A/N: I never thought I would write Negitoro again, but here I am. I haven't written anything in so long; my writing might be a bit rusty. I haven't followed what's going on in the Vocaloid fandom in a year (is Negitoro still alive lmao?). But hey, I'll give this a shot and try to update it regularly.


Warming The Cold

A long and exhilarated sigh escaped Hatsune Miku's pink pale lips as she watched for the fifth time the recent interview in which the popular model, Megurine Luka, was describing her ardent and undying passion for modeling. She couldn't get enough of that smooth, mature voice, of those clear crystal blue eyes that were piercing through her whole being, but most of all, it was that right-sided smile that showed a perfect line of white teeth. Everything was making her melt. The warm and wrenching feeling in her chest never disappeared when she watched her videos. There was no doubt about it; it was love. She never met that woman in real life, but she still stole her heart at first sight. It started out all innocently: two years ago, she had searched for the perfect bikini online and it was when she saw her for the time —when she saw Megurine Luka for the first time. In the picture, she had been wearing a sexy pink polka dot bikini while making a rather seductive pose. Miku's breath had immediately been taken away. It was when she decided to research the model's name on the internet and discovered the woman was a very popular and talented celebrity. Her love –or more like her obsession– for her began at that moment.

The pink-haired woman chuckled as she was asked if she had a boyfriend, before an enigmatic smirk parted her flawless lips —in which Miku took a real pleasure to replay the scene again and again only to see it.

"A boyfriend? I don't have enough free time to even consider getting into a relationship."

The interviewer had seemed disappointed at the answer, as if she had wanted to get the biggest forbidden secret there was. She probably knew that the news about Megurine Luka having a lover would break many of her fans' heart.

"Alright, Miss Megurine, I have one last question for you; what advice would you give to young girls who would like get into modeling?"

"Only do it if you really want to do it, that's all I have to say about it. I also think that—"

The door to Miku's room opened right at that moment, and it was enough to break her from her reverie. A pout immediately appeared all over her face as she noticed it was none other than her roommate and best friend, Gumi. She just came back from work. Her green hair was a real mess and her eyes were bloodshot red. She seemed both exhausted and tired, especially since she had supplementary hours to do today. She grimaced at the sight in front of her; Miku was tightly hugging a pillow, her favorite model on the screen.

"Gross." Gumi commented in an exasperated voice and let herself fall down on the bed. "For the love of God, do something else of your days."

Miku shook her head, her long twintails instantly following the rapid gesture.

"You just don't understand how beautiful Megurine is! I bet you're just jealous of her flawless pale skin, of her long and pink hair, of her stunning blue eyes and just look at her lips! It just makes me want to-"

"Here you go again…" Gumi mumbled, only listening half of her hysterical and usual babbling about her number one idol. The greenette looked at her out of the corner of her eyes. Miku's teal eyes were almost shining and she was keeping a huge grin as she kept on naming Megurine Luka's numerous qualities. Gumi even came to the conclusion that her friend was more annoying than females fangirling about their favorite boy bands. It was surprising that her, who was a calm and lazy girl, had such a cheerful and outgoing best friend. She reached for her left pocket, took something in it, then stood up and approached Miku.

"Honestly, I expected you to do something else on your birthday rather than watching that Meringue Lucia's interviews again."

"Her name is Megurine Luka!" Miku exclaimed with wide eyes, extremely offended that her friend got her name wrong, arms crossed childishly.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Gumi rolled her eyes and opened her hands to give the tealette her gift. "Happy birthday, you weirdo."

Miku blinked several times and stared at the pair of golden tickets. She could clearly read in black round letters: 'VIP Backstage Pass – VOCALOID model show'. It took almost a minute for her to process the informations. Megurine's model agency was called VOCALOID… Two VIP tickets… Backstage Pass… Miku's throat then tightened from the sudden strong excitation she felt. She was going to meet Luka personally next week! Her biggest dream would finally come true! She let out a high pitched squeal and immediately threw herself into her best friend's arms, hugging her tightly and rubbing her cheeks against hers.

"You're the best, Gumi! I can't believe it! How did you get those!? I'm sure that they're extremely hard to get!" Miku almost screamed, her eyes watering from happiness. "Wait, is that why you were working extra hours?"

Gumi growled in annoyance even though a small smile was starting to make its apparition. Despite how pissed she seemed to be, it was obvious that she was happy the tealette liked her gift at that extent. "That's right, that's right. Since I got those for you, you should totally kneel down in front of me and start venerating me. You have no freaking ideas what I had to do in order to get those, y'know. Without me, there's no way in hell you'd have gotten those tickets to meet that Meringue."

