Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid
Neru was up at nine in the morning, excited for Len's birthday party. Rin was still sleeping in the bed across from her and her mother had just started breakfast.
Before she fell asleep last night, Neru started planning an outfit to wear to Len's birthday party. 'It has to be something cute, but not fancy,' thought Neru as she dug through her huge wardrobe.
In the end, she chose a crisp, white collared short-sleeved shirt. On top of that, she wore a black tank top, giving her the layered look. Neru also wore black capris to go with the outfit. On her feet were a pair of silver flats.
Neru twirled in front of the floor length mirror next to her closet door. 'Perfect,' she thought. She checked the time on the clock next to her bed. It was nine thirty in the evening.
'Good night, everyone. Good night, Len,' Neru thought before drifting to sleep.
Today was the big day…and Rin didn't even stir. Neru bounded over to her younger sister's bed and began to bounce on it.
"Rin…Wake up!"
"Five more…minutes, Mom," mumbled Rin in her sleep. Rin rolled over in the bed.
Neru decided to try a different tactic. "Hey, Rin! If you don't get up now, I'm going to choose your outfit. You do know the amount of frilly dresses I have, right?" she whispered into Rin's ear.
Rin's eyes shot open. "Okay, okay. I'm awake now. Gosh, it isn't even ten yet," Rin said while yawning.
"I know that, but you still need to choose an outfit, do your hair, and all that other stuff in between," said Neru cheerfully.
"You make it sound like a fairy tale ball or something. But even in fairy tales, the princess has a fairy godmother that gets her dressed in a second. Why can't that happen in real life?" grumbled Rin, getting out of bed. Her hair was sticking up all over the place from rolling around in bed.
"Should I help you pick an outfit? Do you want me to help you with your hair?" asked Neru in a chipper voice.
"No," Rin told her firmly, "I'll start after breakfast." With that, Rin walked out of their shared room and down the stairs to the dining room, where blueberry waffles awaited her.
Rin finished breakfast quickly, wolfing down her mother's fluffy blueberry waffles and gulping down a glass of milk. Neru came downstairs next, cutting up her waffles into small pieces and eating them in tiny bites. By the time she finished, Rin was going through the closet, looking for something suitable to throw on.
Neru looked at the time. It was already ten in the morning. 'Four more hours until it starts!' she squealed inwardly.
"Hey, Neru. Should I wear this with this or with this?" asked Rin, holding up a pair of shorts and two tops.
"None of them! They don't match each other at all!" replied Neru, shocked at the lack of style her younger sister had.
"Okay, then," shrugged Rin, going back to the closet again.
"Let me choose your outfit and do your hair," begged Neru, "you should go take a shower first or something."
"Nah…it's okay. I'll find something," Rin told Neru. Under her breath she muttered, "Eventually."
Half an hour later, Rin emerged from the closet with an outfit that Neru approved. Rin had chosen a long, light blue shirt to wear and white denim shorts. Neru helped her choose the shoes: a pair of Converse sneakers.
"Whew! That took a while!" Rin plopped onto her bed, tired from digging through the closet.
"Hey, you still have to shower." Neru poked Rin in the side, tickling her.
"Stop," Rin said, her voice muffled from the pillow covering her face.
"Not until you get up and take a shower," Neru replied.
"Fine. Don't blame me if I fall asleep in the tub," grumbled Rin.
"It's not like you're taking a bath. You won't fall asleep. If you did, you'd fall and probably bruise something," smirked Neru.
"I think I'm going to take a bath instead then," Rin mumbled, getting up from the bed and heading toward the bathroom. Glancing at the clock she said, "I have enough time too."
Neru glanced at the clock as well. It was a quarter to eleven. She shouted to Rin, "If you don't get out of the tub within an hour, I'm barging in, okay?"
"Yeah, whatever." Neru heard Rin's voice through the bathroom door. The water started running, drowning out any other conversation between them.
Neru headed back to their room and shut the door behind her. She gaped at the room, not expecting it to be so messy. Clothes and shoes were everywhere, as if the closet exploded or something.
'Well, here's a way to waste time: clean this all up,' Neru thought, and began to pick up clothing from the ground.
By the time Neru was done organizing the shoes, Rin was done with her bath. Neru looked at the clock: it was a bit past the hour that Neru gave Rin.
"Oops. I totally forgot about the time," Neru told Rin.
"That was better for me. I actually got to take a nap in the tub. Then the water turned cold and I woke up," Rin frowned as she said this. "I feel so much more alert now, though," she said to Neru happily.
"Good for you. Now help me organize this closet."
"Coming," Rin told her, attempting to towel dry her short hair.
Neru peeked at Rin, wondering what she was doing. When she realized that Rin wanted to dry her hair, she laughed.
"It's going to take forever for you to dry your hair like that. I'll help you," Neru offered.
"Okay," Rin replied, accepting the offer.
"Why don't you grow your hair out long?" wondered Neru.
"It's frustrating to wash. And harder to take care of. Then you have to worry about style and everything. Keeping it short is just easier."
