Monika rose up and stretched greatly in her bed. She stared at the window and smiled, "Ah." She walked over to the window and opened it, "What a great Saturday." She made her way to her bathroom and started her morning routine.
While preparing her breakfast, she received a phone call from someone, "Hm?" She picked it up to see that it was Tridon calling her. She dropped her spatula and stuttered, "W-Why is he calling?"
"What's taking her so long?" Tridon wondered on the other line, "I would've thought that she would pick it up instantly."
"What do I do?" Monika repeated while pacing around her kitchen, "If I answer, I'll sound like a wreck because he called me. If I don't, he'll think I'm a jerk!"
"This is ringing for a long time." Tridon commented, "I wonder why."
"Come on Monika." Monika said to herself in the bathroom mirror, "Just answer and talk to him like normal." Then the reflection responded back, "But what happens when you say something stupid and he questions your intelligence."
Tridon walked out of the bathroom after washing his hands and sighed, "This ringing is going on for quite a long time."
Monika, now carrying a handheld mirror, continued to speak to herself, "Okay, I say something stupid. What if he thinks it's cute?" Then her reflection spoke back, "What are the odds of that?"
"Oh nevermind." Monika tossed her mirror onto a nearby chair and quickly answered the phone. However, before she could reach it with her left hand, her right hand stopped her, "What?" She tried to move her right hand, "Let go!"
"I wonder what would happen if I just go to her house." Tridon wondered while he stared outside. He just shook his head and walked back towards his kitchen, "Nah. She probably wouldn't want me at her house."
"I just want to invite him to my house now!" Monika yelled while fighting her other hand, "Just let me...!" Monika slapped her phone and accidentally answered it.
"Oh." Tridon shocking started, "She actually answered.
"What do I do?!" He heard her yell.
"Monika?"
"Ah!" She yelled once again. She grabbed her phone and yelled, "Hey Tridon!"
"Okay." Tridon rubbed his ear and said, "Don't do that."
"Sorry..." Monika took some deep breaths and asked, "I actually want to just hang out with you today. Can we?"
"Sure thing Monika. Just open your door."
"Huh?"
"Ah just kidding. I'm right behind you." Monika turned around to see Tridon standing behind her.
"Ah!"
"Hey Monika."
"Don't do that." Monika lightly punched Tridon in his chest and puffed her cheeks, "You scared me..."
"Looks like something else scared you." Tridon looked around Monika's house to see that it was a mess, "Did you have a fight with someone?"
"You could say that." Monika quickly answered.
"Right. Well, nothing like a good snap can't fix." Tridon snapped his fingers and her house cleaned itself on its own, "Perfect."
"Wow. You gotta show me how to do that."
"Nope." Tridon quickly responded, "This is a power that only I must use. Its secrets must be kept by me..."
"You just don't know how to teach it to someone right?"
"Yup."
Monika chuckled and turned away from him, "Okay, just gotta do some fun things today."
"Monika," Tridon whispered to her, "why are we whispering?"
"Ah!"
"Geez. Stop yelling."
"I'm sorry. I didn't expect you to say yes..."
"What? Why would I not say yes. You're the smartest, most beautiful girl in the school. I'm lucky to even be in the house of Monika!"
"O-Oh..." Monika blushed and fiddled with her hair, "Why thank you Tridon..."
"To be honest, you're leagues above me. I don't expect anything more than this." Monika shot surprised look at Tridon who continued, "Actually, being in that club makes me lucky a little bit. I'm sure there would be tons of guys who want to be in a position. Some loser like me must be lucky to have joined this club at my best childhood friends extent."
"Why do you sell yourself so low Tridon?" Monika questioned, "If anything, we're lucky to have you."
"For what though? I make club meetings interesting with the snap of my fingers," Tridon snapped his fingers and they were now at the fountain where the baking event was held, "but that's about it."
"I uh..."
"I feel like that's all I'm used for. Wait, what if the government finds out that I can do this? What if they come after me?!"
"Okay, he's obviously not gonna listen to a word I say. He needs to understand that he there for more than just his reality-altering power. I love him. We all love him and he's done so much more for than just make a day at the club interesting. He's shown us something that means so much more than just the club."
"I gotta get outta here!" Tridon tried to run away, but Monika grabbed his shirt collar, "Huh?"
"Tridon, you obviously don't think of yourself highly. How about we do this. You teleported us to the park and what does a girl and boy do at a park?"
"What?"
"Dude, you've had a girlfriend before. Think."
"Uh." Tridon thought to himself and snapped his fingers. In his hands were a picnic blanket and basket, "Have a picnic?"
