SKIP THIS PART IF YOU WOULD LIKE! CHAPTER 18 HAS BEEN UPLOADED RIGHT BELOW THE RESPONSES!
AN: Hello, everyone! I'm currently writing chapter 18 right now, the release date for the chapter will be in the 13th of March. I'm also trying to upgrade the quality of my chapters and improve as a writer. The more time I have on a specific chapter, the more fluid the story will be. As shown in the early chapters, they seemed a bit rushed and coarse. I'll admit it, I wrote those in a day for each chapter, and therefore is not in par with the chapters after 8. As a result I'm taking the time to carefully check for any plot holes in the new chapters I'm making.
If I didn't mention it before, I will now; once this fanfic is done. I'll doing a revised edit of it, looking at the glaring issue being how the early chapters flowed and how "emphasized" Val's reactions are. Thanks for understanding, if you do of course... Anyways, as seen in the previous chapter, it said "End of Act 1". So this means that the story is divided into two different Acts. Act 2 is where things take a drastic turn for the worse, in terms of Val's imprisonment of this "memory". Now to respond to reviews.
Big N, God, I love your reviews. They are fucking hilarious man. Yep, Val really needs to wake up soon. He's getting a bit too comfortable in that "world". Keep that up.
Quill, Thanks for the review. The Scorpion Evo is broken in all games and it will always stay broken. For example, Black Ops 2 had the great idea of putting rapid fire as an attachment to the already ridiculous fire rate of that gun. Ubisoft will probably make the gun a meta, and never change it again. Well, shit...
Tatana, I'm flattered by you calling me a talented author! Thanks for the compliment, I sincerely appreciate it. However, being the underachieving person I am, I'm going to have to reject it. I will openly admit that there is authors far superior than I in terms of... well everything! I'm improving slowly, but surely. Despite this, thank you.
Guardian, my Kokujin, it's coming soon. Hopefully it won't come that soon, if you get what I'm saying...
Anyways, that's all for now folks! I'll see you in the next chapter.
3/13/18, AN: Lets roll. Hope you all enjoy!
I didn't know how long it took to me for asleep. But, it doesn't matter, I was warm, comfortable, and happy. And best of all...
I was with her.
I felt my mind drift off, finally succumbing to the exhaustion I've received today.
Reconstructing restored memory sequence...
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I was a dark red room. Hell, I couldn't even tell if it was just a room or not. This room went on for miles ahead, as far as the eye can see. It simulated simple physics and calculations.
Where am I?
Wait, am I lucid dreaming?
This all feels so real...
Haven't I been here before?
I heard footsteps calmly approaching me. I turn my head towards the sound.
There was a man walking up to me. He had a mask on and was dressed in all black special operations armor.
This guy looks like a knock-off Vigil...
"Finally. And I know what you're thinking, I look like an idiot, but it's the least I can do to hide myself." The man said, in a muffled voice.
"W-who are you?! Where am I?!"
"Calm down, Frank. I can't tell you who I am, but I can tell you what to do."
"But, where the fuck am I?! Why won't you tell me who you are?! Who's Frank?!"
"That's not important, in couple of seconds you'll be remembering something else and be cuddling with her."
"What?! How do you know that?"
"Doesn't matter now-"
"Get me out here! I don't want anything to do with-"
"Look! Shut up for a god damn minute, okay?! I need to tell you something important!"
I glared at the man, knowing that he wasn't going to answer any of my questions.
"Speak fast. I'm losing my patience."
He crossed his arms.
"Very well. I'm here to remind you of your objective."
"My objective? Tommy?"
"Yeah, him. Anyways, all I'm here to say is that, things will be change after you wake up. Lots of things. You need to stay strong and focused."
"I-I, I'm losing hope on finding out what's going on with this memory... I need a real breather..."
"You can't! You can't lose hope. Look, you were supposed to get a break after you came back to your 'home' in the first day. Something's messing with the prototype, and I'm here to help. I have a feeling that something is actually a someone... I have good idea who that bitch might be... She's like a... ghost in the machine."
"A ghost? Who is this woman you're speaking of?"
"She's far from being a woman. She's a sinister, manipulative, obsessive bitch. I can't say who it is, she might catch us both. And I can't risk detection for the both of us."
"How are you avoiding this... 'detection?'"
"It's all about proxies and misdirection. Look, just please stay focused. Everything you see in that world is a fucking lie. Everything."
