Author's Note: This is not YukiMegi, but Ericagoldfarb, YukiMegi's ascended and final form and the writer of Dreams of Doki Doki, Familiar of Zero: Epilogue and The New Hero in Town, as well as a close friend of Yuki's! He's kind of lazy so he told be to write this chapter for him. Check out my stuff if you want and enjoy!
(Actually I'm suffering writer's block and can't seem to work on anything for a while. Also school is a disease with no cure. ~YukiMegi)
Levi is tired.
It's 1:32 in the morning on Saturday night, and he still has absolutely no idea what to do.
The cell phone on his bedside table rings. Levi groans as he reaches to grab it.
It's Monika…
Levi presses the 'accept call' button and begins to speak. "Monika? Why're you calling so late?"
Monika sounds sad, as if she's crying on the other side of the line. "I'm sorry, Levi… Is it okay if I just talk to you about something?"
Levi falls victim to the voice of a flustered Monika. "It's fine. I wasn't sleeping, anyways. What's wrong?"
"It's just that… I've been having these dreams…" Monika confesses.
"Yeah?"
"I've been having these dreams for so long, ever since April or so. Someone tells me that…"
"That what?" Levi chimes curiously."
Monika says it in a swift exhale. "That nothing is real!"
Levi fights back the urge to laugh. "Well, that's not true! I mean, I can't speak for anyone else, but I for one am very real."
"No, it's not like that." The brunette cries from the other side of the line. "It's like I'm trapped in some kind of computer program or something!"
Levi tries to reassure her. "Well, Monika, that's ridiculous! I mean, how would that even be possible?"
"I don't know!" Tears flow down Monika's soft cheeks. "But I've been able to look into some kind of… Some kind of game files."
"What?" Levi is getting more and more confused by the second.
"It's as if we're just pieces to some kind of dating sim-type game. We're just programs dedicated to romance whoever the player is."
"Am… Am I the player?" Levi begins to panic.
"No." Monika sighs. "You have your own file. Someone else is, or is going to be, the player."
Levi takes a more serious tone. "How do you expect me to believe all of that. It might just be a couple of bad dreams, no more."
"I can modify your files. Do you really want me to prove it to you?"
"What?" Levi is flustered by the question. "What do you mean?"
"Here. I'll prove it to you." Monika says in confidence.
"Wait, what?" Levi's confusion is still spiraling upwards.
"Okay, I did it." Monika tries to chuckle.
"I don't feel anything different. What were you trying to do?" Levi is still struggling to figure out what's going on.
"Oh." Monika laughs. "Ahaha! I guess it all was just a bad dream! I'm sorry about putting you through that, Levi!"
Levi begins laughing as well. "It's fine, Monika! Have a good rest!"
"You too! Good night!"
The two hang up the phone.
"What the hell was that?" Levi says out loud to no one.
Levi falls back asleep immediately.
On Monday morning, he groans as his alarm sounds. His fatigue reaches new limits as he hits the snooze button with his numb hand.
When he does decide to get up, hi sluggishly puts his school uniform. He brushes his hair lazily to the side and stumbles downstairs to eat his breakfast.
Levi unwrapps a package of Pop-Tarts and puts them in his toaster. While they toast he drags himself to the bathroom to tie on his tie and brush his teeth.
When he walks back into his kitchen a few minutes later, he takes a glance at his alarm clock to see that the time is still 5:45.
Seriously? I could've gotten an extra hour of sleep…
He takes a bite out of his Pop-Tart as he sits on the couch and turns on his TV.
The television screen instantly lights up, showing some kind of old show with Miley Cyrus in her teenage years wearing a wig.
Huh? What's this?
Levi presses the info button on his remote control to see that it's playing an episode of Hannah Montana.
"Huh…" After doing some research on his phone, he discovers that it's a show where Miley Cyrus has a popstar alias but is trying to prevent people from knowing, seeking help from her friends to take on superstar identities themselves.
