Author's notes -
This is just a free write; for fun, just to get away from writing my other fanfic; an idea hiatus. Decided to make the settings more school-wise/normal. I'm going to portray Neru in the way I've always seen her; perhaps you'll understand where I'm coming from; perhaps not but I hope this kind of story will lessen your misunderstandings about her.
It's a Len X Neru story; trying to go for more romantic stuff in this fanfic. There's Rin X Nero too, but just not now.
With all the little morals and lessons Neru learns about people and not to anger them, she does it for
spite. Neru's sense of humor is to annoy people only because it distinguishes her from everyone else.
Why should Neru do what is expected and act like a good girl?
In heart, Neru is sweet and a sensible girl who's aware of others, but on her façade, she's a heartless
troll who vents on other's misery. She just wants to be mischievous.
Is it really Neru's fault for becoming this way? Or is it others that make quick assumptions that a few
things she has done prove she's a bad person? With all the fan hatred, she has learned to cope with it
by furthering her façade to the point of it being indomitable. She lets all other comments roll off her back
pushing her to act rebellious.
In the entire world the only people she allows to affect her are two people. To Neru, that's all she really
needs and is satisfied with it.
Nero, Neru's younger brother, is one of the few. Neru thinks of him as a wimp, a coward, but also a
sweetheart of a brother. Of course for a person like Neru, negative attributes of a person is the first
thing to notice, but eventually she acknowledges the positive traits.
Neru would describe Nero's physical appearance as short. Yes, short, that's one of the traits she'd point
out without hesitation. It's ironic because Neru's short herself; perhaps she only says she's short to
make herself feel taller. Neru also notices other features though. He has an ahoge, in other words,
crazy hair. Neru sometimes imagines him as an orange; no particular reason, but if she had to state a
reason it'd be for his hair and clothing colors. Nero wears a dark grey t-shirt with orange rims. His hair is
an orange, not literally, metaphorically speaking.
Neru, as Nero's older sister, takes care of him to the extent of any older sister would do. Well… That's a
lie, it's more like the reverse. Nero's the one nodding his head and listening to Neru's rants of life while
cooking supper. Though Neru is not talented in housework, she tries to act like an older sister and help.
She even has a job.
The only thing Neru might beat Nero at when it comes to housework would be cooking and baking but
she's not fond of her abilities.
Neru can make a mean hotpot stew and stir fry. Deep down, she loves cooking and having people eat
her dishes, but she convinces herself it is out of character.
The second person Neru trusts is her friend, Haku. Haku is much older than Neru though acts pretty
close in age. It seems that whenever Haku becomes drunk, she's the type to cry and complain. Neru
just accepts that and carries her home. Haku is always uptight and hates herself so she drinks out of
misery. Neru wants to help Haku but she's in no situation to comment about others; she can only
comfort her.
How Neru came to trust Haku is beyond her. Perhaps she slowly opened up due to her negativity
stance and desire to raise Haku's spirits since she sees everyone else better than herself.
Though Neru has so much responsibility and ego inferiority to the point of rejecting everybody, she
takes life day to day and only thinks of what's on her mind presently.
Her background and experiences lead to who she is now. Currently she's in high school, 17 years old,
and a junior.
Where is Neru right now? She's in class, twiddling her thumbs and playing with her phone.
Neru, with her hands under her desk, texts. Her small fingers rushing over the electronic keypad move
swiftly back and forth. Easily she could text multiple messages in seconds.
"Neru!" A loud, deep voice yells. The teacher stands in front of her desk. Her displeased voice shows
immediately.
Neru's head pops up from looking at her phone and stares forward. Her nose is scuffed and her eye
brows lower themselves to a displeasing expression.
"Yea?"
The teacher crosses her arms.
"What do you think?" She speaks with irritation. She holds out her hand.
Neru frowns. Neru knows what she is referring to but is annoyed herself.
'Who does she think she's speaking to?' Neru's rage level rises. 'I hate it when they point people out in
front of the class just to make an example of them…'
Neru hates those decisions, she hates those kind of judgments but that's how the world works.
Neru regrettably, slowly places the phone into her hand.
Her hand snaps the phone and struts back to the front of the class.
Neru lowers her head onto her arms and rolls her eyes. Neru's attention directs itself to the window
and the sky.
'If there was only some way to change the world immediately…'
The next best thing Neru loves to do besides texting by her cellphone would be staring into the sky.
She does not know why it preoccupies her mind, but it puts her at ease. The clouds amuse her, but it is
the sky that gathers her attention.
Class passes by quickly and it takes a moment for Neru to realize the bell rang. She walks to the front
of the class over to the teacher waving bye to her good, 'better' students. As soon as her eyes cross
mine, she sniffs and bites her lip.
Again she regains her irritated pose and eyes. Gripping Neru's phone tightly, she grumbles.
"You know no cellphones in class." She barks just to please herself. Neru drowns out her voice and
could only hear 'blah blah blah.' Perhaps Neru does it only because hearing that kind of complaint does
nothing for her.
"I heard this before." Neru shows no sign of reflecting and respect.
Just when Neru gets tired of hearing her voice she speaks.
"Why are you such a bad child?"
That does it. Out of her entire rant and insults against Neru, that is the one thing that strikes her. The
question is like a slap to the face. Neru feels irate about her comment but suppresses her anger with a
tilt to the head and a smile.
