Hi FanFiction Vocaloid fans! This is Clover Lass. I always thought that the vocaloid characters would make a great Slice of Life. So, I'm giving it a try. Please make sure to review!
Disclaimer- I don't own Vocaloid or it's characters, or anything related.
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A Slice of our Lives - Chapter 1 - We're Moving In!
Miku's POV
I woke up with a long yawn. Sitting up, I stretched my arms above my head, then rubbed my eyes sleepily. What time was it? No morning light was coming through my windows. Reaching over to my night table, I patted lazily around on it with one hand until I felt an oblong object I took to be my clock. Pulling it over to my face, my eyes widened.
2:32 am, read the LCD screen. I sighed and lay back down. Five seconds later, I was up and out- no way could I go back to bed now. I crept out of my room, deciding to wander the house of the Vocaloid mansion. We had moved in only three days ago, and the place was quite old. It had been totally renovated before we moved in, but rumors about the place were swarming through us quickly. I felt a bit scared, it was really dark. But isn't that what makes it fun?
Suddenly a stupid idea came to me- go into the rooms of the others! Why not?
I decided to go to Len's room first- it was right next to mine. He had hung a sign on the door that took me a while to make out in such dim lighting- NO TRESSPASSERS. The spooky effect was ruined by a squishy kitty sticker on the NO- Rin, of course. I gently, quietly fiddled with the doorknob, then pushed lightly on the door. A loud squeak caused me to pause, holding my breath. A second later, I was in.
Bananas, and lots of them. He had a hand of bananas on his desk, And a picture of them next to it. Looking over his desk, he even had banana shaped erasers. What a nerd! I was a little hungry, so I took one.
I walked over to his bed, where he was quietly breathing in his sleep. In his sleep, he was curled up in yellow and white striped pajamas. His yellow hair was all messy, and his eyelashes brushed his cheeks. His lips slightly parted, he breathed tiny, whisper breaths. I almost giggled out loud- he looked like a girl! Very, very cute! I left quickly, I was sure I'd squeal if I stayed any longer.
The second I walked out from Len's door, I bumped into to something! My breath hitched in fear and I quickly jumped back. So did it. It was Rin, looking just as shocked as me.
"Rin!" I whisper shouted, "what are you-"
"Shhhh!" She hissed, grabbing my hand and pulling me into the hallway. She stared at me, arms crossed. She was wearing a pale blue nightgown with spaghetti straps. The hem only reached to her knees. I thought it was cute, I was about to ask where she'd got it when she interrupted my thoughts.
"So, what were you doing in my brother's room, Miku?" She eyed me curiously. I suddenly felt my face go hot- I can't even understand what it must seem like from her point of view!
"I-I woke up, and I didn't know what to do, so I just- I…" I trailed off when I realized how dumb that sounded. Rin raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, I don't really care, but as long as you are not stalking him or anything."
"No, no!" I shook my head furiously. If it wasn't so dark, I bet Rin would tease me for how red my cheeks must be. A thought suddenly occurred to me.
"Wait, why were you sneaking into your brother's room?" Rin let go of her signature grin- I immediately wished I hadn't asked. She proudly showed me a yellow bag I hadn't noticed she had been holding.
"What is it?" I asked cautiously. Rin's grin widened as she opened it and showed me it's contents. Foundation, glosses, lipsticks, mascara, blush, eye shadow, the works. But why was Rin bringing it into her brother's- oh. My eyes widened at her, and her grin grew even more, if possible. I smiled too- I couldn't help it!
"Wanna help out?" She asked, a gleam in her eyes. I felt my mind argue. Shouldn't I just go to bed? It was such an unusual hour to be up at… One look at Rin's glowing, evil face sealed the deal.
"Definitively! " I responded. Rin gave me a curt nod, and we were about to open Len's door when-
Haku's POV
"N-Neru!" I gasped. I shuddered with fear and disgust. My hands gripped the chair I was standing on tightly, so tightly I lost feeling. A burst of blonde rushed into the kitchen/dining room.
"Don't tell me, another one!" She stated furiously. Swallowing, I nodded.
"Where is the little vermin," She hissed, grabbing one of the empty cardboard boxes on the unstable table. The table wobbled precariously, threatening to spill all of the other boxes stacked on it. We had moved in to this tiny, disgusting apartment three days ago, and Neru had a problem with it from the start. The place was small, grimy and worn down. I didn't care for it either, but who were we to complain? At least we were officially recognized! We had been trying to be officially recognized for years, Neru and I. And finally, when we were, they gave us this place. Neru has already written twelve- no, thirteen - letters to them, but they havn't responded. The place isn't so bad- we have running water and electricity. Yes, there's no hot water, and we lose power twice daily, but it could be worse. The only real problem I had with the place were the-
"RAT!" I screeched as I pointed with a trembling hand. Neru swung around and chased the furry critter as it darted across the floor. I let out a piercing scream as it darted under the chair I was so precariously perched on.
