Hey guys! Happy Quarantine! I hope that all is going well for you and your families right now in this rough time, and I know it doesn't mean much coming from some rando on the internet, but know my heart is with you! Now, enough about all the bad stuffs, let's talk about this!
I know I know, DDLC is dead, and it's been dead. But, I have been a fan of the game since it has came out, and I'm not one to drop my fandom so quickly. So, I decided to, in this time of boredom, to write a nice DDLC fanfiction! I'm purely doing this for the enjoyment of writing and my love for DDLC, regardless of how this is received by you guys, I will continue to post. Now, I'll stop rambling! Let's start!
Monika sat at her desk, her hand gripping her now matted hair, her opposite hand gripping a pencil viciously, her knuckles fading into a light shade of white, which was reminiscent of the white hot rage she was experiencing. Her teacher, being the absolutely lovable peach she is, decided to force feed her 5 assignments in which she knew hardly anything about, due to her week and a half long absence due to family matters. She breathed in through her nose, and out her mouth as she let go of her hair, trying to force herself to relax.
She listened to the wind blowing in from the cracked open windows, the light fluttering of the red drapes. Feeling the warmth of the iridescent sunlight, which peeked it's beautiful rays into the classroom, on her pale skin. Letting go of the pencil and leaning back into her chair, she sighed, her shoulders relaxing, relieving the tension in her back and neck. She started feeling the stress beginning to go away. It was almost pure bliss.
"MONIKAAAAAAAA!" A high pitched voice screamed at the top of their lungs, causing Monika to jump from her chair, yelping in surprise as she falls from her seat and onto the floor, her previous state of relaxation had seemed to abdicate her mind, only to be usurped by her previous state of stress.
Sitting there on the floor, being supported by her arms, her knees pulled up, she looked to the doorway and frowned. "Sayori, haven't I told you at least, I don't know, 100 times to NOT scream at me? Especially when I'm obviously trying to concentrate on other things?!" She snapped, standing up and dusting off her skirt, an irritated look on her face.
"I... I'm sorry..." Sayori mumbled, her body language changing from one of joy to one of guilt and sadness. "I won't do it again Monika..." She apologized, her eyes down.
Before Monika could respond she was interrupted by another equally pitched voice, "To be fair Monika, you weren't exactly concentrating on anything. Actually, it more or less looked like you were napping."
"I... If anything Natsuki that gives Monika even more of a reason to be upset, I imagine being jolted awake by a sudden loud noise has to be a rather unpleasant experience," A more methodical, timid voice chimed in.
"Oh butt out of it Yuri, she still shouldn't have snapped at Sayori like that, regardless if she was actually concentrating on something or if she was being a lazy bum!"
"Natsuki you should be nicer wh-"
"Enough, you two. It's been 2 minutes and you two are already bickering about mindless nonsense, now, let me handle the situation how I deem fit, and you two can go learn how to get along," Monika interrupted, rubbing her temple with her thumb and index finger. The two girls looked at each other, grumbled, and went their separate ways.
Monika looked over at Sayori and sighed, walking over to her and putting a hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you so cruelly, could you forgive me for my hostility?" She asked, her tone now soft and apologetic.
Sayori looked up at her, blinked, and nodded, a small smile on her face, "Yeah, I'll forgive you," She crossed her arms, her smile turning into a devilish smirk, "if you buy me a chocolate chip cookie from the vending machine!" She stated triumphantly.
Monika looked at her blankly for a moment before frowning, standing up straight and crossing her arms, "No." She said sternly.
"B-But... Monika..." Sayori pouted, looking up at her with puppy dog eyes, her bottom lip quivering ever so slightly.
"You have got to be... I already said..." She looked down at her and her heart just couldn't take the level of cuteness the coral haired girl was putting off, "Damn it... I guess I'll buy you a cookie..." She sighed, defeated.
"YAY!" She exclaimed, quickly dropping the act and pumping her fist up in the air, a huge smile on her face.
"You are shameless..." Monika shook her head and pulled out her coin purse from her binder and walked out of the classroom.
As she walked down the empty corridors, she used the time to think in the silence it offered, the only sound being the click of her heels on the white linoleum floor, and the sound of the wind blowing in from the opened windows.
Why was she doing this for Sayori? She knew she had enough money to buy herself one, it's Tuesday and she always gets her allowance on Monday. Not to mention she's running short on allowance money herself. She sighed and straightened out her long chestnut brown hair with her hand, knowing it was nothing short of a disgraceful mess that barely passed as socially acceptable in a public area.
She shook her head and walked down the stairs and up to the vending machine, pulling out a few coins and placing them in the slot, and pressing the correct buttons the correlated with the cookie Sayori wanted.
As the spring unlatched the item fell on top of another spring, lodging itself into it, in turn not reaching an area the Monika could reach. "You have got to be kidding me," She seethed under her breath, her patience meter was already almost over the edge, now it may as well be the second coming Pompeii.
She felt the need to grab the nearest trashcan and launch it full force at the machine, but, stifling her violent urge to harm an inanimate object, she instead waited for a janitor to walk by.
After what seemed like forever, she heard the wheels of a bucket coming down the hall and rushed over to the janitor, explaining the situation in a faked cheery tone, watching as he shuffled through his keys and unlocked the machine's door, grabbing the cookie and closing the door he handed it to her.
