Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

End of the First

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me," Shujinkou sung as he steered his ship through the calm blue sea. The winds were fair and the big blue sky inspired him to find a remote spot to spend his vacation at.

But that peaceful respite wouldn't last long he suddenly found himself in the middle of a violent storm. The waves crashed against his ship as the sea captain struggled to break through the weather. The water eventually rose over the pirate boat, knocked him away from the wheel and pushed him on the concrete floor.

"Exam results day can really be harsh," Shujinkou thought as he scratched his right cheek.

A pair of hands soon wrapped themselves around his arms and helped the daydreaming student onto his feet.

"This isn't the time to be daydreaming, Shujinkou. The hallways are dangerous on this type of day," Sayori reminded him.

"Right..." a tired sigh escaped through his mouth after he said this.

Shujinkou never really cared how high he was ranked every time test results were posted but only if he had scored high enough to avoid taking the make-up exams during Summer Break. After spending what seemed like an eternity looking for his test score and rank, Shujinkou finally found his name and nervously checked the results that would decide his fate.

"Yes! No Summer exams!" he cheered. But he only cheered in his head as not to attract any attention.

"We both got the summer off!" Sayori cheered. "The long nights doing nothing but studying really paid off. I can't wait to everyone at the club after school!"

"But clubs are cancelled until the next term."

Sayori remained silent as the information entered and processed into her brain.

"Oh yeah..." she chuckled with red cheeks. "I guess this means that we use the extra time to plan our vacation. What are you going to do for vacation?"

Her question was met with silence as memories of the Cultural Festival surfaced in Shujinkou's head. He remembered how he was met with a similar question the day before the event which led to her pleading with him to break his planned role.

"Not that it was a bad thing..." he said.

"Huh?" surprise gripped his soul the moment he realized Sayori heard the last part of his thought. "What wasn't a bad thing?"

"Nothing. I was just thinking that I don't really have anything planned for the upcoming break," Shujinkou answered. "I'll probably just wing it."

"Mm... Okay," Sayori beamed. "I'll probably just wing it too."

"Maybe we can wing it together?" Shujinkou suggested.

"Eh?!" Sayori's eyes widened with shock. "Really?"

"Well, we haven't really spent a vacation together since we were kids," Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he slightly diverted his gaze. "We could make up for lost time."

Sayori's cheeks once again grew bright red as she silently stared at her friend.

"Rei!" she suddenly exclaimed.

Shujinkou immediately turned around; the shock he felt was enough to almost cause his heart to skip over a few of its beats.

"H-Hey, Rei," he weakly waved at the silent student. "Did you already check your score?"

Rei raised her left arm and pointed at the first ranking sheet.

"#11?!" Shujinkou exclaimed.

"Whoa! That's impressive, Rei!" Sayori congratulated.