Hunter and Tyler managed to defeat all the evil ex-boyfriends in the "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" video game in less than two hours.

"I wish real life were like that," said Hunter. "I wish you could just get over people by kicking their asses."

"Yeah, but that was Ramona's problem, wasn't it?" Tyler said. "Instead of dealing with her evil exes, she ran away from them."

"And so poor old Scott Pilgrim has to deal with all her baggage."

"Is it really that hard? Getting over exes?"

Hunter took a sip of his beer. "Ask Charlie."

Tyler cracked open another beer. "What did you mean the other day? That is was more about you than me."

Hunter didn't say anything, but instead set the game on "Boss Rush," the mode that would let you skip all the levels and just do the ex-boyfriend boss battles.

"I think about Andy still," Tyler admitted after they defeated ex-boyfriend three, Todd the Vegan.

"It's natural. He was your first. It's gonna take a long time."

"I want to hate him I do. But mostly, I just wish we were still together."

"If Charlie hadn't stopped me, I WOULD have kicked his ass."

"You didn't kick Scott's ass though."

Hunter was quiet for a minute. "That was a different situation altogether."

They tag teamed ex-boyfriends five and six, the Katayangi Twins when Charlie came home. They all looked at each other for a moment.

"What are you guys playing?" Charlie asked.

"The video game for ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'." Tyler said.

"Can I join?"

Hunter pulled out the third controller and pressed "start." Hunter was already playing as Stills and Tyler was playing as Knives. Charlie chose Scott.

"Who we fighting?" Charlie asked.

"The next boss is Nega Scott," Tyler explained. "He represents all of Scott's bad traits, everything Scott wants to fight against in himself." After taking a few minutes to learn the controls, Charlie landed the fatal KO blow.

"All right, who's next?"

"Gideon," said Tyler. "The ultimate, big bad ex that prevents Scott and Ramona from moving forward as a couple."

"Think you can handle it?" asked Hunter.

Charlie cracked open a beer. "Bring it on."

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