Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Club Prerequisites Part 2

Shujinkou stretched his aching arms and let out a long sigh. The books were finally delivered to the library and he couldn't be any happier that he no longer had to carry such a heavy object.

After letting out another sigh, he glanced to his left and couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he finally noticed Monika giggling.

"Shall we head to the clubroom now?" she suggested.

Shujinkou awkwardly nodded his head and the two started to head to the literature clubroom.

"I really appreciate the help, Shujinkou." Monika said, smiling at him.

"It was nothing," Shujinkou awkwardly chuckled.

He couldn't help but feel slightly nervous around the club president. To him, it was like a peasant talking to a queen and he was having a hard time shaking that feeling. But he knew that he had to move past that feeling or else he was going to have a very uncomfortable experience in the Literature Club for the rest of the year.

"That reminds me," Shujinkou remembered. "You were talking about how the Literature Club was officially recognized."

"Oh right," Monika said, slightly embarrassed that she forgot she was telling a story.

She took a moment to remember where she left off and, once she did, happily started the story again. "I believe I was at the part where I was wondering what to do until Sayori showed up."

"About that part, what did you mean that you aren't good with people?" Shujinkou asked.

"Oh that? I just meant that I sometimes have a hard time connecting with others," Monika replied in a solemn tone. "It's kinda hard when people always..."

Monika stopped mid-sentence and turned away from Shujinkou.

"Monika?" Shujinkou said, worried he may have somehow struck a sore spot.

He stared at the back of her head for what seemed like forever until she turned back towards him with a calm expression on her face.

"Sorry about that," Monika apologized. "Anyway back to the story. It was right when Sayori first appeared."

...

Monika watched Sayori slowly walk into the room with a confused look on her face. She stared at Monika, then at the empty desks. She then turned back to Monika, then back to the empty desks. After repeating this process two more times, Sayori stopped at Monika, wearing a sad expression on her face.

"Am I too late?" she asked.

"No, no. You're just on time," Monika assured her.

"Eh?? But where are the others?"

"It's just me," Monika weakly smiled.

Sayori stared into Monika's eyes, a big grin appearing on her face.

"It's no biggie! Clubs are about quality, not quantity," Sayori assured her. "The two of us can make a totally awesome club!"

"That's true but for this club to be officially recognized as a club, we need a total of four members," Monika informed her.

Sayori went quiet for a moment. She noticed that the posters advertising the Literature Club was around for awhile and the fact that she was the only member aside from Monika made it apparent that people are not interested in literature as an afterschool hobby or weren't actually paying attention to the fliers.

Either way, at the rate the club was growing there was only option...

"Then if the people won't come to the club, we'll bring the club to the people!" Sayori declared.