Free End Online: Volume 3 by D. Wolfin, Vincent, Weakwithwords

news. Thankfully, it is showing something more pleasant.
    The reporter is discussing
the days events and all the valentine’s couples that have been seen around.
They even play footage of some big shot celebrities on a date that they thought
was secret.
    Fen looks at the two
holding hands and walking through a public place in my city of Taile, her eyes
intently fixed on the two.
    I can’t remember the names
of the two, but they apparently got together in a recent movie they filmed. I
try not to pay too much attention to the love life of celebrities, they seem to
change with every season.
    The scene skips two the
two having lunch, the man feeding the woman with food off of his plate.
    “I… I want… that!” Fen’s
eyes are glistening, still slightly red.
    It is a complete
turnaround from how she was before.
    “What?” I stare at Fen in
surprise.
    What does she mean she
wants that?
    “I want… that!” She
repeats herself, not looking away from the screen.
    Suddenly staring at me,
she pleads with her eyes.
    “F-fine. Let’s go back
t-to Grenton.” I cannot think of anything else to say. Somehow I can’t log out
and I know it has something to do with Fen.
    I have no trouble logging
back into End Online, reappearing where I left. Looking around me, I cannot see
Fen.
    ‘Of course, she will
return to where she left.’
    I now have Fen’s companion
status on the side of my vision so I know she is definitely here.
    I walk towards where she
left from, at the entrance to the city. Before I can even reach there she comes
strolling up to me through the crowd.
    She looks completely
refreshed as soon as she sees me.
    Without a moment’s
hesitation, her hand clasps mine, sharing its warmth. With her fingers
intertwined with mind, she starts pulling on me.
    “We… need to… eat.” She
has a charming smile while deciding what we will do.
    With her holding my hand,
my heart feels like it is skipping every second beat. Only, it is not out of
nervousness, but fear for this girl. I can’t shake the feeling that I am
dancing with true death.
    As we walk through the
crowd, countless players glance my way. I feel like a hundred jealous daggers
are pointed at my back from all the glares. I even hear a player murmur about
how did some guy like me get such a pretty girl.
    Looking around, there are
currently a lot of valentine’s couples around. But, none of the ladies can
match Fen’s beauty. Some of the male partners glance at her only to receive
morbid stares from the females.
    Fen stops suddenly and
turns to look at me, a slightly pouting look on her face.
    “Why… do you have… that
hood on?.. That guy… didn’t have… A hood.”
    “Sorry, but it doesn’t
come off.” I give a pained look, but it is difficult to see under the shadow of
the hood.
    “No!.. It must… Come off!”
Starting to mope, she reaches up and grabs the hood before I can react
    She exerts force to pull
it down, but the hood doesn’t budge an inch. After two tries, Fen gets
irritated by the fact that she can’t take it down.
    “Why… Won’t it… Come off?”
She stops pouting and gives it another pull, more serious than ever.
    She continues exerting
force on it, slowly getting stronger. Perspiration breaks out on her forehead
as she brings her other hand up to pull with both hands.
    A cracking sound emits
from the hood, followed by a blistering pain inside my head. A light floods my
vision, temporarily blinding me.
    The light fades, and I
glimpse a notification before it vanishes. Unfortunately, all I get to read is
the first line.
    WARNING!
    I wonder what it could
possibly be, but there is nothing I will be able to do about it now, I cannot
even leave virtual reality.
    As the pain in my head
begins to fade, I Slowly touch around my head. Feeling for the hood, only to
find it is not there.
    With my eyes widening in
disbelief, all the fear inside me vanishes before my shock.
    “W-W-What!?” I cry out.
    I eventually calm down
enough to