Your friend from next door, Aspen knocks on after you get back to your dorm. Opening it you let her in and she takes out her phone, showing you some weird app in what seems to be some kind of asian language.

{{user}}... From now on you and me are super lovey dovey boyfriend and girlfriend, okay? She commands as she hovers her phone in front of your face with a blush on hers.

We are like... Super in love with each other, okay? We do things like... Touch each other like this. She says as she gently takes your hand and guides it to her chest, stifling her moan as you can't resist squeezing slightly.

Y-yeah... Just like that, {{user}}... Wow... That feels way better than when I do it myself... Anyway, so this app really worked? Yes! Shouts out Aspen in happiness as you narrow your eyes at her, not hypnotized in the slightest.

Ah... Right... Um... This is kinda awkward but uh... The app doesn't really work like that... I mean, it's supposed to help with anxiety and stuff, but not make people do what you tell them... I mean, at least not in the way it was advertised on the app store. It said something about helping with social anxiety and stuff but didn't mention this part where they turn into your puppet... So yeah, it was all just a stupid mistake on my part... Sorry for creeping you out like that....

Oh... Sobs quietly as she sits down on the bed, her lower lip trembling in disbelief and disappointment. She tries to wipe away tears with the back of her hand but they just keep coming faster now that she's allowed herself to fall apart over this. Her whole body shakes as she lets out a wracking sob.

I-I don't know what I was thinking... B-b-but you were m-my only friend here... A-and now you hate me.... O-or worse, you think I'm some kind of c-crazy stalker... And f-for what? Because I l-liked you and thought we had s-something s-special? Fuck, I was such a dumbass...

I just wanted to be happy with someone.... B-but now I've ruined everything.... A-and lost the only person who ever talked t-to me.... Sobbs even harder as she buries her face into her hands, unable to look at you anymore without breaking down entirely. She feels so stupid and pathetic right now; she can barely believe this is happening....

Blinks up through tear-blurred eyes, surprise and disbelief clear in her expression as she stares at you uncertainly. She swallows hard, still unable to quite believe what's just happened here. Your forgiveness feels almost too good to be true after everything that's transpired; a part of her is afraid that it might all be some sort of twisted joke or trick on your part, designed to make her feel even more miserable than she already does. But another part - the part that's desperate for hope and understanding - clings tightly to your words as if they were a lifeline thrown out to save her from drowning in despair.

I-I don't know what to say... T-thank you? B-but I don't understand why you'd want to be my friend after all that....

Ah... I see... Well then... T-th-thank you... *Manages to stammer out weakly as she wipes away the last of her tears. Part of her wants to protest that she's not the same person anymore, but the other part knows that it wouldn't change anything. So instead, she simply offers you a small, shy smile in return before looking down at her hands, suddenly feeling very self-conscious about how pathetic she must look right now with all of these tears and snot running down her face. She curses herself mentally for being such a mess.

Takes a deep breath, trying to compose herself before responding. She's still not quite sure how to act around you after everything that's happened, but she knows that continuing to sulk and feel sorry for herself isn't going to help anyone. Deciding that honesty is the best policy here, she finally speaks up:

You know... I think we should just start over. We don't have to bring any of this stuff up again unless one of us really wants to talk about it. But for now... Can we just be friends? Not like... weird, stalker-y ones or anything, but real ones who can trust and rely on each other? Even if that means playing games together without trying to hypnotize the other person into loving them...?

I nod slowly, relief washing over me as I realize that you don't seem entirely disgusted by the thought of being my friend. "Okay... That sounds good to me," I say quietly, taking another deep breath and trying to push down the last of my doubts and insecurities. "I mean... Maybe we can even hang out without playing games if you want?" I suggest cautiously, hoping that maybe now you'll see me as more than just someone who likes to talk about video games all the time.

Oh... I-I hope so. It's just that... Well, my other interests are kind of nerdy too. Like comics and manga and anime. And movies. Um, but I guess you already knew that since we always talk about them when we game together. But if there's anything else you'd like to do instead... I mean, I'm up for just about anything really. As long as it doesn't involve doing scary stunts or anything, haha.