Author's notes
Got a bit of an update for all of you. I am currently in my last year of high school, so that means I got exams, projects, and summative due eventually. In short, production for this story will be delayed quite a bit and chapters that I'm currently releasing will take longer in the future. I hope you all understand.
Also, another side note, I know I uploaded chapter 4 around May 27 or so. I wanted you all to know that was a mistake. During that time, it was not fully edited and I forgot to just upload it as a doc manager rather than an actual chapter. That was a mistake on my part and I apologise for it. Hopefully for those who have read the unedited chapter can see the improvement now. Now that I have gotten all that out of the way.
On with the chapter
-Literature Club-
You were shocked. Well, more like dumbfounded by the sudden question Monika had asked you. You had thought something completely different and for good reason too.
I suppose I should have expected this you thought disappointingly.
You looked at the caramel haired girl to see her waiting for your answer. You sighed. You truly hated any form of socializing but after some closure from yesterday and Monika forgiving you, you started to believe that this wouldn't be so bad.
Also, you needed to join a club to graduate.
You looked back at Monika's eyes to see fear inside them.
"I..." you began. Monika moved in closer.
You began to think again. Would it be worth it? Will this truly make her and yourself happy? Will you get hurt age-
You stopped mid thought to focus on the main topic of the discussion. You didn't want Monika waiting any longer. You decided to give her the answer now.
"I'll join" you finally say. For a second, you saw relief and happiness in Monika's eyes.
"Wait, really?!" Her eyes shined again. She could not believe that you agreed to have joined.
"Yeah. It can't be that bad, right?" You say while trying not to blush from how close you two are.
Monika seemed to notice your blush and the lack of space between your face to hers and immediately went back to her seat.
"O-oh. That's wonderful!" She managed to say with a tint of red on her face.
"I'm glad" She spouts with the most angelic smile you have ever seen. It left you speechless.
After a few minutes of silence, something was still on your mind, so you decided to ask.
"Who else is in this club?"
"Ahah... The answer may surprise you"
"Give me a shot" you say confidently. Monika is the club leader and knowing how much she's liked in the school hierarchy, you knew the amount of people in this club would be beyond your imagination.
"Well... let's just say you're the Vice President now that you've joined" She says with a little disappointment in her voice
What? you thought. How am I already Vice President? Wait. Don't tell me... Once again realisation hit you in the face and it seemed like Monika knew too
"I suppose you've figured it out Ahaha..." Monika gives a pathetic laugh.
"How?! I thought you'd have almost everyone in the school apply here!"
"Ahaha... Well, being the most popular and most liked isn't what it looks to be, [Y/N]. There's always a reason people hang around the popular kids..." Monika exclaims while doing her signature pose.
That comment caught you by surprise. You didn't expect those words from someone else, especially Monika.
"Tell me about it... people are selfish and attention seeking. They would even back stab one of their friends just to receive popularity. But, that still doesn't answer my question. You could have asked anyone to join you and make this an official club. How come you haven't?" You ask straightforwardly.
Monika looks at you with her emerald eyes and then turns to face the window that's emitting a beautiful sunset. It seemed like she was thinking about the answer as well.
She turns back to you with seemed like she figured it out. What you saw next could only been the works of the rom com gods blessing you with the image.
"I want something genuine in this club. A place where people enjoy what they do" She states while the sunset complimented her already beautiful figure.
You blushed with both the image and the words, but you began to think. Genuine? What is and isn't genuine? You were curious to this question.
"I'll help." You say with a sense of determination. Monika seemed to notice the aura you were putting out and smiled.
"Let's find it together"
"AHHHHH" You were rolling around your bed with the events that happened playing in your mind.
Why did I say those things?! They were completely out of character for me! You yell to no one.
Today was taking its toll on you. You decided to make a list in your mind on what happened. You agreed to join a club with one of the post popular person in the school, you basically told her that you'll stay with her until the genuine search is over, and-
Wasn't I supposed to do something else today? you thought. You started to think about what you were supposed to do.
Ah crap. I forgot about Sensei you gulped while imagining how mad she'll be tomorrow. Hopefully you'll be able to crawl yourself to the nurse's office.
You kept thinking about your conversation with Monika. You sighed. Maybe the one thing you weren't hoping for is finally happening.
Maybe you're falling in love.
But you disregarded that possibility. You didn't have enough evidence that you truly loved her. You decide to go to sleep and the last thing you thought about before you went to sleep was Monika.
