Chapter 2 – Positano, here we come. Sayori's fantastic idea?
"God damn, Sayori!" Virgil was holding his aching head. "Since when could you ever hit that hard?"
"There's only so much I can hold back on." Sayori said with a victorious look on her face. She turns to Monika. "Anyway, that's a good idea, Monika. We can still be the Literature Club outside of school grounds."
"Yeah." Natsuki agreed. "The class room was just where we attended, we can be the Club where ever we want."
"I agree." Said Yuri. "But we will still need a meeting place to gather."
"We'll figure that out later but lets go before the late bell rings." Monika concluded.
Meanwhile, Virgil was thinking to himself. Mental note to self: If you're gonna make a snarky comment or an insulting joke with Sayori around, make sure you're still wearing you motorcycle helmet before you start running your mouth.
Everyone started walking inside to the building where it was already jammed pack full of students. Some were talking in groups, some were looking at Monika, and some were even playing a prank on the principle by watching him walk into the life sized cardboard photo of his office in his doorway. Everyone, even Yuri laughed, at the sight. It was so funny that the principle started laughing. It got even funnier when the principle walked into the second cardboard photo of his office when he got past the second one. Everyone laughed even harder, except the principle, he stopped laughing all together.
"See ya, Natsuki." The group said as they left Natsuki at her class.
Shortly after they said good bye to 'Widdle Cupcake', Sayori and Yuri's class came up. Sayori hugged Virgil while Yuri merely waved which left Virgil and Monika to walk to their class alone. As they walked, Virgil was getting some heated looks from some of the guys they were passing. Virgil's response was to roll his eyes at the hate. While true that Virgil held some admiration for Monika, he didn't believe he liked her in any way that went beyond friendship. However, if Virgil said that the glares didn't bother him in anyway, he'd be lying so he snapped slightly.
"Oi! We're just the most popular girl in school and one of the most average guys in the world just walking to the same class that we have together as friends! We've all seen the stupid cliché before so all of you quit your gawking!" Virgil was eye balling most of the male student body as he ranted.
"You're so aggressive, Virgil." Monika giggled.
"That's the point." Virgil agreed. "So I heard a while back that the Literature Club will have to disbanded but no one said why? And it's not like we ever go over budget, we barely use the budget the school counsel gives us anyway so what gives?"
"Well… the budget is half the problem." Monika explained.
"What's the other half?"
"The other half is that we can't seem to maintain anymore than five members. New members either lose interest or we have to boot them out of the club because they don't participate with the activities."
"Yeah, I even remember that one guy who was always on his phone and when you asked him to put his phone away, he just looked up at you without saying anything and looked back down. He didn't even bother moving his head." Virgil mentioned.
"Yeah, I remember that. Sorry that I accidentally got you suspended for asking you to forcibly remove him." Monika apologized.
"It's okay, Monika." Virgil smiled. "That guy's an ass and he needed to leave. Besides, I'm happy to take one for the team."
They arrived to their class. It was boring, which is weird since it was the last day of school, so Virgil ended up throwing a note to Monika. When she opened it it read: "Wait how was the budget even a problem? We never used it. ~ Virgil"
Monika wrote down a response and threw it back. He opened it reading: "That's why it was a problem. Despite my protests of needing one, they gave us one anyway and said that we had to spend it."
"No notes in class, boi." Said the kid that Virgil kicked out of the club. Apparently they shared the same class.
"What are you talking about?" Virgil responded.
Everyone was looking at them. Suddenly the teacher came up and asked Virgil to see the note but he denied ever having one. The teacher asked to search his pockets and surprisingly Virgil complied and gave consent to being frisked. The teacher didn't find anything and instead punished the other student for disrupting the class. Virgil smiled.
Class was over and the two started to walk over to Sayori and Yuri's class when Virgil was stopped by that punk student that was punished in the previous paragraph.
"Hey! Virgil!" The idiot called out. Virgil walked over and pulled out a piece of crumpled paper and handed it to him. When he was opening it, Virgil was walking away. The paper read: "No one will ever love a taddle-tale." It also had a forever alone meme drawing with a hat that matched the one that the guy who was currently reading the note was wearing.
"C'mere so I can shove this note up your ass!" He said but Virgil just started laughing at the comment. "What's so funny, ass****?!"
Virgil pointed to him. "That note that you are holding right now… already was."
Everyone started laughing at him. He started getting flustered, like red with anger.
"That's how I was able to hide it." Virgil continued. Even Monika was laughing at the situation.
The guy rushed forward but Virgil ducked, grabbed him by the hips in a bear hug, lifted the bastard up, turned around, and then slammed the guy into the ground knocking him out cold. Virgil then grabbed his comatose body by the ankles and dragged him into the bathroom, the woman's bathroom to be exact. He walked in without a care in the world and hid the guy in an empty stall, locked the stall, and crawled out the bottom then left but not before turning around and giving a halfassed wave and saying "ladies". Monika was standing their with a look that said "was that really necessary?" Virgil nodded and gestured that they continue to their friends' classes for break. They met Sayori and Yuri and the four walked to go get Natsuki. After they did just that, they headed for the patio area of the school on the top floor and hung out for the entire period as they just talked. The day went by quickly after that and then the five of them decided to pay their respects at the end of the day by heading to their old club room.
"I'm gonna miss this place." Said Natsuki.
"Me too." Said Sayori.
The two looked out the window while Monika pulled out a camera and tripod.
"Gather around everyone." She said.
Everyone stood at the chalk board with Yuri on the left followed by Monika, Virgil, Sayori, and then Natsuki. They all forced a smile when the photo was being taken and when the flash went off and the camera beeped, everyone's smiles faded. Monika then attached the camera to a portable printer and printed out five copies of the photograph. Each member received a copy then they disbanded from the clubroom for the last time. While it was the last time from the clubroom, it wasn't the last time the club was going to meet. They all promised that they'll meet for meetings in the future, just somewhere else. They all hopped on their bikes and wished each other a great summer before driving off.
Virgil and Sayori started heading south towards Positano. They jumped on E45 and didn't talk for at least an hour until Sayori spoke up.
"That was a depressing good bye."
"Yeah it sure was."
"What do you think about this?"
"What do you mean exactly, Sayori?"
"Do you think things will be the same?"
"I don't know, Sayori. We'll soon find out."
The rest of the ride was quiet but before they knew they were already by the stoney beaches of Positano. Sayori looked out in awe as she saw the sun set on the Mediterranean. It was the most beautiful sight she ever seen. They eventually arrived to their hotel and checked into a room with two queen sized beds. They decided to eat at the Buca di Bacco restaurant nearby where they had a quick dinner and desert. Once they've ate, they headed back to the hotel to turn in for the night. They talked and talked as they waited for sleep to over take them.
"Hey, most of us have bikes right?" Sayori asked.
"Technically Natsuki has a Vespa but yes you're right, why?"
"Why don't we all go out riding and just… I don't know. It'll be like the Literature Club where we had fun." She explained.
"You know what?" Virgil sat up in his bed. "You're a genius, Sayori!"
Sayori stuck out her tongue.
Virgil texted Monika her idea but didn't get a response meaning that she probably has her phone off. Virgil was happy at the thought, it'll be like old times but on the open road. The two eventually fell asleep and waited in their dreams for the next day.
(A/N): And second chapter, completed. I need sleep X(