Author's note: Hello all! I am new to this and thus new to writing fanfictions. I adore the pairing of Luka and Miku and hopefully can capture it well for you all as well. There will be mature content in this such as violence, strong language, substance abuse, and sexual themes. This is yuri so if you don't like it, don't read it. Also, I apologize if I have made a favorite shine in a light you do not approve of, but it will work out in the end. A final note, I do not own Vocaloid or anything associated with it, but I do own Paris.
A Heart of Gold
Chapter One: An Unfortunate Beginning
Teal eyes blink tiredly, staring at the reflection in the mirror as if trying to decipher who is staring back at the teal-haired girl. Pale skin graces her features and she looks like a doll with how cute and petite she is. For that, she hates her appearance. Why did she have to be so annoyingly cute? A soft sigh escapes her pale pink lips as she reaches for her hair brush. With smooth and even strokes done in a rehearsed fashion, she brushes her long teal locks. This by far is the longest part of her morning routine. She glances at the clock and huffs.
"7 o'clock," she murmurs to herself and she reaches for her toothbrush. She almost has it when her phone goes off, causing her to jump and breaking the silence that hangs in her bathroom. She grabs it and instantly smiles at the caller ID name.
"Good morning," she answers in a chipper voice.
"Good morning to you, too, Miku," comes the heavily French accent English, "I was just calling to ensure that you were up. How'd you sleep?"
"Very well, for the most part. What about you Paris?" Miku asks her best friend, putting her on speaker phone so she can finish her routine.
"Eh," comes Paris' response, "I slept. Which I guess I could say is good considering I don't get sleep around here very often. Anyway, am I picking you up for school today?" Miku thinks on it for a moment as she finishes brushing her teeth.
"Yeah, I don't feel like driving today," Miku says honestly, earning herself a chuckle from the girl on the other end of the phone.
"Of course. Well get ready, fille," Paris states, the sound of her vehicle now in the background, "I'll be there shortly." With that, Miku hears the tone of her friend hanging up the phone. She rushes to finish and heads downstairs. Her father is sitting at the dining room table, his head resting on his hand and a cup of black coffee steaming before him.
"Good morning, Dad," Miku says sweetly. She receives a tired smile from the man as he looks up to meet her gaze.
"Well, it is morning. How'd you sleep, angel?" he asks in a gruff voice, suggesting that he had not slept very well at all last night.
"Great," she says, beaming a smile in hopes to bring her father's spirits up, even just for a bit. It seems to work as her father answers in kind and perks up a bit. The dull roar of an engine can be heard outside and her father chuckles.
"She's here a little earlier than normal. Do you want to invite her inside to eat some breakfast?" he asks Miku, who excitedly goes to answer the door.
On the other side of the door, a beautiful girl stands. Snow white hair cascades an inch or so past the girl's back and is left to its natural gentle wave instead of straightened for once. Her right eye beams a sparkling crystalline blue, while her left is a fiery molten gold in color. Tank skin shimmers in the early morning sunlight and a radiant smile graces the girl's features. Paris is definitely fit to be a model, plus she has the voice to be a singer as well, yet she didn't believe that was the life for her.
"Hey," the French girl speaks after a moment, "You aren't ready to go yet, are you?" Miku simply shakes her head and ushers her in.
"Not quite. Are you hungry? We can eat breakfast quick before we head to school," Miku offers as she starts rummaging through the cabinets to see what they have for breakfast.
"I'm not hungry, but go ahead and eat yourself. I am in no hurry," Paris replies as she sits down across from Miku's father. She leans back in the chair and cracks her back, the tattered leather jacket she wears crackling with the movements.
"So Paris," Miku's father starts, wanting to make conversation with the beautiful teen, "What's got you here so early?" Paris just shrugs and takes a drink of Miku's orange juice when she sits down to eat. She earns herself a dirty look and a "you should've asked for some" from the tealette. However, it doesn't bother her none as it is a normal occurrence for the two.
"Dad and I got into a fight so I decided to leave earlier than normal," Paris says nonchalantly. It just didn't bother her anymore that her father was an asshole. She really just didn't care at this point and after another year, she'd be away from that prick for the rest of her life.
"Sorry to hear that," Miku's father states, keeping it short as he had heard Miku go off many times about Paris' father. Said tealette is shoving food in her face right now in attempts to muffle herself, making Paris laugh gently.
"Easy Miku, you're going to choke if you keep that up," Paris says softly and she looks at the time. "We should leave soon if we don't want to be late. I don't feel like seeing just how fast Lucy can go today." Miku nods and finishes up her food. She puts her plate in the sink and kisses her father's head goodbye as she leaves with Paris.
Paris opens the passenger door to the rusty old Ford F-150 known as Lucy that she loved so much for Miku. She shuts it when Miku is safely in the seat and she gets into the driver's seat. She turns the key in the ignition and the pickup roars to life. She backs it out of the driveway and heads towards their high school. Her pickup makes its presence known as it travels down the road. Miku smiles at the excitement Paris' eyes held. She loves Lucy, there is no doubt about that. Yet, she should probably retire the pickup truck before it left her stranded on the side of the road.
During the drive, the girls sit in a comfortable silence, after all, you really couldn't talk over Lucy's engine anyway. As soon as they pull into the parking lot of the school and park, Paris kills the engine. She looks over at Miku to see her fidgeting with her seatbelt, not ready o leave the security of the pickup just yet.
"Is everything alright, cheri?" Paris asks, her French words coming out again. Since they have been best friends for a very long time, Miku had learned some French from the maiden. Mainly, the words she called her like "fille" meaning "girl", "cheri" meaning "dear", and "belle" meaning "beauty". Miku looks at her and smiles brightly.
