Implemented Adulthood - Book 2 [ DDLC fanfiction ]

Chapter Fifteen

Monika heard crinkling noises, like someone scratching the wall. A weeping voice of a lady, trapped within the abyss. Whispering to her ear asking for help. The air felt cold, the floor were numb and wet. She was engrossed to the noise. The more she listens to it the gruesome it kind of become. It was the noise of despair or at least that's what she thought it was.

A cold hand suddenly grab her arm, startled she stare directly at the black inhuman figure. Monika then scream, shoving the figure away and ran toward a random direction. The world around her were different. It's not the same eerie void that she hates nor is it the flat world that she knew of. Just a world of nothingness and it's endless wherever she turn.  

"Monika!" A voice calls for her from the distance. 

She recognized the voice yet she doesn't trust it and proceeds to run away from it. Unfortunately she comes across that same inhuman black figure once again, it suddenly appeared right in front of her. Monika panicked and fall on the floor. Its disfigured hands reached for her. Frightened she yelp as she burst in tears. 

"Calm down, Monika!" 

"No! Get away from me!" She struggles to break free from its grasp. 

"It's me! Yasuki!" 

Monika opens her eyes to see him holding her wrists tightly. Glancing around the place the abyss had suddenly become Yasuki's bedroom. 

"Did you have a nightmare?" He asked. "You were crying in your sleep. You were even calling for help."

She sat up next to him. "I, I guess I did." Monika suddenly realized that she slept next to him. Her cheeks flustered red as she felt embarrassed for falling asleep in a guy's bed. 

"Do you always have nightmares when you sleep?" Yasuki asked. 

"No, this is actually my first nightmare in a long time now. Well, four years to be precise." Monika awkwardly chuckled to herself, then she noticed. "Your wound. It's not hurting anymore?" 

He put his hand on his chest to feel the wound. "No, I don't feel the pain anymore. The feeling is completely gone." 

"Oh, that's... Good then." Monika smiled. "So that's what happened twelve years ago. You stabbed yourself just so you will die, but really you can't. That's why you never attempt a suicide."

"Well, I'm sure I don't need to explain much since you already figured that out." Changing the topic Yasuki turns his head toward the closed window curtain. "Do you prefer to have that other me around instead of me? He does cause troubles, but he actually knows what would stop you from deleting everybody else. I on the other hand don't cause trouble, but I don't know how to save everybody from you." 

"Don't say that." Said Monika as she try to defend the docile him. "I want the you right now. I'm sorry if I left you to bare everything alone. I won't make the same mistake again. From now on, whatever may happen I want to be by your side." 

Yasuki averts his eyes from her. "You're going to live in Tokyo soon, why bother to say that?"

"But it's truly how I feel--"

"--Can you not play with my feelings?" He said in a angry tone. "I know you love the 3D being from another world. You love them and you will never find interest in this flat world." Yasuki gets out of bed. "I'll go to sleep in the living room. You can sleep here until morning. I don't want a girl walking home late at night." 

Then he left leaving Monika alone in his bedroom. She frown, cuddling with the pillow that he used to rest his head on every night. The scent does smell like him a lot. Monika laid there still embracing the pillow tightly. Somehow she hated herself, for going against him when the only thing he did was try to help.

The next morning Monika wakes up early to help Natsuki fix breakfast. Though it was strange to ignore any conversation involving what happened yesterday. Yasuki yawned walking into the kitchen. 

"Did you two have a wonderful sleep last night?" Out of nowhere Maki pops out from under the table with a huge grin on her face. 

"Two?" Natsuki looks at Yasuki. "What is Maki talking about?"

"She's just talking nonsense." Monika fake a laugh. 

He walks up to Natsuki and asked, "You want me to lend you a hand?" 

She nod as a response. Yasuki grabs the egg for her and cracks them open in a bowl. Monika rubs the rice clean, then she put it in the rice cooker. Closing the lid she noticed Maki eating a cupcake from the dinning table. Quickly Monika went up to Natsuki to see if there's anything else to help before she turns her head to that oblivious little girl. 

"Nope, all you can do now is have a seat with Maki over there." However, Natsuki still look at her. "What the heck are you doing! Don't eat sweets before breakfast!" 

Maki swallows a whole cupcake and giggled at her. "Sorry, aunt Natsuki!" 

"Aunt?!" She points a spatula at her. "I am not your aunt nor am I that old!"

Monika laughed. "At least she's not calling you like you're nine years old." 

Natsuki crossed her arms pouting anyway. "Fine, at least you have a point. Well, I guess she's not any worst than Yuri." She immediately gasp as soon as she saw the amount of eggs in the bowl. "Hey, that's too much eggs!" 

Yasuki suddenly realized it too. "Oh, sorry. I didn't noticed. I must've spaced out. I'll put some in the fridge." 

"Idiot!" Natsuki takes the bowl from him. "If refrigerated without the shells it'll dry up before our next breakfast, so you're going to help me eat this!"

He beamed at her. "I'm still sorry and I'll help you eat those eggs."

Natsuki blushed. "You're an idiot and will always be one." 

Monika listened to their conversation. While doing so her chest began to ache. She just confessed to Yasuki yesterday and got rejected for the first time. Even so she can't help but to feel the urge to have him. The only character that felt human to her. She suddenly realized. 

Is this how jealousy truly feels like? Monika looks out the window thinking to herself. Honestly it's a really vague sentiment. And here I thought having headaches was a drag. Being jealous is probably the worst... I hate this.