Sweet's Beast 1 (Yes, there are two stories following this and the really odd side stories)

I DO NOT OWN VOCALOID

From the POV of Meiko

Chapter 1

Everyone has a date on Valentine's Day, except for that weird girl in the corner. You know who she is. That one weird girl who blazes her own path off the already beaten one that everyone follows. That's me! I never wanted a date on Valentine's Day, but somehow I got one. This is the first chapter of the crazy things that happened due to that weird coincidence*.

It was just like any other Valentine's Day I had ever lived through. The boys were acting like idiots; getting down on their knees to profess their undying love. The girls were wandering the hallways in a pointless daydream that perfectly showed that they would like to receive chocolate from the attractive male population of the university. They all coveted the boy's attention, but perhaps the most coveted attention was Kaito Shion's.

All the girls knew the name and some fainted at the sound of it. Yes, Kaito is quite the ladies man. Every girl on campus dreams about his sea-deep blue eyes, deep, smooth voice and his floppy hair that he dyed to match his eyes.

Every single year he takes a different girl out on Valentine's Day and for the rest of the year, he doesn't date and avoids the girl he took out on Valentine's Day. The girl avoids him too. Why they do this is a mystery that at the moment I do not feel like solving. I also am telling you a story. Let's get on with it, shall we?

So as usual, to torture us on our party/ romantic date night, our 'beloved' teachers assigned us mondo** piles of homework. Since I normally do not have a date on Valentine's Day, I was prepared to hit the coffee shop, get buzzed on caffeine and stay up REALLY late writing my 'glorious' report on the history of modern music writing. So I really needed the coffee to stay awake long enough to finish my paper, seeing how the subject might just bore me to having a near death experience. Coffee, being the magical drink of the gods, will save me if the subject decides to bore me to death.

I met up with Luka and Lily, my only level headed friends at the moment, and we went to the coffee shop together.

"Meiko, you're never going to guess what happened to me!" Luka squealed.

"You're very sure that I shall not guess." I replied calmly.

"It was kind of obvious with the way you were acting when you came up to tell me, Lu-chan." Lily interjected.

"But you are a super genius, Lily!" Luka yelled at our sarcastic friend. She turned her attention to me. "Ok, Mei-chan, guess!"

"Gakupo asked you out." I said flatly. It was great news for Luka, but me kind of jealous. Gakupo is gorgeous.

"How did you guess?!" Luka yelled.

"'Cause he's smiling at you through the see-through window of the divine coffee shop. Speaking of coffee shop, I am going to turn in to a caffeine zombie if I don't get coffee soon."

"That would be bad." Lily said as she open the door. "Very, very bad, seeing how it would be a Meiko-need-coffee-zombie." She moved away from my playful slap and went up to the counter to order the coffee. I stared blankly out the window, wondering if I would always be single.

Snap out of it, Meiko! I told myself. Stop being jealous of Luka's happiness. A light tap on my shoulder snapped me out of my thought world.

"You alright?" a deep voice asked me. I whirled around to find to find Kaito Shion smiling at me.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said. I didn't need pity.

"Here you go." Kaito held out the steaming coffee in his hand. "Luka said she'd pay, so you don't owe me anything. A smile would be nice, though."

"Thanks." I said as I accepted the coffee. "Thanks a lot." I smiled tentatively.

Kaito smiled back. "You're more beautiful when you smile, ya' know." I turned away to hide my flushed face. Kaito pulled a little on my shoulder, whirling me back around. "Do you want to be my date tonight, pretty sweet?"

Every instinct told me to say no, but I was a defiant girl, even towards myself.

"I'd love to. Is seven okay with you?"

"Seven's perfect. I'll see you then, Meiko." Kaito smiled as he exited the coffee shop.

Something was wrong.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" I yelled after him. I heard a laugh as my only response.