"N-no... it can't be!" I clutch my head to support myself.
He walked up to me and grabbed my shoulders.
"Frank, did you lose it already?! You're stronger than this! You know everything you see is fake! The girls! The school! Your so called 'family!'"
I shove him, making him stagger back.
"I am strong! They are real to me! How they react, touch, and think is all real! I can't let go of all... this!"
He sighed and shaked his head in disapproval. The man started to walk away.
"I should've came earlier... Damn it! If you want Tommy to come back in one piece..."
He stops walking and turns his head to face me.
"You need to let go."
The man continues to walk until he fades into bunch of binary and constructs.
"I'll be watching you, Frank."
I dropped on my knees and sat down, brooding on what just happened.
I didn't notice that there were structures and objects building around me.
I closed my eyes and let my mind drift.
Accessing restored memory...
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Access granted. Replaying restored memory.
It was my first day in middle school.
I was in my dad's car, on my way to my new school.
I was excited that I go to a new school and make new friends. Although, I missed my friends from elementary school, I was still able to meet them in park... well sometimes, actually.
I saw all the new buildings and students from my dad's car.
"Whoaaa..."
"Yep. This is your new school V͗̅ͩ̈́̒̒a͖ͨͥ̆̉ͦͅͅlͦ͛̒̌ͪ̂ͨl̞y͕̗̫͍."
"I can't believe it! It's so much bigger than my old school, Pa!"
"That it is. Hey, you're taking this all nicely. I remember when I used to go to middle school... your Gramps picked me up and dropped me off here... I did miss my old friends from elementary school but, I made some nice friends here. Hopefully the same goes to you."
"Don't worry, Pa! I made friends in elementary school easily! In middle school, it should be a piece of cake!"
"I don't know about that V͗̅ͩ̈́̒̒a͖ͨͥ̆̉ͦͅͅlͦ͛̒̌ͪ̂ͨl̞y͕̗̫͍... kids change in middle school, sometimes for the worse. People who you thought were your friends aren't there anymore. It's as if they have changed themselves completely. I've seen it happen to my old buddies when I contacted them again."
My dad pulls over his car on a parking spot.
"Look, son. Just be really careful who you make friends with, okay?"
I didn't get what he was saying, but I nodded.
"Mhm!"
My dad chuckled.
"Atta boy. I'll pick you up after work, okay?"
I bounce off the seat of the car and close the door.
"Okay! Bye, dad!"
"See you, son!"
My dad then drives off to his workplace.
I walk across the sidewalk to reach my school, marveling at the age and size of it.
"Wow..." I mutter to myself, walking towards the group of new students, waiting to be let inside the school.
"The school's cool right?" A random kid says to me.
"Yeah... it's so big!"
"I know right! I heard they made this school like 100 years ago! It's ancient!"
"Whoa! That's so cool!"
"Hey, do you think the teachers are going to be nice?"
"I don't know... I hope so. Teachers should be nice to their students..."
"Yeah... hey what's your name?"
"Oh my name's V͛aͨͨͫ̉̂l̳̫̠͈ͥͅk͚̥̖͉̓͐̉y̐̏̐̈́̊ŕ͈̟̤̱͚iͤͫ̑̊̌̄e̲͖̗̫̿ͩ̌͗̄́ͯ", what's yours?"
He snickered when he heard my name.
"Nice name, loser."
"Hey! That's mean!"
"Yeah, yeah. I'm going to call you loser from on!"
"Stop it! Don't call me that!"
"Whatever, loser. My name's Astillas Martinez. I'll call you when I need you."
I nodded with a frown and got away from him.
The teachers came in to lead the new students to their classrooms and told us to take out the letters we got from the school. I picked up the fact that didn't like us... They gave all stink eyes and eye rolls to complaints and rowdiness.
'Why are the teachers like this? They weren't like that in my old school...'
One of the teachers checked my letter and placed me in a group of students.
"Okay, now everyone follow the guy in the green." She pointed.
"Got it? Now get a move on!"
Everyone in my group flinched from the teacher's aggressiveness and started walked towards the teacher in green.
Once we made it there, the green teacher started calling names.
"Okay! You're all the group I'm supposed to be teaching?"
We all gave signs of affirmations in different degrees.
"Good! Now let me call out the names..."
"Abagail?"
"Here!"
"Jason?"
"Here!"