"Thank you," She sighed, rubbing her temple once more as the man rolled his bucket and mop down the hallway once more. She really, really hated today.
She made it back up to the classroom, meeting the eyes of her fellow club members, "Did you get lost or something?" Natsuki asked in her normal sarcastic and attitude filled voice.
"You did take an awfully long time, Sayori was about to go looking for you," Yuri said, looking up from her book, her eyes going from Monika to a worried looking Sayori.
"Monika!" She said and ran at her, almost tackling her as she wrapped her small arms around Monika's body, "Don't scare me like that! I thought you hurt yourself or something bad happened!" She exclaimed, holding her tightly.
Even though she wanted to just scream and act violently upon the nearest objects that were just light enough to be thrown out of a window and be ultimately smashed on it's impact with the pavement, Monika felt her body relax a little, and patted the shorter girls head, "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you worry, there were just some minor complications that delayed me from getting you this," She whispered, putting the cookie on top of the other girls head.
"Eh?" She exclaimed, pulling away in confusion, jumping when she heard the foil wrapping hit the floor. Her mood instantly changed as she excitedly grabbed the cookie from the ground, annihilating what was once the wrapper and tossing it aside. She took a bite and smiled, "Sho Yhummy!"
"Don't talk with your mouth full, silly," Monika giggled and sighed, feeling a bit of warmth in her heart as she watched the girl enjoy her sugary snack.
She walked back to the desk at the front of the classroom, sitting down and picking up her pencil, "Everyone! Attention please!" She said, everyone turning their heads to face her from different parts of the classroom, "Today is Tuesday, so as you all know it's an open read and write day, but remember tomorrow is poem sharing day along with a club meeting regarding the festival next Monday, and of course text the group chat if you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns you may have regarding the festival. And I think that's it, you may go back to whatever it is you're doing. I'm going to try to pass my calculus class, even though I would have a better chance discovering the existence of interbreeding between unicorns and alligators on Mars," She announced, everyone nodding and giggling at the last part before returning to their previous activities.
Monika exhaled through her nose and grabbed one of the sheets and started examining it, scribbling a few things down.
"What are you doing?" Sayori asked, peering over Monika's shoulder, causing Monika to make a scratch on her paper, she sighed, looking back at Sayori, "I'm doing my calculus homework."
Sayori nodded, her lips shaping into an "O" shape, looking down at her paper, a half-eaten cookie in her hand.
A few crumbs started dropping on Monika's paper and she looked back at Sayori, trying her best to stay level headed, "Do you need something Sayori? It's a little hard to concentrate with you hovering over me and crumbs falling on my paper," She said, trying to sound as nice as possible.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't know I was bothering you. I was just really impressed... I couldn't imagine being in such a hard class, heck, I'm having trouble in my math class, and I'm behind most people in our class..." Sayori laughed, rubbing the back of her head.
"Oh, Sayori," Monika looked up at her and smiled, "Math is just like... Putting the pieces of a puzzle together, and once you know the pattern it's really easy, I just invest a lot of my time learning the patterns, probably an unhealthy amount of time..." She swiped the hair out of her face and looked back to her paper, "I'll talk to later Sayori, but right now I need to focus."
Sayori's smile wavered a bit, but she managed to keep it on as she nodded her head, "Of course. I understand Monika. I'll talk to you later then..." She sighed, defeated as she walked away from the desk.
Monika, being the soft soul she was, quickly felt guilty and looked up at her, "Sayori! Wait," She said, the girl turning her head back towards her, "You can call me later tonight, if you want, since I can't talk to you now I'd love to make up for it later!" She exclaimed, a smile plastered on her face, her emerald eyes sparkling.
"R-Really?! Yay!" She happily yelled out, putting her clasped together hands to her chest, a wide grin on her pale face, "I'd love too Monika! I'll call you around 7, okay?" She spat out quickly in an excited tone.
"Sounds great!" She replied, her heart jumping at the sight of Sayori being so happy
She suddenly became confused, why was she so excited to see Sayori happy? She was always happy, what is the difference between now and all the other times she smiling and jumping around? Was it because it involved herself? She shook her head and tucked her hair behind her ear, pushing the thoughts aside as she finished her work.
After what felt like only a few short minutes, it was time to pack up. The girls were grabbing their binders and shoving them into their bags, slinging them over their shoulders, exchanging goodbyes. Monika looked down at her one almost finished paper and sighed audibly in frustration, shoving the papers into her own binder, zipping it up into her back and throwing it onto her back.
She said goodbye to the girls, and started walking out the door, "Remember to call me tonight Sayori!" She said before she walked out of the room.
"Of course! How could I possibly forget?" She replied in a cheery tone, bringing a light smile onto Monika's face.
Well, at least she had something to look forward to tonight, she thought as she walked out of the school.
Hi guys! What did ya think? I tried to put in a lot of effort for you guys, because it's not like I have an excuse to put out poor writing LOL I really hope those of you who read my story enjoyed it, and I am thankful that you guys even made it this far. Please leave a review if you have any criticisms or anything at all, or DM me if you want! The next chapter should be out within the week! Till then, have a nice day/night and may luck be on your side!