At exactly 7:00 AM my alarm clock goes off, I moved with practiced steps getting dressed, and prepping for school, taking extra care to not forget the supreme lunch I had created in celebration last night.
I was ecstatic! Nothing happened last night, Satoru lives another day! And so do I thankfully, because today, just for lunch, I can be the Protagonist too!
I got everything ready for school and made my way out the door.
"Good morning, Satoru-san"
As I made my way to school, I encountered Satoru as expected. Beside Satoru was Sumiko, who I paid no mind to.
"Hey~."
Satoru replied lazily. According to the script Satoru should have stayed up the night prior playing games. Due to that, Sumiko is supposed to nurse him for today. This causes their relationship to develop further, as certain events will play out today.
'That doesn't matter too much, since today I'm the star!'
Regardless I must act my part. Walking a smooth and precise 2 meters away from the two.
"Satoru-kun! You stay up today!"
"Yeah~ I couldn't end on a loss."
Satoru said with a yawn, barely acknowledging Sumiko's presence. Maybe he was too focused on staying awake.
Making excuses for Satoru, I continue to the school.
At the gate, exactly now, Satoru will stumble and fall, and Sumiko will catch him. A complete role reversal of the hero and the princess! Subversion is a good ploy by the writers!
Step by step, Satoru edges closer to the front gate of the school.
Now!
Satoru trips and falls, then and there, Friend A catches him.
Oh no!
Will Friend A fall in love with Satoru now? The affectionate look in Friend A's eyes is telling.
'Sumiko do something!'
Sumiko watches on as Friend A holds Satoru in his embrace
"Hey, watch where you're going. You might hurt yourself"
Says Friend A with smile and a sparkle in his eye. The radiance is blinding! Who knew Friend A was this charming!
Satoru is stunned, but quickly regains his wits and stumbles out of Friend A's embrace clearly shocked.
'What is wrong with this script? Why is it so weird this time? First Sango, now Friend A?'
Although I have plenty of experiences through numerous repeats, it seems like I cannot rely on that knowledge as this repeat is so far beyond repair
Sumiko chuckles at Satoru's comic reaction, it seems that Satoru is fully awake now.
"Ugh, thanks."
Satoru says hesitantly.
Other than that, the walk to the classroom is as expected.
Oh, today will is when-
"A new student will be joining us today. Please welcome, Maruyama Yasuko."
Mrs. Yuki announced.
Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that the teacher is another love interest: Taitai Yuki. She is supposed to be a mature beauty or something. Usually in class, I keep my head down or go to sleep so somethings like this pass me easily.
Maruyama Yasuko is a shy and timid girl that gets interested in the radiance of Satoru. Coincidently she is also Satoru's online friend who he stayed up playing with.
Disregarding that event I wave to Sango, she doesn't notice. That's fine though, the thought of lunch with her is enough.
I make my way to my seat while I watch Satoru Sumiko and Kohaku interact with Yasuko. It's there that Yasuko realizes that Satoru is her online friend. Satoru, as expected does not realize.
I fade into the background, and I look out the window to see the sky. A beautiful morning, with every sign that the afternoon will follow the morning's glory.
I yawn. Afterall, I celebrated hard yesterday because today I will reign supreme!
Only for lunch though. Until then I will act out my lines with perfection.
The trees softly sway with every breeze.
I look back at Satoru, and it seems like he is making his way back to his seat to begin class.
Mrs. Yuki plays a big part today, as she will interrupt Satoru's nap and scold him for sleeping during class. As-well as scolding him, she will also make him take out the class's trash as a disciplinary action. In that event, Sumiko will stick around him building affection moving the script forward.
'Perfect! I just have hope that this will happen'
Sometimes I intervene so that certain events will happen, I won't this time since it seems like the script is slightly askew. I can't wait to see what happens, next!
I relax and settle into my seat.
After a bit Mrs. Yuki notices Satoru's resting head and shouts his name in the middle of her lecture. Causing Satoru to wake up suddenly and become embarrassed and everyone giggle.
"Satoru-kun! This is not nap time, wake up!"
"Sorry Sensei!"
"Come to my office after school!"
"Yes Ma'am!"
Satoru quickly replied and sat back down.
After that time passes quickly, and lunch arrives. The awaited time is now! I am the Protagonist now! Sorry Satoru, but daddy is home!
I get up from my seat and walk over to Sango's seat, expectant to her responses.
"Friend B!" she calls out to me with a wave.
I freeze up and get tensed. My body was itching to run away, but a hero never runs from adversity!
So, I valiantly step forward on wobblily legs and said
"W-w-where do you want to go for l-lunch?"
I said with the courage of hardened warrior.
"Follow me~"
Sango took my hand and dragged me out of the classroom. She headed towards the roof, where Satoru would be eating lunch too.
'Wait! This is bad, I can't be there! This is where Satoru will kiss Sumiko on accident!'
Alarm bells were going off, Sango was going to clearly interrupt the scene so I had to put a stop to it.
"Sango-san, why don't we eat in the courtyard today? The scenery is beautiful there, so let's eat there!"
"No"
'huh?'
We were at the door to the roof, and I made one more attempt at stopping this kerfuffle.
"I gotta p-"
Before I could finish my sentence, Sango opened the door to the roof where Satoru and Sumiko were eating.
From the doorway I could see Sumiko holding Satoru off the railing.
'what the fuu-'