He said yes. He said yes. He said yes! Monika kept repeating the same sentence repeatedly since she didn't believe that [Y/N] would even give her club a thought. She was surprised to say the least.
Monika tried calming herself down from the events that transpired in the club room. How could I have said those things to him?! she squeezed her pillow while turning into a rose colour. Regardless of all the embarrassing things she may have said she could not deny one fact.
She was happy.
"I'm glad. Thank you for being the first member, [Y/N]. Thank you..." She mumbles before drifting to sleep.
The last thing on her mind was [Y/N].
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
The Clock read 5:30. A time that isn't implanted in your body.
God damn it you wretched thing You slam your fist on your alarm clock but right after you do another one starts beeping. Well played me... Well played. You knew you were going to have a difficult time waking up this morning, so your 'past' self decided to use two alarm clocks. One right in front of you and the other one hidden somewhere. You tried your best to remember but failed miserably. You decided that getting ready for school rather than wasting time trying to find the other alarm clock would be a better option. Besides, you must meet Monika before school. You and she were texting each other before going to sleep because she needed assistance moving some stuff to the club room.
But is it worth waking up this early just to help someone? After all, to work is to lose... You thought about if you should even go but your morals kicked in and you forced yourself to go downstairs after getting dressed in your school clothes. You quickly ate something for breakfast and proceeded to walk towards the school. You probably shouldn't be late.
You arrived at school at an appropriate time. You were earlier than planned really. Coming 15 mins earlier than the original set time to meet up you were quite proud of yourself for sticking to your morals. You decided to wait for Monika in the clubroom.
Maybe it would be better if I went to the club room to wait for Monika You thought. You decided to stick with the idea and went towards the club room. Hopefully she'll text you or arrive here herself.
You make it to the clubroom and open the slide door. To your surprise it was opened. You peeked inside to make sure you weren't intruding on anything and luckily for you, you were not. You decided to sit where you were sitting yesterday when you and Monika had your chat and got out your book/manga. It was [F/B] by [A/N]. You enjoyed the piece due to its story structure and narrative story telling. You continued from where you left on and drifted into the book.
"-eeey, [Y/N]!" You could hear a voice. A voice from an angel? Maybe. No… The sound had more of a teasing nature rather than a pure and innocent one. "HEY!" You yelped and nearly fall from your chair but kept your balance. You look around to see who could have disrupted your peaceful sleeping time and you saw Monika with a smirk on her face.
"What was that for?! You nearly gave me a heart attack" You ask slightly irritated from the sudden surprise she gave you.
"Awe. Did I interrupt sleeping beauty here?" She asks with a devilish smirk on her face. If you didn't know any better, you would have thought she was here to take your soul and sell it to Sens-
You stopped that train of thought.
"Arg… I was having a good dream too. Who knew sleeping at school with no one around would be so peaceful" You say unaware of what words left your mouth.
"A good dream?" She asks. "Please keep your filthy hands away from my body. I fear for myself and everyone in this facility now" She asks covering her upper body.
"What are you going on abo- No! It was nothing like that!" You say trying to defend yourself, but you secretly knew this wouldn't have proven you innocent
"Hentai" She says with a deadpan face.
"Tch. Whatever. What did we have to move to the clubroom anyways?" You ask trying to change the subject. "Nothing really. Just a few desks from the storage room. As you can see, a desk and two chairs aren't really club appropriate" She states with that teasing smile again.
You sighed. "That's going to be a pain in the ass." You begin to think if you should really do this. You gave one look to Monika and all the doubts you had were pushed in the back of your brain. "Fine. Let's get started then." You get up leaving your phone and bag in the clubroom while Monika follows you from behind.
You led yourself and Monika to the storage room and motioned Monika to open it. You figured that the storage shed would be locked, and Monika would either have the key already. She seemed to notice what you were doing and lightly hops in front of the shed. She got out the keys and began unlocking the doors. Once the doors were unlocked You and Monika opened the doors to be in a battle of dust.
Cough "That's a lot of dust for a shed. How long has it been since they used this place?" You ask in your coughs.
"I really don't know. I suppose that's more adventure for us! This seems a bit exciting!" She exclaims enthusiastically.
"Fun for you. Work for me. We should hurry up before we're late for class" You say while entering the shed. Monika shortly follows behind.
To say this was an adventure was an understatement. An adventure required preparation and a vast knowledge of the area you were exploring. It was being prepared with the right mind.
"Ok. So, you're telling me, that we came into a sh- No. A building with no lights and you have no idea where everything is?" You ask in a calm but piercing tone.
