All In a Day's Work
Summary: In a suburb of Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, what happens to Rin, Len, Kaito, Miku and Meiko as this family continue with their antics? Hilarity ensues.
Disclaimer: Vocaloid doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the Yamaha Corp and Crypton. I wish I did own it.
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Chapter 1 – Sweet Revenge
The pitter-pattering of steps can be heard in the household as twins, one male and female, running down the stairs and raced towards the kitchen. Barly six years old, the boy started doing what looked like a victory dance, while the other looked on.
"I'm first! You lost!" He said as his hands in the air, running around the dining room table. Placing both of her hands on her hips, she pouted.
"No fair, Len! You cheated! You took a shortcut!"
In response, Len stick his tongue out. "All fair's in love and war, Rin! That includes races!"
Right after he finished speaking, a growling sound echoed in the room, Looking at each other, Rin asked the question that both of them are thinking.
"What was that? Was that Kaa-san?"
Poking his head slightly out of the doorway, a brown-hiared woman was the other side of the living room, rustling though a newspaper titled 'Tokyo Shinbun' on the front page. Reporting his findings, Len shook his head.
"Nope, Kaa-san's too busy reading."
Pondering, Rin replied. "How about Auntie Miku?"
"She went out shopping."
"Otou-san?"
"He's sleeping, even though it's nearly noon."
"How about Santa Claus?"
A silence filled the room. After ten seconds, Len looked at his sister, perplexed.
"Santa Claus comes during the summer and brings buckets of ice cream for good kids everywhere with his flying eggplants. Everyone knows that."
Realizing her 'error', she nodded. "Oh yeah."
The growling noise started again and they looked at the source of the sound.
"It's our stomachs." Looking at the clock and the refrigerator, Rin chirped.
"Oh, it's time for a snack~" Hopping towards the fridge, and opening it, Len rummaged though the inside, hoping there was something good to eat.
'Tuna? No. Burnt leftover green onion omelet? Houston, we have a problem. Ice cream? Bingo.'
Grabbing the last two containers, he placed them on the table and gave one to Rin. Within five minutes, both gave a satisfied sigh after they ate the green, mint-flavored contents.
Burping, Len rubbed his stomach in delight. "Well, what are we going to do next?"
"Let's go outside. We can ask Kaa-san if we can play in front the house."
Nodding in agreement, he replied.
"Yeah, but we need to clean up first. Otherwise, Kaa-san will be angry with us." With that, Len started picking up the empty cups and walked towards the garbage can when one of them fell to the floor.
"Oops." Crouching down, he picked up the upside-down container, and froze in place.
"What's wrong?" Rin looked over her brother's shoulder and saw the reason for his behavior.
On the bottom, written in permanent marker, was:
"KAITO'S. DO NOT EAT."
They were horrified that they had eaten their father's ice cream. Not only that he's very, very, very fond of cold, creamy desert that it's close of being an obsession but they remembered the Ice Cream Incident a year ago. The memory is still fresh in their mind. They can never look at bananas the same way again, after what he did with the banana split.
At that moment…
"I got an idea. Get…" Rin whispered into her brother's ear, a plan to replace the ice cream they just ate is under work.
Smiling, Len grabbed what they needed, placed them on the table and worked, hoping that their father wouldn't notice the difference.
Nothing can go wrong, right?
--- 10 Minutes Later ---
(Kaito_View)
'A good sleep indeed.' The thought ran though his head as his blue hair was a rustled mess. Ignoring this, he changed his cloths and went out of the room, wearing a pair of jeans and a black sweater. Walking down the steps, the twins ran past him, grinning as soon as they saw him.
'What are those two up to?' The thought popped in his head as he walked towards the kitchen, slightly confused.
'No matter. It's time for ice cream~' He skipped, yes, skipped, to the refrigerator, and opened it with true bliss.
'Strawberry or mint? I ate strawberry, vanilla, rocky road, and custard ice-cream yesterday so that leaves…'
He reached towards the small container that had a leaf on the bottom right of the label.
'…mint-flavored ice cream.'
Whistling, he made his way towards the living room and sat across the table from his wife.
"So, what's in the news today?" He asked his wife.
Half-heartily, Meiko replied. "Well, those people found the KFC statue that was missing in the river that was cursing the Hanshin Tigers after 24 years."
"Is that right?" Not even listening, he opened the lid and smiled.
Dipping the wooden spoon into the green, mint flavored ice cream, he expected a sweet flavor that would take him to minty heaven, making him dance with the angels.
Instead, all he got was a fiery hell, pure enough to take him to the depths of Hades.
Eye's watering, he ran to the kitchen and turned on the faucet, trying to lap up as much water he can like a dog next to a toilet. His collar and sleeves now wet, he sighed in relief that the pain was over. Looking at the corner of his eye, he noticed something unusual in the trash can. On top laid an empty wasabi tube. Three possibilities popped in his mind.
1. Meiko cooked.
2. It expired.
3. The twins.
The first two were crossed off since the kitchen didn't looked like it was in a battlefield the night before and they went out shopping a week ago, which leave one possibility.
"LEN! RIN!"
--- Five Minutes Later ---
(Rin_View)
Two familiar yellow-hair covered heads were nodding in response of Kaito's lecture.
Can you guess who? Not that it matters anyway but as he drabbled on, Rin can only make out 'the right's of ice cream' and 'the Six Codes of Sweets' as she was nodding and her counterpart was trying to hold back his laughter. After this, she knew that her father was a few billion less of a government bailout, whatever that is.
"…and that's why you should NEVER, EVER, replace ice cream with wasabi. Do you understand?!" Slamming his hand on the table, both of them winced.
"Yes." They looked at their father, and looked like he was going to issue divine punishment. One of them 'Kaa-san's' cooking. When she cook, everything's good but when she's drunk, one could hear the screams of horror from the household as if they were screaming 'bloody murder'. Right before he spoke, the door opened and a familiar voice can be heard.
"I'm home~" Miku said as she made her way towards the living room, smiling, placing the plastic bag on the table.
"Look what I got~" She took out the items which were the containers of ice creams. Rin and Len squealed with delight and began taking one each, eating the artificially sweetened desert. However, still pouting, Kaito still sat firmly on the floor with his arms crossed. Miku bended over and waved another plastic bag in front of his face.
"Come on. Be happy, Oni-chan."
He continued to sulk.
"This is all your's~" Miku said with a sing-song tone as she placed it in front of her brother.
After seven seconds, curiosity finally got the best of him and peeked into what was inside.
Grinning from ear to ear, he placed the container on the table. It was an extra-large version of the ice cream. Enough to feed Kaito alone.
"Itadakimasu!" He said as he started eating the creamy contents with glee.
Both Miku and Meiko smiled from the sight of her brother/husband acting like a little kid.
On the other side of the room, the twins were practicing English while continuing eating their ice cream.
"Roda rolla?" Rin chirped as the wooden spoon was sticking out of her mouth.
"Roda rolla." Len wiped his mouth with his sleeve, which was now pink and sticky.
"Roda rolla!"
"Roda rolla!"
As of now, everything's all right… until the next day.
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Author's Note: Well, this turned out pretty well. This is based on a Vocaloid video whose title is unknown… to me at least. It's about 1 minute and 30 seconds long so I could only make it this long. Wished I made it longer. There's a sequel for it and I'm planning to do a chapter on that too. Stay tuned and read and review!
- Shimata