"Martin?"
"Present!"
I waited patiently for my chance to be called.
"Um... V͉̞̗͕̺ͦͮͧ̌̾̓̽ͩ̑a̦̗͊̋̒͑͛l̪̤͖̞̖̲̥͂̆͂̑̂ͭk̠̞ͩ̓͐̃̈́̋̀̌y̪̥̮̟̦͉͗ͥ̀͑r̗̤͓͇̲̯̯͚͊̓̎̽ͅĭ͕̼̩͍̍̽̽̃͊̋́e͖̞̝̪̣͍ͨ͐̑̈́͊ͩ̾̚?"
Some students were snickering from my name.
"I'm here..." I meekly said.
"Haha! See! What did I tell you! He has such a loser name!" I turned to face Astillas.
He had a group of friends already, all pointing and laughing at me.
"Hey!" The teacher in green barked. "Knock it off!"
They backed off while silently laughing.
'Why are the kids so mean?! I didn't do anything wrong!'
The teacher finished attendance and instructed us to follow him.
We followed the teacher up the stairs. At the time, the structure was impressive, but I didn't pay any heed to it. I was pre-occupied with trying to figure out why everyone was so... mean.
The group I was in eventually went inside a science room.
Here, the teacher introduced himself and what he did. He also explained what the class is about and how different it was from elementary school. The way he said it... made it him seem narcissistic...
I had a feeling that I wouldn't like him...
After explaining everything, the teacher secluded himself to his desk. He ignored almost everything what was going on in the classroom.
It was basically a free period...
I sat and kept silent.
I didn't want to make friends anymore...
I didn't want to be made fun of...
I didn't want to talk to anyone...
I kept to myself for a while, looking around the room.
"Hey! Loser!"
I directed my attention to the voice. It was Astillas, who was sitting in a table away from me.
"You want to join in to this group of ours?"
I didn't want to respond, but I was growing desperate.
I nodded with reluctance, it's as if I didn't have control over my own actions. I felt the need to fit in...
Astillas then turned his head to his friends and told them something, making them all laugh. He reared his head towards me.
"Come here."
I get up and walk over.
"Okay, loser. You wanna be in our group?"
"Yeah..."
"Then you gotta do what we say, okay?"
"Okay..."
The group snickered from my response.
My frown grew worse.
"Alright, to join our group, you have get..."
I felt numb to what he was gonna say. It was most likely something impossible to do.
"Gum! Gum for all of us!"
"I have gum..."
"Well, give it to us loser!"
"It's in my bag."
"Then go get it, idiot! Hey! That's your other nickname! Hahaha!"
Everyone in group joined in from the laughter.
I walk away from the group to take out my pack of gum.
'Maybe they will stop calling me hurtful names, if I give them gum...' I thought hopefully.
I take out the pack of gum and walked back to the group.
"I have the gum..."
"Good! Now give it to us!"
"Why? Let me just give to you."
"You see, that's why you are an idiot! Haha! We need to check pack, just in case."
'Check the pack? For what?'
I hold out the pack of gum to Astillas.
'He can't do bad things to pack of gum...'
I was wrong.
Astillas hurriedly grabbed it and opened the pack, taking 2 to 3 sticks. He then passed it around the group.
"Hey! Stop it!" I said, trying to reach for the pack.
They made sure that it would always stay out of my reach.
"Look at this loser!"
"He's such an idiot!"
"I know right?!"
The continued taunting got me angry.
"Stop it! Give it back to me!" I yelled in fury.
For some reason, it gave them more incentive to pass the gum around. Everyone was taking more gum then they needed.
Eventually, the last guy who had 3 sticks tried to get more out of the almost empty pack of gum.
I lunged at him, all of it attributed towards hatred towards the group.
I wrestled the gum pack from him, and checked for how much more I had.
'There's only a few more...'
Two kids grabbed my arms and pulled me away from the kid I lunged at. I was helplessly locked in.
I dropped the gum pack and he picked it up almost immediately. He then proceeded to take the rest of sticks out of the pack.
Once he took out all the sticks from pack, he flung it towards my face; adding injury to my already broken self-esteem.
The two who held me let go of me, I drop to my knees. My confidence and anger has faded completely.
"Thanks for the contribution, loser! Now scram!" Astillas ordered.
"B-but I gave you gum..."
"You did, you idiot. But we don't need a loser like you! Beat it!"
