If i am being entirely honest, during my first playthrough, i thought for sure that natsuki was just a mean little brat. At least until the opportunity came up to bake cupcakes with her. I had already chosen to work on the poster with yuri once, so why not work with natsuki on her cupcakes? In this decision, i found my opinion of natsuki to develop into something completely unexpected. Her dialogue was more cute and open when she wasn't in public. She was still so timid though. Playful. Cute. Timid. Passionate. When it was just us, she became everything that i look for in a girl. After seeing this, i started paying more attention to her.

In my next playthrough, i took the natsuki route. As she shared her passion, her pain, her interests with me, i have to say i could feel our bond form. I was more than happy to share her talent with her. I thought it was adorable when she started to doze off. It simultaneously crushed and filled me with fury when i found out that she is tiny because she is malnourished. She doesn't let people in because of her father.

I hated this man that i would never meet. The more i thought about her situation, the more i wished that i could just pluck her from her prison of abuse and malnourishment and give her the life that i believe she deserves. I took to the internet and found that there is no ending to ddlc that gets rid of natsuki's dad. I expected that.

I've read the fanfictions where monika escaped the game. Why can't something like that really happen? Hmmmmmm. Maybe if i just...take her file...and...Print it? No. but maybe if i send this file to the 3D printer...no use in sitting here speculating.

If i am going to do it, i might as well go ahead and do it. SEND. my printer whirred to life and it seemed like it was going to work until the nozzle tried to start the first layer. No filament came out. So i checked the roll and there was no jam and there was plenty of filament, so i hit go again.

Then i heard an error message come up on my computer.

PRINTER NOT RESPONDING: FORCE PRINT?

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"I really hope this doesn't break my printer." was the last thing i said before i hit Y. My precious printer, then started humming very loudly. And it got louder. And louder. And louder. At this point it is unbearable and i sit down on the floor, holding my head. *BOOM*SHATTER* and then a rolling thud as something fairly large and soft falls on me.

"That sounded really expensive." i groan. Then i realize that the large soft thing that fell on me is moving. As i lay there, i realize that the object that is on my back is in fact a small human, that is either unconscious or too freaked out to move. After a few minutes i decide that he she it(hopefully natsuki)was just too freaked out to move, because the roll off of me and sit on the floor next to me.

I curl into a ball and sit against my desk on the floor looking at my guest. To put things in perspective i am 200lb. Red hair. 5'4" pretty bulky, but not intimidating to most, because of my height. She looks like she is probably shorter than me but i am not sure because we are both sitting on the floor.

She is very petite. Bright pink hair. Stunning pink eyes. Very cute. Wearing her outfit from the cupcake baking CG. Holy Shit. this is natsuki. Beyond any shadow of a doubt. The girl that has haunted me for a month is sitting right in front of me. Albeit she looks pretty shaken up. "natsuki...Are you alright?" she looks at me with great curiosity as well as caution in her eyes. "Who are you and how did i get here?" she asks me.

"My name is ryals. As far as how you got here, i took your character file and tried to 3d print you and here you are." i say as i gesture to my 3d printer.

The nozzle is destroyed and the glass panes around it are also destroyed, but i think it is salvageable. I am more worried about natsuki at the moment though. She looks at me with a small glimmer of trust in her eyes, poorly hidden behind her walls.

"The same ryals that i have been spending time with for the past week?" i nod to her and she doesn't seem to buy it. "You don't look like the ryals i know though. Tell me something that was a secret between me and ryals." i think about it for a second. I don't want to say something that will make her shut me out and i don't want to scare her off.

I hold out my hand and indicate that i want to see her left hand. She reluctantly holds it out to me with expectant eyes. I take her hand in mine and i look her in the eyes and say, "i licked the icing off of this finger a few days ago, when we were making cupcakes together for the festival." and then i licked her finger. "I already told you once, You shouldn't do that to a girl unless you really like her!"

so i stood up and offered her my hand and she let me help her up. I wrapped my arms around natsuki and held her for a moment and whispered to her, "i do really like you." and then those piercing pink eyes looked up into mine for a few seconds and she got up on her toes and i bent down a little and gave her the kiss that she wanted the day we made cupcakes together.