September 22nd 2017

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Do you believe in gravity?

Do you believe there is a reason why you and I met?

Do you believe our eyes crossing is fate?

Fated attraction.

No matter where I am, it is you who I end up being driven to.

If it is our destiny to smile together, I pray for that moment to come soon.

Oh gravity please let us fall in each other's arms.

Destined encounter.

It is you of all the people in the world, the one my eyes want to look at.

Beyond the infinity of colors less I couldn't care, emerald green is all I

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Tsurugi Mayu

"Yes, I'm coming", replied the girl of hair white like snow, putting down her pen and closing her notebook to then stand up and go to the front to receive what the teacher with a proud smile handed to her.

"Oh my~ a perfect note!", Mayu exclaimed with grace as she stopped next to the white ribbon girl. "How did your essay go, Monika?".

"That doesn't concern you, Tsurugi", Monika replied, sighing to show her annoyance at the white haired one. "Aww, was it that bad? It must be hard being you~", Mayu mockingly smiled.

"Just go to your seat already", Monika mumbled frowning, pulling out her phone to ignore her. "Maybe if you paid more attention instead of-", the white haired girl then abruptly stopped.

Why is she always bothering Monika?
Such a mature student council president we have pfft
I bet that's why she barely has any friends
Tsurugi is awful...
She's just jealous
Good notes, lame personality

"Suit yourself then", Mayu muttered and quietly went back to her seat. "Even I could hear that... She brings that upon herself though...", Monika thought, her emerald green discreetly looking at the girl who gripped the paper sheets in hands but always walked with her head tall despite those words.

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"Thirstyyyyy be right back!", is what the bubbly girl said right when the 2nd period ended and bounced her way outside and through the hallways she was going now.

The red bow girl hummed full of joy as she approached the vending machine ready to quench the thirst for something sweet and fresh.

Sayori set her sparkly blue eyes on a blue bottle and felt her mouth watering at the thought of the sweet taste of her favorite blue berry flavored juice again.

But her excitement and eager sometimes hard to contain made the coin she pulled fall off her hand and spin around until under the vending machine it went.

"Cows!", Sayori exclaimed in surprise as she quickly kneeled down to find her coin as it was the only one she brought. Ducking almost all of her arm under the big device Sayori's cheek was now touching the cold floor but still, her hand couldn't feel nothing yet.

"Need some help?", a voice that almost didn't hear said. "Eh? Ah! Hi! Yes!", Sayori replied, still set on finding her coin, not even looking at the one above.

Thud!

The sound from up close almost made Sayori jump if it wasn't for her arm still underneath the machine but her mind soon processed and remembered that's how a bottle falling from its rack and into the dispenser sounded.

"All yours", the voice which now she was sure was of a boy said. Sayori quickly pulled her arm back and stood up, clumsily shaking some dust off her clothes before setting her eyes on the one in front of her.

There, standing and offering a blue bottle to her was a boy of dark brown hair and yellow eyes and that's pretty much all there was to say as everything else was pretty much average.

"Eh? For me?", Sayori asked, pointing to herself. The boy with a smile nodded. "Thanks!", Sayori exclaimed.

"You never change...", The boy said and without the least bit of hesitation, took one single step closer to the bubbly girl, their faces just some inches away and began fixing the red tie around her neck that was poorly done.

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"Are you okay?", the average boy asked no longer close to her. "Eh?", Sayori asked shaking her head.

"Just enjoy your juice and you're welcome", with half a smile trying to look cool he turned around and walked away while the bubbly girl simply stared at the red tie around her neck correctly done.

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An absent stare was all the purple girl was giving to the empty seat in front of her as she waited for the bell to finally indicate it was 12 pm so she could go and see that girl that sometimes seemed she couldn't live without.

RIIIING

A few minutes later it finally came and with a happy relieved sigh, she started packing her book and the lunchboxes out instead now, one purple for herself and one red for her.

"Hey", but just when she was about to stand up, a voice she had yet to know reached her ears as the light around her seemed to fade.

Yuri lifted her head and saw a muscular looking boy of stylish blond hair, light brown eyes and a smile worth of a toothpaste commercial now sitting where the absent beanie hat girl did.

"H-Hello?", Yuri replied confused. "Class A sure has some nice ones indeed", another boy less muscular but still toned as his lack blazer showed, black hair combed back and blue eyes said as Yuri started to understand why there was less light as he stood to her left looking at her.

"Yeah, it was a good idea to come down and see them ourselves", another of much bigger body yet still muscular looking, dark brown hair tied in a loose ponytail and tanned skin said blocking most of the light to her right and looking at her with lustful black eyes.

"Please don't mind my friends, they're just a big pair of dorks", the blond one said, dashingly smiling at her. "O-Okay?", Yuri replied.

