Monika and I enter the classroom. One, two,three, four, five, six... Yuri is missing from the group. I sit down and went though my bag to find the pages of the manga that I've been drawing in my free time. I was about to give it to the two when Yuri enters the room, all fidgety as she closes the door. I place the papers down on the couple's desk.

" Sorry I won't be able to talk with you about the manga. I need to go over and talk with Yuri for a bit." I say as I watch Yuri take a sit in front. She shudders for a moment before taking a piece of paper from her bag.

" Okay. We'll just read the manga for a while." Amy says as they begin to read the manga which they wrote. Suddenly, Monika stands infront of the classroom and claps her hands to get our attention.

" Okay everyone! Since we have only been focusing on poems as a form of literature, why don't we spice things up a bit? Tomorrow, we are all gonna share short stories that we ourselves have written." Monika says with a cheerful voice.

But before any of us could react, a bloodcurdling scream can be heard from the silent hallways. We all stand in silence as the sound of running feet makes it way towards us. After a moment, a teacher bursts trough the door and calmly composes himself.

" Ehem... due to an accident, all students must go home right now." The teacher is sweating heavily, his hands are shivering and his walk is slow and shaky as he walks away.

Everyone immediately puts away their stuff and prepares to go home. I tell them to wait for me by the school gates as I take off my bag. I am the last one out of the room because I had to fix some of my things in my bag. I pass by Yuri's table to see a piece of paper, it has a poem on it. I look around and read quietly. It has no title and it seems to have been written in a rush.

The egg in the bird's nest

slowly rots

A fierce wind blows

The branch sways

A swift end

to a problem child

It didn't make sense to me, so I place it back on the table. I made my way out of the classroom and decide to drop by the faculty to look for Ms. Yuna. I want to ask her some things about Yuri's relationship with her classmates since she is her homeroom teacher. But as I near the stairs beside the faculty, I see a bunch of teachers huddled together. I got a closer look, but I am pushed aside by Ms. Yuna, who hightails it towards the women's comfort room. I wait outside the women's comfort room, hearing her vomit and sob inside. She gets out after a while, and sees me.

" Y-Yoku... Did you see it?!" She asks as she shakes ny shoulders. I shake my head side to side, and she lets out a sigh.

" Good... it would only scar you for life. If you need to talk to me, do it tomorrow. I... I still need to recover from... that." She stammers away as I walk in the opposite direction, intrigued by the commotion on the staircase. I

I see Monika, Natsuki and Sayori waiting by the school gates. They all have a worried look on their faces. I walk up to them and I wave at them. They smile weakly before we begin walking. They refuse to speak as we walk home. The silence is unbearable and uncomfortable, Monika of all people refuses to speak. After a while, I finally had it and I sigh loudly.

" Okay, it's about the accident isn't it?" I say as I place my hands in my pocket. They still stay silent, until Sayori speaks up

" The girl from earlier... the one that bullied Yuri... she's dead." I stop in shock at what I heard. No... it couldn't be. How?

" And Monika... well..."

" I don't think it's an accident." Monika says as she looks at me with a worried look in her green eyes.

" Let's go home for now. We don't want anyone to hear this." Natsuki says as she begins to quicken her pace.

We follow behind her and quickly made our way home. We reach my house within 3 minutes. But before I could open the door, a loud shriek can be heard from inside and a thud. I throw open the door and we rush to the source of the sound in the kitchen. Red, the floor is covered in red liquid, along with the body of Maido. Beside her is a knife with bloodstains. I quickly rush beside her, trying to find the spot where she has been stabbed. We all are scared shitless at the scene as Ilift up Maido. Sayori was about to call emergency services when Maido twitches and gets up. Her maid outfit is covered in squashed tomatoes and her face has a sad expression.

" Y-Yoku... I wasted the tomatoes you have bought with my clumsiness. Please punish me as you wish." She bows down at me and clenches her fist. I rustle her hair and let out a sigh.

" Your punishment, clean up this mess. Accidents happen but I know you won't accept that. So, go clean this up and cook us some dinner." Maido smiles and lifts her head. We chuckle a little bit before settling down in the living room. Monika sighs as she stands in front of us.

" Yuri, Yuri surely did it. She pushed off that girl from the stairs... probably." Monika says as she shakes her head and looks at me.

" No... I... I... She couldn't have done it! Could she?!" Sayori asks with a sad tone. Her face has a confused expression. I clench my fists and take a deep breath.

" Natsuki, I know that you know all about-"

" Of course I know all about her problems. But I can't believe she actually did something like this." Natsuki slams a fist down on the arm of the sofa. She bit her lower lip in anger.

" Yuri... looks like cutting herself doesn't give her that much of a thrill anymore, huh?" Natsuki says as she finally relaxes her fists and sighs. Monika shakes her head and points at me.

" I don't think it's about thrills anymore. I'm pretty sure, she found out what nearly happened with Yoku. About how he nearly got beat up the blonde's goons." Monika says as she takes a sit beside me. Everyone stares at me in shock at the revelation.