I picked myself up and walked away from the laughing group.
I sat down in my seat, marveling on how no one's noticed the event.
The students, anyone outside in the hallway, the teacher... no one really cared.
I lied my head down on my arms and wept.
'I hate this school.'
'I hate middle school.'
'I hate everyone.'
End of restored memory
Returning to host's repressed memory
I awaken to a warm blanket cast onto me.
It was dark outside, but there was still some light piercing through the window, so it was daytime. In an effort to cover it, I buried myself on something soft... it wasn't a pillow, but it was soft. It smelled like pine trees. I took in a deep whiff of it, amazed and enticed by the aroma. I started nuzzle the source of the aroma out of habit.
I heard some muffled groaning on my chest.
"Mmm..." Was all I heard from the groaning.
Come to think of it, there was something on my chest... I can also feel something pooling onto my chest...
No wait... it's...
I opened my eyes.
It's someone! It's-
"Monika!" I yelled in panic.
She shot up her head in alertness.
"Wha-wha what's going on?! What's wrong?" She was bewildered from my yelling.
"We are... we're cuddling!"
"Grr... Yeah. Well no shit, Sherlock!" She glared at me, obviously pissed off from my outburst.
Her emerald green eyes pierced my onyx ones...
I flinched from her aggressiveness and her swearing.
"I'm sorry that you're mad, but we-" I motioned a hand at us. "... Were cuddling!"
"You agreed to do that, dumbass! Remember?!"
I inwardly flinched from her swearing, again.
"We did...?"
She started growling menacingly.
"I mean! We did! We did... Haha. But Jesus, Monika. I know we did agree on that, but it's still kind of a surprise to wake up like this..."
She rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah."
"You're such a potty mouth at the morning..."
"And you're such an annoying asshole!" She yelled. She then dived onto my chest, trying to find the same position we were in.
"Monika..."
"What?!"
Monika got up from my chest, and revealed her scowl.
"Just so you know, I was sleeping just fine! Thanks for asking!"
"I didn't really-"
"I was joking, you fucking idiot! Noooo, you had moan, 'We're cuddling! Waaa! Monika, wake up!' and guess what?!"
"I-I..."
"You woke me up! Damn it, Val! Couldn't you see I was comfortable in sleeping on your chest? Huh?!"
"I'm sorry! I was just surprised, from all this."
She sighed and lied her head on my chest again.
"Just shut up, and sleep..."
And with that, she got my arms to wrap herself up, trying to warm herself up again.
"Okay..." I meekly say, as I lie down, flat on the bed.
"Why is your chest wet?!"
"I think you were drooling..."
She looks up to me.
"I don't drool, you moron!"
I give her skeptical look. There was a trail of saliva on her chin.
"Really? Then, what's this?" I rub my thumb on the trail.
She flushed a cute pink.
"Shut up! Shut up! I don't drool! That's from you!"
"It's impossible for me to drool there. And Jesus, Monika. You're acting a lot like Natsuki, right now..."
"I also have a temper that matches Natsuki as well! Keep this up, I fucking dare you, Jones!"
It's as if she going to tear me in half if I keep talking...
"Okay... I'll stop..."
"Finally!" She then rams her head against my chest.
Ow.
Is this Monika in the morning?
A foul-mouthed and cold woman?
I guess her charm comes in later in the day.
Wait, what?
Hey... What time is it...?
And how come my parents didn't catch us sleeping together?
I looked around for my phone, only for it to be on the right of me on the bedside cabinet.
I tried to reach for it, but I heard Monika growling when I let go of one of my arms that was wrapped around her.
I wait for a bit before going for it again. I reach for the phone again, and she growls even more intensely than before.
"What the fuck is it now?!"
"Um... Monika, I need to check what time it is..."
"I don't care!"
"But, we have school, today!"
"To Hell with school! I don't give a shit!"
"Wha-?" I was completely taken aback from Monika's attitude.
"Hold on, don't you care that we have school today? Not only that, don't you have a perfect attendance record to keep?"
"Fuck that, record. What am I gonna get? The boyfriend of my dreams as an reward?! That's pathetically stupid. I just want to sleep. Now can you do me favor, and shut the fuck up, already!"
I don't have much of choice. And she's so mean...
"Wow... Fine, meanie."
"Grr..."
I kept silent and held her.
...
