I'll be."

Gavin pulled out his notepad, leafing over to a clean sheet. With his pen poised over the page, he looked up at Mikey, "Do you remember anyone suspicious coming into the store on January 13th - or the days leading up to that?"

Mikey pursed his lips, looking up to his right, before shaking his head. "Nope, no one of interest. To be honest, it's only the regulars I see comin' in these days. I don't bother them, and they don't bother me."

"Anyone that might have bought an old Samsung Galaxy?" Gavin pressed on, taking notes, "I'm talking 2010's old. Real hunk of crap. Probably a SIM card as well - AT&T?"

"Nah, I don't carry phones that old. Sorry."

"That is incorrect", Nines interjected, looking up from the shelves it had been examining. "You carry several phones with the same manufacturer date."

The store owner folded his arms, shooting Nines a glare. "So what if I do? I don't remember the release dates of every fuckin' phone I sell."

"It is concerning that you seem unaware of the stock you carry. With that sort of lax approach, it is no wonder that your business is struggling."

Gavin could see Mikey tense up. He mouthed a not-so-subtle 'shut the fuck up' over to his partner, but the damage had already been done.

Mikey slapped his thighs before standing up from his chair. The legs let out a squeak of release as his ample weight was hoisted from them. "I'm sorry, Gavin, you seem decent, but I'm gettin' pretty sick of your 'partner's' attitude. If you ain't got any more questions, I think we're done. Cuz I ain't about to sit and be lectured all day by a damn - "

Nines shot a hand up, "I would refrain from finishing that sentence, Mr Scott. We have good reason to believe that one of your customers was responsible for the murder of an HR400 android, with the wares my partner just described having acted as accessories in the crime."

"I already told you, no one suspicious came around here."

"I can detect when you are lying. Besides, we already know they were here. We have a witness."

Gavin tried to hide his surprise at Nines' shameless bluff. It was disturbing how convincingly it could lie, uninhibited by the drawback of tells. There were no twitchy eyelids or strange fidgeting. Its LED remained a calm blue so as not to betray its deception.

"I - uh", Mikey faltered, looking uncomfortable. "There was nobody suspicious", He parroted haplessly.

"If your claim that 'only regulars' frequent your establishment is to be believed, then anyone new coming into your store would have undoubtedly struck you as 'suspicious'" Nines was close to the counter now, grey eyes narrowed into slits. "So either you are misremembering things, or you are once again lying. I already know which one it is, but perhaps you could save us the time and admit it. Lest I make you."

"You can't threaten me," Mikey fired back, although he sounded unsure of his words. "I-I have my rights."

Nines leaned forward across the desk until it was almost nose-to-nose with the heavily perspiring man. "It is not a threat. It is a promise. Should you want it to be."

Gavin had to admit that even he felt uncomfortable, despite not being the one under pressure. There was no denying that the android exuded a profoundly imposing aura. One that demanded respect and cooperation at any expense. Mikey's throat bobbed uncomfortably as he quickly lost all remaining steel. Sitting back down with a huff, he buried his face in his hands, grumbling out a confession:

"Someone new came in. Few days ago - either Wednesday or Thursday, I can't remember - but I don't think he bought a Samsung. He wanted somethin' else."

"It would appear that he settled", Nines pointed towards the far end of the store to a case that seemed reserved for budget models. "It just so happens that a Samsung S3 is missing from that display. It can't have sold that long ago, as you have yet to remove the price card."

"That don't mean he bought it", Mikey protested, bringing his hands down to scratch at one of his forearms. "Could've sold it to anyone."

"Would you have any transaction records from that day? Perhaps these could provide some clarity."

"Whatever this guy may have done, it doesn't have shit to do with me. So why am I being treated like a damn criminal?"

"If you truly had nothing to hide, then you wouldn't be so defensive."

"What the hell do ya want from me?" Mikey groaned dramatically, throwing up his hands. "Look, I'll tell you what I saw, but only if you promise to get out of my damn store."

"Agreed", Nines turned to Gavin, gesturing at his notepad ", Detective Reed - if you would be so kind as to take the statement."

Had they been in any other circumstance, Gavin wouldn't have hesitated to tell Nines exactly where it could shove its demand. The detailed instructions would have to wait, with more pressing matters at hand.

Gavin stared down at his pen, slowly touching it to the paper. "Just tell me anything you remember."

Over the next few minutes, Mikey regaled Gavin with the suspect's physical description. It was unusually meticulous, with him able to describe everything down to the suspect's shoes. Gavin was keenly writing away as Nines watched on, saying nothing.

"Hope that's enough for you to work with", Mikey huffed out, "Now make good on your word, and get the hell out."

Leaving the store, Gavin was still reviewing his notes, elated to have made some sort of progress. He seldom noticed how Nines had yet to make a sound, looking to the ground with its LED whirring. Seemingly lost in thought.

"Well, shit. Good call on that lead, tin-can", Gavin congratulated. "Once we get this down to the station and have the boys draw up a sketch, we'll finally - "

"You may as well throw that description out," Nines cut him off. "It is less than worthless."

"...What the fuck do you mean it's worthless?"

"I will be of no practical use. The witness was lying."

"Then why did you let me write it all down?" Gavin gawked at his partner in total disbelief - before frustratedly ripping the page from his notebook and throwing it away. "God damn it, Nines, were you on standby for the last 10 minutes?"

"Mr Scott was not prepared to relinquish any meaningful truths. Even if I had subjected him to physical persuasion, cooperation would have been unlikely" Nines turned a corner around the store, rounding it as it looked for a crosswalk. "I was simply curious to see the lengths he would go to in maintaining his lie."

"And why is that?"

"I believe he is covering for someone."

Gavin was brought to a sudden halt as his chest collided with something hard. Looking down, he saw an elderly man barely holding himself steady on a flimsy wire-frame walker. "Whoa, I'm sorry, didn't see you there."

"Watch it. Bot." the man spat out the word like a slur, staring at Nines viciously. His eyes were red, and his breath was hoppy. It was evident that he had been drinking.

Gavin took a step back, a little perturbed by the sudden aggression. "Cool it, gramps. I was the one that hit you."

The old man glanced at Gavin briefly and let out a huff. "You just came out of Mikey's, didn't ya?" His attention was back on Nines, leering forward over his walker. "Didn't you read the signs? He doesn't want your kind in there."

It was Nines' turn to be surprised, as its eyes widened a small fraction. "I beg your pardon?"

"You heard me" The old man looked it up and down, thin lips pulled into a harsh grimace. "He doesn't want you freaks in his store. Show some damn respect."

Nines didn't allow itself to be disarmed for long by the hateful rhetoric, as it quickly came to its own defence "Mr Scott has no legal grounds to prohibit androids from his business. I had as much of a right to be there as any other person."

"You ain't no person", the old man spat back. "They found a bunch of you in a warehouse the other day. I saw it on the news."

"I assume you are referring to unconverted androids", Nines attempted to clarify. "It is quite a common occurrence, nothing particularly newsworthy."

"No, I mean they found you ", the old man responded firmly, using a bony finger to jab at the identifier on Nines' jacket. He swayed forward as he did so before balancing himself on his walker. "They had your face. Hundreds of them. It's damn ungodly - how all you bastards look the same."

While it may not have been evident to the old man, Gavin could immediately tell that something had struck a nerve in his partner. Nines LED was flickering, and its lips had started to twitch. He was beginning to notice how often that would happen. Whenever it was feeling angry. Or threatened.

"They tried to get those terrorists at Jericho in, but they wouldn't touch 'em with a ten-foot pole. So they locked them back up."

Nines said nothing in response, and the old man let out a chuckle, his voice airy with twisted delight. "Seems like your own kind doesn't even want you. So why don't you do us all a favour and go back to where you came from?"

Oh, fuck no - "That's enough."

Gavin's mouth had engaged before he could even attempt to stop himself. The look Nines gave him mirrored his own surprise. Unsure what else to do, Gavin tried to play off his actions as nonchalantly as possible. He rolled his eyes at the old man, placing a hand on his walker and pushing it backwards. "Run along, gramps. Your catheter bag needs changing."

