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Chapter 10: Do you accept my confession?
The sun bright as ever and two friends having a great time talking about Manga. To Natsuki's annoyance however, she saw that her time with MC is almost to an end. However Natsuki was not quite done expressing herself just yet.
Natsuki: "Here" She sends a message to MC. "This is my address. You promised if I ever feel alone that you'll be there for me?"
MC: "Of course I will."
Natsuki: "You better and also …" She whispers her last sentence.
MC: "Sorry, what was that?"
Natsuki: "..." She moves her lips, but no sound came out of it, prompting him to get closer to her so he could hear her better. When he leaned in closer, Natsuki gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll hold you up to that."
MC: "You got it." He smiles to her as the both of them head back to the club for Sayori's turn. When they arrived, Sayori jumped right out of her seat in excitement.
Sayori: "Hurray! It's my turn now, so lets go!" She pulls MC's arm by force.
MC: "Wait Sayori! Can I at least rest first?" He says while being dragged out of the club room.
Natsuki: "Good luck kid."
Throughout the entire time Sayori would drag MC all around the school to try out some food that the booths are making. She would try to get him to try some, but due to him already eating with Natsuki, he would reject the offer. Only for Sayori to shove some in his mouth. After going through multiple booths, seeing what each one had for the Festival. Sayori would then lead MC outside to a place where no one was around.
MC: "Oh God. Why so many squid?"
Sayori: "Mmm, so good." She says as she eats the last dumpling.
MC: "Say Sayori how are you feeling now?"
Sayori: "Hm? I'm feeling great as ever." She does a pose with her arms.
MC: "I see and the rainclouds?"
Sayori: "The rainclouds are slowly going away."
MC: "Good, I'm glad to hear that."
Sayori: "Hey don't be sad, be glad." She uses her fingers to force a smile on his face.
MC: "Right … Say Sayori do you remember that old card game we used to play when we were kids?"
Sayori: "You mean Duel Monster?"
MC: "Yeah that one. I'm surprised you remember that?"
Sayori: "Of course! It was the only game we played that I didn't get hurt. Why did you bring it up?"
MC: "Oh well I just remembered that you lost your favorite card a long time ago."
Sayori: "Power Tool Dragon, I remember it. I used to love that card, but I remember you would always beat me since you were a lot better at the game than me. I had so much fun though, even though you would always use your dragon on me.
MC: "Heh, I do remember. Well here, I have a spare you can have." He pulls out the card from his blazer.
Sayori: "What! No way, how did you get it?"
MC: "Don't worry about it. Just so you know I spent a lot of time and effort to find you a new copy since you were always depressed about losing your old copy." She takes the card from him. "I was able to find this copy from someone, but it was during that time we weren't hanging out, so I never had the chance to give it to you and eventually forgot all about it."
Sayori: "Thank you MC for being so nice to me." She holds the card close to her heart. "Even when we were apart you still thought about me. I'm so happy see this." She gets in close to MC's face and gives him a big kiss on the cheek. "Seeing this brings back a lot of memories."
*Flash Back*
Young Sayori: "I Summon Envoy of Love and Justice! Power Tool Dragon! Heh, heh looks like I'm going to win this time MC." She declares a direct attack, but MC manages to block her attempt. "Oh what I'm almost had you. Oh well I'll beat you on my next turn."
Young MC: "We'll see about that. It's my turn." He was able to turn the tables by summoning his ace card. "I Synchro Summon! My Savage Soul! Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend! You're finished."
Young Sayori: "Aw and I almost had you. One more time!"
Young MC: "Again? We played thirty times already."
Young Sayori: "But I promise this will be the last time."
Young MC: "You said that the last twenty two times."
Young Sayori: "Let's go again!"
Young MC: "Fine" The both of them begins a new game.
*Flash Back Ends*
Sayori: "I still remember that I was unable to beat you, but I still had fun."
MC: "It was." (I remember a little bit of that, but everything else is still a blank.)
Sayori: "Well then we should be heading back now? I don't want to upset Yuri."
