I Played Online Games With An Old Guy Reluctantly. But When I Meet Up With Him Offline, Surprisingly...
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00:00I'm Shota. I used to do nothing but study all the time.
00:05But one day, I got hooked on online games.
00:08I found good ways to gain experience and made strategies on my own and improved quickly.
00:14Sometimes, I needed a party for events, so I joined a guild.
00:18One day, when I was going to play the game as always...
00:21Gramps, you suck!
00:23You've got zero player skill! Give me a break!
00:27The guild had a bad atmosphere.
00:30An old guy was being berated in chat, one we used for conversation in the game.
00:35In this game, the player can create any character they want,
00:39and my character was a very normal-looking character named Shota.
00:44Most of the guild members were students, and their characters looked about the same age as me.
00:49Among us, there was an old guy character in our guild who stood out for being weak.
00:55I'm sorry!
00:58I think you guys are stepping over the line.
01:02I felt sorry for him as he apologized, so I stepped in.
01:06Oh, goody two-shoes, lol!
01:10Gramps is being defended by a youngster!
01:13After I tried to stop them, they got even more heated, and the flaming of the old guy got even worse.
01:19I was so disgusted that I took the old man outside the guild with me.
01:24It's best not to stay around people like that.
01:27I'm sorry! I'm not good with people.
01:31For a rugged-looking character, the old guy was surprisingly shy.
01:36Feeling that he was an honest guy and didn't seem like a bad person, I made a suggestion.
01:43Then...
01:45Do you want to party up with me from now on?
01:48Oh, is that okay?
01:50Since then, every time I logged into the game, I messaged the old guy.
01:55He told me that because he wasn't used to games, every time he partied up with people, he was always useless and got kicked out of the party.
02:02Every time it happened, he got hit with words like the ones I'd heard before, and he got depressed.
02:07He needs to be trained!
02:09So, playing the game around the old guy's level became a daily routine.
02:14Let's go over there today!
02:16Okay!
02:18Before I knew it, my life became centered around the old guy, and I started spending most of my time in the game with him.
02:25The old guy's name was S.
02:27The time I spent with S, who was honest despite his appearance, taught me the joy of teaching, even though I had nothing to show for myself except my studies.
02:36Hey, I went to school today, and...
02:39That sounds fun!
02:41I cherished the time I spent with S, who tried his best to listen and react to my mundane stories.
02:48One day, people decided to hold an offline party for the game we were playing.
02:53I didn't really feel like going, but...
02:56I'd like to thank Shota directly!
03:00S was really excited, so I reluctantly decided to go to the offline meeting.
03:06The day of...
03:07That old guy's coming too?
03:09He'll be the only old guy!
03:11He'll stand out!
03:13The other people in the guild were joking about the old man, who probably hadn't arrived yet.
03:18We were all around college student age, and if any old guy showed up, he'd definitely stand out.
03:24Though, I wouldn't discriminate or laugh at him as they did.
03:28The old guy wasn't strong or good at communicating with people, but he was a nice person.
03:35He was honest, and a good listener.
03:38Unlike people who would talk down about a member of their own guild.
03:43I guess people don't differ much between real life or in-game.
03:48While I was being fed up with them...
03:52Everyone let out a collective gasp.
03:55Apparently, a beautiful girl showed up at the offline party, and both the men and women made noise about it.
04:02Being a beautiful girl must be tough.
04:04Excuse me, please let me by.
04:08I watched her as if it were none of my concern.
04:11But surprisingly, the beautiful girl beelined right towards our guild.
04:16And then...
04:18Is Shouda here?
04:22Huh?
04:24Me?
04:26I was surprised she said my name.
04:28But then, she said an even more surprising thing.
04:32You're Shouda?
04:33It's me, S.
04:36S?
04:38The old guy character?
04:40That's right!
04:42She told me she was not good at socializing, and talking to people was hard for her.
04:47So that's why she started playing the game.
04:49The S in the character's name stands for Sana.
04:53She used to play a female character, but she got tired of being approached by men.
04:58So, she started using an old guy character.
05:02Then, everybody started attacking her.
05:05And just when she was thinking of quitting the game, she met me.
05:09You've always cared for me even though I'm not good at talking.
05:13If you don't mind, I'd like to be with you in real life too.
05:18Everybody yelled out,
05:19No way!
05:21But I told her how I felt.
05:24I always liked talking to you too.
05:27I'd love to be with you.
05:30We left the guild we belonged to and entered a new guild that was comfortable for both of us.
05:35Our communication skills improved too.
05:37Thanks to her, I also learned that teaching something to people can be as fun as studying.
05:43In games, S and I are good partners for each other.
05:47And in real life too, of course.
05:49We're dating.
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