Don't Kiss Me!
Luka Megurine is a Japanese sophomore who attends an American high school. Every time she walks in the hallway, she always gets judged for being overweight and liking anime. Then on one day, she loses weight. Based on the manga Kiss Him, Not Me by Junko.
Chapter One
Hi. My name is Luka Megurine. I am a sophomore at El Camino High School. When I was fifteen, I moved to America from Japan for my father's work. I'm pretty happy that I moved out of Tokyo. Everyone made fun of me because I am an overweight otaku. My older brother, Luki, told me that it would be better if no one knew that I like anime. If someone found out, they'd automatically make fun of me. I didn't listen to him though, and that was a mistake.
For first period, I have English. Luckily, my father is American so I'm not that bad. I only have one friend. Her name is Lily. She likes anime as well, but no one knows. She trusts me with her secret, and that makes me really happy.
"Good morning everyone. After announcements, we're going to get our books that we'll be tested on for the semester. If you have your ID, stay in the beginning of the line. If not, stay in the back." Our teacher, Sutton-san said. I should call him Mr. Sutton, but I'm used to saying -san.
What a bad day...I don't have my ID card. Lily-chan san has her ID card, but she pretended she didn't have one just to stay with me. I'm really happy Lily-chan lied for my sake! As we walk in the hallways, the crowd gets further away from us. I notice that Lily-chan rolls her eyes.
"What happened, Lily-chan?" I ask her.
"This school sucks. It's full of bullies with no spirit."
I nod. It's true. Half the students you will meet here have bullied at least one person at this school. At rallies, no one cheers. Lily-chan is the president of our class. She's the most spirited student here. I admire her.
"Watch out!"
When I turned around, I see a huge stereo speaker rolling. It's rolling at me. Lily-chan grabs the sleeve of my sweater, but I stay still. I'm too scared to move. The speaker is half of foot away from me. She grabs harder, but she gives up. Her body is in front of me.
No one gets hurt.
The speaker stands still. No one is in front of Lily-chan. She turns around to face me. "Good thing it didn't hurt any of us, right?" She was smiling. Oh, no. The speaker is about to fall. I crack my knuckles, and I push Lily-chan out of the way. Her back slams hard against the lockers.
I don't know how to describe this feeling, but a two hundred pound speaker fell on me.
"Luka?"
I open my eyes. I see a white ceiling.
"Good, you're wake!" Lily-chan happily says. I sat up and rubbed my temples. My head hurts a lot. Was the speaker that huge? Lily-chan puts a wet towel on my head. "Thank you for saving me. I would have been killed, y'know." She hugs me after.
I smile at her. "You've been out for four periods. It's lunch right now. I went through your locker and got your bento box." She hands me my lunch. My mouth waters. Okaa-san makes the best lunches! "I'm still waiting for that dumbass who hurt you. He didn't even say sorry after the stereo hit you."
"It's okay Lily-chan. It wasn't that bad!" I insist.
Suddenly, we hear a knock. Our heads turn to the door. It's Kamui-kun! He's the vice president of the junior class. He walked up to us and sat on the edge of the bed I lay on. "Are you feeling any better?" He asked.
I nod. "We were moving the speakers for the lunch time activity. A freshman wanted to help me since I moved the speaker by myself. He pushed the speaker too hard, and it hit you. Sorry about that. He should be here now."
"Stupid freshman," Lily-chan said with her arms crossed on her chest. We heard a boy running. He went straight through the door and fell on his face. No one bothered to help him up. He quickly got up and wiped dust off his cargo pants.
When he looked at me, his faced looked cheeky. It seems like he was about to laugh. Was there something on my face? "Are you Luka? My bad for hitting you."
Kamui-kun slapped his head. "Say sorry, Len."
"Okay, okay! Sorry Luka. I won't do that ever again."
I softly smile at him. "It's okay." Something's wrong with him. He looks like he needs to go to the restroom.