"It's Megurine!" Miku's cheeks puffed even though she couldn't get mad at her for too long after such a wonderful present.

"Yeah, whatever."

The tealette finally broke the strangling hug and threw herself on her bed, a cheesy expression covering her entire face. "I'm finally going to meet the love of my life… I can't thank you enough, Gumi…"

"Sorry to break your dream or anything, airhead, but you have completely no chance with her."

"Let me dream still! You're so negative!"

"I just feel like I have to remind you that you're freaking not living in a tasteless soap opera. It's just some kind of phase anyway. Just get a boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever species you're into, but get over that woman already. You've been into her for two damn years, move on."

"Says the girl who gave me the tickets to see her." Miku giggled, knowing Gumi didn't really mean what she just said. "Besides, you gave me two of them because you're going to come with me, right? I'm pretty sure that you're secretly crushing on her too!"

"Oh I'm sorry if I want to come because I'm worried you're going to do something stupid in front of Meguringe and make yourself look like an idiot. Just don't make me ashamed."

The tealette knew that the reason Gumi wanted to come with her was because she was genuinely worried about letting her go alone when there would be a lot of people. She just wished that she was more honest.

"I love you, Gumi. You're the best friend ever!"

"Yeah, alright. Can I go to bed now? I had the suckiest day ever and I don't want to hear your annoying high pitched voice anymore."

"I have honestly no idea if I'll be able to sleep."

"I don't care. I want to sleep."

Miku finally stopped to talk, much to Gumi's satisfaction. They prepared for sleep, both enveloping themselves warmly in their bed sheets, lights closed.

"I don't know what I'm going to wear. I want her to think I'm cute."

"Shut up and sleep. You have a week to think about it."

"Maybe I should wear my pastel purple skirt…"

Gumi growled. She stood up, took her pillow and headed to the door. Maybe buying her the tickets was a mistake after all.

"I'm going to sleep in the living room."

The tealette didn't have the time to say anything; the door closed before any words could come out of her mouth.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Miku's feet were tapping constantly on the old car's carpet as she stared out of the window, watching the buildings pass before her rapidly. Today was the famous day she had been waiting for. She was finally going to meet her Megurine Luka. She was wearing the cutest clothes she had found in her closet; her famous short pastel purple skirt with a pale pink blouse. Gumi was sat next to the driver's seat, her arms crossed over her head, a boring expression on her face. She was wearing both girly and boyish clothes, and Miku always thought that look of hers suited her. The driver was none other than the tealette's cousin, Lily. Neither of them had a driving license, so Miku had to convince her to drive them there, and it obviously worked. The tall blonde was whistling a song, her eyes concentered on the road.

"Miku? Did Gumi finally cut your tongue or something? You're strangely silent." Lily said with a laugh.

"I wish…" Gumi murmured under her breath.

The tealette didn't reply, which startled both of the girls. It was unusual. They both thought she wouldn't stop babbling while they got there.

"Holy shit. Gumi, give her tongue back." The blonde spoke in the most serious voice, but it was obvious that she was joking with the little smirk dancing on her lips.

"I didn't do anything of that sort, moron. Give me a break. She's probably just nervous." The greenette answered back and looked at Miku, her eyebrows furrowing in worry. "Hey, Miku? You okay?"

The petite girl forced a smile. Her hands were shaking and her fingers were nervously playing with strands of her teal hair. "I-I'm fine… I just can't believe I'm finally going to meet her… My heart is beating really hard right now. If we could have a heart attack from being too nervous, I'd totally be having one."

"Damn, she really has the hots for Megurine. You weren't kidding, Gumi."

"Right? I don't know what's so special about her."

"You're just jealous of her, Gumi!" Miku exclaimed; it was enough to bring back her usual self. "She's just so perfect! How can you not like her?"

"You're right, Miku. She's a babe. Are her boobs even real though? They're huge."

"Not you too, Lily... And please, Miku still has her innocence, so stop with your crude comments." Gumi growled, exasperated, trying to protect her best friend's naïve love.

"Oh? Remember when you lost yours, Gumi? You became some kind of hungry lust wolf afterwards."

The tealette's eyes widened in deep shock as she listened to the conversation between the two. She didn't like how vulgar they were, but she wasn't going to say anything. She only watched as Gumi's face became a deep shade of red. She shouted plenty of harmless insults at the blonde. It was very rare to see her get embarrassed and she guessed that Lily enjoyed teasing her because of it. Still, those two were exes. It wasn't surprising that it didn't last. They were both too different and they kept on fighting. Their relationship had meant to fail, even before it had started. They stayed friends, which relieved Miku. She loved both of them and it would have been a pain if they didn't get along anymore.

