Original date: February 3rd, 2025
November 29th, 2025.
One day, upon arriving in his home country all by himself, Lael was now at his apartment in Helsinki and began to study, until he finished them all for the day that he grabbed his phone to call his girlfriend Yara, who had just turned 18 last week and was living somewhere in France, an hour ahead of him, all by herself, through video chat.
She then picks up the phone, only for him to tell her “Hey Yara. I’ve been thinking about you the whole time, and I have something to tell you.”
“Tchini? (What?)”, she asked, in one of her native languages.
“Apparently, my parents… they own a land near a lake in a secluded forest near Rovaniemi, and I would love it if you just came with me there. Can I show you a picture of what it looks like?”
“Ok.”, she replied.
He then shows her a picture of his parents’ land, to her amusement that she wanted to go there as well.
And then, to her surprise, since his parents wasn’t there at their land that day, he offered to take her by the time she arrived in Helsinki so that he can show her what it’s like to live in the northern part of the country.
3 weeks later, upon arriving in Helsinki on her own, she saw him with a smile and hugs him in return.
“I’m back, Lael! I miss you very much.”, she said to him.
“Me too, Yara.”, he replied in return, and they kissed each other on the lips for a short while before letting go of each other and holding their hands.
And so, they started heading to the café whom they went to 4 months prior, where they had a great time drinking coffee before they headed outside after she paid the bills, until they arrived at the land, which was in a secluded forest near Rovaniemi, where it was snowing.
“Wow, what an amazing place.”, Yara said.
“I know, right?”, Lael replied.
He tells her a story about the place, dating all the way back to the 19th century, when his great-great-grandfather built two houses and a sauna for his family, including his future descendants, to live in for the years to come.
Upon entering the main house, they saw a frame of his great-great-grandfather, his great-great-grandmother and his great-grandmother.
“Who are these people?”, she asked him, to which he told her that they were his great-great-grandparents and his great-grandmother, who had passed away a long time ago along with hers, way before they were born.
“I see.”, she said.
After having a conversation, they left the main house to go to the second house, which was a summer cottage.
Inside the cottage, she gives him some of the licorice candy she had brought from France, and this eventually led to the two of them enjoying it, until he asked her if she can go take a sauna with him, and she agreed.
The two of them took a shower with each other, before heading for the sauna room.
While in the room, he grabbed a vihta to gently massage her back and this continued for several minutes, until she exited the sauna to take a shower before going back to the main house, wearing nothing but a towel on her body, with him following suit, although with nothing on himself.
Meanwhile, they were now in the master bedroom, with her towel now on the ground and the two of them facing each other.
Yara then tells Lael about a dream she had 10 months prior, which turned him on, to the point he wanted to spend the night with her.
To his surprise, she then tells him that she’s on her period that day and can’t do it with him.
Upon realizing what she was going through, he hugged and kissed her, reassuring her that it’s safe to do it during the time of the month.
They ended up spending time in the shower, with him putting a black towel on the bed after they were done showering, and the two of them cuddled each other that night.
The next day, the two of them headed to Rovaniemi, where he bought menstrual pads and chocolate for her and while on their way, they decided to stop by a nearby café to eat something for lunch.
Soon after, they went to a ski resort, where they began skiing for the first time, only for an hour, before they got out of the resort and headed south to the forest.
Arriving in the forest, they saw a camping van, and she asks him if she can drive the van, only for him to listen to her.
And so, Yara grabbed the keys to the van and Lael followed her to the van, before they drove off from the forest and left Rovaniemi in the middle of the night, in a long road trip, where they both ate their snacks while listening to metal music at the same time.
4 hours later, they arrived in Inari, where they saw the northern lights while sitting in front of a lake, which was what they both dreamed of the whole time, before they kissed each other on the lips.
Little did they knew, they would spend the next 5 days there, and within the next 5 days, she showed him some of the drawings she made about them being together and they went fishing and hiking as well.
Later, upon their return to Rovaniemi, while walking in the downtown, they ran into his friend Maksim, and he introduced her to him, as his girlfriend, before they parted ways with each other, as the couple headed back to the forest with the van.
There, they went to a sauna to forget about what happened during the past 5 days, before going back to the main house.
While in the house, he cooked dinner for the two of them.
After eating dinner, they headed for the shower, before heading towards the summer cottage.
While in bed, he told her “Remember our promise?”
“Of course, I remember our promise.”, she replied.
“Okay.”, he said back, and continued with “I’ll show you what it’s like to Netflix and chill.”
From that night on, she saw him as the love of her life, as they spent the night with each other every single day for the next 2 weeks.
2 weeks later, it was now time for Yara to go back to her home country, and Lael was sad to see her go again.
While at the airport, she hugged him for the last time, before parting ways with each other for a few years, as she was headed towards her plane to Paris.
Upon her return to her home island, she received a text from him, saying “It was great.”, along with a photo of the two of them standing next to each other, wearing winter coats.
2 months later, in January 2026, he was drafted to the military, and just like he had promised her 6 months prior, she received letters from him about how he’s doing every few days.