The old man gawked in surprise, his flushed face reddening further. "Smart-mouthed punk, what's it to ya?"

"Detective Smart-mouthed punk", Gavin corrected, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his ID. "The plastic prick you are harassing is my partner, and we are in the middle of an investigation. So I suggest you skedaddle before I arrest you for causing an obstruction."

The old man produced a series of incoherent grunts and grumbles. Gavin was ultimately able to decipher 'android-loving fairy', amongst other insults, as he slowly sauntered away.

"What a peach", Gavin shook his head in disbelief, turning to Nines. "You were saying. About this guy trying to protect someone?"

Nines stared at Gavin, looking both dumbfounded and deeply apprehensive. It clearly wanted to say something, as its mouth gaped open and close, but no words came out.

Gavin shrugged. "Whatever, we can talk later. Let's get moving."

The atmosphere was profoundly tense as the two continued down the road. Nines had seemingly failed to recover from whatever malfunction the old drunk had caused. It had a vacant look, which Gavin could only describe as a thousand-yard stare. In his line of work, he was no stranger to looks of deep shock or trauma, but he had never once predicted that he'd see it on a machine.

It didn't make any sense. Nines wasn't some robo-nancy. It was designed to withstand intense amounts of physical and psychological stress. It should have been capable of bouncing back from an encounter with a senile old man.

"Thank you."

The gratitude was an unexpected curveball, to which Gavin reeled, "Sorry, Nines, I think I'm hallucinating. What did you just say?"

"Thank you", His partner reaffirmed clearly. "I was surprised how readily you jumped to my defence. Given how much you supposedly despise me…also given that you likely agreed with most of what that man was saying."

"I didn't -" The words came fast. It was an instinctive reaction to defend himself. Albeit, Gavin wasn't entirely sure what he was defending. "Well, not everything, anyway."

"I would wager you agreed with enough'" Nines glanced at Gavin, albeit fleetingly, before returning its attention to the path ahead. "Given your previous assertion that they should have left me 'in the warehouse to rot'"

Shit. The memories came back to him quickly. Their first day in the station.

Shooting up from his desk, readying to round Nines with a punch. The hateful vitriol spat from his mouth as he was blinded by rage. At the time, it had seemed so innocuous. Similar to how he abused Connor prior to his deviation. It seemed justified in his head.

But hearing his words spoken back to him, Gavin was left bearing an uncomfortable weight. The pressure manifested into something unpleasant - a sudden, twisting sense of guilt. Would he have acted so harshly to a human? Or was it an act of punishment towards Nines, simply for being the byproduct of his loathed brother and his twisted visions?

If he sought to punish Nines for being what it was, then what did that make him, exactly?

At the point of questioning ethics, however, Gavin managed to free himself from his fleeting bout of madness.

Come on, get a grip, he chided inwardly. This isn't a person. It's Robocop.

Androids couldn't be harmed by physical afflictions, so emotional damage seemed absurd. Nines didn't care what Gavin thought of him, nor did it concern itself with the views of anyone else. He was projecting humanity where it didn't exist, and Gavin needed to stop it before it drove him insane.

"That guy was wasted", Gavin rationalised, "I wasn't going to stand there all day and listen to him run his mouth. I told him to beat it because he was pissing me off. That's all."

Nines gave Gavin a dubious look - but nodded in quiet acceptance. "Nevertheless, I am grateful."

As they waited at a crosswalk, the android stood close to Gavin's side. "It would appear my assessment the other day was accurate. Past all the rudeness and forced bravado, there exists a kindness in you. Even for androids."

Gavin groaned, swinging his head back. "Don't you start on that sentimental bullshit. I should have left you to deal with the old man, you smug fuckin' prick."

The lights changed, and Nines stepped forward. Its face relaxed slightly, no longer tinged red from its LED. Gavin saw the unmistakable pulling of its mouth, forming a curved outline on its lips.

Don't you dare -

Nines frequently sneered or smirked, but it didn't smile. Not for anything. Not for Anderson or Connor, and certainly not for the man it had so lovingly described as 'incompetent'.

Yet there it was. A smile.

It wasn't goofy like Connor's. It was decidedly more dignified. A little crooked but charmingly so, offset with just the right amount of perfectly straight teeth. It left Gavin desperately confused, as well as rendered totally speechless. He couldn't fathom how CyberLife had replicated something so perfectly human. So sickeningly genuine.

He couldn't look for much longer, despairing of how something so simple - so effortless - had the power to completely warp his mind. He needed a long shower after all this. Not to mention a drink.

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holdonunreal · 2 months ago

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Chapter 3: The Real Test

It's time for this exam from Playtime Co. Basically no one can do it...right?

Is there anything else about a class trip? And Y/N has to raise money quickly to take part?

Tomorrow is the university Talent show, and Karasu has a brilliant idea.

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Again a little over 5000 words.

I'm really enjoying writing this story!

Have fun reading this Chapter.

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Y/N Pov:

Shit. I don't think I've ever studied so much for a test, let alone a subject like chemistry. My bed already feels uncomfortable as I sit against the wall and place several worksheets on my blanket. Atomic Structure, Acids and Bases, Chemical Bonding, Organic Chemistry, and all of the Other Things that I could find on the Internet. If this will really be a test from Playtime Co. then I really can't afford to mess up. I can already feel my eyes burning and my brain slowly shutting down.

It's almost 6:30 and I have to leave for the bus stop in half an hour. I don't know if I've slept, but I don't feel like I've been studying all night. I'm sure many other students are doing the same thing out of fear, but unlike me, they will definitely make it. I don't even know where this 'exam' will take place. What happens if I fail? Will I be kicked out for good? Will that be the end of it? No, I really have to pull myself together and start thinking positively... But what is there to be positive about?

I slowly get off the bed and walk slowly to my closet, I put on the gray zipper again and take the first pair of pants I see. 'I don't care what I look like, but I don't have good looks anyway'. I pick up my backpack and slowly put it on my back as I slide my hands through the sides. I walk slowly to the door and just stand in front of it. I imagine the lever going down slowly and the door opening with a little 'clack' and opening in the direction of the hallway.

I take a glass from the kitchen counter and hold it slowly under the tap. I look at the faucet and go deep into my thoughts, concentrating, imagining again how the side lever moves upwards and water flows out of the faucet. *Now it happens

As I slowly put the glass to my mouth and start to drink, I realize that I'm starting to get a headache. 'Is that from the telekinesis? I just stand there in the kitchen for a few seconds and don't move. *And then they're gone* Shit, it's off to a good start. I quickly go out the door and put my headphones back on...

('I'll be God')

I don't care about my surroundings right now, this exam will decide everything for me. Plus that guy who gave the speech...Who the fuck is that?. I drift forward and my feet move automatically, but in this whole scenario it finally occurs to me. What will happen to my future if I don't pass this? Even if I pass this exam, if there's another one, that's it. I'm starting to get the feeling that the school wants to get me out somehow.

('Hold my head under the bath and breathe away Slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate')

I hardly realized it, but I'm already at the bus stop, and from a distance I can already see the Ugly Book arriving...fuck. The exam is getting closer and closer and I feel like I've forgotten everything again. God damn this is going to be bad How am I supposed to manage this? The bus has already stopped and I hear the squeaking of the black tears, the air slowly escaping. I get on...'The bus really is always empty'. I walk straight through to the back and sit down where I always sit and close my eyes very slowly...

"Dude Wake up!" Fucking hell. I open my eyes and look at who's yelling at me...Karasu?

"Dude, you were sleeping hard... on the school bus!" I quickly pick up my phone and turn off the music.

"What's going on?"

"Well, the exam is just around the corner, isn't it?"

"Right now?"

"Yes? We're already here, aren't we?" What? We're already here? Never? I quickly look out of the window... Fuck, he's right! The huge building has been in sight for a long time and the bus is slowly coming to a halt. What the fuck? I slept the whole way? This all happened way too fast

At that moment, Karasu grabs my shoulder and practically pulls me off the seat. I almost stumble but still manage to grab hold of him. My feet feel heavier and heavier as we slowly get off the bus, 'at least I know what to expect now'

I see the huge building closer as Karasu slowly walks towards it, other students block the entrance in large numbers and we stop for a moment. Karasu walks a little further forward and speaks to someone, I can't hear exactly what they are saying but I understand one thing-

"Dude! Not a single one of us two hundred students passed the exam Karasu!" Shit, if what I just heard is true, I'm not only screwed, I can forget about my so-called...Future right now. Out of two hundred students? NOT A SINGLE ONE? WHAT KIND OF EXAM IS THAT?

