Disclaimer: Ahm...I don't know what to put in here...Let's just say I'm not making any profit out of this story, and Vocaloid is definitely not mine :((
Summary: Miku Hatsune has every aspiring model ever wished for: Perfect slim body, long legs, small round face, and silky hair, but then she often get rejected in all of her auditions because of one faulty feature on her face, that was her smile in which is a very important aspect for a model. Find out how an ugly duckling turn into a beautiful swan as how her husband retell their story …based on the manga I just read ^^
MoonlightPanda: Hi everyone :) I know the title is lame and the summary isn't good, but I hope that you'll like my story ^^. So here it is, the first chapter.
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"Finally after being in New York for two months, Japan's super model Hatsune Miku is finally home. Let us all welco- "
-beep-
"Daddy!" a blonde girl with twin pigtails entered the living room with a photo album in her hands, smiling to herself from ear-to-ear.
Len Kagamine at the age of twenty-four, was a former super model, looked down at his five year old daughter who was trying to climb up on his lap. He carried her to his lap and rearranged her bangs in place.
"Daddy! Daddy! This is you?" the girl asked pointing at the picture of him when he was still fourteen years old and was still modeling.
Len hesitated at first but then nodded at his daughter.
"Ooooh~" the little girl returned her gaze on the photo of his father with much more sparkle in her eyes, but it was soon replaced by a fearful look when she turned at the other person beside Len in the picture.
"Daddy, who is this scary girl?" she said pointing at the glaring girl posing beside Len.
Len looked down to it and couldn't help to suppress his laugh. "That my dear…is your Mommy."
"Mommy?" the girl asked looking stunned then she returned her gaze on the picture scrutinizing it carefully, trying to find the features of her lovely mother on the girl in the picture.
Seeing the picture of the both of them when they were still young made Len remember the past memories he had with his wife. It was so nostalgic like he wanted to relieve those memories again. And wish granted with what his daughter wanted to ask next.
"How did you met Mommy, Daddy?"
"Mommy?"
The girl nodded fervently and squeezed her father's shirt in her tiny hands in anticipation. Len laughed at how cute his little daughter's antics was and gave his daughter's cheeks a little pinch.
"Well…I first met your mother…."
-Ten years ago-
A much younger looking Len skipped inside the lobby of his working agency and greeted everyone with a cheerful smile. Then he noticed when he entered that the aura inside the building had become gloomy unlike when he last left it a year ago. Not even one greeted him back.
"Hellooo~ I said hellooo everyone~"
"Huh? Is that you Lin?"
At the mention of Len's screen name, everyone's spirit within the vicinity immediately lifted up. And all in unison they greeted him back, as if it was the first time they had noticed him.
"Oh, thank goodness you are back!" one of the male staff exclaimed.
"Finally. Someone to lighten us up!" another female staff said, holding Len's hands and looking at him like he was their ray of hope.
Len slowly scooted his self away from them, wondering what kind of catastrophe befell his co-workers while he was gone.
"What seem to be the problem here?" Len asked.
And as soon as he dropped the question all of them pointed their accusing fingers to the source of their demise. Len looked to the direction they were pointing and noticed that the corner there was even more darker than the rest.
"What the…?"
And as he focused his sight, he noticed a dark figure hunching over the floor and was mumbling to her self.
"Um…who is she?"
"That's Hatsune Miku. Our new model." the same female staff said.
"Really? I must greet her then."
"NO! don't come close to her!" all of the staff warned in unison but it was already too late as Len had already reached Miku's side.
As Len readied his self to greet the girl, "Hi, wha- "
"GAH!"
"WAH!"
The girl suddenly screamed then she started to claw the wall in front of her while murmuring to her self once again. "I'm no good..I-I'm such a…failuuuure~..!"
"W-what's with her?...she surprised me…" Len exclaimed clutching his chest, trying to steady his beating heart.
"We warned you. That's Hatsune Miku, the walking voodoo doll."
"Walking voodoo doll? Why is that?"
"Because every words coming out of her mouth seems like a curse."
"No…NO!" Miku wailed loudly making her co-workers tensed up from the sudden scream.
"T-that's nonsense. I'll try to greet her…again."
"Why do I have to be born this waayy…Never did I ever do things…riiight.."
"A-ano…Hatsune-san?"
"They hated meeee…"
"Uhm..well…Hatsune-san?"
"They despised meeee…"
"H-hello?...Mik- "
"Somebody should just kill….meeee!..."
"!"
"All of you are right! I feel so depressed right now!" Len exclaimed immediately returning back to his co-workers. To the side where the light was.
The double-glass door of their building were pushed open, and in came a middle-aged woman with a superior air emitting around her.
"What is this again?"
"Ms. President!"
Ms. President raised her brow at her employees, then she heard a low sobbing noise from a corner. Immediately she knew who it was.
"Are you crying again Hatsune?"
Miku's sobs quickly stopped. "M-Ms. President."
Ms. President gave an exasperated sigh then proceeded to rub the knot on her temple which was starting to ache.