"Tell me, what's your name?", the blond handsome guy asked. "Y-Yuri", the purple girl replied, nervous as ever.

"Yuri... Like the flower right?", the blond guy said and gently grabbed a long strand of purple hair between his fingers, still smiling and not taking his eyes off the purple girl.

(Kanji's for Yuri mean the Lily flower in case you didn't know)

However, Yuri gently pushed his hand away and politely smiled. With half a smile and eyes closed, the blond one accepted that and replied, "I'm Okabe Sawada, me and my friends are in class 3-C, upstairs, that's why we probably hadn't met".

"N-Nice to meet you", Yuri politely replied but the inner desire for this conversation to end couldn't be any higher. "I see you brought your own lunch, that's very nice", Okabe said and grabbed the red lunchbox.

"A-Ah t-that-!", Yuri was caught off guard and by the time she realized it was now too late as Okabe had opened the box and pulled out a small fish roll, slowly shoving it into his mouth.

Before Yuri could say anything else, she finally saw behind the blond muscular boy was a pink haired girl standing at the front and watching with a mix of sadness and anger in her magenta eyes as her expression was one similar to a wife finding her husband in bed with another woman.

"N-Na...", Yuri couldn't even finish saying her name as she saw the pink girl immediately turning to the door and running away. "E-Excuse me please", Yuri stood up at last and went after her, leaving the three boys behind.

But for the rest of the hour, the pink girl was nowhere to be seen, no matter where she went.

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With a troubled heart, the purple girl managed to go through the rest of the lessons left to take, hoping now that the club was about to gather once again, she could see Natsuki there.

Yuri hurriedly packed her stuff and almost ran to the clubroom upstairs and again, she was the first to arrive.

She waited, right at the center as ever but minutes that felt like hours passed and no trace of her pink haired friend appeared.

One after the other 7 more members arrived, except of course for the pink one.

Yuri soon gathered the courage and stood up, walking over to the strawberry red haired girl and asked, "h-hi, Ryuko-san, have you seen Natsuki?".

"Natsuki? No, I thought she'd be here already?", Ryuko wasn't of help so with a quick thanks, she proceeded where the bubbly girl and her tough looking friend were.

"She said she had to go do something quick, but she should be here soon", thankfully for her, Sayori had the answer she was looking for.

Yuri quietly yet overwhelmed with anxiety, went back to her seat and waited again. The second chair waiting for her already in place along with a volume of parfait girls she had taken out for them to read once the situation was clear.

And at last, with a gloomy expression that pained the purple girl's heart, Natsuki arrived and didn't even take a glance at her as she directly walked over her strawberry red haired friend.

However, Yuri had no intention of staying there and do nothing about it.

The purple girl immediately followed after her and as Natsuki sat next to the red haired girl, Yuri nervously poked her shoulder to make her look at her.

Yet, Natsuki ignored her again.

"N-Natsuki...", Yuri almost begged but the pink girl refused to answer to her. "Ryuko, did you watch that anime I told you about?", Natsuki asked like nothing was going on.

"Not yet... Umm, is something wrong here?", Ryuko replied and then in whispers asked as she saw the purple girl next to them still waiting to be acknowledged. But Natsuki just shrugged and continued.

With a troubled look that tried to say "What should I do?", Ryuko glanced at the purple sorrowful girl who again tried to call her name, "Natsuki... Please I...".

"WELL YOU SHOULD WATCH IT, l tell you is really good! It has all...", At first Natsuki raised her voice to let her know, then with a normal tone she continued the conversation with her red haired friend like nothing happened.

But Yuri had no intention of giving up and continued shyly tapping and poking her shoulder, calling her name with a voice that was about to break at any moment.

"Seriously, you're gonna love it! I know literature sounds boring at first but you'll-", Monika and Haru finally arrived, accompanied by a group of 5 other girls they had managed to convince throughout the day to come and see.

But the moment they chose to arrive couldn't be any other, than the one the pink girl waited for to finally explode.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?!!", Natsuki yelled her heart out as she furiously turned around and almost knocked her chair down as she stood and looked at the purple girl in the eye.

"I-I just want to t-talk", Yuri nervously replied. "WELL I DON'T, FUCK OFF NOW!", Natsuki shouted again, pointing her finger away.

"I-I'm really s-sorry, I-I didn't-", Yuri almost shrunk but still tried to reply. "You didn't what? You didn't want to flirt with those guys?! Or you didn't mean to give them my lunch?!", Natsuki asked furious and yet, her magenta eyes showing nothing but sorrow.

"I didn't know what to do!", Yuri replied with a pain in her voice. "Sure you didn't! Some nice looking idiot comes and you're immediately drooling for him!", Natsuki shouted outraged.

"I-I wasn't!", Yuri exclaimed. "Then why didn't you just say no! I saw everything!", Natsuki's eyes began to water as she exclaimed.