"What exactly came on in the Test?" Good Karasu, maybe now we can prepare a little. I hastily pull my phone out of my jacket pocket to see how much time we have left. Just under ten minutes to go. I haven't eaten anything yet. But my stomach feels like I'm on a rollercoaster... God damn it. Will all this studying have done me any good at all? Or am I already out?

"I have no idea, we should do an experiment like this... As soon as one of your glasses bursts, that's it... Good luck Karasu, see you in the cafeteria later..." With that, the guy left. An experiment? Shit I can barely control my nervousness, my legs feel like jello. But wait a minute... *a practical experiment?* So no test on Paper? Everything has just changed.

"Come on Y/N Let's go!" Karasu runs straight ahead and goes through the big front door. I quickly run after him and try to keep an eye on him, I'm way too short and almost lose him a couple times. But the only thing I remember right now is what the guy said to all of us yesterday-

'Soon you guys and your precious fantasies will sink straight to Hell.

I need to not just read but perfectly understand every question on the experiment, if I can do it I might be able to secure my place here at college in the future? Shit, I'm not going to get anything done. No... I can do it, I just have to do it somehow. We're already at the door and Karasu turns slowly backwards while looking down at me.

"Dude, I don't think I've ever been this excited! A test from Playtime Co. And so far all the students have screwed up? Come on dude! This is the chance!" He says it like we really have a chance to pass this test. There's a bunch of other students standing here and they're all talking to each other, seriously panicking. But it's not like we're any better.

"Dude, we're going to fail so godlessly" God damn it, shut the fuck up Karasu, why does he have to talk so much right now. He was so excited just a moment ago? No, he's only now realizing that we're going to fail just like the rest of the students. My Phone vibrates in my pocket and I quickly pull it out with my hands. I have more than twenty new messages? From the year group?

"Was that bastard just trying to embarrass us all?"

"Dude, he took every single one of them apart, there's no such thing"

"Hey, what's in this 'test'?"

"I have no idea, I failed straight away"

"it won't do you any good, have fun failing!"

"A job sounds really attractive right now..."

"What's the point of this test anyway?"

"Hey you student speakers, try to find out something about this retarded shit!"

"That wasn't fair at all!"

"Now don't all wet your pants and stay calm you idiots" The only number I have saved...Karasu.

"Shut the Fuck up Karasu! You'll see when your experiment breaks!"

"Yes, no one will make it anyway, you Idiot!"

I switch off my Phone and put it back in my trouser pocket. Reading through these messages only makes me more nervous. At that moment, the cracked doors to the lecture hall open. And there he is, the guy who made the announcement yesterday.

He looks at the lines of students standing outside the door, and I could swear he looked at me for a second longer than the rest. He just turns around and enters the huge room. Karasu and I walk right behind him, it was Karasu's idea. As he continues forward to the podium, we sit down in a good spot roughly in the middle. I sit down in the middle of the row and hear all the students shouting around, some are scared and some say that maybe it's just some kind of 'joke' exam from Playtime Co.

"I'll keep it short...you'll need the time." He starts while many people are not even in their seats yet. They all start to run and get into their seats, but the guy doesn't wait.

"You've already heard it from the other students. This is a practical experiment, not a paper test"

And I pulled an all-nighter like an idiot to learn everything. 'nothing can go right, can it?' Hopefully all these topics will help me in some practical way.

"This is a test from Playtime Co. To you students, your internship is coming up soon and we want to see if there is a person for a possible position here with us." So that was it, 'Working at Playtime Co.' That's probably the best thing in the world. Karasu once said that the starting salaries are more than six people. And on top of that, the main business is international...Holy shit. A few students start whispering loudly and I look over at Karasu-

"Oh well... No wonder everyone has failed so far." Huh? What does he mean?

"What?"

"Well, it's quite simple, they want a person who is an absolute genius. Shit! So it's going to be a thousand times worse than I already thought..." I've forgotten how smart Karasu can be when he doesn't talk about girls or any other garbage.

"Shit Y/N This is the opportunity of a lifetime! Imagine a job in that company! Dude, that would be way too cool!" And although I know that the exam will take all the students out of this lecture hall...*No* Everyone. I imagine it. A job at a company where you earn so much that you can buy whatever you want, you meet people who own everything and you're really important to the world.

"When you enter the C3 laboratory in a moment, you will notice a few things, you will all have a permanently assigned workstation. There are names at each one, find yours and start the experiment straight away." So you have to find your place first, why?

"The experiment is not a miracle, read the protocol and when you hear your test tube break...it's over."

"Abolish the idea of Getting through by chance. Claim Victory as a logical consequence" With that he walks off the podium and runs towards the students in the very first row, but he runs past them and goes through a door that was on the wall of the lecture hall. We all run straight after him and go down the stairs. This time I walk in front of Karasu so that I can actually see something, and we get closer and closer to the door. 'Holy shit' A huge white lab, there are machines and long worktops and tables everywhere. Huge is an understatement, I can't see the end of the room, rows and rows of jars and some kind of chemicals and tubes.

I walk behind the people and look out for my name, but I can't find it. Karasu finds his immediately because he's standing right at the entrance, so I go straight to his workstation to see if there are any clues. A pair of reagent jars, strange liquids in plastic containers and a Bunsen burner with some strange cover. 'Glass shatters at a certain heat, doesn't it?'

Karasu stays in his seat and shows me the protocol, I read the headline and realize how my stomach turns.

'Production of acetic acid butyl ester by heterogeneous catalytic esterification'.

I don't think it could have been worse. But... 'I know what this is!' I slowly realize how my face pulls a little into a grin and I don't know exactly why myself. Karasu speaks directly to me about it-

"DUDE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? COME ON SAY IT, COME ON!" He is far too loud and I can see other students staring at us hard, 'So almost nobody has a clue'. He bends down slightly and I whisper it in his ear.

"It's a flavoring mixed with alcohol... It smells like some fruits" He stands up straight again and looks slowly at his workstation. He turns back to me and whispers "Good luck". With that I walk a little further into the huge lab and notice something, 'Almost everyone but me has already started' Fuck. I walk faster through all the rows and look for a free workstation, but somehow there isn't one.

I have to find my seat quickly, 'very quickly'. I walk from row to row and look at all the people, some standing frightened next to the workstation, others leaning far too close. *While everyone is already starting, I still haven't found my place, what am I supposed to do now? Time is already running out and I'm running around the rows like an idiot. There must be a place for me somewhere... Or have I been forgotten

"Are you Y/N?" Huh? I turn to the side and look at who addressed me. *Oh fucking hell* I can't take my eyes off her as I see that perfect smile and that long blonde hair...DogDay. I can feel how hot I'm getting and how I'm still just staring at her stupidly.

"Yes" I answered so quietly that I don't even know if she heard me. 'She did...didn't she? She turns around and goes into a row where I've already gone through, why? I don't run after her at all and just stare stupidly. She turns around and just shouts something at me.

"Here is your workplace Y/N!" My brain switches off completely. My body automatically moves to her...to her beautiful voice. I am finally at my workstation, it looks exactly like the rest. I look back at her but she's already moving on.

"Thank you" That's the only thing I can get out, after all, I don't want to talk too loudly here. 'There are too many people here for that', but although she is already a little further away, she hears me and turns to me again. 'She nods' and with that she disappears from my field of vision... So let's get to work.

