Doki Doki Literature Club:
One Reality
Disclaimer: I do not own DDLC all rights belong to their rightful owners, Dan salvato and team salvato and I do not own the fanart used for the cover which belongs to Eros panda.
Author's note: Heya, i don't have much to say right now, so i'll just thank you for reading this fanfic and, simply ask for a review of what you think about the story and what i did right ( but mostly what i did wrong). It'll get redundant at some point, but i believe this reminder is necessary, don't you agree?
Welp, i think you're not here for my notes but for the actual story, right? In that case, let's get started!
Chapter 2: Perspective shift
The goose
Standing proudly on top of an oak's branch
United with nature , I observe a small lake
In it lives, fishes, frogs, flies and many more creatures
Clearly, all animals are there, except for the goose
I intend to find the goose and take care of it
Delusional, this fool doesn't feel the branch crack
Ending his life in an involuntary S.U.I.C.I.D.E
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And the goose runs into the lake
During this moment, i felt nothing but bliss, the world could've crumbled and rot around me and i wouldn't have given a single care. Because all that mattered, was the fact that i was united with the one person in my existence who gave purpose to my moment, this hug, my first physical contact with something, anything is something that i will cherish forever and ever.
We stayed wrapped within each other's arms for a long moment, allowing me to enjoy every detail of this wonderful scene. From the way he held me by my waist, pulling me close to his scent, similar to the smell of a warm fireplace, or campfire. Or the fact that my head rested just on the left of his neck, i could feel it move and see him breath when i looked down. Or the fact that i could feel his heartbeat felt as if it was a dream, but it was thankfully oh so real.
But this moment couldn't last forever, we both knew it so half-heartedly we ended our embrace. Only to look directly into each other's eyes just like in the space classroom but this time two thing was different: We were in the same reality and there was no script preventing me from speaking and moving freely.
"You wouldn't believe for how long I've waited for this moment hahaha~ You know, we just accomplished one of my dreams, i always wanted you to hug me like you just did" I say with tears filling the corner of my eyes, he immediately notices and wipes them off with the back of his hand "And there goes another dream of mine fulfilled" I whisper, trying to compose and calm myself from the tidal wave of emotions my mind is going through.
"Monika... you're.. how? And out of all the different players why me?" He asks with an uncertain smile, one that belongs to a man who just went through a lot i can't respond to his questions since first: I don't have a logical answer. And second: I am simply tired, i mean merging realities takes a toll on you mentally AND physically ( I wonder if that's why the voice had to leave me back in that classroom a few hours ago ).
"I don't know darling, I have no idea. But we can think of it all later, for now i really need to get some rest." I wink at him." Can i use your bed?" I ask feigning innocence hoping he would allow me to hop in and bring him with me
"Ummmm... Sure, of course, sorry! I'm just... shocked right now sorry, sorry!" He's so cute like this, deep in thought, his hand on his jaw massaging a long invisible beard, i could almost faint from his cuteness. Ahhhhh...
He then leads me to his bedroom and I lay down in his bed, it smells like him, but not for long. "Rest well, Monika." He says as he waves me a small goodbye while closing the 's so sweet , if i would be to eat him i'd get diabetes. That was really corny.. hahaha~ It takes some time for my eyes to adjust to the room's darkness, but i can notice his computer and webcam on the desk, on the opposite end of the that he must have spent hundreds of hours talking to me would be an underestimation. I look at the wall only to notice drawings that he kept possibly from his childhood, in which he is represented as a stick figure with a huge white shirt with the name DORA written in bold letters, was she a friend of his?
The drawings seem to go from left to right, like a chronological timeline, on the far left the drawings are rather basic, what a 3 to 4 years old boy would draw, like stick figures on dragons or with big the further you go to the right, the further you can see the drawings get better and better, to the point where he actually drew me on the other side of the screen smiling with my teeth and blushing a little. He's even more talented than i thought. But just as i muse to myself about the fact that he only drew portraits of me towards the end of the timeline, my eyes decide to close themselves on their own, and my head falls on the pillow. I barely have time to take off my shoes and my stockings before i pass out.
Somehow I thought I would feel relieved that I could see Monika again, but as much as seeing her goes, the fact that it was not through my computer screen kind of creeped me out, I mean, I knew somewhere deep down in my heart that one day humans would build android bodies and be able to put a makeshift consciousness in it, virtually recreating Monika and many other characters. But to think that Monika already existed brought a ton of questions: How did the body, voice, personnality and clothes of a human exactly fit the same description as Monika's. If she wasn't human, what was she and why did she come to my house?
I decide to skip school, after all the events that happened I feel like I need a break. Trying to find a position that isn't too uncomfortable on my sofa is much harder than usual and I'm back to thinking about all that happened these past hours, back to square one.