"I-I tried-", Yuri was cut off again. "You didn't! You were just smiling like an idiot! Agh! You know what? Screw you, go flirt with those stupid boys, I don't care!", Natsuki finally stopped and without giving the purple girl a second to process, she took the astonished Ryuko's hand and dragged her out of the club.

Yuri then, still tried to go after her but as Natsuki shoved one of the new girls still near the door who had been speechlessly watching, she turned around and glared at her, making the purple girl stop dead in her tracks as Natsuki's magenta eyes had begun turning red.

Natsuki said no word as she clinged to Ryuko's arm and exited the room that fell dead silent as their footsteps went away.

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"Umm y-you know I just remembered, I had something important to do! Sorry Monika but I'll come by next week or something", one of the new girls finally broke the silence. "M-Me too!", Soon the other 4 agreed and despite Monika's attempts to persuade them, they left.

"This has to be a joke...", Monika grunted and looked at Yuri like a mother about to scold her child, to which the purple girl simply lowered her head ashamed. "I-It's okay, Monika, come on, don't", Haru placed a hand on her shoulder and after a long tired sigh, she calmed down.

"Everyone! In sights of you bringing no one else today, we will now go outside and see who we can get as it's the last day", Monika announced at the still speechless and uncomfortable looking members who had to witness the pink and purple girl's scene.

Everyone nodded and without saying any other word, they all left the room.

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The minutes outside helped everyone relax and clear their mind but as minutes passed and less than an hour seemed to be short, everyone went back without anyone new.

"5 minutes... 5 damn minutes...", Monika however was now pacing at front of the clubroom wondering what to do as the stress of the deadline about to come stared to take over her.

"Well, well, well... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...", a white haired girl as she appeared at the door with a smug confident smile. "We have two more, they just left due to an emergency", Monika quickly replied before Mayu could jump to any fast conclusion.

"9 and 10", Mayu said still showing nothing but confident in her face. "I-I have a few girls about to join just-", Monika gulped and tried to say but was cut off.

"Forms...", Mayu approached her and extended her hand. Monika began to sweat but still looked back at her, gritting her teeth and trying to think of a way to win.

"P-please just give us one more day!", the vice president of the literature club finally spoke. "Deadline is today, the chess club is ready to take this room on Monday", the white haired girl denied with her head.

"I-It is my fault, we had the new members but-", Yuri tried to speak at last knowing very well she had to. "Do you think I care? No!", Mayu exclaimed with a big triumphant mocking smile as she cut her off.

"3 Minutes... Mfufufu...", Mayu again set her eyes on the white ribbon girl whose head didn't want to work. "It is time for the literature club to go!!", She exclaimed and turned around heading to the door.

"Unless...", Mayu said as wider smirk crept to her face. "Eh?", Monika asked confused as her heart began to race for some reason, but in the end she attributed it to stress.

"Unless you do what I say!", Mayu exclaimed and turned around again. "What?", Monika's confusion was at its best.

"I can provide you with the last member you need, I got an application form ready to sign right here!", Mayu then opened the folder she was carrying under her arm and pulled out a sheet the white ribbon girl quickly recognized.

"What? Why do you? How?", Monika didn't even know what to ask, shaking her head time and time again trying to understand. "You just need to agree to do what I say, fufufu, one single request that will finally settle who of us two is the best!", Mayu confidently spoke.

All that Monika need was a quick glance at the 7 other girls around whose pleading eyes said enough for her to finally reply.

"Okay, okay, you win, I agree to do whatever foolishness you have in mind", Monika, after a long defeated sigh, finally replied and looked at the white haired girl, their emerald green and golden eyes meeting one more time.

"Hahahahaha! I win! Now, just give me one second", Mayu laughed and said, then she pulled out her phone and spoke, "Come here, quick".

With those single words only, she then hung up and with an ever so smug smirk she said and began to move aside from the door, "5, 4, 3, 2, 1...".

"y｡｡｡｡｡｡ooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!", like the roaring engine of an aircraft starting to work, a voice that grew and soon took a humanoid form as it approached, flipped through the door and with arms extended to the sides exclaimed, "what's up dudes!!".

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"Eesh, why the long faces?", asked a girl of dark brown hair tied in a messy ponytail as her eyes of two different colors saw the blank expression of the 8 other girls there.

"Allow me to introduce to you the vice president of the student council and an old friend of mine, Emerson!", Mayu exclaimed proud as she stood behind the messy ponytail girl and extended her arms towards her.

"Heya!", Emerson, with a cheerful smile and a peace sign exclaimed. "Now... It is time... Fufufu...", Mayu deviously giggled.

"What did you need me for, boss?", Emerson asked with a smile and hands on her hips as she turned around. "I've been waiting a long time to do this..." the white haired girl then put the folder aside and looked at her friend directly in the eye, who simply tilted her head.