It didn't take long, but Monika went back to sleep in a manner of minutes. Her soft snoring indicating that she has finally fallen asleep.
Note to self, don't ever wake up a sleeping Monika... Her temper matches that of Natsuki... maybe even worse... And hey, she snores? It's so adorable...
Gah... stay focused, just check the time...
I reach for my phone, electing a cute whimper from Monika.
"Mmrh!"
It made me feel bad from moving at all.
I hurried grabbed my phone and wrapped my other arm tightly to Monika's back, in order to compensate for the missing warmth.
"Mmm... Oh, Val... harder..."
My eyes widened from what Monika said.
She did not just say that! And what the hell is she even dreaming about?
Just ignore it.
...
I can't.
I forced myself to unlock my phone and check the time, in an effort to ignore what Monika said.
7:35.
Oh shit! We have to get ready!
Before I can act, my phone vibrated as it connected to Wi-Fi. It was a announcement from my school, so I pulled up the notification.
'Attention all students! Due to the snow storm, school openings have been delayed. Afterschool programs will continue as usual. Schools will re-open at 11:00. Thank you for understanding, and have a nice morning!'
Jeez, at that point they should just close schools.
Wait. There's a snow storm?
I put my phone away, placing it on top of the bedside cabinet again.
I try to escape Monika's grasp on my chest, only for her to mewl. I continued to escape her enthrallment, slowly moving her arms off me. I also slowly shift my weight from her, moving her towards one end of the bed.
I was on top of her.
And it was giving me dirty thoughts.
Kiss her neck... Give her a warm welcome...
Gah! What the hell is wrong with me? That's completely fucked up!
But, I couldn't help the strange feeling of Deja Vu.
I get off the bed and tucked her in.
I walk off to the window and heard shuffling on the bed.
"No... Don't leave me..."
I shake my head.
Just one quick peek and jump right back...
I take a look outside.
Oh my gosh... It's actually snowing!
The outside was completely under a foot of snow. It was a winter paradise!
I couldn't help but lean and stare in awe from the heavy snow storm.
Man... I haven't seen so much snow, it reminds me of my childhood...
Christmas...
A White Christmas. That's what it reminds me of.
I continue to watch the snow fall from the sky, coating the paths and homes.
I can only imagine the soft touch of freshly laid snow...
"Val...!"
I turn my head in confusion.
It was Monika, she was turning about on bed and whimpering, trying to recover the lost warmth that has left her.
"Please! Don't go...!"
I jolted towards the bed and got right back in.
I got Monika in my arms and squeezed her tightly. I then moved up to her ear.
"Monika. I'm not leaving you. Remember? I will always be with you. Always. And not only that, I will never leave you behind. Never."
Her frown turned to a hopeful smile. She drowsily rubbed my chest with her cheek.
"Mmm... Val..."
Her adorable recovery made me grin.
I took a closer look at her face, examining her features.
No wonder boys don't talk to her... She's a Goddess.
I trace my hand across her cheek, moving any locks of hair behind her ear.
Doing this... it feels so right...
This is what friends do, right?
I want her closer to me...
But that's crossing the line...
I carefully contemplated on what my next move was going to be...
Cuddle with the girl that scares me to death, but is my best friend... or just sleep more.
...
Cuddling with my best friend? Of course! What's the worst that can happen?
I carefully grab Monika and lay her on my left side, making sure her back doesn't touch the bed.
I shifted on the bed, causing my back to be perpendicular on the bed. After that, I grabbed ahold of her back and reeled her onto me.
Her breasts were now on my chest.
They're so soft...
I then squeezed her onto me.
Her breathing changed, as she started to breath in heavily.
Monika then unconsciously intertwined her legs with my own, sharing the body heat.
I can also feel myself getting aroused. All this close proximity stuff, is making my mind hazy, but I fought it off.
I rested my chin on the crown of her head, able to sleep in content.
I sighed happily and fell asleep once more.
"Mmm... Val..." I felt her curl on to me.
But I also her felt her body shuffle onto me, as if she was in surprise.
"Wait... Val?!"
She tried to leave my embrace, but I didn't let her. It felt amazing for our body heat to be shared like this. And I didn't want her to let go.
Her body caged in my arms felts so...
Right...
"Val! Wake up! We have to wake up, there's school today!"
I grumbled and refused to wake up.
"Whaaat..."
"Val, we have school!"
"Oh, now you care... And good morning to you too."