"We're here, girlies." Lily stated and parked her car. "I'll go do some shopping and come back when the show will be over. Have fun!"

"What are you going to shop for?" Gumi frowned, grinning mockingly at her. "Toys? I bet your new girlfriend can't keep up with your strong, gross libido."

"Very funny, hun. But you'd be surprised. At least, she doesn't fall asleep in the middle of it, unlike a certain someone."

"I was falling asleep because it was getting boring."

"Tch. My tongue can do miracles. Remember that time when you squir-"

"For shit's sake, Lily! Shut the hell up about that already! It only happened that one freaking time!"

Miku winced and covered her ears. She didn't like where it was going.

"Please, I don't want to hear anything about what you two did." The uncomfortable tealette whined.

"Right. Sorry, Miku." Lily apologized a bit sheepishly.

"It's alright, I guess. Thanks for the ride, Lily."

"No problem. See you guys later!"

With that, the blonde left and the tealette's nervousness increased immediately as she stared at the tall and imposing building in front of her. It was real. She was going to meet Megurine Luka. Her heart was playing loud drums in her chest, her throat becoming dry and her legs shaking. Gumi put an arm around her best friend's shoulders and smiled warmly at her, trying to calm her down, which seemed to work; she didn't look as tense anymore. Miku took several deep breaths and tried to find something to talk about.

"Do you still have feelings for Lily?"

The petite female could see shock on her friend's face for a few seconds, before she shook her head.

"Nah. She has a girlfriend now and for once she seems really happy with her, so I'm glad for her."

Miku loved when Gumi showed her soft sides. She seriously cared about Lily despite always throwing insults at her.

"I guess you're right. I like Meiko, but I feel like she's too polite and well-behaved for Lily sometimes."

"I don't honestly care about who Lily put her hands on, but can we please change the subject? I'm not really comfortable talking about it despite being over her."

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine, it's fine. Besides, I have a huge preference for guys, remember? I don't even know how I came to like that freaking woman in the first place."

Miku frowned. She wasn't sure that Gumi was being honest. Was she really over Lily? She couldn't tell. She wasn't going to bother her with it. She didn't want to make her uncomfortable. She was still worried that the greenette was in pain because of the blonde's new happy relationship. She supposed that there was nothing she could do about it for now. Besides, she had more important things to think about right now —like how she was going to greet Megurine Luka. She prepared all the questions she wanted to ask her. Everything was in her head. It was fine. She was going to do it. She was going to leave a good first impression on her.

They both showed their VIP ticket to the bodyguard who lead them backstage. If Miku thought that she was nervous some minutes ago, now she truly was! She felt like her heart was going to jump out of her chest. When they finally arrived, she took a deep breath and looked around. She immediately recognized Kagamine Rin and Len; they were the popular twins that people liked to compare to flawless dolls. They were both as beautiful as they were in the pictures. Looking at them even took her breath away. She was going to talk to them at least a little bit, but stopped in her track when she felt someone hit her sides with an elbow. She raised an eyebrow and looked at Gumi who was pointing her finger right at Megurine Luka.

"Go get her, cutie." The greenette spoke and gave her a gentle push towards her as an attempt to encourage her.

Miku froze, her mouth slightly open from amazement. Megurine was right there. In front of her. She was even more beautiful than in the videos or in the pictures. She stared right into her blue piercing eyes as a long shiver traveled up her spine. She couldn't stop looking at them, as if completely hypnotized. A blush soon appeared on her face when the young woman smiled kindly at her. It was that one-sided smile that always made her crazy. Oh God, she couldn't do it. It was too much. Her legs started to shake. It just made her remember how crazy in love she was with that woman.

"Hello," Luka finally greeted her fan, always keeping a warm and welcoming smile. "Are you one of those few lucky persons who got the backstage tickets?"

Miku looked around, making sure that she was really talking to her, but no one was around. Even Gumi left to eat snacks at the buffet. Their eyes met and her friend gave her a thumb up, her mouth full of food.

"Um, I…" The tealette fidgeted nervously, staring intensively at the ground. Her voice sounded shaky and unsure. It was seriously embarrassing how she could barely even talk normally. She forgot about all the imaginary speeches she had prepared in her head or the questions she had meant to ask. She was frozen and completely love-struck. Her smile was trembling from deep nervousness. "I… yes, m-my friend bought me a ticket for my birthday and I… um… Hatsune Miku!"