"Oh, you're finally back Lin." she said finally noticing Len's presence.
"Aiya~ howdy 'yo Ms. President!" Len greeted back with a wink and a charming smile. The staffs and other models cooed at how cute Len was.
"Good. Lin come with me in the office. I need to talk to you about something." she said then she next turned to Miku who was suppressing her own sobs. "And you too Miku. Come along with us."
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"So, I get that you two know each other already, yes?" Ms. President looked up to both of her models and saw the unsure look on Len's face.
"Well..I- "
"O-of course I know Lin. She is the most famous and favorite model of 'Orange' agency and she already had been modeling for one and a half year, and already was making ads, and had appeared in some commercials and tv shows, and just recently came from an ad campaign from New York, and her favorite fruit is banana." Miku reported her information in front of them like a professional informant and in just one breath.
"Woa- …stalker…" Len murmured to his self.
"Yes you are all right about that. And do you know what her advantage to you?" Ms. President asked looking straight to Miku's eyes.
Miku's eyes slowly started to water then she finally gave her reply after being silent for a whole two minutes in a quick outburst. "She is a popular model and I am the unpopular one, wah!"
"Yes. That is correct, very good Miku. I'm glad you know that." Ms. President said bluntly.
"That is too harsh of you Ms. President~…even if it is true…" Len defended mumbling the last sentence to his self.
"Miku you've been part of my agency for almost three months and not even once had you booked a single job, and you had failed in all of your auditions. You do know that I should already fire you in this state."
"W-w-…I-I knooow…"
"Stop wailing in the corner and come back here!"
"Y-yes…"
Ms. President deeply sighed and swiveled her leather chair before resuming, "One last chance for you Miku…I'm giving you one last Chance…" she emphasized "If you will manage to be Lin's partner for 'Orange's' new clothing line I will let you stay in my agency. So enter that audition and make sure to get the job. That is all." she finished then kicked Miku out of her office.
"Wow, that was really cruel of you boss. Why give her that task when you know she will fail." Ms. President sweat dropped on her model's comment, wondering who was more cruel between them.
"So I hope you were properly informed about this new project."
"Yea-yea, I already know about it old hag. I'll be one of the judge, then choose who'll be my partner. No sweat." Len said slumping his self on the couch in her office.
"I really don't know how you could pull that sweet-girly act around everyone else, then just revert back to your old trashy self in front of me….and don't call me Old Hag you ungrateful brat!"
Len pulled his legs together then crossed them over the glass coffee table. "You know well that I'm good at acting. Anyway, why did you let someone like Hatsune in your agency boss?"
Ms. President were sending death glares over Len's direction at how disrespectful he was but answered his question anyway. "Doesn't she seem interesting?"
"You find that weird girl interesting?" Len arched a perfect line of brow at his boss, then suddenly a thought came up to his mind. "Oh, I see…you must be seeing your old self in her!"
"Why you- ! Get out of my office, NOW! You are dismissed!" Ms. President barked at the laughing back of a retreating Len.
Len was still laughing his ass off when he exited the office, when he abruptly stopped and noticed a dark figure seating on the floor near the office door. "Woah- !...I mean, Oopsies~…you scared me Hatsune-san, what are you doing there?" He asked reverting his voice to a girly pitch.
"I-I don't know what to dooo…" Miku wailed.
'This girl is pathetic' Len thought as he lowered his self at Miku's level.
"What seem to be your problem Hatsune-san?" Miku stared at him then quickly covered her eyes from his blinding charming smile.
"Guh, too much light!"
"Hm?"
Miku scooted a little away from him and then she started to confide her newly found problem. "I don't know if I should go on the audition…"
"The one sponsored by 'Orange'?" Miku nodded. "Why? That is your last chance. If you don't try, you will lose this job."
"I will fail it anyway." Len stared at her and wondered whether Miku was born pessimistic.
"You wouldn't know If you'll not try."
Miku quickly shook her head. "No, I know that I would fail it."
"How could you assume of that?"
"B-because…I'm scary looking…"
Len quickly clamped his mouth shut because he knew he couldn't argue with that. But even though it was the truth, he could still clearly see the features of a model in Miku.
"Oh, come on Hatsune-san. Don't pull yourself down with those thoughts. You just need some confidence in you girl!~."
"But they all say that my smile is scary,…creepy…I look like some ghost in that horror film."
"Hahaha. I don't think so. Come on, let me see your pretty smile~"
"But- "
Len urged her to pose for him, and finally Miku gave in. Miku slowly turned her head to Len, and flashed him a smile, and immediately Len stopped himself from smiling and quickly pushed his self an inch away from Miku.
"See…you are scared…" Miku said disappointedly.
'This girl's smile is beyond scary! I sure hope she could fix that…'
"Oh, it's not really that scary Hatsune-san~" Len lied.
"But- " Len placed a hand on her shoulder then said, "I know you could pull a beautiful smile someday. You just need to learn how to project it properly. So don't lose hope Hatsune-san~" He cheered flashing Miku a sincere smile. Miku stuttered and was looking at Len with a new found admiration. It was the first time someone had spoken to her so kindly. First time!