"Wha-?! What do you mean?!"
"I woke you up a few hours ago, I think... you didn't want to go today..."
"What?! Don't toy me like that, Val! I have a image to keep!"
"That isn't what I heard when you woke up..."
"Whatever! What I said doesn't matter and I probably didn't say.
Probably?
"Now come on! We're going to be late!"
"No we're not... School starts in 11:00... now shhhh..."
"Wh-where's the proof?!"
I groan exasperated. I reluctantly open my eyes to see an panicking Monika.
"Calm down... Lemme show you the texts..."
I reach out for my phone and gave it to her.
"Check the messages..."
"Okay..."
I hear tapping on my phone and her finger scrolling through my texts...
That doesn't sound good. She's taking longer than usual...
I open one eye.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Aaah! I-I..."
"Well?!"
"I was looking for the school message..."
"Argh... give it here!"
She hands me my phone back.
I scroll all the way up, to where the school message was.
"Here. It was the first one there, what were you even looking at?"
"I was just looking for it..."
"Monika. Be honest. Were you were looking for something else, besides the school message?"
"No, I swear Val! Why would I ever lie to you?! I'm your best friend, remember?!"
Damn... She's my best friend and yet I don't trust her. I'm such a horrible person...
"You're right... Maybe it's my drowsiness getting the better of me... Sorry."
I wasn't entirely convinced, however.
"Anyway, it says that school will start at eleven o'clock, and afterschool programs will resume as normal. So the literature club goes on as it should be..."
"Oh..."
"Yeah... Now let's sleep."
"Okay, I'll let you sleep."
She gets off the bed, leaving me in the dust.
Why do I feel so empty? It's like I need her...
"I'm going downstairs to make some break-"
Yup, I need her.
"No! Come here, and cuddle with me!"
"Wha-?"
"Cuddle with me, missy!"
"I'm sorry, I was taken off guard... Since when did you become the dominant one?"
"Huh?"
Dominant one? Wait...
"Oh, I didn't mean to, Monika! I'm sorry for being a little demanding..."
"No, don't be! I actually like it when you're dominant..."
"Really? I mean... no! I still don't like it. I won't ever do that again, I'm really, really sorry, Mon."
"Whatever, Val. I'm saying I really like it. It's a... interesting side of you."
"Alright, alright. I know. Now are you coming, or what?"
"No!" She smiled deviously.
"I want you to beg for it, Vally."
I didn't cringe when she said that, rather I smirked instead.
"In that case, go ahead. Go and make breakfast, I'll be here." I smugly say, as I moved around to find a comfortable spot on bed.
"Wha-?!" She was completely caught off guard and confused.
"I thought you would-..." She then gritted her teeth.
"Argh! Fine!"
She stomped towards the door and placed a hand on the doorknob.
"I'm going!"
"Okay, then. Go." I proceed to occupy myself with my phone, looking uninterested and aloof. I laid my head on the pillow to further back my 'aloofness.'
"I'm turning the knob..."
"Uh, huh."
"I'm opening the door..."
"Cool."
She opened the door.
"I'm leaving now..."
"Okay, see you."
Monika steps out room and closes the door barely.
"I-I'm going to make breakfast..."
"Mhm."
She then closes the door gently.
Huh. She actually had the willpower to leave. Impressive.
My phone then vibrated again.
'3 Missed calls from Yuri'
'2 Missed calls from Natsuki'
Since when did they call me?
Yuri called me at '10:52' in three consecutive instances.
Then I have Natsuki, she called once at '10:30' and called again at '11:21"
What did they even call me for?
My phone vibrates again.
Speak of the devil...
'4 unread texts from Yuri'
'3 unread texts from Natsuki'
Before I even have the chance to check the messages, Monika swings open the door.
I jumped a bit from the sudden motion, and it didn't help that she was seething in anger.
"Move over, Jones! I'm coming in!"
She stomps over to me, to which I put my phone away.
"Wait! What about breakfast?!"
"Forget about that! Open up!"
Monika then charges beneath the blanket, entering it.
I can feel her crawling up my legs and body, then finally popping her head right in front of me.
"Wah!" I jolted in surprise. She was looking down at me with a few inches from contact, her hands planted away from my head.
"Hold me!"
"O-okay..."
I reach for her back and pulled her in. I felt her breasts warming up my chest.
I'll never get used to this feeling...
