Chapter One

Luka and Meiko were having yet another argument. Ever since Luka had arrived into the Vocaloid household, the two women had seemed to have a problem with each other. It distressed the other members of Vocaloid greatly.

"I'm Luka! I'm too superior to be nice to you all because I have no personality and a block of ice for a heart! Bow down to your dumb old queen," Meiko crowed, using a whiny voice as an imitation of what Luka apparently sounded like.

The pink haired lady simply raised an eyebrow. She sat with her back straight and one leg crossed over the other, simply watching Meiko insult her. "I see," Luka confirmed.

She never tried to get involved in these fights. Meiko could bait her as much as she liked, but it took a lot for Luka's anger to aroused.

"You can't even stand up for yourself, " Meiko snorted. "You just sit there, all prim and proper. I bet you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Am I right?"

"You are incorrect."

The comment made Meiko grin even more. "You're the most robotic of us all. Perhaps Master forgot to give you any feelings at all? No wonder your fans call you the Ice Queen!"

Luka's hands clenched. "My fans are none of your concern."

"Meiko, stop," Kaito sighed. He often felt responsible for these fights, as he was one of the oldest. Unfortunately, Meiko and Luka were much more responsible than him, and when they were angry they could be rather intimidating.

Behind the blue haired man, Miku, Len, and Rin were watching the events unfold. They also hated these fights. Of course, they had known Meiko the longest, but Luka was so kind to them…

"I'll stop when she leaves." Meiko pushed through the four other Vocaloids and left. She was going to go and sit in her room and drink. Wait until Kaito, Miku and the twins came to their senses.

Four pairs of eyes focused on Luka. "Are you…okay?" Miku asked timidly. She herself had luckily never been on the receiving end of Meiko's rage.

"If you are talking about what just happened, I am fine," Luka said. She retreated into herself further after those wretched arguments between herself and Meiko.

"We're so sorry. You're new here and all, and I really don't know why she's being like this. Meiko is super nice most of the time!" Kaito commented uneasily.

"There is no need to worry. I am sorry for causing such bother in the house."

"It's not your fault!" The Kagamine twins mumbled, just as Luka began to walk away, into the kitchen. She always made tea after arguments. She would sit in silence and sip at it.

On one occasion, the younger members of Vocaloid had taken it upon themselves to watch what she did. She did not cry; she didn't say anything at all. Usually, she just watched the clock and drank her tea, read a magazine and drank her tea.

This upset them all the more.

Meiko looked up when she heard a knock on the door. "One minute!" She called, moving the sake bottle somewhere less visible in case it was the Kagamine's or Miku. They knew about her drinking, but she preferred to make it less obvious during the day.

The door opened, and it was only Kaito who stood there. Bakaito.

"Meiko," he murmured, leaning against the closed door. "What is your problem?"

"I just don't like her," Meiko replied bitterly, taking a swig of sake.

"You didn't like Gakupo at first either, but-"

"He doesn't live with us. If he did end up irritating me, then I wouldn't have to live with him!"

Kaito rolled his eyes. As Meiko's original counterpart, he knew her more than anybody else. In fact, he thought that their relationship as friends was very similar to the Kagamine's. Except, instead of mirroring each other, they balanced each other out. Red and blue. Passionate and easy-going. Fierce and mellow.

That was how they were.

"Perhaps she's just too shy. Miku and the twins are very fond of her. She seems decent enough, I just haven't had the chance to talk to her. You should be kind to her. Give her a chance, at least," Kaito reasoned. He walked over and gently prised the sake bottle from Meiko's hands, before sitting next to her on the bed. "One shot is all she needs."

Meiko nodded. "Yeah. One shot straight through the head!"

"Meiko, that's so nasty." The man frowned, putting the bottle of alcohol down to the side of him. "Could you not give her a chance for me?"

"You may be my friend, but I don't love you that much," she muttered.

"I just don't understand where this hatred has come from!"

"It must be wired into me. Master created me, and he created her too. I bet he knows all about our little showdowns."

Kaito couldn't help but smile. Meiko had some sort of suspicion towards Master. She never had trusted him. In fact, the first thing she had said to Kaito was, "What's he doing with his time, creating singing robots?"

"Well, we're watching having a family dinner tonight. Be nice Meiko, or you'll be living with hatred forever," Kaito warned. This would be the perfect opportunity for the girls to get to know each other.

At seven o' clock that evening, the doorbell rung. When Kaito had said family dinner, he meant family dinner, plus Gakupo, plus Gumi, plus Master.

