Yutarou spent a whole 30 minutes having a mental breakdown. He felt so much better, after.
Even though Keijirou doesn't like interruptions whenever he watches anime, especially when it's Lulu's Misadventures, he still went to grab his first aid kit. He cleaned and bandaged Yutarou's fingernails.
Yutarou spent the night at Keijirou's again, that night.
The week passed by so fast that Yutarou didn't notice it was already the weekend.
He can't believe that he has been stuck in a game for a week now.
It was still such a blur to him.
Today was Sunday.
Keijirou invited him to the movie theaters since Lulu's Misadventures had a movie released recently.
Yutarou was glad he was invited. In the game, Izumi was the one who invented MC to watch the new movie. He was happy enough that he had changed the plot and that Keijirou won't be in any kind of danger today, hopefully.
The trip to the theater was successful and uneventful except for the part where there were bumpy roads and the driver was reckless, in Yutarou's opinion.
Yutarou only brought a hundred yen. He tried to find money in Yutarou's room, but he didn't know what kind of guy he got reincarnated into, so he wasn't able to find anything more than 500 yen.
He wanted to be thrifty since he doesn't know how long he's going to be stuck here.
"I'm sorry, Takahashi—kun." Yutarou spoke in a low and quiet voice.
"No worries, Yamaguchi—kun! It's just food, it won't cost much. What flavor do you want in our popcorn?" Keijirou asked him.
"Cheese would be fine, but I'll go with whatever you want." Yutarou answered.
"Don't worry, I love cheese, too." Keijirou affirmed.
Yutarou noticed a familiar boy. He didn't want to acknowledge it at first since a lot of people have brown hair, but once he saw those violet eyes, he immediately knew it was him.
Akamatsu Izumi.
The obsessive yandere.
"Shit..." He slapped his hand on his mouth.
"Is something wrong?" Keijirou asked and Yutarou's lips turned into a thin line.
The teal haired shook his head. "Nope."
"Are you excited, Yamaguchi—kun?"
"Yeah, of course."
'Not really.' Yutarou knew the plot of the movie from start to finish since when he was playing as MC, Izumi won't stop talking about it.
Even after the brown haired boy kidnapped and tied him to a chair. He didn't stop talking about the magical girl anime show until MC died.
Yutarou hoped that he didn't have to deal with a yandere during the weekend. He wanted to have a rest, even just for one day.
"Here, Yamaguchi—kun. A soda, a popcorn, and some more snacks." Takahashi showed him.
Yutarou carried their sodas and snacks while Keijirou was already munching on some popcorns. "Thanks, Takahashi—kun. I'll definitely pay you back." He spouted.
"No need. You've spent money for my Lulu—chan doll and even gave it to me. Think of it as gratitude gifts. It's not much but..." Keijirou implied.
"Nonsense. I'm always up for food." Keijirou chuckled at Yutarou's answer.
"Oh, it's starting soon. We better go to out seats." Yutarou informed. "Good thing we came early, huh?" He chuckled.
"Yeah, I've never been in the front row before." Keijirou squealed.
"Really?" Yutarou asked.
Keijirou nodded. "How about you, Yamaguchi—kun? Where do you usually sit?" He inquired.
"I've only been to the theater like twice or thrice and I'm always changing seats, so, I don't know." Yutarou answered.
"Well, we have to change that, don't we?" Keijirou giggled. "I'm planning to buy more merch after this. You won't mind coming with me, right?" He invited.
"Yeah, I won't." Yutarou responded.
"Great!" Keijirou exclaimed. "Summer is near. What do you plan to do, Yamaguchi—kun?" He consulted.
'There's still a few weeks, though.' Yutarou thought. 'I guess he's excited to see his parents again.'
"Well, I do plan on visiting my family." Yutarou answered.
'I don't even know if this guy has one.' Yutarou sighed, internally.
"I'm not sure though, I might stay inside the dorms and sleep." The teal haired added.
"Sleeping does sounds tempting." Keijirou nodded.
"Isn't it?" Yutarou smiled.
"Oh, it's starting! Finally!! I can't wait!" Keijirou yelled causing the others to shush him.
Yutarou was sure that if Keijirou wasn't sitting right now, he would've have been jumping around.
The movie: Lulu and Mimi's Misadventures is basically about two magical girls who went from enemies to friends, and displayed some platonic relationship, battling against forces of evil while also dealing with their traumas.
This hit too close to home for Izumi which made him cry, a lot. It triggered him so much that he wasn't able to go to school for more than a week.
MC was the only one who was there with him, and who visited him in the span of those weeks.
