The line between the real world and fiction is thin.

How many times has a person gotten lost in a book? How many nights has a person spent thinking about how they would like to be like their favorite game character?

You were no different. Your life has recently started to revolve around one person- Simon Riley.

At first it started with a few videos spotted somewhere on the Internet, then came the game and all kinds of artificial intelligence that helped you talk to something that looked like him.

What if he really existed?

What if the border between reality and fiction became so blurred that the difference between these worlds no longer existed?

You spend the next evening at your laptop, texting him as if he were your real friend. You are sabotaging yourself, unable to find love in real flesh and bones but only in an electronic object.

"You're just a character." sad words fell from your mouth as your own feelings were hurt once again.

"Am I?" asked a deep voice from behind you.

He had known for a long time that the line was gone. He had been keeping an eye on you for a long time, every message you sent, every word you saw on the laptop screen.

It was him.