So here's the Miku x Kaito chapter I was talking about, and this chapter is here partially because it's a filler and writer's block is getting in my way for the main story, but also because I find them cute together, especially the way I visualise it. Another great shout out to two more people, Piriluk and Kagamine No Neko (again), for reviewing my stories, the encouragement really is amazing.

On that note, PLEASE PLEASE do review my stories, it really does help, but I already appreciate you being here reading my story.

That's enough rambling, now on the story...

Licking at the ever-present ice cream in his hand, Kaito hummed to himself as his mind drifted worriedly to Len and his situation with Rin. It had been a few days since Len told him about the continuation of their date and how Len was swooning over the smashing success which Kaito considered to be only a one-off thing, but Kaito kept to himself, not wanting to put his best friend down.

Despite his aloof appearance attitude in and outside of class, Kaito always kept a sharp eye over his surroundings, and the past few days, even though there were several confrontations between the two blondes, they were not really as severe. Although at times, during the confrontation, things did get heated as Len had gushed and fawned over Rin, especially when Rinto was present, Kaito observed that Rin always left with a parting smile, or had spotted her attempts to hide her blushes whenever Len neared indicating something significant had changed in their relationship.

Deciding not to delve in the matter any more than he should, respecting his best friend's privacy, Kaito moved on to his own romantic problems. Miku. To summarise their first encounter neatly, it had certainly been a disaster. When they had first met, it was on the way on their first day of middle school, with the both of them running late, Kaito was having his morning ice cream while Miku was running to school, a bread with a leek in the middle stuffed in her mouth. Thus, by pure coincidence, they had happened to bump into each other around the corner, knocking their respective breakfasts out of their grasps, and Miku's leek had fallen out of her bread, while Kaito's ice cream had landed on the middle of her sandwich.

It had upset both Miku and Kaito to say the least and had sparked a vigorous argument about whether ice cream or leek tasted better, which had then somehow snowballed into an argument about whether bread was originally made by aliens or bigfoot. As much as they had gotten off on the wrong foot, Kaito viewed their relationship back then as an unhealthy rivalry as they could usually be found quarrelling practically anywhere, as long as Len was not there to put a stop to the racket.

In their second year of middle school, a certain argument over god knows what, had gotten out of control after Kaito had commented that tomatoes tasted better than leeks, inciting an extensive rant from Miku, which had snowballed into an all-out war between the two.

Sinking amusedly into the memory, Kaito chuckled to himself.

"What did you say?" Miku screeched as she stomped furiously after Kaito who casually licked at his ice cream cone.

"What. I just said that tomatoes tasted better than leeks. It's not just my opinion either. It's scientifically proven to be true," Kaito haughtily laughed.

Gasping atrociously at the comment, while the people around them just looked both amused and confused at the weird exchange between the two rivals. Trying to force out a comeback to Kaito's comment while he just sauntered away from the confrontation, Miku felt her temper go off, finally unable to stand the nonsense that has been going her way and rushed up to Kaito and knocked his ice cream from his hand.

Stepping back in shock as Miku moved to apologize, as she had no intention of destroying so valuable to him, however Kaito started to sniffle and turned away while rubbing his eyes with his uniform sleeve.

"H-Hey... I'm sorry about your ice cream... Look, I'll make it up to you, so let's remain frienemies, kay?" Miku softly comforted, not wanting to destroy the weird but rather fulfilling relationship she held with Kaito.

"H-How? That was a limited edition flavour released yesterday in the shop across town. They're sold out now..." Kaito sniffled as tears glazed the edges of his eyes.

"Um... I know! I'll become your girlfriend!" Miku blurted out suddenly, eliciting a gasp from the crowd around them while she blushed, not knowing why she had blurted something absurd like that.

"O-Only? Someone like you who doesn't like ice cream? Where's the worth?" Kaito huffed, as he tried to bend over and salvage the sloppy mess that splattered all over the floor.