"What to do? How am I going to be of any assistance to her? If she's here doesn't that mean that the others can come too? If not the others than at least Sayori,I mean I think after you delete Monika's character file, it's Sayori's turn to become self aware, right?" I mutter to myself, closing my eyes and scratching my head massaging my overheating brain as to prevent it from imploding on itself because of the stress and uncertainties.
But when all was done I could only feel a smile form on my face, sure my life may be weird but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually, after all, one of my wish was granted today, and this wish is comfortably sleeping in my room.
Unable to rest on the sofa, I decide to go stealthily, quietly open the door to my room, as to not disturb her sleep and grab my phone that rested on my desk, as to look for answers to the ddlc disappearance mystery. I tip toe over to my room and very quietly open the door, letting in a gleaming ray of light from the hallway, not bright enough to illuminate the room, but definitely bright enough to find a pathway to my desk from here, now that I look at it my room's really messy, it's a bit embarrassing but right now I have bigger concerns.
I go over trying no to go over the wooden planks that make a loud squeak and trying not to fall face first on clothes, or even worst my bed and it's inhabitant. In a swift movement I grab my phone and head back to the door. But on the way back I stub my toe against the bed.. You know what came next, that face you make when you have to go through this. I quickly run, and close the door of my room to slump on the floor in agony.
And that's when I hear it, from behind me, clear and loud, that noise that I'll never forget... That giggle.
"Diabolical angel" I mutter out, laughing a bit at my situation. I'll find a way to get back at her, I'm sure of it. But in the meantime I'm happy to hear that noise, I'm happy that she is gleeful.
I go back to the sofa phone in hand and lie down. But that's when I get a text message from an unknown number.
*Are you okay? I mean you didn't show up at school you meanie, I was waiting for you in math class : *
He's really considerate this boy, if the roles were reversed I would've barged into the room and if he woke up, I would've spent a little bit of time with him, but he did better than that, he tried not to wake me up, and once he heard me make fun of his "situation" he just laughed with me on the other side of the door, I find that kinda nice right?
But back to serious business, perhaps I should go into the living room and see what's going to happen and explain him this whole reality merging stuff and emissaries. It's going to be a doozy, but hey I'm sure we can handle it, after all: If one miracle can happen, how about a few others?
It took a lot of determination but I finally managed to get up from his bed and walk over to the living room, I look at the mounted clock to realise that it's noon.. And I'm hungryyyyyyy. Perhaps we can discuss about everything around a good meal. And that's when I see him looking at his phone, and texting somebody.
"Who is it?" I ask, curiosity overflowing my mind
"I don't know, apparently it's somebody that is one of my close friends" he replied, turning his head around to face me " you know making fun of your host, at least in this reality, is really rude" A small smile runs on his lips as he tilts his head back.
"If you still thought I was an angel by now I'd wonder if you were blind" I replied teasingly "But I'm curious, what do you mean you don't know that close friend of yours?"
"It's simple, I don't have close friends: I only have people interested in the game personnality I put on everyday at school. But apparently this guy says that I've known him since we were kids."
"I find that unlikely since I moved from town to town since I was 8, the chances of one of my old friends being in the same town as me right now is astronomically low."
I listen carefully, but I only find one logical explanation, and if it was true then that'd mean that the merging of our realities was big, big enough to change history and people's life.
"I asked the dude who he was and he only said that what I said was really mean. Anyway I don't think that we should focus on that right now, I mean if you came to my reality from yours just like that in a snap of a finger, then that must mean that you don't exist in the eyes of the government and that's really bad." He told me, completely ignorant of the huge merging and existential crisis going on in the world.
"Listen, darling, we have a lot to talk abou but it'd be better if we did it around a meal don't you think?" I ask as to ease up the atmosphere and tension in the room to what had just happened. I'll tell him all about it at the end of the meal.
"Right, sorry I forgot, you must be so hungry.. Hehe I'll go see what I have to cook in the kitchen " He exclaimed as he got up with a smile and walked past me as I followed him into the kitchen. We decided to cut some tomato and chop some lettuce to make a salad with a vinegar dressing. He then took the frying pan and some olive oil, it was impressive to see him flutter around his kitchen, clearly knowing what he was doing. Just like that he turns up the heat of his pan and I decide to "turn up the heat" just the same.
As he grabs the eggs from his fridge I decide to "hug" his back, pressing myself tightly onto him, waiting a reaction. " M-Monika, H-hey wa-wa-watch it I.. I.'m carrying so-something fragile" He exclaims, red all over his cheeks, as I press tighter. "I reallllyyyy wanted to hug you right now darling, is it a problem? I whisper innocently into his ear.