"I was just gonna say have a walk, but that's even better!" Monika wrapped her arms around Tridon's and smiled warmly at him, "Let's have a picnic!"
"What about the others?" Tridon felt her squeeze his arm and could feel the circulation being cutoff, "I see. That was very concise..." In the distance, Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri peaked out from behind a tree and spied on them.
"So Sayori," Natsuki began, "how does it feel to see your best friend on a date with another girl?"
"They're not on a date." Sayori quickly responded, "They're just..."
"It looks like a date Sayori." Yuri interrupted.
"Definitely a date." Natsuki agreed.
"It's not a date!"
Tridon and Monika turned behind them, but saw nobody behind them, "I could'a swore I heard Sayori yelling."
"Same here..."
"Oh well." Tridon shrugged his shoulders and continued.
Behind the tree, Natsuki was on Sayori's back while covering her back, "Shut up or they'll hear us!"
"Girls," Yuri intervened, "they're on the move." They peaked out again to see them already halfway across the park, "Let's go." Yuri ordered.
Tridon and Monika placed the picnic equipment under a tree that gave them enough shade and took a seat.
"You know Monika," Tridon began, "I've never done this sort of thing. Sayori and I always saw this as very cliche and boring."
"It can be, but it matters on what you do during the picnic." Monika laughed, "What do you typically do at a park?"
"Well, back in the day, I'd go with some friends and play some football, but there's only two of us and I don't know if I wanna play tackle football with you."
"Scared are we?" Monika teased.
"No." He quickly answered.
"Why didn't you play touch?"
"Monika, I was 10 at the time. I don't think my mind would even consider something like touch football."
"We can still throw a ball around. Although, I probably won't throw very hard or accurate."
"Oh, I can show you how to throw a good ball."
"Really?"
"Hell yeah!" Tridon exclaimed, "It'll give me a moment to clean up on my technique." Tridon snapped his fingers and a football landed in his hand. He stood up, stretched his shoulders and held a hand out to Monika, "Shall we?"
"Yes, we shall." Monika happily took Tridon's hand and the two walked over to an open area near their picnic spot.
Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri poked their heads out of the picnic basket. Sayori was munching on something while the other two watched them in the distance.
"Monika has us all beat by a lot." Natsuki stated, "But that doesn't mean we can't catch up."
"How?" Yuri asked, "She's beautiful, smart, and athletic. She's 3 things that are perfect for a girl. Especially one for Tridon."
"Listen," Sayori interrupted after swallowing what she was eating, "you two may not realize it, but we all have something that he likes. Granted, I'm more ahead of Monika since I'm his best friend, but you two have something he likes too."
"Like what?" They ask in unison.
"I don't know, but that's up to you two to find out." Sayori went back into the basket and said, "Come on, we need a better angle." The two girls sighed and followed Sayori back into the basket.
Tridon showed Monika the football and said, "So, you wanna keep your fingers on the laces." Tridon looked at Monika's hand and asked, "Monika, can I see your hand?"
"Sure thing." Monika held up her hand and Tridon placed his on to hers, "W-What are you doing?"
"Looking at the size of your hand." He answered, "My hand is 10 and a half inches. Yours look to be just 2 and a half inches smaller than mine." Tridon drew his hand away and gripped the ball, "Since your hand is around 8 and a half inches, your pinkie and ring ringer will remain on the laces of the ball."
"Okay..." Tridon helped Monika fix her grip and could only get lost while Tridon helped her.
"Come on Monika..."
"Right." She quickly responded, "Sorry..."
"It's fine." Once Monika fixed her grip, Tridon stood across from Monika, "Alright, when you throw, your index and middle should be the last fingers to leave the ball. When you get in motion to throw, make sure you throw it like your pointing at your target. Try it."
Monika reeled her arm back far and threw it at Tridon. He snagged out the air and nodded, "Was that good?" She asked.
"Uh, you reeled your arm back too far. I know you're trying to get distance and reeling your arm like that will only make it more inaccurate. That's why the ball went over my head instead of straight at me." Tridon snapped his finger and a target net appeared in front, "Alrighty Monika, watch me."
Behind them, the other 3 peaked out by a nearby tree, "So he hasn't played football since middle school, right?" Natsuki asked.
"Yeah," Sayori answered, "but he likes to toss a football around with me every now and then."
"Can you throw?" Yuri asked.
"No." Sayori scoffed, "He's the real thrower between us two. He can catch too, but he can throw. Watch."
Tridon stretched his shoulder and looked at the netting. He reeled back and threw a straight bullet. Tridon ringed his shoulder and nodded, "Still got it." He turned to Monika who looked on impressed, "I guess your impressed, huh?"
"Definitely. I could've sworn I felt the wind move my hair."