"Y-you are so kind, waah!"
"Ahahaha. Okay, good luck in the audition. I'll see you there~" Len waved at her and finally left. 'Thank god that was over…why do I have to cheer her up anyway?'
Miku wiped the remaining tears off her face and saw a card lying on the floor. "…Lin must've dropped it…" she looked down to the card and read that the name imprinted was different, but Len's face was on it. But what made Miku stare at the card for so long wasn't the name. She rubbed her eyes and took a long look at it again, but the word on the gender field was still there, glaring at her in white bold letters.
"M-male…?"
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"Oh shoot! Where is my I.D.?...I need to find it before someone get a hold of it!"
"Oh, Lin did you forgot something?"
"Uhm, yeah…teehee~ I think I forgot it in the office." Len replied beaming at his co-workers cutely.
"Okay, good luck on finding it."
When Len was nowhere in sight, the two staff whispered at each other.
"Don't you think Lin's gotten more cuter?"
"Y-yeah." the other one replied with a small blush on his face.
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"Shoot! Where is it!"
"L-Lin!"
Len abruptly stopped from running, noticing Miku's voice. 'Oh, no. not the creepy girl again…' he thought but decided to wear his poker face and give Miku one of his trademark smile but was petrified to see what was on the girl's hand.
"T-that's- "
"Lin…are you a bo-mpf!"
Miku wasn't able to finish her question as Len quickly pulled her to a nearby room. Len locked the door behind him and Miku gasped in fear.
"Did you see it?"
"A-ano…"
"Did you see it!"
"Y-yes! I'm sorry!"
Len slumped his self dejectedly on the floor, holding his head in his hands. "So…I'm already exposed…"
"I-I didn't know Lin is a boy- "
"Shut up!" Len shouted making Miku close her eyes instinctively in fear.
"Did you tell anyone about it?" Len asked clutching hard on Miku's trembling jaw.
Miku was too scared to even say a word, but managed to shook her head in reply. Len heaved a relief sigh, releasing his hold on Miku. The girl quickly fled away from him and he saw how scared she was, making him feel guilty all of a sudden.
Len sighed again when suddenly an idea lighted up inside his head.
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"So the audition will start next week?" Ms. President asked over to the two other occupants of the room. The other one was the designer of 'Orange' and the other was his assistant.
"Yes. Probably…" the designer indifferently replied.
"'Probably'? You're not sure about the schedule- "
"Old- ohohoho, I didn't know you were here Sir Al~" Len surprisingly said after barging in their boss' office with Miku trying to catch her breath as she was dragged there by Len.
"Cheerful as ever. It's nice to see you again Lin."
"Thank you~"
"Lin, what are you doing here? You're interrupting our discussion."
Obviously, Ms. President was already fuming in her seat and everyone had already noticed it except for Len who continued, "Actually Ms. President, I don't think we should continue with the audition anymore~" Len said while cocking his head to the side. He was thinking to act more cutely since there were the designer and his assistant in his boss' office. He doesn't want to be found out again.
"What are you saying?" Ms. President stared at her idiotic model's eyes, trying to figure out what kind of stunt her model was trying to pull.
"I don't think we need to look for other models…" Len continued, "Because I already found my partner, and she's right here~!"
The three of them quickly turned as they saw Len pulled Miku by his side and gave the quiet girl a tight hug. "Right, Miku-chan~..."
"M-me…?"
Len smiled at her sweetly then went closer to her left ear. "Say yes or I'll kill you!" he whispered.
Miku went paled after hearing his threat and quickly nodded her head. The whole room went silent for a moment before Al finally broke the silence. "So, you found your partner already?" Len nodded, smiling and hugging the sweating and near to death Miku.
"Well then, we'll need to cancel the audition now. " the designer said who was suspiciously happy about it.
"Wait Sir! But- " his assistant tried to protest but was only stopped.
"It's alright. I trust Lin with this. " Al said then he turned his attention to Miku who was only gaping at the whole situation.
"I'm looking forward working with you Hatsune. Do your best."
Miku didn't know what to do and Len was starting to get pissed at her before slamming a hand on her back to give the designer a reply.
"Y-yes sir!"
'I think this girl would be interesting.'
"Okay, we'll be leaving now."
"Okies Sir Al, take care~" Len waved at their retreating back and stared at the closed door for a little more before deciding to face his boss.
Slowly, Len turned to his boss and he sighed instantly seeing that his boss was already glaring at him.
"...Lin."
A moment of silence befell the whole room, and the temperature gradually dropped.
Len stared at his boss seriously before finally telling her the truth, "…Tee-hee~…I was found out!"
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MoonlightPanda: Hello every one! *wave* I hope that you liked the first chapter of Charming. And I hope that you guys would be kind enough to leave me a comment. But it's okay if you don't, I'm happy enough that you had read the whole chapter and didn't abandoned it half-way through…but you know? I would be really happy and motivated if you will leave me a comment, however short it is. heehee, that's all ;D
-Chapter 2 on the way~~ :3
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