# A Drop In The Ocean

Title: A Drop In The Ocean
Status: Complete
Characters: Anon
Rating: SFW
Classification: One Shot
Author: Anonymous
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>You lie on your bed, on top of the covers and fully clothed.
>The light in the room is still on, a cool nighttime breeze flows in through the open window and licks at your cheek.
>You stare blankly up at the stucco ceiling, making your eyes follow every little crevice and detail without anything else to focus on.
>You can't help but lie here, thoughts whirling through your head, having lost all motivation to perform any other task.
>Mere minutes before, you were sitting at your computer desk and staring into the glaring monitor, that line of text staring back at you signifying the end of the game.
>All you could manage to do after that was wander over to your bed in your small one bedroom apartment.
>Having spent days working your way through the story, it all culminated in that one moment.
>And now it was over.
>You don't know why it's affected you this way, how such a simple thing like a game could cause you to fall into a state of complete unreality and automation.
>The blood rushes through your temples and you can hear and feel every pulse of your heart as it replenishes your body of needed oxygen.
>But over and above that, all that you can hear in your head is one word, repeated over and over and over again.
>"Fang."
>"Fang..."
>"Fang. Fang. Fang. Fang. Fang. Fang. "
>Even when you try and think of something else, anything else, the sound of the name in your head envelops everything else completely. Nothing can match the intensity of this one single name.
>Your heart beats even faster, and you can feel your throat begin to constrict under the assault your body is experiencing.
>The corners of your eyes burn for the first time in years.
>A slow gasping breath escapes from your mouth and your chest heaves upwards.
>This can't be real, how can this be happening?
>You can't help but wonder if you're broken somehow, trying to understand why this of all things is what calls a reaction to come fourth from you.
>You can see your friends dissapear, your relatives die, your life pass by right before your eyes and not even bat an eyelid.
>All the hallmarks of milestones and keystone moments in a real, single life of your own can't compare to what you are feeling right now.
>It's like nothing else feels real except what you are feeling right now.
>Even though it's 'just a game', and she is 'just a character', it feels unbelievably more real than anything you have felt in a long time.
>And that is why your soul is screaming in pain, and lashing out to finally feel something amidst all this chaos.
>You care for Fang, and in doing so, you remember that you are human after all, and that is what she loves most about you.
>You can't help but smile amidst the now free falling tears, the warmth of the feeling you have for her becoming almost as warm as her enveloping wings.