NEETS
Chapter 3: The Self-Colonist

"would you be my girlfriend?"

a woman suddenly said that right at the beginning I entered SMK. Because of panic I immediately pulled Khoi who was beside me a little away from the woman.

"how is this boss Khoi? I have absolutely no experience with women. let alone her suddenly asking me out?" ask me to Khoi while whispering.

"eee.. I also do not know.if not wrong the girl's name is Joints.he's a 10th grader is also the same as us. only he's a child majoring in electricity. it seems like he is quite famous among 1st grade children" Khoi replied.

"how should I go?" ask me again

"yes it's up to you, do as much as possible" after saying that Khoi immediately encouraged me. as if encouraging me to answer the woman's question.

I approached the woman again and looked her in the eyes.My cheeks immediately blushed red and in my heart said "astaga..he is so sweet.is this beautiful girl really like me".

awkwardly I said "eee... If you're not mistaken your name is Joints, right?"

"Yep, it's true that you're Arya right?" answer the woman.

"be, look at Sen, we don't know each other yet.how about starting from just friends first.yeah we just talk to each other first about us. yes if it fits yes we continue."

after I said like that Joints looked a little pouty. After that he also said "well if you want it like that. But I have a request. I ask this week we take a walk. let's get along with each other and keep up" she said like that in a slightly seductive tone.

"ba, okay".

after the incident the day passed so quickly and the school time was over. The time I was working part-time. I happened to work today at the cafe near my school.Yes, yes, cafe gaming is quite famous in the region.and from here also I began to know the online game MMORPG. happens to be the game that was again famous at that time was Monster Nest. at least on the sidelines of my work at the cafe I like to play that game.

this cafe is actually a 24-hour cafe but I work here from 4 pm to 10 pm. Because I am so busy I sometimes also do PR on the sidelines of work.

today exactly at 9 pm there is a PVP event for the MMORPG game Monster Nest. with a fairly large prize. which is about 1 rupiah for the winner.

actually there is a reason why I can be accepted in this gaming cafe. back then I was with Khoi happened to want to find a side job near here. tired of looking, I ended up playing the game Monster Nest about 1 hour and the cafe keeper saw it. And he said I have the ability. eventually he hired me at his cafe as well as his cafe representative if there is a competition.

back to the competition.

I started to log into my account with the name of the character initialed "R" (read Ar). after I logged in. immediately many comments on the game homepage.

"hey, look at that R"

"that's R"

"he's in the competition too?"

"a great gamer like him enters the competition.it will be a very interesting race"

that's more or less their words. It's true I'm not too famous in the real world and look like a plain kid but if the game problem I'm not playing around.

long story short I won the competition event that day.and the prize money was directly transferred to my boss's account. There I got a 50% share of the prize.so 500k for me.

I think "Alhamdulillah pretty much 300. I can save to pay SPP because at school my scholarship is only free for building money, but monthly SPP must continue to pay. then the rest of the 200 I can take a walk with Joints next week.

a week goes by and it's time to walk the road with Joints this weekend.

yes we take a walk as usual, to the park, watch and then dinner.well although it looks short but it is quite memorable for me. but not for a long time.

the next day right at school.I want to be more familiar with Joints by inviting him to eat to the cafeteria.but when I approached his class I did not find it. when I asked one of his friends he said Jendi was with his Genk at the base behind the school.

I immediately thought "Genk?" I didn't think Joints had Genk. ah maybe more to a study group like him.

I went straight to the back of the school looking for him. Near the back of the school there was actually a small hut anyway.just I didn't know what it was for and I saw a group of women. about 5 people in the place were joking while smoking.Near that there are also Joints.

I wanted to get closer but I was afraid of bothering her so I just looked at her from afar.

after I noticed. one of his friends gave money about 100k to Joints. After that the joint looked very happy while wagging the money on his face he said.

"huahaha..you know how stupid that Aryan is. yes, it's like you said he was innocent. fooled just by a little seduction.luckily I got a treat to watch and eat last weekend."

