You relax and sit back on your chair as you’re met with a familiar setting; an afterschool day at the literature club. Everyone was doing their own stuff: Yuri reading a novel in one corner, Natsuki reading a manga in the other, Sayori thinking of the next antic to do to catch your attention. Monika wasn’t here at the moment, which would explain the inactivity. This changes quick as someone steps into the classroom used for the club.“Hello? Is this the literature club?” Everyone turns their attention to the person who walked in. It’s Yuka, the moment you’ve been waiting for.“Ah, welcome!” You said.“Oooooh! New member’s here!” Sayori said cheerfully.“Eeeh? Who?” Natsuki raised a brow at the new addition.Yuri is speechless. She must’ve not expected Yuka of all people to come over to the literature club.Before you could go on and observe the dialogue of the new route, you notice that all the character sprites have shrunk slightly and have been lowered a few centimeters on your screen. You realize that all the new characters so far have all been taller than Yuri by a few inches, that teacher Miss Watanabe being the tallest. You don’t mind this change at all, seeing this change only as a pragmatic one to fit more characters into a screen at once. It’s only common sense, so you set it aside.“Oh, greetings Riko.” Yuka approached you happily, speaking with a fancy decorum. “I see you’re enjoying your time here at the school’s literature club.”“You can count on that.” You replied.Yuka looked around, spotting all the members in the room. “I see… it’s quite small for a club.”“Yep!” Sayori said, entering the conversation. “But despite that, we’re friends and that’s what matters!” She follows this statement with a slight contradiction. “However, you can help us grow if you join!”“…Sheesh, talk about advertising.” Natsuki rolls her eyes.“It will be a pleasure.” Yuka replies. “Mind if you introduce the club?”“Oh, yes!” Sayori agreed eagerly. “Our president is Monika! She overlooks the activities we do in this club. I’m sure you know her! She’s very talented and very popular!”Yuka shakes her head. “I have never heard of the name Monika before entering this club, but I am sure that she is nice as any other person.”This came as a surprise to you and the other club members. It’s almost as if she downplayed Monika, insulted her.“Ah, well! I can assure you that Monika will be the nicest person you’ll ever meet!” Sayori said and continued. “I’m Sayori, the vice president! Nothing much but that I’m probably Monika’s assistant or something, and right here is Riko, I’m sure you know him.”Yuka nods, smiling at you.“Over there is Natsuki! She makes delicious treats for us and very cute poems.”“Yeah! And you better respect the cute… or else we’re not going to be at good terms.” Natsuki added.Yuka just kept her smile at her.“And over there with the book is… your friend!” Sayori was referring to Yuri for Yuka.Yuri was waving softly at Yuka. She wasn’t trying to hide it either since there was no form of embarrassment on her. She even closed her book to give more attention to Yuka. She seemed to be comfortable to be open whenever her friend is around.“Ah, how did you know?” Yuka asked Sayori.“Well, Riko told me! Since he met you, we thought about bringing you over here since Yuri’s here.” Sayori admitted. “Hopefully, you also come with an interest in literature, eheh…”“Hm… I have been in search for a club since my father encouraged me to spend some time doing afterschool activities, but since Yuri is here, I seemed to have found the right decision.” Yuka said, walking to a desk next to Yuri. She turned to the club and did a little bow like she did when she introduced herself to you.“Thank you for your introductions, everyone, it’s a blessing to meet you all. Allow me to introduce myself to you all. My name is Yuka, and I look forward to spending time here.” She takes a seat next to Yuri.“Uwaaaah! So formal! So elegant!” Sayori commented.Natsuki crossed her arms, muttering and squinting at Yuri and her friend, perhaps having a few funny ideas about them. You couldn’t resist from looking at the two either.“Sayori,” Yuka was calling for her attention. “is there a way to formally join this club?”“Formally join? What does that mean?” Sayori asked.“As in… paperwork.” Yuka answered.The vice president responded. “Paperwork? Well… I’m not sure about paperwork. None of us joined the club with paperwork so it’s not needed, I assume. That would drain the fun, otherwise!”“Then how will the school know that we’re officially part of a club?” Yuka asked.“E-Eheh… I don’t know? You should probably asked Monika for that.” Sayori answered again.“Hm, I see.” Yuka wasn’t impressed by the answer. She took out her pocket watch and open it.“Is there a specific time the club starts?” Yuka asked another question as she spots another thing missing in the club. “Also, where is the sponsor?”Sayori is mesmerized by these questions, all spinning around her head as she tries to find answers. “Yeah… ehm… um…”“Yuka, friend, I think the questions you’re asking are a little unnecessary.” Yuri points out.