"Cuddle me! Cuddle me like no tomorrow!"
"What?! What does that even mean?!"
"Make me feel warm, you idiot!"
"I'll try..."
I rub her sides to warm her up.
She groaned in displeasure.
"Not good enough!"
She takes my hands places it dangerously closer to her breasts, which was her abdomen.
"There!"
"B-but I might touch your-"
"My boobs? As my best friend, I'm fine with you touching it!"
My mouth was agape.
"Wha? I don't think that's how it works..."
"Fine! Don't touch them, you prude!"
I sighed in relief.
"Eugh! You even sighed at that?!"
"Y-yeah? I'm a good boy!"
"... Can't wait... break you..." She muttered under her breath.
"Huh? You say something?"
"No, nothing! Just touch me already!"
"You mean, warm you up. Right?"
"Yeah, sure. We'll go with that. Prude."
I proceed to caress her sides and stomach.
"Ooooh... this makes me feel... tingly..."
I grin. My hands were feeling adventurous. They traced her back, electing soft moans from her.
"Ooooo! Val... More!"
I obliged, I wanted to feel more...
My hands dove under her dress. I caressed her bare back, her moaning growing more intense.
"Aaah! I-I want... more..."
My eyes were looking straight at hers. I can see the reflection of my onyx eyes on her emerald ones. Her eyes had a extra coating of something... It was muddled with a sense of...
Lust.
I can feel our breathing getting more ragged... her hot breath on my face, it was begging to be taken care of...
I can feel our faces moving closer and closer...
We closed our eyes as we got even closer...
"Hey! Auntie Monika!" My brother yelled.
We immediately opened our eyes and backed off. The force to which we pulled each other away, caused me to fall off the bed.
"Ah! Yes, Mikey?"
My brother was completely unaware that the fact I was in the room.
"Can you make some breakfast? Mom and Dad went last-minute grocery shopping! I'm starving!"
"Not a problem, Mike! Did you wash up?"
"No... But I was going to do that right now!"
"Good boy! Now do that in the meantime, okay? I'm going to make breakfast, soon."
"Okay! And hey, did you see Val anywhere? I didn't find him in his room..."
"I-I'm sure h-he's fine! He can be quite busy, sometimes!"
"Yeah, you're right... Alright, I'm gonna play some games now!"
And with that, Mike left the guest room.
"Phew..." She sighed in relief.
"That was close..." I said as I got back up.
*PHAP*
She slapped me.
"Ow! What was that for?!"
"You idiot! Are you out of your mind?! This isn't the night! We can't cuddle without anyone saying anything!"
"Ow... yeah, I know... but it was your idea to charge in and cuddle with such aggression..."
"Yeah, well it's your fault to lure a lady onto doing that! How dare you touch me like that!"
"What? But, you just said-!"
"No, buts!"
"Okay..."
"Look, Val. I forgive, it's okay. Just don't tempt me like that..."
"Okay...?"
I was honestly confused.
Wasn't it this all her fault?
Or was it mainly mine?
"Good. Now let's get up."
We fix the bed and put away the blankets before leaving the room.
We then walk towards the bathrooms.
I yawn and stretch while going there.
"Man... That was the most relaxing rest I've ever had..." I state.
"Yeah... It was the best sleep I've ever had. I wish we can do this again... But, your parents are bound to catch us."
"I could've sworn that my parents would catch together on bed, but there's a miraculous snow storm outside. Now they're outside getting groceries, just for the storm. I doubt we are going get lucky again. And believe me, my parents are really difficult when it comes to convincing them to believe something."
"Wow... It must've been hard for you to do anything and explain yourself..."
We make it to the bathrooms.
"Yep. Anyway, you can go first. I'll wait."
"But, I don't have a toothbrush or toothpaste..."
"Oh, right! Let me show you!"
I take her hand and lead her inside the bathroom.
I open the bathroom cabinet and open up spare toothbrushes and toothpastes.
"Here you go, now you can wash up!"
"Thanks, but can you stay here with me?"
"This again? Why?"
"I-I need help with washing my hair..."
"Um... I'm pretty sure you can do that yourself..."
"I can! But, there isn't the same tools I use for my hair..."
"What about my mom's-"
"No! I don't want to use your mother's! It's rude to do that!"
"Ookaay... I'll help. It's not like I have a choice to say no, right?"
"Hehe! Yup! You're definitely right on that!"
