Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Another Uncomfortable Encounter

For the second time this semester, Yuri found herself in a deeply troubling situation. She was checking her school bag to make sure she brought back what she had borrowed from Natsuki until she bumped into someone.

"S-Sorry," she quickly apologized.

It was at that point when she discovered that the person she ran into was her former teacher, Akuma.

"Ah-!"

Fear instantly paralyzed her body the moment she looked into his eyes. All she could do was temble in place until-

"Yuri!"

A calming voice snapped her out of paralysis and she felt a hand grip her left. She quickly turned towards the owner of both to find Shujinkou standing beside her. His face showed clear distress as started his plea.

"You gotta hurry! If you don't convince my teacher not do her experiment, she'll end up blowing off her eyebrows again!" he cried.

Before she even had a chance to reply, Shujinkou started running, quickly whisking her away.

After running for a full minute, he suddenly stopped in place and let out a relieve sigh.

"Probably shouldn't have went full sprint..." he admitted to himself.

"Ah, Shujinkou..." Shujinkou turned his attention to Yuri as she asked, "What's this about your teacher needing me before something happened to her eyebrows?"

"Oh that? Sorry, that was just the first thing that came to my head to get you out of there. Though to be fair, it wouldn't be the first time it happened..."

"Oh..." Yuri had no idea how to respond to such a comment.

She then found herself her recalling the last time Shujinkou pulled her out of a similar situation.

That time... Shujinkou's solution was a kiss... And now...

Her eyes trailed down to her left hand still entwined with Shujinkou's right.

"Shujinkou..."

"Yeah?"

"Ah..." a bashful smile crossed her face and she lightly squeezed his hand. "Thank you."

"No problem," Shujinkou assured her.

He raised his right hand towards his face. Yuri's eyes lit up with surprise the moment her hand briefly rubbed against his right cheek.

"Uh!" Shujinkou quickly returned his hand to his side and chucked. "Sorry.."

Yuri couldn't help but giggle over his mistake. "No need for apologies."

Shujinkou remained silent as he successfully scratched his right cheek.

"Well... I have to get to class now," he said. "See you later."

"Until then." Yuri replied with a bright smile.

With their goodbyes said, Shujinkou took off for class. But as he rushed to class and even then throughout the school day, there was only one thought in his mind.

I wish I could do something so Yuri wouldn't be so scared at school.

...

A solemn sigh brushed past Shujinkou's lips. The end of the school day was usually a happy time for everyone, but for him, it was rather bittersweet. The situations two of his friends ended up with weighed heavily on his mind.

He also felt some anxiety over when he would hear from Nakité. The idea of still having a job was still strange to him, even more when he recalled the sequence of events that led to him getting it.