6 months later, he got discharged from the military and reunited with her over the phone.
In the end, several years later, they were now facing each other at a nearby mosque, wearing their wedding outfits and kissing each other, eventually having several children of their own.
Turns out, it was all a VR experience, as Yara removed her headset, realizing that she was now back in the real world, in February 2025.
“Wow, that was a roller coaster from the beginning to the end.”, she said to herself, and continued with “Only if I could find the love of my life, it’d be great. Oh well, I wish I could’ve travelled to Finland someday.”, before going to bed and starting a new day, like as if the events of the VR game she was playing the whole time never existed in real life.
The next day, after she got out of school that day, since her bus driver was late, Yara was sitting in front of the stairways, when her schoolmates Bruno and Yatomi noticed her and asked if they can accompany her to her house, and she agreed to their offer.
Little did they knew, while they were walking towards her home, they saw a man wearing black clothing and a black face mask, along with a black cap and sunglasses.
“Wawe de mbani? Wami cavu tsi ona wawe avant. (Who are you? I don’t remember seeing you before.)”, Yara said to the man in Shimaoré.
“Hé Yara, c'est moi Taneli, mais les gens m'appelle Lael à la place, donc appelle-moi par cette surnom au lieu de mon prénom actuel si te plait. (Hey Yara, it’s me Taneli, but people call me Lael instead, so please call me by that nickname instead of my actual name.)”, the man said back in French, before continuing with “Remember the game we played before, where we were lovers living in my country, right?”
Soon enough, she remembered the game and was shocked to find that the love of her life existed in the real world and wanted to be with her the whole time.
Eventually, while heading back home after her last class, an English teacher walked up to Lael and she asked him “Hello, what brings you here?”
“I just came here to be with the love of my life.”, he replied to her, who pointed her fingers at Yara and told him “You mean that girl over there?”
“Yes.”, he responded.
He then stared and smiled at Yara, who did the same to him, before telling Bruno and Yatomi if he can join them as well and they agreed to let him join.
Several minutes later, after parting ways with the two of them, it was now just the two of them walking in the stairs, headed for the entrance to her house.
Upon arriving at her house, the two of them exchanged their numbers, before kissing each other on the forehead and parting ways with each other.
Later that evening, she went back to the VR game she was playing the whole time, and she was now back in Helsinki, in the middle of the night.
She went to a nearby café to rest and drink coffee on her own, like as if nothing happened between her and the love of her life.
Just as she was about to forget everything that happened throughout the past several days, Lael walked and sat next to her table, putting his cup of coffee opposite hers.
“Hey, is that you, Lael?”, she asked him.
“Yes, it’s me, Yara. How is it going today?”, he replied.
“It was great, thank you.”, she said back.
After they were done drinking their coffee, the two of them paid their bills separately, and went outside of the café.
There, they went for a walk in the city.
As they stopped a few minutes away from a nearby bench, she removed her headscarf, revealing her black hair, while at the same time her own butterfly hairpin, turning her eyes from her usual dark brown to blue.
Lael then held Yara in his arms, before they danced with each other and smiled at the camera.
Later, she grabbed her headscarf and butterfly hairpin, before she sat next to him at the nearby bench, where they were now holding hands and facing each other.
“Yara, voinko... suudella sinua...? (Yara, can I… kiss you…?)”, he asked her in Finnish, while blushing.
“Okay, Lael.”, she answered, before putting her butterfly hairpin on her right hair, turning her eyes back to dark brown.
He kissed her, who then put her headscarf over them to avoid them getting caught, before eventually making out with her.
Turns out, it was all a dream the whole time, as she woke up in the middle of the night, in her bed, all alone, and she had no idea how it’s like to date someone outside of her dreams and VR experiences.
That is, until she heard someone knocking on the entrance door to her house, that she ran to the kitchen to grab a machete and headed towards the entrance of her house, in which she opened the door of her house, only to saw Lael waiting for her outside, calming her anger down.
“Oh, hey Lael, what brings you outside of my house?”, she told him.
“Since I missed seeing you a lot, I came here just for you.”, he responded to her.
Upon realizing his true intentions, which was to be with her, she ended up dropping the machete to the ground before heading back to her house, without saying a single word, throwing one of her slippers away.
He then grabs one of her slippers, before chasing after her, saying “Wait! You forgot this!”
Yara stopped by and he gave her one of her slippers back.
“Thank you, Lael.”, she said back to him.
“You’re welcome, Yara.”, he replied.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you about this, but the truth is… Rather than spending one night in Helsinki all by myself, I want to spend more time with you, not only in the VR world, but rather in the real world. Would you like to be my girlfriend for real…?”, he continued.
She changed her mind, and said “Of course, I would love to.”, to his excitement that the two of them hugged each other.
The next day, just as she got out of school, he grabbed her hands, with her telling him “Wait, Lael, where are we going next?!”, while running at the same time as him.
“We’re going somewhere else, my love!”, he replied.
And so, the story of Yara’s misadventures with her male friends in the VR world has come to an end, as she somehow managed to hit it off with Lael in the real world, starting a new chapter in her life.
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