Neru got out a blow dryer and put the plug into the socket. She turned it on, feeling the warm air coming out of it. Neru aimed it at Rin's head and picked up a hairbrush with her free hand. While drying Rin's hair, she brushed it too, to get rid of the excess water in it. In no time, Rin's hair was completely dry.
"Well, that's done. And it's only half past eleven now. Wanna go play a video game or something until two?" asked Neru.
"Sure! Let's try out that Mario game I bought yesterday," suggested Rin.
The two headed to the living room. Neru turned on the Wii and the T.V while Rin went to get the game. She took the CD out of its box and slid it into the Wii. The game loaded and the twins began to play.
An hour and a half and a few arguments later, the two finally got up to World 4.
"Ew. The Bowser this time is some ballerina." Neru wrinkled her nose. "Let's just get past the tower and then get ready to go, kay?"
"Sure," mumbled Rin, all her concentration focused onto the T.V screen.
Fourty five minutes later, they only passed one level.
"This stupid fish keeps getting in the way," growled Neru, shaking the remote and trying to jump over the fish.
"Neru," Rin started, "we only have fifteen minutes before the party. Shouldn't we stop now?"
"Not until I kill this fish for sushi," Neru said out of the corner of her mouth.
"Okay then..."
Ten more minutes passed, and the two sisters only got past the checkpoint...and then they both died.
"ARGH!" shouted Neru, giving up already. "Let's just go now. Hurry up, Rin!"
"I've been telling you to hurry up this whole time," grumbled Rin, heading off to the closet to get her shoes.
Their parents also got ready to go. Neru ran upstairs to get the banana plushie, and Rin already had her gift in her hands. A minute later, the family was already at Len's house, only needing to walk next door. They rang the doorbell. Len opened the door, welcoming them in.
"Happy birthday!" chorused the two sisters.
"Thanks! You can leave the presents over there." Len pointed at a space next to the sofa. "Right now, we're about to bring out the cake outside in the backyard."
Neru and Rin left their gifts by the sofa and then ran out to the backyard. There was a picnic table in the back and kids from school and Len's class were already sitting.
"You guys are kind of late," said Kaito, a boy from down the block.
"Sorry, too busy video gaming," apologized Rin.
"Let's start," announced Len's mother, bring out the birthday cake. It was covered in white frosting and smothered with fruit, mostly bananas. There were also a couple of oranges and a few kiwis and strawberries. Nine candles were lit up on the cake surface and in icing, it said, "Happy birthday, Len!"
The kids and their parents all sang "Happy Birthday" to Len. He blew out the candles in one big breath.
"You're nine years old now!" his mother told him, ruffling his hair.
Len smiled and began cutting the cake. Once everyone got a plate, he took a bite, letting the sweet taste fill his mouth.
"Mmm…yummy!" remarked everyone around him.
"Hey, Mrs. Kagamine? Did you bake this yourself?" asked one child.
"I sure did!" Mrs. Kagamine replied. "Now have fun outside. We'll all be inside if you need us."
"So, birthday boy! What do you want to do?" asked Rin.
"Does anyone want to play tag or something?" suggested Len
"Sure," answered some of the kids.
They started playing tag, running around the vast yard and laughing. Neru, who was 'it' at the time, started to notice it was getting warmer.
'Probably because we're all running around,' she thought.
A few more minutes, some of them caught whiff of something burning.
"What's that smell?" one child asked.
"It smells like something is burning!" another exclaimed.
Rin looked back at the house. "Look! The house is on fire!"
By now, everyone turned their heads to look at the house. One whole wall was ablaze and smoke filled the air. Neru whipped out her trusty cell phone from her pocket and dialed the fire department's number. She finished giving out the address of Len's home and told everyone to wait for the fire department.
"No one go inside until they come, alright?" said Neru, glancing at Rin, who looked as if she wanted to run in.
"But Mom and Dad are in there!" protested Rin.
"It doesn't matter. Let the firefighters take care of it."
Rin sat down on the hard ground, frustrated. She really wanted to just run in there and check on everyone.
"Let me just look through the back door entrance, kay? I'll be back," she told everyone, getting up and running as fast as she could.
"Wait—"
Rin got to the entrance of the house and peeked inside. Inside, only the dining room table started to catch fire.
'I'll just look around. Besides, it's probably going to take a while for the table to burn along with the chairs.'
She stepped into the house and recoiled because of the smell. Taking a deep breath and holding her breath, she tried once again. She stepped into the dining room and walked into the living room. Suddenly, she heard an explosion in the kitchen. Rin ran back and saw that the flour on the kitchen counter had burst open because of the heat, releasing flour dust into the air.
'Oh, no. Flour is flammable isn't it?' thought Rin, feeling fear creep into her veins.
Rin stood, frozen, at the entrance of the kitchen for a minute. The flour in the air started to burn and suddenly exploded.
A/N: This was such a badly written chapter. The beginning was long and boring D:
Sorry for the late update. This wasn't beta-read only because I felt bad for not updating even though I kinda promised to update soon. D: