I don't own any of the Vocaloids or songs mentioned in this story (unfortunately)!
The infant opened his two sleepy blue eyes and began to survey the many faces before him. He was extremely confused; the last thing he remembered was that he was set down, and blankets were put over him. Then, he fell asleep, and now, he's being stared at by... people, was that the word? Whatever the case, there were a ton of bright colors around him, and he found it rather intimidating. He began to whimper helplessly as he looked towards the warm girl holding him for guidance.
Rin heard the infant's whimper and immediately snuggled him closer to her chest. She smiled down at him, reassuring him that everything was okay. She then looked up around her, where the rest of the crew were crowded around her, trying to see the baby. She stepped away from them and shooed them off, acting extremely protective of the bundle in her arms.
Miku was extremely curious and she stepped closer once more, eager to see the infant once more. Rin, however, wouldn't move a muscle.
A mix of confusion and awkwardness filled the air as the Vocaloids all looked at each other, with Len (who was still slightly blushing) and Rin looking at each other, ready to take on whatever was going to happen next.
Surprisingly, Luka opened her mouth to say something,
"So... W-where.."
Meiko quickly cut her off.
"DO YOU TWO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO?! DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH WORK TAKING CARE OF A KID IS?!"
Rin flinched at her booming voice, but responded with a voice just as bold.
"If I thought I, no, WE, couldn't handle it, then he,"-she nodded towards the baby- "wouldn't be here!"
This just flustered Meiko more.
"YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN RAISE THIS CHILD ON YOUR OWN, THEN GO AHEAD."
She threw her arms up in frustration, then got almost right in Rin's face.
"But whatever the case, you can bet your ass that I won't be helping you."
Rin narrowed her eyes and glared right back into Meiko's.
"We can, and we WILL."
The tension caused between the two girls was suffocating everybody else in the room. The poor others who weren't involved in the heated exchange shifted both their bodies and eyes uncomfortably between each other.
Suddenly, Meiko's fuming expression took a complete 180° turn, and she started to laugh. She exited the room, still giggling. Before she turned the corner, she looked back at Miku.
"Hey, you better start getting ready. You open the concert in 3 hours."
Miku looked at the clock on the wall and gasped, sprinting to her room.
The others left to prepare as well, leaving Rin and Len alone in the living room with the baby.
Rin fell to her knees, exhausted from standing up to Meiko like that.
Len, however, seized his opportunity to talk.
"So... While we're at the concert, what's he," -he gestured to the child- "gonna do?"
Rin stood back up and took a long look at the infant, who stared back up at her with bright blue eyes that seemed to mirror her own.
"... I didn't think about this..."
She looked sad for a moment, and then shook it off rather quickly, turning to Len and smiling.
"Well, he's just gonna have to tag along with us, right?"
Len was extremely taken aback.
"B-but Meiko is gonna kill us!"
"Nah, she'll get over it. Our business doesn't concern her, so why should she have an opinion?"
Len sighed, unsure. However, he knew there was just no arguing with Rin when she was passionate like this. He remembered her initial reaction to seeing the kid, and he knew that even now, he just couldn't bring himself to shatter that bright, optimistic disposition.
"Okay, well, we better start getting ready ourselves. We only have about two and a half hours left now..."
Rin was unusually cheery once again. "Well, what are we waiting for? We got songs to sing, and we're going to sing them, no matter what!"
A/N: This was a really short chapter, but the next ones should be longer. See you next chapter! ^_^