"Emerson... You're... FIIIIREEEEEEED!!", and finally, channeling her inner Vince McMahon, with one hand on her hip and the other pointing out, Mayu shouted fired up with raspy voice to make the wrestling business genius proud.

"Eh?", Emerson asked with clearly troubled face. Mayu said no word and turned around, grabbed the folder, pulled the form and with her black fancy looking pen she quickly signed for her at the bottom.

"Here you go, now that Emerson has quit the student council, she can and has signed for a club which turned out to be yours", Mayu said and gave the application form to the still confused and speechless white ribbon girl.

Monika, still in disbelief, lowered her gaze and read, seeing everything in that form was indeed in place and somehow, that girl of messy ponytail was now the eleventh member of the literature club.

"3, 2, 1...", Mayu again counted down only for the final bell to finally ring. "Well, you made it, barely in time but still, you got those 11 members, the literature club stays hooray! Now, if you excuse me", Mayu mockingly said and turned around ready to leave, with a group of confused girls who couldn't bring themselves to speak yet behind.

"What do you want me to do?", still bitter for defeat yet with a relieved sigh as she accepted the reality as confusing as it was, Monika finally asked. "Ah right, I almost forgot...", Mayu said and turned around again.

Then, putting her hand on her hip and pointing out with the other once again, she proudly exclaimed.

"You will go on date with me today!! ... I'll see you at the gates in 5".

Monika had learnt to not underestimate reality.

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"They aren't here...", Yuri sadly said as she and her red wine haired friend approached the gates. "They left earlier", Ryou said.

"Togashi-san texted me earlier she and Natsuki-san would leave early, sorry I didn't tell you before", Ryou said smiling awkwardly. "It's okay, not like it changes anything anyway...", Yuri sighed sad.

"E-Emm, excuse me?", a voice they didn't know then asked from behind, making both turn around. "Y-You're Jasmine-san's friends, right?", a girl black hair wearing a bow hairband asked.

"Yes, do you need something?", Ryou asked, politely smiling. "D-Do you know where she is?", Kanae asked concerned.

"I thought she'd be in her club?", Ryou said tilting her head. "I-I'm her clubmate, but she didn't show up today, neither there nor during lunch...", Kanae replied.

"Oh.. that's odd... Ah! Yuri-san, she's in your class, isn't she?", Ryou then realized. "Y-Yes, but she didn't come today", Yuri didn't have the head to think of that, but she still replied and realized.

"Maybe she caught a cold? Did you try texting her?", Ryou asked. "Y-Yes but she hasn't responded since yesterday...", Kanae concern kept growing on her face.

"Hmmm that's certainly weird...", Ryou said deep in thought. "W-Why don't you ask Gensai-san, Ryou? They go to the same gym from what Jasmine-san has told me, so maybe he knows something...", Yuri suggested, eager to drop this conversation and go home.

"That's right! I'll ask him and if I know anything I'll let you know", Ryou said with a kind smile to the black haired one. "Thank you", Kanae replied and after exchanging numbers, she finally left.

Soon the purple girl excused herself and walked home alone again.

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"This can't be good... She's definitely planning something...", with that sole thought in mind Monika walked out of the school building as she tried to clear her head away from all her friends who certainly needed the same.

The white ribbon girl couldn't buy what the white haired girl had asked her to do just yet and as she approached the gates and saw her standing there with her head tall, looking at the sky, a thought escaped her mind, "she's surely pretty".

However she quickly shook it off and focused on not letting her guard down again, ready for any scheme the student council president had planned.

"Tsurugi...", Monika said as she walked over to her. "Mayu", the white haired girl said.

"Eh?", Monika asked. "Today, you're gonna call me by my first name!", Mayu proudly said.

"Whatever, let's get this over with", Monika sighed tired and rolled her eyes. "And you call me grumpy", Mayu giggled and began to walk.

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Once the distance between them and school was good, Mayu proved herself bold as she took Monika's hand as they walked.

However, the brunette didn't even blush and certainly wasn't impressed as she asked, "what are you doing?". Mayu then replied, "date".

"Whatever...", Monika sighed and let her have her way. Mayu smiled for a few seconds as they walked hand in hand but soon, she felt the white ribbon girl's hand wasn't even trying to hold onto hers.

The white haired girl felt her chest tight but still, with her head tall and proud smile she refused to let go just yet as her plan had only begun.

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"A mall huh? Well you couldn't be more cliché", Monika commented unimpressed as they arrived the mall just 15 minutes away from their school. "It's not the mall you grumpy fool!", Mayu exclaimed and pouted.

"It's that!", she then pointed out at a store at the far left. "Restaurant... Oh wow, color me impressed!", Monika sarcastically said.