I'm standing at my desk right now and I'm opening the log right then-

CLANK

I am startled and turn directly in the direction where the glass has just been broken. I don't really see it, but the loud shout of "FUCK" tells me that people are already out. With that I turn back to my apparatus and notice something strange. 'Why isn't the piston greased at the bottom?' I stand there for a few seconds and then it slowly goes click. *I quickly reach into the drawer next to me and it seems to be completely empty, there is only a very small object inside...grease. I knew it! Traps and a complicated task, and probably even more problems. I turn the plunger out briefly and grease it, while I'm slowly walking past the sides with my finger I hear again-

CLANK

Shit... again? How am I supposed to be able to work quietly with this constant noise? 'Is that something also a test? This is getting difficult. I quickly turn the flask back in and look at my ingredients, some alcohol and substances with names so long that they don't fit on the label, I open the two plastic containers and smell them... acetic acid and cation exchanger. I'm about to start pouring the alcohol into the top of my apparatus.

CLANK

Dude Again-

CLANK

Shit! people fly every second-

CLANK

Did they not see the problem with the piston? I take a quick look around my row and see two people who have already messed up. Both of them forgot to grease it... So that was important. I have to tell Karasu somehow, I take my phone out of my pocket and lean slightly over my seat. I can't see exactly where I'm pressing, but I know I'm in Whatsapp, so I quickly type the message:

"Don't forget to grease the piston Karasu, it's a trap!" With that, I press send and put my phone back. I slowly take the measuring cylinder with the alcohol and slowly insert it into the ball cooler. This cools the alcohol and it flows slowly through a few channels into the flask.

CLANK

Holy Shit! Now it's starting, people are starting to shout loudly.

"THAT CAN'T BE I DID IT EXACTLY ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS!"

"THAT'S UNFAIR!"

"WHY THE HELL ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS?"

"THAT'S GARBAGE!"

I try not to be distracted and continue to concentrate on my seat. *I slowly realize how my brain is working at full speed and for the first time in a long time I know what I'm doing.But now I see a girl to my left who has been looking at her phone for a while. 'Is she trying to cheat? But suddenly she unscrews her flask and looks for something in the drawer...*Oh no* I look around and several people are doing exactly the same thing. I sent the message for Karasu like an idiot to the year group 'Shit' But I'm wasting my time I need to focus on my own alcohol-

CLANK

God damn it! How am I supposed to work if I can hardly get any rest? Where is Karasu anyway? Has he failed too or what? I hear my alcohol slowly flowing into the flask and quickly starting to boil, so far everything is going well. I'll add the acetic acid soon and at the same time I'll pour in the cation exchanger. But first the alcohol has to continue boiling for a few seconds, I take a calorimeter from behind one of the measuring cylinders and hold it up to the flask. The time has come, I take the acetic acid and carefully tip it into the ball cooler. Shit, I'm completely in my element.

I tune out any other noises while I pour in the cation exchanger right next to the acetic acid and watch the mixed liquids slowly run down. But then I notice something, 'If the acetic acid flows in there now, the flask will get so hot that it bursts! Fuck. I've already poured it in and it's going to run in too... I've completely blown it

Or did i?

No, I can still stop it, I slowly concentrate on the long ball cooler and the now thick liquid flowing through it. I imagine how the liquid simply stops flowing...otherwise I'll fail like the rest.

I open my eyes and it's going perfectly, as long as I concentrate on the fact that the liquid isn't running in yet, it's fine. 'I have to do it quickly, nobody should see me'. I stretch out over my workstation and quickly hold the calorimeter to the flask, the temperature is perfect to keep it flowing. So I just let go... and watch the liquid continue to flow into the flask. The alcohol slowly mixes and I hear footsteps coming towards me, and I look straight at who is watching me.

"Karasu?"

"Yeah I fucked up a long time ago Dude!... But look at you!"

He's right, I look back at the flask and see how the liquid inside is starting to change color. It is slowly turning a shade of red. I hear more footsteps arriving and I want to sink into the ground. A horde of students stand behind Karasu and form a circle around me to watch my experiment. Karasu comes a little closer and puts a hand on my shoulder while we look at my experiment together.

"Congratulations" Huh, who now?

"The only one who managed to complete the experiment..." It's him again, this guy with the reddish-brown hair is standing just a few meters away from me. He quickly weaves his way through the whole horde of students standing near me and stands right in front of me.

"What's your name?"

"Y/N" I speak much too quietly, out of fear. It could be that one of the people has seen me holding the liquid in the air. He stands about five meters away from me and we both stand in the middle of the huge circle the people have formed around me. Karasu is still standing behind me, looking at my workstation. He takes his phone out of his lab coat and wipes around for a few seconds, then he stares at me again and talks-

"Y/N so... Could you imagine working for Playtime Co. one day?" That was it. I started sweating profusely and could barely stand up straight. 'For Playtime Co... Shit of course'. I'd have to be completely retarded to turn that down. In the background, I hear a couple of the students marveling, and others starting to get upset.

"I-I-I..." Shit Now I can't get a word out and I'm stuttering like an idiot. 'Is he offering me a job right now?' And in front of everyone? No, what can I say?

"Yes, of course he could!" Karasu answers for me as he puts one of his hands on my left shoulder again. The guy just looks deep into my eyes, and I think I start to smile out of nervousness. At least I feel like never before! *Like I've finally achieved something in my life!

"Perfect, Y/N...you can go home" With that he turns around and instinctively a question comes to my mind-

"No I...can't go" He turns around abruptly and stares at me again as if he can see right through me. He looks at his phone again and types something in, then he starts talking-

"Oh, it was you... The truant who is about to fly out of college." Fucking hell. If I've been stared at before, I don't know what to call this one. He just shouts so loudly that I'm about to fly out of college. Now just about everyone knows, and I'm going to be determined-

"It doesn't matter... I... 'John Elliot' Allow you to go home." Huh? John Elliot? THAT GUY IS-

"ELLIOT?" Someone in the circle around me shouts, but John doesn't react and starts to walk away slowly. After a few seconds, he disappears into the crowd. I can't get my life straight, Elliot Ludwig's brother praises me in front of so many students and allows me to just go home in public? And I was the only one who managed to complete the experiment...with a little help.

"DUDE! HOLY SHIT HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" Karasu grabs me and shakes me by the shoulders like a rag doll. 'I feel a little light'. I never thought this was possible, I've managed to do it...The only one. But in all this I can hear a few people whispering...

"That guy made it? The little idiot in front how?"

"Fucking hell! That was totally unfair!"

"I hate chemistry"

Slowly a couple of other students come up and look at my workstation, including a guy with glasses and a look on his face like he wants to kill me. He clearly looks down at me and turns around, disappearing back into the circle of people. 'Who still surround me, by the way', Karasu grabs me again and quickly drags me out of the lab. When we are finally back in the lecture hall, he asks me-

"You didn't use your telekinesis, did you?"

I don't answer, it could still be that someone can hear us. But I don't want to leave him standing there like that.

"let's go to Boxy" And with that, we walk through the lecture hall and into the wise corridors of the university. I hardly see any students, everyone else must be in class. I feel quite kind of weird, and Karasu looks at me from the side the whole time.'Is he finally going to say something?' We leave the main building and end up back on campus, 'The air is so refreshing' We quickly walk over to the dorm building and Karasu opens the door. There are students almost everywhere and they both stare at us weirdly, 'It's really uncomfortable'. And there we are in the long corridor again. We walk to the end and everything happens so fast.

Knock Knock

We stand in front of the door and wait, again nobody opens. But this time Karasu seems to have a funny idea.

"Hey Open the door again! Let's scare Boxy when he comes back!" I look to the right and see no student, then to the left and the same there. I actually proceed with caution when I want to use it...*but I feel so free* I slowly focus on the lock again and don't even need to close my eyes. It just opens after a few seconds. We immediately enter Boxy's room.

"He's really not here yet, funny" I walk to Boxy's bed and take off my shoes in front of it. I slowly sit down on it and realize how comfortable it is 'Like I'm lying on clouds' No wonder the guy is always late-

"So...have you used it now, you know-

"Yes Karasu, I know what you mean." I have to think for a moment about how to tell him. After all, I feel a bit bad when everyone fails but I have this ability that saved me in the last few seconds. But if I hadn't understood about the temperature at the last moment, I would have failed either way.

"Dude, you're using your ability in the lab! And you're the only one who finished the experiment?" He doesn't stand still and walks around the room the whole time. He's already making me nervous.

