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"Well, Natsuki, I guess you need to leave." Yuri said, earning a quick chuckle from the other two club members as the pink haired girl groaned.

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"Yeah, you bet individuals suffering depression won't have a safe time." Natsuki snarked. "I'd say they'd find it offensive."

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[I agree.]

"So, we're all eighteen, right?" Monika asked. "That's what Dan said."

"Well, he said it, but I don't believe it." Yuri replied.

"Hey, I'm probably gonna be nineteen by the time this video comes out." Natsuki said, clicking the only option present.

"Yeah, and what are they gonna do?" Sayori asked as the Team Salvato logo came up, the music starting with it. "Send us to video game jail?"

This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
~Doki Doki!~

"What's up bitches!" Natsuki yelled into the camera as the four characters appeared on the title screen. "It's ya girl, Buffsuki69, and today I'm joined with Yuri…"

"Hello world." Yuri mumbled, glancing at the camera.

"Sayori…"

"Hi!" Sayori, ever cheerful, enthusiastically waved her arm in the air.

"And Satan."

Yuri and Sayori burst into laughter as Monika let out an annoyed sigh, adjusting herself in her chair as she scowled at Natsuki. "I can still delete you, you know."

"And I can delete system 32." Natsuki said, looking back at the camera. "Anyway, today we're proving that if you ask someone to do something enough times, they'll eventually cave."

"Oh boy, it's the one a lot of you have been waiting for~" Sayori said. "Ya sick assholes."

"Yep, we're finally playing Doki Doki Literature Club, ladies and gentlemen." Natsuki said. "About a full year after the hype train left the station. I know most people would think it's too late to do this game now, but I'm not exactly known for… Well, anything, really; but the thing I'm not known for the most is uploading playthroughs of games while they're still relevant."

"Isn't that right, Ib, Stanley Parable, and Five Nights at Freddy's?" Yuri chuckled as Natsuki clicked on the start game button.

"Anyway, let's get started." The pink haired girl said as Monika cocked an eyebrow.

"Shouldn't we give the viewers warning that if they want to get the best experience out of this game, they need to play it first and not spoil anything for themselves by watching this playthrough?" Monika asked.

"First of all, Monika, as we've already addressed, this game's been out for about a year already, I'm pretty sure the major plot twists have already been spoiled for most of my fans." Natsuki began counting off. "Secondly, this game only became popular because of its plot twist, and that's the primary reason people have been asking us to play it. Thirdly, the game is free, and chances are anyone who wanted to play it already has, and lost nothing but time. Fourthly, the fact that we're having a discussion about this on the title screen prominently featuring all four of us is probably a telltale sign as to what exactly is going to go down here. Fifth, those are reviews, not let's plays."

"… Okay, fair point." Monika said, leaning back in her chair.

"Now then," Natsuki cleared her throat, a grin spreading across her face. "Since this is my channel, I get to suggest our character's name first, and I get to do it last, because I have the best name for 'em."

Please enter your name
{Bitch}

"Boom, done!" Natsuki chuckles as Yuri covered her mouth, trying to hide her own laughter. "The jokes write themselves with this one."

"I expected tack from the girl who named her channel after the body type she's the exact opposite of and a sex position." Monika sighed as Sayori leaned over the keyboard.

"Okay, let me try." Sayori said, chuckling as she backspaced the last four letters of the word.

{Butt Face}

Natsuki and Sayori both started chuckling as the other two club members rolled their eyes. "It'd be nice if you two could act like your eighteen." Yuri said as she leaned over the keyboard, completely erased the name before pecking at the keys.

{Seymore Butz}

Natsuki and Sayori completely lost all composure and let out loud laughter as Yuri jumped back, waving her arms as she turned to her club with a worried expressing. "No no, it's a real name. S-Seymore's German, and-and…" Yuri let out a sigh as Monika erased the name. "I'm eighteen, I swear."

{Buffsuki}

"Oh, come on, pres!" Natsuki called out. "Exercise some creativity!"

"Am I the only one here taking this seriously?" Monika asked as Natsuki erased the name, earning an annoyed groan from the brunette.

~Jump-cut~

{Dick}

"'Hey, Dick, how's your day going?'" Natsuki laughed with Sayori as the two went over possible lines with the new name.

"'It's nice to meet you, Dick.'" Sayori laughed. "'Would you like to read with me, Dick.'"

"'So glad we could have this moment together,'" Natsuki began before she and Sayori both blurted out, "'DICK!'"

"Dear god." Monika sighed.