"Haku watch out!" Neru cried as she sprinted around me, causing the chair to wobble. I clung tightly to the wood, my nails making dent marks.
"GOT IT!" Neru cried with pride as she brought the box down on the rat. She held it down firmly as it struggled inside the cardboard prison cell she had created. I breathed a huge sigh of relief as I gently lowered myself to the ground. Still shaking, I walked over and stared wide eyed at the box.
"Now how do we get it out, Neru?" I asked. Neru seemed exhausted, and just waved her hand at me. I gave her some space gladly. You would never think that Neru was one to work, but she had been sending emails every other hour complaining, while hunting down the things in the apartment in her spare time. On the first day, I was greeted by a raccoon on my bed. Yesterday, we found a dead possum in a cabinet. Today it was four- no, five – rats! This place was getting more nightmarish by the day. Neru was driving herself nuts trying to get them to move us into a better place.
It seemed Neru had finally caught her breath. "I don't know, I think we will just push the box out of the door, and let it go in the hall." I nodded. It took five minutes with all the care we took to make sure the rat didn't escape again, but we got the box into the hallway. We both left the box and cowered behind our door when Crazy Harry came down the hallway. We had an unpleasant first impression of him when we moved in, when he started yelling at us, talking about how the world was going to end. We keep our distance now. When he left, Neru kicked the box on its side, and before I could see what direction the creature scrambled away to, she slammed the door shut. Heaving a sigh, she leaned her small frame against the door, exhausted. I stared at her- her eyes had dark circles underneath them and her hair looked unwashed. This place was driving her nuts.
"That's the last straw," She huffed irritably. "Haku, go pack your stuff. We're moving out tonight."
"Wh-what? To where?" I stared at her wide eyed.
"I don't know, I'll figure it out, okay? Don't worry about a thing. Just go pack your stuff, I'll help out in a minute. I have an email to write. This apartment is officially abandoned!" She exclaimed. I nodded. Neru was not one to argue with.
She noticed my worried expression and laughed a little. "Seriously, Haku, it's cool! I'll figure something out by dinner! So, trust me, okay?" She looked up at me. Her eyes were determined. I smiled. Once Neru is determined, there's no stopping her.
Suddenly, dark.
"SHIT!" Exclaimed Neru. The power was out again.
"Haku, can you find the fuse box?"
"It's in the corner, ri- EYAAAAAA!"
"What!? Haku?"
"Neru, something ran by my leg!"
"We are so DONE with this place!"
Miku's POV
I stared in shock at the light on downstairs. I looked at Rin next to me, who was looking at me with the same expression.
"What is that?" I whisper shouted in fear. She shook her head frantically, unsure. The adrenaline, fear and mystery drew us in, and we both seemed to know that we had to investigate. Slowly, quietly we descended the stairs, abandoning Len's door. I was right behind Rin, clinging fearfully to the back of her nightgown. The rustling of our pajamas was too loud against the silence of the night. I swallowed, frightened. We had reached the bottom of the stairs. I let go of Rin to let her go ahead of me. The light seemed to be coming from the kitchen, so we cowardly tiptoed across our own floors until we were right by the open door.
"You look," Rin whispered to me. I shook my head quickly.
"No way, you look first!" I said.
We both stared at each other, Rin still clutching the yellow makeup bag. After a minute, Rin gave a frightened but determined nod.
"Alright, scaredy-pants, I'll look." She whispered to me. Taking a breath, she gently edged herself to the door, back still pressed against the wall. I held my breath. Slowly, the slowest I've ever seen her move, Rin peeked around the corner. I felt light-headed- I had forgotten to breath. Then, I watched Rin seem to relax. She turned to me with a smile.
"Miku," she giggled quietly, "take a look!" Confused, I slowly looked around the corner. I turned to Rin, who was smiling. Then I turned back to the scene. Rin and I walked into the kitchen.
"Gumi?" I asked. The green-haired girl in the seat jumped in shock at my voice, pulling her headphones off.
"Miku? Rin?" She asked, staring at us. Gumi was sitting at the kitchen table with a pair of headphones attached to her laptop computer. She looked at us with wide green eyes. She was wearing a green nightgown, similar to Rin's, but with little carrots printed on it. I tilted my head at the sight.
"What… what are you doing?" I asked. Rin gave a little laugh.