Izumi, then, became obsessed with MC. He was kind and gentle around them, but kills people who dared to to get close to his "savior".
The stalking began at that moment.
Yutarou recalled Izumi's room to be filled with MC's pictures he took secretly, without their permission.
The creepiest ones were MC showering, a nude picture of MC, and another picture of them with other people. But, there were red "X" on the people's faces.
After a good two hours, the movie had finally rolled its credits.
"Yamaguchi—kun. Hello?" Keijirou waved his hand across Yutarou's face.
"Er, yes?"
"You've been zoning out for five minutes. I had to pull you back or you would've tripped over." Keijirou informed.
"Oh, sorry." Yutarou piped out.
Just like every other male lead, Izumi had a dark, tragic past.
Yutarou still remembered like it was yesterday.
Izumi's past was definitely the worst out of all the rest, in Yutarou's opinion.
"What's your favorite scene in the movie, Yamaguchi—kun?" Keijirou interrogated. Yutarou was his first friend that actually watches Lulu's Misadventures.
"I loved the part where the main characters' friendship blossomed. But, my favorite part was when both of them were away from each other and are in danger, so they had to overcome all their fears to save each other. It proves how strong they are and how deep their love for each other is." Yutarou stated.
"You just took words out of my mouth." Keijirou uttered.
"Oh, did I?" Yutarou was proud even though those words were the exact dialogue MC said to Izumi in one of the plots.
"I guess people were right. Great minds really do think alike." Keijirou chuckled.
"Please stop." A boy's voice pleaded.
Both of them stopped on their tracks.
"What was that? Did you hear that, just now, Yamaguchi—kun?" Keijirou asked him, looking around.
"Yes, I did." Yutarou affirmed, waking towards the voice.
"Oh my God! Is that old man assaulting him?!" Keijirou asked, he had a terrified expression on his face. His eyes were wide and his lips were trembling, including his hands.
Right this moment, Yutarou didn't know if he should help.
He should, that is the right thing to do, however that boy is one of the yanderes.
Should he risk to save him or not?
What should he do?
He didn't know, but his body sure did.
Before he could find an answer, his body had already moved in their own.
"Takahashi—kun." Yutarou called to the blue haired boy.
"...yes?" Keijirou's face was pale. As a pampered person, he has never seen someone get assaulted. He had only seen them in a movie once. His parents won't let him watch adult rated movies, or even that for his own age.
"Stay here." Yutarou told him.
"Wait, what?" Keijirou had also froze in his spot.
"Hey! Get away from him!" Yutarou yelled at the old man.
"Oh, another brat. I'm just teaching this kid a lesson. You move along, now." The old man reasoned out.
"Teaching a lesson? You're clearly assaulting him!" Yutarou scolded.
"Little boy, he bumped to me and caused my groceries to be spilled." The old gave out his excuse.
Izumi shook his head, trying to break free. "But, you purposely—"
The old man covered Izumi's mouth. "Shut up! Just move along!"
The old man pushed Yutarou to the ground.
Keijirou was calling for the police, it was near. "Yamaguchi—kun!!" He ran towards his friend as soon as he got back.
The old man clicked his tongue. "Tsk! Another one?!"
Yutarou picked up some dust on the ground and threw it on the man's face, making him blind for a bit. That's when Yutarou kicked his private part and punched him in the face.
A little later, the police arrived and listened Izumi's testimony. The old man was arrested, then.
"Umm..." Izumi was struggling on what to say.
"No need to thank me. I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. Also, you're my underclassman." Yutarou flashed a gentle smile.
"I am?." Izumi was shock at the fact that it was a schoolmate of his who had saved him. "May I get your name?" He asked.
"Well, I..." Yutarou brushed his neck.
"I'd like to send a gift to you at your dorm room. I don't have money on me, right now, so—" Izumi began to explain.
Yutarou cut him off. "No, it's okay. No need to do that. I didn't save you to receive gifts. Just think of it as a good deed and nothing else. You don't have to pay me back or anything." He quickly declined.
'Please don't. I'd rather not to see you again.'
"If you say so." Izumi fiddled with his fingers. "But, I'd really like to know your name." He said.
"I—"
Keijirou cut Yutarou. "His name is Yamaguchi Yutarou."
'MC! I trusted you! Why did you betray me like this?!'
"Ah...!" Izumi smiled at the thought of Yutarou's name. "Yamaguchi—sama..." He mumbled under his breath.
Yutarou didn't hear it, but he hoped that he won't get a backlash for saving someone.
"Well, then. We have to go. Bye." Yutarou spoke one last time.
"See you in school, senpai!" Izumi bid and the two boys waved goodbye.