MC sat at the kitchen table in the clubhouse and drank a post workout drink. Sora was still awake from last night. She was finishing up some sort of quest in her game that caused her to yell every four or five minutes due to dying and having to start over.

“Why do you even bother with this stuff if it makes you so mad?” asked MC.

”Because it’s fun!” She said no sooner than letting out a grunting screech and punching the pillow next to her on the couch.

“Yeah… fun,” said MC with a raised eyebrow.

“Oh shut up. You wouldn’t get it,” said Sora, getting up and heading to the fridge. She opened it up and grabbed the carton of milk and drank straight from it.

“Sora, that’s not just your milk. We all drink out of it.”

“Yeah so?”

“Just… never mind,” he said, not feeling up to an argument. He just sighed and smiled.

“You’re funny, MC. You’re really a mysterious guy, you know. You always do this thing where you keep your thoughts to yourself even though I can tell there’s more you want to say.”

Sora’s insight shocked MC a little. “Despite how you usually are, you actually say some pretty interesting things sometimes,” said MC.

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“That’s why they keep me around. Well, that and my superhuman technology skills,” she said with a giggle and returned the milk to the fridge.

“Where’d you go this morning anyway? You look all sweaty. Did you already go and train with GM today?”

“No I went on a run with Aiko.”

“WHAT?” said Sora. “You were out with a girl?”

“Yeah. The same one that I went and got coffee with the other day.”

“You got coffee with her too? That’s like a date.”

“Yeah, some might see it that way. It was more like catching up with a friend after a long time apart.”

“So you know her from the past?”

“We grew up together. We were friends for a long time. She was my first crush.”

“I think I’m gonna puke,” said Sora.

“Oh come on, it's not all that mushy.”

“And do you like her now? Is she your girlfriend?”

“No it’s nothing serious like that,” said MC. “It’s just been nice to catch up and find someone that I can talk to about the past before things went south for me. She is beautiful though. I wouldn’t mind getting closer with her. I’m worried she might not feel the same though.”

“It’s worse than I thought,” said Sora, her face turning red. “I’m heading to bed,” she said and walked across the living room and into her bedroom. She slammed the door.

“Sora never sleeps in her room. She slammed the door too. What’s her problem?” MC said out loud.