[A/N] The ideas for this story came from an RP, and I've kind of gotten quite attatched to it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid, nope.

Hmm, I should probably carry on with Virus before I start a new fic... Meh whatever. I'll do it later ;)

I'll put the list of ages and stuff at the end (:

Let's go~!

"Kids, we're leaving in ten minutes, could you please get on the bus?"

Kikaito was, once again, reaching breaking point. Every day, trying to get everyone off to school/work/wherever they were supposed to be seemed like a complete nightmare from which he could not wake, and this morning definitely wasn't breaking the mould. They were already running late and so far only Teto had managed to drag herself out of the house - she was practically decorating the bus with crumbs as she waited.

Perhaps sensing the crime that was bread being eaten by someone other than himself, Ted was the first to join her. He bolted onto the vehicle and promply snatched the food, causing his sister to burst into tears.

Groaning, Kikaito stepped back into the building, "Five minutes and we go! Anyone not ready by that time gets no pocket money this week!"

"That's totally child abuse." Neru was the next to materialise, refusing to take her eyes off her phone even to safely navigate her way down the stairs, "And, also, you only said ten minutes like, three minutes ago. You're such a liar."

"Yes, thank you, Neru." Realising that nobody was going to be ready anywhere near on time at this rate, the blonde man sighed, "Sixty seconds, everyone!"

Up above, Rin leant over the banister, "That's no fair! I was just about happy with five minutes, but now you're just cheating, cheapskate."

Her brother Len appeared by her side, rolling his eyes, "Doesn't matter, idiot. You're ready anyway..." he grabbed her by the hand and dragged her towards the stairs.

Clearly infuriated at the thought of having to walk behind him, the female twin snatched her arm from his grasp and pushed past. She then proceeded to speed down the stairs so fast she didn't have time to brake before running face first into the wall.

In the time it took to convince the girl that her nose was not broken, her head was not about to roll off and of course she was still beautiful, almost everyone had managed to get themselves out of the building. Unfortunately, by now they were already at least an hour late.

Following the twins onto the vehicle, Kikaito did a quick head count, having to try again when he didn't get the right amount.

"Okay, who isn't here?"

"Me."

"No, Lily, you're definitely here..."

"Nope, I'm not. I'm back in bed, sleeping, where I should be."

"Great. Well, at least we'll have a more pleasant journey then."

"What's that supposed to me-"

"Where's Mikuo?"

Luki, one of the two other members of staff present on that day, leant against the door and smirked slighty, "He's getting changed, because someone told him that it's not against the school's dress code for boys to wear skirts..." he cast a look at the woman standing next to him, who folded her arms across her chest and held her chin up high.

"Well, it's not!" Kaiko, his co-worker countered as she glared back in his direction, "He had the right to know, and if we're bringing up mistakes now, you're the one who told Akaito he could have five more minutes in bed..."

"You did what?"

Luki looked suddenly sheepish and seemed to decide that the round beneath his feet was a very interesting place to fix his gaze, "Well, uh, he was threatening to empty chilli powder in my coffee if I said no, so..."

Up until now the population of the bus had been relatively quiet, listening to the drama. At the thought of making someone's morning miserable, however, a single voice at the back of the bus piped up, "Ooh, that sounds like fun..."

"Don't even think about it, Zatsune..." Rubbing his forehead to ease his oncoming headache, Kikaito groaned again, "Kaiko, tell Mikuo to hurry up. Luki, get Akaito out here, I don't care if we're all drinking chilli for the next few months."

Around half an hour later, everyone who was supposed to be on the vehicle was present and ready to go. As the noise in the confined space began to rise once again, Kikaito wearily took his place in the driver's seat. For a minute he considered letting Luki drive - sure, the boy hadn't yet passed his driving test, but he knew where all the pedals were.

Sighing to himself, the man started the engine and pulled out of the driveway. It was only a ten minute drive, and then he'd have a whole day of peace and quiet before pick up time...

However, as he noticed Meiko pulling a bottle out of her bag for a crafty swig, Miku singing at the top of her lungs and Gumo tying a screaming Gumi's training bra to his forehead, he realised that these next ten minutes were going to seem like a very, very, very long time.

[A/N]

Not sure if this place is strictly an orphanage, though. It's more likely a care home, or something. I should have thought this through, shouldn't I?

So, yeah. I promised a character list, right?

'Kids'

Meiko, Gakupo, Dell and Deruko - 18

Kaito, Luka, Akaito, Gakuko - 17

Miku, Gumi, Gumo, Zatsune, Lily, Haku, Hakuo, Zeito - 16

Kiaito, Taito, Neru, Teto, Ted - 15

Rin, Len -14

Mikuo - 9

Nigaito - 6

Human!Tako - 2

Staff

Kikaito - 30s

Luki - 21

Kaiko - 20

There's so many of them OTL And yeah, I mixed up the ages a bit. Good times.

There are others who will appear later, I haven't forgotten them. They're probably just not orphans. :3

So uh... Hope you enjoyed it, there will be more soon R&R or whatever. Ciao~