"I apologize to any Dicks in the audience." Yuri said to the camera, earning a loud laugh from Sayori and Natsuki.

~Jump-cut~

{Sexy}

"'Hm,'" Yuri hummed in what she assumed was a seductive tone. "'It's so nice to meet you, Sexy.'"

"Eh, it's no Dick." Natsuki shrugged, earning a round of laughter from Sayori.

~Jump-cut~

{Anakin Israel}

"'A I?' Seriously, Monkia?" Natsuki asked as the president rolled her eyes.

~Jump-cut~

{Dumbfuck}

"As in, 'what kind of dumb fuck would want to join Monika's club?'" Natsuki laughed with Sayori following suit.

"Oh, I don't know," Monika mused. "How's about all three of you?"

~Jump-cut~

{Batman}

"I'm pretty sure he'd take offense to that, Monika." Sayori noted.

~Jump-cut~

{:P}

"How do you even pronounce that?" Yuri asked.

~Jump-cut~

{Manko}

"You see," Natsuki began with a grin. "It's funny, because it's Japanese for cu-"

~Jump-cut~

"A Dog Named B-!" Sayori laughed as she spelled out the name before closing her eyes, looking down ashamed. "Dammit, it doesn't fit."

"Guys, guys." Monika laughed with the group, looking at the video they were recording. "We've been at this for half an hour. There's not gonna be video left for the game."

"Okay, okay." Natsuki laughed as the group got their breathing back under control. "Okay, the next name is going to be the last one. I don't care what it is, we're going with that."

"Okay, hold on." Monika said, leaning over the keyboard. "M-Mon-MoNat-Say-Yuri! MoNatSaYuri!"

{MoNatSaYuri}

"Seriously, Monika?' Natsuki asked. "After you shot down DickButt, you're naming our character after our foursome?"

"You said we'd go with it!" Monika argued as she pressed 'Okay.' "Christ, I feel sorry for whoever is editing this."

~You should, cause it's you~
~-Future Monika~

*The game opens on the residential area as the music starts playing.*
Sayori: "Heeeeeeeyyy!"
I see an annoying girl running toward me from the distance, waving her arms in the air like she's totally oblivious to any attention she might draw to herself.

"Waving her hands in the air like she just don't care!" Natsuki sang partway through reading the sentence.

That girl is Sayori, my neighbor and good friend since we were children.

"Yet you just called her an 'Annoying girl' in the last sentence." Yuri noted. "Shouldn't you have thought, 'I see Sayori running toward me?'"

You know, the kind of friend you'd never see yourself making today, but it just kind of works out because you've known each other for so long?

"MoNatSayYuri, as a representative of Sayori's friends, I demand an official apology to the entire Literature Club!" Natsuki stated.

We used to walk to school together on days like this, but starting around high school she would oversleep more and more frequently, and I would get tired of waiting up.
But if she's going to chase after me like this, I almost feel better off running away.

"Wow, MoNatSaYuri's a jerk." Monika noted as Natsuki crossed her arms.

"I want my name taken off this character ASAP." Natsuki snarled, more at the screen then her club members.

However, I just sigh and idle in front of the crosswalk and let Sayori catch up to me.
Sayori: "Haaahhh...haaahhh..."
Sayori: "I overslept again!"
Sayori: "But I caught you this time!"
MoNatSaYuri: "Maybe, but only because I decided to stop and wait for you."
Sayori: "Eeehhhhh, you say that like you were thinking about ignoring me!"

"He was, past me." Sayori grumbled.

"Also, where did your nose go?" Yuri asked.

Sayori: "That's mean, MoNatSaYuri."
MoNatSaYuri: "Well, if people stare at you for acting weird then I don't want them to think we're a couple or something."

"Ah, I love my visual novels with a side of irony." Natsuki said as the next line of text rolled out.

Sayori: "Fine, fine."

"Though I said, 'hold the jump-scares.'" Natsuki finished.

Sayori: "But you did wait for me, after all."
Sayori: "I guess you don't have it in you to be mean to me even if you wanted to~"
MoNatSaYuri: "Whatever you say, Sayori."

"You know, she raises a good point." Yuri mumbled.

"Yeah." Natsuki began, before turning in her seat to face the president of the club. "I can't believe I'm about to say this, but Monika, try to act like MoNatSaYuri here."

"Of course." Monika sighed in an annoyed tone.

Sayori: "Ehehe~"
We cross the street together and make our way to school.
As we draw near, the streets become increasingly speckled with other students making their daily commute.
Sayori: "By the way, MoNatSaYuri."

