Simon, 18, dropout turned AWIO "research assistant"

Simon sighed as he doom scrolled through his phone looking at photos of sponsors happily posing with their monster girls. To say he wanted to be a sponsor and bond with a monster girl in a whirlwind romance would be a severe understatement. Unfortunately, even if there was a monster girl out that would be interested in him, there was no way the AWIO would approve his application.

Simon ran away from home when he was 16 to get away from his abusive parents. He spent the past two years taking any job he could find. Despite his limited options as a high school dropout, he was still able to rent out his own studio. He had to work three jobs to afford it, and he was still behind on rent, and calling it a studio was greatly generous, but he at least had a roof over his head.

As he was standing in his tiny bathroom, Simon put his phone away and looked at his reflection in the mirror. A pale, six foot tall, lanky teenager with shaggy blonde hair stared back at him with tired blue eyes. The 18-year-old was dressed in a hideous green polo and even more hideous brown slacks for his morning job as a barista.

As Simon stared at his reflection, he knew he needed to stop wallowing over his past. He needed a fresh start, and he knew he couldn’t rely on anyone else to do it for him.

As he headed out of his meager home and towards the bus stop, he walked with not only a renewed sense of purpose but also hope. Today, he was going to turn his luck around.