"Oh," she said, settling down a little, "I was watching anime. Why?" I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Gumi-chan," Rin giggled, "do you know what time it is?" Gumi looked puzzled. Turning away from her computer, she looked at the clock on the wall and gasped.
"Oh my… I didn't realize it was that late! I've been here since nine!" I stared. It was 2:54. I gave a sigh.
"So, you didn't realize how much time had passed, how dark it was outside, or the lack of people running around?" Gumi just shrugged.
Rin started laughing. Gumi smiled at Rin's laughter, cheeks pink with the mild embarrassment of being caught in such a stupid situation. I laughed along, Gumi's face was so cute! That reminded me…
"Hey Gumi, do you want to help us with something?" Rin looked at me, and then smiled when she understood.
"Yeah yeah, Gumi, want to help us?" Gumi gave us a curious look.
Five minutes later, I was helping Rin and Gumi apply blush and mascara to a sleeping shota. Rin was trying so hard not to laugh, and Gumi was biting her lip so hard it left a mark. I have to say, I was having the same problem. A little giggle got loose from me when Gumi drew a carrot on Len's cheek with eyeliner. Rin's eyes watered, but it was too much for her. She burst into laughter, Gumi along with her. I wanted to tell them to stop, that we'd get in trouble, but It's hard to do that when you are also laughing. I laughed so hard my ribs ached. Suddenly, Len's door flung open.
Meiko, Kaito, Luka, Lily, Miki, Gakupo and Iroha all stared at us. Meiko, Luka, Gakupo and Lily were feeding us with condescending glares, Kaito and Iroha with approving smiles, and Miki simply half-awake, half- asleep, too tired to even realize anything but that she was awake. Our laughter stopped. I turned to look at Len- he was still fast asleep! We had woken the entire Vocaloid Mansion exept him.
That night we were scolded fiercely and given pats of approval. By the time I went back to bed, It was 3:30 am exactly. I drifted to sleep almost immediately.
The next morning I awoke to a shrill girl's scream. I immediately jumped out of bed and ran into the hallway, to find that the rest of the population of our mansion had done the same.
"Where did it come from?" I heard Lily ask.
"The bathroom!" Kaito cried. The swarm of us rushed there, cramming to look through the door. I heard Rin laughing in front of me. I squeezed up next to her and saw the only person who wasn't woken up last night staring at his reflection in shock. Len, with red glossy lips, pink cheeks, long dark eyelashes and a carrot on his cheek was the one who had let out the feminine shriek. I stifled a giggle. It appeared that, when everyone was scolding us, they had forgotten to wake Len and tell him about his face.
Teto's POV
"Pleeeeeeease?" I begged Ruko as I kneeled in front of her, hands clasped. "Oh please please please? Just this once! I swear!" She looked down at me condescendingly.
"I thought Momo already said no?"
"That's why I'm asking you to convince her!" I was trying so hard! I heard the door open.
"No!" I gasped. I grabbed Momo's leg before she could step outside. Shocked , she stared down at me. I looked up with my best puppy eyes.
"Momo, please please please buy French bread? I will love you forever!" I heard Ruko laugh a little from the couch. Momo gently shook her head, then helped me up from the ground. I gave her my saddest look and she sighed.
"Look," she said, "you asked me to buy some on my last shopping trip, so I bought enough for two weeks. So what did I tell you to do?"
I quickly averted my eyes. "To not eat it all in a week," I said quietly.
"And what did you do?"
I hung my head shamefully. "Ate it all in a week," I mumbled.
"Exactly. So do you think I should buy you more bread now?"
"Yes!" I shouted, my head snapping back up to look at the robot with pleading eyes. She stared at me shocked for a second. Momo was having trouble finding what she should say- she wasn't one for discipline.
"Momo," Said a synthetic voice behind me, "you can't give in again." I turned around to see Defoko with her blank expression. My lower lip quivered.
"But," I protested to the purple girl, "Momo's got peaches on the shopping list! She bought plenty of those last time, too!" Defoko looked around me and raised an eyebrow at the small pink haired girl in the door way. Momo didn't look her in the eye, and stuttered,
"I, I think you are doing what you shouldn't do!"
Defoko planted her hands on her hips. "If I get real, I'll go even further."
I sighed as I went to join Ruko on the couch. " You two are indeed stupid."
I plopped down next to Ruko before letting my head rest on her shoulder. "Ruko, aren't you going to argue for what you want on Momo's shopping list?" I asked her, looking up at her face. She shook her head.
"No, I bribed her in advance for coffee beans for my coffee grinder." She sipped on some coffee as we spoke. I gasped.
"How did you manage to do that?" She grinned at me.
