A/N: Ah, the views are encouraging. Here comes chapter two!


This is not supposed to happen.

That's my first thought when I woke up the next morning. I was in my bed, of course. With Hatsune Mikuo staring at me beside my bed.

I screamed like a little girl.

He was taken aback. "It's just me..."

"Don't follow me home!" I tried to keep my voice as low as possible.\

"I'm sorry, it's just that I don't know what to do in my remaining two months." He smiled apologetically. "Can I tag along?"

"Go travel around the world or something!"

"I don't wanna..." He pouted. He actually pouted. I felt like strangling him, but he doesn't deserve a second death.

"Okay, but don't expect me to answer when everyone's watching," I said, giving up. It's just two months, right? I guess I could bear with that.

"What happened, Akaito?" Kaito-nii burst into my room. He only had his underwear on. "Why did you scream?"

Hatsune covered his eyes with his hands at the sight.

"Nothing much. I just had a nightmare," I replied smoothly. I wish it's just a nightmare. But, no, it's not. Hatsune's really here.

"Oh, poor thing..." Kaito-nii waltzed towards me and hugged me. "Let me give you a hug. Poor Akaito, you can have the biggest bowl of cereal later."

Hatsune peeped from between his fingers and quickly covered his eyes again.

I patted Kaito-nii's back out of duty. "Yeah. I'm gonna get ready for school now, so I'd like it if you, well, get out."

"Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you?" he asked.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Okay..." Kaito-nii released me and walked to the door. "I'll be there for you, okay?" he said, then left the room.

"You get out too," I told Hatsune.

Hatsune didn't say anything as he walked out.

I took off my pajamas and slipped into my uniform. After splashing my face with water and running a comb through my hair, I took my bag and went downstairs.

Hatsune was waiting at the bottom of the stairs. "I'll wait for you outside," he said, then walked to the front door.

Hm.

I didn't wait for Kaito-nii to get the cereal ready. I was eating some bread and cheese when Hatsune walked into the kitchen. "Uh... the door's locked," he said.

"Right." I finished up my breakfast and walked to the door. I put on my shoes and pressed my thumb on the scanner. The light above the door turned green. "Good to go," I said, holding the door open for Hatsune.

We went out and I led him to school. The journey was uneventful and silent. Hastune seemed to be very anxious about something.

We entered our classroom, and I realised why Hatsune had been so anxious. There were flowers on his desk.

I somehow forgot the graveness of death, since Hatsune's right beside me. For others, he's no more. Gone.

I took my seat and Hatsune took his. His seat is in the middle of the class while mine is at the back. We're sort of diagonally across so I could see him. He stared at the flowers for a long time before touching them gently. His head was bowed low.

Classes started. Hiyama-sensei started to take the attendance. Tension built up as he went down the list, nearing Hatsune's name.

"Gakupo." "Present."

"Hatsu-" Hatsune's shoulders jerked up a bit.

"Um, Kagamine-kun." "Here."

Hatsune's head went lower.

I really, really don't want to be a ghost after I die.

After taking attendance, Hiyama-sensei distributed the papers of the test he gave us last week. In the end, there's one left but everyone had taken theirs.

"Um..." Hiyama-sensei stared at the paper in his hand. He sighed and walked towards Hatsune's seat. He placed the paper on the desk carefully, putting some flowers on it in case it got blown away by the wind.

Hatsune touched the paper in acknowledgement.

Grades suddenly didn't matter that much anymore, did it, Hatsune?

Ah... too depressing.

Some time after, though, the tense atmosphere of the class slowly relaxed. Hatsune was forgotten quickly as Hiyama-sensei started teaching. Ah, now I really don't want to be a ghost to see this happening to me.

Time crawled, but at last school's over. Hatsune hadn't talked to me. I didn't know what to say to him, anyway.

"I'm sorry," I said on the way home.

"Don't be," Hatsune replied, "It's supposed to be that way."

"True..." I sighed.

We walked a bit more in silence until I felt someone grab me from behind. No one does that to me except for Kaito-nii.

"Akaito, why didn't you have breakfast this morning? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" Kaito-nii said from behind me.

"I ate bread and cheese for breakfast, okay? Your cereal isn't the only thing I should eat for breakfast," I defended myself.

Kaito-nii let go of me. "Good, then. I was afraid that you didn't get enough nutrients to start the day."

"Hm." I continued to head on home, with Kaito-nii and Hatsune following me. My mind was still clouded with the seriousness of Hatsune's death. It's no fun matter. Far from that. It's the scariest thing ever.

I need some sleep to lighten up my mood, I decided. I just need to sleep. Think things over. Wish Hatsune away. But I don't think he can be wished away. Sigh.

"Akaito, what happened? Why are you so moody?" Kaito-nii asked, putting an arm over my shoulders. "You can tell me everything, you know."

Yeah, right. And I have to keep Hatsune a secret from you. "Nothing much, just... yeah. Nothing much," I said, out of excuses.

"I'll make your favourite for dinner, okay? Cheer up." Kaito-nii smiled at me.

"Yeah... thanks." I smiled back at him. Food could definitely cheer me up. Yeah, maybe I just need to take a bath and eat. How could I forget that? Kaito-nii's really something.

Hatsune seemed to relax after seeing me smile. Wow, was he worried too?

Kaito-nii surprisingly saved the day. I am in awe.


A/N: What exactly is Kaito to you, Akaito? XD