"Ahaha I suppose so…" Monika looks away trying not to see your gaze through the darkness.
Somehow a student, most likely the soccer or baseball club members, thought it was a good idea to close an open door without asking if anyone was inside. You sighed loud enough so Monika could hear you.
"Don't worry! I can find a way out. Just give me a mome- AHH!" She yelled as if she was about to fall. You reacted out of instinct and tried your best to catch Monika in the darkness. "Don't worry. I got yo- OOF".
You got one of your jobs done correctly. You wanted to catch Monika and hope she wouldn't have gotten hurt. The method used however put you through the pain.
"Are you okay?!" She asked with a worrisome tone in her voice whilst getting off you.
"Yeah. Don't worry. I'm fine" You say trying to sound reassuring. Somehow, Monika knew you were lying and came close to you. She stared into your eyes and poked your stomach. You ached in pain and Monika was slightly irritated.
"Don't lie to me" She says with a tone that could rivals Ms. [T/N].
You sighed. "Yeah. My bad. Now, we should probably figure out an escape route before night falls."
"What about if school starts?"
"What about school?"
"I'm not sure about you, but I like to take care of my academic portfolio. I do not want to go down to a B…" She said the last letter with disgust. You chuckled and continued your search for a way out or something to provide light.
"I think I found something!" Monika seemed to find obtain an item from the search that you two were doing. It happened to be a flashlight.
"Great. Now we can see and hopefully find a hole or something." She turns on the flashlight and moves it around. You quickly go towards Monika. You both move around the storage and see various items.
"Wow… To think that all this stuff isn't used anymore… It's a shame." Monika says with a hint of sadness in her voice
"What do you expect? Most people only use these items and once they're done they go buy others. It's not a surprise that all this stuff isn't used"
"I suppose so…" Monika continues to look around hopefully to spot an escape route but to no success. You both decided that it was time to take a break. While moving to a less crowded spot, you happened to spot some candles and matches. You grab those to make sure you and Monika do not waste the battery life of the flash light.
You and Monika sit down to your temporary resting spot and you light a candle to have some light in the room. You and Monika continued to stare at each other without uttering a word and eventually the atmosphere got suffocating for you, so you decided to come up with some small talk.
"So… Uh… How is everything?" You ask. Jesus. I'm terrible at this
"You know, you don't have to make small talk. I'm not a random person you don't know" She says with the face you saw make two days ago.
"I'm just trying to make a conversation. We have been looking at each other hoping one of us would talk but looks like we can't even do that properly" You state laying out your thoughts and feelings.
Monika looked above and looked back at you. You could see a few tears from the corner of her eyes. You were left speechless from her expression.
"You're right… I truly can't do anything right… This whole thing was a mistake. The club was a mistake. My whole exis-"
"SHUT UP!" Monika's tranced face looks at you now with tears streaming down her face. You realized that you had snapped but the face had brought you back to reality.
"You can't just keep thinking everything is your fault. You are your own person, and everyone loves you for that even if those guys are fake. You impressed me with yourself… And you make me happy! and… Just say it! You make countless people happy for being you. You can't just say that everything was a mistake…" Damn it…
Monika looked at you with a vulnerable face. You got up and sat beside her and hugged her. She didn't fight nor; did you say anything afterwards. Both of you stayed in that embrace for a while.
Someone heard your outburst near the shed and they opened the door. They were shocked by the image you and Monika had put on. They quickly looked at both you and Monika and silently went off.
Crap… This isn't going to end well
"Hey, Monika. Someone opened the door. We should get going." You say softly towards Monika. Monika sniffed and wiped her tears.
"Yeah. You're right. We should move the desks later." Monika breaks the embrace and both of you get up getting ready to go to class.
"[Y/N]… Thank you for everything." She says turning around before entering the school.
"It's nothing to fret" You say averting your eyes from Monika's. "Just think of me as a pillar. I will shoulder your pains and lend you support. I will not say that I can help you with everything, but I will still support you no matter what" You say with a reassuring smile.
Monika thinks for a bit before looking back at you.
Green Emerald Eyes to [E/C].
"That would be great."
Author's notes
Yo everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Hopefully I still have time to write but as mentioned before, I am currently still in school and with exams coming up and other tasks I must do in class, everything is piling up. I hope you all won't mind if I don't upload for a month or less.
Other than that, I do not have any more announcements made. None of you guys asked any questions via commenting but I did receive some amazing feedback so thank you for everyone that enjoyed this.
Later.