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"No," Sayori folded her arms, making her stance clear and firm.
"Sayori-"
"No,"
Monika groaned and looked up at the ceiling in frustration as she paced around Sayori's bedroom.
"So what, I'm supposed to just show up to the get-together with no date?" Monika questioned.
A question rebutted with a logical response:
"Why didn't you just say you were single,"
"I-"
"Or just say you couldn't go?"
Monika takes time to process how Sayori is using facts and logic to dismantle her argument.
"Well, I wanted to go, plus it can just be an excuse for us to hang out," Monika argues. However, it is once again picked apart by Sayori.
"We can hang out after this 'get together' until then...just take someone else, I guess?" Sayori shrugged her off.
But Monika persisted.
"Who the hell can I take that's not you?"
"Yuri?"
Monika laughs her off.
"Okay, now that's just mean," Sayori added,
"Sorry, but come on," Monika suddenly took hold of Sayori's shoulders and pulled her closer to emphasize her point, "Yuri is a very nice lady 100%, but if I take Yuri to the place, you know what they're gonna say?" Sayori shook her head, "They're gonna say, 'Oh wow, I never saw that coming, you and Yuri?'" Sayori can't help but giggle at her impersonation.
But Monika didn't continue, much to Sayori's concern.
"Uh, Monika? Are you good? You're like bright red, red as my bow type red-"
"You're adorable,"
"I- Pardon?!" Now Sayori was as red as her bow.
A frantic Monika steps back, waving her hands in defense.
"N-Nothing, it's nothing okay, just-"
"Nothing?! You just called me-"
"Just listen, okay? If I go with Yuri, they're going to be like, 'Oh wow, surprise!' but if I go with you, they're going to be like, 'Oh wow, of course Sayori is your girlfriend'"
Sayori can't help but look away as her ever-present blush grows.
"You really shouldn't emphasize the girlfriend part,"
"Why not? Best friends make the best girlfriends, correct?" Monika says as she begins stepping closer to Sayori.
"See now, that's something you REALLY shouldn't say-" Monika pinches her cheeks, causing her abrupt silence as Monika's emerald green enraptured Sayori's ocean blue.
"And come on, you know you'd make the best girlfriend,"
"I-I-I'm so confused right now, you said I was gonna be your fake girlfriend,"
Monika nodded, with an oddly comforting smile, "That's right, but what I say," She pulled their faces even closer together, "And what I want can mean very different things," Sayori tried desperately not to look anywhere on Monika's face beyond just her eyes, "And in your case Sayori, you may say you do not want to be my fake girlfriend, however, the reason why may be less to do with that logistical thinking, and more so what you're feeling,"
Sayori's heart was beating out of her chest at this point.
"You don't want to be a made-up lover, do you? That's why you were so against it, and not just against it; you were trying to reason with me why you shouldn't be it,"
It was as if Monika managed to find her close-kept secret, her hidden bottle, and was showing it off in her face. Yet she didn't feel mad or even scared. Above all else, she was essentially in shock.
"So, how about this, I give you what you want," She tilted her head ever so slightly, now cupping Sayori's cheeks, "And you give me what I want,"
"A-And just what do I 'want' exact-"
Chu~♡
"-ly. W-Woah, okay, y-you just kissed me. As in, on the lips," Sayori felt lightheaded, so lightheaded in fact that she started to stumble backward towards her bed, only for Monika to wrap her arms around her waist, sporting that same comforting smile. The same one that always warmed up her heart and made her all fuzzy inside.
Both girls exchanged glances, allowing their wordless confessions to take place.
"So you already figured it out, huh?" Monika nodded.
"F-Fine. Can we at least not go to that get-together, s-so it's just us? Alone,"
Somehow, Monika's smile managed to get even brighter.
"Anything for you, darling,"
"I- MONIKA!"