"Dude, he asked you if you wanted to work for them at PLAYTIME CO!" He's almost shouting in my ear and I have to hold it back slightly.

"Yes, I've heard you, stay calm Karasu." I try to sound as calm as possible. But I'm actually strangely calm right now, after all, I didn't make it on my own but only through my ability.

"Hey dude, you can be really proud of yourself, you know? After all, a few days ago all you did was lie in bed and spend the whole day depressed." What does he want to tell me now?

"You really have the chance to work at Playtime Co. now, dude! You might even have a future, you Dumbass!" I think he was exaggerating slightly, after all I hadn't been asked specifically for a job yet... quite the opposite The guy addressed me as the 'truant' even before all the other students.

At that moment, my Phone rings again. I slowly slide my right arm into my trouser pocket and feel the rough fabric slowly slip past my fingers. When I finally have it in my hand, Karasu takes his out too. 'The year group?

A new pinned message!

"Once again, everyone has to pay the money for the class trip by the day after tomorrow! You can report to-"

I hardly read any further, 'Year class trip?' What do they mean?

"Oh man, I completely forgot..." Karasu? What does he mean by 'forgot'?

"There's a class trip next week..." Shit! He's telling me that now?

"You MUST come along because trips are also organized there for individual courses and subjects"

"And it all costs... Well, about 600 dollars" I feel my hands start to sweat.

"But you can borrow the money somehow or something..." I just look at him stupidly and wonder if he's serious. He reaches into his left trouser pocket and takes out a few small coins which he leaves in his palms and shows me.

"Look, you've already got one percent of the sum with this ....!" He's taking the piss.

"BUUUUUUUT! There is another way!" There is a quick and legal way to make a few hundred Dollars by next week? I'm in!

"There's a talent show tomorrow night, in the theater hall... There's a prize money of 1000 dollars." My head only records the number Karasu said at the end.

"BUUUUUUUUT We have to go and register there right away and we need a damn good plan!"

"And that W-would be?" I start stuttering again, 'I'm way too nervous'

"We have to get first place with a show! Second place just gets some loser snot-

"Forget it" I cut him off. First I'm the only one who can do the experiment, and now I'm supposed to appear on some talent show? No...That's enough appearances for the next few years

"But that's exactly where our advantage comes in, dude! You have god damn super powers! We'll easily get first place and you'll get money for the class trip!"

"I'm not introducing myself... So many more people and show my telekinesis! Are you crazy Dude!"

"No, you're not supposed to show off somehow... We need a good idea and perform with the help of your powers!"

"Never!"

"But come on! You don't have a choice anyway! If you miss the ride you've fucked up man! So come on, let's get the money for you with the perfect performance!"

"No way!"

"Oh Dude! Then you can show off to that blonde girl too! You already know, your crush!"

"What are you talking about!-

"Yes, I saw it exactly! You were like a little lost child in the lab and couldn't find your place! But then your Noble Princess came and-

"That's not true at all!"

"She saved you dude! And you stared at her like she was the best thing you've ever seen!" I don't answer, I just can't think of anything. He's right

"Wait a minute... Noble Princess..." Is he going to make up a new nickname and annoy me for the next few days?

"I'VE GOT IT DUDE!" He stops abruptly and stares at me. He leans slightly in front of the bed and is now at eye level.

"A magic show!" Huh? A... magic show?

"We both are the magicians and show the craziest tricks! You make cards fly and I do what you can't!: I talk to the audience!" I ignore the obvious insult and think, 'Could I make several objects fly at once?' Shit, I've never tested it before.

"I'M OFF TO REGISTER BYE BYE!" Fuck! He's already storming towards the door but I do my best to think about it together.

"HEY KARASU WAIT!"

"NO, YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE ANYWAY! OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP ME HERE WITH YOUR TELEKINESIS!" At that moment he reaches the door and I'm about to go after him, but someone slams it in his face.

"Y/N Has telekinesis?" Oh Fuck...Boxy?

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Talent show? The only one who passed the test? Did Boxy just find out About Y/Ns Telekinese?

On top of that, some class trip? There is still a lot to come for Y/N...

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Hi. I really admire your writng and love all your fic very much. Really,as a reader i cant wrap my head around how incredible your writing are. But as a fellow writer, it got me thinking how you balance your day working-personal life-reading-writing. I just enter corporate life and it was exhausting. How do you manage your time to write and is it hard for you to keep your interest in writing while working?

Thank youu and no, i think your chrismast deco look very beautiful. If I visit your house i would love staying around the tree with a dim light and a warm tea.

Thank you so much for the message. That's incredibly kind of you. You are welcome for a cup of tea any time!

I will break down my day under the read more.

05:40 - partner wakes up for work (waking me up) 06:10 - partner leaves for work and I get up 07:00 - in the car to work 07:30 - at work. I don't get paid until 08:30 but I literally would not be ready for the kids if I came in at that time, plus I'm already awake (and definitely a morning person). I'm usually alone in the class until around that time so I tend to have an audiobook on while I'm getting the class ready. I teach in a different classroom every single day, so I have to be organised. 16:00 - finish work 16:30 - home for a cup of tea and usually go on social media/write 18:00 - cook dinner which usually takes about an hour After that, I either spend time with my partner, read, or write. The only day I haven't written something was when I had to be at work until nearly 9pm for a halloween party, but generally, I write every single day. I will be honest in that I don't really have a social life. I've only really got one friend and she lives 60 miles away. I cancelled my gym membership because I hate going after work in winter and I've been so ill for the last couple of months that it was a waste of money. At the weekends, my partner and I might go to a coffee shop or a walk, but most of the time I am writing. It's nothing I have to force. I look forward to writing every single day. If I found it a chore, I wouldn't do it. Sometimes, I am super tired from work too and have a low output, but in those times I'll lay on the bed or take a bath with some music on and still be imagining scenarios. If you are exhausted, don't push it. If I've imagined a scene enough then I know exactly how it will play out to make the writing easier. My brain almost thinks in a writer mode now, like instead of seeing the scene, I'll also be narrating it.

I am constantly thinking about my writing. When I drive, I am imagining scenarios/dialogue. If I go for a walk alone, my headphones are on to dissociate and imagine. For me, it's all consuming. Weirdly, none of my new colleagues know I have any books and I've just mentioned it in passing to my family because we're not close and they don't really care. Even my partner has no clue about character names or anything because he hasn't read them. It's got to the point where I have RSI in my hand from typing so much. Today, I've written about 5000 words and have written 100k words for a single book since October.

It is hard for me to switch off sometimes. I do wonder if I have some sort of ADHD because I have to be doing something at all times. When I'm at work for my planning time, I'm usually doing all 8 jobs on my to do list at the same time, like this page is loading so I'll start this email then go back to that lesson plan then reply to that other person. I cannot just sit and watch tv, I either have to be sewing, or writing by hand, or typing. The only time I do nothing is when I sleep lmao. I've always been that way though.

In terms of reading, I've really struggled this year. Most books have been 2/3 star reads for me - which is really unlike me. I'm usually super generous with 5 stars. I've had to force myself to sit and read a lot because I'll just scroll on my phone otherwise when I'm bored.

I wish I had kids, but I don't, and thankfully my partner also cooks and cleans so if its his turn to cook, I can carry on writing. Sometimes it has caused arguments so I try to make a conscious effort to put my laptop down and spend quality time together. Writing is just everything to me. I love it. It's all I ever want to do. But, I'm also not a night person, so my laptop is usually off before 9pm and I'm asleep by half past 9 nearly every night ha.

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When it comes to the world of gaming, a few milliseconds can make a major difference in an online match. Wireless technology always adds a certain degree of latency when it comes to computer and smartphone accessories. This latency can only be completely removed using wired peripherals like a wired mouse or a wired keyboard.

If you are a professional smartphone gamer then you need to be on the search for some low-latency audio options. This is why we have a list of the best gaming headphones under 5000 for you to consider according to your budget and requirements.