Neru just grins deviously. "Maybe that's just the way I am." She easily picks the phone out of the
teacher's frozen hand.
Neru watches the teacher's mouth drop and tears fill in her eyes. She abruptly leaves the room and
Neru in it.
Neru just looks down at the floor and mumbles. "You were the one who asked." Neru tries to convince
herself that what just happened wasn't her fault.
Neru has long abandoned her 'good heart' of wanting to please others; she goes for honest, concrete
truth. In other words, she's given up on herself.
With a light step, Neru walks off down the hall ready to go home.
Now Neru does not have schoolmates; she's not antisocial, but rather she sees no purpose in
befriending others. She sees others as nuisances that only stir her emotions that she tries so hard to
hide. If people are nice to her; she smiles back and reflects their kindness back upon them; no more, no
less.
Things are simple to Neru; even the most complicated situations or questions; it's a yes or a no; a do
or a don't.
She hums to herself as she skips out onto the school's platform, located in the front of the school. Since
the teacher held her back for at least ten minutes, most of the students were gone, but she doesn't
care in the slightest bit.
At the gate she could see a group of students. They're chatting lively and laughing. Neru just looks
away in disinterest.
Neru identifies three of the people.
Starting on the left, there is Miku Hatsune. Miku… absolutely perfect in the teachers' eyes; a perfect
student. She pays attention in class, great in P.E., is cute, and can sing. Many of the boys' eyes flock to
her as they pass her in the hallway and confess to her.
Neru does not have any personal grudges against Miku, it is just that people always compare her
because of her perfectness. After some time, just hearing her name angers her though Neru knows it's
not Miku's fault, just her own irritation and self-consciousness. Therefore, Neru calls her 'that girl' when she
refer to her.
Neru quickly observes Miku's appearance. Two blue green pigtails fall down to her shins. She has a
small, round, childlike face. She has long eyelashes and neat nails; a perfect girlfriend as well.
Next to the 'that girl' is Rin Kagamine. Rin is a tomboy, reckless, and impulsive person. She's the
chatterbox of the group; the loud mouth and the nosy. Again, Neru has nothing against Rin either, it's
just traits Neru notices about her. To Neru, Rin could keep on chatting here to kingdom come for all she
cares; oh wait, she doesn't. Rin, Neru guesses, would be the peppy, happy-go-lucky person. She pretty
herself and has stunning sky-blue eyes. The only thing Neru sees strange about Rin is that she's a
strange orange like Nero, always wearing orange...
In the middle, where the girls all surround, would be Len Kagamine. Len and Rin are related siblings,
infernal twins even though they look like they would be each other… Len is the main center of the
attention… Neru doesn't know why, maybe because he's a guy? Maybe because he's a blonde? Or
maybe he just has charismatic charm. He looks relaxed with his hands in his jacket. His voice is a
smooth baritone type of voice and with large, glowing blue eyes. He has such silky looking skin and a
firm definition of a pretty boy.
From the way Neru sees it, all of the girls fall head over heels for him. He'd be eaten by now if it wasn't
for Rin's overprotected personality.
Neru notices that her emotions are stirring again so she shakes her head and increases her walking
speed. The faster she passes them, the better. The group acts like they'd never notice Neru's
existence.
As soon as Neru reaches the group, she slows down so it does not look suspicious.
'Why am I feeling so self-conscious about them?' Neru thinks to herself.
Suddenly one of the girls in the group takes a few steps back running into Neru.
A bit peeved, Neru recomposes herself and attempts to walk off.
"Oh I'm sorry!" The girl immediately speaks then turns around. "Oh… It's just you." Her voice sounds
twisted in disgust.
Neru knows from her attitude she is not well-liked. Neru has a decision; one, argue back, or two, keep
walking.
Keep walking…
Neru just smiles and nods her head and goes to walk off.
The girl's expression furthers to hatred.
"What's with her?!" She hisses. "You apologize when you bump into others B-otch." Other girls that
Neru could not recognize take a few steps forward. "Yeah!" They approach the girl who bumped into
Neru as if she was the victim.
Neru could guess at what the girl is naming calling her.
Neru's choices are…
To run.
To slap her.
Neru's choice is… to slap her.
Neru, feeling an immediate pain of irritation walks back over to the group.
"What? Aren't you going to apologize?" Her tone is rough as if she's trying to look dominated in front of
others. Neru's expression is numb, a curious expression. Then when she gets within five feet she stops.
Neru grins. Without a second delay, Neru slaps the girl across the face. It knocks her back so hard, she
falls to her feet.
"Oi! What are you doing?!" A few of the girls cry out with anger.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Neru smile at them. "If you cannot even figure that out; don't comment
about other's actions you hypocrites."
They take a step back. "She smiled about it too!" They whisper among themselves with a hint of fear.
Neru just tilts her head and give a curious grin. "Bye!"
Neru follows her rules, when kindness is given, she reflects kindness; when cruelty is given she reflects
cruelty.
Of course Neru knows when enough are enough, but Neru believes in, "When you shoot at someone,
be prepared to be shot at." Neru feels no grudges against the stupid commoners, but in to get
something through their thick heads, they need a little taste of their own medicine.
Neru could hear them clicking their tongues and growls.
Neru does not turn away, she just continues walking on her way.
'I think I'll attempt supper again if Nero lets me.' Neru laughs.