Natsuki looked up from her paper. The faces of her clubmates before her held a wide range of expressions: from shock, to sadness, to admiration. For a few moments, no one spoke.

Yuri was the first to break the silence. "Wow Natsuki, I didn't expect such an impressive dark story from you," she complimented with wide eyes, clearly taken aback by the normally cutesy girl's dark tale, "I thought for sure you would have written something more…" she tried to pick her next word carefully, "happy… in nature."

"Thanks Yuri," Natsuki chuckled, trying to hide how much she relished the positive feedback, "yeah, when Monika told us to write something out of our comfort zone, I decided to go all out, ya know?"

Speaking of Monika, the club president's skin was white as a ghost. Her mouth was slightly agape, eyes wide with shock, and she looked like she was going to be sick.

She suddenly sprung out of her chair.

"IHAVETOUSETHEBATHROOM", she yelled as she dashed out of the clubroom, leaving her fellow club members in a daze.

"Awwww… why wasn't I in it?" Sayori sadly chimed in, unfazed by Monika's sudden outburst.

"Well, you try writing a story with five main characters," Natsuki huffed, "besides, I couldn't think of a way to turn you into a psychopath, you're just too nice." she added matter-of-factly.

"Well, couldn't she have been one of the sane ones, trying to survive with you and Anon?" Yuri asked.

"Well, no dummy," Natsuki scoffed, insulted by her clubmate's silly question, "then I wouldn't have any time alone with-" her face turned scarlet as she realized what she was about to say, "I-I mean… the… intricacies of the… complex story elements just wouldn't work with five characters. Not that you would understand," she added with a chuckle.

"I think it's a very nice story," Anon said with a warm smile, not at all picking up on what Natsuki almost gave away, "I'm really looking forward to your future work!"

Natsuki couldn't help but let a small smile cross her lips at the compliment, "Ah, well don't get your hopes up dummy," she responded, looking to the floor and trying to keep her emotions in check, "this was a lot of work and I don't think I'll ever write something like this again."

"But then again, who knows?" She shrugged, looking up at her club members once again, "maybe I'll get around to writing something else like this someday," she added with a wink.

[AN: I was debating whether to post this epilogue in the main story or to make it a non-canon spinoff. In the end, I decided to just put this here and have you decide for yourself :)]