This shou is oddly relatable…
Levi finds the show on Netflix, and watches the first two episodes. He enjoys it unnaturally, judging from the notion that it was a children's show on Disney Channel.
Finally, it became time for Levi to go to school, so he slips his shoes on and leaves.
"Well, Levi, you're not usually one to oversleep."
Levi looks in the direction that the sound came from to see a teenage girl with bright green eyes.
"Monika? This is a surprise!"
"Anyways, I just wanted to apologize for what I said last night… I don't know what was going through my mind." Monika looks at the ground.
"Wait…" Levi searches his memory banks. "What did happen?"
"You don't remember?" Monika asks perplexingly.
"I don't know… Last night is kinda… Hazy…" Levi curls his hand around his chin as he tries to recollect the events of the previous night.
"You know what, it doesn't really matter." Monika shrugs.
"All right, then." Levi continues walking to school. Monika stays by his side.
"Hey, you two!" Monika and Levi turn around and see a certain peachette jogging towards them, her bright red bow glistening in the sunlight.
"Sayori!" Monika waves. "Hi!"
As soon as she catches up, she jumps and hugs Monika. Levi steps back to admire the scene.
Monika smiles at her friend, then straightens out her bright white bow that was slightly crinkled by Sayori's embrace.
The trio talk while they make their way to school. Sayori walks into her classroom and waves goodbye to the others. Monika and Levi walk into their same class right as the warning bell rings.
They sit in their seats, and the school day begins.
Levi thinks about a lot of things during school, like what he forgot about the night before, Hannah Montana, and what had happened to his bike. To put it in short, Levi wasn't very participative in school that day. Finally, the day was over and it was time for the club meeting.
"Come on, Levi!" He was snapped out of his train of thought by Monika. He had a few hypotheses on what was of his bicycle, though. The two talked about speech patterns in English class as they neared the clubroom.
The meeting went on like usual, without much exception. He found himself reading manga with Natsuki, sharing his shitty poem, preparing for the festival in a couple of weeks, and just talking.
When he finally got home, he binged Hannah Montana, completely forgetting about his homework in the process.
Then, the reminder came to him.
The song!
He figured that since Monika still hasn't fully mastered the piano and he still sucked at English, he might need some other help.
He lies down on his bed, pondering what he could do. The deadline was sneaking up on him at full speed, and he was simply procrastinating.
I'm a celebrity, for God's sake, and I can't find anything better than a low-grade pianist and I have what could possibly be the shittiest English skills on Earth! I've got to have celebrity connections somehow! God, I'm overthinking this… Monika's fine at piano! She'll do fine! But what if…
He turns Netflix back on.
He watches yet another episode of Hannah Montana, and in fact makes it to the second season. Then, an idea comes to him…
He puts the TV on pause as he dials in his agent's phone number at record speed. After three rings, he picks up.
"Yes, sir?"
Levi pipes down his voice as if there were spies all over his house. "Hey, do you think you could page, um, Miley Cyrus really quick?"
"Yes, I believe we would be able to, but… Why?"
"Trust me… This will all make sense later." Levi chuckles. "We would need a translator… Do we have one?"
"No, but I can hire a Japanese-English interpreter without much of a problem if you'd like."
"Great. Have that done. That's it. Thanks."
"No problem."
Levi hangs up the phone, hoping that he had made the right decision.
He puts the TV back on play, laughing at Jake Ryan's shitty flirting skills.
End Note: Well then, there we go, Y U K I. Just like you requested, Monika did not kidnap Levi. I know, I know, no thanks necessary.
/\/\/To be Continued
(Hey, note from Yuki again. Merry Christmas, Hanuka, Kwanzaa, or whatever the fuck else you celebrate! I personally don't celebrate anything around this time of year but I still wanted to make sure I got that put in here. Have a happy new year and I wish you all a great 2019! Cya.)
P.S. The Miley Cyrus thing might not stick around, no offense to Erica but I honestly don't know shit about Miley Cyrus past the wrecking ball.
