It was a typical Friday afternoon when Miku decided to go to McDonald's. She did not go with the intention of eating however. She hated almost all forms of fast food, as well as the environment of its venues, but Gumi called her over there to talk about the usual drama. For this alone did the young teen make an exception. Despite being the one who arranged the meeting, Gumi was late, leaving Miku sitting in front of the basic fast-food restaurant irritated. The teal-haired girl began to sulk on the bench. She always got like this whenever there was a situation that did not go as she wanted. Though this was a normal form of expression to her, a stranger approached her asked if she was alright.
"I'm fine" Miku attempted to dismiss whoever was showing her concern, but he still persisted. "I said I'm-" Miku went dead silent. The stranger kept staring at her, as though he was waiting for her to finish her statement. "Miku" The young girl stated her name, though it was off topic and debatably foolish. Then again, she could be forgiven since she was sitting before one of the most attractive men in Japan. Who wouldn't have gotten lost in those pale green eyes that virtually pleaded for attention?
"Nice name. Mine's Yuuma." The man replied."So are you sure you don't feel anything bad?"
"I am positive!" Miku beamed. "Don't worry I was just waiting for a friend to come over here."
"Okay...Umm... I guess I will be going then. Farewell."
He said 'farewell' to me... Miku tried not to giggle idiotically. Nothing like hot-guy encounters to brighten up your mood. Just as the teen thought this, her friend arrived.
"Hey Miku!" Gumi waved.
"Hey." Miku replied, still looking in the direction the stranger left.
"What's up?"
"Nothing."
"Mm... Okay..." Gumi raised an eyebrow after seeing her friend's expression. "You definitely are NOT acting like nothing's going on..." Gumi stated.
" It's nothing you need to know about! How about that?"
"Rude, but good enough..."
"Anyway, what was it you wanted to talk about?" Miku faced Gumi, finally giving her friend the attention she deserved.
"Oh yeah! You know, just the usual! I figured we could talk a bit before I left for summer vacation."
"YAY, more of Gumi bragging about all the cool crap she gets to do while Miku is stuck in the eternal stay-cay." The tealette said as she proceeded into the burger joint, followed by a clearly offended companion.
"Hmm I should have thought of inviting you... I totally forgot though, sorry..." The green-haired teen pouted.
"Eh don't freak out about it. I've been left out of worse." Miku brushed her shoulder.
"Miku..."
"CHILL with the pity face? What's with everybody this past five minutes thinking I'm sad or something?"
"Everybody?"
"Yeah, I met a totally hot stranger today. Maybe I should be thankful you were late."
"And?" Gumi got closer to Miku's face.
"And what?"
"You said you met a hot stranger. Give me the deets."
"Appearance? His hair was pink, his eyes were green-very sexy in the gaze department I might add- and even his outfit looked interesting." Miku said, recalling her brief meeting.
"What did you talk about?"
"He thought I was sad. I told him I wasn't, and I DEFINITELY wasn't after setting my eyes on somethin' as fine as him!" Miku grinned even more goofily now.
"Maybe you should put this summer vacation to good use and get yourself a boyfriend!" Gumi winked.
"Yeah...not a bad idea" Miku replied, still stuck on cloud nine.
"Maybe I should keep up my chances too..." Gumi muttered under her breath.
"Huh?" Miku snapped back to attention.
"Nothing YOU need to know." Gumi dramatically stuck up her nose for effect.
"...Gumi you bitch"
"Hey! I was joking!"
"So was I" Miku said laughing, and they carried on their talk much like this for another hour or so before departing. Miku was reluctant to walk home that day, so she decided to sacrifice some of her allowance for bus fare.
Upon returning home, Miku was promptly greeted by her brother, who was, for whatever reason, pacing around the front yard. "Welcome home. The door's already open."
"Thanks...so..."
"I'm kinda nervous." Mikuo admitted off the bat.
"If this is about-"
"Yes, it's about Kaiko." Mikuo groaned, knowing that Miku would put him through another love lecture.
"Oh for the love of! WHATEVER it is this time, assume the best possible outcome, and tone it down maybe one notch. If Kaiko is even HALF as head-over-heels in love with you as you are with her, you're good. End of story. Just freakin' propose already. I'm sure half the Shion family's expecting it too." His younger sister had actually kept her cupid routine short today, much to his surprise.
"You're right, again..." Mikuo said as he felt the box in his pocket once again.
Miku immediately headed for the fridge, grabbed two leeks and then walked to her room, but not before stopping by her Dad's work desk to give him a kiss on the cheek. She had to maintain her position as favorite child after all. Her father smiled at her, but quickly resumed working. I bet he fell behind today... Miku sighed. It was definitely time for her nap, or so she thought before receiving a text.
"HEY HEY MIKU WE SHOULD TOTALLY GO KARAOKE RIGHT NOW. I MEAN IT." It was Rin. She immediately knew due to the blond's tendency to use caps lock too much.
"We go to karaoke like every week though" Miku replied.
"BUT THIS TIME WE GET TO GO FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Rin replied instantly.
"How? Did you rig something?"
"Oh no! I just met this chick by chance and helped her around with her packages and stuff. She had enough to fit an office building. GOOD THING I PASSED GYM CLASS."
