Hey, it's been a while. Sorry, it took me so long to get this out. Some personal stuff got in the way and I wasn't really feeling motivated to write.
But anyway I'm back. So, let's get into this.
I drove into the school's parking lot and parked it in an empty space. Unbuckling my seatbelt and grabbing my bag, Monika and I, exited the car. Upon exiting, Monika shot me a worried glance and spoke up.
"Hey, are you okay?" she asked.
I looked over at her and gave her the most genuine smile I could muster.
"I'm fine." I said.
Monika gave me a look that told me she obviously wasn't buying it. She glared at me, slightly considered, waiting for a real answer.
I gave in and responded, "Really, I'm fine. I'm just…" I struggled to find the right words. "I just… I'm not really the most popular person here."
Monika changed her expression from worry to slight confusion.
I brushed it off with a hand wave. "Nevermind. Don't worry about it. Let's just get in before someone noti-"
"Ms. Salvato!" I was interrupted by a voice calling out from behind me.
I turned around to see the principle walking over to us.
"Goddamnit," I silently curse to myself. "I'm never gonna be able to sneak her in- Wait what did he just say?"
I look over to, Monika, who looks just as confused as me. The principal approaches us and continues speaking.
"I've been waiting for you to arrive." He says with a grin on his face.
Monika, seems to have a look on her face that says, "Who? Me?"
The principle looks over to me. "I see you've already been acquainted with some of the students here." His tone seems to suggest that he's not too delighted that she's with me.
He clears his throat and continues. "Anyway, Ms. Salvato, I wanted to speak to you about your schedule. It seems that we've lost some of your records so I thought since you're just starting out today, It would be easier just to have you choose your schedule."
Monika, looks over to me, hoping for answers. I give her a small shrug and she turns to the principal once again.
"Um…" She starts to speak up, "I guess I'll just take the same classes as, Dean."
He looks at her with a disappointed face covered by a polite smile.
"Are you sure?" He asks, "Even his electives?"
Monika turns to me with a curious smile on her face.
"What electives do you take?" She asks me.
I respond, "Um, digital music and digital media"
Monika's expression turns to excitement.
"Ooh! That sounds fun!" She perks up and turns back to the principal. "Yeah. I'll take his classes."
He gives her a slight smile with a bit of worry laced in it and then nods. "Very well. You may be at a different level than him in a few academic classes, but we'll sort that out later. Report to my office once school starts and we'll get you your new schedule."
I chuckle at his comment towards me.
"Should I get someone to show you around the school?" he asks, Monika.
"No." Monika replies, "I'll just have, Dean, show me around."
The principle looks over to me, again with a slightly worried expression. "Right. If you don't mind me asking, what is your relationship together."
"We're living together." I say to him with a slight smirk.
He looks at me with a serious but slightly surprised look on his face. "Very well." He says while glaring at me. "Well, Ms. Salvato, don't hesitate to talk to me if you ever get into trouble." And with that, he walks away.
"Dick." I mutter to myself.
The last comment was clearly directed towards me. As if he thinks that, Monika will get into trouble just by being with me. The only thing I'm guilty of this year is mediocre grades. I haven't done anything since freshman year. I cringe at that thought.
"So…" Monika, says, pulling me out of my thoughts. "You wanna show me around?"
We walk around the school as I show Monika the classes she'll most likely be taking. After walking for a bit I finally decide to bring up what we're both probably thinking about.
"So, I guess you're enrolled in the school." I say, confused.
Monika looks at me and shrugs. "Don't look at me, I don't know how that happened."
"Yeah, I was worried you wouldn't" I respond. "With all those legal documents and now this? What the hell is happening?"
"Although I guess when a video game character randomly shows up in my reality weird stuff is bound to happen." I think to myself.
As, Monika and I, walk down the halls I start to notice people giving up weird glances. For a second I'm worried that they recognize her but then I hear a few whispers coming from the crowds of people.
"Who is she?"
"Is she with him."
"Wait, Dean, has a girlfriend?"
"I guess she doesn't really know him that well if they're dating."
I can feel my head start to spin as I listen to everyone whisper about us. It reminds me of the dreams I've been having. I start to fidget a bit as I try to ignore everyone.
"I think she's a new student."
"That would explain she's with him."
"He's probably just holding her hostage."
Suddenly, Monika grabs my hand. I snap out of it and look over at her. She smiles at me and squeezes my hand. A faint smile appears on my face as I start to relax.
Classes go by normally and mostly consisted of me trying to fall asleep. Once I got to digital music, Monika, was already there waiting for me. I, along with the help of the teacher, showed all the equipment and how to use it. The class was pretty well equipped for everything you would need to make professional sounding music. We even had a small recording booth in the back of the room. Of course, after showing, Monika, the microphones she asked me the inevitable question.
"Do you sing?" She asked, excited for my answer.
"No," I replied with a slight chuckle.
Monika looked at me with disappointed eyes.
"Well, I mean…" I stumbled over my words, trying to put, Monika's sad face at ease. "I-I guess I could but I've never really tried before."