"W-What? I'm not worth it? What a fraud. Fine, I'll marry you. On the condition that you can find leek flavoured ice cream. If you can't even find that, then there's nothing else for me to say," Miku challenged, her ego getting the better of her, before her mind popped, realising the implications behind her words.

Feeling a pregnant pause hang threateningly hang in the air, Kaito promptly got up, his expression revealing nothing but a sly smile that graced his lips as his bangs covered his eyes.

"Just what I wanted," Kaito laughed as he got out another of the exact same ice cream from his bag and fled the scene in a hurry, leaving the rest of the crowd and especially an infuriated but blushing Hatsune Miku absolutely dumbfounded.

Cheering for his present self, Kaito laughed smugly at his own deceitfulness but stopped halfway. What now? He had set Miku up, knowing full well what would happen and was glad because he honestly did like Miku, but how was he supposed to continue. He knew that she was smart enough not to him, which was the final destination, he had no idea how to further proceed.

Obviously asking for sex at his age was out of the question, but most people would already expect them to be at the dating stage of their relationship, but they had not even properly gone out together, the closest being them tailing Len as a fake couple and him kissing Miku's cheek to distract the other girls for Len. Sighing as he finished the last of his ice cream, Kaito pushed past the last of the overwhelming crowd that occupied the canteen, he surprisingly bumped into someone and mumbled an apology, before noticing the signature teal twin tails that poked adorably at him.

Smiling a Miku shyly muttered an apology as she squeezed past Kaito, he yawned and marched back to the classroom, a single thought looping in his mind.

I need to do something.


Nodding understandingly, Len got up from his position and looked at the messy scribbles on the tiny whiteboard.

"Ok... So I get the plan, but why am I the guy who distracts the girl this time? You and Miku are known as the married couple. You going up to her normally and asking her out is fine," Len grumbled as he looked at the exact copy of his plan.

"Payback for last time. I got slapped by Miku the other time, so now it's your turn to get slapped. Besides, we're not actually dating, so it's going to be really awkward for both of us and we'll be frozen, and that'd suck if we were in the middle of a crowd," Kaito explained as he peeked out from the corner anxiously, "I assume you have some plan in mind to help."

Looking at Len nod firmly as a wicked grin cracked across his face, Kaito nodded confidently and waved at Len to get ready. Looking at the group of girls stalk down the hallway, his eyes immediately found Miku, with her signature twin tails bouncing energetically, Kaito waited as Rin bounded in front of the group and whispered to Len to start moving as they were close to rounding the corner.

Watching Len nervouly jam his hand in his pocket and move out, Kaito prayed for Len's safety as he approached Rin, immediately getting himself a deathly glare from her. Inching out of the corner as the rest of the girls eyed Len exasperatedly, already tired of the whole routine, whereby Len gets rejected in the end, they watched half-heartedly, waiting to see what kind of plan he would use this time.

Inching his way out of the corner as he headed towards Miku who jumped over the crowd, trying to get a glimpse of what was happening.

"Hey... Rin," Len started, making Kaito come to a shaky stop as he eyed his best friend carefully, "I've been thinking... And I've decided that we should get married soon."

Feeling his gut drop as Kaito winced, waiting for Rin to punch Len, or something of the sort, while the rest of the girls snorted obnoxiously, also waiting for Rin to put the hurt on Len. However, they watched in amazement as Rin instead pushed her hands to her face to cover the mad red that dyed her face. Moving his attention to Len as Rin weakly used one of her hands to swat at him, Len easily caught her hand and took a small ring from his pocket and placed it neatly on her ring finger.

"Hey Mrs Kagamine... Woah, our surnames are the same. That's so convenient," Len exclaimed.

"Idiot!" Rin yelled, her cheeks still dyed a bright crimson as she rushed forward and punched Len's face.

Cringing as he heard a crunch, Kaito shook his head as he remembered his original goal and grabbed Miku's hand, startling her. Clamping a hand over her mouth as the rest of the girls moved to chase after Rin, leaving Len in a heap, Kaito led her around the corner and took both her hands in his, his heart racing as his thoughts stormed in his head.

