Wow, it's really late...
Supposed to be a Valentine's special...anyway, reference to EB here, I put an authors note up. Of course, this is a different world but still...Meiko's a bit younger here than EB
And here it is, old people kissing. Not detailed, only a few sentences, but don't like, don't read. Also I don't own anything except Luke and the plot. And the house.
Review please!
Chapter 3: Shipppingtime's Day
(Gumi POV)
Gumi woke up early that morning, she needed to get outside. 'A healthy body needs its own time too' she'd say to anyone who'd listen. She quietly stepped outside into the back garden and stared at the river it backed on to. Beautiful. The cold morning air made her feel awake and refreshed. Haku's shed, as it was now known as, stood in the corner of the garden, and Gumi could tell from the stillness (and when on closer inspection, muffled snoring) that she could begin her exercise without any interruptions. Not even from her…
Why she had to compete with her on the Vocaloid rankings was beyond her. Sure, she had won the 2011 rankings with Panda Hero but Miku was all over it as well with Senbon Zakura in second. Miku was too high-pitched when she sang, even though Gumi bordered on ridiculously high herself when she was singing. Rin, Len, Yuki and Ryuto was too young, Luka, Sonika and Lily were too soft and low, Iroha's voice didn't suit her, Kaito was an idiot, Meiko had big boobs, Vocaloid 3's were inexperienced and clingy, and all the English Vocaloids just sucked in general.
While doing some sit ups, she realised today was Valentine's Day. Her mind now focused on ways to get someone to notice her.
"Valentine! Valentine! Gumi Valentine! GAHHHHH!" came a high pitched voice, drilling into her ear. That was it, Miku was going to die.
"MIKUUUUUUU!" she yelled only to find a super deformed Miku gnome in front of her.
"GAAAAAHHHH!" it repeated.
"WTF? What is that thing? Aaaahhhh don't touch me freak!" Gumi screamed as she ran back inside.
"What is it now…oh Gumi…for you, I'm going back to bed-HOLYCRAPIT'SAHACHUNE!" Miku yelled as she ran down the stairs to the thing banging on the doors. She quickly opened the doors and kicked the ugly thing in the face and sent it flying into the river.
Gumi had no idea Miku had the humility to kick herself in the face, but now she felt weird, like she had some kind of newfound respect for something.
But she shrugged it off and went to make breakfast.
(Third person POV)
Everyone eventually got out of bed and trudged into the living room. Most were waiting for someone to make the first move of Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, it was the mailman with a letter for Luka.
"Oh, it's from my boyfriend, Luke! (A.N-my Luke, not Megurine Luki, or if some people actually refer to him as Megurine Luke) I haven't seen him since I moved here! He says he's going to take time off his tour to visit my next performance! Squeals arose from the older girls as they walked back up to their room. When they got there, they all closed in on Luka.
"So, where'd you meet him? He sounds dreamy…" asked Haku.
"Oh, he was visiting Tokyo from Australia and it was my experimental period and yeah, we clicked. Actually, he had a breakdown and I helped him through it but we still had a lot in common."
"Oh, I bet you to were meant for each other!" Prima told her.
"Yeah, my boyfriend has frequent breakdowns…I wish he was a musician and sent me letters," said Meiko.
After hearing this, Kaito locked himself in the bathroom and cried for half an hour.
(Gumi and Lily-and no, it's not Yuri [ha-ha, Lily and Yuri])
The second move of Valentine's Day was from Yuma. He got out of his seat and walked over to Gumi. She froze as she couldn't believe he would actually notice her! She quickly tidied her hair before facing him.
"Yeeeess?"
"Uh, hey Gumi! Um…do you mind taking this letter and…"
"YES! YES I WILL!" she squealed. She couldn't believe this day had come. Him. And her. Together!
"Great, I owe you one Gumi. Remember, it's for Lily. See ya!" And he walked off, very pleased with himself.
'Lily. Lily. Lily. It's for Lily. Not Gumi, Lily.' Gumi walked calmly up the stairs and crossed paths with her target just near their room.
"Hey Lily, do mind talking with me for a sec?"
"No, not at all. Actually, I need to talk to you anyway," Lily replied. Gumi led her into the room and after a few minutes, walked out by herself without the letter.
Lily knew Gumi was fierce, but she never thought she'd go this far… Anger welled up inside her. She never got angry, ever. But Gumi had pushed her too far. She stormed out the door, face red from punches and a letter still stuffed in her mouth.
"Hey GUMI!" she yelled. Gumi turned and stared.
"What?"
"I've got a letter for you too." And with that, she shoved a similar looking letter into Gumi's hands and ran off, tying not to cry.
Gumi opened the letter and dropped to her knees. It was from Yuma, the same Yuma who gave her the letter to give to Lily.
Dear Gumi,
I couldn't decide between you and Lily for whom to invite to dinner tonight. I hope you don't mind, but I've invited you both. Please reply if you would like to come.
Sincerely, Yuma.
Gumi couldn't believe her eyes. She'd just beaten up a girl because that girl had been asked out by the guy she loved, only to find out he asked her out too.
As the fridge horror finally struck, she went limp. She fell to the floor, quietly sobbing to herself. It may have been over the top to an onlooker, but she couldn't help it, she was genuinely sorry. She may be cruel, but she had morals too, except for maybe regarding Miku. And the line she created had just been crossed. By herself.