"Yeah great" Miku threw her phone on her bed as she changed into her indoor clothes. Her phone beeped at least eight more times before she checked again. While letting down her body-length long hair, Miku checked her messages:
"OKAY OKAY SO HERE'S THE INFO DATS THE MOST IMPORTANT!
THE CHICK I HELPED OWNS THE KARAOKE PLACE! SHE OFFERED A WHOLE DAY OF FREE SERVICE. A. WHOLE. FREAKIN. DAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS~
WE CAN PRACTICALLY GET WASTED THERE AND SING OUR ASSES OFF. I RESERVED THE FUN TIME FOR T MINUS TWO HOURS.
YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT?
OOOHHHHHH WE SHOULD TOTALLY INVITE SOME DUDES TOO! AND SOME OF OUR CLASSMATES!"
Oh for the love of... "Yeah whatev. Just remind me in … whenever. I'm going to sleep now." Miku replied before turning off her phone. She laid on her bed and tuned out the world. Why is it that I have almost nothing to do on vacation all the time? For once before I become an adult I'd like to have some fun, y'know. And watch, the moment something cool happens, school's gonna be the next day, just to bite me on the ass. It always does... Miku eventually trailed off into sleep.
Maybe thirty or so minutes later, she heard someone knocking on her door. Assuming it was one of her family members, Miku let out that universal groan that said "go away". Unfortunately, that didn't work. The door swung open, and she was practically tackled on her bed. "Rise and shine diva!" Neru could not have sounded more phony in her life.
"Mother of-get the hell off me." Miku ordered.
"So long as you get your fat butt up and dressed for karaoke. I was sent here by Rin, just to make sure you were on time."
"Ugghh...I thought you hated karaoke..."
"I do...but Rin's brother's gonna be there so..." Neru started to turn pink.
"Gimme a D! E! S-P-E-R-"
"-Shut up. You're the one asking for a D."
"Cleverrrrr" Miku droned as she walked over to her closet. "Who gave you permission to invade my room anyway?"
"Your Mom. She says you suck at getting up so I should wake you up personally." Neru explained; at this Miku sighed.
"Bitch quit actin' like you're not gonna be the first one picking a song and partying hard." At this, Miku burst out laughing.
"Ah, my friends know me too well. Anyway, could you get out for a sec? I gotta change."
"Yeah yeah" Neru walked down to the living room, texting as usual. The phone addict didn't have to wait long for Miku to come down fully dressed. Neru looked up from her phone, a rare occasion, and said:
"I called a taxi-"
"-Of COURSE you called a taxi~!" Miku laughed as she walked ahead of her friend.
"You're paying fare unless you wanna walk."
"What?! I just had to pay bus fare today-"
"Don't care. You still owe me money from last time anyway." Neru switched from texting to playing on various apps.
"Fine..." Miku reached for her purse and Neru walked in front, assuming victory.
It took about thirty more minutes for them to make it to the karaoke bar, give or take that they were picking up some classmates on the way, and that traffic was always awful around this hour. The moment the group of teens walked in they were greeted by none other than Rin and a very tall beautiful woman with highlights in her hair.
"Greetings all of you! My name is Mizki. You may have seen me around here a few times if you ever payed attention, but let me just say I own this place and that as a gift of thanks to your friend-" Mizki stopped to gesture towards Rin who posed. "I'm allowing you all to have as much fun as you can from now until closing, all on the house. I'll bring you to your room." With this, the group got more smiley and a ton more visibly excited. Following Mizki very closely, the teenagers made it to a relatively spacey VIP room that even had a disco-like floor accompanied with a mixer. Some students immediately started talking about how cool the room looked while Miku, as predicted by Neru, ran to the karaoke machine to pick a song. Rin was thoroughly examining the dance floor, making it obvious what she planned on doing once the right song was played. Neru never stopped texting, not like that was news or anything. Once Mizki assessed that the group had fully adjusted, she announced that they could order anytime and left.
"HEHEHEHHEHEHEE" Rin was already getting hyper and nothing was done yet. "C'mon Miku, what song you gonna do?! Start with something stupid and fun!"
"Popipopipo-pipo-PoPIpo!" Miku started bouncing in beat to the music. Others also started bopping their heads. With this invitation Rin stole the show with a loud "WRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" In a matter of minutes, the high schoolers were acting like high-class fools and having the time of their lives. Every person took an opportunity to sing, aside from the texting machine, but she did appreciate hearing everyone sing-that was good that is-and especially Len. Once a full round of singing was complete, Rin ordered pretty much everything on the menu and requested a DJ.
"You know, under normal circumstances we wouldn't even be able to afford the DJ for ten minutes." Neru said.
"Really? Is it that expensive?" Miku asked.
"Yeah!" Len confirmed. "He charges almost fifty-thousand yen per hour!"
"He better be good then." Neru said as she snuck a picture of the blond boy.
"We're still getting this for free, so who cares if he's awesome or average?" Miku shrugged her shoulders as she sat back down. Some of her peers looked at her as though she asked a dumb question, but did not bother to respond. Miku already got her answer when the door opened:
"I do." A familiar mature voice entered the room, surprising Miku. She looked up to see the owner of the voice, only to find once more those captivating pale-green eyes.