((Another LenLuka fic from my fanverse. Call it a companion piece.
Kagamine Len and Megurine Luka belong to Crypton Future Media.))
Len pondered the small possibility that he was being a creep.
He sat cross-legged on the white tile floor, staring up at the charging booth where the pink-haired woman stood still as a statue.
"Luka…"
She did not react, as Len expected—she couldn't hear him even if she wanted to do so. Len sighed, long and deep; he really was being a creep, wasn't he? Normal people—if he counted as a person, which he most likely didn't—didn't watch other people sleep or be unconscious. What's more, they probably wouldn't talk to that person while in such a state, either.
Yet, here he was, watching Luka charge in the silence.
He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Luka," he whispered. "I wish…I wish I could've done something."
No response. Len decided to continue. "We didn't know that song data was corrupted, though now that I think on it, we should've checked before just letting you download it like that. That must have shaken you up, right?"
Luka continued to stand silent.
Len looked down at his hands. "We were really scared for you. That was the first time any of us had seen you glitch. I felt so bad, to see you like that. I hope you'll wake up soon."
His eyes flickered back up to her, but she remained still. Len clenched his hands into fists and set them on his lap, looking back down at the floor. "I always worry so much for you, Luka. I…I mean, I know we're not much better, and neither is Miku, but compared to us you're kind of young, you know? So I don't like seeing you hurt."
Luka was still not answering, but before he knew it, words were pouring out and Len found himself getting louder and more emotional with each sentence. "I know you still think of yourself as a machine, Luka, but honestly, I think you're so much more than that. You deserve better. I couldn't even sleep last night because I kept thinking, 'what if those malfunctions were fatal?', 'what if tomorrow Meiko and Kaito will come to me and Rin and tell us you didn't make it?'. I know it's kind of irrational but I love you, Luka. I can't stand losing you. You're the best thing that's happened to me besides Rin and Miku, and sometimes, I don't even mean that in a familial way. I love love you, Luka, and I wish I could tell you that but I can't because you—"
"You love me?"
Len looked back up at the charging booth to see Luka, eyes open and head tilted in curiosity. "Len?" she asked, awed. "Did you really...mean all of that?"
In that moment, time came to a screeching halt and Len felt his body turn into fire from head to toe. He leaped to his feet and said in a louder voice than he intended, "Luka! You're awake! I'm super glad to see you're okay! Well anyway I gotta go find Meiko now BYE!" He dashed out of the room faster than one could say "banana".
Luka stared after him, mystified.
However, when Meiko finally came to release her from the charging booth, she found Luka with the most pleasant smile she had ever seen.