A/N: This is based on Monika's dialogue where she says that Yuri brought a bottle of wine to the club. In this fanfic Monika agrees though we're told that she refuses in the original.

Two things. I don't own Doki-Doki Literature Club, and I also don't condone underage drinking.

Monotony.

That ever-present fiend weighed heavily on Monika today.

It wasn't just today though… Monika had always felt different somehow. Her whole life she felt as if there was something off about the rest of the world.

She could never put her finger on what exactly it was though. It just felt wrong- as if there was something going around here that shouldn't have been happening normally.

But ever since she started her own club, this feeling of strangeness so to speak had only gotten worse. It was odd- what did becoming president of her own club have anything to do with, well, anything?

But she tried to shake these thoughts away and took another glance around the classroom to notice that the scenery hadn't changed at all since she had taken it in ten minutes ago.

Sayori was sleeping- or maybe just hanging her head down at a desk.

Yuri was reading something all by herself.

Natsuki was reading her manga in the corner.

And here Monika was, just watching all of them. How completely pointless. This was supposed to be a club, after all, but as had become their wont, all they did was sit around doing whatever they wanted. The only thing they had in common was that they were sitting in the same room.

And to top it all off, for some reason, Yuri hadn't made tea today. And while Monika had secretly thought that maybe Yuri's whole deal with making tea was just really a ploy to make her look sophisticated- now that of all days, Yuri hadn't made tea, Monika was beginning to actually miss it.

"Hey, everyone," Yuri said, snapping Monika out of her train of thoughts. "Uh… this is a bit sudden and all, but um…" She started fumbling with something inside of her bag.

Sayori got up- so she clearly hadn't been sleeping, but her eyes looked sad somehow. Monika was always surprised at how bubbly Sayori could end up so morose at times. People said that the eyes were windows to the soul. Her deep blue eyes shimmered like an ocean that defied all attempts at understanding it.

Natsuki had gotten up and placed her manga volume back and trotted over to where Yuri was.

"I-I uh, this is a um," Yuri stammered before she took out of her bag- a bottle of wine! "Would anyone like some?"

There was dead silence for ten seconds after which Sayori began giggling.

"Is that real?" Monika asked.

"Yes," Yuri said. She seemed weirdly bold this time unlike her usual demure self. "It's not very strong of course… but I thought we could all have some of this for a change instead of tea."

Natsuki made a weird noise that sounded like 'hmph!' then put her hand on her hip and said, "How did you get that? Minors aren't allowed to buy alcohol."

"I- uh, managed to sweet-talk the guy who was selling them into giving me this," Yuri said. "I mean, I bought it you know, that's what I meant."

"What did you do to convince the guy to sell you a bottle of wine?" Natsuki asked. She then grinned fiendishly. "Oh, you naughty girl, did you by any chance… suck his di-"

"Natsuki!" Sayori said, now no longer giggling. She turned a light shade of pink as well.

Monika blushed too at what Natsuki was implying,

But it was nothing compared to Yuri's reaction. Yuri was so shocked that she dropped the bottle- which would have shattered on the floor if Monika hadn't expertly managed to catch it in time.

"What- what're you saying?" Yuri asked angrily. And to say that she was blushing was an understatement- Monika had never seen Yuri, or anyone for that matter, blush like that before. Her whole body, from her earlobes to the tips of her fingers turned a deep shade of pink. "What are you trying to imply, huh, Natsuki? Do you think- that- that, I'm that kind of girl… I haven't even kissed a boy yet!"

"Oh, calm down," Natsuki said. "I was just poking fun… you know how hard it is to get alcohol if you're a minor…"

"Uh, Natsuki, how well versed are you in that area?" Monika asked with a confused smile.

"So," Sayori asked, this time herself with a sly grin. "If you didn't do that… did you flash him?"

Monika didn't think it was possible for someone to blush even more deeply than Yuri already was, but she somehow managed to go from bright pink to as deeply red as a stoplight.

"Wh-what?" Yuri practically shouted, another thing that was new to Monika. "I'll have you know that I just managed to catch someone who wasn't that interested in his job and must have assumed that I was an adult- that's it-"

Yuri kept on talking, but Monika was now focused on the wine bottle. The glass was a deep shade of emerald green- her favorite color- and then a realization hit her like a sack of bricks.

If anyone- a student or a teacher- walked into the room this moment, which, though unlikely, always remained a possibility, what they would see would be Monika, model student, holding a wine bottle.

And of course while Monika didn't think that Yuri would end up throwing her under the bus and would assume responsibility, given how shy she was that wasn't a real guarantee that she'd be able to get any words out when the moment required it.

One person- that was all it would take, and her reputation would be practically tarnished. She put the bottle on a desk and went outside.

She opened the door and scanned the hallway- no, there was no one outside. The teachers rarely came to clubs anyway, and it was even more unlikely that they'd come to hers given how few members she had. And as for the possibility of a student coming to join them, well… she didn't want to admit it, but that was even less likely.

She walked into the classroom to see both Natsuki and Sayori apologizing to Yuri and telling her that they were 'just jesting' and it seemed to have calmed down. Well, that was good, given how bad Monika felt she was at acting like a mediator.