Gakupo and Gumi arrived first.

"Thank you for having us," Gakupo said with a small bow. Len, who had opened the door, was surprised to see such formality.

Gumi followed suit, and bowed enthusiastically. "Thank you gracious hosts for accepting us to be your dinner guests," she half said and half sang.

Gakupo glanced at his sister with amusement. "We heard Master is coming tonight?"

Len gawked at the purple haired man and his green haired sister. They were the oddest couple he had ever met, due to Gumi's high eccentricity and Gakupo's steadfast formality.

"Master is making an appearance," Rin beamed, seeing her brother staring silently at their guests. "Please come in."

Gakupo bowed once again, before entering the house. Gumi simply rushed straight in, taking hold of Rin's hands and beginning to babble about something or other. Gakupo looked apologetically at Len, before making a comment about sister's are definitely a bother at times.

Ten minutes later, the doorbell rung once more. The house went silent.

"Who will answer to Master!" Gumi cried.

"We can't," the Kagamine twins replied. "We're busy."

"Doing what?" Kaito asked, shooting them a glare. Opening the door to Master was an honour! Although, a slightly intimidating one. He was nice enough, but if he visited, he definitely had something on his mind.

Meiko began to walk to the door, only to stop in her tracks.

Luka had opened the door.

"Thank you for visiting," she said politely, bowing slightly as Gakupo had done earlier. "I hope you will enjoy our company."

Master laughed affectionately. "It seems my programming has worked for you, Luka. Just how I envisioned." The man then spied Meiko, lurking in the background. "Meiko! How long has it been?"

"Not long enough for me to miss you," Meiko commented absentmindedly. She was eyeing Luka up.

Master only grinned. Meiko's distrust was a shared joke.

He had programmed Meiko to be feisty, and that was exactly what he had gotten.

Eventually, everybody was seated around the table.

"This is great," Master complimented the food.

"Luka and I prepared it," Miku grinned. It had been a pleasant afternoon, cooking in the kitchen.

"You are both very impressive," Gakupo said. He had met Luka only once, very briefly. She intrigued him.

His comment set Gumi off laughing. She was nudging her brother, and whispering things into his shoulder, due to the fact he was much taller than her. Gakupo sent his sibling a disapproving look before continuing to eat.

After vast conversations, everybody had eaten their fill. This was when Master became serious.

"Down at HQ, we've decided to advertise the whole lot of you. Seeing as running eight different advertising campaigns would be seriously expensive, we're going to run a buddy system, which makes only four campaigns. In your pairs, we're going to give you a task. We'll be recording you, so if you have any heart to heart conversations, we can put them on the website, along with you guys doing your tasks."

Kaito nodded. "That makes sense. Showing how close we all are, right?"

"Exactly," Master nodded. "We even did a poll, to see who the fans would most like to see paired together. We've just gone off the results, and that is who you'll be doing your task with. Understood?"

Meiko smiled to herself. She could already predict the pairings. It was so simple! Her and Kaito. Gakupo and Gumi. Rin and Len. Ice Queen and Miku.

"The results were very interesting," Master continued. "The poll was called, 'Which Vocaloids would you like to see becoming close to one another?'. This was so that more obvious pairings, such as Rin and Len would not be chosen as easily. They're already so close to each other, that there would be no point pairing them together. These campaigns are supposed to build affinity between you all as pairs and as a group."

"Just tell us the pairings, Master!" Rin whined. She was desperate to know.

"Okay. You first, seeing as you're so desperate, Rinny. You will be paired with Gakupo."

The two glanced at each other. They had barely spoken!

"I hope you don't mind my company, Rin," Gakupo said, smiling a little. Rin high fived him across the table, saying, "Let's go! Let's go!"

"Miku, you and Len are buddied up."

Len smiled at Miku. Miku grinned back.

Meiko began to worry. Her and Kaito, Gumi and Luka. Come on!

"Kaito, you and Gumi are up together."

The pair nodded at each other, whilst Gakupo warned Kaito to look after his sister. Rin demanded why Len didn't do that for her? The whole table erupted into banter.

Meiko had stopped breathing. Why the hell did the fans want her and Luka to become closer? She'd had enough of her already.

"And obviously, Luka and Meiko, you two are paired up. I was kinda surprised myself!"

AN: Finally, I get to write something with Meiko and Luka as the main characters! I'm unsure of how exactly their relationship will progress, in terms of how much it will progress...Please review!