Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

An Awkward Gathering

A sense of calmness spread through Fuyu's entire body. It was strange, she had tea to try and calm her nerves but none had such a quick effect like the cup Yuri prepared for her.

"Thanks... I needed this."

"Ah... No problem," Yuri replied with downcast eyes.

Fuyu couldn't blame Yuri for feeling the way that she did.

"I'm still having a hard time accepting that you're actually here, Fuyu," Monika interjected in a playful tone. "Maybe I should have asked Shujinkou and Kiyoko to ask you since they only had to ask you once."

"It wasn't just them, it was the timing," Fuyu explained. "I'm so tired right now that I can't slip into 'President Mode'."

"Really?"

Sayori crawled towards Fuyu and looked into her eyes. She thought just the act of entering Fuyu's personal space would cause her stoic side to emerge but it never did.

"Wow, you really can't go President Mode right now."

Seeing this as a prime opportunity, Sayori crawled back to her original spot and asked, "Hey, those times you asked to see Shujinkou alone, were you telling all of us to stay behind?"

Without saying a word, Fuyu calmly took another sip from her teacup then she adjusted her glasses.

"...No, that was specifically to you," Fuyu answered.

"Eh?!" Sayori exclaimed.

Laughter filled the room.

"Why...?" Sayori whined.

"Because Monika told me to tell you that if you asked," Fuyu replied.

Sayori instantly turned toward Monika.

"Sorry, Sayori, I couldn't resist," she explained with a chuckle.

The club VP simply pouted at Monika until she noticed something move from the corner of her eyes.

"R-Really?"

A voice of disbelief soon entered the room through the slightly opened clubroom door – Shujinkou's voice.

He soon pushed the door further open and walked in with Mali.

"Mm-hmm," Mali cheerfully nodded her head. "Pinching a nerve is actually as painful as it looks on TV. I had the Vulcan Nerve Pinch done on me. It didn't knock me out, but the person who used it knew how to make it painful. The pain itself could have knocked me out."

Shujinkou awkwardly scratched his right cheek. He had a hard time understanding how Mali could talk about that happening to her so easily.

Looking past him, Mali took note of the occupants of the room.

"Oh, Senpai gathered everyone in one place," she said. "I guess he planned on leaving me out though since he wasn't looking for me."

Shujinkou continued to scratch his right cheek as he contemplated Mali's words. He then shook his head and sat down.

Silence soon fell over everyone in the room.

"Would it be against school rules to buy beanbag chairs for clubrooms?" Kiyoko suddenly asked.

"Not really," Fuyu replied. "Lest anyone plans on using it as a weapon."

"Who would use a beanbag chair as a weapon?" Natsuki asked in a baffled tone.

"You never know," Mali teased with a light giggle.

Shujinkou could only hope that Mali didn't have a story to go along with that comment. Her story that complimented the effects of pinching someone's nerves already made him think back to his question of whether or not Mali possessed a grudge against others.