Struggling to organise his thoughts, Kaito gulped as he watched Miku smile patiently, playing with his fingers. Trying to force out a response, Kaito felt his heart race faster than when he was with ice cream and his knees wobble dangerously as Miku stepped forward, concerned as her eyebrows creased cutely while her teal irises scanned Kaito's face worriedly after a minute passed.

"H-Hey M-Miku," Kaito choked out, trying his hardest to maintain his composure without moving forward and hugging the woman he loved, "L-Let's go on a d-d-date this Saturday."

"Oh that's it? Of course I'd love to. At the park's south entrance at 9, okay?" Miku cheerfully responded.

Blinking his eyes in surprise, Kaito tilted his head curiously and asked, "You're not surprised? I would have expected a more startled or more animated response, especially from someone like you."

Shrugging her shoulders, Miku answered, "We're dubbed the 'Married Couple' in school, so you could have just openly asked me rather than get poor Lenny hurt. Besides, I've been waiting for you to ask me for a long time. I had wanted to ask you at times, but you were always occupied with something else when I could muster up the courage."

Frowning as Len rounded the corner and gestured at Miku, telling Kaito that he was right all along. Waving his arm in dismissal as Miku skipped past him, hugging him before she went, Kaito moved over to Len who clutched at his nose that had blood dripping from it, Kaito meekly apologised while Len just had a goofy grin stretching across his face.

"Come on, I'll treat you to lunch. I didn't expect her to hit you that hard, so why are you so happy?" Kaito laughed as he walked along side Len on their way to the canteen.

"You didn't see? She didn't take off the ring when she walked away," Len laughed along with Kaito.


Scatching the side of his arm nervously, Kaito glanced back at Len who hid behind a row of bushes. Sighing as he checked his watch and adjusted his scarf nervously, Kaito pushed himself back onto the bench for the thirteenth time. Throughout the week, he had barely gotten any sleep, and even with three cups of coffee before coming, his eyes were still drooping. He had come an hour in advance, and had nervously called Len over to the park to nervously dicuss multiple details that he already run with him the week leading up to the day.

Glancing at his outfit, Kaito had worn a ligh blue t-shirt with a hoodie over it, along with a pair of jeans. Glancing around the park that was still empty, Kaito found Miku jogging past a row of trees. Feeling his cheeks dust a light pink, Kaito found Miku wearing a white top with shoulder straps that revealed her stomach and belly button, as well as a black miniskirt with splashes of colour decorating it, while a pair of headphones hung loosely from her side.

Checking himself nervously again as he felt his confidence plummet, Kaito pretended to wave to Miku while his eyes darted frantically around for Len, hoping for some sort of advice or encouragment, but amazingly, he couldn't find a trace of his blonde hair poking out from the greenery.

Gulping as Miku closed in on him, Kaito stuttered out a greeting and shifted away slightly to lean against a tree, finding Miku's clothes a bit too revealing for him.

"Yo, Kaito. I trust that you have everything planned out?" Miku cheerfully greeted back, "Let's get going then."

Blinking for a moment, Kaito felt his knees go numb. He had thought that since Miku had so openly told him to meet here, she had some sort of itinerary planned out, but thinking deeper into the matter, guys in these situations were also the ones who usually took charge of everything. Groaning as he flipped through his head for spots and activities that were fun but deviated from the standard date plan.

Panicking as nothing came to mind, Kaito finally found a blob of yellow perched on a branch in a tree beside him. Frantically gesturing for help while Miku skipped ahead of him, Kaito looked up at Len who simply gestured to him by pretending to hold something and licking the air above it.

"Ice cream... Seriously? I know I'm hungry and all, but that's not-," Kaito hissed but was interrupted as Miku shouted from a distance away.

"Just go. It's ice cream, so Miku will find it normal. Besides, it gives you time to think about what's next," Len hissed back before he jumped off the other side of the tree so Miku wouldn't see him.

