[ WP ] When you propose to your girlfriend , you see a notification appear in field of vision , `` Player 2 Has Joined '' .

Player 2 has joined 
 
 Confirm? Yes/No 
 
 `` Aww... damn.'' Sophie lowered her face into her palms. 
 
 I could quite honestly say that this was not how I saw the night going. 
 
 
 It had started off well enough. We had been dating for several years, and I knew that Sophie was the one for me. Her smile, her laugh, her attitude towards life; whenever I saw her, the world just seemed to be the slightest bit brighter. 
 The grand plans for a romantic proposal had been in my head almost from year one, but it took until now for me to work up the nerve and get everything to fall in place. 
 
 And my girlfriend was crying because of my proposal. 
 `` Shit! Ah, Sophie, are you OK?'' The ring was placed on the ground as I cautiously ascended and placed a hand on Sophie's shoulder. Thoughts of the weird floating text box were temporarily pushed aside as I tried to figure out what was wrong. The idea that my proposal had been rejected coiled like an ugly snake at the bottom of my gut, but that too was repressed for the moment. 
 
 `` Sophie...'' I started. She just stood there, slightly shaking. I could feel a lump growing in my throat. 
 `` I-Is it a `` no?'' Honey? God, I did n't mean to upset you.'' 
 
 All of a sudden, Sophie sprung back to life. Her face came out of her palms as if she had just been told a litter of puppies was being born in the park. I could see the tearstains on her cheeks. 
 `` W-What! No! Oh God, uh, no! It's not a proposal! Refusal! Not a refusal!'' 
 As she waved her hands frantically, I felt the coil of dread dissolve and disappear. I hugged her. 
 `` -es, yes yes!'' She hugged me back, cutting off my breath for a couple seconds. 
 
 As we pulled away from each other, she looked into my eyes. 
 `` I love you.'' 
 
 The world was back under my feet again, and the acceptance gave me a rush of excitement that temporarily pushed every other problem away. I was engaged! 
 
 Then the floating pop-up box appeared again. 
 
 Player 2 has joined 
 
 Confirm? Yes/No 
 
 
 All of a sudden, she just looked so tired. The wise and confident character who I was so used to just seemed to deflate. 
 
 `` Are you... alright?'' I asked. `` Where did that thing come from?'' 
 
 Her eyes, brimming with indescribable emotion, met mine yet again, as she grasped my hand in hers. 
 
 `` This world is just a game, and I was the only player,'' She told me. 
 I wanted to say she was crazy, but the words never made it out of my throat. Her eyes were tearing up like a dam had broken, and it struck me with how she had never been wrong. 
 Ever. 
 
 She moved closer, placing her hands on my shoulders and maintaining eye contact. If I squinted, I could see faint stresslines in places hardly normal for a young adult. 
 `` All this time,'' she continues, `` I thought I was aiming for the perfect ending, with you. I wanted to stop and be normal.'' 
 
 She embraces me and whispers into my ear. All I can do is embrace her back. Her whisper is choked by small sobs. 
 `` I went through a lot of pain to get here, and I'm sorry, but I think I've dragged you into it too.'' 
 
 I could feel her crying on me, overwhelmed by emotions. I was feeling pretty overwhelmed myself; it was quite a lot to take in. 
 
 I looked down at my fiancé, who was quietly weeping into my shirt, and I knew what I had to do. 
 
 I pressed the button.
