Yuno flung herself down in her room after the meeting and started to cry uncontrollably. Though all the other players had been veiled so that she could only see their silhouettes, she already knew one other person who had a diary like her own - Amano-kun. He was competing in the game too! A game where there could only be one survivor!
Sobs wracked her body. When she had gotten her diary, she had been so happy, and even happier when she learned Amano had one too. She thought it had connected them, somehow. That fate had joined them. How silly she had been. The only way fate had joined them in was a death match, by some god who thought it would be amusing.
Why did it have to be this way? That day when the two of them stayed after class came to mind, when she had promised him that she would become his bride. He had told her "when we grow up." She had been waiting diligently for that day. That was really all she had to look forward to in her life. But now that future was gone. One or both of them would die.
"Is this my punishment?" She asked her phone, as though it would provide her with some sort of answer. Her vision was watery from tears and all she could really see was the glow of the screen. "For what I did to Mama and Papa? I thought I could have a good life after all, even with what I did... But I guess that's impossible, right? Why would someone like me get to have a future? God is punishing me..."
That creature, Deus, had been god right? He had explained the rules to them. The players (who, as far as she could tell, had no choice but to participate in the game) could change the future to kill the other players, or change their own future to keep from being killed. In the end, the winner would become god. But only one player could survive, otherwise the world would end.
Some of the other players were excited about the possibility of becoming a god. Yuno didn't care about that. She didn't even want to participate. Why should she have to do something like kill others, even her own Amano-kun? She wouldn't do it, she would not kill him, no matter what. She was going to have to talk to Deus and try to convince him to either let her or Amano-kun out of the game.
"Actually, it should be Amano-kun. He's innocent. He never did anything wrong, why should he be in this game...?" If she got killed, well... she was a girl who had killed her parents. Amano was just an ordinary boy. She didn't want him to have to go through that.
Either way, whether Deus would let him out of the game or not, she wouldn't kill him and that was that. Yuno swiped at her eyes and looked down at her diary. "Amano-kun is getting ready for bed. He seems a little anxious. Relax!" The latest entry said.
"At least something good came out of all this..." She didn't like the game, but it was what was responsible for this diary, which would watch over Amano even when she couldn't physically be with him. Reading the entries helped make her feel a little calmer. A moment later, another entry came up. "Amano-kun is wearing his pajamas. He looks so cute. I hope you have pleasant dreams Amano-kun~! 3" That made her smile - she wished she could see it herself. She hadn't seen him in his pajamas for a while.
"Maybe this isn't so bad..." Yuno thought, trying to stay optimistic. "Only one of us can survive, but with this diary I can keep him safe, if Deus won't let him drop out." Even though she wanted to remain hopeful, realistically she had a feeling that a god who had entered them into this contest without their consent probably wasn't going to let either of them leave the game alive. "At least if I protect him, my life would have amounted to something. Even if I can't...become his bride..." She started to cry again, and even reading the entries about Amano falling asleep couldn't help her this time.
"Don't worry, Amano-kun... I'll definitely make sure nothing happens to you."
A/N: I didn't feel like writing out the whole meeting with Deus, since we already know about the rules of the game. So I just skipped over it and filled in with Yuno's reaction. Fun fact, this was actually one of the first chapters I wrote! I just had to tweak it because some of the things I had written didn't fit in with the story anymore.