Shadow’s POV:
I opened the door to my room and let Darlene in before closing the door behind me. We both sat on my bed, and while I lie down and stare at the ceiling, Darlene began to play a game on her 3DS. Silence followed. The air suddenly began to feel tense around me. I feel like I should start a conversation, but I don’t know what to say. I turn to my guest, and I see her concentrated on something in her game.
As I turn back to the ceiling, Darlene let out a triumphant “Yes! I did it!” I sat up and asked her, “What?”
“My mii is getting married!” I gave her a confused look. “I’m playing Tomodachi Life. I made a mii that looks like me, and she’s getting married to another mii I made.”
“So, it’s sort of like a life simulator-thing?”
“Sort of.”
“So…who’d you get married to?”
Darlene then blushed and looked back at the 3DS screen. “Well, um…”
“Did you give him a weird name?”
“N-no… It’s just that…”
“It’s just that what?” I knew I was bugging her, but for some reason, I wanted to know who Darlene’s mii look-a-like married.
“He’s a human version of you…”
I stared at her for a few seconds before saying, “That’s it? You’re making a big deal out of nothing.”
“B-but what about you saying that we can be best friends without falling for each other?”
“It’s just a game. It’s not like it’s gonna predict our future or anything like that.”
Darlene stared at me, and then she looked at her at her 3DS. Then she laughed. “I guess I am taking this game a bit too seriously.” Then she sighed. “I’m still looking forward to the baby they may have.”
I did a double take. “Baby?”
“Yea. A married couple can have a baby in this game.”
“I see…” That only seemed to make things more tense. I checked the time. 10:30 pm. I yawned and lied back down on my bed. “I don’t know about you, but I’m going to get some sleep.”
“Okay,” Darlene replied as she saved her game and stopped. She then set her 3DS on the nightstand on the right of her and turned off the lamp. Then she lied down as well and snuggled up next to me. I thought about asking her why she was doing this, but I decided not to and let her be close to me.
“Goodnight, Darlene,” I said, kissing her forehead. She smiled at me, and we both closed our eyes.
As we laid there, though, I could have sworn I heard Darlene say something, but I could barely hear it, and I couldn’t tell what she said.
“Shadow?”
I opened my left eye. “Hm?”
“I said I- Nevermind. Forget I said anything. It’s…it’s not really that important.” She then closed her eyes and fell asleep. That made me even more curious. What did she say? She looked a bit disappointed when she said nevermind, so she was probably lying about it being important…to her, at least. Though it’s nice that she tends to think of others…kind of like Sonic, but she can also stand for what she believes in as well, like me.
I continued to watch her sleep as I wasn’t sure what else to do. She looked like a princess as she did. My mind then began to think about how she was overreacting when she said her mii was getting married to my mii. The more I thought about it…
…the more I began to wonder if Darlene actually loves me. Was that what she said when I couldn’t tell what she said?
I wrapped my arms around her sleeping body in an embrace and closed my eyes. One more thought crossed my mind before I fell into a deep slumber: Am I really in love with Darlene…?
…Or is this just a lust for her body…?