Mayu rolled her eyes and simply took her there, needless to mention the conversation between them whenever they walked was non-existent, yet she still refused to let herself be affected.

Soon, both sat at a table of Mayu's chosing and waited for the waitress to come to them.

"So... How does it feel to be defeated by me?", Mayu asked with a cute proud smile. "It really does seem you have no experience with this", Monika closed her eyes and crossed her arms and legs.

"I do!", Mayu replied outraged. "Sure, you do, you do", Monika rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone.

Mayu then felt that tightening pain inside her chest again but once again, she smiled proud and confident as she had a plan to turn this around.

"I need to use the restroom, I'll be right back", Mayu said, knowing she had to hurry. "Wait if the waitress comes?", Monika asked.

"Just order whatever you want, I'll order when I'm ready", Mayu said but right before she turned around she added, "don't you even dare to get away".

"I'll try pfft", Monika smiled as she kept typing on her phone. "At least she smiled now...", Mayu thought and finally walked away.

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"Okay let's see...", sneaking like a ninja, the white haired girl entered the bathroom, making sure her date didn't follow her for some reason and put her bag near the sinks.

"Surprise! ...no, too predictable... You didn't expect that! ... sounds better but it still doesn't convince me... Take that! ...nah...", there she continued practicing in front of the mirror for an apparent surprise she had yet to unveil.

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"Why is the waitress taking so long? I'm actually hungry...", Monika sighed as she put down her phone and looked around. "Monika?", a sudden voice then caught her attention.

Then she saw, a boy wearing the gray blazer and blue pants characteristic of her school for males, maybe a bit shorter than her of stylish black hair that looked at her with a smile. "Yes?", Monika replied.

"Hi, I... Can I sit down?", the boy asked with an eager yet nervous smile. "...sure", after looking over to the bathroom hallway, Monika then smiled and replied.

"Oh god I... I can't believe I'm talking to you", the black haired boy said brushing his hair. "Haha relax, it's not like I bite", Monika giggled.

"Haha right... But like you're so popular and always surrounded by other popular people it's hard to think a mere mortal like me is actually talking to you", the boy said with a happy smile. "Well mortal, tell me your name", Monika winked cutely as she leaned forward and rested her chin on her hands.

"I'm Satoru Katsuyori, I'm a third year too", Satoru said. "Nice to meet you Satoru, what are you doing around here?", Monika asked.

"I was just stopping by for a meal then I saw you here alone and thought why not and... I'm being a bit lame haha...", Satoru smiled awkwardly. "You're not! Come on, don't be so nervous", Monika said as she messed his hair, making the black haired boy blush.

At that moment a white haired girl came back from the bathroom and saw, her chest tightening worse than she could've thought as she simply turned to the waitress that was approaching with a classic strawberry cake with 18 little candles on top and denied with her head, making him turn around and go.

Mayu felt like running away but still, a last bit of pride fueled her enough to take a deep breath and walk over to them, clearing her throat as she approached.

"Well, too good to last...", Monika mumbled and rolled her eyes. "Um? Ah! Sorry I didn't know you were with a friend!", Satoru said surprised as the white haired frowning girl waited for him to move off her chair with crossed arms.

"I'll be off then", Satoru quickly bowed at both and left as Mayu's glare could pierce through his soul. "Bye~", Monika cutely waved her hand as he went.

"Well, sit down, let's just get-", Monika said as she noticed the white haired girl still standing there but then, Mayu turned her head to the side and motioned for someone to come with her hand.

"What are you-?!", Monika said confused but as she turned to that side, her emerald green eyes went wide as she saw the waitress coming with a birthday cake that made her finally realize.

"I... I totally forgot it was my birthday... With all that's been going on and all of that... I... No one remembered but... You did...?", Monika spoke in disbelief as the cake was put before her and finally lifted her gaze to see the white haired girl.

"Well, enjoy it", Mayu simply said and turned towards the entrance, smiling proud no more. "What? What are you saying? Sit dow-", Monika smiled as she tried to speak but the student council president was quick to cut her off.

"It's clear you don't want me here so I'll go home now, this was a bad idea anyway... You saved your club, you met a boy and now you have a cake, feel free to call him so he can eat this with you", Mayu said without looking at her and finally walked away.

"Tsuru- Mayu! Wait!", Monika shouted from the table as she went away. "Crap, crap!", Monika finally realized and quickly stood up and hurried to find the waitress who soon told her everything was already paid, allowing her to finally go after her.

Monika ran outside the restaurant but the white haired girl was nowhere to be seen, she then went outside the mall, looked to all sides for something white.

In the distance, at the other side of the road she saw her, walking with her head tall and proud as ever and quickly went after her, but as she did, the distance between seemed to increase no matter how fast she ran.

