It was around 1:00pm at their school, which is lunch time. Students gathered in the Food Hall to collect their food and eat it with their friends. Two of them, Piko Utatane and Rin Kagamine sat close to the edge of the second story balcony that overlooked said Food Hall. Piko, who had a fear of heights, held onto the railings tightly, while Rin, one of his friends, often teased him by poking her head or entire body out of the railing. He was often teased by his friends, who claims that he is a very girlish boy.
After a while, Rin stuck half of her body out again, causing Piko to panic and hold onto her. She sat back laughing as her friend pouted.
"Hey," She said, "Why don't you climb over the railing."
She smiled widely as his face turned even paler than normal. "Do I have to?"
"Well, if you chicken out, I'll start referring to you as a girl~"
Piko cursed under his breath and climbed over the railing. "There! You happy?!"
Rin laughed out loudly. "Okay, you can come back now~!"
Piko sighed, obviously annoyed. He started to climb over, but lost his footing and fell over. Luckily, his reflexes were quick enough to catch himself, but he was dangling over the balcony being held only by his arms. His heart pounded in his chest, a sick feeling forming in his stomach. He wanted to cry, but didn't. Even Rin looked scared. Everyone looked up at him, including his other friend, Len, who was Rin's twin brother. Rin grabbed Piko by his arms, half her body leaning over the railing. Bad idea. Piko, despite being quite slim, wasn't very light, and the fact that Rin was also leaning forward, also meant that they would both fall.
And they did.
They both let out a loud scream that echoed in the hall. They both fell onto a bench, Rin landing on her hands and feet, Piko landing on his back on the edge of the bench. There was a loud crack as they landed.
After a short while, Piko got up looking around. Everyone was tending to the both of them, people surrounding Piko crying and yelling. He was confused, and walked away through a gap where people had surrounded him, but no one followed him. Again, he was confused.
He saw Len, who had been staring in shock, and was crying, was the only that noticed that Piko got up. "Why didn't you catch me?!"
"Huh?! I tried but..."
"But?!"
"How are you up?"
"What...? What do you mean...?"
Piko turned around. The paramedics had already arrived and carried away Rin, who was screaming and crying in pain. She repeated the words, "I'm sorry!" and "It was my fault!" and "Please don't die!" were screamed as she was carried into the ambulance. He saw a group of paramedics carefully place an unconscious boy with shoulder length white hair onto a stretcher. His eyes widened as he recognised who that boy was.
It was himself.
Tears rolled down his face freely. "I'm... dead?"
"Don't worry, it hasn't been confirmed yet." Len said, choking on his own tears. "Come with me. I'll try to ride in the ambulance with Rin and you." Piko did so, following Len into the ambulance as he explained that his sister was on the ambulance. They let him in.
It wasn't a very long ride. They rushed to get the both of them into the hospital. Len had to wait outside the room which had Rin and Piko in it. Piko, or maybe his ghost, stood next to him, waiting in anticipation, hyperventilating and sobbing silently. It seemed like hours until the doctor came out, with the results.
"I've got some good news and bad news," The doctor said, Len looking at him with some hope. He sighed before beginning again. "The good news is that your sister, Miss Kagamine, only has a few fractures on the bones for her arms and legs, and should recover soon... But the bad news is, your friend, Mr Utatane, couldn't be saved. He had broken his spine, along with some ribs which punctured his lungs. I'm sorry, but he's dead."
Len stood there frozen, eyes wide. He broke down in tears. The doctors stern glance softened, and placed a hand on Len's shoulder. "You may see them, if you want." Len took a sharp breath in through his nose, wiping the tears away. He nodded, and the doctor led him inside. Piko stood there, frozen as well. His chest rose and fell faster, getting dizzy from his fast breaths. The sick feeling returned, and he wanted to scream. Everything seemed to be quiet and it was as if time had stopped. He fell onto his knees crying loudly, burying his face in his sleeves. He let out a long scream, crying more. What would it matter anyways. No one could hear him. No one could comfort him.
He was dead.
Len entered the room solemnly, the doctor leaving the room to give him privacy. He headed towards Rin, who had casts on her legs and arms, tears rolling down her face. "What did the doctor say? Is he going to be okay?" She said to Len, looking hopeful. Len looked away. "He's dead." He said simply. More tears ran down her face, and she was crying loudly.
"I'm so sorry." She managed through her tears.
"Rin," Len said gently, crying himself, "It wasn't your faul-"
"Yes it is! I was the one that dared him to climb over the fucking railing!"
"Rin, calm down-"
"NO! I JUST KILLED OUR FRIEND!" She didn't anything else. She cried loudly. Len decided that it was best to leave her alone to calm down. When he exited the room he greeted the doctor and started to go home.
In the hallway, he saw Piko crying and screaming loudly. Of course, no one heard him. Len rushed to his deceased friend's aid. He was having a panic attack. These didn't happen too often, but Piko got stressed extremely easily, despite being serious all the time. He reached out to his trembling friend, but couldn't hold onto him, in fact, there wasn't anything he could do. His hand went straight through him. He tried a different approach.
"Piko, calm down, its alright."
"NO IT ISN'T!" He screamed out, "I CAN'T SEE ANYONE ANYMORE! YOU CAN'T EVEN TOUCH ME! WHAT'S THE POINT!" Len silently waited for him to calm down. While doing so he looked around. The doctors around him were staring at him weirdly. 'Must've been because I'm practically talking to a ghost...' He though to himself sheepishly. After a while, Piko's cries were reduced to sobs, and he stopped screaming. "You feeling better?" Piko nodded slowly.
"Come on, lets go home."
Len entered his usually loud and busy home, but today, it was silent. Meiko, who would usually be drunk or hungover, was sober. She had a solemn look on her face. "Len," She started. "I'm sorry about what happened..."
Len gave a sad smile, rushing to his room. He felt uncomfortable with the house being so silent. He shut the door.
Piko took a seat at the end of his bed, still shaken from what had previously happened. "What do we do now?" He said after a while.
"I don't know... But, we can still figure it out."
"How? I'm already dead." Piko said bluntly.
There was a silence as he began thinking. "I don't know." He finally said.
Piko fell back onto the bed, sighing with frustration. His friend was so stupid sometimes. Their was a faint cry short after, mentioning that dinner was ready.
"Umm..." Len said awkwardly, "I'll be back."
"Alright."
Len got up quickly and shut the door.
Piko sighed again.
This was going to be a long night.
A/N: Another story by me! :D Anyways, this was based off of a dream I had, but it had me in it, along with my friends that I know. Rin represents one of my close friends and Len represents this random guy that appeared in my dream. Piko represents me. All my dreams are weird. VOCALOID ON~!