"Don't expect to do that immediately. It takes time to build up your technique. Let's keep working on it."
An hour later, Tridon and Monika made their way back to their picnic setup and sighed, "That was nice..." Monika sighed, "But my arm is sore now." Monika ringed her arm and stretched, "I can't imagine doing that so much for an hour..."
"You get used to it after doing 8 times in a season."
"You played in 8 game seasons?"
"Yeah. I never played for the school. I played in a youth league and it was an 8 game season. 9 if you include the championship game."
"Wow. Was it fun?"
"Definitely. I was the youth league's mvp two years in a row before I got injured."
"Do you remember your stats?" Monika asked while reaching into the basket, "If you were mvp, I bet your numbers were pretty insane." Monika took out a sandwich and proceeded to munch on it.
"Well. My 1st year, I had..." While Tridon thought to himself, the 3 girls sat near the fountain all holding up a book or magazine of some sort and peaking through it.
"That looks good..." Sayori commented while salivating.
"Do you just wanna join them Sayori?" Natsuki asked.
"No. I promised myself that I wouldn't interrupt them. I'm a good friend!" Sayori yelled. This caused Natsuki and Yuri to cover her mouth and fall into the water.
Tridon and Monika looked over confused, but shrugged their shoulders, "I hope they know hobos sometimes pee in that fountain." Tridon commented, "But anyway, I had 2,855 passing yards. 29 touchdowns and 8 interceptions."
"So you still turned the ball over?"
"Hey. Nobody's perfect." Tridon lightly nudged Monika's shoulder and smiled warmly at her, "I ran the ball too."
"How many yards?"
"I think just under 550 yards. 6 touchdowns."
"Oh. That's nice. What about year two?"
"Second year, I threw for 3,034 yards, 33 touchdowns and 11 interceptions." Monika raised her eyebrow while Tridon said his interception count, "They wanted me to throw more and our receivers weren't the best."
"Mhm..." Tridon started to pinch cheeks lightly causing her to laugh, "Ah! Stop!"
"Don't treat me like that!"
"I won't! Hahaha!"
Sayori, Yuri, and Natsuki all peaked their heads out of the fountain and frowned.
"Was he always this charming?" Natsuki questioned, "How can he have Monika right under his thumb like that?!"
"Well, she does have a crush on him and this is the first time she's been alone with him." Yuri explained, "I guarantee you that if she knew we were here, she would change her personality."
"Probably..."
"Girls," Sayori chopped Yuri's face and said, "they're on the move!" Sayori and Natsuki hopped out of the fountain and gave chase. Yuri remained and rubbed her nose.
"Ow..." Yuri moaned.
Tridon and Monika arrived at her house and stopped in front of it, "I had a good day Monika."
"Same here. I absolutely loved it."
"Me too..." The two stared at each other for a minute and at that moment, they started to inch closer to one another. However, instead of kissing, they pointed over to a nearby bush.
They say in unison, "We know you're all there." They broke apart and stared at the bush. Sayori, Yuri, and Natsuki all stepped out of the bush in shock.
"How'd you know we were there?!" Sayori yelled.
"We know you 3 have been following us all day!" Tridon answered, "Besides," Tridon wiped his eyes and said, "you ate my apple fritter..."
"Tridon!" Sayori yelled, "Your next cheat day is next week!"
"You weren't suppose to tell!" Tridon yelled back.
"Wait," Yuri interrupted, "when did you two know we were following you two?"
"When we heard Sayori yell when we were near the fountain." Monika answered, "We just decided to play it off like we didn't hear anything."
"Man..." Natsuki moaned, "I knew they heard us."
"Tridon," Sayori started, "are you mad?"
"No. More so disappointed."
The light from Sayori's eyes disappeared while fainting. Tridon caught her and sighed, "I guess disappointment is what causes her to faint." Tridon turned to Monika and laughed, "I guess this is where we part ways. I had a fun day though."
"I did too. Perhaps we can do it again sometime."
"I'd love that. Have a good evening Monika."
"You too Tridon." Tridon hauled Sayori over his shoulders and made his way with the other two. As soon as they were out of sight, Monika grabbed her hair and squatted while looking at the ground in distress, "I was about to lock lips with him! Why did they have to ruin this day for me?!" Monika quickly stood up and yelled at the sky, "I will get those lips on day!"
A/N: It took me some time to finish this chapter. I sorta hit a wall. Or more so, didn't know if I wanted to upload this chapter. I love American Football (I am American) and I love to express my love for it every now and then. I just wanted to do a little bit on that topi in this chapter with Monika. The next chapter will go back to another story adventure. The next story adventure has plenty of action. So look forward to that!
