//------------------------------// // Recovery.exe // Story: Doki Doki new school // by dragenfire68 //------------------------------// Although her face was one of perfect calm as she and the girls had left the store, they knew better her mask was of barely restrained rage, she had quickly MOVED them to the room, where Sayori quickly set up a bed, Monika gently set MC down and turned his head, so that the blood would flow out of his mouth and nose instead of down his throat. "It hasn't even been that long and I have to screw with someone's code, my boyfriend's of all people too, next time I see that rainbow-colored whore, I'm killing her for real," Monika muttered while she opened up her computer, She opened MC's character file, she didn't notice that Sayori had also created a table and chair for her. The other girls filed out of the room while Monika worked, they figured that she needed her quiet time to work, The other girls left so that Monika would have total concentration, they decided that while Monika was fixing MC, they would order food online. Had she not been high on emotions she would have been surprised at the interface that she looked at, instead of the code that was used to define the characters in the game, this had a complex interface with every detail of the person in question from extremely personal details to basic ones like hair color. She ignored it and found what she was looking for under "health and conditions" she didn't like what she saw, it read that MC's nose was shattered as well as having a fractured jaw this would take a long time to fix as before she was working with 2D characters who didn't have to worry about things like skeletal structure, blood loss or pain. Monika decided that stopping the blood was a good idea which luckily was simply true/false, but the next part was more complicated as fixing this particular injury was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle but unlike a puzzle, one wrong piece could mean anything from excruciating pain to death. Time passed in a blur as she worked, she started where she knew she'd have the least work, which was restoring his jaw, the nose however was harder, that kick had done a number on his nose, so she worked with both hardened diligence and excruciating detail, making sure that each piece fit as well none left behind. She hadn't even realized that she was sweating bullets as she worked, she had found that the swelling was taken care of automatically by the program as she worked, she check not just once or twice but three or four times that she had completely fixed MC. Monika got up and stretched after she saved the changes, she then walked over to MC, she went to stroke his hair but when she touched his hair, he flinched away from her which reignited her rage which had cooled while she worked, she stalked from one side of the room to the other. Suddenly her stomach hungrily grumbled because the smell of food had floated into the room distracting her from her anger, she followed the smell into the kitchen and saw that Yuri had been cooking, though she was confused as to how they had gotten the stuff for it. "I found that we could get stuff delivered to the house, so I ordered all our favorites" Yuri explained as she cooked. "Yuri, you're a lifesaver, I was worried that we'd have to leave the house in person," Monika said as she sat down at the island in the center of the kitchen. "I'm sorry... It all happened so fast, I couldn't stop it," Natsuki said softly staring at her hands, causing the others to look at her with concern. "It's not your fault, we couldn't have predicted that someone would simply assault someone else without thought, we aren't In DDLC, we can't predict the future." "That crunching sound though, it sounded so painful." Natsuki was spiraling down quickly, so Monika did the first thing she thought of, and hugged Natuski from behind while putting her cheek to the top of her head, Natsuki accepted the embrace, while Natsuki calmed down Monika's temper once again flared though she kept calm on the outside. Yuri finished the food and served them each a plate, it was a simple kind of fried rice, Monika happy for the distraction dug into her food with fervor savoring the taste on her tongue, the others did the same. The pain was the first thing that registered, Mc's entire head just hurt, he too up from the bed and stumbled towards the door, the smell of food was stronger than the pain in his head, the sound of the door opening was enough to get the girls attention. The plate of food that was set aside, was in front of him before he sat down, MC lacked the energy to form a complete response, so he grunted a thank you, normally being stared at while eating would be extremely awkward, but due to the events prior it was easily dismissed. MC cleared the plate, the headache had lessened to a minor annoyance as well as he felt far more awake than he was before, enough to feel a tug on his sleeve, Natsuki was standing facing him, but wouldn't look at him directly. Wordlessly, He rose to follow Natsuki into the living room, where she stood trying to form the words she wanted to say, though instead she simply fidgeted before tears of frustration began to fall from the corners of her eyes, Luckily what little personality MC had from the Modified Game translated over to the real world. He reached out and pulled Natsuki into a hug, she raised her arms and hugged him back, she didn't need to explain why instead they held each other, Natsuki's tears had stopped by the time she had separated, a spur of the moment decision caused MC to lean in and kiss her on the forehead which caused the girl to blush furiously.