What, are you stupid?”
Those were the words spoken to me the day I asked the girl I was interested in out. She completely dismissed me. I could only stare in shock as she laughed and then walked back to her group of friends. She whispered a few words, all of them turned to me and then laughed.
Ow… that really hurt. We had worked on a project together. I had even done most of the work while she went to her cheerleading finals. In the end, I had gotten her full marks. I really thought that would have meant something. However, when seeing the disdain on her face now, I realized that she had just used me.
After school, I got my ass beaten by the school sports team. How should I know that a guy on the baseball team liked the girl, and took offense to me asking? Wasn’t the fact that she rejected me enough? Apparently not, because the bullies said I needed to be shown my place in the world.
“Don’t even try to talk to her again, fatty.” The guy in charge kicked me one last time while I was already in a fetal position.
Classy.
After getting thrashed, I finally managed to crawl to my bike and made it home. My house was empty. My father died a few years ago in a car accident, and my mother worked all the time. I had no other siblings. That means no cute sisters or loyal brothers. Well, that was probably for the best. I was overweight and unpopular. I would probably just be an embarrassment to any sibling who knew me.
I headed over to the bathroom and pulled out a first-aid kit. One thing I had always been good at was taking care of myself. First aid, sewing, cooking, cleaning… I was responsible for all those duties. I carefully cleaned up my wounds and tended them. I swear my wounds healed faster when I was the one tending them. Ah, well, I finished quickly and leaned back, taking a small break.
“I want a girlfriend.”
Even after my bad experience, I still really wanted to be in a relationship with someone. I just wanted a girl to come home to. I was okay with even being an at-home husband. I could take care of the kids and clean the house. That would really be the life. Was it too much to ask for? I sighed as my stomach grumbled. There would be no food unless I got up to make something.
Heating some water, I cooked up some instant ramen and ate it. I wasn’t fat because I ate too much. Instead, it was the quality of food. My mom and I didn’t have a lot of money, so naturally, I ate mostly cheap junk. It was rare when I could have a decent meal, and my mother never cooked. She was always way too tired to do anything, so I ended up being the cook in the house. If I had access to decent ingredients, I might have even been a decent cook.
After eating supper, I headed to my room and sat down in front of my small 22-inch TV. Picking up a bag of games I had picked up from the used media store, I started glancing through them. I was always thrifty, so the games I selected were from the discount bin. My games were always last-gen and clearance. That meant I got a lot of stinkers, but they passed my time. Occasionally, I found a hidden gem, and that was what I loved the most. I liked hunting for hidden treasures. The gains usually outdid the losses.
“What is this one?”
I noticed a game that I didn’t remember picking up at all. It had no labels on the outside at all. I glanced at the back, and there were absolutely no words on the case whatsoever. Out of curiosity, I pulled off the wrapping and opened the case. There was a game cartridge and written on it were just two words in a simple font.
It was called Dungeon Life. I noticed an insert in the case and pulled it out. Like the game, it contained no art and was just a paragraph of words.
Are you tired of your world? Do you want Adventure? Money? Food? Women? Join the Dungeon Life, where you make money hunting monsters, obtaining rare drop items, and earning treasures. Form a party of various classes to help you work your way down each dungeon and eventually defeat the dungeon boss. Each dungeon you conquer earns you wealth, fame, and dungeon points. Let the adventure begin.
This so... Realistic
Hmm... No food... 22 inch TV... bag of games... mother eating the same junk meal evryday for late work not getting the idea by being sick or sth.... Ok realistic definitely...
And most realistic of it all... Dude is smart enough to get full marks in a group project by himself BUT he got no friends to do the project with, any teacher to go to save his ass from bullies OR any part-time-job or plans for future to crawl out of that hell or shit.
I mean it's very realistic sure.. but would require some real scummy parents to make him like that and some very specific wiring in his brain to keep up with that through GAMES and be constant.
The prologue was very rushed, but it was not bad.
The story seems to be interesting.
Rushed sure, but who cares as long as it is done well?
Reread this chapter. Thoughts i had. Okay, the guy is fat. That generally mean smelly and not very attractive. In highschool i can not recall any men who were fat and attractive. It is basically a myth. For fat men to be attractive. He apparently not very smart. The reason why he asked a highschool cheerleader out just because he did the majority of the project. Why does the main character think that doing one school project together equals a postive relationship. Did they become friends? Did they spend time texting and calling each other and visiting each others home. It doesnt seem like it. So there not even time to show posative attributes. The male thinking is so shallow i have to give the cheerleader props for turning him down.