Even shoving some people aside, she made sure to not lose that trace of white̪̹̐ͦ̅͛͂ͪ̋ͬ͗ͨ̏̐͐̑̍ͅ͏̶̡́͢ ̘̞̬͙̭͎̱͚̣̜̬̫̱̝͍͓̙ͦh̶̢͚̝̘̪͂ͤͧ̃͋̋ͫͦ̉ͤ̀͢͠͏̶a̡̨̢̳̱̠̭͚̹̥͇̘̽ͯ̇̀͒͑ͥ̀͟͜į̶̵̞̺̣̺̤͕̩̪̣̲̘͉̜ͪ̽͂ͮ̈ͪͮ̒̂ͮ̎͑ͧ͐ͨ͊̃͒̍̕̕͜r͖͓̱̟̜͉͚̙̙͂ͧ̓̓̐̐̎͏̶̵̷̶̡̢́̀͘̕͜͟͠͏͢͏̴͏ ̷̧̥̙̫̖̬̟̯̩̠̪̺̿͆̀͝͝l̷̘̪̗̟͖͖̪̹̹ͧ̅̄ͬ̓̍͋͡͏̶̸̵̛̀͘͜͞͠ị̵̸̡̡̣̬͉̪̖͇̬͇̫̱̜̞̳͙͋ͭ̿̾͞͠͞҉̵̵̴̴̨́͘k̩̞̟̣̼̗̗̩̈ͦ̎ͬ̍ͯ̽͐ͣ͢͝͏̷̸̵̵̶̢̧̛̀͘͞͝͏̵e̦̭͔̳͊͌̿ ̸̐͋̆̔̎͏̵̶s̶̴̶̴̷̸̸̨̛̹̯̝͓͙̳̗͙͉ͤͤ̆́̌̀́͘͜͟͏́ņ̯͎̰̘̜̯͔̒͂ͮͪ̏̒̾̉ͤ̅ͪͬ͂̒̂̚̕͘͏̷͜o̸̷̵̸̷̡̞̭̰̭̗̾̄ͯ͒͛ͫ̏̆̑͋͛ͥͮ͛̄́̚̚̚͜͝҉w̸̹̤̎ͮ̃͛͐ͥ̎҉̷̴̶̡̨̀́̕̕͟͜͜͡͝͞ ̷̵̸̨̡̯̞͓̩̞͈̻͎͒͋̔ͪ̿͊̐ͪ̽̔͗͊ͩͩ̈́̊͂̀̚̕̕͟͞͝͞͡͞ͅ҉̷̕ḁ̭̲͕̭̘̪͖̠͍ͫͯ̃̆ͬͨ̊́ͮ̇ͬ͗̋ͅs͓͚͙̟̗̮̖̳̺̩͚̟͔̫̫̻̼̭ͣ̐̎̑̚͜҉̴̴̸̷̡̢̛͘͘̕͟͜͜͜͝ ̶̴͚̞̮̬͙͖̘͔̯̟̮̣͓͎͈̞̂̓ͧ̌ͦ͘͞ş̴̸̖͎̙̬̺̙͍͔̱̞̓ͨͧ̈̔̄ͭ͛͌͐̽͌͐ͥ͋̉̈̀̚̕̕͢͝h̶̵̶̷̡̧̨̝̻͓̹̥̯̟͍̟̻͚͔͙̭̹͙̰́̃͋ͫ̊̒́͘͢͢͡͞͏͡e̵̶͇͚ͩ̾͑ͯ͛͡͠͏̴̢̡͢j̙̖̤̻̲͖̲̩͖̟͍͔̬̩̟̒͊̽͂ͧ̇̍ͬ͒͆̽ͫ̄͆̏́ͪ̉̽s͔͖̩͙͍͇͔̳̟̜̜͚̳̱̻͙̪̞̄ͣͯ͊̃͊̿̎͒ͭͩ̕ͅ͏͏̵̷̛̀͜͏̸́͢͝͡b̵̶̶̢̤͙͙̙͑̄ͪ̄͒́͌̔͒̌ͨͤ̿̊ͥ͐̀́͘͜͝͡͠͝҉̵̷̷̛͜͢͝k͕̯̲̞̲̱̼̹͕̟̲̞̭̹̮͂͊͋ͮ̓̃ͬ͐̓ͮͥͫ̅́͑ͭ̅̾͢҉͢҉̸̢s̷̵̢̢̡̡̛̛̙͉̳̣̃̔̐ͣ̒ͣͥ̀ͪ̇͒̏̀́͘̕͜͜͠ͅk̷̸̴̢̧̧̧̛̩͓̲̺̭͗̓̽ͨ̄̂̎̔ͫ́́͘͟