A few minutes later, the freshman named Len Kagamine and Kamui-kun left the nurse's office. There was twenty minutes of lunch left. Lily-chan walked with me to my locker. When she asked me if I wanted to go with her to class, I rejected her offer. I want to be alone for a while.
I sit on the floor with my bento box in my hands. I ate half of it because I wasn't hungry. Two boys passed by. I didn't bother to look up. Plus, it would be rude to stare at someone.
"Hey Kaito, isn't that the weird girl from Japan?"
"Don't say that, Yuuma. That's rude."
Yes, I'm that weird fat girl from Japan. It's okay, it's not rude at all. Everybody calls me fat all the time.
My older brother, Luki-nii, picks me up from school. His best friend, Mikuo, sits in the front passenger seat. I know that those two have feelings for each other. They tell me their feelings about each other all the time. I ship it!
"Hey, Luka. Is there something wrong?" Mikuo asks he after he ruffles my hair with his large hand. I shake my head. I don't like talking about my problems with them. They never help.
"I heard Miku Hatsune is announcing something big tonight. Are you going to watch it?" My brother Luki asks. I nod quickly. Miku Hatsune is my favorite idol. She's my inspiration. When I grow up, I want to be just like her!
Luki drops me home. He and Mikuo are going "somewhere". I wonder where~
It's four o' clock. Time to finish my bento. An hour later, I finish my homework and I study for another hour. Miku Hatsune's announcements begins in an hour. I wonder what she's going to talk about. A new album? She has a boyfriend? She's going on tour?
It's finally seven o' clock. I'm in my room, waiting for the Hatsune-sama's voice on the radio. It's coming!
The host of the radio station begins speaking. I think his name is Bruno. "Minna-san, here's the big thing you're waiting for! Hatsune-san is at the Tokyo Tower. I wonder what she's going to say?"
"Ohayou! Watashi wa Hatsune Miku~desu!" She's here! "I have good and bad news for all of you. Good news or bad news first?"
"Good news!" Everyone screamed.
"Hai, I'm performing Tell Your World right here and now! Sadly, this is my last performance. I will retire."
What...happened...?
"Hello, Miss Megurine. Your daughter Luka Megurine hasn't been in school for two weeks. If she is still going to El Camino High, she should go back to school the following day. If not, she will be kicked out."
"Lukaaaa!" I hear my mother scream. It's been two weeks since I haven't left my room. I'm depressed...she retired...what's the meaning of life?
My door slammed open. I'm guessing Luki kicked my door open. "Get up, Luka! Okaa-san and I don't want you to drop out!" He removes the blankets off my body, and I shiver. The two scream.
"Lu-Lu-Luka..?" My mother's stuttering. I wonder why. I went to the bathroom to wash my face. Hm, what's this?
"Luki-kun, why is there a poster?" I try to take it off, but the poster copies my every move. I scream. I lost tons and tons of weight!
Since I don't have any clothes that will fit me, I'm wearing my mother's clothes from Japan. A black long sleeve crop top, a white pleated tennis skirt, black thigh-high socks, and white converse. My pink hair is loose and wavy. I usually leave it in a loose ponytail, but not today. Mikuo said that it will be more flattering if my hair looks like this. I feel so weird...I'm able to move freely!
I start sweating as I walk inside the hallway. There are a lot of people staring at me. Yes, a lot of people stared at me, usually in disgust. Now, they're staring at me as if I'm some goddess or princess. I need to find Lily-chan. I have to explain everything to her. She must be worried.
She's talking to her other group of friends: the rockstars. They enjoy going to *concerts*. Lily-chan and her friends all look at me. Their cheeks redden.
"Whoa...nice outfit," Lily-chan said. "Where did you get that skirt?"
"Lily-chan!" I scream. I tightly hug her. The sadness hidden inside of me has unleashed.
"That voice seems familiar...Are you Luka?!" I nod. She and her group of friends scream.
