Post-Credits

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Monika cautiously crossed through the clubroom and moved towards the closet where Yuri was busy arranging her tea set. The vice president held her breath and kept her right hand near the pocket of her blazer.

She was prepared to draw out her administrative notebook in a heartbeat, Monika reminded herself. But for now, she had to act naturally.

The vice president stood at the closet’s threshold then politely asked,

“Do you need some help, Yuri?”

The purple-haired beauty turned turned towards Monika and self-consciously stammered,

“I… I think I have things under control. M-mostly.”

Monika curiously tilted her head. That was the first time that Monika heard that particular line, but it didn’t feel out of place.

Immediately afterwards, Yuri naturally transitioned back to her more familiar lines,

“W-would you kindly hold this water pitcher for me, Monika?”

Yuri picked up one of the water pitchers from her set and sheepishly handed it to the vice president.

Monika sighed. She decided to keep playing along.

Monika took the pitcher off of Yuri’s hands and the quiet girl flashed her a kindly smile.

Maybe Natsuki was right. Maybe Monika really was looking too much into everything that Yuri was doing.

But that didn’t change the fact that the entire situation felt strange to her.

In Yuri’s Chapter 3 scene, there were quite a few lines for Yuri and the Protagonist to speak before they left the clubroom. Monika was even supposed to interrupt their conversation halfway through.

So far, hardly any part of that conversation made it into the revised scene where Monika replaced the Protagonist. In spite of that, the scene was progressing without a hitch.

Monika stole a quick glance of Sayori and Natsuki at the corner of the room, but the two of them were only eagerly watching. Neither of them seemed to have noticed anything strange about the scene.

Sayori noticed Monika looking her way, so she waved to her and wore a pleasant smile.

It was a reassuring smile that seemed to say,

'You'll be fine, Monika!'

Monika sighed again. How she wished she was in Sayori’s Chapter 3 scene instead.

However, Monika was determined to see Yuri’s scene through. That was the least that she could do for someone for whom she brought so much suffering.

Thus, Monika quietly watched Yuri go through the motions of the revised scene.

Yuri set up her electric kettle on the teacher’s desk and prepared the rest of her tea set for an afternoon brew. Once she finished setting up, Yuri turned to Monika and asked,

“S-shall we go fetch the water now, Monika?”

Monika nodded and she let Yuri lead her out of the clubroom and into the hallway.

The vice president then closed the clubroom door behind them.

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As Monika was walking with Yuri in the hallway, the background music started to fade for the scene transition. The happy-go-lucky tune of ‘Play With Me’ shifted neatly to the more thoughtful melody of ‘My Confession’. That was the background music that was earmarked for that scene.