Online Friends are Neet

“And Spinning Bird Kick for the win” Akane screamed joyfully. On the TV screen before her Chun-Li let out her classic yatta as the opposing Cammy lay defeated at her feat.

That makes seven straight wins in a row. Not a bad run for today. Street Fighter 6 is so good. Not sure if it's my favorite entry but it's a good one.

Stretching her arms above her head Akane enjoyed the feeling of relief that came with the action. Looking at the clock Akane was unsurprised to find out how long she had been sitting there. No wonder I'm sore. Looks like I've been sitting here for about 5 hours.

I wonder what's keeping him Akane thought glancing at the clock once more. From what he told me his tournament should have ended a while ago. He said he would get online to let me know how he did.

Smiling to herself Akane began to plan out some games they could play once he got on. Maybe we could play some Mortal Kombat today. I got some new combos with Joker that should catch him off guard. Giggling to herself Akane began to plan out the various ways she would rip his Kitana to shreds.

Glancing at the clock again she began to get a little worried. I hope everything is alright. GameMaestro is not normally this late.

“Akane”. Ripped from her thoughts by the masculine voice from outside her room Akane turned towards her door. “What is it Dad?” She called back.

“Could you come here please?” was the response she heard. Sighing she got up from her chair and stretched a bit before heading out from the safety of her room. Arriving in the kitchen where she heard him call from she startled as she caught the stern look on his face.

“What is this?” he asked pointing to a sink filled with dishes. Stuttering the girl answered “A si-sink.”

“Didn't you promise me you were going to wash these dishes before I got home today?” he asked firmly. “What happened?”

“I forgot” she answered timidly. Her father sighed before beginning to speak again. “Akane. I know your not doing so well right now but if your not going to be working or going to school I'm going to need you to help out around here. Or at least do something. When was the last time you even went outside?”

“Um, I think I went outside sometime last week. Maybe?” she responded meekly. “Look, Dad I'm real sorry about the dishes but can we continue this later? I'm supposed to be talking to a friend soon and I don't want to keep him waiting.”

“No this can't wait.” her dad said shaking his head. “I'm happy you have friends online but maybe if you made some real friends that at least lived in the same country as you you might not be able to interact with people better.”

“As for the dishes we'll forget them for now because I'm more concerned about your lack of sun.” he continued. “So instead of the dishes I'm sending you to go but some groceries.”

Putting his hand on her back he begins to lead her over to the front door. Ignoring her protests he made her put on her shoes and opened the door. She froze when she saw the outside was completely black but was unable to stop her father as he pushed her out the door.

The poor girl shrieked as she barley managed to not fall as she now found herself standing atop the rafters of the stage.

“Oh, there you are” Sally spoke hearing the scream. “What are you doing playing around up there? We need you down here seeing your new look”

As with everyone before her Akane found herself bewildered as she stared at her reflection in the mirror that was suddenly before her.

“Please hold all freak outs until after you have given your intro” Sally said sweetly as she caused the girl to speak against her will.

“My name is Akane Takenouchi and I'm 20 years old. I'm a neet and I have known Bruce for 1 year. I love to play fighting games. Smash, Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, anything where you beat each other up.”

Recovering control of her mouth Akane voiced the first question to come to mind “Who's Bruce? I don't know a Bruce.”

“That's because you'd know him as GameMaestro, your online friend you've been playing games with for the past year.” Sally explained. "To preempt your next question I've swapped your primary language to English so everyone can understand you. Now I'm going to warp you over to your chair now because we need to be moving on.”

“Now I'm using a girl I've never even met in person before in my harem fantasy dream” Bruce said to himself with a sigh. “Maybe I need psychological help.”

“No way master. You're perfect just the way you are. Now let's move on to the final contestant.”