“Yeah! It’s not like we need them or anything.” Natsuki follows.“Absolutely not the case! Could you imagine if the school had found out the lack of a sponsor this club had? The board would’ve scrapped it down because it doesn’t even serve an interest to a teacher! It does not help the fact the club has very little members, which I believe would be greatly improved if there was a set starting time. I don’t believe the school is even aware that this club even has members.” Yuka informs.You’re impressed at Yuka. She was critiquing the fallacies the club had, which in turn deconstructed what the game was before this update. It was as if she was playing devil’s advocate against this visual novel.“…Well, you do make good points Yuka. I can’t say if I can disagree on any suggestion.” Yuri replies.“Pah! You’re just saying that because you’re her friend.” Natsuki adds.Yuka just gives a cold look at her.“Look, this club is fine as it is. We don’t need any of that!” Natsuki reasoned.“Would you like to back up that statement?” Yuka asked.Natsuki glared at Yuka for a moment. Her face showed that she was scared, possibly receiving the same feelings you had when Yuka gave you the look. “U-Uhm… well, lady! I don’t really know, actually… Now that I think of it, you do have a good point!”Yuka closed her eyes and crossed her arms, unimpressed once again. “Hm.”“…Sheesh! How did we function as a club and not realize that we have stuff missing here?” Natsuki wondered. “Thanks for the ideas, I guess.”“Ah, you don’t have to.” Yuka replies, smiling again. “I understand the frustration of having the boring work done before you do any activities. If you’re all distracted from the essential requirements, it means you all truly have fun here, and that’s the most important part of a club.”Yuri smiled in agreement.“Now that’s what we can all agree upon!” Natsuki replies.Sayori is still there, trying to process information. You snap your fingers at her, making you refocus back into reality.“Huh—what?” She said.“Yuka’s questions?” You reminded her.“Oh, right! About that… you see, we really don’t have a starting time for this club each day. It really just starts when Monika arrives.” Sayori answersYuka nods slowly now that she’s being informed. “Mhm…”“As for a sponsor, we don’t have one! But since you bring that up, I guess we should find one quick, and I know the perfect teacher who can do that.” Sayori continues.“Who?” You asked.“Our English teacher, Miss Watanabe!” She answered.“Oh, her.” You didn’t like the mention of her name.“Ugh! Not her.” Natsuki grumbled. “She’s so mean! I don’t like her.”“I don’t think she’s that mean.” Yuri adds in.“That’s because you both have similar tastes!” Natsuki replied.Yuri chuckled at that statement. “I mean… I suppose we do.”“And if we’re going to have a literature club, then the one who teaches about such things should be the English teacher. It only makes sense.” Yuka said.“Mhm! That’s right!” Sayori responded. “I don’t think she’s bad either. She only likes to have fun with her students, that’s all.”“Not when we’re the joke.” You added.“Well, that’s only the revolution for our actions. She does that to teach not only an English lesson, but also a life lesson.” Despite this update, she was still mixing up her vocabulary words.“Sayori, it’s retribution.” Yuri corrected.“Yes, retribution!” Sayori corrects herself.“Now that we’re going to suggest these changes to the club, we need to find Monika so she can actually do those changes.” Natsuki looked around. “Huh, where is she anyways?”“I don’t know.” Yuri replied. “We’ve been waiting for her for almost 30 minutes, it’s unusual.”“She must be busy.” You answered. “After all, she is pretty popular.”Sayori gasped. “You don’t think she has a…”“Well…” Yuri answered. “I wouldn’t be surprise. There is a man for every woman out there and vise versa.”“Oooh! That’s true!” Sayori said.“You sure are pretty optimistic about that.” Natsuki crossed her arms in a doubtful manner.“Hmm…” Yuka thought. “What does your president look like?” She asked.“She has hazel hair, green eyes, and a white bow keeping place of a pony tail.” You answered.“Ah, thank you.” She begins to leave the classroom. “I’ll be right back, I apologize.”“Uh oh.” Natsuki said. “Looks like she left to find Monika, that’s just going to complicate things!”“I hope that doesn’t interrupt whatever Monika is doing.” Sayori added.Yuri chuckled a little. “I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.”“You really put a lot of trust into your friend, now do you?” Natsuki points out.“Yes, actually.” Yuri admits. “We’ve known each other since first grade. If there’s one thing I know about her, she prefers to be on point, as well as always on point.”“Explains why she questions a few strange things, not that it’s a bad thing. She sounds pretty useful.” Natsuki said.