"I've been meaning to ask," Sayori said in the voice she's been giving her character. "Why is your name a combination of all of my clubmates, myself included?"

"I thought it would be nice." Monika stated.

Sayori: "Have you decided on a club to join yet?"
MoNatSaYuri: "A club?"

"How about B club?" Sayori asked with a grin.

MoNatSaYuri: "I told you already, I'm really not interested in joining any clubs."

"I'd just like to imagine for a moment what the game would be like if the conversation just stopped here." Yuri said.

"Monika would probably try moving into MoNatSaYuri's house or something." Natsuki chuckled.

"I'm not that obsessed."

MoNatSaYuri: "I haven't been looking either."
Sayori: "Eh? That's not true!"
Sayori: "You told me you would join a club this year."

"But I did join a club!" Natsuki blurted out. "I joined the Going Home Club!"

MoNatSaYuri: "Did I…?"
I'm sure it's possible that I did, in one of my many conversations where I dismissively go along with whatever she's going on about.

"Oh my god, why was I friends with you!" Sayori groaned with a scowl.

Sayori likes to worry a little too much about me, when I'm perfectly content just getting by on the average while spending my free time on games and anime.

Natsuki held up her hand as if proposing a toast, smirking at the screen. "Amen, brotha."

Sayori: "Uh-huh!"
Sayori: "I was talking about how I'm worried that you won't learn how to socialize or have any skills before college."

"Did he seriously have no friends besides you?" Natsuki asked, to which Sayori nodded.

"Given the narration, I can see why." Yuri commented.

Sayori: "Your happiness is really import to me, you know!"
Sayori: "And I know you're happy now, but I'd die at the thought of you becoming a NEET in a few years because you're not used to the real world!"

"Oh, come on." Natsuki began. "Is MoNatSaYuri really that pathetic?"

"He doesn't even have a face." Sayori stated.

Sayori: "You trust me, right?"
Sayori: "Don't make me keep worrying about you..."
MoNatSaYuri: "Alright, alright..."
MoNatSaYuri: "I'll look at a few clubs if it makes you happy."

"But what about our happiness!?" Natsuki yelled out.

"Yeah, forget about your life, what about ours!?" Yuri followed up.

MoNatSaYuri: "No promises, though."
Sayori: "Will you at least promise me you'll try a little?"

"I just said no promises!" Natsuki yelled.

MoNatSaYuri: "Yeah, I guess I'll promise you that."
Sayori: "Yaay~!"
Why do I let myself get lectured by such a carefree girl?
More than that, I'm surprised I even let myself relent to her.
I guess seeing her worry so much about me makes me want to ease her mind at least a little bit - even if she does exaggerate everything inside of her head.

"Oh, 'ease her mind.'" Monika said. "I read that as, 'Erase her mind.'"

"Surprising no one." Natsuki snarked, earning a glare from Monika.

*Scene changes to the classroom.*
The school day is as ordinary as ever, and it's over before I know it.

"Said nobody ever!" Natsuki stated.

"Also, apparently I was the only one who showed up today." Sayori chuckled.

After I pack up my things, I stare blankly at the wall, looking for an ounce of motivation.
MoNatSaYuri: "Clubs..."
Sayori wants me to check out some clubs.
I guess I have no choice but to start with the anime club…

"Funny story, I almost joined that club over you guys." Natsuki noted. "And I regret not taking them up on that offer every day."

"Are you going to be like this for the whole part?" Monika snapped, to which Natsuki grinned.

"Fuck no, I'm going to be like this for the whole playthrough." Natsuki chuckled.

Sayori: "Hellooo?"
MoNatSaYuri: "Sayori...?"
Sayori must have come into the classroom while I was spacing out.
I look around and realize that I'm the only one left in the classroom.
Sayori: "I thought I'd catch you coming out of the classroom, but I saw you just sitting here and spacing out, so I came in."
Sayori: "Honestly, you're even worse than me sometimes... I'm impressed!"

"Oh, hey Sayori," Natsuki called out to the screen in what the group had decided was MoNatSaYuri's voice. "When did you get here?"

MoNatSaYuri: "You don't need to wait up for me if it's going to make you late to your own club."

"Don't worry, I want to spend as little time there as possible!" Sayori chuckled, earning a scoff from Monika.

"Not you, too."

