I walked up the front steps of Miku's house, clutching a pillow-case and a sleeping bag, trying unsucessfully to quell the slight unease bubbling inside me. I had had plenty slumber parties with Miku and Neru before, they were my best friends...but I didn't know Rin, Luka, or even Gumi all that well, and I sometimes weird-out people who aren't used to my personality. Crossing my my fingers, and sending out one last mental prayer for the best, and knocked on the door.

It was almost immediatly thrown open by Miku, who grabbed my arm and yanked me inside. I was dragged down the hall before being thrown a bit overzealously into her room, and landing gracefully facefirst on her turquoise carpeting. Ow.

I stumbled to my feet, nearly tripping over Neru (who had fallen to the floor because she was laughing so hard) in the process.

"Wow, Teto!" Neru gasped, still chuckling "That was a fail"

Then her phone buzzed, and she want back to texting as if nothing had ever happed...well that's Neru for you.

Crisis over, I took a moment to greet the others in the room, Rin smiled, Luka waved uninterestedly, and Gumi tacklehugged me. All in all, I could tell it was going to be an interesting night...

First on Miku's "Big checklist O' fun" was having a singing contest. I wasn't quite sure what to think about that... On one hand, I liked to sing (Even though I wasn't as good as any of the vocaloids), but on the other hand, slumber party singing contests usually seem to end with at least one person crying. But I didn't know these people as well a Miku did, so I decided to go with the flow. Miku knew what she was doing.

We all drew numbers, and (of course) I was first. Gulping, I ran a mental inventory of songs I had memorized...there was Triple Baka (Too easy) Stop nagging me (Too repetitive) Fave diva (Too insulting...) Kasane territory (Too personal) Magnet (Too lovey dovey) I like you I love you (Too stutter-ey) The list went on and on...Finally I settled on Song of the eared robot, simply because I thought it was pretty.

After I finished, it was Luka's turn, she sang Just be friends. After her, Rin sang Kokoro, then Miku sang, and Neru, and Gumi. Like usual, they all hopelessly upstaged me. In the end, everyone ended up with one vote. I was about to call the singing contest a sucess when Gumi accused Luka of voting for herself, then Luka accused Miku of voting for herself, then Neru said Gumi had voted to herself.

Deciding I didn't want to be any part of it, I backed myself onto Miku's bed, and started to toss one of her stuffed leeks and count how many consecutive times I could catch it.

Spinning in the desk chair (also wisely staying out of the squabble), Rin mouthed to me "Who did you vote for?"

I pointed a finger towards her, then mouthed "You?"

She grinned and pointed a finger towards me.

I smiled, feeling flattered. I hadn't expected to get any votes at all. We had a mouthed conversation for a few minutes, then Miku pulled out her checklist again and crowed triumphantly "TRUTH OR DARE!"