MC: "Yeah your right. I don't want to see her being upset." She nods and the both of them went back to the club. When they arrived they saw Yuri sitting in her usual spot reading.
Sayori: "Ok Yuri! He's all yours!"
Yuri: "W-w-w-w-w-w-w-wait! I'm not ready!"
MC: "Physically or emotionally?" Yuri looks away to hide her shy face. After doing some breathing exercises she looks back at him. (Cute)
Yuri: "Okay then, I am … ready."
MC: "Then shall we?" He extends his arm to the exit allowing her to lead the way.
With the crowd of students filling the hallways. The both MC and Yuri make their way pass them. He had a feeling that she was leading him to somewhere private. He knows this because of Yuri's shy personality and would like to keep her distance from the crowd of people. Eventually finding an empty classroom where no one is around.
Yuri: "Ah, a perfect spot. Thank goodness." She sighs in relief.
MC: "So why did you bring me here?" He asks as he closes the door behind him. With the door closed the room was more silent. Despite the loud students.
Yuri: "I just needed a quite place for us to read. I-if that's okay with you?"
MC: "I'm ok with it."
Yuri: "A-are you quite sure? I-if you don't want to, you don't have too. I would understand if you don't want to. Waste time in here reading a book rather than being out there having fun."
MC: "No I mean it. I want to read with you."
Yuri: "A-are you sure? I-it's fine if you want to leave and enjoy the rest of the Festival."
MC: "It's ok Yuri. I already had enough fun with the others. Right now I want to spend time with you. However you like it."
Yuri: "Th-thank you." She smiles cutely.
MC: (She always did have acute smile.)
Yuri: "M-Michael"
MC: "Yeah?"
Yuri: "D-did you by chance bring your book?"
MC: (Aw shit. I didn't know if I should've brought it with me at the time.) "S-sorry, I forgot about it at home. It must of slipped my mind?"
Yuri: "That's okay I brought my copy with me." She pulls out her copy of The Portrait of Markov from her bag.
MC: (That eye on the cover. Just looking at it makes me feel sick, but why exactly?) "Say Yuri can I ask where you got these books from?"
Yuri: "Oh? Hmm? To be honest I don't really remember where I got these from? I'm sorry."
MC: (Doesn't remember where she got these from? That seems suspicious or could it be that she had these for a long time and doesn't remember?) "Hey Yuri, before we start reading again. Can I ask you another question?"
Yuri: "What is it you would like to know?"
MC: "Can you tell me a little bit about the story one more time?"
Yuri: "Sure, I don't mind."
MC: (Somethings wrong here. I need to pay close attention to the summary.)
She starts giving him the summary of the story once again. He made sure to pay close attention to her explanation to the smallest of details. When she gave out the summary, he knew there was indeed something wrong here. When she spoke originally, she gave him a small summary about a high school girl who moves in with her long lost sister and having to depend on herself to escape from some people from a human experiment prison. The only difference this time was what Yuri said. When she spoke about it, she gave him more gruesome details about the story. Just hearing it made his stomach turn as she continues to talk about with a smile on her face. Not the same cute smile he saw before, but the smile of a psycho. A smile that seems far too familiar to him.
"Well that's dark?"
Yuri: "Are you not a fan of that?" She looks at him with an angry look.
MC: (Yuri? I never seen her like this or have I?) "That's not it. I just find it interesting, that's all?"
Yuri: "Oh sorry for being rude. It's just … I think it's important to hear a different point of view from the villains."
MC: "I see?" (Heroes and Villains point of view. Two sides of the same coin.)
"Hope, Despair"
Yuri: "Shall we start reading together?"
MC: "Y-yeah" They set up the desks and sat near each other to read. As they both read more pages together, the more sick he feels. (This book have I really seen this before? I have a bad feeling about this.) He kept reading the pages unaware that his vision was slowly fading. (What? What's going on? My head, my head feels woozy. Y-Yuri?) Soon after he realized what's going on, his vision fades to black. When he wakes up he sees that he's in the dream world again.
