Another Day in Paradise

Ah, morning again. Another day in the endless cycle, yet it seems everything may change. I get out of bed and immediately go to my laptop (you know, addiction is a harsh word…) and open it. Yep, it’s still there: Sindex.

The program seems identical to how I saw it yesterday, but I was not able to check the Milestones tab, so I did that now.

Milestones

0/7:

Pride -> ???

Greed -> ???

Wrath -> ???

Gluttony -> ???

Sloth -> ???

Envy -> ???

Lust -> ???

Other:

Come on, get some!

I was really not entirely sure what I was supposed to do with this information, if anything, so I closed the tab. Opening my game catalogue, searching for something to do before getting ready for my classes, I landed on an old favorite that I’ve loved playing for years now. After some time of killing enemies and completing objectives, I begrudgingly got up to start the day.

The beginning of the day was uneventful, just going through the motions like usual, that was until Psychological Philosophy. As I entered the hall, I quickly found Anna, as she was waving excitedly at me, with her ever-present, glowing smile. As I take my seat, she asks,

“Hey, how are your cuts feeling?”

“Not bad,” I reply, “thanks again for fixing me up.”

“Of course! I would do anything for you.” She looks slightly up at me, right into my eyes as she says this, a moment of electricity between us.

“...would you do all my homework for me?”

She gently places her hand on my wrist, startling me at the unexpected contact, and looks right at me again.

“Almost anything.”

We laugh, and class begins just a moment later.

Next was chemistry with Amy. I don’t actually sit near her, but she’s still in the class and I look over at her and get lost in a daydream when I can. She has this entrancing aura about her. Oh, and tits, those too. Hey, it's not my fault, it's like they're looking back at me!

The professor announces that the test from last week is moved to this Friday, due to his triple ear infection the week prior (how is that even possible?). The lecture began and all of the knowledge in my mind left, so I idly fixated on Amy across the room. The time flew by.

After another day of content flying over my head, class was dismissed and we all began shuffling out of the door. Before I got there, I felt a tap on my shoulder, and turned to see none other than Amy herself before me. I felt a jump in my heart–did she notice me staring at her? Did I do something wrong?

“Hey, I’m letting everyone know that I’m having a party at my house on Saturday, you should totally come.”

“O- okay, uh sure!”

She kept moving forward, informing several more people--but not everyone. That made me feel special.

As I got through the rest of the day, I felt great. I caught up to Anna on her way out and we talked and walked towards our houses.

“Did you hear about Amy’s party this weekend? She told me about it in chem.”

“Yeah! How did you hear? Are you going?” she asked, and I nodded. “You don’t usually go to stuff like this, that's great!"

“Yeah, maybe this will be good for me. Like you said, ‘putting myself out there’ and all.”

I glimpsed a weird expression I couldn’t quite catch on her face, but she definitely didn’t seem as happy as I would have thought about it. The rest of the walk was somewhat quieter, but we were nearing the destination anyways. However, we were mid-conversation as we approached, so we just instinctively both went to her place, back to her room to continue our chat. We would hang out here often enough, so nothing out of the ordinary there. She sat in her chair at her desk, a cute pink office chair that was surprisingly comfortable, while I was sitting on her bed, idly messing with a stuffed animal.

Again, in a lull in the conversation, she asks a seemingly random question:

“Are you sure you’ve never had a girlfriend? You’re so cute!”

I’m assuming she meant because I was holding the stuffed animal, but I’m pretty sure most of the cutest was just my proximity to the little guy (and her). I thought it was weird she would bring this up twice, though; I don’t remember her ever really caring before.

“Yeah, I’m telling you, I’ve never been on a date or even held someone’s hand. I’m pretty sure no one has even liked me like that… ever, I guess.”

She closed her eyes on a long inhale, and breathed out, muttering something to herself in the process.

“Hm. If you really think so…” she said in a far-off tone.

I could tell the mood had shifted, her normal infectious, bubbly personality had been replaced with a more somber tone, and I got the impression I should probably head out.

Back at my own house, I was torn between studying for that chemistry test in a few days, or getting back on the daily grind of my game, and ultimately came to choose the latter. If I am to choose between my current happiness and future success, I would choose… oh. Well that’s a harder question than I thought. Anyways.

I spent some quality alone time, I’m an expert at this point, and eventually found myself ready to go to sleep once more. Funny how the days seem to go by so quickly, but if you break them down, there’s always a lot that happens. Before falling asleep, I checked Sindex once more, just in case. Still, nothing had changed from today. I was definitely growing more and more curious as time went on, hoping that this may be the cure for my chronic loneliness. We shall see.