A Couple Made In Dreams

Chapter 19: Realizations

At the beginning, Serena didn't think it was important. Even though Master had never been late before, but occasionally missing the mark by a few minutes was normal. However, when the minutes passed by and it became seven forty-five, Serena started to panic. Even knowing that he wasn't there, Serena couldn't help but sent a message over ––

"Are you there?"

Naturally, there was no response.

After another two minutes, another message. After that, Serena didn't send anymore but just started refreshing Satoshi's name, and the system repeatedly reminded her – The player is not online, you cannot refresh his status.

The names of Brock and the others were also dark.

Not online.

Seven fifty.

Serena appeared along in front of the NPC. Above her head was the team symbol, but there was only her.

Around the NPC, there were already a lot of people. Starting with the eliminations, it was possible to watch. These people were here to pay money to watch. Seeing PerformerSerena standing along, they couldn't help but be curious and started discussing in front of her.

In Front [ Random]: Why is there only PerformerSerena, where's PokeMasterSatoshi?

In Front [Random]: Probably late.

In Front [Random]: For such an important match, he can't be late.

In Front [Random]: There's still another ten minutes, there's no rush. The hero always appears last.

Seven fifty-five.

Serena blocked out all the discussion and left Satoshi a message; "I'm waiting for you in front of the NPC, you can just come straight over."

The bystanders continued their discussion.

In Front [Random]: Not much time out, still not here?

In Front [Random]: Is he not coming?

In Front [Random]: Kao. Is history repeating? This couple is also divorcing?

In Front [Random]: doesn't look like it, if PerformerSerena is getting divorced, she wouldn't be standing here.

In Front [Random]: The way I look at it, PerformerSerena is getting dumped again!

Eight o'clock.

Her friends sent over more and more questions. Serena closed them one by one. Lastly, she close Satoshi's window.

The crowd gradually left.

In Front [Random]: let's leave, let's leave. I'm just discouraged

In Front [Random]: I thought I would see a great PK match today. Luckily I didn't buy tickets.

In Front [Random]: Taking the washroom but not shitting. If you aren't competing, leave earlier. You gave up the crown to other servers. The other servers are laughing.

In Front [Random]: You can't say it that way. If it wasn't PerformerSerena and PokeMasterSatoshi, our server probably couldn't make it into the finals.

In Front [Random]: Let's wait, there's still three minutes of preparation. If they enter within three minutes, they could still fight.

In Front [Random]: Probably not coming. Oh, I feel pretty back for Lu Wei.

In Front [Watson Jia]: Pretty pitiful hoho.

Eight o two.

Serena clicked the NPC, wanting to enter alone. The NPC sent a reminder: You must enter together with your husband.

Eight o three.

The system sent out a notice, announcing that due to the fact PokeMasterSatoshi and PerformerSerena had forfeited, the winner of this PK Tournament was won by another server.

Eight o three.

Serena logged out of the game.

"I feel there is something wrong these few days with Serena."

At night in the dorm, May started at Serena who was wearing headphones looking at the computer. She ruminated at what Serena was doing.

"It's normal, it's almost exam time. She always turns into a weird monster during exam time." Dawn replied with her head down as she moved her pen rapidly over the page.

"She's not playing her game."

"That's still normal. If she plays now, she won't get a scholarship. Without a scholarship, she can't play next term." Dawn kept on going, her pen and her mouth not stopping, "How do you have the presence of mind to think about Serena? A few days ago, you were crying. How is Drew?"

"He's fine, he deserved it. The graduating seniors were going out for dinner, and he unabashedly inserted himself. That's fine, and then he gets in an accident with them."

Even thinking about it, May got angry. She pushed thoughts of Serena to one side and started to criticize her boyfriend.

Immersed in her own world, Serena didn't realize her roommates had been discussing her. She was watching the female bandit video at the moment. She hadn't gone online the last two days. Other than studying, she was watching the video on repeat. Sometimes she really didn't want to, but even studying, she would give in to temptation and watch. A heavy weight pushed down on her heart and didn't leave. It seemed like only the video could make her heart lighter.

Or rather, it was that silhouette.

PokeMasterSatoshi.

PokeMasterSatoshi.

She silently said the name in her heart. Serena looked at the screen in a trance.

On the screen, the white-clothed musician was standing dejectedly on the peak of Sunset Mountains. Under the simple but emotionally-charged music, his back seemed both lonely and bleak. Serena looked and looked and found it was similar to her own figure standing alone in front of the NPC that day. She could imagine the feelings he had inside.

At that time, her heart was probably in shock.

It wasn't anger at missing the time, nor regrets at not being able to fight and compete. It was a kind of blank shock and panic. In the last few minutes, she couldn't stop thinking ––

Why wasn't Satoshi here yet?

Was it that, after this time, he won't ever come again?

In games, there were too many partings without any farewells. Was Satoshi also going to perform such a parting?

In these days, she couldn't stop herself from watching the video. In her head she kept thinking –– would this, this video in the long days after, be the only evidence she had of Satoshi ......

Ugh~~~~~

Serena weakly splayed out on the bed and felt helpless at herself.

Why would she create these strange and unwelcome thoughts? Satoshi might only have had an emergency and couldn't come. She didn't have to make it so serious. And, to see if Satoshi really disappeared, she could just take a look inside the same, she just didn't go online~~~

Between the mental and emotional struggles that Serena was going though, the story of the female bandit once again finished playing. In the mourning music, the musician and the red-clothed bandit turn white once again.

Serena wiped the corners of her eyes. It was so dramatic, she was crying again from watching it. Honestly speaking, watching the video for the first time was very emotionally moving. But after watching it for so many times, she was already dumb.

Now she was once again ......

Dazedly looking at the poised nature and self-assurance embodied by the white-clothed musician, Serena, very slowly, in her heart, found a sliver of understanding ......

And then, "Pia", Serena closed her computer, threw away her earphones and pushed her head under the pillow.

It was over, over. She was actually hurting and wistful.

It was over ......

She seemed to, almost, maybe, fallen in love with a person.