- AUTHOR'S NOTE! PLEASE READ! -
Hello reader! Thank you very much for deciding to read my story! This is my interpretation of the Vocaloid song "Acute" by KAITO, Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka. As this is a story that is not about the actual Vocaloid characters, I have changed the names of the song's voice providers. In this fan fiction, Kyle is KAITO, Michelle is Hatsune Miku and Lucy is Megurine Luka. I apologise if you dislike this but it is my personal preferred way of writing these stories. Also, this is my interpretation of the song so it may not suit your headcanons which I apologise for too! Anyway, sorry this note was so long. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the story.
- PROLOGUE -
Michelle can still clearly remember it all. She was eighteen years old and starting college with only a bag hanging heavily from one shoulder and a book tucked under her arms, offering protection from the intimidating place. No friends and no family. However – as an adopted child – Michelle was used to isolation, but she never imagined her loneliness would fade. Then she met Lucy. They both attended the same music class and began working together after learning they both took passion in singing. Michelle had a sweet, innocent voice that could hit the highest of notes while Lucy sang in a more mature, low tune with a soothing sound. They began to study together and soon enough, their friendship blossomed.
Lucy then introduced Michelle to her close friend, Kyle. On their first encounter, Michelle instantly fell for Kyle. He was tall with messy, indigo-dyed hair that shaded the sexy blue eyes. He was a year older than the girls and studied drama. From that moment on, Michelle assigned herself the mission to win Kyle's heart. However, Lucy also shared these feelings towards Kyle and had for a much longer time. Lucy and Kyle had been friends since they were twelve years of age, but Lucy had strived for their relationship to become more than friendship, and still did. Unaware of each other's feelings, Michelle and Lucy began their unmentioned rivalry.
Lucy can still clearly remember it all. The three joined each other on Friday nights when they would take a break from their college work. They'd visit theatres, concerts, cinemas, restaurants, bars and anything else that sounded entertaining! They took pictures regularly to remember everything, their favourite photograph being the time they visited the park in the summer. Kyle bought Michelle and Lucy gifts too! He once bought them identical pink flip phones which they both cherished. They were the best of friends: three petals on a beautiful flower among the grass.
But the time they visited the local night club was when one petal fell off. Lucy had sat at the bar; sipping at her drink and watching her two friends dance away to an upbeat song. The mixture of lights flashed brightly and randomly, causing difficulty in Lucy's sight as Michelle and Kyle danced. The crowd was crazy too. She watched as a drunken girl tripped over her boyfriend and landed on the floor. Lucy smiled as the couple laughed and helped each other up, only to have that smile drop instantly as she looked back up at her friends.
Lucy witnessed Michelle and Kyle's first kiss.
After paying for her barely finished drink, Lucy hurried out of the club, not daring to look back and leaving the two lovers behind. Lovers. She'd said it aloud. It tasted bitter. The bitterness was soon accompanied by salt tears that smudged black mascara marks down her cheeks. She got home fast. She cried. For years Lucy had loved Kyle and tried to understand his feelings, but Michelle had walked on the scene and won over Kyle in a few months. After six years of trying, Lucy had failed to even successfully flirt with Kyle. Within six months of trying, Michelle had kissed him. It wasn't fair.
Throwing herself into studying, Lucy stopped meeting with them on Friday nights after that. She made up excuses instead: extra work to do, shopping for groceries and eventually she got a job at the newsagents. Lucy only ever talked to them when Michelle or Kyle was on their own. Lucy still talked with Kyle and still worked with Michelle in music class. It was a clever way to cover up the fact that she was heartbroken. But she couldn't stand seeing them together.
Michelle also became very protective of Kyle. She often heard Kyle bring up Lucy in conversations and would quickly change the topic. Once, Kyle bought a pendant necklace with a sapphire stone for Lucy – not Michelle – because he tried to bring back the abandoned tradition of buying his friends gifts. Michelle was not happy. She developed jealousy and selfishness and made it incredibly apparent to everyone that Kyle belonged to her. Kyle didn't mind. He liked having someone treat him so importantly, but he still secretly gave that necklace to Lucy, who was delighted at that fact that she wasn't forgotten by him.
Kyle can still clearly remember it all. He loved Michelle dearly and many admitted them to being a perfect couple. They went on numerous dates together along with a few private nights alone. The years passed quickly and Kyle graduated from college. He became an actor in the nearby city's theatre and saved up enough money to rent his own apartment there, all within a year.
That year was Michelle and Lucy's last year in college. There was a huge graduation party held, open to all graduates and their friends too. Therefore, all three of them attended. But Kyle had something planned. Michelle and Lucy talked with their classmates for a while at the party, enjoying themselves as Michelle waited for Kyle's arrival. As the celebration hit its climax, Kyle appeared out of nowhere, pulled Michelle into the middle of the dance floor, smiled and kissed her. Michelle, confused, felt her hand being taken as Kyle knelt to the ground and realisation hit her. Oblivious to the crowd around them (who were watching and gasping with excitement), Kyle presented a blue velvet box and opened it up to reveal a gorgeous ring: a silver band that clutched onto a single pink tourmaline gem. Michelle answered yes.
That's when they truly lost Lucy.
Michelle moved into Kyle's apartment for three months or so. Michelle fantasised over the wedding they looked forward to. Life was happy and peaceful. Until, Kyle lost his job. The theatre stated that he was "too irresponsible" considering the fact he never bothered to learn the lines of the scripts and he was also showing a lack of consideration towards the theatrical equipment. A heavy weight of stress dropped upon the couple, crushing the majority of the joy that they once shared. Kyle started going on walks well into the night hours, claiming it soothed his temper. Life changed from happy and peaceful to moody and stressful.
And that brings us to the present day…