"Oh, I'm sorry for reacting like that," Yuri said. "It's just, that was so unexpected…" She then looked at Monika and the wine bottle and then said, "Oh, I'm so sorry Monika- I didn't mean to drop the bottle, that could've ended really badly…"

"It's nothing, nothing," Monika said. If anything, she actually welcomed this. It was a nice change from the monotony of the classroom, but she felt like it was time to wrap things up on the off chance that someone walked in on them.

"Yeah, you don't need to say sorry that much," Sayori said. Her eyes then perked up. "Hey all- let's play a drinking game- every time that Yuri apologizes for something, we each have to take a shot!"

Natsuki sighed. "I'd be dead in an hour then. Either that or the bottle would be empty pretty soon."

"Okay guys, the thing is that I'm sure that all of you know this by now, but…" Monika paused for dramatic effect. "There's no way at all that we can drink this. I mean, anyone could come in and see what we're doing. And we don't even have any experience with alcohol either, who knows what'll happen."

"Wait," Natuski asked. "Are you telling me that you've never had a drink?"

"No," Monika said, flabbergasted that she was being asked something like that.

"I've occasionally taken a sip out of my parent's glasses when no one was looking," Yuri admitted.

"Yeah, my dad has a stash and I've taken a bit once or twice," Natsuki added.

"Oh, so then Sayori and I are the only ones who've never-" Monika said before Sayori nervously said,

"Uh, I've kind of had a sip or two myself," Sayori admitted.

"So then everyone here's had some, and that leaves just Monika then," Natsuki said.

"Wait, what?" Monika asked vehemently. "What did you just say?"

"Uh, I was just saying that everyone's had some except you," Natsuki said, surprised at Monika's tone. "I didn't- I didn't mean anything by it…"

"No, no, that's not it," Monika said, now controlling her voice so it sounded far much more normal. "What I meant was, what did you say at the very end?"

"I said that only you were left," Natsuki said, confused.

"No, no, the exact words…" Monika mumbled more to herself than to the others. "You said… just Monika." She then repeated the words to herself as if it were a mantra. "Just Monika… just Monika…. just Monika…" The words felt like warm honey in her mouth, she didn't know why- but those words just sounded right.

"Uh, are you okay?" Sayori asked. Monika noticed that Sayori wasn't the only one who thought what she had been doing was odd- both Natsuki and Yuri were also looking at her oddly.

"Yeah, it's just, those words, seemed to remind me of something," Monika said and rubbed her forehead. It was weird but she could feel a headache building up. "Anyway, like I was saying, it doesn't matter if you guys have had some before… it would be different if we were somewhere outside of school, y'know, but we can't go and drink here…"

"Aww, come one," Natsuki said. "The fact that you've never had any means that you've gotta try some. And plus, no one comes to our club anyway, so…"

Monika winced. Though she had admitted the same to herself, it still stung to hear it from someone else.

"Yeah," Sayori said. All three of the other girls were looking at Monika pleadingly. "Come on Monika, you know what our teachers always tell us- that you should always give in to peer pressure!"

"Sayori, that's literally the exact opposite of what they teach us," Monika said. "And come one now, you're my vice-president, why aren't you backing me up on this?"

"Meanie," Sayori muttered under her breath.

Truth be told, Monika really, really, wanted to open the bottle and have a sip. But the thing was that she was president, and with great power came great responsibility and all, and so she had to put her foot down.

"Monika, we won't have too much," Yuri said. "Just a few sips… and that's it! It's fun, I promise you."

"Yeah," Natsuki said. "And anyway, no one's gonna know… that's the fun of being in a small club together…"

"And you know what they say," Sayori said. "All the cool kids do drugs Monika!"

"Sayori, that is terrible advice and I don't want to hear you saying that again," Monika said. But then she smiled. "All right then though… I guess we could go ahead and try some." The three others practically leaped up with joy. "But… I have some conditions. If we're gonna do this we need to take some precautions. Okay, we'll take the wine in Yuri's tea cups so that no one will suspect anything. And while we're distributing the wine into the cups, someone needs to stand guard outside, maybe Natsuki. Natsuki, drop one of your bows on the floor and if anyone walks by, just pretend that you were picking up your bow and then knock on the door or something so we'll know to hide the wine."

"Why me?" Natsuki asked, surprised.

"Because you're too cute for anyone to suspect you of troublemaking, that's why," Monika said.

"I am not cute, that's not all there's to me," Natsuki grumbled, but it appeared that she, for the matter, agreed with Monika's plan.

"Wow," Sayori said, genuinely surprised. "I never knew that you had such a devious and criminal mind, Monika. If we were a gang you'd be the leader for sure! It's like you're a criminal mastermind!"

"That's just common sense, Sayori," Monika said. "Now come on, let's get started."

Natsuki went outside to stand guard like Monika had said, while Yuri poured wine into her tea cups. She adjusted the amount for everyone based on size, Monika guessed, given that the glass marked for Natsuki had a lot less than the others. She then hid the bottle under the table so that it wouldn't be visible.

"Okay, Natsuki, you can come in now," Monika said and Natsuki walked in.

"So, if anyone needs or wants a refill," Yuri said, "I guess we'll just do that again?"

"Yeah," Monika said and then peered at her cup before she decided, to heck with it, and took a sip.

After all, what could possibly go wrong?

A/N: Thanks for reading. I was thinking of maybe doing this after DDLC begins, you know with the protagonist in it as well, but decided I'd do it before for now.