Pink-Haired Tsundere (DDLC)

Chapter 6 - Amy Likes Spiders

Matthew's POV

Monika tells everyone to begin sharing poems. It only makes sense that I share mine with Natsuki first, so I ready my poem for her.

Natsuki reads my poem.

She keeps glancing at me, and then back at the paper. By now, she must have read it more than once.

"Er..." She stammers.

"Is it that bad?" I ask.

She glances around the room, "No! No, it's not! It's good...it's really good, okay?! There, I said it!" She says whilst crossing her arms and looking away from me.

"Ugh, this wasn't supposed to happen at all...!" She complains, "Why can't you just be bad at this? My poems are supposed to impress you, not the other way around!"

"Wait...You're trying to impress me?" I ask.

Natsuki turns away again, "Obviously! You think I'd let you enjoy Yuri's writing more than mine? Give me a break."

"Well in that case, what's the problem with me trying to impress you?" I reply.

"I'll tell you! You--" Natsuki's face freezes as if she just realised something. "You're trying to...impress me?" She asks in complete shock.

Natsuki vigorously scans her eyes over my poem one more time. Then, the poem slips out of her hands and flutters to the floor.

"I...have to use the bathroom!" Red-faced, Natsuki hastily walks out of the room.

I'm left alone an confused until Monika shows up. "Hey Matthew...did you do something to Natsuki? I just saw her rush out like that. You didn't do anything terrible, did you?" Monika asks nicely.

Monika's question startles me for a moment, "W-What? No! I just told her that--" My voice gets caught in my throat. There's no way I could tell Monika that I'm trying to impress Natsuki.

Monika looks at me quizzically. "Hmm?" She sees the poem lying on the floor and swiftly picks it up. She reads through it, her smile not fading from her face.

"I see..." Monika says, before looking back up at me. "You wrote this for Natsuki, didn't you?"

Oh god, how am I supposed to answer this?? "Uhh...well I guess..." I reply.

Monika smiles, "In fact, didn't she like your poem a lot the other day, too? I'm surprised you know her taste so well already."

"Are you sure you're not cheating, Matthew?" She asks sweetly.

??? POV

What the hell?

Matthew's POV

"Cheating...?" I ask.

"Never mind, I'm just kidding. Ahaha!" Monika replies with a laugh. I didn't understand Monika's joke at all.

"Anyway..." Monika says, changing the subject, "How do you think Natsuki feels about you?"

I hesitate, unsure of how to answer.

"Oh, no need to answer that. It was just something for you to think about." Monika says before I can even open my mouth. She's acting a little strange today but I don't get a chance to say anything as suddenly Natsuki bursts into the conversation.

"Hey!" Natsuki yells in annoyance. She comes up to Monika and snatches the poem out of her hand. Neither of us had seen her enter the classroom.

"Did you read this, Monika?" Natsuki asks, trying to act calm.