"I had a peach." That was all I needed to know.
"Anyways," I overheard Defoko saying, "don't we need more rice? I think we're running low." Momo narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Uta, we have two bags in the kitchen!"
"Oh? Then, excuse me." Defoko immediately left, to go cook some we-all-know-what. I sighed. I loved everyone here, but our food preferences differed strongly. One time, Ritsu made a bet with Defoko and Defoko lost, so Defoko had to cook all of his meals for a week. Let's just say, Ritsu hasn't eaten rice since.
And that was three months ago.
Momo sighed at the doorway. "Okay, I think I'll go shopping tomorrow. It's a bit late now anyways. Isn't it almost time for dinner?"
"Ah, that's right," I said, looking at the clock above the tv.
"Alright then, I'll go prepare the meal with Defoko then." Momo shut the door behind her and went to the kitchen, following the scent of rice. I sighed and was prepared to fall asleep on Ruko's shoulder when I heard a frantic 'wait!' from upstairs.
I watched Ritsu trip over his own dress as he ran down the stairs. Sudddenly, he stepped down and his leg went through the stair beneath him. He let out a startled cry.
"What! What's going on!" Sukone Tei cried as she ran out of the bathroom, holding a long cucumber as a weapon. Her large red eyes darted around the room. Ruko stared in shock at the scene. Thinking about it a bit, since when had Tei been in the bathroom?
I quickly stood up. "Nothing's wrong, Tei, put the cucumber down. Ritsu just broke a stair." Tei lowered her cucumber, but refused to put it away. Both she and I went to the stairs, where we helped Ritsu up. He upsettedly sighed.
"I forgot, the stairs aren't reinforced yet."
"No," I said, "we'll do it soon. We only moved in three days ago, the same time as the Vocaloids and Fanloids moved into their new places. Until we get the stairs reinforced, are you sure you can't just remove your rockets, they weigh a lot-"
"No!" Ritsu gasped, blushing furiously. His hands went up to cover his 'chest'. "They're as much a part of me as 'yours' are of you."
It was my turn to blush. "Oh, okay."
We went downstairs, the three of us. Ritsu looked around sadly as he brushed the dirt off his gothic dress. "Momo's already left for shopping, hasn't she?"
Tei answered for me as she gently brushed the hair of her Len Kagemine doll- wait, when did she get that? "No, she decided to go tomorrow instead."
"Tei, you weren't even here when she said that!" I gasped, staring at her. I nervously played with one of my pink drills. I could use a piece of French bread right about now. Tei shrugged.
"Word spreads," She said. My eyes bugged. In less than 5 minutes?
We turned to look at Ritsu when he irritably stomped on the ground. "Shoot," he whined, "we're out of cabagge again!" He looked down.
"Ritsu!" a male voice called. My older brother Ted ran in from the kitchen. "You've set another fire!" He gasped. I turned to stare at Ritsu in shock. His face turned red.
"Ritsu, what did you do!?" Ruko cried as she ran into the kitchen to help stop the fire. He glared at me.
"It's not my fault, It's the darn Vocaloid poster's fault! It refused to burn satisfactorily in the oven, so I tried the stove…" Tei smiled at Ritsu. Was she proud of him or something? Suddenly her face turned dark.
"Ritsu, was Len in the poster?" She growled. Ritsu gulped, staring wide eyed at the yandere.
Ruko, Ted, Defoko and Momo ran into the living room.
"Ritsu!" Ruko and Ted looked mad. Defoko followed them with a slightly irritated mood. Momo jumped in front of them to come to the boy's defense.
"I'm sure he didn't mean to!" Momo gasped.
"He set the smoke alarm off yesterday, Momo." Defoko said cooly.
Tei glared. "Was Len in the poster? Was he!?"
"Uhh…" Ritsu looked away.
"How dare you!" Tei cried as she reached down to strangle the feminine boy. Ritsu ducked out of the way, crashing into Ruko, who fell over onto Ted, who grabbed Defoko for balance, who bumped into Momo, who crashed into me, and I grabbed Tei, taking her down with me.
All of us lay on the floor in a pile, when our front door burst open. In came a short blond girl and a shy white-haired woman with many pieces of luggage. The white-haired woman shyly hid behind the blond. Then, the blond made an announcement to all of us Utaus on the floor-
"I am am Neru Akita, this is Haku, and we're moving in!"
So, did you like it? I hope so, longest thing I've ever written in three hours! I did it all on a whim. All characters introduced or mentioned are the ones I'll write about, I don't know any others. Please, please Review! I LOVE to hear comments! I hope you enjoyed! P.s. Get Teto some French bread, she's desperate!