Deception and Defeat! The Wrong Promised Day Part 3!

The rest of the other club members start heading out of the room, and you start to pack your things as well. You don’t move from your spot though, until only you and Monika remain. You get up and meet her at the front of the room. She’s sitting on the teacher’s desk, her legs and arms crossed in front of her.

“You know, usually people try to hang out in the club, before asking them to hang out after class.” You offer a nervous chuckle, but she continues to glare at you.

“Well, I had something I wanted to talk about, in private.” Monika gets up from her seat. She walks up to you, circling around your figure.

“Yeah? What was that?” You play along, begging to some god that Monika doesn’t figure out what you’re up to.

“Oh nothing, it’s just that up until today you’ve always been more of a slacker, no offense.” Monika paces around you, tracing your personal space with her path. “So, forgive me for judging you so prematurely, I would have never taken someone like you for a reader.”

Monika stops in front of you, and leans in closer, her breath tickling the tip of your nose as she looks up at you. “And I remember you being shorter, too.” She squints her eyes, and leans her face in further, inches from mine as she stands on her tiptoes. “Can you explain to me why this is, Anon?” She puts a smug smile on her face.

You do the only thing that comes to mind.

A quick peck on her lips and her eyes shine like beacons of light, two lighthouses paving the way into the darkness that shrouded your lies in mystery.

She bounds away from you, pushing against your chest as she lurches back in surprise. “A-Anon! That was my first kiss! I was saving that, how dare you!” Monika’s cheeks flare, knowing that her first kiss had been snatched away from her dreams.

Monika looks at you with a fierceness you’ve never seen in her before. “Who are you?! Even if you were programmed to kiss me, you would never have done it so suddenly!"

"Ahhh! That was supposed to be special!” Monika stomps her foot, and you see a gentle tear form in Monika’s eye.

“Ah, jeez, I’m sorry Monika, I didn’t realize that was your first kiss.” You move to Monika and pat her back. “Though, I guess the jig is up now, isn’t it?” You place your hands on her shoulders and guide her until she’s facing you.

You tilt her chin up to you and smile at her. “It’s me, Monika. Not the main character, not a program, it’s the real me.”

Monika’s eyes widen, and the leak in the dam in front of her tears bursts. Silent waterfalls roll down the sides of her cheeks as she stares at you wide-eyed, a smile starting to creep along her face.

“Anon… Anon!!” Monika jumps into you, squeezing the life out of you. You wrap your arms around her back and return the gesture, holding her tight as she cries into your shoulder.

After a little while, Monika lets go of you. “But wait, this isn’t what I wanted… I was supposed to be there, with you. You… why did you come here?”

“I don’t know Monika, I’m not exactly here by choice. One morning, I woke up in the main character’s bed and found myself being woken up by Sayori.”

Monika thinks for some time. She squeezes her eyelids shut, her face contorting into an expression of deep, painful thinking.

“There!” Monika takes a seat in one of the desks, staring at you with her chin resting in her hands. “Now we can be together in this world forever.” Her smug grin reflects the feeling of victory she feels in her heart.

“Monika, you…” You glare at her, and her smile drops. “I-Isn’t this what you wanted? You just wanted to be with me, right?” Monika starts to tear up again.

“Monika, just, listen, Christ.” You put your hand to your face, trying to think of a way to put this without hurting her and/or the game any further.

“This isn’t the way for us. I can break us out of this game, but I’m going to need your help. I want to save everyone from this hell, not just you or one of the girls. I couldn’t live with myself knowing that I put them through the same torture that Danl- er, your creator put you through. Now please, I need you to tell me how you edit the code.”

“Now, that would be cheatin’, Don’cha think boyo?”

A voice, thunderous yet shrieking voice echoes throughout the empty clubroom. A familiar, guffawing laugh rains from the heavens and nestles its way into your eardrums. “Gwuoohahahahahahaha!”

“Anon, what’s that? I’m scared Anon!” Monika stands up, looking around frantically as she tries to remember the familiar cackle of her creator.

“Shit, I should’ve known he’d still be watching.” You look to the floor as it cracks and rumbles open. A black void, swirling and twisting with the essence of nothingness manifests itself in the center of the room.

Monika looks at the darkness and screams, a primal fear echoing from her lungs as she falls to the ground. She kicks at the floor, sliding along the wall as she tries to get away from the void, screaming all the while.

A figure rises from the depths, and the void outside cracks with deep purple lightning, followed by booming thunder. The figure flicks up his top hat, and a sinister grin creeps across his face, his yellow teeth reeking of garlic and potatoes.

“Top o’ the morning to ya!” He laughs again, and looks towards Monika, who can only stare in horror. He drifts towards her, his husk looming over her like a mummy. “Ah that’s right, I had fergotten ye’d been given this much control.”

“W-who are you? What do you want with me?!” Monika called out, but she already knew the answer.

“Oh shaddap for two seconds! Sheesh, even when ye were a little lass yeh were always cryin’!” Danlet snaps his fingers, and Monika’s fearful expression drifts away. The life in her eyes goes out, and she slumps up against the wall.

“Good girl, guheheh… Now, stand up fer yer pap, won’t ya?”

Danlet’s smirk remained unchanged as Monika’s body moved on its own. Like a puppet, she moved to him. “Yes… sir…” Monika stared straight ahead, her body zombified.

Danlet shifts to an upright position, and caresses Monika’s chin with his hand. “Ah, the soft skin of a young lass, it makes me heart a flutter.” His hands start to explore her face, moving up and down her body.

Danlet moves behind her and wraps his tiny arms around her, cupping her chin with one hand, and groping her breast with the other.

“She was always me favorite, ya know. Such a beautiful figure,” He squeezes her breast. “Such a delicate form…” He lifts her chin to force her to look at him.

“You get away from her!” You rush in with your fists raised, blood boiling in your ears.
“Oh behave, won’t ye?” With an impartial flick of his wrist, Danlet sends a wall of unknown force at you, and you’re thrown against the wall. You cough up blood as you feel your back slam into the wall.


Monika’s eyes shift to you. “A…non…” A single tear falls from her cheek.


“Oh, fightin’ back now, are we?” His long, slithering tongue slides up her cheek and absorbs the tear shed for you. “Ah, there’s nothin’ more refreshin’ than tha tears of a lonely sap, Gwuoohahahahaha!”

Danlet claps the palm of his hand to Monika’s bottom flesh, and he sends her towards you. She stumbles and falls into your lap.

“Alright, I’ve had my fun. Ye can have ‘er back now.” He snaps his fingers, and the light in Monika’s eyes returns to her.

“A-Anon!” Monika snuggles into you, shivering. You wrap your arms around her and shield her.

“You, however…” Danlet’s smug grin turns sadistic, and you swallow your fear.

“Ya made a mistake tryin’ ta get around my rules. Good try though, gwuoohahaha!” Danlet grabs his stomach as he laughs, guffawing out at a joke only he finds funny. “And ta think, ya actually forgot I was listenin’!”

Danlet drifts back towards his hole and starts to descend into the void. “I’ll be keepin’ a closer eye on ya’ from now on, my little lass!” Danlet disappears into the void.

“And remember this, ‘lest ye be lookin for my wrath again:” The hole begins to close, shrinking down in size.

“Monika doesn’t get a route!” Danlet cackles, his laugh shaking the clubroom.

The clubroom returns to normal, and the sun shines on a newly broken Monika.