1. Yinyoo KZ EDX PRO Earphones

Now you can Immerse yourself in the rich audio experience of the Yinyoo KZ EDX PRO Earphones. This Boasts a 10mm dynamic driver for HiFi sound with bass. These wired in-ear headsets consist of a resin-inlaid metal design that includes style and functionality. The oxygen-free copper wire makes sure of low impedance and high sensitivity, while the ergonomic design and memory ear hooks offer comfort during extended use. It also comprises a detachable cable and gold-plated 2-pin connectors.

2. HyperX Cloud Earbuds

HyperX Cloud Earbuds are well-known for handheld mode on Nintendo Switch. These earphones comprise of comfortable tangle-free cable and a travel case for portable gaming. These are available in three sizes of silicone ear tips and provide signature HyperX comfort during lengthy gaming sessions. Enhanced bass and crystal-clear audio make sure of an immersive gaming experience.

3. PTron Boom Ultima 4D

PTron Boom Ultima 4D Dual Driver gaming wired headphones comprise of surround stereo sound and deep bass. With an in-line remote control, mic, and volume control, these earphones make sure of convenient controls. The dual-driver design enhances sound separation, thus offering a superior audio experience.

4. RPM Euro Games Gaming Earphones

RPM Euro Games gaming earphones offer superior stereo sound along with 4D noise-canceling technology to immerse you in a virtual gaming experience. This Feature is a dual microphone design and a detachable mic thus making sure of comfort. The soft rubber earplugs offer a comfortable and prolonged gaming session without causing any discomfort.

5. Cosmic Byte CB-EP-05

The Cosmic Byte CB-EP-05 wired gaming earphone is a perfect choice for gaming and multimedia. It comes with a dual microphone design and offers convenience for both gaming and calls. The in-line microphone can be activated by removing the external one. This Features a 10mm driver unit, it delivers clear high, medium, and low-frequency sounds.

CONCLUSION

So, there you have it friends, these are some of the top-rated products recommended by the experts for all your needs and requirements.

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holdonunreal · 4 months ago

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Chapter 2: New addition

It's a long way to school, and there aren't even any lessons? But a speech about an exam tomorrow leaves all the students shaking. And then Theres this Sunshine Girl in the Bus...

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Yes, welcome to the second chapter of this fanfiction. 5000 words and that for a chapter where not even that much happens, how many will there be in the next one? Yes Y/N meets DogDay, maybe even someone else?

Y/N Pov:

I haven't dreamed anything for a few weeks now, I don't know if it has anything to do with my ability. Or maybe because I just can't fall asleep normally anymore, I listen to music until late at night and then can't fall asleep. But I bought some sleeping pills a while ago and they really help. I don't dream anything and wake up suddenly in the morning...'But at least I can sleep'.

And with that I wake up again, startled slightly by my alarm clock, but then remember my miserable life and that today is the first day of the second semester. I sit up slowly and reach straight for my phone. After a quick facial recognition, I see my face on the display, circles around my eyes and a tired look. I'm about to open WhatsApp but see the time... I have to hurry

I jump out of bed and stand in the middle of my room. There's something lying around everywhere, whether it's packaging waste, books or something else. 'I haven't read a single one'. I stand in front of my white wardrobe, the only partially clean thing in my room. I just grab a gray zip up hoodie and matching pants and quickly put them on in front of my closet. I don't have a mirror in my room, 'I don't like to see myself' It just reminds me of how I look and how I wish I couldn't stand in front of the mirror in the first place. I turn around again and pick up my bag next to my bed, looking at it lightly on my back. I quickly grab my phone and put on my headphones, but now I really have to go.

I walk slowly through the living room, just hoping not to meet anyone. I'd rather be alone... and not talk to anyone. I walk quickly into the small white kitchen, go to ten points to get to a high cupboard and take out a small glass. I take it in my hand and quickly put it under the tap, I want to feel it again. I concentrate on the handle of the water...Slowly it is pulled up as if by magic and water flows into my glass. I try to use my 'telekinesis' at least once a day, Karasu told me, why? He didn't tell me.

I feel my parched throat refreshed by the water flowing slowly down my throat and I look at the clock hanging above the kitchen. I quickly put the glass down again and run to the door, open it quickly and without even looking back I walk out...

It's pleasant, but my body is really cold. I've been thinking the whole time about the class that would take place today, after all there's always a small meeting at the beginning of the semester...I hope Karasu is in the same group I fiddle around a bit nervously on my phone and check if a plan has already been uploaded, after all I'm in the year group for some reason... Because I can't find a plan I should listen to music first...

(‘Without you I can not breathe... I can not sleep i can't...’)

I walk slowly and try to walk straight, my feet are starting to hurt and I really have to be careful not to get a cramp right now. I look at the trees along the road and wonder if there will ever be anything else here. 'I don't think so'. I can already see the main road in the distance and it will take me just under ten minutes to get to the bus stop.

(‘come back...’)

Shit, I have to be really careful now and can't afford to make any mistakes. Otherwise I'll just be thrown out without anything and that'll be it. I won't be accepted anywhere like this... After all, I missed half a year and have such a bad report card that even missing the whole year would be better. But then what? If I don't work anywhere and have no more tasks...in my whole life*. I think if I don't make it through the year and get kicked out I will do it... I have no point in living anymore anyway.

(‘Without you I can not breathe I can not sleep’)

My vision slowly becomes slightly foggy and I know I'm almost there. Instead of meadows and grass, I see more and more roads... The soft green and now the dry grey, the color of the roads and the combination of the dust that comes up when people drive past makes me feel sick. 'I wish I could just go back to sleep' But I know the consequences and I have to start pulling myself together now. At least I can see the bus stop from a distance...

I walk slowly towards the bus stop and try to process everything again... When I think about it, 'What use is telekinesis to me anyway?' Will I even need it in the future? I remember what college was like in general... The people, the rooms and the teachers. I'm already hoping that I'll have different teachers than before, they were all awful...

I'm just about to sit down at the small covered bus stop when I see the yellow bus arriving from afar. I hope there are good seats available, after all I don't want to sit next to anyone. 'No one wants to sit next to me' The bus stops right in front of me and I can literally hear the air being let out of the tires, now the bus is a little lower and the clean yellow doors open without a single sound. I slowly lift my legs and get on, 'The bus is bloody empty' I don't see anyone apart from one person. The bus driver doesn't wait and immediately closes the doors again, and I slowly creep through to the back. In the middle of the bus sits a girl with a green one, and while I look at her for a second...I notice how she's already staring at me Shit.

I get straight back into gear and continue walking to the end of the bus. I don't like sitting right at the back, as there is a long space where just under seven or eight people can fit. I sit down in front of the last row in one of the standard two-seater seats, 'I haven't missed this bus one bit'. It's still quiet and I can look out of the window while listening to music... But once we really get into the city it gets bad.

('It's beautiful,Let me out,Just like he did')

The view from the window is somehow different from a year ago, houses I've never seen before, schoolchildren running to the next stop.

('I wish we never did, It's all his fucking fault, He thought that I was him')

The view from the window makes me want to close my eyes and go to sleep...forever. The beautiful view of the colorful houses and meadows is getting grayer and grayer and all the cars that are now driving next to the damn bus. The drivers keep looking up instead of paying attention to the road. At that moment, my phone vibrates slightly and I reach straight into my pocket with my hands to get it out. On the lock screen, I briefly stop my music to check where the message came from... Whatsapp?

I see the name of the year group appear and immediately notice how my hands start to sweat... 'I've almost forgotten where I'm going now'. As I'm unlocking my phone, it vibrates again in my hand and I startle slightly. It was Karasu, he was simply texting:

"Dude, where's the fucking bus? Where is it right now?" Oh yes, he's getting on at the city stop, that's about three stops away. Just as I look at my phone I notice a small shadow covering my display...What the?-

"Ehm Is the seat next to you free?" If I wasn't already staring, I was 100% doing it now.

A tall girl with blonde hair stood in the middle of my seat. She looks down at me and looks deep into my eyes. She's beautiful. Shit, what did she want again?

"Hey DogDay we're sitting back here come on!" And with that she continues to walk from my seat to the back, while I stare after her with my mouth open like an idiot...fucking hell I try to turn my head backwards as inconspicuously as possible to see her. How her long and soft hair flies through the air with every step, as if it weighed nothing at all. My heart is suddenly beating so fast and my stomach feels so warm. 'What is this feeling?' DogDay? Did they say from back there? Who is that?

