The scene fades in slowly… darkness surrounds Yukio. He stands in an empty white void. A strange sense of unease creeps in. The only sound? A faint echo of bunny giggles.
Yukio: Looking around silently, his eyes narrowed …Where am I?
From behind him, soft footsteps. He turns. Standing there, only a few feet away, is… Pekora. But something is off. She's facing away. Her twin-tails sway slightly, even though there's no wind.
Yukio: Flat tone What are you doing here?
Pekora: Her voice comes out weak, almost trembling You hate me… right?
Yukio: No, it's not that.
Suddenly, she spins around. Her face twists into a creepy, oversized smile, eyes hollow, glowing slightly. The sound distorts, her laugh becomes warped.
Pekora: AH↑ HA↑ HA↑ HA↑ HA↑!!!
She lunges toward him like a horror game jumpscare.
SMASH CUT TO:
Yukio jolts upright in bed. His eyes wide for a split second before settling back into their usual tired blankness. He's sweating. Internally: Panic. Externally: Meh.
Yukio (Internally): What the hell was that? Why do nightmares have DLC now?
He swings his legs over the side of the bed, stretches, and sighs.
Yukio: Maybe I should stop eating sweet carrots before bed.
Cut to: Yukio exiting his apartment. Peaceful morning. Birds chirping. No sign of chaos. All is calm. Until—
Pekora: POPS out from the side of the building like a horror movie villain, startling an old lady who immediately throws her purse at a trash can out of reflex Good morning, Yukio-kun~!! Let's hang out today too-peko!
Yukio: Stops walking, stares at her with his usual flat face I'm moving next week.
Pekora: EH?! WHY?! teary eyes
Yukio: I'm not. That's just what people say when they're being harassed.
Pekora: You're so dramatic-peko! Come on! I brought something fun today!
She holds up a plastic bag with… eggs?
Yukio: What is that.
Pekora: Water balloon eggs!! I put faces on them! Let's have a battle-peko!
Yukio: You're insane.
Pekora: Already mid-windup Prepare yourself, villain!
She throws a water balloon egg. Yukio steps aside calmly. It smashes into a random pedestrian's shoe. They shriek.
Yukio: …You just assaulted a tax-paying citizen.
Pekora: I'll pay him back with carrots!
Later that day…
They're in a park. Yukio is eating a snack on a bench. Pekora is sitting upside-down on the bench like a goblin.
Pekora: Hey, hey, Yukio-kun. Wanna do fortune-telling-peko?
Yukio: No.
Pekora: I already started! Pulls out hand-drawn tarot cards made of notebook paper and carrot stickers
Yukio: That's not how tarot works.
Pekora: Shh. Let the fate flow through me. Draws a card and slaps it on the bench "The Bun of Chaos."
Yukio: That's not real.
Pekora: It means you're going to suffer a great and annoying fate-peko.
Yukio: I already am.
They return to Yukio's apartment.
Yukio: Don't.
Pekora: Please just five minutes! I promise not to mess anything up!
Yukio: Sighs, opens the door
Five minutes later, Pekora is wearing one of his hoodies, spinning in his office chair, and yelling "PEKO SPINNNN!!!" as his desk shakes violently.
Yukio (Internally): This was a mistake.
Pekora: Hey, hey! What's your PC password?
Yukio: No.
Pekora: C'mon! Just tell me! I won't download anything! Maybe just a few Pekora reaction images...
Yukio: It's 25 characters, randomly generated. Good luck.
Pekora: Challenge accepted-peko!
Final scene: Yukio is trying to read a book. Pekora is balanced upside down on his couch.
Pekora: Hey Yukio-kun... do you believe in aliens?
Yukio: After today? Yes. I think you are one.
Pekora: HEY! That's rude! I'm 100% bunny-girl and 200% idol!
Yukio: That's 300%. You're violating physics now.
Silence. Yukio finally gets a moment of peace.
Pekora: Whispers I think your ceiling has a face.
Yukio: Stands up I'm going for a walk.
Cut to: Outside. Same bush. Far in the distance. Suisei's not shown, but a faint whisper carries in the wind.
Suisei: "Playing tarot and throwing eggs now, huh?"
Chapter ends with a dog barking into the bushes and chasing something offscreen.