Luka blinked in surprise, cocking her head to one side, slightly confused. Miku finally realized that she just blurted out her name out of nowhere. Utterly embarrassed, she scratched her cheeks out of uneasiness.

"Hatsune Miku is my name…" The tealette almost whined as she corrected herself. She probably looked pathetic right now. She just wanted to disappear. It wasn't going as planned at all. "I-I'm sorry, I'm just really nervous. I'm a big fan of yours and seeing you right now is like a dream comes true and I… um…"

"Nice to meet you, Hatsune." The tall and beautiful woman simply said, as if trying to reassure her that she didn't mind. She presented her hand for a handshake. "Don't worry, I understand your nervousness."

Miku finally met with her eyes again. Her breath instantaneously got caught in her throat. She was losing her mind every time she stared at her. She took her hand in hers and shook it a bit too much while hoping it wasn't moist. She opened her mouth to ask her a question, but she was interrupted by a blue-haired man who rapidly got next to them.

"I apologize for interrupting, but Megurine, a journalist wants to ask you a few questions. It won't take much of your time, but it is very important that you intend to it before the show starts."

"Of course." Luka replied with a nod. Miku noticed that the woman just made a slight grimace of annoyance at the man besides her, but she shrugged it off. The model looked at her admirer with an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, but I have to leave. I hope you'll enjoy the show!"

Miku only nodded, a bit disappointed that their meeting only lasted two minutes or so. The pink-haired woman then left while the man stood there still, looking carefully at the tealette, which succeeded to intimidate her. She wondered who he was in the first place. If he was a model, she had never seen him before. He approached her and Miku took a few steps back, but he was faster than her; he grabbed her chin and examined her face very closely.

"You're beautiful…"

The petite female's throat tightened. What the hell was wrong with that man? It was almost frightening her.

"Ah, I'm sorry." The stranger chuckled as he saw the girl's discomfort. He stepped away. "I always lose my proper mind when I see beautiful girls like you."

Miku was hesitating between being embarrassed or disgusted. Her expression probably showed a mixture of the two.

"I'm Kaito. I'm the lead manager of the VOCALOID agency. Have you ever thought of becoming a model, miss?"

The tealette's eyes widened in shock. She imagined the leader to be dressed in a black suit. She thought he would be an imposing man. Who would have thought it would be a guy in his twenties wearing a blue scarf and saying really cheesy lines? She blinked a few times. She never thought of becoming a model. It never crossed her mind. She enjoyed looking at them, but didn't want to become one. However, if she said she did, would that mean she would have a chance to work with Megurine Luka!? Her heart skipped a beat at the thought.

"I… I don't know…" Miku only murmured, still taken aback.

"I'm currently searching for new models to recruit and you're totally who I was looking for! Those teal eyes, that baby face of yours, your tiny lips… You're just perfect!" He exclaimed as if he discovered the brightest idea of his life. "Please, think about it and come here after the show to give me a proper answer. I'll be waiting for you! Now if you excuse me, I have to assist Megurine in her interview to make sure that she's doing fine."

Miku didn't even have the time to reply that he already left, a bright grin on his face. She couldn't believe what just happened. Could she really become a model? Could she really do it? It would be her chance to be with Luka often. Maybe they would fall in love and live a happy ever after. She sighed dreamily. Gumi was probably right to call her love naïve after all. Those things only happened in cheap television dramas.

"Who was that handsome guy?" Gumi suddenly appeared behind her, an expensive-looking hors-d'oeuvre in her hands.

"You have weird taste, Gumi… That guy was anything but handsome."

"Well, he wasn't that bad and he had a nice ass…"

Miku rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. She bit her lower lip. "He… he's the lead manager. He actually asked me if I wanted to become a model and he wants me to give him an answer after the show is over."

"Holy cow." Gumi almost dropped her food, her mouth slightly open from shock. "Girl, it's your chance to get close to that Meringue! Go for it! You're cute, I bet you'd get lots of fans."

"Megurine." The tealette corrected her again. "And I don't know if I could do it. It seems so stressing. I never thought about becoming a model. Besides, I'm fine with just watching."

The greenette took her best friend by the shoulders, restraining herself not to shake her. "You're seriously considering turning down the chance to become a celebrity!? More importantly, you'd work with the love of your life!"

Miku gave a long sigh. Becoming a celebrity didn't sound interesting. She just wanted to have a normal life. Honestly, she even considered becoming a model only to get close to Luka. "Talking about her, it didn't go so well. I couldn't even get a proper sentence out of my mouth…" She muttered with obvious disappointment and leaned her head against her friend's shoulder. "I wanted to leave a good impression on her, but I ruined it."

