Page 63 of A Farmer’s Guide To Gamers

“I feel like I should be scared,” Jack muttered.

“Nah, she’s great,” Dean said, clapping the other alpha on the shoulder. “Just a bit eccentric.”

“Understatement,” I said as I walked to the door. “I just have to get the animals up before we go.”

“Jack and I already handled it,” Dean said before I could slide on my farm boots.

I froze. They’d already put the animals up? I knew Dean was the one who took the lead there, but I wasn’t sure how to handle it. No one had ever done that for me before.

It was strange.

Nice. But still strange.

“Ah... Thanks,” I said, absolutely sounding unsure as I turned to face them.

“They really all knew where they were supposed to go, we just made sure everything was properly locked up,” Jack explained sheepishly.

“And checked the food and water, too, just to make sure,” Dean tacked on.

“We might have enough time for me to show you a few games,” Kai piped up, his face adorably bright and excited at the prospect.

“Maybe something easy to start with since we don’t have a ton of time, Kai,” Dean suggested, but Kai had already stood up and turned on a very purple computer that was now set up in my living room in a small corner.

I had a table set up in the corner that I didn’t really have a use for at the moment, but swore one day I would, and the guys had put a computer there. It looked like a foreign machine to me.

Purple lights. Glass sides. A screen that looked big enough to be one of those new fancy smart televisions.

Actually, it might be bigger than the small TV that I currently own.

With a deer-in-the-headlights look, I glanced at Kai for help and he chuckled softly.

“Omega, this will be easy.”

“I haven’t used a computer in years,” I told him seriously, unsure how this was going to work. “I think one of the last ones I used had Windows 95 on it.”

“How is that even possible?” Aiden asked, genuinely confused while Dean’s sudden coughing fit suspiciously sounded like laughter.

“Well, we’re just going to focus on a game. Let’s go over our options,” Kai said, urging me to sit down.

He opened up something and a big list of games showed up. All different styles, some looked intense while others looked just relaxing and cozy right off the bat.

“Is that a zombie game?” I questioned, my brow furrowing at one as he scrolled by.

“You can do a mode that has no zombies that people really like to explore and stuff,” Kai replied almost off-handedly, his attention fully focused on what he was looking for. His free hand moved to my shoulder, touching me as if he couldn’t be this close and not touch me. But maybe he also realized his tone of voice and didn’t want me to get offended.

Either way, I was completely drawn into his enthusiasm as he looked for whatever game he had in mind.

“Found it!”

He pulled up a game and I was met with an adorable array of farm animals.

“What is it?” I asked. He scrolled down to show more images of the game, eyes on me now to gauge my reaction as he clicked through them.

“Harvest Moon. They have tons of titles, but this one is great. It’s farming meets a bit of supernatural with a Harvest Goddess and little sprites. There’s always a storyline, but it’s unhurried and uncomplicated. The perfect cozy experience.”

“Okayyy,” I hedged as I looked at it. Everything still felt complicated, but I promised them I’d give this all a try.

He started up the game and got me to the point I had to take over. I listened to the story starting, and it explained how to do everything.