Sayori: "Well, I thought you might need some encouragement, so I thought, you know..."
MoNatSaYuri: "Know what?"
Sayori: "Well, that you could come to my club!"
MoNatSaYuri: "Sayori..."
Sayori: "Yeah?"
MoNatSaYuri: "...There is no way I'm going to your club."

"Once again, imagine the game just ending here." Yuri commented before sighing. "Would have saved us so much trouble."

Sayori: "Eeeehhhhh?! Meanie!"
Sayori is vice president of the Literature Club.
Not that I was ever aware that she had any interest in literature.
In fact, I'm 99% sure she only did it because she thought it would be fun to help start a new club.

"Why-What would make you think that, MoNatSaYuri?" Sayori chuckled nervously.

Since she was the first one to show interest after the one who proposed the club, she inherited the title "Vice President".

"Seriously, Monika, that's how you chose your VP?" Natsuki asked.

"As far as I could tell, there was only two people in the entire school interested in it." Monika argued.

That said, my interest in literature is guaranteed to be even less.
MoNatSaYuri: "Yeah. I'm going to the anime club."
Sayori: "C'mon, please?"
MoNatSaYuri: "Why do you care so much, anyway?"
Sayori: "Well…"
Sayori: "I kind of told the club yesterday I would bring in a new member..."
Sayori: "And Natsuki made cupcakes and everything..."
Sayori: "Ehehe..."
MoNatSaYuri: "Don't make promises you can't keep!"

"For instance," Natsuki began with a smirk. "I promised Monika before this part started that I wouldn't make jokes about how big her butt is, and I clearly shouldn't have."

"Oh, come on!" Monika groaned. "I am getting the command ready right now."

I can't tell if Sayori is really that much of an airhead, or if she's so cunning as to have planned all of this out.
I let out a long sigh.
MoNatSaYuri: "Fine... I'll stop by for a cupcake, okay?"
Sayori: "Yes! Let's go~!"
*Scene changes to the hallway.*
And thus, today marks the day I sold my soul for a cupcake.

"Of all the things to sell your soul for." Yuri commented.

"Yeah, I mean," Natsuki began. "Monika sold hers for god-like powers."

"You're walking on thin ice, Natsuki." Monika growled.

I dejectedly follow Sayori across the school and upstairs - a section of the school I rarely visit, being generally used for third-year classes and activities.

"Wait, how old's our character again?" Yuri asked.

"Eighteen like the rest of us?" Monika hesitantly asked more than stated.

"Then how come he's somewhere below third-year?" Yuri asked further.

"M-me and MoNatSaYuri got held back a few times." Sayori said, looking anywhere but at her clubmates.

Sayori, full of energy, swings open the classroom door.
*Scene changes to the clubroom.*
Sayori: "Everyone! The new member is here~!"
MoNatSaYuri: "I told you, don't call me a 'new member-'"
Eh? I glance around the room
Yuri: "Welcome to the Literature Club. It's a pleasure meeting you."

"If you know what I mean." Monika said in a seductive tone, wiggling her eyebrows as she let out a loud hum.

"Welcome to hell, I'll be your tour guide." Yuri commented.

Yuri: "Sayori always says nice things about you."

"Well, always used to." Yuri chuckled.

Natsuki: "Seriously? You brought a boy?"
Natsuki: "Way to kill the atmosphere."

"That reminds me, I've been meaning to ask, Natsuki," Monika began, looking towards the youngest member of the club. "What did you mean by that, anyway?"

"Yes, I'm curious, too." Yuri followed. "Why would a boy kill the atmosphere?"

"Has this seriously never come up before?" Natsuki asked, to which everyone else shook their heads. "I'm a lesbian."

"Oh." Monika said.
"That makes sense." Yuri commented.
"Explains so much." Sayori followed as the three processed what she just said.

"Wait, WHAT?!" The three yelled at the pink-haired girl.

HELLOOOOOOOOOO READERS! Welcome to a new project introduced to my writing cycle that I'm honestly surprised nobody has tried yet. Seriously, you'd think given the general nature of this game, and Extremely Agitated Hedgehog's videos turning the girls into Let's Players, along with all the jokes that can be milked out of it that someone would have tried to make the girls playing their own game. I mean, with Hedgehog alone, they've played Dark Souls, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Outlast. Maybe I'm just not googling it right, but I can't find anything of them playing DDLC.

So I decided to make the story myself. As you can probably already tell, anything that's centered, italics and underlined is the game, and anything that's centered and bolded is the 'video editing.'

Anyway, I hope you've all enjoyed the first 'video' in this series, and I'll see you all next time.

Also, Monika is factually worst girl, confirmed.