"Then you have to sing with me!" Monika said, almost before I finished my sentence.
"There is no way-" I cut myself off after seeing, Monika revert to her sad face.
"Please." She said with a sincere voice.
"Fine," I said, giving in to her manipulative face. "I guess we could. Not today though."
Monika perked up with a wide smile on her face. "Great! I'll be looking forward to it."
I rolled my eyes playfully at her and continued showing her around.
There was only one more class till lunch. Once we were released I quickly looked around the school for Monika.
"Yo, Dean, what's up!" I heard a familiar voice call out from behind me.
I begrudgingly turned around to see, Devon, walking towards me.
"Hey, Devon," I said, giving him a slight wave. "
Devon catches up to me and we walk through the school for a bit.
"So, you getting lunch today or are you gonna starve yourself again?" He asked me. "I already ate during class so I'm good either way."
"Actually I was just looking for someone." I replied.
Devon chuckled, "Hopefully not a girl right?"
I ignored his comment and entered the cafeteria where I found, Monika, sitting at a table with her lunch.
"Hey, Dean!" She called out to me.
Devon looked at me, confused, and nearly froze at the door. I walked over to Monika and sat down with her. Devon, soon following and sitting across from us.
As we sat down, Monika, looked at, Devon, then to me.
"Oh, this is my friend, Devon," I said. I then turned to Devon, "And this is, Monika, my girlfriend."
Devon's eyes widened in surprise and slight disbelief. "Girlfriend. Really?" He looks at Monika, "How much is he paying you?"
Monika laughs, "What? Nothing."
"Oh, by the way," Monika hands me a slice of pizza that had been on her tray. "I noticed that you didn't eat anything this morning so here. I only wanted the salad anyway."
"Wait what do you mean this morning?" Devon asked. "Are you two living together?"
"Uh… yeah." I stuttered out. "She doesn't really have anywhere else to go, so…"
"Damn so you guys are pretty serious?" Devon asked.
"Of course!" Monika perked up, "We've actually been dating for a couple months but we just recently met in person."
"Huh," Devon seemed surprised. "So where are you from?"
Monika paused and started thinking to herself, confused on what to say.
"Japan," I said, saving her.
"Ha," Devon laughed, "I knew you were a weeb but geez." He looked at Monika, "You came all the way from Japan for him?"
"Yeah! Dean is very special to me." Monika said while smiling at me.
Devon smirked then stood up. "Well, I just remembered that a teacher wanted to see me after class so have fun you two." And with that, he walked off.
"Well, he seemed fun." Monika said.
"Yeah, he's definitely something," I respond. "I'm surprised he didn't recognize you or at least comment on your name. Actually, I'm surprised that no one's recognized you yet. I guess the hair really does make you look different."
We sat in silence for a second before Monika spoke up. "Why does everyone get surprised when we say that we're together?"
"Well, uh…" I try to find an excuse, "I guess you're just a lot prettier than I am."
Monika looks at me suspiciously. She can see right through me.
"It's nothing really…" I say. "I'll tell you about it later."
Lunch ends and we both head to class. Again classes go by normally until I get to my next elective, digital media. It's a class where we learn various things relating to computers. Such as Photoshop, 3D modeling, video editing, etc. Right now we're learning basic coding. I thought Monika would enjoy that and I guess I was right. She picked up on everything really quickly and was super invested in learning. I guess it makes sense that she'd like coding considering the events of DDLC.
After a couple more classes the day is over and I meet Monika at the front entrance. As we're talking we're approached by a girl who I was worried I would have to introduce to Monika.
"Hey, Dean." She greets me then looks over to Monika. "Oh, you must be, Monika, the new girl. I'm Melony."
Monika looks at her and smiles "Hello, nice to meet you."
Melony looks at both of us and notices we're holding hands. "Well, I guess the rumors are true, you really do have a girlfriend, Dean." She says jokingly.
I sigh, "Are there really already rumors about it."
"Don't worry they aren't anything bad." She pauses, "Most of them at least. But don't listen to 'em. I'm glad you finally found someone."
Monika looks at her suspiciously "So, how do you and Dean know each other?" She asks.
Melony opens her mouth as if to say something but then closes it and awkwardly looks at me.
"Um. We were friends back in freshman year" I say. "I-I mean, we still are. We just don't have a lot of classes together and… you know."
Melony looks back at Monika, "What he said. Anyway, my ride's here. See you guys later." She waves goodbye to us then disappears into the parking lot.
Monika looks at me with a serious expression. "So what's your real history with her? Is she an ex-girlfriend?"
"Oh, no definitely not." I laugh out.
Monika looks at me, confused.
"It's not really anything," I reassure her. "We have more important things to talk about anyway. Let's just head home."
We walk towards my car, hop in, and drive off.
Alright, there's another chapter done. This one took me a bit cause I've been a bit but I think it came out pretty good. Of course, I'd still love to hear what you guys think.
I should have time to write more this week so new chapters should be coming out more.
Hope you guys enjoyed!