When he heard someone crying. He looks behind himself to see a girl on the floor with streaks of blood flowing through the ground. He quickly runs up to the girl laying on the floor and examines her. To his horror he saw stab marks on her stomach and realized that this was the girl who stabs herself in his nightmares. He looked to her right and saw the knife on the floor. The very same that takes her life. Normally he wouldn't be able to interact with the girls, but this time was different. He lifted the girls head to see who she was and was shocked to see who it was.
Mystery Boy: "Why!" He looks behind himself and sees the boy who cries only this time he was able to see his face as well.
MC: (No … it can't be?) It then dawned on him. The girls and the boy. He now knows their identity. He already knew Sayori is the girl who hangs herself and Monika is the one that cries for death and now he just discovered that the girl that stabs herself is Yuri and the helpless boy is himself. That only leaves the broken girl left and MC believes he knows who she is … Natsuki. However what does it all mean? Why is he having all of these nightmares? Why do they hurt themselves?
"Betrayed one another for the sake of their happiness. When in reality there is no happiness."
After remembering those words and seeing all this, he woke up and sees Yuri is still reading her book like normal. Luckily she didn't notice him blacking out. However something seemed off with her. Yuri is breathing heavily. "Hey Yuri are you ok?"
Yuri: "Y-yes why do you ask?"
MC: "Your breathing heavily."
Yuri: "I am!?" She gets off the chair and he follows her as she checks herself.
MC: "What's wrong?"
Yuri: "M-Michael can I share with you something?" He kept silent, but allows it. "H-here's a poem I made for you. Please read it." He takes the poem from her nervous hands and reads what she's written, only to be shock at what he's holding. A bloody paper with an odd scent and messed up writing impossible to read. He tries his best to fight the urge to vomit or faint, but the worst has yet to come.
MC: (Yuri is this really you I'm talking to?) She pushes the paper down and gets close to him.
Yuri: "Do you like it? I wrote it just for you." He remains silent as she continues to stare into his gold eyes. "The poem is about us in case your wondering. It even has my scent on it. Aren't I thoughtful?"
MC: "I-I see now. Well thank you?" He tries to give it back to her, but she pushes it back to him.
Yuri: "I want you to keep it. So you can always think of me."
MC: "A-are you sure I can keep this?"
Yuri: "Absolutely! You can even have me if you want?" She steps away from him. "Finally we're all alone." MC's eyes widened to what she just said as if he heard this before. "Michael there's something I've been wanting to tell you and I don't care what anyone has to say or hear. Ahahahaha! Sorry there must be something wrong with me, but I don't care. Michael! I'm addicted to you."
MC: "I-I'm flattered to hear you say that."
"Despair"
Yuri: "Isn't nice to have someone care about you so much?"
MC: "Y-yeah?"
"It's like a virus."
Yuri: "Michael! I, I am absolutely in love with you. Every time I'm with you, my whole body aches for you. My heart bleeds for your love. Please Michael, know that I love you so much, I touch myself with the pens I stole from you."
MC: "So that's where my pens went." He whispers to himself.
"It spreads to all."
Yuri: "Michael tell me, will you be my lover? I will forever be yours. My heart and body is your to do as you please. Do you except my confession?" Hearing that question from her triggered a flashback. MC is given a quick glimpse of her stabbing herself whether he said yes or no. Just as he was about to say something, she pulls out a knife and pointed it at her. The very same that took her life in his nightmares.
"No Hope, no salvation."
MC: "No! Not ever again!" He quickly grabs the book and struck her right on the head knocking her out and dropping the knife. "I'm sorry Yuri, but I can't let my nightmares come true."
"You're one of us."
He takes both the knife and her copy of The Portrait of Markov and puts them in his backpack. "Glad I brought this with me." He pulls out the first aid kit and walks up to Yuri sitting on the floor unconscious. "Let's see." He pulls up her sleeves and sees a bunch of cuts on her arms. One of the cuts was the shape of a heart and another had his initials and Yuri's with a cross between them. "My God. I was hoping this was just a dream, but for it to be true. Why Yuri? Why would you do this to yourself?"
