Chapter 1 Part 19 - Apology

"It's from Sayori."

Monika instantly asks, "Do we pick up?"

"Of course we do." I say. "Even if I've only actually known Sayori for a few days, she's still my friend.

"Yeah, you're right." Monika mumbles.

I put the phone on speaker.

"Hi, Sayori…" I say as if I instantly regret my choice.

"I'm sorry!" Sayori cries. "I was too presumptuous! I didn't think about anyone but myself!"

I respond in a passive tone. "Sayori, it's fine, we-"

"No, it's not! Because I tried to kill myself the programmers had to go through so much trouble! You guys, too! You had to go through all that when you didn't even mean any harm!"

Monika interjects. "No, Sayori. Your response was totally acceptable. I mean, we had told you that your entire reality was all a facade, so-"

"It wasn't! All you wanted to do was protect me! I did the most selfish thing ever!"

"Sayori…" I wish she was there so I could hug her. "Whether I was the same Xavier you knew for eighteen years or not, Sayori, I want you to know…"

"You'll always be my greatest friend."

Dead silence. Wait…

"Xavier, you fucking bitch!" Monika's staring at me with sarcastic-looking eyes.

I flash a shit-eating grin in her direction that makes her chuckle to herself.

"Thanks." Sayori doesn't get the reference, luckily. "You too."

"I'm really sorry I wasn't honest with you." I say. "I just didn't know what would happen if I told you."

"I get it. You weren't sure if I was an AI." Sayori hits the nail right on the head. "I would have been worried, too! I was just mad at the moment because I had felt like you had lied to me. Because you weren't the Xavier I knew."

"I get it. Just imagine how it was for me, having to put up that act after being thrown in here against my will. I wanted to tell you so much, and I was about to, but then…"

"Then what?"

"Then I started to get memories. Memories of us, Sayori. Memories of us as children. They were so real that I almost believe that I was that person. I almost really thought I could be that person for you… I thought-"

"Xavier…" Sayori murmurs emotionally. "You still can."

My heart skips a beat.

Monika elbows me, snapping me out of my trance.

She whispers a quiet "Don't forget about me" in my direction before letting me continue.

"Thanks." I say to Sayori.

"Thank you, Xavier, for being honest." Sayori replies.

"I'll see you later, Sayori."

"Bye."

I hang up.

I then remember Monika never took the tits off my sprite.

"Monika…" I sigh. "As much as I appreciate it, can you please remove my tits?"

"No."

"What do you mean, no?"

"I know what you did when you had my sprite."

Uh oh…

"No one, not even you, gets to squeeze my boobs without my permission."

"Monika, I swear to God, if you don't…"

"Then you'll what? Not love me anymore?"

She's right. I wouldn't be able to.

"If you want to squeeze tits, you'll have to settle for yours. After all, you did say you could live with this."

"That's true. Don't we still have to go to school, though?"

"You dummy. It's Saturday."

"Well, shit."

"Alright. Let me edit your sprite a little more."

"Is that really necessary?"

"Yes."

After a full day of stupid sex change hijinks, Monika finally gets tired and changes me back. We collapse on my bed just as this day started.

"Let's never do that again."