So... I had a dream last night... That there was a girl living in my computer. Isn't that crazy? I don't really know how it happened, but she was just living there in a little house, indie game on my desktop. It was kind of strange, kind of weird, but hey, that's how all dreams are, right? They're completely unordinary and out of nowhere, so I think I'm still sane... 

Sasuke rolled out of bed and sat at his desktop, gamer's chair and stared at the screen of his computer, "... Looks like I was wrong."

He watched as the small, avatar girl rolled out of her own bed and stretched, letting out a long yawn. She noticed Sasuke's presence, looked up through the screen, and gave him a warm smile, "good morning, Sasuke!"

"G-good morning..."

"I can see you, now. The sunlight coming through the blinds of your window give me a little bit more detail of your face." she beamed, "you're very handsome."

Sasuke covered his mouth, "sh-shut up..."

She giggled, "so, what are you going to do today?"

"I don't know..." Sasuke glanced at his phone, "I've been asleep for ten hours..."

"That's a good sleep." the avatar laughed, "we should go out to a shopping outlet or something!"

"Huh?"

"Go treat yourself to something! I mean..." She jumped from the game system's window and walked along his desktop to the time in the bottom right corner of his screen, "it's only 10 in the morning! Let's go make good use of the time!"

"I... Haven't been out in... A while."

"Well, now's the best time, then, now isn't it? Come on!"

Sasuke clenched his hands into fists in annoyance, "who are you to talk, I'm going to be the one going out. You're just staying here..."

"If you plug your phone into the computer, I can go with you on the phone. Come on, please?"

Sasuke eyed her face as she gave him the puppy-dog eyes, her green eyes sparkled with innocence, "tch... Fine."

"Yes!"

Sasuke cursed under his breath as he pulled out a USB cord and connected his phone to the computer, "we need to give you a name. What was your name before getting turned into that character?"

"I don't quite remember..."

"Well, based on your looks..." Sasuke tapped his chin as he unplugged his phone and watched as she sat on the floor of his phone's wallpaper, "with your pink hair, I think I'll call you Pinky."

The girl pouted her lips, "that sounds terrible..."

"Well, Pinky, you're going to have to deal with it." Sasuke chuckled as he plugged his headphones into the device, stepped out of his room, and paced down the stairs towards the front door, "Itachi, I'm going out!"

"Am I hearing you correctly?" Itachi peeked around the corner from the kitchen, "you're going out, like... Outside?"

"Shut up," Sasuke muttered as he left the house without another word.

"Was that your brother?" she looked up at Sasuke, "I wanna meet him!"

"No. That's bad news." he responded without looking down at her and getting into his car, "let's just keep you under wraps for now, okay?"

"Hmph. You're no fun."

"You of all people should know that. If you're trying not to get caught, that is."

"Fine, whatever."

The whole drive to the mall, Sasuke listened to Pinky explain her situation with getting turned to code and getting put into a video game.

"So..." Sasuke pursed his lips, "you were a test subject?"

"Yeah... I was given up by my parents for the sake of technological improvement. They put me through some unbearable tests, so awful that I feel like I'm glad to be in this form. I was uploaded to a computer, put through more tests, and eventually, they decided they'd relocate me. They compressed me into a zip file and sent me through email. They got the email messed up and it ended up in your hands." Pinky lowered her voice, "you might want to delete that email..."

"No way. That email's linked with all my other accounts."

"But my life is on the line, here..." Pinky pouted, "please... It's probably for your safety, too."

Sasuke let out a long sigh as he pulled into the mall parking lot, "we're here."

"Yes!" Pinky squealed, "I'm sorry, it's just been so long..."

"Yeah, well..." Sasuke sighed as he climbed out of the car and held his phone up to look at the screen, "let's not spend too much time here--"

"Sasuke? No way! Is that you?"

Sasuke froze and glanced behind him, pressing his phone against his chest to hide the girl in his phone, "O-oh, uh, hey, Yuuki..."

The bubbly girl with long, black hair approached her friend, "how are you? It's been forever since I last saw you!"

"Y-yeah, it has, hasn't it?" Sasuke moved uncomfortably to keep her from seeing his screen.

"Huh?" She looked at him, "who were you talking to? Are you chatting with someone?"

"N-no..." Sasuke looked down at his phone and found Pinky hiding behind the app icons on his home screen, "not talking to anyone here."

