Stepping Beyond the Pixels: Loves Intricate Game

Chapter Twelve: Misconceptions Cleared

Monday came faster than you hoped it would. This past weekend had been the most fun you've had since coming to this world, but now it was time to get back to the plot because, despite how normal he seemed to act, Akui Minato was still an unpredictable factor who you knew for a fact was capable of killing for the smallest of reasons. This week Suzuki Kaito will fall in love with Yuki, and you need to come up with a way to stop that from happening.

You didn't plan on waking up early that morning, Makino was already saved so there was really no reason to get up extra early just to make it to class early enough to watch her. Your mother had different plans though.

"Y/n, wake up, your father's taking you to school today," your mother said from her place at your door.

Listlessly, you sat up in bed. "Taking me to school? But doesn't he have work...?" you questioned through a yawn, wiping away the sleepiness from your eyes.

"Oh he still has work, that's why you need to hurry and get ready so that you two can leave on time."

"Leave on time...?" you mumbled, brain still trying to wake up. "What time is it anyways?" You crane your neck to catch a glimpse of your alarm clock. "Seven-twenty!? Mama!" In an instant, all tiredness left your body as you snapped your head back to face your mom. "It's so early, why does Dad need to take me anyways?"

Already expecting this reaction, your mother already took the liberty to start walking away, leading to you having to chase after her as she said, "I don't trust the management of that school of yours, and if it wasn't the only school close enough that took your exam scores then I would have transferred you already. So for the time being, your father will be taking you to school. Besides," we were already down stairs and in the dining room, "walking around too much isn't good for you."

"But I was walking around just fine Saturday."

"Yes, but by the time you got back home you looked and acted completely exhausted. Your doctor wanted you to take things easily for a while, you're lucky I even let you leave at all. Now then," she said, pulling out a chair, "hurry and eat so that you can get ready for school."

'I just got played, didn't I?'

After begrudgingly finishing off your breakfast, you dragged your feet to your room so that you could get dressed. Along the way, you figured that you should probably text Yuki that you won't be able to walk with them for the foreseeable future. You already tried asking if your father could pick up the two along the way, but you were immediately shot down with the excuse that he barely had enough time to drop you off, so picking up your classmates was out of the question.

'Let me walk to school then if it's such a hassle...' you thought with a pout having just finished putting on the uniform's red bow. Now that you actually put the entire uniform on, it finally set in that you would be going back to school after being in that whole fiasco last week. "Great, I'm going to get clombered again with all those nosy student's questions."

You shot a quick text to Yuki and briefly explained the situation. If this was still in the game's plot then Yuki would be wide awake right now from the excitement and resolve of her new goal to find the murderer, but no murder happened, so you can assume she is still peacefully sleeping right now. She will surely be late again.

'That's how it should be,' you thought bitterly to yourself. 'If it wasn't for Akui's selfish actions the lives of these innocent people wouldn't have to change so drastically. I will make sure that no harm will come to anybody here, so that the only thing people like Yuki will have to worry about is oversleeping and being late to class'