"Go ahead and wash up. Call me when you're ready.
"Mhm!"
I leave the bathroom and enter the other one with my brother inside.
There, I see my brother brushing his teeth. I walk up to the cabinet and pull out my toothbrush and paste.
"Mwan! I cfan't waif to eawt Monifa's cohooking!"
I curl my lips in disgust.
"Mikey, don't talk and brush at the same time. That's disgusting..."
"Mah bwad!"
I proceed to brush my teeth in a calm and orderly fashion.
I take a long and hard look at myself in the mirror.
Is this who I am?
This... anime character?
A fictional character?
I look down to see my brother spitting out the paste and starting to rinse.
"Hey, did you hear? School starts in 11!"
"I know. I got a notification."
"Oh, okay. Oh yeah! Mom and Dad wanted to talk to you after you get back from school. They were angry about something... but I couldn't tell what."
Oh shit! Did they find out?!
"Were they really, really angry?"
"No... not really. They looked weird. Like happy-angry."
"Happy-angry?"
"Yep! It was a strange face!"
"I see..."
"Anyways, I'm gonna wait till Auntie Monika makes food!"
I see Mikey starting to walk away from the mirror.
"Wait... Auntie?"
"Yeah! Aren't you going to marry her?"
"Mikey, what the hell?! No, I'm not going to marry her! And besides, you don't call her a Aunt if I do marry her!"
"Wait, so you are going to marry her?"
"No! Argh..."
I touch the bridges of my nose.
I love my brother, but sometimes he can give the calmest man an aneurysm...
"I said! 'IF' I do, marry a girl, you don't call her an Aunt! She's your sister-in-law, then."
"So if you marry Monika, then she would be my sister?"
"Why are you bringing up Monika and me, all the time?! Yes, darn it! She would be your sister-in-law!"
"Oooohhh! I get it..."
Finally...
"So does that mean, you're going to marry her?"
I just groaned and walked towards the exit.
"No! I'm not!"
As always, my brother has given me aneurysm. Some things never change. Even if this all fake, it is most certainly realistic.
I don't care at this point.
AN: There you have it! Chapter 18. Not much to say. Next chapter is going to finally take place at the school and it will hopefully stay like that for a bit. Anyways, time to respond to reviews.
Storm, Yup it's getting weird. Maybe a bit too weird. Things might spice up during the beach scene or at Saturday. Who knows? Thanks for the review! P.S: Yeah, she did. Thankfully, she knew it was dead.
Roast Lord, Maybe Val won't leave... if he doesn't fix the memory of course! It is true, that he is getting too attached to this 'reality', but what can you do when your only ties are severed? And I gotta say, nice use of quotations! Pretty cool to see someone to do that! Thanks for the review, dude! Also don't roast me, please.
Tatana, Well, I guess we all have to improve by putting in the grind. It takes practice and learning to improve in any skill. Thanks for words of encouragement! I greatly appreciate it!
Quill, Aw... why didn't you? I enjoy them! Anyways, the only redeemable thing for Blackbeard is his awesome guns. Besides that, eh. Thanks for reviewing!
Remiboi, Nice... you did outdid yourself! Amazing work! I enjoy reading your in-depth reviews! To start off, Monika has some memory of the rewind, as Tommy or whoever that guy is, did attempt to wipe their memories. Also, I'm trying to put in some MC and Sayori interaction as well. Just trying to find the right time and place to do so. Yep, Val's a damn idiot sometimes, smh. I was leaning towards, Monika ripping his shirt off or maybe hiding it from him. I don't know yet, but given the tone of the chapter, I will probably do the shirt-ripping instead. Although Val's intentions are noble and pure, they can be cringy... Also I'm sorry for the reference, luckily both know that it is a dead maymay, or post. (They should find another name for memes.) Yup... that is name... or is it? Nah, I'm messing with you, it is his name, but can you find what the G. is from? Hint, its at the beginning of the fic. I will reveal why Frank has been called Val all this time in the real world in a later chapter, don't you worry. Oh yeah, Monika genuinely did have nightmares, it's another foreshadow. That leaves two characters for duplicates, Tommy and Sayori. Oh yeah and Frank too, if you want to include him. Also hint, hint, the internal conflict wasn't really Frank's voice... Okay... that's all! Thanks for the long review! I enjoy reading it!
Alright, that's all for now! Thanks for reading this chapter!