I keep looking and see who she's sitting with, a group. A few guys but mostly just girls, there are eight people in total. They all look fucking different, one wears glasses, the other runs his fingers through his hair all the time, and this DogDay Girl sits down in the middle and starts a conversation with everyone. I can't hear what she and this little red-haired girl are talking about, but the way her mouth is moving and she's smiling all the time...

"Dude, you're drooling!" Fuck, Karasu? When did the bus stop? Did he fucking see the way I was looking or not? I turn around quickly and he's standing in the middle of the bus aisle looking at me. He's watching me? For how long? I didn't even notice that the bus had stopped...

"Come on, make room for me exchange student!" He's way too loud, and he's still looking at me like I've done something wrong...'I am Disgusting' He sits down very slowly, but without taking his eyes off me. Karasu is an observer, he reads body language like it's a book... I always feel uncomfortable But he's still the best friend you can have...and my only one.

"I d-diidn't d-...drool..." Shit, now I'm stuttering too, I have to do something quickly so I don't look like the biggest idiot. I look at my phone again and want to start playing music again, but karasu snatches it out of my hand.

"Yeeeeesss you did! How about you go talk to her, huh?" Is he fucking crazy now? You want me to talk to her? There's worlds between me and this Girl. Besides, she smiles all the time and...'I'm not good enough'. Karasu looks at me and I think he knows what I'm thinking, after all, he hands me back my phone and just keeps grinning. I open it immediately and play the music loudly again to take my mind off things.

('I know I've been leavin' y'all hangin' dry, but It's time to switch it up, I wanna get soaked')

I can't remember anything about the subject matter from last year... While I'm thinking, I can already see the huge building. My hands start to tremble slightly as I slowly come down to earth. Fail an exam once or miss too long and thats it...with my life.

('Like, Real soaked')

The bus slowly comes to a halt and everyone runs straight to the front to leave it. I don't pay attention to anyone, I have to concentrate from now on and can't afford to make any mistakes. Karasu and I are the last to get up and walk slowly to the door to get out. When I think back, the only subject I ever liked at school was chemistry, in every other subject you sit around and copy what you're told or what you read off a piece of paper. But in chemistry class you have to work practically and really apply your knowledge, I have to do my best in chemistry. Every other subject is easy...If you can just memorize things.

"So your academic comeback starts now, right?" Karasu really always tries to get me to talk, but sometimes it just gets too much. I rather like being alone...I dont know if i like it...or if im just used to it.

"Yeah... have you heard anything about the end of year meeting?" I try to talk a little off topic, I already know how much pressure is on me and I can't afford to be nervous right now.

"Yes, of course! It's been in the group for days!"

"In which group?"

"The year group, you Dumbass!"

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, I'll ad you right in, we have to go to hall F2!"

"Yes, just show the way"

"Of course Boss"

And off we go, through the huge square in front of the college, with streets and buildings everywhere. Gyms and huge white laboratories that you can only get into if you have important authorizations. After all, there's also the Playtime Co. that makes some kind of chemicals or something, 'I can only dream of working there anyway'. Finally past all the streets where cars were constantly passing by, we are now on the real campus. The huge college building and the many sports fields...How did I get in here?

We walk past the big red doors labeled Main Entrance and walk over to one of the smaller buildings and enter it through slightly smaller blue doors. This is the dormitory and as far as I know Boxy lives here. He was lucky enough to get a place here and still almost always manages to be late, 'But at least he went to college...'

Around seven floors and over four hundred rooms, all connected by long white corridors with red carpets everywhere. Apart from all the doors with their numbers, there are also small special features. I don't mean the beautiful plants next to the doors, but the posters. On them are funny figures that are also available here as soft toys, and there is always a saying to go with them.

'Remember to take Breaks!

'Hungry to learn!'

'Think outside the box!'

I'm glad I don't have to read these texts anymore because we've finally reached Boxy's room. With the number 271 he has the luck to live at the end of the corridor and is therefore right next to the elevator to get downstairs. Karasu stands in front of the door and knocks quietly on it twice...no one opens.

"I hope he's not still sleeping." With that, Karasu raises his arm again and quickly hammers on the door. You can hear someone moving in the room but the door still doesn't open. Karasu slowly turns to me and forms an evil smile and starts whispering something to me.

"Hey magician... Open the door with your cool ability" What? I'm supposed to crack a door in this building filled with students? And with my mind? Shit, he's completely crazy now...

"Are you crazy?" That's all I'm saying... That's all I have to say. I don't use my telekinesis for something like that.

"Oh come on, you have to use your ability you know? Why else did you get it?" He starts talking louder and louder. As people slowly walk past us. I know it's a trap and I shouldn't fall into it, but if Boxy is late we'll be late too...I can't afford that.

I slowly concentrate on the door lock and imagine it inside, the many small needles, and the keyhole. And what it would look like when it is unlocked, plus the little *click* sound that would follow. I close my eyes and think about what Karasu said at the same time... I try to read between the lines. "[...] Why else did you get it?" Is he implying something or did he just say it like that? I am then taken out of my thoughts when I hear a noise-

*The lock turns ever so slightly and Karasu puts his hand directly on the lever of the door and pushes it open. He enters the room, turns to me and starts to grin heavily while moving his fingers slightly in the air and making a "follow me" sign. I enter and see Boxy's room, a lot has changed since the last time I was here... The last time I saw it, the room was absolutely empty. No table, nothing but a bed in the corner and that was all... But now?

A large white cupboard and a really nice matt black table with a computer on it. Everything is so...organized? As I look around the beautiful room I finally see him, Boxy is sitting on the bed staring at the...ceiling? He looks like he's hardly slept, almost like me. But the tiredness in his eyes disappears as soon as he sees me and Karasu-

"Y/N?"

"Yes"

"Karasu said you had already been kicked out?"

"What? Wha-

"That's a topic for another time, Boxy what are you sitting around for, come on! The meeting is in half an hour!"

"Yes, yes, I'll do it." With that he gets up from the bed and walks along me to the closet, where I realize how much taller Boxy is, not only him but also Karasu, next to them I look like a child. And that doesn't make my situation much better, after all, almost everyone here at the college is taller than me and that causes problems as it is. In the classroom, when you can't see because someone's head is blocking your view. Or in sports lessons where you have the biggest disadvantage there can be.

Boxy quickly pulls on a white sweater over his sleeping clothes and kneels down to tie his shoes, staring at the door which is still slightly open. He looks at the door and then at us, 'I'm getting nervous' At least Karasu has turned to the window so Boxy wouldn't look him in the face. Boxy gasps slightly and then starts to speak-

"How did you even get in here?" Karasu turns around quickly and walks to the door, he looks at me and slowly twists his face into a big smile. I slowly walk towards the door to avoid Boxy's question, now Karasu slowly opens his mouth and answers-

"Dude, it doesn't matter, we have to be in F2 in twenty minutes, so get off your ass dude!" Karasu walks through the door and into the hallway, I follow him directly and hear Boxy's footsteps behind me. He walks briefly through his room and picks up his school bag from the floor, pulling it over his back with only one side. He comes out with it and closes the door behind him, even without locking it. Without anyone talking, we walk towards the elevator and press the red button with the green arrow. Just as we press it, the doors open and we get in. I stand at the back and the two of them stand right at the door and Karasu presses the 'first floor' button.

"So... Why are you here again?" Now it's starting again, Boxy probably doesn't want to know exactly, so a short answer will suffice...

"to get my degree"

"Ah right" With that he slowly pushes his long arm into his trouser pocket and pulls out his phone. I can't see what he's doing, but the sound of a gunshot after a few seconds tells me that he's gaming again. I start to get a funny feeling in my stomach and my hands start to sweat again... 'What if some teacher speaks to me? No, even worse, what if students approach me and say that I don't go to this school?'

Peep

This opens the elevator doors and we all get out. Directly to the right of us is a blue door with a big red sign on it that says "EXIT" Karasu doesn't even use the lever, but simply pushes his body against the door. It opens and we are outside again. We're not out for five seconds and the first bad statement comes.