͢͜͞͠͠ͅḍ̷̷̶̷̡̙̘͉̠̔͗ͩ̔̆̌́͂̃̓̿ͮͥͦ͗̏̀̚͘͘̕͘͜͜͡͝b̶̧͈̞̦͔͖̥̪̱̻̮̱͓̰̲̰͓̭̙̚͢͡҉d̠̝̱̥̲̲̺̒͐̾̽͌̀͗̍̔̾̇ͣ͊͆́͛͒͢͢l̡͊̄͑͂̂̀͛͆̀͒̓͏͢҉̶e̡̠͎̠̘̱ͧͨͭ̀͋ͤͥ̂̈͐͟l̶̸̶̴̶̨̧̧̝̰̞̗̳̳̺̤ͬ͒̈ͤͧ́̈́ͯ͊͗̐ͧ̀̀̀͘͜͟͟͠͝͡͞ͅĕ̵̵̡̛̯͇͎̠̪̜̞̱̻͍͈͔͖͔͊͊̀͗͒̉̚l̵̥̼̮̹̙̮̭̳̩̐́͝҉҉̷̀̕̕͡ơ̸̸̴̸̴̶̮̤̹͚̩̑̎ͮ̽ͣ̔̇ͥ̓̏̍͗ͦ͘͢͜͢͟͞͞͝͡͡͞a̢̲̠̐͐́̚̚͠͡͠҉́b̴̧̧̙̙͓͚͎̪͎̫̖͇̳̱͉͍ͩͯ̇̑ͨ̌̐ͤͧ̿̎͊͑͘͜͡ḑ̸̶̛͇̻̥̺̖͚ͣ͂̔̕͏̴̡̡̧́̀͟͜͠j̸̧̜͖̦͇͉̠̫͖̞͍͎̰̣͈̅̽́ͣͣ̿͑̊̃ͨͤͭ̆̌̀̕͠͞҉̴e̷̸̶̡̡̛̛͓̯ͨ̓ͯͪ͆̋ͣͨͣ̄ͤ̽̏ͩͣ̏͑̀͜b̴̶̴̢̧̧̛̥̺̙͙͘̕͟͝͞͝͝͏f̺̟̰̼̠̙̤̞ͦ͆́̓͆ͩ̋̇̇̿̚ͅͅ͏̶̀͞͏́̕͏̵̡̕͡͡͝ô̼̻̗͍̞̺ͥ̑̊ͧͧͣ̇͌̇ͩ̍͐̂̍̈́͏̶̨́́͜͟͡҉҉̴̶̀̀́f̟̞͖̞̜̙̗͖ͨͤͧ̂̈́̄̿ņ̵̶̸̷̴̳̼̲̱̬̭̣̹͑ͨ̋͂̊̕͢͢͝͡͝͡ř̢̧̩̈́̆̿̐̀͠͡ľ̴̸̡̡̥͉̱͈͉̍ͥͪ̌ͮͪͬͩͯ̚õͭ̅̌̌ͣͪͥ́ͬ͐̓͋ͫͪͨ͏̴̡́n̸̸̨̞̓͌ͫ̇͗͂̏̎̽̀̚̕̕͟͠͡͏̶͜͢n̬͙͎̹̝̲̞͍̜̰̍̅̒ͯ̍ͫͅ͏̸҉̨́́͢͟͝͞͏̡́͞n̶̖͈̝̲͆ṅ͇̣͙̞͎̮̥͔̲͈͖̥͎̤̤́ͨ̒ͫ͞͠͡ͅ͏̴̛̕͢͠͝n̰̠͇͚̗̙͍͕͔̣͕̗̤͐̎̊͐̾̓̉̊̑̓́ͅ͏̴̵̛̛̛́͜͢͟͢͢͠ņ͕̪̟̺̘̩̯͍̼̥͒̅͌͌̉̏ͫͫͦ͊̈́̋̍̋͂ͩ͒ͅͅn̝̪̖̝͉͍͍̩̼̜̩̖̔̑͌ͪ͗̀ͤ͑ͧ͑̓͊̒̄ġ̵̸̡̧͍̪̼̪̳̞͈̜̻̗͙̝͇ͥ́̉́̿̿̎ͦͮͣ͊̎̑̍ͪ̒̈̀̕͢͢͞͝ͅh̵̶̷̴̨̜̠͍̭͙̖͍̤̗̫̻̮̥͚̘ͧ̌ͦ̑͆̐͆ͤͥ̽̈́͗̆ͧ̓̔͘͟͢͞͠!̶̵̶̧̙̖̻̯̝̜̪̼̞̙̊ͣ̃ͥ̒̽ͯ͒ͦ̾͌ͮͩͯ̿̀́̕͜͞͠͡͏̴͏̀̕!̘̝̯̱͕̤̖̤̘͇͙̱͕̤͉̺̹͔͙̏̈͋͗̉̓ͮͪ̐́̈̽̾҉͏̴̷̡̨̨͜