"Of course, Paris! I was just a little worried about my dad is all," Miku states in her usual lovable high voice, "Now let's get to class before we are late." She hopes out of Lucy, followed by Paris. They walk through the doors and enter the place kids either really enjoy, or hate with every being of their fiber. For example, Paris absolutely hated school. Meanwhile, Miku couldn't get enough and often took harder classes to challenge herself.
They head to their respectively lockers, Miku breaking away from the comfort of her best friend. She hated when she had to be away from Paris. When they were together, people left her alone. When they were apart, the bullies came from every direction. Paris heads to her classes and once she is out of sight, a boy with deep blue hair and matching eyes walks up to Miku.
"Whatcha doin' babe?" he coos with a smirk as he pins Miku up against the lockers. Miku's heart begins to race and she frantically searches for Paris. Unfortunately, her attacker notices and a deep rumbling chuckle escapes his lips.
"Your bodyguard isn't around, freak," he spits out the painful reminder to Miku. Teal eyes reflect nothing, but fear as she shrinks back against the lockers. She swallows thickly. She knows if she would call for Paris, she'd be there in a heartbeat, but then her best friend would be aware of what happened to her the moment she was no longer there.
"Come on, Kaito," comes a feminine voice, "You're going to make her piss herself. The fucking pussy." Miku glances past Kaito to see just who is talking and her blood runs cold. Oh God no! Not her, too! Standing not too far away is none other than IA herself. Her soft pale pink hair sways with her movements and her shimmering baby blue eyes spark with amusement. The queen of the bitches herself and of course her jock boyfriend, Gakupo follows close behind.
"What's wrong freak?" Gakupo's deep voice rumbles, his magenta eyes containing malice against his deep violet hair tied back in a very long ponytail, "Kaito's cock down your throat? Can you not speak, whore?" Kaito laughs heartily at this.
"Damn!" he says between laughs, "Going for the throat right away are we?" He grabs Miku's jaw in a tight hold, but he is conscious not to leave bruises on the tealette's face.
"Why don't you come to the back parking lot at lunch? Come there alone, or I will go after whoever you bring as well," he says in a low and dangerous voice. He releases her and laughs, the others soon joining in.
"Hey, why don't you guys beat it?!" comes a sharp voice and the bullies take off. Miku sighs in relief and looks at her rescuer. A tall, bombshell blonde with cerulean eyes of hatred and ice cold steel stalks towards her, her eyebrow raised.
"Th-Thanks Lily," Miku stammers as she stands and dusts yourself off. The girl known as Lily shakes her head.
"Twintails," Lily says her voice cool and her persona that of a complete badass, "You need to tell Paris about this. You know if she happens to find out from someone else she's going to go berserk."
"No one will tell her. They are all afraid of her. And you won't tell her because she hates you and will probably assume that you are just talking about yourself bullying me. She hates that I hang out and talk to you," Miku explains as they walk to their first class together.
"She doesn't scare me. She's a big pansy, just like your bullies," Lily states and Miku almost chokes at her statement. If only she knew the Paris that she knew.
"Anyway, I don't want to keep having to save your ass. I've got better things to do. Tell Paris, before things get any worse. Alright, Twintails?" Lily demands before sitting in her seat. Miku sighs and sits down as the lecture begins. She hated this whole situation. She could bring Paris with her at lunch, but that would just cause even more problems. And what is Kaito wasn't afraid of her like he was Lily? She couldn't bring Lily as the blonde for sure wouldn't go and she did not care enough to. She'd just have to face them alone like she always did. It would get better eventually, right?
…
When the bell rings signaling lunch time, Miku's heart plummets down to her stomach. She gulps and heads out of the classroom and heads to the locker. She puts her stuff away and slowly makes her way to the back parking lot of the school building. Fear crawls against her skin like a thousand tiny insects waiting for the moment to strike. There are no cameras in the back parking lot, so others could get away with doing a lot. She walks out the door and heads out to the middle of the parking lot.
"You actually came. You really are stupid, aren't you, Freak?" comes IA's condescending voice from behind her. She snaps her fingers and turns to leave, heading back into the building.
Panic rises in Miku as the crunching of the gravel is heard from her sides. Gakupo and Kaito both are closing and she is now paralyzed with fear. This wasn't their usual bullying, this was so much worse. Before she could run, Kaito takes a swing and sends her to the ground with a punch to the right cheek. Gakupo delivers a powerful kick to her ribcage and Miku cries out. The pain is too intense and Miku finds herself gasping for air. I'm going to die! her mind screams and she tries to get away, I should've brought Paris!
"How's it feel, Freak?" Gakupo snarls, "You don't deserve to live Freak. You get in the way and are worthless!" Kaito laughs and kicks her again, making Miku cry and roll over away from him.
"Come on! Get up!" Kaito snarls. Gakupo stops him from giving her another kick.
"Dude, someone's coming. Lets get out of here," Gakupo mutters and the both of them take off from scene. Miku whimpers and groans, going in and out of consciousness. Who could possibly be coming? She glances around and her heart sinks even further at the sight of pink hair. Of course, IA is probably coming to finish the job.
"Meiko!" exclaims a wonderfully beautiful female voice, "Come quick! This girl is really hurt! Help me get her to the nurse!" Miku is confused. Who is Meiko? There wasn't one at her school. She forces her eyes open the best she can to see and beautiful pinkette with shimmering sea blue eyes, behind her, a brunette with chocolate brown eyes follows closely behind her.
The beauty sits beside her and Miku cries out as she tries to pick her up. Her eyes meet hers again before she goes unconscious. If that is the last thing I see, I will be perfectly happy with that. I can be happy, for once…
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