Chapter 1 Part 13 - Who?
I'm crying again.
The voice is no longer in my head. That's all she had to say.
"Xavier? What's wrong?"
"They put fucking Elizabeth in the game!"
"Who's Elizabeth?" Monika cries.
"She's… She's my girlfriend."
Monika gasps.
"Y̶̝͎͖͚͖͓̺̭̗̰̮̅̊͒͘͘͜͝o̷̱̝̣͍̫̭̬̣̖̫̹̒̓̓̓̈́̽͂̈́͝͝͠ͅu̴̢̝̘̙̳͕̪̠̼̯̺͍̓̆̓̒̊̃̓̉̾̈́̃̚ ̷̢͈̫̱̳̟̠̫̉̔̂̔͂̍͊̇̈͑͘͠͝w̶̢̧̡̩̳̲̘͇̜̗͍̠͗͛̅̀͑̄̈̉̇̉͒̎̊̕̚ō̴̬̱̝̪̺̜͖̹͇̗̣̘͗̆̉̽̈́̀͛͂͝ų̵͕͎͎̤̺͖̤̳̀͗̈̈́̔͆̈́͌͌̚͝l̵̳̝͇̈̋́͑͑̎͐͗͊̕̚͠͠͝ḋ̶͕̙͇̪̩̩̘̪̖̌͝ͅͅn̵̺̳͓͎̚'̴̞̳̙̗̽̆t̶̬͊̓̍̈́̎͂͆̀͗̌̋̇͘͠ ̵̧̗̙̦̥̋p̵̡̮̩͚̻͎͔̦͂͐̍̌̍̍̏̎̓̍͗̾͌̏̊͜i̴̡̡̨̯̙̖̹̩͔͍̘͎̺̓c̸̡̤̲̙̜͋̍͠k̶̡͇͙̩̹̟̣̼̤̺͖̪͚̮̀̌̀̈̊̏̚ ̸̨̫͇̙͔̬͙̥̹͚̱̗͚͍͉̃̉͌̽̽̾̆̔̌̚͠h̶͖̓̎̐͒̕ͅȇ̸̪̱͉̭͉͓̼̿́́̄̍̀́͒͌̋͛̈́̎͝ͅr̷̡̡͍̰̰͎͍͙̩̩̟͑̾̒̍̇̇̋̄́ ̵̻̖̟̫̯̞̗̪̗̦̽̆̌̌̋̐̀ǫ̷̞̘̞͓͈̗̬̪̼͉̈́͂̈̆̏͒̑͑̌̔͂̾̕͜ͅv̷͓̭̟̖̌̾́̊́̍͌͛̓̆͒̀̈͜͝ĕ̶͓̫͕̣̖ŗ̴̛̮͈̗̞̠̹̹͙͙̰̹̊̌͂́̈́̐̅̚ ̵̛̦͎̳̼̬͛̓͘͝͠m̶̛̥͔̮̖̓͆e̸̡͍͔̣͍̣̹͈̽̊͜͜,̴̫͔͓̬̘̳̋̋̈́́̄̃̌ ̶̠͓̹̻̹͕̠͓́ͅr̷̢̜̱̹̣̰̝̜̠͚͎͇̓̈̄̾͌̊̏̈̓̋̏͌͋ĭ̵̡̩̳̬̤̋̽̍̌͐̿̉̌͘͜͝ģ̷̢̲̝̩̼̘̘͇̔ḣ̴̡̤͕͎̜͔͙̙̙̺̩̋̎̓͗̂̂̿͂͜͜͝t̶̺̮̱͖̬̞̼͈̳͕̻̏͌̾͗̈́̈́̎͆͂͌͘̕͝ͅ?̶̢̝͖̩̦̹̼̲͔̙̻̃̒͜ͅ"
"No, Monika! That was before I came here!"
She's scary when she's mad.
"So you wouldn't pick her over me?" She says sweetly.
"Of course not, Monika… Coming here was the best thing that's ever happened to me."
And the worst.
We hug again.
"I was so worried!" She whines.
I turn to look at Sayori, Yuri and Natsuki.
Which one is Elizabeth?
Honestly, I would take Monika over Elizabeth any day.
Wait, what am I saying? I've barely known Monika for two days! Elizabeth and I have been going out for nearly a year now!
"Okay everyone!" Monika chimes her signature line. "It's time to share poems!"
But then again. something just can't help but draw me to Monika.
My mind is drawn back to the task at hand: Sharing poems.
I realize what this means. Since either Natsuki or Yuri is actually Elizabeth, I'll be forced to interact with them.
I'm more comfortable around Natsuki, so I guess I'll go to her first.
"Yo." I say to Natsuki.
"Hey." She replies, still cautious around me.
"Wanna trade poems?" I ask.
"Sure, I guess. Whatever." She replies.
She hands me her poem. I follow suit.
The poem she hands me is titled Amy Likes Spiders. I remember it from the game, but read it anyways.
"Oh, by the way…" Natsuki sounds worried.
"Yeah?" I look up from her paper.
"I'm honestly kinda worried about Yuri."
"Huh."
"She's spouting some shit about having a past life and the name 'Elizabeth' and stuff. It's kinda concerning."
My eyes widen.
That was fast.
Natsuki continues. "Anyways, you know anything about it? Anything that could help?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact."
"Cool. Now, about your poem…" Natsuki continues.
We spend the next few minutes critiquing each others' poems.
As soon as we're done, I take a deep inhale.
It's time.
"Hey Xavier… Wanna share poems?"
I turn around.
Monika.
I can't really say no to her…
"Sure." I tell her. I try to be cheerful about it, but the suspense is killing me.
Elizabeth…
I steal a glance at Yuri… Or Elizabeth.
I try to ignore my anxiety as Monika and I share poems.
As the longest three minutes of my life, we finish and it's finally time.
"Elizabeth."