Love-Deprived: A DDLC+YANSIM+ETC NOVEL.

She doesn't deserve him!

( IKA'S POV )

I laugh. Taro's so cute when he acts like that! I can't believe he's finally my boyfriend, my childhood crush. "Ika-Chann, you're way out of my league!" He teases. I giggle at him. After we catch our breaths, I notice Ayano's.. heavy breathing. Her face is bright red, and she looks upset. "Ayano-Sama, are you alright?" I ask, genuinely concerned. As lead of student council, the well being of my students is top priority. "O-Of.. Course..." She whispers. Ayano hastily gets up and disappears just like that. "Aya-Chan!!" Murasaki chases after Ayano. Yuri gently places her book down and speed walks after them. She mumbles something nobody can understand.. "Ah.. Should I—," Taro begins, but Emilio interrupts, "Nah, Tar, let them comfort their friend." Emilio dismisses. I narrow my eyes... Ayano seems really upset! I must make sure she's okay! It's my duty, my duty as a student council member! I will not fail my school. This is my first opportunity of the year, to fix a student problem and set a good example. Everybody looks up to me, after all! "I'll go check up on them!" I announce, before quickly trotting away to the women's bathroom, where I assume they went. I'm about to walk into the bathroom, but I stop myself, hearing Murasaki say, "Aya! Please come out!" I put my ear to the wall, being able to hear perfectly clear. "Aya! Aya! AyaaaaaaaAAA!!" Murasaki begs losing more patience with every Aya. "Mura, don't you think.. we should possibly leave Ayano alone for a while?" Yuri suggests gently. "Info..Ch..." Ayano stumbles quietly, and I'm barely able to hear the rest of her sentence. "Ayano?! You're scaring me now! Open up or I'm gonna..." Murasaki pauses for a second, closing her eyes in thought. "Crawl under the bathroom stall!" She exclaims. I can hear typing on a phone. It must be Ayano. "Aya-Chan.. You.. You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but I beg of you, please.. Just don't let.. Everybody keep worrying about you." Yuri pleads, sounding like she's on the brink of tears. "Yeah! Exactly!" Murasaki responds. I stay silent, waiting for Ayano's response. "He.. Doesn't deserve her." Was her simple response. I get chills down my spine. Goosebumps.. Ayano..

( AYANO'S POV )

I wait for Murasaki to begin to yell, or crawl under the bathroom stall, but it doesn't happen. I hear Mura and Yuri whisper to each other, before exiting the bathroom. Guess they were never my friends. Doesn't matter. The only thing that matters in this whole world is him. Just Him. Somebody texted me a little bit ago, she claims to be info-chan. She tells me she will.. Well, here are our texts.

??: Hello, Ayano.

Ayano: Who are you?

??: I see you got an eye for that boy in class 3. His name is Taro Yamada. His best friends are Emilio Aukoz, Osana Najimi, and Coraline Hino. His girlfriend is Ika Ganeryonoe. They've been dating for a couple of days now. Only a couple of days too late.

Ayano: Don't avoid the question. Who are you? More importantly, why do you know any of this?

??: Many know me as info-chan. I know, quite literally, everything about everybody. And I can give you my priceless information, for.. a price.

Ayano: What's this price you speak of?

??: I make.. potions. Poisons. The ingredients to make these poisons are nearly impossible to get. So, I was thinking we could make a deal.

Ayano: I'm listening.

??: Every week, I'll give you an ingredient list to get me. Every ingredient is an important secret to.. eliminate Ika. You can have your precious Senpai once you eliminate her.

Ayano: How do I know you're actually info-chan?

??: You don't. Just gotta take a chance. That's life.

Ayano: We have a deal, for now.

??: That's what I like to hear, Aishi! Ill give you your first secret for free. Tell me when you're ready.

That's it. I'm curious what her secret will be. So, I send the text, that I'm ready.

Ayano: Im ready.

??: Ika is quite insecure. She has a mentality that she needs to protect everybody in school. She does this because she's actually quite insecure about protecting herself. Take this information as you will, Ayano.

(CORAL'S POV)

I take a bite of my cheese pizza. Emilio is teasing Osana again. "You're adorable, Kitty-Chan!" He says... "Uuuuuwahhhh!! I'm not! Whatever, bozo!" Osana replies... I can't help but imagine Osana rotting inside of a cellar... W-Why am I thinking like this?! I keep thinking so dark recently! About Osana, about Yuri. Really, anybody that talks to.. No! No! No! Stop, Coral! Get that out of your head! You're insane! "Seashell, you've been a little off recently. Everything, okay?" Taro asks me politely. I nod enthusiastically. "Yeah, duh! I'm just plotting some pranks! Like, when everyone comes back I'll put woopy-cushions on their seats! Four pranks in one!" I lie, taking out the woopy-cushions from my blue bag. I place one on each of their seats. "Oh, National prank day?" Taro wonders. "Mhm!" I reply, smiling warmly at him. Natsuki's reading some manga, not talking to anyone, so I scoot over closer to her, accidentally sitting on a woopy-cushion. "Eeeeyuck! Did you farttt, Seashell-Chann??" Emilio jokes dramatically. I blush and nod and laugh.. "Jeez, you're such a kid sometimes!" Natsuki teases.

"Hey Natsuki, what manga are you reading?" I ask, glancing at her page. "Why do you care?" She responds, closing her manga shut. "Awww, come on, Natsuki! I just wanted some manga recommendations!" I say. Natsuki's just like Osana, but meaner and usually doesn't get the same attention. "F-Fine. It's.. Parfait Girls, Vol. 3." She replies, stretching her hand out to me with the manga in hand. I snatch it. The cover looks so cute! It's a bunch of girls striking feminine poses. "It's very moe," I comment teasingly. "And what's wrong with that?!" Natsuki yells, grabs the manga straight from my hand. "Shoo!" She commands. God. She's so annoying.

Ika sits down on the woopy-cushion. That crisp fart noise.. Murasaki and Yuri sit down on theirs at the same time. The two fart noises together sounds so majestic! Murasaki laughs hysterically, smashing her head on the table. "Klutz," Osana comments. Ika giggles a little, and Yuri just looks embarrassed.

When we go outside to go home, it's raining. I end up walking alone in the rain, without realizing that Osana and Emilio are walking together. Leaving me out. What brats. How dare Emilio think of Osana as more then me! Is.. he.. Stop. I need to stop. It's not that deep, Coraline, it's not that deep. Or is it? OR IS IT? The rain on my cheeks makes it hard to tell whether I'm crying or not.

So what if I am? So what if I'm overreacting? How could.. They do this?!