Sighing, Kaito waved off Miku and rushed over to her, telling her that he wanted to get his thoughts in order. Anxiously flipping through the infinite number of ice cream stores across a multitude of towns, Kaito sighed as he reached into his pocket and fingered a piece of paper before determining that he might as well do something nearby.

Pulling Miku along, who simply cheerfully hummed as Kaito daintily wrapped his fingers around her wrist. Pulling up by a small shop outlet that was virtually hidden among the throng of buildings that squashed it into a small corner in between two large apartments.

"Wow... This place looks ancient, and it's closed. Some place you want to visit?" Miku asked as she brushed her fingers along the side of the walls.

"Well, maybe later. It's the shop that I showed Len on the second day of middle school, after he was depressed about Rin moving away. So, it holds a special value," Kaito explained as he moved around to the edge of the store and dropped a piece of paper in a tattered and faded box.

Waving away Miku's question, Kaito simply said that he wanted to visit it for the sentimental value it held before telling her that he wanted to go to a different ice cream store down the lane, only earning himself a knowing Miku out of the small complex, Kaito sighed as he glanced one last time at the tiny shop as they easily walked their way to another shop with brightly decorated letters and menus that draped and hung over the tiny joint.

Surprised to find a shop open so early, especially on a weekend, Miku jumped right in and sat down cheerfully in a corner as Kaito went to order two cones for the both of them. Silently licking on his vanilla flavoured one, while he watched Miku curiously lick at the new jelly bean flavour, Kaito groaned inwardly.

Looking outside the shop, Kaito immediately found Len munching on a waffle from across the street, and saw him roughly signal, asking whether he had come up with a solid plan. Shaking his head, while trying to disguise it as him cracking his neck, Kaito urgently pleaded Len for any sort of an idea, but found Len shrugging his shoulder and gesturing at him to pay attention to Miku more.

Scratching his head furiously, Kaito worriedly bulldozed every corner of his mind, searching for something spectacular that would wow Miku. Finding himself leaking curses and ideas, Kaito turned a light pink as Miku bubbled with laughter from the other side, finding the scene amusing.

Heating up even more, Kaito bit back a sigh and gulped frantically, finally giving up and hanging his head, but only ended up slamming his forehead into his ice cream, making full-fledged laughter erupt from the other side. Looking up sheepishly, as Miku sighed affectionately, Kaito stood still and hid behind his bangs as Miku grabbed a tissue and dabbed at the ice cream that splattered onto his face.

Stuttering to thank her, Kaito gulped and tried to force out an apology as he abruptly got up, only knocking his ice cream out of his hand and soaring through the air to land on his squarely on his head. Sniveling as he felt his confidence level plummet, Kaito grabbed the edges of his scarf as he moved to cover the tears that threatened to fall. Hiccuping as he took a step back, but tripped on his own feet, Kaito realized that the chime of Miku's laughter had stopped all together, and found her bending kindly over him.

Delicately removing the ice cream cone, Miku quickly rubbed off the remaining ice cream and pressed her forehead against his affectionately and moved to press her nose briefly against his.

"You have no idea what you're doing right?" Miku chuckled while Kaito nodded, embarrassed, "Well, I kind of expected that to happen. It's cool I guess, since none of us have properly done this... You... Why not-... Say..."

"You wanna go some place else?" Kaito finished for her while Miku nodded enthusiastically, "Well... I did want to do something spectacular, but now that nothing comes to mind... I guess, the amusement park would be the best place?"

Nodding her head even more vigorously than before, Kaito felt laughter escape through his lips as he got up himself and swiped Miku's ice cream from her and scarfed it down in a single gulp, illiciting a wave of protests and complaints from the tealette. Laughing as he rushed out of the small joint, watching carefully as the lady who had served him behind the counter scowl at the sequence of events.

Finding their way across more streets, this time with more people that swarmed the areas as the day rolled on, Kaito and Miku hurriedly squeezed their way into the subway after a torrent of elbowing and pushing. Feeling the both of them squashed against masses of bodies that stank of sweat and suffocating perfume. Feeling around, Kaito caught a mere glance of the familiar flash of teal and felt around for Miku's hand.