Suddenly, more sophomores come and gather around me. They touch my hair, skirt, and hands.
"Stop it guys, you're making her nervous." I hear a deep voice and muscular hands touch my shoulders. The person pulls me out of the crowd. I turn my head to see who it was. It's Kaito Shion, an honor-roll student.
I smile at him. My cheeks slightly redden. "Thank you for saving me, Kaito." When I look at him again, his cheeks were a darker shade of red than mine. Badump. Badump.
"What's happening Kaito? A crowd like this pisses me off."
I turn around and I see Yuuma. No one really likes him because rumors say that he's apart of a gang. His brother got arrested for either carrying a gun or robbing a bank. He's just misunderstood, that's all.
He blushes as well. I wonder why. "Heh. You finally took my advice and lost some-"
I start to cry. He was wearing a teal shirt. It reminds me of Hatsune-sama. I run away from the crowd because I can't take the pain in front of every one.
"Great job, Yuuma! You made her cry." I hear Lily-chan say. I can't hear the rest of the conversation because I was far from them. Wow, it feels amazing to run this fast.
In a minute, I have already reached to the science building. There are tons of people staring at me with rosy cheeks. Weird. When I was about to open the door to the roof, I bump into someone. Since the science building has floors made out of cement, I scraped my knees.
"Hey, watch where you're-"
It's Len Kagamine. The freshman who forgot to hold the speaker. "I-I'm so sorry for bumping into you, Len!" I stand up so that I can wipe dust off my mother's skirt. It's dusty...she's going to get mad once she sees this mess!
His cheeks reddened. His gaze looks down on me. "You're bleeding. Let's go to the nurse's office." His hand softly grabs mine. Why is he so kind to me? Two weeks ago, he was different. Is it because I'm hurt? This doesn't hurt as much as the speaker fell on me.
We arrived at the nurse's office, and I see Gakupo. He was covered up in scratches. "Good morning, Luka. Why are you here?"
"L-Luka..? You mean...Luka Megurine?" We both nod. Len's eyes widened. He screams, and runs out of the office. I tilt my head. Does he have a problem with me? He probably left because he's too scared? I'm very curious.
"Did you get a haircut? Something about you is very off." Gakupo asked. I giggled. He's a clueless junior. Since it was too painful for himself, I aid his cuts by washing them with cotton balls.
I explained the whole story to him: why and how I lost weight and everyone's reactions to the new me. "Ah, I notice that you lost weight. Good thing your personality is the same." This made me blush.
"Yeah..."
The school day ends. God bless. I'm tired from compliments, questions, and gasps. My only wish is for Hatsune-sama to come back to the idol industry... After I lock my locker, someone taps my shoulder. It's Kaito.
"Hello Luka. Are you doing something tomorrow? I was thinking if we could watch a movie together or something."
"Luka. Don't listen to this fuck boy. Let's go get tapioca." Yuuma-kun? What's going on.
Len arrives. "Actually, I was the first guy to come here! I was just too shy to ask her. Luka, please go on a date with me!"
What? Kamui-kun? "We participants for the lunch time activity. Luka, will you please be one of them?"
Now that Luka has lost weight, her popularity rises! Who will Luka choose? Kaito? Yuuma? Len? Gakupo? Wait until next time!
Italicized words are defined from Urban Dictionary.
-san: basic suffix attached to a name in Japanese (ex: Smith-san. Mr. Smith)
Okaa-san: mother in Japanese
-nii: suffix for older brother
fuck boy: a manipulating boy who does whatever it takes to benefit him, regardless of who he screws over.
Hi Minna-san! I really hope this story becomes a big success towards the Vocaloid FF Community. If this story has offended you, please do not read the next chapter (will be posted every Monday or two weeks) instead of giving flame. I am trying my best to make this an American-styled shojou instead of a Japanese one. Thank you for those who read the whole chapter. See you in a Monday!