Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

A Fantastically Meta Finale

"Ugh..."

Monika slowly opened her eyes. A few moments ago, she would have been looking up at a normal home ceiling, but now a dark sky loomed over her.

That was all she needed to confirm what just happened to her.

"I can't believe Shujinkou actually ejected me his reality. I knew he was unconscious gaining awareness but I never expected him to be able to do that."

Monika sighed as she sat up. Looking around, she discovered that she was currently in the courtyard to a gothic castle.

The atmosphere of the area was oppressive and foreboding.

"Ah, this is rare."

A familiar face soon appeared before Monika. An inquisitive look was on their young face as they approached her.

"Another Mali?" Monika wondered aloud.

"Eh? I don't recall telling you my name or there being another me," Mali noted. Soon an innocent smile stretched across your face. "Showing up out of nowhere and saying interesting things; I'd like to do something about that right now, but I have other things to do right now, so..."

Mali raised her left palm towards Monika. "Gonna have to keep you here for awhile until I get back."

A column of darkness soon sprung up from the ground beneath Monika, encasing her in a typically inescapable prison.

Even though she could escape it no issue, she just couldn't find it in herself to care.

I guess this is where I was always meant to belong...

"...monika..."

Alone in dark...

"...Monika...!"

It's what I deserve after all...

"Monika!"

Huh?

Suddenly, a bright light cut through the darkness. It felt like the same light that granted her access to the reality she was just forced out of. A hand soon emerged from the light and slowly floated towards her.

She didn't know why, but she reached out and accepted the hand. Monika was soon pulled out of the darkness and into Shujinkou's arms.

He breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "Finally caught up with you."

"'Finally'?" she repeated, perplexed by his choice of words. "But I've only been in this one spot for just a few moments."

"Oh." Shujinkou awkwardly scratched his right cheek. "Well... I've kinda been to more universes than you have then..."

A look that Monika could only describe as flustered and star struck floated on Shujinkou's face for a moment.

"Wait... You really travelled from reality to reality just to find me?" she marveled.

"Yeah. There's something I need to talk about."

"Right... Your Monika..."

Shujinkou shook his head. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't want you to do something about that right now but... I think there's something else we should talk about first."

Monika could only respond with an inquisitive look on her face.

"I've kinda learned something today about perspectives and how important it is to try and understand another's when in a dilemma like this. I'm not saying that immediately makes what some do okay; for example, I have a lot of apologizing when this is done.