Gently cradling her soft fingers as he caught hold of her hand, Kaito grabbed her fingers tightly. Hearing the loud chime and signal that the train had reached their stop, Kaito heard a collective gasp of relief from the mass of people that were packed into tiny carriage. Immediately pulling himself and Miku out of the carriage, the both of them jostled and assimilated themselves into the mad rush of the crowd.

Elbowing their way out of the station, Kaito and Miku maneuvered their way easily through the throng of people that had decided to spend their day in the amusement ark as well. Buying a two tickets for the both of them, Kaito sighedd in relief as after an hour of cramped spaces, embarassing moments and lots of shoving, Kaito and Miku collapsed onto a tiny bench outside one of the rides before they entered, finding that the queue outside had thinned greatly.

Easily breezing past the ride which had just been a mini version of a roller-coaster, much to Kaito's delight, he and Miku immediately rushed on to an actual roller coaster, which had Kaito literally turn green and had him wishing that he had not gone to eat the ice cream in the first place.

Collapsing again onto another bench Kaito groaned while Miku continued to cheerfully prance around Kaito teasingly, echoing a chorus of taunts. Groaning as he slammed his head backwards, in no mood to be hearing taunts and jeers from the same erson who was afraid to take shots at the school checkup. Hanging his head backwards over the edge of the the bench and immediately felt a drop of water land on his left eye.

Blinking and rubbing the eye, Kaito scowled as he shielded his eyes and briefly glanced at the sky, only to find dark gray clouds gloomily hang overhead as the pattering of the water lightly drizzled onto the complex. Agreeing with the collective murmur and groan that roared over the animated life and sound that the rides and atmosphere so exubarantly emitted.

Craning his neck to find Miku's expression drop suddenly as well, as she pulled Kaito up, rushing along with the crowd to the gift shop, hoping to find some umbrellas still in stock. Racing across the amusement park, often having to push and shove their way past crowds that refused to budge or were adamant on taking their time in the rain, Kaito and Miku huffed as they reached the entrance of the amusement park which held the gift shop.

Sighing in defeat as they found an overwhelming crowd trying to bust their way into the small shop. Loud shouts chorused from inside of the shop, and Kaito gulped as most people were either violently shouting over the voices while scrambling to grab an umbrella, while those who had already bought one had to fight their way through the throng of people that refused to give way, everything amassing into a horrible swarm of bodies that scared Kaito.

Jokingly pushing Miku towards the shop, which only earned himself a playful smack on the arm, the both of them sought shelter under the ticketing booth. Blushing as he realised that the both of them didn't have that much space to themselves in the little space that under the ticket booth gave them. Trying to inch shyly away from Miku as blushes both spread out on their cheeks. In an attempt to distract himself, Kaito swept his gaze over the complex and winced to find that the subway gates were flooded with people, who scrambled and floundered helplessly as they were swept along with the crowd. Looking up to the sky, Kaito's scowl deepened as he found the sky unpleasantly dyed an even darker gray than when the rain had just started, signaling that it wasn't going to be letting up any time soon.

With no other place to escape to, Kaito looked helplessly around him, except for at Miku, finding the image of her blushing and keeping her distance to cute for his present state of mind to handle. First thing of the day, they immediately go to an ice cream joint, which ended in an embarrassing disaster for Kaito. Afterwards, they had gone to an amusement park and that had ended abruptly and on a sour note in fact due to the untimely rain.

Groaning as he ran a hand through his hair that dripped with rainwater. Glancing at Miku, Kaito sighed. Feelings churned in a messy and disgusting turmoil that made his stomach flip in both joy and confusion.

Pushing and pulling, loving and hating, sighs and more sighs.