" I think... Yuri was compelled to exact revenge due to her obsession with Yoku. If the violence was directed at her, I'm sure she wouldn't have retaliated that violently... but since it is Yoku..."

" She felt that she needed to do something about it so it won't happen again." Natsuki finishes Monika's explanation.

" Wait... YURI LIKES YOKU?!" Sayori shouts out as she looks at Monika, then me.

" Yes, but I don't think she knows how to express it properly." Monika says as she sighs in dismay.

" Due to her constant alienation from society, she doesn't have a good grasp about her feelings and how to show them properly. That is why she keeps showing that sophisticated side of hers, it's what she learned from her books on how to socialize with others." Monika says as she clings to my arm.

" Anyway, I don't think it's safe for you guys to hang around me in the next few days. I'll try to help her express those feelings of hers and I believe that any sort of affection shown towards me may be negatively received by her." I say as I look at the three. They look at each other before nodding.

" That might be hard... But we'll try!" Natsuki and Sayori said in unison. I smile and I look at Monika, who is busy nuzzling her head on my arm. I flick her softly on the forehead.

" That includes you, Monika." I say as I pull away gently from her. She pouts at this gesture.

" Fine~ I'll only stop because Yuri might show me just how edgy she can be. Ahaha~" Monika laughs as she gets up and stretches her arms. Suddenly, she stops moving and begins to chuckle.

" I'm in my true home right now, you damn psycho." Monika mutters to herself as she looks at the kitchen. We look at the dining room to see Maido preparing the table.

" Let's continue this talk later. Let's eat!" I sy as I get up and dash towards the table.

Somewhere near Monika's old house." Damn it, she isn't here." The tall girls mutters to herself quietly. Her blue knife glimmering under the moon's light.

She walks away and pulls out her phone, looking at a list with the names of a few people.

" Damn bitch, of all the things to steal from me, she stole him! Tsk, I'll get her eventually." The girl mutters silently as she looks at one of the names.

" The cinnamon bun must be eliminated. Her status as a childhood friend is a hindrance to our relationship. Another day, perhaps? Ahahahaha." She puts her phone away and begins to walk slowly trough the dark night. Her long, purple hair fluttering behind her as the breeze blows.

Yoku's House

We eat Maido's spaghetti with her homemade tomato sauce. It is a delicious meal worthy of Akami-sama's praise. Yet, even as the table is filled with our cheerful laughter and noisy chats, it feels like something is missing. I look at the empty seat at the end of the table, the spot where Akami-sama usually plops himself down. I got used to the damn god suddenly appearing and eating our food whenever he pleases. I shrug it off and try not to let this feelings show to everyone. We continue to eat together for at least an hour before we finally finished all of our food.

Everyone went home and I decide to take a shower as Maido cleans the dishes. After I finish, I put on my pajamas and went inside my room. Monika is in there, looking frustrated as she examines the game files. I sit beside her and also decide to take a quick look.

" This... This doesn't make sense! How could the game still continue with Act 2 when we saved Sayori and Natsuki?!" She says as she rubs her head in anger.

" Wait a minute, didn't... Act 2 end when, Yuri killed herself? Maybe, we need to save her before she decides to kill herself." I say as I rest my head on some pillows.

" You're right... but... the game, it's still glitching. It seems when it comes to Yuri, the game is becoming more glitchy since she is the main focus of the arc and therefore, is the prime target for me." Monika says as she goes trough the game files once more. I pick up the notebook to look at the logs. Ever since the pocket dimension collapsed and got out of it, it hasn't worked at all.

" God damn it! It seems I can't do anything against the damn game. I did nothing with Yuri's file yet her violence level just shot up. Yoku, you need to fix this quickly." Monik says as she rests beside me.

" Fine, give me two days to spend some time with her... on Thursday, I'll try to rejecting her early, but if it doesn't work, guess I'll just do something about her before the weekends." I say as I cuddle up to Monika.

" Then, I have faith in you... but promise. me you won't do something bad with her, okay?!" She huffs out as she hugs me.

" Sure, sure... anyways, let's go to sleep. I'm tired." I say as I look at the spare notebook on my desk. Perhaps I should record the progress I make with Yuri starting tomorrow.

( Tuesday, 4:40pm, clubroom)

Club Journal Entry#1

I took a sit beside Yuri, since I promised her earlier that I would read with her. Monika occupied Natsuki and Sayori, yet they watch us closely to see if anything might happen. Using my knowledge of the game, I just did what the MC did during the Yuri route. Read her the short stories we wrote and vice versa, feed her some chocolates, talk from time to time. At one point, she tries to talk, but the changes her mind. Ughh... so close. Perhaps tomorrow.

( Wednesday, 4:57 pm, club room)

Club Journal Entry#2

Today seems promising. I managed to get her to talk with me about her self harm issues. She seems to enjoy me listening to her as she vents out some of her problems. As we read, I can feel her glance at me from time to time. I'm a bit proud that I manage to slightly get her out of her shell. She says she has something important to tell me tomorrow. Progress has been made.