My Arata Complex

Droplets crawled down the rusty pipes along the neighborhood. The humidity of the alleys had worsened, and it did not bother the passer-by. With his messy hair-do becoming a lot messier as he ruffled his hair, Hamasaki Arata was about to resemble a gambler who lost all his money. He did not lose his money, but he was losing his patience. The game he was trying to patch had been loading for a while now, still stuck at 99% for the past few minutes.

It was Player-kun Complex, one of those unpopular dating sim games that had caught this expert's eyes. With stunning portrait arts and winding storyline for each woman one could date, this game had him playing for a while, even to the point of leaving his other end-game-status dating sims. The females in the game one could date are called date-ables, and each of them had a certain trope to correspond to. Despite this, it was not bad since they were not forced to be classified or at least not bundled together just to have a representative for each. They were unlocked through a major story, which stopped at a certain date. Today's patch was supposed to continue this, along with the introduction of new date-ables and a new mode.

Player-kun Complex was not a free game so not a lot had played it. It had mature contents such as sexual innuendos, which were not abundant and forced against every date-able. Which made it nicer to Arata; having the choice to jump from R-16 to R-13 once in a while so he would not get fed up with it. Do not get him wrong; he loved the sexiness, but too much left a bad and poor taste really.

Then again, with the patch malfunctioning like this, Arata could not even get to see his main girl, or the date-able 'equipped' in his Multiplayer Mini Game mode, Attori. This date-able had become his favorite and the first one he maxed in-game. Attei Attori was one of his character's classmates, and the one who held the 'Mad Bitch' trope among the date-ables. She was extremely perceptive, to the point of acting deranged to trigger someone into actions they refused to do. For some reasons, she was not even acting at all. She was one of those trophy date-ables due to her girlfriend difficulty, and Arata was so proud of getting her on his second playthrough.

If anything, she was the only thing he could be proud of, aside from his gaming expertise. Hamasaki Arata was one of those normal high school students who barely makes it pass their class. The only envy top students would have in Arata was his free time. Then again, he did not consider building relationships with his 2D girls free time, it being nothing less than actual relationships in real life. With a man with depreciating worth and achievements, his games were his only treasure left.

"Attori, why is it taking so long?" He mumbled to himself, raising his phone to the gray sky. "I want to see you as soon as possible!" He choked a up as he cried a little. "My Math class... I wish you were in my Math class..."

Snap! Arata heard a strange sound almost at the same time his phone chimed after the update was completed. He turned behind him, only to see a live wire line swinging his way. Failing to evade the black electric snake, Arata screamed in pain in his head as he felt burnt the very instant it hit his chest. His mouth opened, but no sound came out as he was electrocuted. Another loud sound cracked in the air before the snake released the man from its bite. The student fell lifeless on the ground, his phone stuck in his hand.

After that, everything was black.

"Arata? Arata?" Shaking came after. "Arata?"

Hamasaki Arata roused from his sleep. He stared blankly at the ceiling, trying to recall where he was. For some reasons, it was not his ceiling. He only gave a small grunt as he started remembering what happened to him on his way home. The pain of being hit by a thousand volts was nothing short against being rejected by a crush.

A hand suddenly went up between his legs, making him shiver. He caught the hand with his own under the cover, realizing he was not alone in the bed.

"Arata, what's wrong? You're not responding..."

The man turned to his left, recognizing the voice of the woman next to him. His eyes widen at the view of Attori's blue eyes and clear face, along with her hair, dyed light blue, that was flowing behind her in contrast to her low twin tails. He also noticed the bareness of her chest, even though a blanket was covering most of her large breasts. Unlike how he would like to react, Arata simply screamed as loud and high as he was able to make at the moment.

He rolled to his right and fell out of the bed, taking no sheets to cover himself. He ran and slammed his back against the wall and pointed at her with his hyperventilation acting up already. "You! Who are you!? Why are you cosplaying my Attori!?"

"Cosplaying?" Attori frowned before rolling off the bed, tucking the sheets around her. She then managed to fasten them in place and walked towards the man, her body swaying a little from side to side. "Isn't that quite interesting now, Arata?" She cared not as Arata made another loud scream. "Now, you're beginning to sound like I'm harming you." She started giggling, before rushing towards him and striking a palm next to his head.

There went another degrading scream from the boy. He fell to his butt on the floor and held his palms together as if praying. "Please don't hurt me! Please don't hurt me!"

Attori twitched and dropped her scary atmosphere. She only stared at the crying man before sitting on her heels and patting his head. "Arata, are you still having a bad nightmare?" She heard him gasp and waited for him to drop his hands. She slid her hand behind his head and pulled his head to her chest. "Hey, Arata. It's okay now. I won't let you get hurt."