“Mhm! She is useful.” Yuri adds.Suddenly, the classroom door does a loud knock as it swings open. There was an exchange between two people as they enter. Monika’s here.“Your club has been waiting 30 minutes for you, Monika. Shouldn’t you be more accountable to your members?” Yuka said as she entered with her.“Yeah, but don’t stress about it! It’s nothing to worry about.” Monika responded.Yuka raised a brow at what Monika said. Clearly, she had more to say about that response, but she held it back. “Hm, I see.”“Anyways, sorry everyone! Super sorry. I didn’t mean to be late.” Monika said to everyone. “Just lost track of time in the study hall, that’s all.”“What? That doesn’t make any sense.” Natsuki responded. “You should’ve heard the bell ring at least. Besides, you kept a new member waiting!”“I must’ve not heard it; I was practicing a bit of piano.” Monika changed the topic of the conversation. “Oh, a new member?” She looked at Yuka.“Yes,” Yuri introduced her friend to Monika. “This is Yuka, she’s interested in joining the literature club.”Yuka did a bow. “It is an honor.”“Welcome to the club, Yuka! I hope you enjoy your time here.” Monika said.Yuka smiled. “I will.” She then brought back the topic of piano. “So you play piano, Monika?” She asked.“No, not really! I just got into it recently, so I’ve been practicing.” Monika answered.“Ah. I play piano as well.” Yuka admits. “I’ve been playing the instrument since I was five. Since then, though, my family encouraged that I play the violin, as well as compose my own music when time is available, so I have.”“Uwaaah! She’s a musical prodigy too!?” Sayori perks up at Yuka’s statement about herself.“Mhm!” Yuri smiles in agreement. “She would also invite me to her recitals. They’re very sweet.”“Thank you, Yuri.” Yuka replies.“Piano, violin, and music composing? Dang, that sounds like a lot of work, I’m impressed!” Natsuki comments. “It makes me wonder why you’re not thinking of joining the music club.”“Ah, thank you, also. I would like to thank my family fore and foremost for encouraging me to play in the first place, though.” Yuka said.“Perhaps you could play for us one day?” You asked.“Hmm… I’ll see when I’ll be playing another recital again, hopefully soon for you all.” She answered.“Great, I’ll look forward to it.” You said. You take a glance at Monika for a moment. She was frowning, as if she was upset. You wondered why this was for a few minutes, then you realized that Yuka was taking all the spotlight in the club. She just showed off how talented she was in music, rendering whatever Monika could do as useless.She smiled again. “That’s wonderful, Yuka. Maybe I’ll get to your level someday.” She said.“Perhaps with enough practice, you will.” Yuka replied.Monika moves onto another topic. “So what did I miss while I was gone?” She asked.“Oh! We were discussing a few changes we can make to our club!” Sayori answered.“…Changes?” Monika asked again.“Mhm! Like a set starting time!” Sayori replied.“The use of forms to official join the club.” Yuri added.“And a club sponsor.” Natsuki completed.“Woah, woah. That looks like a lot.” Monika responded. “Are you all sure that’s necessary to keep the club running?”“Well, Yuka suggested all these changes on the basis that the school might take it down if they’re not implemented.” You said.“Oh, yeah, she’s right. Why didn’t I think of that in the first place?” Monika did a little sigh. “Alright, I guess the first thing we’ll do before we share our poems later on is to sign those forms as Yuka suggested.” Monika turned to you. “Riko, do you mind coming with me to get those forms?”“I don’t see why not.” You replied.Sayori would enter the conversation. “Can I come with him instead?” She asked.“Are you sure?” Monika asked. “You don’t need to trouble yourself for that.”“No, no! It’s fine. I like exploring the school anyways! Besides, while we’re getting the forms, we can grab some supplies for posters for the festival and ask Miss Watanabe to be our club sponsor.” Sayori said.“Hehe, okay—Miss Watanabe?” Monika perked up at the mention of the name. “Are you sure about that?”“Mhm! She’s our English teacher, I think she’s perfect for club sponsor.” Sayori said.“It only makes sense too, perhaps she can help us with our poems as well.” You said.Monika agrees. “I suppose you’re right. What’s better than to have an actual English teacher comment on our poems?”You ask yourself the same question, then you realized that with Miss Watanabe, it’s probably not the greatest of ideas. Then again, good things can come out of harsh critics, can they?“I’m sure Miss Watanabe will help us make our poems the best they can be!” Sayori said cheerfully.“I hope you’re right.” Monika added.“Ready, Riko?” Sayori asked.“Yup, let’s get going.” You said.“Club forms are in the office, just to let you two know.” Monika said.“Okay!” Sayori said, leaving the classroom with you to get the forms.