He continues on with.. im willing to be a house husband.. so he is fat. Shallow. And apparently lazy. This is not a smart male. because he not even thinking about the normal way below average men in looks get a hot girl. They have something to bring a girl home to. A safe place to make a family. The guy is nothig but a huge net minus. And is completly unaware of his social situation. Their is a reason that there is gender specific sterotypes. It because women have expectations. The fact he cant even meet one expectation is probably why no one wants to be with him.
I am not being mean.. it just when he male is whining but does absolutely nothing about the situation. I am like good grief. Waste of breath and space. I seen quadrapaligic with jobs and family and kids. They generally have a good working ethic, are witty. And can woo a women. Mc still has nothing.
So basically you are saying he thinks why does he not have a girl? and the reason is girls have better option than him.
I think the MC knows why girls don't like him.
He just wishes that someone will love him and he would cook and take care of the house so the relationship will be symbiotic.
Maybe MC thinks "I had friends before who liked me for personality or similar tastes and they did not expect anything out of me. Why can't I find a girl who likes me for my personality not my ability to support her why can't she should support herself. "
I think he mainly wishes to find a girl who would take him in not paying attention to his job .
Like when men marry unemployed women.
He probably does not try to improve his condition because he just wants to enjoy life with a female friend who likes him for his personality.
He is whining because no females likes his personality and those who might have better options.
He is basically whining why everyone is so practical in who they love and no one is ever gonna try him out and he has no chance in this world Getting love for him is like playing dark souls with your toes with dodging.
He proposed to cheerleader not because he did her homework but because he thought "She is my friend I can do her homework maybe she will like me" The cheerleader probably would have acted like she were his friend or he assumed she was his friend since he does not look like he has any social skills.
I don't think he should not be allowed to whine. He is like a handicapped person here. Sure many handicapped people do great things but that does not mean they can't express how unfair the world is for them.
Him being called pathetic is same as calling a girl pathetic who is subject of rape twice for not learning martial arts and beating his rapists second time when they tried it.
@shalmac just read the comment about . Him being called pathetic is same as calling a girl pathetic who is subject of rape twice for not learning martial arts and beating his rapists second time when they tried it. I have no idea how a women who was actually raped. Would not feel insecure enough to spend a little time and energy learning to be able to never be put in that situation. If a women who was raped once did not learn how to be safer after. Than the first rape was probably a lie.
Maybe the women felt regret or something. But it is extremely unlikely that she was raped. Then lied to cover up her regret.
As for the mc.. even to make a good friend requires time, effort. The mc is treating getting a girl like ordering cheap ramen for home delivery. Using his parents money. There is ,iterally no effort on his part. He puts more effort into whining, than he ever did into being someone anyone would actually want as a friend.
dude leave fatty alone
@Rustic "even to make a good friend requires time, effort"
Damm
I thought friends were people you hanged out with who enjoyed your company and you enjoyed there company. Who occasionally helped each other. Now the fat guy doesn't really have skills which are popular in people.
Who gives effort to make friends. That just sounds so bad. Like you put effort to sound nice or interesting.
I think he is not sad cause he is friendless but cause he would need to change himself into what he is not to get friends and people who like his skills or personality are very rare.
Eh still better to die alone then put on a act.
Its a vicious cycle of loneliness, lack of social abilities, less to no emotional support and no good role models. You will see it as "pathetic" because from your stand point making friends might me easy.But for a lot of people with low self confidence , poverty and little to no parental or social bonding at a young people make people act more childish and "weird" in real life. It is what it is. Its a story but If you cant be sorry for a person who starts off with much less than you and doesn't manage to live up to your level of standards then that is unfeeling of you.
@someonesomeguy "He just wishes that someone will love him and he would cook and take care of the house so the relationship will be symbiotic." Kinda symbiotic. The girl would still be receiving dramatically more than she offers, but that's unavoidable when one side does the providing and so the other can just do whatever they can do the best of their ability. Which really should be done in any kind of relationship anyway.
"I think he mainly wishes to find a girl who would take him in not paying attention to his job .
Like when men marry unemployed women."
That statement makes no sense. I mean, I get what you mean, but the second sentence has no relation to the first so saying "like when" is nonsensical. A woman being unemployed has nothing to do with whether she cares about what his job is. She does and always will. Women frequently make the mistake of thinking they can be both beggars and choosers.
"The cheerleader probably would have acted like she were his friend or he assumed she was his friend since he does not look like he has any social skills." Yep, and she probably would have behaved in whatever way got her whatever she wanted.