/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8930569
>Two years later, sophomore in high school
>Have a new group of friends, still into anime but a lot more low-key about it now
>Ride the bus to school every day because my parents work schedules don't allow for me to get a ride to school
>First day of school, head to the bus stop with my headphones in like normal
>Who else at said bus stop but PETER
>Hoping to ignore him but he recognizes me, immediately starts conversation
>Didn't really want to talk to him but there were only like three kids total at that bus stop, so casually talk with him
>It'd been a couple years, maybe he'd changed since then
>Still pretty weeby, but now claims to be an avid game collector
>Constantly talks about rare japanese only games that are expensive as hell online and that he can't get his hands on for whatever reason
>Deal with this as best I can for the beginning of the year, then my birthday rolls around
>"Hey anon, what do you want for your birthday? I can check some game stores near where I live if there's anything you specifically want
>Tell him that I've been looking for a copy of the original Digimon World game for PS1, but they never have it and it's over 300 dollars on Amazon
>"You're wrong, anon, that's more expensive than earthbound so there's no way it's that expensive or hard to find"
>make the mistake of inviting him to my birthday party because I'm trying to be friendly
>A few days before get a text from my friend
>"Hey anon, there's a guy who has a crush on you that I really think you should date"
>Goes on to describe Peter while insulting my previous boyfriend
>Salty, but politely decline because I don't want to be too mean
>Birthday party rolls around, generally a good time with a lot of close friends including Jasper
>Peter shows up, gives me a gift bag
>It's an NES with a couple Megaman games
>Kind of flattered, tell him thank you because I love Megaman and Megaman 2 was my favorite
>"It's no problem anon, that's the spare one
I never use
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