I suddenly feel my hands being taken into his as he breaks the embrace and looks at me, flustered and blushing. "Perhaps l-later would be great, okay?" He says averting his gaze from mine. "No problem" I reply with a big smile as I go back to chopping the lettuce.
When I finished making the salad I turned around to him to look upon his work, it seems he did a sort of omelette, rolled it up and cut it in small bits. He then took something that I assume was for making sushis and put some cooked rice in it. He then rolled the rice and rapped it into the omelettes. It didn't seem like much at first glance but he then took some soja sauce and poured some over the makis with some spices.
We decided to take the plates and eat in front of the television, while talking. The salad that I made tasted pretty good for somebody who just cooked for the first time, or at least that's what he told me, but I could see that he didn't like sushis however were pretty good, with a good mix of flavours and scents to water the mouth. It's a shame that we ate them all however haha~
We then decided to take a nap on the sofa after putting all the dishes in the sink (I asked him if I could wash them for him but he was categorical and said no every time). I figured that if there ever was one moment, it was the moment to talk. It's going to be hard for him to realise that his reality and mine are soon going to be one, and that my life and perhaps even the other club members's are in danger.
Wow. Just wow. I always believed in science and logic, so to find out that there exists other realities is shocking, I mean I knew there was ddlc reality when Monika stood in front of me this morning, and that somehow she bridged dimensions but still, it makes you feel incredibly small knowing that more worlds like yours exist everywhere.
"So what you are saying is that you came here, because you opened a rift, a gateway through two realities, and because of that, gods, I mean literal gods are going to fight each others, using us, like pieces in a chess board." I paraphrase still not quite taking in all the words that she threw at me.
"Basically, yes" The way she looked into my two different eyes was disturbing, like what she just said was as simple to comprehend as two plus two.
"It's a lot to take in you know? I mean yesterday you guys were just video game characters and my eyes both were blue. And now you're lying on top if me telling me that there exists a huge amount of worlds and that theymerge together without anybody noticing." Today is really freaking weird...
"Darling whatever happens I don't intend to leave you, but I want to ask you something.." She turns her head as if to hide something. "What is it?" I question, curious to find out what her demand is.
"I-I want to atone for m-my actions and, what I d-d-did to the others.. If they're here, and they are still in danger, I want to save them." She starts to sob quietly. "I've caused so much pain to them, because I thought they weren't real because they just cou-couldn't see that.. That there was an-another reality. I thought they didn't truly exist, because they weren't emissaries." I feel water on my t-shirt and her hands grab me and hold me tight taking my shirt into her fist.
"I.. I...I want for the other girls to have a happy ending." She says, her voice conveying the cocktail of emotions that are happening in her mind: sadness, guilt, remorse, but also hope, and will to fight.
I grab her hand and put it on top of my chest, where my heart is. " Do you feel this Monika?" I ask her calmly, and see her face filled with tears flowing down like a steady river." As long as this beats, I'll help you and be with you, no matter what."
"That's a promise" I tell her looking straight into her eyes, as I see a small smile form onto her curvy lips.
I feel her face get closer to mine to the point where I can feel her warm breath on my face, I put my right hand on her waist and pull her closer, surprisingly she embraces it as her lips are only inches away from mine, and I feel her chest on mine.
This is a moment I've only seen in my most passionate dreams, but it's happening, it's truly happening! I close my eyes in anticipation for the moment to come.. The distance between our mouths closes steadily.. 5 5 inches, 4 inches, 3 inches, 2 inches.. Brace for impact.
And that's when I felt it.. My phone ringing in my pocket scaring the both of us making us fall onto the floor. I swear I'm gonna kill the bastard the just called me!
"Who is it!?" I growl, audibly irritated.
"Hey! Am I disturbing?" Says a girl's voice at the other end of the line.
"No, not at all" I grit through my teeth as Monika sits back on the sofa visibly flustered by what just happened.
"Great! Because I'm at your door right now and it's raining outside!" The girl says "Could you please let me in, I don't know the code to your apartment, silly me"
"Yeah, sure just one question first" I had to know her identity before she came in, and I couldn't just ask for her name without seeming rude or breaking my role in the character of the best friend.
And that's when I had a spark of genius, a eureka moment! "How do you spell your name again?"
"After all these years you still have doubts on how to spell my name?Wow you must be spacing out pretty often."She says kind of disappointed.
"It's just S.A.Y.O.R.I "She says as my jaw drops in shock.
And that's the end of the second chapter everyone : please send me some reviews to see what I could do better
A big thank you to ArcDragon1(you're the real MVP) who gave me his opinion on the story, I plan to keep you and everybody else on your toes :p.
See you all in chapter 3 byyeee :D