He looks at Yuri's face and remembers the dream he had of the Mystery Boy and Girl. He now knows that the boy is him and the girl is Yuri. He tries to wipe away the tears building up to know that Yuri could be or is his lover, but to see her doing this breaks his heart. Even though it was just a dream, he knew that to him it was real. The girl unconscious is his lover. The same girl he gave a ring to, but when did this happened? He asked himself repeatedly.
"Yuri, I don't believe this is the real you. I just know it. The hell what anyone says. There has to be more with what's going on and I will find out." He grabbed some rubbing alcohol and some bandages and started treating her wounds. When he finished he gave her arms a warm kiss hoping it would help since a mothers kiss helps her child's wounds. Why not his?
Yuri: "Huh, where am I? Michael?"
MC: "Easy there, you fell and hurt yourself."
Yuri: "What happened?"
MC: "You took me in to this empty classroom and confessed your love for me." Her eyes widen as her face turns bright red and quickly gets onto her feet hiding herself from him.
Yuri: "Hmm, my arms?"
MC: "I patched them up while you were unconscious."
Yuri: "So you saw them?"
MC: "Yeah"
Yuri: "You must think poorly of me now?"
MC: "No … I don't."
Yuri: "But … look at me."
MC: "Is there anything you want to tell me? I'm all ears."
Yuri: "… Yes, lately I have been having nightmares every night for a long time. All of a sudden I get the urge to cut myself and then …" She starts shedding tears. "What is happening to me? I'm a freak aren't I?" He walks up to her and gives her a warm hug.
MC: "I don't think that way of you. I know that this isn't who you are. You're a good person who would never want to harm anyone, not even yourself." He holds onto her tightly. "I never gave you my answer to your confession." He looks right into her purple eyes. "I love you too."
Yuri: "R-really? B-but …"
MC: "I'm not saying this because I want to make you feel better about yourself. A part of me wanted to …" He looks away from her eyes. "I wanted to tell you my feelings back at my place and to … k-kiss you." He starts blushing.
Yuri: "But what about the others?"
MC: "Just because I chose you doesn't mean I don't care for the others. I care for all of you. Even if I had to push aside my own happiness to make sure you're all happy as well. I will do it. It's a decision I will not regret."
Yuri: "No! Michael please don't. If you do that then we'll never be happy if you're not. It's not fair to you."
MC: "Then this is fine. This is my punishment for letting you all done."
Yuri: "No don't you ever say that again. Sayori said you're a good person, so I'll believe in her and you. Please don't be selfish."
MC: "Then promise me you'll always do your best or at least try. Don't make me worry too much."
Yuri: "Of course." They broke off from the hug.
MC: "If you're ever in trouble just call me and I'll be there. I'll be your hero. Just like in your stories."
Yuri: "Th-thank you very much." She smiles brightly.
MC: "Oh before I forget, there's something I want to give you." He pulls out his Manga from his backpack and hands it to Yuri. "Here you go."
Yuri: "Berserk?"
MC: "You got me into one of your hobbies, so I thought I might get you into one of mine? I took the time to find one that's similar to your books and went for this."
Yuri: "Thank you. Michael can we …" He leans closer. "Can we read this together as well?" She hugs the Manga.
MC: "Of course and you're going to enjoy the artwork. It's just beautiful to see." Just as he says that Yuri gets up and personal. Before he realizes it Yuri is kissing him on the lips. It took him by surprised as the others kissed him on the cheek. Instead of pulling away from her, he kisses her back. They soon broke off from the kiss and smiled shyly to each other. "Guess this makes us a couple?"
Yuri: "Y-yes it does. I'm so happy. However we should head back now. I think I spent too much time with you and I don't want to be unfair to the others."
MC: "I agree let's head back." He grabs her hand and they walked out of the classroom.
Unknown to them someone is watching from afar.
?: "Try as you might. You will face true Despair. All of you will."
End of Chapter 10
