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Chapter 25 - Back Home

Lui: Oh I see, well she is really smart if I would say anything.

Daiji: Hmm, well she wasn't the ace of the class in academics in that way.

Lui: Idiot, I never meant in academics.

Daiji: Oh, you meant her behavior then?

Lui: I am leaving, I really wanna go home.

Daiji: Eh, but I haven't even finished my story yet.

Lui: Maybe you can tell me online about it.

Daiji: No, no, no, it is better told like this, face to face.

Lui: I am leaving now, but is there any other door from the backyard? Where is your backyard?

Daiji: Uh, that way. points with finger

Lui: Okay, I am leaving now. opens the backyard door Well, the wall seems to be higher than I expected, but anyway I can definitely make it. jumps to catch the top of the wall Sshh, damn I got scratched badly. Ah well, gotta end up home first.

lui passes from Daiji's backyard to his backyard to avoid going out on the road again

I finally am back home. Ah, I love you home, I love you walls that keep me protected. I love my home, there isn't a single place like home. sharp pain Ah well, gotta do something about this scratch… or better leave it. They say it's okay to just wash it with water, or should I apply alcohol? Eh, I won't do anything to it, the blood alone can protect me I think.

lays on his bed

Ah, I am tired! To imagine that I would ever meet DoctorVader,I mean Daiji… life sure is strange sometimes. Though I hope that something about making money would come up to me just like that. I don't think I can even compete with him or even earn from Metube, yet he makes it look so easy. Maybe… maybe just once I should do everything I have on Metube. Yeah, maybe just once I will spend all my time and energy into only one video, and if it doesn't achieve me even just 1 subscriber, then I will leave Metube forever.

meanwhile at Daiji's house

Ah, I wanna tell my whole story! Well, thinking about it, it's not like much romance, but still I just wanna share my story.

flashback starts

Mai: Well, I will leave now. See you at the exams, Daiji.

Daiji: Hmm… see you.

punches the table

Daiji (thinking): Fool, why did I let her go? Why didn't I express my feelings to her? Shit!!! So everything, all these 3 years, will be gone for nothing. I thought I could convey my feelings to her by writing on her T-shirt, but without one… no, I don't even care about the T-shirt now. I just want her to be there with me. I want her, I want her to spend time with me!!! I love her!!!!

Mai shows up at the door and listens

Daiji: full red face from embarrassment

Mai: goes to her desk, completely ignores Daiji, takes her pencil, goes to the door, then handwaves goodbye to Daiji

Daiji: What was that?! S-she didn't hear me, right? I couldn't even ask her. As if I could… I wanna disappear from here. I gotta tell her it wasn't like that. What if she thinks I love someone else?!

Daiji rushes to talk to Mai

Daiji: I can see her, she is down there. I gotta reach her. runs faster

motorcycle sounds

Daiji: Huh? What was that sound?

Mai gets on a motorcycle, a red Yamaha R1, with a boy wearing a dark suit

Daiji: breathes heavily Mai…? sees Mai on the motorcycle with the boy, the motorcycle leaves instantly That person… I have seen him before. Also that motorcycle… that is a red Yamaha R1 I think.

meanwhile in Lui's room

All this editing… I swear I would rather get a job than this. Ah, my eyes.

typing sounds even while complaining

I really gotta stop being a baby. I am 18 years old for God's sake. Why am I so afraid of even trying a job? I want to be perfect at it… go to hell with perfection. I gotta help my family. It feels really bad to be like this every day. I always have the same thoughts, nothing changes, yet why am I like this?

I am weird. No matter what I say to myself that I gotta help, I gotta get a job in the end I do nothing. I only eat food and that's all.

I wish I could be Daiji… even just once. Just once to make my parents proud of me. Just once to take them out for a good dinner… huh, well I don't really like going out, but you know… or buying my dad a watch or my mom a bracelet… something. It's not about money I don't care about money for them. For them I would put all the money on fire.

Uh, shut up you fool!!! You are an idiot. What are you even hoping for? Trying to act all mighty you are a parasite, that's what you are. Know your place. If you wanna change it then change it, but don't speak like that anymore.

lui having negative thoughts

I can't even agree with myself. I want something… I need a hand to pull me out of all this misery that I am drowning in.

drowning in a black sea when a red hand comes and picks him up

I will try my best. I really will. Somehow this video will make me closer to earning money. Okay, finished title, tags… I gotta add the description. I wonder if anyone even bothers watching all this video that I made of 24 minutes. Hmm, maybe add a comment too…

Something like:

"Hi there, this channel will grow big soon, so be part of the journey from the beginning."

No… I can't just tell them I will grow as a Metuber, that would be a lie if I don't actually become big.

Then:

"I need your power, people of Metube! Please like my video and become part of the channel!"

Nah, not even that. What am I, Goku?!

Ah, screw it, I will be honest with them:

"Hi there, Loner Otaku here. So um… I think my channel will blow up eventually. You know, you can be part of the journey from now. It's not like I'm forcing you to join or anything, but I really hope this channel blows up somehow anyway."

presses upload button

Uh well… it's finished. That comment looks really honest I think.

lui starts crying

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