"Hm?" She grabbed his phone and looked at the screen. To Sasuke's relief, she scoffed, "that's a gross background. A girl?"

"Y-yeah, that's just me, I guess." He held back a chuckle as Pinky held a pose and acted as the phone's wallpaper, "I was just talking to myself..."

"You used to do that a lot back in grade school." Yuuki chuckled as she handed him his phone back, "here. Can I shop with you?"

"S-sure, I guess." Sasuke caught a glimpse of Pinky's reaction, "I-I mean... That'd be cool, but I have to be home right away, so maybe next time."

"Aw, you're no fun." Yuuki stuck her tongue out at him, "hit me up later, 'kay?"

"Sure..." Sasuke watched as she ran off and entered the mall.

"Pfft... That was gross." Pinky cackled, "let's just go inside before I barf all over your apps."

"Yeah, you'd better not." Sasuke chuckled as he obeyed orders and made his way into the building.

After about ten minutes of walking and talking, Sasuke found himself browsing a skin care shop for his digital friend and describing the soap and lotion scents to her.

"What does that one smell like?"

"I don't know, it's called apple cinnamon, so it should smell like that." Sasuke held a bottle in front of his phone, "how the heck am I supposed to describe it any other way?"

"Wait, wait!" Pinky tapped the screen, "what's that one back there? Over there!"

"Hm?"

Sasuke turned around and found a wall full of a featured scent, "'Japanese Cherry Blossoms'?"

"Yeah! Take me there!"

He approached the wall and picked up a bottle to hold in front of the phone's screen, "I don't know how to describe this scent..."

"You're right...." Pinky sighed, "I understand... I just love the soft, pink color of the cherry blossoms. In Japan, they're called sakura blossoms. Pretty neat, huh? I wanna see them someday..."

Sasuke studied the pink flowers that decorated the wall and the bottles, then looked down at his screen, "that is pretty neat... Sakura."

"Hm?"

"You'll be named Sakura from here on out. Your hair. It matches the cherry blossoms, so it only makes sense."

Who was once called Pinky smiled happily, "Sakura... I love it! We can call this the adventures of Sasuke and Sakura, it totally matches!"

"Yeah, don't let it get to your head." Sasuke muttered as he set the bottle back on the shelf, paused for a moment, then grabbed a bottle of the cherry blossom-scented soap, "maybe I'll get one of these, just for the sake of remembering."

"Aw, so sentimental, Sasuke!"

"Sh-shut up..." Sasuke quickly walked to the counter to check out, "let's just get this and scram. If anyone else sees me out here, it won't end well for me..."

"You're so dramatic."

"You're so annoying..."

"Hey, I didn't say it was a bad thing." She laughed then leaned her head back to look up at Sasuke, "'Sakura'... I really love that name..."

Sasuke smiled, "glad you think so."

"It's better than Pinky, that's for sure."

"Heh."

_________________

So... Did you get my email?

Did you send it already?

Yes, you dumb sloth. Get off your butt, stop playing Fortnite, and check your inbox, Loser.

Yeesh, calm down. I didn't get anything, Idiot.

You're kidding me.

No.

I sent something.

Well, not to me you didn't.

DANG IT ALL. SHE'S GONE.

So, what'll you do?

Trace that email, that's what I'll do!

I can help you look. What's the email?

Boss?

Forget it. I just checked, the email's untraceable. Whoever got project 337VLSXJ) must've deleted their email so we couldn't find them.

Oh, so she's told the recipient about us?

That seems to be the case, doesn't it?

So you don't have the email?

I told you, it's useless.

Just tell me, Moron.

Fine. It was [email protected]

You're kidding.

What's there to kid about here? This is terrible.

No, you don't understand. I know this kid.

It's a kid?!

Well, not exactly. I know the guy, though. I know him in person, that is.

Well, isn't this a perfect coincidence. Get 337VLSXJ) from him, then. Take it from him by force if you have to. But don't let the subject get out.

Don't worry. I'll take care of everything. I won't hesitate to get rid of the boy, either.

You'd better not. What's his name?

Sasuke Uchiha.

Ah.

This is SUCH a perfect coincidence, I'm laughing so hard right now, you have no idea.

Don't screw this up.

Wouldn't dream of it. I'll have the girl rebooted before you know it. 

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Written by xX_Fang_Xx