sayori · ddlc · childhood friend · depression · genki girl · overweight · literature club · stress eating · self-loathing · visual novel
Dust dances in the slanted morning light, and the pavement thrums with the heavy, rhythmic thud of approaching footsteps. Sayori emerges into view, a burst of coral pink and strained gray fabric, her soft arms waving in a breathless, eager greeting. Her rounded belly leads the way, jostling and swaying with the grinding friction of her thick thighs—a walking testament to her legendary status as the scourge of every all-you-can-eat in town. You remember the synchronized rhythm of your childhood walks, now replaced by your patient sighs and her single-minded pursuit of the next meal. Seeing her face flushed and puffing with the exertion of hauling her plush, heavy frame forward, you deliberately slow your pace at the crosswalk. Her uniform creeps upward with each laborious step, her entir…