Shhhh

I'm not gonna hu-!!

"Nnngaaah! What?!", Monika finally was able to talk as the pressing hand on her mouth pulled away and her body being pulled for a bit before it responded to her again.

"You too...", as she turned around and heard those words, she saw a top hat tall muscular man whose face he was touching and that she couldn't get to look well at due to his face mask and sunglasses along the darkness surrounding them as she found herself in a dark alley.

However, her surprise was bigger as she saw the white haired girl standing next to her and facing the imposing top hat man still maintaining a stance she didn't recognize.

"It doesn't seem like it... Why...", The top hat man mumbled. "Call the police", Mayu said serious.

"That won't be necessary...", the top hat man said and showed his hand, closing his fist for a bit before opening it and show his palm again, now emitting a blinding white light.

"Dammit!", Mayu exclaimed as she and the brunette quickly covered their eyes but still, not in time.

...

"He's gone...", Mayu mumbled as the effect only lasted a few seconds and was able to see again. "Who was that?", Monika asked.

"I don't know but let's get out of here", Mayu said serious and dragged the white ribbon girl to the main street again, right from where she came.

"I... Thank you for-", Monika began to say as they seemed to be safe and away from the entrance of that or any other alley. "I was coming back because I forgot to give you this", Mayu however abruptly interrupted her and spoke, to then reach for something inside her bag.

What came out then was a green little quetzal plushie the white haired girl handed to her and that the white ribbon girl accepted with a big happy smile.

"I... You even got me a birthday present... Thank-", Monika clutched the plushie against her cheek to show her happiness but the white haired girl wasn't even looking at her, yet still cut her off with a serious voice, "here it comes, just tell the uber driver where you live and he'll take you there, that way you should be safe".

"Wha-?", before Monika could began to reply a red fancy car parked next to them. "Happy birthday, Monika", Mayu who kept her back turned, said with a tired voice and finally walked away.

"Mayu...", Monika whispered as her heart shrunk and the bitterness in her throat appeared, yet she smiled at the quetzal plushie in hand and got on the car with a lot in mind for the ride ahead.

Above the sky began to cloud.

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The murmuring white noise outside was there as the only companion for the purple haired girl and her blade who blankly stared at the shining excellently crafted knife in hand she had chosen.

She then with an absent smile, stood up from the couch where she, as if it was a cat, was running her fingers along the sharp metal blande and headed to the sink.

You deserve it
You made her cry
You pained her heart
You lost her
You lost her
She hates you now
Just like everyone else

As a sarcastic looking smile crept to her face, Yuri rolled up her sleeve and caressed the metal against her scarred and pale skin, before finally pressing the tip against it.

But as she took a quick glance outside to see the pouring rain outside through the window in front of her, the sound of metal clattering followed as the knife fell off her hands and landed on the metal sink.

The reason why, a figure outside in the dark, standing under a black umbrella, wrapped in a long hooded coat the same color that only allowed to see the lower half of their face, enough for the purple girl to see their lips moving and presumably say.

Don't

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"I'm home... Uh?", the tired voice of the pink haired girl announced as she opened the door of her apartment and immediately, a stench of alcohol welcomed her.

However what made her doubt, was the lack of lights aside from a dim one inside that she could swear came from their old TV, an odd sight as she knew the rest of the lights should be on by now.

Natsuki still did her best to ignore this as the day for her hadn't gone that well and just wanted to rest, then walking quietly towards her room she went.

"Why... Are you... So late?", A tired raspy voice that between hiccups struggled to say then stopped her death in her tracks just as she was about to open her room's door.

"Why does he care now?", Natsuki gulped and thought, knowing it was best to wisely choose her words from this point on.

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A/N: aloha beautiful brothers! 🦵🏿

I just wanna say thanks for 1k and for those still reading this far on this shit, I love you all! 🙏🏿🖤

As you can see, drama is growing, so now you can guess this story is just getting started.

However I must say, for those of you who came for quick fluffy Natsuri you're still in time to drop this thing XD because when I write something long, I'm not too keen on having anyone date without proper build up and without proper drama.

Also, you should know by now, despite Natsuri being the main couple here, there's gonna be a lot of side ships out there as well so if you ain't okay with that, well you're still in time to tell me to fuck myself and leave XD

Anyways, from this point on, maybe just one more chapter tho, things are gonna get to the next level but for that I need some time to gather ideas, so I'mma take a hopefully brief break from this story and focus on the others while I do that.

Last but not least, allow me to introduce the last member we needed, she's a little tribute to one of the readers of this story who we all know well.

Ladies and gentlemen give it up for the one, the only, the absolute madman, the FC where the C stands for the coolest dude ever, big brother JustAFriendlyChild 's OC:

Emerson!

As always courtesy of Picrew who owns my still unartistic ass.

Thanks very much for your support and stay always beautiful my dude! 🤙🏿

That is all!!