The Man of the House Chapter 23

Chapter 23I stayed in my room for the rest of the night. At one point, I heard mom inquiring about , but Mackenzie just said that I must not be feeling well. As a result, they seed to have left

alone. I napped for a while, but because I hadn’t done that much all day, I ended up finding myself waking up. It was late at night, and a look at the clock said it was past midnight. However, no matter what I did, I couldn’t get back to sleep.

I decided to get myself a drink of water, so I got up and left the bedroom to head for the kitchen. The lights were off in most of the girl’s rooms, but I found one notable exception. There was a light coming from Dawn’s room, which was uncharacteristically open a crack. As I approached her room, I heard the familiar sounds of a video ga being played. It sounded like a first-person shooter. I glanced into the crack, but at that angle, I could only see the screen of the television.

It was a ga that I recognized, or rather I at least recognized the IP. The actual ga was one that was brand new. In this large family with only one parent, there was no way I could afford things like new video gas. That’s why every ga I owned ca from a used bargain bin. Yet, Dawn had sohow managed to obtain a copy of a ga that only ca out last week.

Not only was I jealous, but I also felt a bit of frustration. How could mom allow her to buy that ga, all while telling

that money didn’t grow on trees? Forgetting my glass of water, I shoved right into the room. As the door opened, it revealed more of Dawn’s room. Her room was sowhat ssy. The girl herself was sitting on the floor at the side of her bed, leaning back and using the bed as a back support. She had a baggy shirt and panties on but was wearing nothing else.

There were piles of laundry everywhere, and the familiar glow of a computer screen on her desk. It was playing music, an alternative band that I might have also listened to. When she noticed , her eyes widened.

“What are you doing?” She demanded, her face filled with anger.

“Shut up!” I snapped, walking over and plopping down right next to her. “I’ve had a bad day.”

“I didn’t say you could be in here. Get the hell out of my room.”

“And I said shut up!” I snapped back. “Give

a controller!”

Dawn was a bit stuck. Normally, she would have run to mom, but mom was asleep. Seeing as Dawn was up past bedti, there was no way she would go to mom and wake her up. She’d get an even worse grounding than I would. Although she might spin so lie tomorrow about how I was causing her trouble to get

punished, I wasn’t really caring at the mont.

Dawn looked surprised at my sudden request. After a second of staring at

and realizing I didn’t intend to move, she sighed in annoyance, reached out and tossed

a second remote that was hiding in her TV stand. It was wireless, so I just had to hit the middle button to turn it on. Even that was fancy. I had one extra remote, and all I could afford was a third-party corded controller.

She licked her lips. “I don’t think you can handle this ga. You should play sothing simpler, like Minecraft.”

I shot her a derisive look. “Um… no… just start the ga.”

“Fine…” She sighed as she went through and set up for a multiplayer match.

Once the nu loaded, I started flipping through looking for a model I liked. “What the hell? Why are all the characters female? Where is a male one?”

I was flipping from one female soldier unit to the next. There were dozens of different variations. It was really ridiculous.

“Don’t start about that male activist bullshit.” She snorted. “Look, the dic is a guy.”

“Who wants to be a damn dic? I want to kill sothing.”

“Then, just choose a girl! Whoever heard of a male soldier anyway. It’s mostly won in the military.”

“Huh… wait…” I blinked, “It didn’t change?”

“What?”

“Ah… um… is it okay for won to show their chests to n?”

She raised an eyebrow and looked at . “Maybe if she’s stacked. A guy wouldn’t want to see what I have under here…”

She looked down at her own chest and frowned, but I was focused on the answer she just gave . It left

feeling completely floored. I had misunderstood things earlier. When I passed out, the world hadn’t changed back. Won were still like n, and n were like won. That girl… she must have just been… well… girly. I couldn’t stop but chuckle to myself.

I had grown so upset over finding out the world was changed back. When the world was different, I complained about it every step of the way. However, once it returned, I had moped about it. It was hard for even

to understand what I wanted. I could only laugh to myself, which seed to unnerve Dawn and make her even antsier.

“Are you going to pick?” Dawn demanded irritably.

“Okay.” I picked a character outfitted with bombs, which was a female character, apparently.

We started the match, and at first, I was rusty since I had only played a version of the ga two iterations ago and didn’t recognize any of the maps. Dawn seed to expect as much and had a smug expression on her face as I died first in the match and had a poor death-to-kill ratio.

However, I picked things up quickly, and by the fifth match, I was playing nearly as good as she was. We were on the sa team. We were on the sa ti, so I started to work with her. In particular, I noticed she was in a corner sniping, so I started leading the enemy into her line of sight. It ended up working out particularly well. I was impressed at her skills, and after the fifth ti, she sniped an idiot who was baited by , we ended up receiving a ssage.

It was a girl, and I got excited until I read the ssage. “

“Quit sniping you cheating fucktard.” I read.

“Ah!” Dawn blushed, “D-don’t read those! Girls on the internet…”

I was already typing back. “Quit being a little bitch and getting sniped, you noob.”

Dawn’s mouth fell open as I clicked send. We got a ssage back.

“Y-you play like a boy!”

“I am a boy, dipshit.”

