Closer than you think || Natsuki x Male MC (DDLC)

Chapter 8: Closet Chaos.

Evan's POV:

It's been 2 weeks since I've joined the club and honestly it's been one of the best two weeks of my life. I got to make it up to Sayori for all the time we lost in the past and built quite the friendship with all of the members even Yuri has sorta opened up more and gotten me into one of her books and Natsuki has seemingly dropped her cold shoulder towards me to some extent.

It's a normal Firday at school and as of late since Kegan and Saito haven't been as annoying as they used to although I've been seeing Misha the least, even around school and even the rest of the guys don't know what he's up to nor does he cough up. I could just assume he's either joined a club or a secret freind group of his own. I guess I've gotten less sour towards others too but that's just from me saying that (and even Sayori), even though I'm always anticipating classes to finish quicker than usual just to head to the club I'm still sitting on top with my grades. Monika doesn't let me hear the end of it for not always paying attention in class because of Snitch-yori, she's more like a mother than a friend now.

But with all the goods there always exists a bad. One being Sana, lately her interactions with me have gotten more frequent, I always tell her off but it just seems like she doesn't hear me and whenever she encounters me with Sayori or Natsuki she gives them a glare I highly dislike.

Then there's those rumours about Natsuki which I still haven't gotten much information about yet other than just people trying to find nicknames for her, I tried confronting Natsuki about it myself but not bluntly. I'd ask about why she doesn't keep her manga at home and what not but she brushes off the topic quickly even the mention of parents makes her want to try and back out of conversations and it makes it clear she doesn't want to talk about it. For now I've chosen to respect it and not get into her business.

"So...you gonna talk about it..?" I find myself at the rooftop surrounded by Kegan, Saito and Misha who either have their arms crossed or behind their backs as they stare at me with raised eyebrows. "Uhhh about what exactly..?" They look at each other and sigh as Kegan walks over and wraps his arm around my neck and stands beside me with a grin. "Oh come on man. Imma just say it now, you're into that pink haired devil in your club ain't ya?" Oh no...

"What?! Where the hell did that come from?" Kegan just laughed and pulled his arm off me before elbowing me causing me to stumble over to Saito who placed his hand on my shoulder. "Dude at first you did your best to just look at her and now you stutter so much you make rappers jealous. We ain't stupid." I hear Misha sarcastically cough in the background as I brush his hand off, "Whatever man, it's not like I'm making any moves anytime soon." I say as I walk over to one of the benches and sit down "Like I've said before a million times, I want to get to know the person better before approaching them like that. It took me 2 weeks just to get her to talk to me without being pissed at me!" I turn around and face the fence, looking out into the city. "And maybe I'm just scared to open up too myself...." I say the last few bits of that sentence under my breath.

I felt a light push on my back from Saito while Misha sat down next to me with Kegan standing near us by the fence, "Chill dude, we just wanted to hear you say it haha. Don't get all emotional on us." Hearing this from Misha was something else but it made me smirk regardless, "I'm just surprised you guys aren't giving me shit for liking her." I say as we hear the bell and thus break was over. "From what you've told us you've been through I just think you need a more serious approach. " Kegan said as we made our way downstairs and head to class.

It's finally club time, as I'm already on my way there I spot Yuri on my way who was standing near one of the vending machines. I decided to approach her but before I got in her line of sight a small group of students came down the stairs and soon surrounded her. "Oh boy..." I said to myself as I already hear the boys snickering while the girls poke at her with harsh words.