It was a constant and regular reaction that he come to show with Miku. As much as he had so brazenly pronounced himself as Miku's beloved future husband, it was apparent to most people that nothing much had actually happened in between the both of them. At times, Miku would usually be too shy to initiate anything, or even allow him to get close to her, obviously shown when she would oftenly knee his groin. At other times, she would be more forthcoming and direct with her approaches, going so much as to wearing skimpy outfits and charging straight into his home at 3 in the morning with no advanced notice.

At times, Miku would often show her loving side, such as earlier when she had kindly comforted him and had wiped the ice cream off of his forehead. Other times, she would usually be cold and indifferent, most often ignoring him and sometimes physically pushing him away, which dealt much more to his self-confidence than he dared to admit or show to people other than Len.

Sighing inwardly, before sighing out loud once more, Kaito leaned his head back and banged it against the wall of the ticket booth as most of the people continued flooding the metro, or seeking shelter underground. Curling and uncurling his fingers to form a fist, Kaito had to resist the urge to punch himself. He loved Miku. No doubt about it, and everyone in school, heck, even the teachers and principal knew all too well the kind of feelings that he held for said girl, but it frustrated him that despite his failures, most of the faults lay with Miku.

No, no, no, no.

"That was just the frustration talking," Kaito murmured to himself, feeling his mood drop as he wondered how he could think so lowly of Miku.

However, it still was true. As much as he loved her, Miku's presence as a lover in his life had been like an annoying fly that came buzzing in and out of his view at the wrong times, and it irritated him to no end. Exhaling deeply, Kaito looked around the square one last time and found among the swarm of umbrellas that still lingered around the complex, there was a striking yellow one with bananas that dotted the top of it.

Looking tiredly in Len's direction, Kaito simply shrugged his shoulders at Len however, Len simply tipped his umbrella down and almost immediately Kaito felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Checking on Miku who was more focused on feeling the patter of the rain on her arm as she stuck it out, Kaito discreetly checked his phone and found Len's new message.

Chillax. It's obvious you're frustrated, and Miku's sensitive to those kind of things. Just take it slow. Walk with her in the rain, offer her your jacket or something. Typical romantic crap. Don't be afraid to turn to cliches.

Frowning at the message that provided Kaito little comfort, he looked around for Len but couldn't find the bright yellow umbrella anywhere to be found. Feeling his frown turn into an amused smile as the thought of Len being a romantic ninja crossed his mind, Kaito sighed and waved all his other thoughts away. n

Sighing, defeated and feeling deflated from all the hype that surrounded the date, which had only ended up in a miserable failure after the whole thing. Turning his attention back to Miku, who at the moment was poking her head randomly out into the rain, Kaito sniggered and walked up to her without her realizing and pulled her head in, before gently placing it against his shirt.

Catching Miku's ears heat up to an adorable pink as she resisted and tried pushing him away, Kaito simply rubbed her hair in response, "Come on, you'll catch a cold."

Sighing as he felt Miku continue to push against him, but this time with less force, Kaito pulled on the end of his scarf, making one end ridulously long while the other comically short before wrapping the long end around Miku's neck. Hearing her squeak as she moved to try and remove the scarf, Kaito sighed again for the umpteenth time that day and removed his hoodie before throwing it unceremoniously at her.

Grinning madly as Miku raised the hoodie to reveal her pouting and looking sorely frustrated, Kaito tugged Miku along by the scarf. Continuing down the street as they wandered aimlessly, much to Miku's protest about his health and about how he would catch a cold, Kaito smiled somewhat happily as he realised how little space his scarf gave between them, and Kaito sneakily took advantage of that to bump his fingers into hers or momentarily lean his head down onto hers.

Ignoring the second bout of protests and jeers that Miku spouted, Kaito simply placed a finger over her lips to shush her before moving his scarf up on her to cover her mouth. Laughing as the rain heavily drenched his body, Kaito shook everything off, the rest of his feelings going numb as he leaned down and kissed the part of his scarf that should have been Miku's lips. Watching with a perverse sense of glee as Miku's face dyed a myriad of red shades before she weakly pulled at the scarf, Kaito laughed and leaned his forehead against hers, gently mumbling sweet nothings that floated and drifted through his mind.

