Our Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Order's Appeal

Disappointment seeped into Shujinkou as he walked along the exterior of his school. He knew probably shouldn't have let that emotion in, but he couldn't help it. Ever since Mali easily turned his plan against him yesterday, all he could think about was how he would find another chance to talk to her without her turning the tables on him. But despite spending hours upon hours trying to find a solution to his current dilemma, he just couldn't find one.

A solemn sigh brushed past his lips before he deciding to continue his contemplations.

"GROSS!" that high-pitch declaration was more than enough to drag Shujinkou away from his thoughts. He quickly locked towards the direction of the screams and noticed two girls running towards him. As they grew closer, Shujinkou noticed terror plastered across their faces. To him, their faces were comparable to someone who just saw the Grim Reaper or an equivalent scary figure. All he could think about as he watched them run into the school was what could have possibly scared them so much.

"Spiders sure are scary, huh, Senpai," the young man felt a shiver crawl down his spine as he heard that familiar carefree voice. Slowly and cautiously, Shujinkou turned around to find Mali brightly smiling at him. From her hands, he noticed a pair of spiders dangling from her fingers. "Even paper machete variations of them can do the job if you handle it just right."

"Mali..." Shujinkou scratched his right cheek as he tried to think of what he could say. He wanted to say that she shouldn't have done such a thing, but...

"What? I only promised Senpai to stop doing things yesterday. Senpai didn't say forever," Mali reminded him

"I know. It's just that..."

"You stop you would have already convinced me to stop yesterday too," Mali interrupted. The glee from her face made it all too clear she enjoyed rubbing his failure in his face.

He once again felt disappointment seep into him as he considered his position. In fact, he was beginning to think that perhaps he should accept the feeling of disappointment. Perhaps he should welcome it warmly and provide it the red carpet treatment.

"Senpai's also cute when he's disappointed. I bet it's the same for all the other emotions," Mali giggled as she brushed past Shujinkou.

He just didn't have it in him to say anything more and couldn't think anything to prevent Mali from leaving. No, it wasn't that. Deep down, he let her leave. She had once again defeated him and had no choice but to accept his loss.

At the rate things were going, he knew that it wouldn't be long until Mali completely had the upper hand in their relationship. Along with the fact that she's continuing her pranks, Shujinkou knew that there was only one thing he could do.

"I need some advice," he concluded.

Later that afternoon, once the lunch bell rung, Shujinkou darted out of his seat and wasted no time in tracking down the person he knew could help him in his hour of need.

"You're asking me for advice?" surprise was plastered all over Natsuki's face as she stared at Shujinkou. She just couldn't believe that the person in front of her, of all people, was asking for her assistance.

"Yeah," Shujinkou confirmed.

"Why?" she instinctively asked.

"Because I can't talk to Mali without her putting me off-balance."

"But, why me?"

"Because, you're always able to speak your mind no matter what the situation is."

It was at that point where the surprise on Natsuki's face was quickly traded for annoyance. "So, what you're saying is you always thought of me as someone who can't stop voicing their opinions even when the situation doesn't call for it?"