"Hey Boxy! Guess who was looking after that blonde student president on the bus today!"

"I didn't-

"But you can't blame him, she doesn't look bad!"

"But she's really nothing like you Y/N! She's so open and always smiling, while you hide behind your hat and look totally depressed!"

"Wow...Double Kill"

"Karasu I didn't even-

"She's a giant compared to You, right, Y/N? just Look at the size difference, it's... Crazy!." Shit, and I thought it couldn't get any worse. Now I'm going to have to listen to these wild theories about me and this girl all the time...the name was DogDay right?

I slowly pull my zipper hood over my head and realize how right he is... 'I just don't get along with other people' But I can't help it, after all, people are so different...

"Boxy imagine how the two of them-

From that point on, I just stop listening and try to clear my head. After all, the meeting is coming up and I have to concentrate on more important things. I don't think I'm ready for that yet and I take care of myself first. 'To maintain my will to live before I kill myself here'. We slowly enter the main building and walk through the filled and long white corridors. There are people everywhere, in groups and together at tables. I've almost forgotten what it looked like in here, it's much bigger than I remember. All the people slowly looking over at us make me nervous, it's getting really uncomfortable here. To avoid all the stares, I look down at the ground. We keep walking and I wonder if there will be any lessons at all today, and if there are...hopefully I'll have them with Karasu.

But then we finally reach the big brown doors of F2, the biggest lecture hall on the whole campus...'I believe'. Karasu opens the door while Boxy continues typing on his phone and I, stupid, stand behind them. Karasu and Boxy enter the room first and I'm behind them. We're completely in the middle and there are rows of seats with shelves everywhere to the right and left of us. But...*No free seat at the back*

"Today is your lucky day Y/N, we have to go right to the front!" Oh God, sitting right at the front in a greeting speech is the worst thing ever. On top of that, in this huge room, where several hundred students are sitting, shit. Walking past all the places where people are already sitting is really unpleasant. We've already been walking for a minute and we're only halfway there. But at that moment, Karasu suddenly turns to the right and seems to have found something better than sitting at the very front under the podium. 'Three free seats on the right' Perfect.

Karasu quickly weaves his way into the line while Boxy walks a little slower, after all he's hardly looking and is still typing away on his phone. I pull my rucksack off my back and sit down slowly. I can feel the cold wood of the row slowly sliding past my hands as I slide further in and I'm happy when I'm finally sitting properly inside. I put my hands on the small shelf in front of me and realize how sweaty they are, meanwhile I see Karasu looking around, he is probably looking for one of his party colleagues. I don't look around because I'm far too scared if someone sees me staring, what would they think?

Slowly, someone stands up on the podium at the front, it was none other than the leader of the whole thing himself: *Elliot Ludwig*. I can't even really see him from here, but the fact that the loudspeakers are slowly making a voice louder lets everyone know. 'It starts now'.

"Welcome back to Playtime Co. College... I hope everyone sitting here had a great vacation and a lot of fun!" The speakers are way too loud in my opinion, I have to try and filter out what he's saying myself. Karasu is also talking to some girl sitting in the row in front of us, which doesn't make it any easier. And several people in the row behind us are also talking to each other.

"Your timetables have already been updated and I think most of you already know, but there will be no lessons today. There will only be organizational matters today and then everyone can go home."

I see how almost everyone quickly pulls out their phone and looks at it and at first I don't really understand why. After a few seconds, Karasu does what he always does and annoys me: 'He stabs me in the ribs like a joke' but It really hurts. What does he want?

"Get your phone out, I want to know if we have the same classes, dude!" Oh well, now I get it. I quickly take out my phone with my sweaty hands and start shaking slightly, 'what if we don't have anything together? No, we must have something together... right?

I quickly open the link Karasu sent me and enter my name and date of birth. He is already staring at my phone, but what appears is not a course schedule but a red message with black letters-

"Fuck that!" He almost snatches my phone out of my hand again and pushes the message away, 'I couldn't even read it'. He swipes down and looks for my plan while I keep looking at my phone. I try to control my pounding heart a little.

"Dude, we're really lucky! We have a lot together!" Finally some good news, I stare at my phone and look at my courses. They haven't really changed from last year, but one thing jumps out at me:

"Higher chemistry?"

"Yes, that was apparently reassigned to many"

"But I didn't choose it at all-

"It doesn't matter! We've got it together and we'll get it right! You're good at chemistry, aren't you?"

"So-

"Hello students of the now second semester" Everyone looks forward to the podium. A tall guy with reddish-brown hair stands at the front and looks through the rows.

"Many of you will probably have been assigned a new subject...Higher Chemistry" Shit, was that him? I'm already fucking up in every other subject and now I have to have a higher chemistry subject too?

"Many will not have chosen it but that doesn't matter...I'm only going to say this once" Is there an announcement coming now?

"This is an exam... from Playtime Co. to all students" huh? An exam? What the hell does this guy mean?

" The exam will take place tomorrow, in separate time and a systematic structure... Soon you guys and your precious fantasies will sink straight to Hell. Good luck" What the Fuck? Tomorrow already? A chemistry exam from Playtime Co. to the students? Shit, what's that going to be?

With that, the guy turns around and quickly disappears to the left through a backstage door. The only thing you can hear now are the astonished students who, like me, have no idea what kind of speech that was. You can hear the big brown doors in the back opening and people are already running out, and Karasu speaks his mind again.

"ugh an exam? what stupid shit... But maybe it's group work and I'll get together with a cute girl who's also smart" Dude, the guy only thinks about something like that.

"I don't think it will be a group job..." No, I'm almost sure of it. A test from Playtime Co. will very definitely be in solo exits, at least I hope so. Because if I had to work with someone and I messed it up, that would be bad. 'I'd rather fuck it up alone'

So we get up from the line again and walk to the exit. I look down at the ground, but I have a funny feeling in my stomach and immediately look up. And there she was again, the group from the bus. This DogDay Girl was walking right at the front and that's why I only saw her hair, but there's someone who behaves like me. I think it's a girl with long black hair and she's about my height. She looks at the ground like I do all the time-

"Hey man, no need to stress, we have the exam together tomorrow. We'll get through it...Somehow" I was about to say that I don't think about it, but if I do, he'll notice me staring at this other girl and then it'll start again. 'So I'll be quiet for now'. We leave the lecture hall and walk through the huge white corridors again, I'm a bit happy...At least I have a few subjects together with Karasu. As soon as we get outside, Boxy heads back towards the Dorms, walking along the streets while holding his phone in front of his face and typing away.

"Y/N Are you coming to Boxy too?"

"No, I have to go home and prepare everything first...you know"

"All right, I'll see you again tomorrow at the same time." With that he runs after Boxy across the street and I can see from a distance how he slaps him on the back. The two of them don't look a bit alike, though. Meanwhile, I walk back to the bus stop and wait alone for a while.

Not even a minute into the wait, the first bus arrives, stops and lets the air out of the tires to go lower. I get on and simply ignore everyone, walk through to the back and sit down in my regular seat. Now I just put my headphones back on and head home again.

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I've finally arrived home and the first thing I do is get changed. I just put on my pyjamas, I haven't really slept well and that's exactly what I'm going to do now. There's no one at home either 'As almost always' so I just walk towards my bed and literally throw myself on it. I still have my headphones on so I only need to make two taps on my phone and it plays exactly what I need to hear.

I already have a plan for this weird chemistry exam tomorrow. I'm going to sleep all day and then pull an all-nighter, going over every subject I've ever had. At that moment my phone vibrates again and I wonder who it could be...'year group'?

I'm barely inside and people are already writing, 'But not because of me' Almost everyone is upset that this exam is taking place tomorrow. One even says he asked someone from the third semester and they didn't have it. 'Strange' But in this big conversation there is only one person who tries to calm people down. The name is just a number but as I read the message to myself in my mind...I'm sure it's her

"A Higher Chemistry Exam?"

"Who the Fuck even was that weird looking guy?"

"I asked Students from the Third Semester and they didnt have that Shit?"

"Fuck i dont know anything about Chemistry?"

"Guys calm down, everything will be fine tomorrow"

This year will be very complicated.

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