Doki-Doki Literature Club
Self-Insert Extraordinaire, Chapter 1

The birds were singing and the sunlight shined through the curtains. However, something was blatantly amiss.

'This is not my room.'

I thought to myself, obviously freaked out over the current situation.

'Was I kidnapped…? Did I go out yesterday night and have too much to drink…?'

The questions were way too many and of course, no answers to follow.

The room was nothing out of the ordinary. White walls, tidy furniture such as a desk and a closet… It seemed to be, at least, a normal room.

'Maybe I should get up…?'

Gulping dry air, I got up on my feet, standing on the red rug.

'At least the pajamas are mine…

Glass half full. Glass half full.'

The house seemed to be quiet and I wasn't sure if that was for the good or the bad. Looking around, I moved to the window. Peeking through the curtain, I didn't see anything outside of the ordinary. Other than it wasn't my neighborhood of course, which just added to the sense of discomfort that was overwhelming me.

The next thought that took me over was the one of escaping.

'There has to be a spare set of clothes around here…'

Which I did find and oddly enough… I liked them. I put on black pants and a black and white button-up shirt.

'Okay, time to get out of here…'

I slowly creaked open the door and peeked.

Nothingness. A dark corridor and that was about it. Perhaps some pieces of furniture with a plant on it, but other than that, nothing. The darkness was potentially due to the curtains being shut, and that wasn't one of his preoccupations at the moment.

'Okay, I found stairs.'

Going down the steps, slowly, in order to not make much noise, I arrived at the bottom floor and immediately noticed that I was around the middle of the house. The corridor, in which I now stood in, had two doors and two door-less exits. I wouldn't dare to open any more doors than I actually had to. The path behind me led to another dark corridor while the one ahead me led to a living room area, in which, in the distance, I could spot what I believed to be the exit to the outside.

'Right there…?'

I took a silent deep breath and stepped towards the living room area. It was relatively large, having the kitchen as part of it. I did like those types of designs in houses, and Japan was seemingly full of them. An aspect I did not mind at all. The living room was also dark, as the windows were completely shut.

'Is there actually no one here…?'

I approximated myself to the way out and, to my disdain, it was locked.

'Damn it… Of course…'

I looked around for a bit and noticed that atop a piece of furniture that there was a key.

'Can it be…?'

I attempted and unlocked the door. The light of the outside almost blinded me, being inside a dark place for so long.

I gulped, not knowing what was going on and then had an idea. I could check the inscription next to the mail box and figure out if the name was familiar.

I ran there and chills went down my spine.

"… Mori?!" I almost shouted. I could no longer contain my voice.

It was my name. But then, I tried to calm myself, taking a long and deep breath.

"Maybe… Maybe I'm just at a relative's place. A distant one. One I do not know of, but they do. Yeah… That." I inhaled an exhaled once more and my heart almost skipped a beat when my name was pronounced at a distance, echoing through the street. A girl was running towards me shouting my name. She had red bow on her and was dressing a uniform that consisted of a jersey, a brown coat over it, and a black or dark blue skirt.
I looked her way and turned pale.

'Wait… wait wait wait wait wait…'

My teeth were crackling with one another.

"Minato…? You look like you've seen a ghost…" she looked worried. "Anyway… What are you doing in those clothes?! Today's a school day you know?!" the girl nagged, pointing her finger at me.

'Damn it, damn it, damn it… What do I do?! What's going on?!'

That's all my mind could think about. As soon as I snapped back to 'reality' if I can even call this that, the girl was shoving me back into the house.

"H-Hey! This has to be a mistake!" I intervened, tripping on my words.
"Mistake? Why? Did you sleep well last night, Minato? Come on, go change!" she pushed me back into the house, giggling at what she presumed to be silliness coming from my part.

"Okay…" I told myself. "Why is… Why…" I began hyperventilating.

"Why I am in that blasted game..." I murmured to myself, cursing my own life.

However, I raised my head and began thinking.

'If… If I'm supposed to be in the protagonists place, then… This house should be secure.'

I opened the windows to let some clarity inside what I accepted as my walls for now. The light revealed the beautiful and tidy living room. To the left, I had the Living Room partition. Beige colored couches and a glass table in the center of them, with a television in a perfect harmonious angle with said couches. The walls were plain white.
To the right, there was the kitchen partition. It felt modern being equipped with all sorts of machinery that would make my daily life easier.

I sighed and looked at the stairs leading to the room I woke up in. Fearing not having a choice given the situation, I climbed them and entered my room.

'Uniforms, uniforms… Come to think of it, I don't think I ever saw a male uniform in the whole game…'

Shaking my head, I continue looking as they should be relatively similar in terms of colors.
As I dug around the closet, I find a uniform that does resemble the one the girl was using. It consisted of the brown blazer and dark blue pants. The forest green jersey came along with the set as well.

I get dressed in front of the mirror and hyperventilate some more as I combed my black hair.

'Just why… Why am I here… How is this possible… And worst of all… I'm pretty certain that… she… knows.'

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