"yes. yes, you are an expert in playing with men." answered one of the themes.

the break still lasted about half an hour longer.because the incident I immediately did not appetite.I still sat at one of the cafeteria tables while stirring the noodles I ordered.

suddenly Khoi patted me on the back.

"here you look. I've been looking for you everywhere you know" Khoi said while gasping for breath.

"..."

"hey don't be so moody why. oh yes, I want to tell you something. Please don't get close to Joints. I just found out that he's not a good person" said Khoi

"you're late boss Khoi. I already know everything." answered me who was still lethargic.

Joints, he is one of the members of Genk who is quite famous in my school area.His Genk name is Genk Nero. Genk which contains the girls of High School and SMK. Their work is so. using the men for their bets. although it is a bit long to be able to forget the incident I can finally forget it.

my SMK period was very short and did not feel I had graduated and started working in the capital with Khoi. only before working Khoi got married first.he got his soul mate when in SMK. he met his wife when the work of tourism.coincidentally that day there are from other schools that work one destination with my school.

me and Khoi work in the same company.just we have different places to live because Khoi has to live with his wife.my place of residence is also not so big but it is enough for myself. khoi and I also work in different divisions.

the company where we work is the gadget department.I entered in retail marketing, while Khoi as part of stock checking and warehouse.

in my time working, technology has been getting more advanced.people every day only focus on their gatget.even many who do stupid things just for the sake of fame on social media. even so my goal remains one in this modern world that is gaming.

my job salary is quite large even though for several years of work I finally have a PC that can be said to be quite capable to play games. and here sometimes after work I like to spend my time for games competitions that are famous again.such as Wota 2, Fun N Fantasy XIV, the legend of link and much more.

about 3 years of work I began to be promoted as the head of a retail store.I was the youngest head of the store at that time.at the age of 20 years, but it made a stand against my seniors. every time I saw them they looked like they didn't like me and looked cynically at me. I just didn't care about it. Until one day I suddenly received a warning letter from my boss.

the letter said that I was fired when I asked why, the bosses just kept quiet and when I asked the other employees they just said "don't know". even Khoi my true best friend could not say anything back then and instead chose to avoid me.

that's when I started not trusting anyone anymore. First I was still trying to apply for another job at another company.but the result was nil. because my bad record was actually a slander. other companies don't want to accept me. They're afraid the same thing happens again, even though I've explained everything they still won't listen to me.

even the neighbors near where I live began to say strange things behind me.

"look at that, unemployment".

"yes, I heard he applied to many places but was not accepted."

"yes, he's a criminal, a corrupt, so fired from his company"

"does he have any friends? kasian once, already unemployed. don't have any friends anymore."

because I was fed up with it all. I finally decided to lock myself in my residence and not accept guests anymore. to buy daily necessities. and for the living expenses I get from the gaming competition.

at least it was only in the game that people accepted me and idolized me as the genius gamer R.

I don't know how long I've been doing my life as a confinement.I don't care about the outside world anymore until I don't know what happened until now. Khoi also went to my house many times he apologized to me and kept telling me to leave the house, but I didn't care about it anymore.

one day someone came to my place in a very neat suit.that person knocked on my door many times.I first let it go. but the man still did not want to go and kept knocking on my door for about 1 hour. Because I was upset I finally opened my door.

"yes sir, can you help?" I came out with such a pathetic look.I only wore t-shirts and color and messy hair and eyes that were marsupial and slightly blackened like panda eyes.

politely the man replied. "so sir, are you really Arya?"

"yes sir, why?" my answer.

"i've been told by someone sir to deliver this package to you."

"package? if the sender's not clear I don't want to apologize sir". I immediately closed the door.but the man held my door with his foot.

"with a heavy heart I can not accept your refusal, Mr. Arya, or can I say the genius gamer R"

hearing the words of that person I was immediately shocked.because I never revealed my identity as a genius gamer to anyone. why can this person know?

"si, who are you?"