"Love is complicated."


"Oh yeah, you said you wanted to visit that ice cream shop again later right?" Miku finally asked, breaking the silence that had enshrouded their journey for the past half an hour.

Jolting his senses awake at the sound of her voice, Kaito lazily yawned in agreement, saying that he had said something like that and guessed that they could go visit the place to end the short-lived and rather disastrous 'date'. Swinging his head from side to side, Kaito found buildings and landscapes rise and fall with each passing minute, and soon enough their school came into view, rearing it's ugly head into the sanctuary of the weekend.

"It's nearby, I guess," Kaito drawled, his energy level running on reserves as his taste buds screamed and craved for the heavenly taste of ice cream soon.

"I remember the way. You look tired, come here," Miku giggled as she gripped the hoodie closer to herself, giving up on resisting Kaito before pushing his head down gently on top of hers.

Mumbling thankfully as his legs robotically moved on it's own as Miku guided the both of them past the park and back into the swarm of buildings that dominated the landscape. Gazing up at the sky that lit up a melancholic red, signaling the end of the day, Kaito lazily moved and plopped himself down onto the nearest seat as soon as they arrived outside of the joint, not caring that his the bottom of his pants soaked wet.

Hearing a giggle bubble from the other side as Miku simply used his hoodie to soak up most of the water before draping it over the chair and leaving it to dry.

"Oh! Kaito! Here today again? Is this the girl you've been talking about?" both Kaito and Miku heard a hearty voice boom from beside them.

Watching bewildered as a man with striking purple hair that was tied into neat pony tail behind him approached the both of them. He donned a simple polo shirt as well as neat jeans along with an apron that draped over his whole outfit that had faded and unrecognisable words etched onto the front.

"Yeah. She's the one," Kaito nervously laughed from across Miku, making her both excited and curious at the same time.

"Umm... Sorry to ask, but who are you?" Miku nervously smiled as the man loomed over her and she quickly caught a glimpse of a sword and it's sheath hanging loosely from his back.

"Oh? He hasn't told you? Nice to meet you, I'm Gakupo. I'm in university at the moment, and my dad's the original owner of the place, but he's busy now, so I'll be serving you," Gakupo heartily exclaimed as he grabbed Miku's hand and shook it vigorously without waiting for her to extend it herself.

"So what's the story behind this place?" Miku asked, finding Gakupo to be both a scary and fun person to talk to.

"Well, nothing much really. Just an old ice cream shop that my dad started. I just work here part time. It's obvious that the shop's seen better days, and with new malls popping up everywhere, it's hard to get such a loyal customer like this kid over here! He comes almost everyday, in rain or shine, and he really makes my dad's day," Gakupo laughed as he slapped Kaito's back, making him laugh nervously in return.

"So, what's the special flavour today? Your dad did say that he'd make a new flavour every week or so. It's that time again today isn't it? I want to try that out," Kaito perked up, hoping that some ice cream would cheer him up.

"Oh... Concerning that, my dad finally got it down, and he's made leek ice cream for ya today. Lucky isn't it?" Gakupo grinned while Miku and Kaito froze, "We have a suggestion box for customers who want to see new flavours cuz my dad loves experimenting, and this little guy here is the only one who uses it. Comes here everyday just to put 'leek ice cream' into that dingy old box in the corner there."

"L-L-Leek ice cream..." Miku weakly asked, feeling the scarf that still connected both Kaito and her heat up immensely.

"Yep! 'Twas weird to have someone suggest such a weird flavour, but it's done. Kaito, you said you wanted to try it right? I'll just get another for your lady friend here too, kay?" Gakupo bellowed as he gave Kaito a final slap on the back before jogging back into the back of the shop to get their orders.

"Leek ice cream..." Miku repeated to Kaito, who's face heated into an embarrassing shade of red, "Of all flavours... Why today..."