“Srsly? Hey, how are you? Have girlfriend?”

“Haha… yeah, she’s the one sniping you!”

As if to add insult to injury, just as she was typing a response, Dawn sniped her. We ended up receiving a stream of expletives calling

all kinds of nas, so we ended up blocking and reporting her. We ended up winning that match by a lot. I let out a laugh, feeling a bit of relief from all of that stress that had accumulated the last few days.

Dawn had put down her remote and was watching

out of the corner of her eye. She was wearing a curious expression and seed on the cusp of wanting to say sothing.

“Noah… you’re not… how I rember.” She said awkwardly.

“How was I?” I asked in a low voice, not glancing over at her.

“You used to hide in your room all day.”

“Isn’t that you?”

“Yeah, but my isolation was deliberate. For you, it was like you thought you were better than us. You’d always cook, but then you ran back into your room and kept the door shut all the ti. You liked to pretend you didn’t even have sisters.”

“Is that so…”

“It is… are you really a gar?”

I chuckled. “Didn’t I get more kills than you in that last match?”

“Yeah, but you also died more.”

“You know… Dawn, there is nothing wrong with your body.”

“Huh?” She flinched at the sudden change of conversation.

“Your body. You’re a little chubbier than the rest of your sisters, but not fat. Your boobs aren’t very big. But you got cute glasses and a nerdy vibe. You are really cute. It’s a pretty big turn on.”

“Sh-shut up!” She blushed, looking away. “I know I’m not attractive. It’s not like any guy is interested.”

“Most guys are interested in all types of won. I an, you got the beautiful supermodels, but I think the vast majority would take what they can get. Breast size doesn’t really matter. Big love handles, or a big tummy… we’d overlook that. Even breast acne can be ignored.”

“Ah! I d-d-don’t have breast acne…” She covered her chest.

“I’m just saying… I think I’ve realized that it’s the sa either way. Just like guys can be attracted to just about any girl, girls can be attracted to just about any guy. I used to think I’d need to be swol, with six-pack abs, to get the interest of a woman. However, as I see things from the other side, I’m starting to realize that’s all an illusion. Most guys would never date a Barbie, and most girls are probably fine with a guy without muscles and maybe a gut.”

“Barbie? You an Ken’s girlfriend?”

I laughed gently. “Yeah… sothing like that.”

She watched

for a minute and then shook her head in agitation. “What is up with you?”

I finally glanced over at her. “Do you want to know?”

“You’ll tell ?”

“I’ve already told two of my sisters. Neither believed , so I guess it doesn’t matter who I tell. You can just claim it’s related to my head injury if reality is too much for you.”

Her eyes narrowed. “Try !”

“Okay…” I leaned back and sighed. “A bit less than a week ago, when I was hit by the car, everything changed. You see, before I was hit, the world was a patriarchy ruled by n. n liked sex, cars, and won. They acted like… well, how won act now. Video gas. Action films. Sports. Most video gas had male characters because n play video gas.”

“But it’s won who fight the wars, makes no sense to have n…”

“That too… it was n who fought in the wars. I an, your world doesn’t even make sense if you think about it. Why would you send soone who can get pregnant and must carry a baby for 9 months into battle? Wouldn’t that be a huge liability?”

“That’s actually a regular problem! They talk about it in the news…”

I shook my head. “I’m not saying everything made sense in my old world either. I’m just saying what is. My mind is wired like a girl’s mind… I like video gas and sex. In my old world, you all treated

like leaper. I did remain in my room, but because I didn’t want the an and ugly looks the lot of you always gave . I felt like an outcast in my own ho, the only guy. So, I sat in my room and jacked off.”

“Ah!”

“Don’t act surprised. I jack off! Oh, and I found your freaking toy, you left it on when you left yesterday.”

“Ah-ah-ah… th—th-th-that!”

“I said I don’t care!” I shrugged. “The fact you masturbate is actually kind of hot. I an, you’re my sister, so I’m not like… ah… I don’t know… the sa way that

ntioning I jack off affects you, I have a similar reaction!”

“…”

“And I play video gas!” I gestured to her console. “But how the hell did you afford this? My system is last-gen, and I have to buy all my gas used! How did you get a $90 special edition of the ga?”

“You noticed?”

“Yeah! This can’t be mom’s money at all!”

Dawn shook for a mont, but then she looked at

as if she was considering sothing. After a mont, she nodded to herself and t my eyes.

“Fine… I’ll tell you how I make money, but you have to promise that you will tell no one!”

“I can keep a secret.”

“Yeah… well, whether you’re honestly ‘like a woman’ or not will be answered in a second.” She stood up. “Co, I’ll show you how I make money.”

I followed her as she walked up to her computer. She typed a bit and then up appeared a website. I glanced at it, scrolling down. I looked away when my eyes landed on a dick.

“What the hell? I don’t want to see a dick!”

“S-sorry… I suppose I’d react that way if it was pictures of pussies.” She said, “Um, here. Just look at the title.”

I glanced at it and saw the na, Ms. Pervert’s Peepshow.

“A… porn website? No… upskirts? Or I guess you call them… upshorts?”

“That’s how I bring in money.” She said with a breath. “I post images of guy’s exposed by hidden cara online!”