Sayori turned the corner and saw a group of people by some of the lockers. "Huh...I wonder what's going on over there." She made her way closer to the group and saw a short, pink-haired girl cornered by an open locker. Some of the other students were pulling some books out of the locker and tossing them on the floor. "Bullies…just a bunch of meanies."

Sayori walked up to the bullies, tapped one on the shoulder and waited for them to turn around. "What do you want?"

"Leave her alone. Stop messing with her stuff. Or I'll let the principal know what you all are doing to her."

"Oooooooh, what a threat."

"Ahahaha, you tell her."

"Whatever, let's go."

With that, the bullies turned and left. Sayori glared in their direction until they rounded the corner. Letting out a sigh, she turned to the girl that was being bullied. "Are you okay? Stupid bullies…"

"I'm fine." The girl looked towards Sayori. "Uh...thank you."

"No problem! Here let me help you pick these up."

"No! I mean...it's fine, I can do it."

"Oh, is this manga?"

"Errrr…yeah. Are you gonna judge me for reading it like them?"

"Huh? Oh, no...I just had a friend that read manga a lot, so I thought I recognized what it was. I would never judge you for reading that. Were they really bullying you for reading manga? What is wrong with them? Bunch of meanies."

"You won't judge me?" Sayori shook her head. "Thanks."

"I'm Sayori. What's your name?"

"Natsuki."

"Nice to meet you, Natsuki.

"Yeah, same."

Sayori bent down to help pick up some of the manga that was on the floor. "Oh, this looks super cute! Parfait Girls...is it good?"

"Yeah! It's my favorite!" Natuki said, a big smile on her face. "If you'd like, you can read it."

"That would be awesome!" Sayori looked in Natsuki's locker and saw an entire collection of manga. 'Wait, does she keep her manga here? Why doesn't she just take it home?'

Natsuki generally was hesitant about opening up about her manga, let alone sharing it with someone else, but Sayori seemed like a genuinely nice person. Someone that Natsuki could trust. Maybe even be friends with her. "Where you going before you stopped to help me out?"

"Oh, I was just going to the library. I'm not in any clubs, so I was going to go draw or write poems."

"May I join you? I was going to head there before they showed up."

"Of course you can! I'd be happy if you joined me!" With Natsuki's manga now off the floor and in her locker, the two made their way into the library.

Monika entered the library to get some reference material for the next debate topic. As she entered the library, she noticed it was mostly empty, with only a few people in there. She walked up to the librarian and asked where she could find the information she was looking for, to which the librarian pointed to the back of the library.

"What you are looking for is right back there, dear. Would you like me to show you?"

"Thank you, ma'am, but I should be good. If I need help, I'll be sure to ask," Monika said politely.

"Alright, I'll be here if you need anything."

"Thank you!" And with that, Monika made her way to the back of the library. The debate subject wasn't an extraordinarily difficult one, but it never hurt to be prepared, and if Monika was anything, it was prepared for anything.

Or, at least, she was, until she saw a beautiful, violet-haired girl reading in the back of the library. Upon seeing the girl, Monika hid behind a bookshelf. 'Oh my,' Monika thought to herself. She put her hand to her heart and felt it pounding. 'She's so...pretty. Don't be weird, you're just here to get your reference material, not to awkwardly hit on someone you don't know. What if I just say hi? I could maybe hear her voice! I bet she has a beautiful voice, too! Okay, Monika, just say hi and get your things and get out.' "Okay, here we go." 'I said that out loud… whatever, just go.'

Monika rounded the corner and walked towards the girl and noticed she was deeply engrossed into whatever she was reading. 'She looks so happy. I wish I could be that happy. On second thought, I better not interrupt her.' Monika quietly grabbed the resources that she needed and returned to the librarian to check out the material.

"Find everything you were looking for, dear?"

"Actually, I did. I found exactly what I was looking for."

"I'm glad to hear that. Everything is good to go. It's due within a week."

"Hey, before I go, there was a girl reading back there. Do you know who she is?"

"The girl with the violet hair?" Monika nodded. "Oh, her name is Yuri. She's in here all the time. She comes here after school every day."

"Yuri…well, thanks again for all your help. I should be able to return these tomorrow."

"Alrighty, you have a good evening, Monika."

Monika packed everything in her bag and left the library. Ordinarily she'd have her mind occupied by preparing for the debate club, but the entire entire walk home all she could think of was Yuri. In fact, that's all she could think of all night. As she laid in her bed, all she could do was think about her, so Monika decided that she would go to the library and talk to her...eventually. "Uuuu...what do I even say to her? I don't know how to hit on girls. I'm the one that usually gets hit on...and by creepy dudes, ugh. What if she doesn't even like girls? Hhaah...this is so stressful." Monika rolled over in her and screamed into her pillow. She felt better after that. She sighed deeply, 'there's no point in wasting sleep worrying over this. Just relax and deal with it tomorrow.' So Monika fell asleep, and dreamed about a girl in a library. 'Yeah...I found exactly what I need.'