Great, now I will have to make him wait and possibly get many messages from him that I won't even reply to anymore. How could I? I told him that we would meet, and now I won't even go there. Can there be any other way?
No, what am I saying? If I leave the house, who knows what will happen to me. Classmates may bump into me and recognize me, and then I will be forced into talking with them. Or even worse, a teacher may end up seeing me and ask what I do now, what school I chose, and what I will be doing.
This is really bad. I don't want to go outside at all, but yet I told DoctorVader to meet up with me. Ahhh, this is getting too annoying.
takes a deep breath
Nah, this didn't help me at all. Somehow there gotta be something… oh yes, maybe I can just send a small robot there, like in those MeTube videos that introverts use. As if I have any remote-control robot in my house. They gotta be expensive… though it is not that bad of an idea to have one. I can't have one. Think, brain, think.
sees hour
Huh? It's 12 pm already? Where did time pass so fast?! I wish I had a time machine to control time, so I could stop the clock whenever I see a person getting near me, so I could get away from them. That is the only safe way to leave the house without meeting anyone unexpectedly.
Time machines aren't even invented. The remote robot is too expensive even if I would find one. Hmm… I don't even know what to do anymore. Is there any hope for me?
Why am I so scared of going out? No, it's not that I am afraid of going out or leaving the house. The problem lies in the people that may unexpectedly show up. Even though it's a short distance, they may eventually pop out of nowhere. I know that even if I make every possible scenario, they would ruin it and create a new one.
How? I tried every day going to school to run multiple scenarios of what would happen, yet there was always a new one that I didn't anticipate.
night breeze comes through the window
Ah, the night is so beautiful! No people, no animals… huh, well there are some animals, but the street is empty and free from people passing, or cars passing around.
realizes
Wait?! Now there isn't a single person on the road, so that means… if I had told DoctorVader to meet earlier, now I could meet him without the problem of other people popping out of nowhere. Shit, why didn't I think of it?!
Wait, keep the thought. Yes, midnight went by, but there is still morning. Maybe I can just meet him at 3 am. Yes, that is what I need. No people walk out at 3 am, right? Of course, what are they, fools?
Ah, finally, now I can sleep peacefully and wake up at 3 am.
falls asleep
While Lui thinks that he has found the perfect solution for the problem he has about the meeting, he has forgotten the most important thing: the time was never specified during the conversation between him and DoctorVader, which leaves uncertainty about when the meeting will happen. Will Lui be able to meet DoctorVader without even telling him the time beforehand, or will the early morning meeting still have people on the road?
3 am
I-I gotta wake up…
while Lui is used to sleeping late, even up to 5 am, he has never, ever woken up this early in his life, so he is tired and exhausted
I really gotta wear something that will cover me even if anybody shows up.
reaches for a mask
As if I could even get out of the house with this. What am I, an anime protagonist? Wearing this?!
throws the mask on the ground
Huh, let's just go. This will be over fast. I will just see him, then enter his house quickly. I will be wearing a blue hat, just like DoctorVader will be doing.
Wait?! Did I tell him about the hour of the meeting?!
checks past messages
Nooo, I didn't even tell him the hour, yet he agreed without a complaint. Are we both fools?!
What can I do now? I thought I would leave and get into his house quickly, but if he isn't even outside, then me going out will be all for nothing.
messages him
lonerotaku-v1p: I will be coming to meet with you right now, prepare please since I can't stay outside for too long.
closes phone
Now wait, should I wait for him, or try to send more messages so he notices his phone? Could he even be sleeping at this hour? I mean, of course he would be sleeping.
Hmm, this hour is really good. I think I have never thought about it before, but even I can leave the house like this… though I don't have any intention of leaving it for nothing.
new message notification
It's here!!!!
message from DoctorVader
doctorvader: Yo, sure, I am awake. I was just finishing work up. I am showing up right now. Don't forget the blue hat one.
closes phone
W-working?! He works at this hour? What work is this, slave labor? Oi, I don't have time to guess his job. I better hurry up and leave. I don't want to ruin everything now.
goes downstairs
Heh, not even my parents have left the home. I better be quiet so they don't wake up.
cracking sound
I hate those sounds.
Okay, now the door is the only obstacle in my way.
tries to open but hesitates
Hmm… come on. I know it's been 5 or 9… I don't know, it's been a lot of months since I haven't left home, but I don't have time to hesitate now. I really wanna know who DoctorVader is, even though I am scared of going out and leaving the house.
opens the door and leaves home for the first time in 7 months without taking even one step outside
Ah!! What is the sun doing outside now?! I haven't been taking any sunlight. I feel like a vampire like this.
hides his face by putting the hat lower
Okay, now let's go! Ah! Ah! What is this now?
sweating from moving
I can't even move now. My legs, come on, do your thing. I have to get to him now.
watches around
I knew it, there is literally no person outside at this hour. I feel like the chosen one like this.
goes from his house into the neighbor's home
So here it was that DoctorVader said? So where will he be coming from? It gotta be underground or some other location, right?
watches from all sides
Hmm, I don't see him anywhere.
a voice can be heard
Oi, oi, oi… are you "lonerotaku-v1p"?
Lui hears the voice and feels like he has heard it before
This voice… I have definitely heard it before… but where is it coming from?
turns to the direction of the voice and sees DoctorVader
Yo, so you are lonerotaku, right? I could tell from the blue hat!!
Lui doesn't say a word