Post-Credits

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There was a moment of tense silence as Monika faced Natsuki in the clubroom closet that late afternoon.

Monika saw the pink-haired girl with her back pressed against the storage racks. All the while, Natsuki was holding the second volume of Parfait Girls with her trembling hands.

Once Natsuki had a closer look at Monika, however, she frowned and groaned,

“Oh, it’s just the new girl. Sheesh~”

Monika curiously tilted her head.  Was Natsuki hoping it was someone else?

In any case, Monika noted, Natsuki was definitely going off script. Natsuki wasn’t supposed to have any more lines after the club meeting and her sprite wasn’t supposed to appear again until the next morning.

Yet there she was, talking with Monika while putting on airs,

“Listen here, new girl. You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that. You may be the Veep, but I was about to tackle you, you know!”

Tackle? Wasn’t that a bit much?

Monika rubbed her chin and argued,

“I didn’t sneak up on you, though. I asked if there was anyone in the closet. Then I heard noises inside, so I rushed in.”

“Kuh!”

Natsuki flushed red with frustration. She didn’t expect Monika to call her bluff so bluntly.

It was only then that Monika realized her blunder and she grew embarrassed. Monika wasn’t very good at dealing with other people to begin with. Not having a script to follow for that encounter didn’t help either.

Natsuki heaved a sigh then folded her arms as she asked,

“So. What exactly are you still doing here in school?”

“Ah! I was just running a quick… uhm…”

Monika stopped herself. She was about to blurt out ‘resource check’, after all.

The vice president cleared her throat and hid her notebook behind her back as she corrected herself,

“I had some errands to run. I finished just now and I was just about to head out.”

Monika then faced Natsuki and asked,

“What about you, Natsuki? What are you still doing here?”

Natsuki turned away from Monika as soon as she asked this. After a moment of silence, the pink-haired girl finally admitted,

“Fine. I’ll cut the crap already. I don’t want to go home.”

“Natsuki…”

Monika truly was at a loss now. She had no idea what to say to Natsuki at all.

When the game was still on and the Player was still around, Monika hardly paid any attention to Natsuki - or any of the other girls. She only saw them as bunches of code that got in the way of her plans. Yet, there was still some sort of harmony during Act 1.

The original script held the club together.

After Monika deleted Sayori in Act 2, however, that harmony burst like a bubble. Monika never made an effort to understand Natsuki and Yuri and things got completely out of hand.

In the end, she deleted Natsuki and Yuri too.

Remorse brewed up in Monika’s heart when she remembered this.

Natsuki was waiting for Monika’s reply, but the vice president had nothing.

Monika then closed her eyes and wondered,