Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Self-Given Task

"How do you make Sea-Salt Ice Cream again?" Shujinkou wondered aloud as he wondered through the halls. He knew the answer was in his head, but no matter how hard he tried to remember it, the answer did its best to stay out of his reach. "Never mind. I should be focused on seeing how Sayori is doing."

It didn't take long for Shujinkou to reach the nurse's office and enter it for the 2nd time in the past 24 hours. The moment he stepped inside, he found Sayori asleep on one of the beds with a flushed face and an even bigger sprain. The sight of his friend in a state worse than she was when he brought her to school effectively rendered him speechless.

"Are you a friend of hers?" the school nurse approached him with a clipboard in hand.

"Yeah," Shujinkou awkwardly nodded his head in response to her question. "I came to see how she's doing with her sprain."

"Well, as you can see, not only has her sprain grown in size, but she's also come down with a slight fever," the nurse explained.

"But it's only been a couple of hours. How could she have ended up like this?" he asked perplexed.

"Sometimes a fever can sneak up on people. Plus, she kinda fell on her sprained ankle during lunch," the look on the nurse's face was enough for Shujinkou to realize that she was embarrassed over SAyori's condition. "But I wouldn't worry about it though. All she needs is a good night of rest and she'll be as right as rain tomorrow."

"I see," Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he dug into his pocket. He still couldn't get over the fact that someone actually got worse while in the nurse's office... Not that he was blaming the nurse herself. He casually pulled his phone from out of his pocket and sent a quick text message to Monika. The moment it was sent, he turned back to Sayori with a puzzled expression. "How am I supposed to get her home while she's out like this?"

A few ideas roamed through his head, but in the end, he knew what he had to do. One arm flew under her legs, while the other gently slid under her back. In just three short counts, Shujinkou lifted Sayori up from the bed and proceeded to carry her out of the office.

To his surprise, he didn't have any problems carrying her out of the school nor did he have an issue continuing the journey to her house. To him, it was nice that the current situation lacked any obstacles, but that feeling didn't last as soon as he approached her front door.

"How am I supposed to open the door like this?" he fretted.

The solution to his problem would soon make itself apparent to the worried individual as he took a closer look at the door.

"She didn't close the door all the way again..." he slightly chuckled.

Though he was laughing on the outside, on the inside he was worried that this habit of hers would get her in trouble. He then tapped the door open with his foot and carried the sleeping student up to her slightly messy room. There, he gently laid her on her bed and wave of relief washed over him.

"Home, sweet, home..." he sighed in relief.

"Yeah. Thanks, Shujinkou," Sayori beamed.

"No prob-" Shujinkou stared at the giggling girl in disbelief. "You were awake the whole time?!"

"Eh, not the whole time," she diverted her gaze as continued to giggle.

"Okay then," he shrugged.

Without saying a word, Shujinkou walked out of the room and entered the bathroom. He then grabbed a nearby towel and smothered it in a stream of warm water. With the towel completely drenched, he squeezed out the excess liquid and returned to Sayori.