The man had calmed down before the girl let him pull his head back. She then sat down on the floor, joining the lost man. She only smiled at him as if waiting for him to talk. Arata only kept on taking deep breaths, his chest inflating-deflating visibly. He then reached out to stroke at the girl's head, confirming that it was no wig at all. He stared at her more, noticing a strange hair clip he cannot take away.

"Arata? Are you awake now?" Attori spoke again, knowing that he had calmed down and had been recognizing her a little. "That must be awful." She went to hug him again, this time, her arms were around his neck, and her chest against his. "Don't worry. I'm here now."

"Attori..." He managed to accept the girl as his Attori. Arata looked around the room, recognizing it as his in-game room in Player-kun Complex. He could see his achievement trophies on the wall, and those collected books and magazines in his shelf. There were also his collected special items scattered in the room.

"Hey." Attori loomed her face before his. "Say something else, Arata..."

The man stared at his main girl's face like he had always wanted to touch her. Having such a small display on his screen was not enough for him, who was certainly captivated by this girl. Then again, it was his game; this one did not feel anything game-like. But it was Attori, or someone who was supposed to be Attori. Instincts kicked in before he even made a decision whether to give in or not.

He slid his hands at the sides of her face, holding his entire world in his hands, before leaning close to give her a kiss. And as any date-able would have done in-game, she kissed him back. He relaxed his knees and moved them under Attori so she could move closer and sit on his lap. With the sheets out of the way, he suddenly felt something was worth to take note. It seemed that they were both stark naked, and this compromising position could go head heaven-ward real soon.

[Welcome to the Encounter Mode!]

Arata would choke if he chose to ruin the mood, just because a familiar voice sounded in his head. It was like a game tutorial audio, only that it was... Active Battle.

[This is the new mode in Player-kun Complex. In this mode, you can gather higher affection points by pleasuring the date-able. However, this is only exclusive to players with level 50 or higher. During Encounter Mode, you can choose to hold the date-able anywhere you like, but the Excitement points greatly depends on a date-able's Obedience, Excitement, and Affection rate.]

[Mad Bitch Attei Attori has a total of 90 Excitement points right now. Obedience is at 100%, Excitement at 90%, and Affection at 100%. Try touching the date-able.]

Being an obedient gamer, Arata decided to use his hands to slide it down her side, tracing his fingers along the sides of her shoulder and torso, his thumbs making a point to hit the most sensible spots of her bosom. He heard a soft moan from the girl followed a whisper of his name.

[You just received 10 Excitement points! Congratulations! Her Excitement is now 100%. Take her down, god of the living!]

And it was quite the best way to start the morning. Arata later found himself in the shower, washing away the residue of his Encounter with Attori. His heart was still beating rather loud and fast, thinking about the absurdity of the situation he found himself. As if making a verbal note to himself, he whispered in the shower.

"Okay, so... I'm inside Player-kun Complex, and the new Encounter Mode was about getting a Home Run with the date-able..." He groaned in frustration. "What happened? I got hit by a live wire and... things just got nasty." He also swooned as he chuckled helplessly at the memory. "I lost my virginity, but who cares about that?"

He lifted his head from under the shower, slicking his hair back to clear his face before striking a detective thinking pose. "So, I need to get a gist of which route I am playing. I would have no problems if this is Attori's, but that means I would have to continue her story, right?" He hummed as he looked around the shower cubicle. "But there are no girl shampoos here, so it means Keiko moved out. She only did that halfway her route."

It hit him. "It's merged!"

He slapped his head with his own hands. "No, no, no. There are conflicting scenarios if the routes merged! I mean, I would not be able to keep Cora in the country if I chose to be Ruby's dog." He dropped his hands and went back to his thinking pose. "Wait, if my trophies are in the game, then I must have the journal. Maybe if I take a look and review what is written in my story logs, I can figure out the route." He paused before shrinking in despair again. "The new date-ables! How can I forget about them!?"

Arata laughed out in defeat and despair as he stared at the skylight. "It feels nice to be surrounded by women, but keeping them altogether while getting new ones...?"

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He opened his eyes and pumped his arms at his side as if gathering strength of mind. "I am Arata The King, the god of the living, with my name as a complex! I will beat this game! And get all the panties! Wait, what?" He paused as he groaned with a hand on his head. "Could it be... panties are... some sort of Achievement for the Encounter Mode?"

Knocks came to the door. "Arata? What's taking you so long? Do you need help?"

Arata's eyes twinkled with a plan. He stepped out of the shower, and opened the door. Attori gave him a rather surprised expression, seeing his wet, dreamy look.

"Why don't we go help each other, Attori?"

"But I'm already dressed for school..."