Gulping nervously, Kaito watched as Miku tugged at the neck of the scarf before trying, "H-Hey. Then I guess we're officially married no-,"

"W-W-Wait!" Miku yelled, her voice faltering as her embarrassment got the better of her, "I-I want to remain p-pure please!"

"Ha?" Kaito asked, taken aback at Miku's reaction, "What 'wait'? And what's with remaining pure. Just because we're married now, doesn't mean I'll do anything indecent."

"N-N-No... That's not what I meant, I mean... I'm just trying to say," Miku began, her voice cracking at times as she searched for the right words, "I don't think I'm ready."

Blinking a few times at Miku's response as she hid behind Kaito's scarf, he sighed once more and got up, crossing the distance between them and grabbing both of her shoulders abruptly, making her squeak.

"What do you mean not ready? Didn't we make a promise?" Kaito asked, his resolution wavering as his mind raced to the conclusion that Miku wasn't interested in him.

"I mean... We're still young, we haven't dated, what are we going to-,"

Sighing loudly to deliberately interrupt Miku, Kaito leaned back, relaxing into an easier position, "Miku… We promised didn't we?"

"W-Well… Yeah…"

Straightening up once more, Kaito flashed a small smile at her, "So, stick to it please? You may not want to take things fast, heck, you may not even like this. Even so, let's just take things as they come okay? You said so yourself, we're young, we can afford to goof off and take things they way we want, when we want and how we want. So, ok?"

Heating up slightly as she found no response coming to mind at his words, Miku mechanically nodded, finding a bud of trust seed itself, dispersing most of the doubt that clouded her mind. Silently soaking the calm atmosphere, the both of them continued sitting in their chairs, unsure of how to continue after such an embarrassing outburst.

Clearing her throat, Miku craned her neck past Kaito to see if Gakupo was done scooping up two servings of ice cream, but it seemed that it required more time than she thought.

"Hey… Kaito… So what now? We're going to pull some Romeo and Juliet act together?" Miku tried to joke pathetically as she tugged at her shirt collar.

Feeling laughter escape his lips immediately after Miku finished, earning himself a harsh glare, Kaito waved in apology and replied, "I didn't expect you to be the kind to go to Romeo and Juliet for inspiration. Now let me give you two pieces of information here."

"Ignoring the obvious Kill La Kill reference," Miku interjected.

Laughing again, Kaito shook his head and continued, "Well, to be a bit corny, Romeo and Juliet did have a bad ending and I'm not keen on us both dying so 'heroically'… So, let's be different from the norm. Not that we already aren't, but then I'll be your Romeo, and you could be my… Cinderella?"

Immediately hearing laughter bubble from Miku, Kaito's heart warmed up as Miku smiled delightfully, clapping silently at the monologue. Swallowing, Kaito smiled and opened his mouth to finish but found a tuft of yellow hair peeking out from behind Miku. Casually craning his head, Kaito found Len blatantly leaning against the corner, his handphone sticking out dangerously indicating that he had been filming the whole thing. Clamping his mouth shut, Kaito cursed as he almost bit his tongue and waved off Miku's worry, saying that he had accidentally done so.

Biting the inside of his cheeks in both anger and anxiety, Kaito resisted the urge to flash the middle finger in Len's direction. Should he stop here? No. No he couldn't. He had to get this off his chest, he had to close this, he couldn't leave it hanging here. He couldn't.

Sighing as he scratched the back of his head, Kaito gulped nervously and leaned in closer so Len couldn't catch the audio, "Besides…"

Ruffling Miku's hear as she cutely tilted her head one side in curiousity, Kaito quietly laughed once more as she pouted, prompting him to bump his forehead lightly against hers.

"You suck at being my Juliet."

Well, that's the filler chapter and I seriously hope that you enjoyed it. The next chapter will be back to the main storyline, and sorry to disappoint Kiriluk, but I think that some of the future material might have been borrowed :/, or not. I don't really know what ideas that authors have chucked into this pairing, but for the rest of you PLEASE PLEASE leave a review, it really helps.

Other than that, just have a nice day~

-TheFluffMaster