Gumi ran her fingers in her teal hair. "It's okay. I'm sure she thought you looked cute anyway. Heck, I'd totally go for you if you weren't being so annoying at times."

Miku laughed. Her best friend always knew how to cheer her up. "Let's go. The show will start in fifteen minutes."

"Alright, princess."

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

The show was finally over. It was a miracle Gumi didn't feel asleep. Miku had noticed her nodding off a few times. Overall, the tealette had been satisfied. She would never get tired to see Megurine Luka in different outfits. They had been so close to the stage, and at some point, she was pretty sure that their eyes met, but it might have just been her imagination. She had thought a lot about Kaito's question and she was ready to answer him.

"Lily is here. She just texted me." Gumi spoke a bit tiredly, stretching her arms. It was obvious that she was going to sleep when they would arrive home. "I'll go see her. Rejoin us when you'll be done here. Good luck with that Kaito guy."

Miku gave a nod. She would have honestly preferred if her best friend was with her, but she wouldn't restrain her any further. The poor girl could barely keep her eyes open. She took several deep breaths and was about to go backstage, but then, one of the bodyguards firmly took her arm.

"Where do you think you're going, miss? You're not allowed to go there." He said in a deep, scary voice.

Miku completely froze in place. "Um, I…"

"It's okay. Let her go."

Kaito appeared with his cheesy grin and made her a gesture to follow him. Uncertain, she obeyed and looked around. The two Kagamine were here. They both seemed exhausted. Rin was also yelling at her brother because he apparently made a mistake on scene. There was also the other model she recognized; Gakupo. He had a lot of female admirers. She never personally got interested in him, but she remembered Gumi calling him damn hot.

"How clumsy of me!" Kaito unexpectedly exclaimed and turned around to look right into Miku's confused eyes. "I totally forgot to ask for your name. Your beauty completely made me forget about it!"

The petite female smiled awkwardly. He just said one of those cheesy lines again. How did that guy even manage to become the leader? She couldn't believe it.

"I'm Hatsune Miku."

"How old are you?"

"I'm eighteen."

Kaito seemed to think for a moment, but then nodded. "So? Did you think about it? I promise you that if you accept, we will properly take care of you. You'll receive free training and we'll even pay for your food and transport! How about it?"

Miku took a deep breath. She had made a decision and she wouldn't turn back on it, as stressing as it was. "I'll do it." She decided quite resolutely.

The blue-haired young man's face immediately lighted up. It was surprising he didn't jump out of happiness. A huge grin was now plastered on his face. "Excellent! You won't regret it, I promise!" He clapped his hands together.

Right at that moment, Luka appeared. Even after one hour of standing in long high heels and changing outfits often, she didn't seem tired in the slightest. Miku avoided staring at her out of nervousness, but she could tell that the pink-haired female didn't expect to see her again. Kaito immediately approached her.

"Good timing, Megurine!" He shouted in excitement. "This girl here just joined us and I was thinking that maybe you could train her. You're the most suited one for this job! Rin is too young and still a bit unexperienced and I can't ask the guys to do it."

Miku was pretty sure that she forgot how to breathe for a moment. Luka was going to personally teach her? Her heart hadn't been ready for something like that! It was beating hard and her stomach was churning with strong emotions.

"I refuse."

Megurine's voice sounded firm and cold. It wasn't the smooth and gentle one Miku was so used to hear.

"Come on, Megurine! I'm even ready to pay you extra to do it!"

"I don't want to train someone who has no interest in becoming a model. That girl obviously accepted your offer because she's a fan of mine." Luka stated seriously and started to leave with an annoyed sigh.

The tealette felt a mixture of shock, confusion and disappointment. Megurine read right through her. Her heart sunk in her chest. What did she expect? Obviously, she wasn't living in a soap opera. If it was the case, Luka would have accepted and it would have been love at first sight. But the pinkette had seemed strangely distant and cold. Extremely cold.

"I'm sorry, Hatsune. She acts like that sometimes, but don't worry! I'll convince her to train you and I'll also ask her to change her behavior..."

Miku could only nod shakenly. She wasn't sure if she wanted Luka to train her anymore. He put his hand in his jacket's pocket and gave her his business card.

"Please, contact me in a few days so that I can give you further information. For now, I let you free! I'll give you an appointment to sign important papers soon. I look forward to be working with you!"

Miku stared blankly at the card in her hands. She already started to regret her decision.