(Yuki POV)
Yuki had seen everything.
She was just collecting something for Mr. Hiyama when she heard smashing sounds from the room opposite. The door was slightly ajar, so she went to see what was going on. Maybe someone was locked in a cupboard and couldn't get out.
She peeked through the crack of the door and froze. There she saw Gumi and Lily in a full out brawl, Gumi's eyes were shining with hate and malice. Lily tried to fight back, but Gumi was determined and when Yuki saw her deliver a harsh punch to Lily's stomach, she knew she had to get away. She didn't want this haunting her dreams, so she ran down to tell Meiko and Luka, who could sort out any fight in under 1 minute. 30 seconds if Meiko was drunk.
She ran down the stairs and on the second floor she heard a kind of squelchy sound coming from Sweet Ann and Miriam's room. Yuki though a leak might have sprung and someone was wading through the room, so she opened the door to help.
Then she screamed.
In front of her was the most disgusting, horrible and grossest thing she would ever see. Big Al and Sweet Ann were sitting on a bed. Kissing.
Not the kissing people do when they are in a movie, but sloppy, wet ones that her obaasan gave her. It was revolting. She stood transfixed in horror at the sight and she was sure she would never get rid of the image. She was, as Kaito put it all the time, 'scarred for life'.
Al and Ann pulled away immediately, apologised quickly, and shut the door and locked it from the inside.
Yuki screamed and ran down the stairs, completely forgetting that she was there to talk about the fight, and yelled to everyone in the vicinity of her voice, which the whole building, "I HATE VALENTINE'S DAY!"
(Miku and co.)
Miku was in her room playing Uno with Rin, Miki and SeeU. Miku was a renowned Uno player, the only person who ever beat her was Gu-sorry, the idiot with green hair. And Miku was sure she had cheated. She was so confident that she would win, and then some massive twist at the end occurs and somehow the green queen was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes the whole time. Not Fair.
It was Rin's turn.
"I play-wait, how'd this get in my hand?" she asked and showed a card with writing on it clearly saying, 'TO MIKU'.
"Pass it over Rin," said Miku. Rin gave it over and Miku read it aloud:
"Dear Miku, I am too shy to ask you in person but would you like to go out to a movie sometime? It's okay if you don't, I understand, but I would reaaallly like you to. Umm, that's all I guess… Happy Valentine's Day, from a secret admirer."
The girls immediately abandoned their game to focus on more pressing issues.
"Oh my god Miku that is sooo awesome! I wish someone would admire me…" Miki exclaimed.
"Don't be silly Mika-chan, everyone knows Piko likes you!" yelled Rin enthusiastically.
"Really? I didn't know…" Miki mumbled.
"But guys, this would be the way Len talks, right? It must be him!" Miku interrupted.
"Haha, don't push it Miku-san, Len's mine! Isn't that right, Sisi-san?" Rin joked, trying not to lose it in front of her friends. Her question was directed at SeeU.
"Umm…yeah, of course. Miku, you wouldn't want to date a guy younger than you?" SeeU tried to reason. Besides, she knew who sent the card.
"Yeah, I guess…but he's still cute," sighed Miku.
"Got that right," sighed Rin dreamily.
"But then who is it from?" asked Miki.
"Well, it's not Yuma. Did you see this room an hour ago? It had traces of green and yellow hair. Gumi's got a major crush on him and she's fainted on the couch 'cause he invited her to dinner with Lily," Rin said proudly.
"And just how?" asked Miku.
"Iroha told me. You know, she's close with Lily."
"Okay… Kaito?" asked Miki.
"Don't joke Miki," Miku said sternly, "he'd be dead already if it was him. Although I would LOVE it to be him, Meiko would've killed him first."
"But I wasn't joking…" mumbled Miki again.
All the while, SeeU sat quietly, listening. She wanted to say it, but she was afraid he'd do something mean to her. Eventually someone noticed.
"Hey, Sisi-san, is something wrong?" asked Miki. The other two stopped chatting and looked at her. SeeU trembled slightly for a moment and then suddenly burst out superfast:
"IT'S PIKO! HE'S THE ONE WHO SENT THE LETTER! I SAW HIM AT NEW YEAR'S EVE STARING AT MIKU THE WHOLE TIME, HE'S OBSESSED WITH YOU!"
Everyone stared at her for a second before Miku blurted out, "Piko? The one that looks like a girl?"
SeeU nodded and collapsed on the ground, exhausted.
Miku got up and went to the bathroom.
"Right," she said.
Soon after she could be heard yelling, "EWWWW! That creep! I would never date a sissy guy like him!" She could then be heard throwing up in the toilet.
Just then Gumi appeared in the doorway.
"She found out that Piko likes her and invited her to the movies," Rin said bluntly.
"Righhht…" said Gumi and she walked towards the wardrobe, quietly chuckling to herself.
Now, what was she to wear for dinner?
(Yuma, Gumi and Lily)
Lily didn't want to go. But she liked Yuma and didn't want to let him down. But she'd be there. And Lily couldn't bear to see her face right now.
But she'd go.
It was 7:00pm and Yuma was waiting patiently inside the restaurant, at his table. He didn't expect any of them to come. He had been waiting for 20 minutes and his hopes were waning. Maybe he'd stay loveless forever. He ran his hand through his hair and immediately pulled back.
'Dammit!' he thought. He had spent aged fixing it up perfectly. He had borrowed some shampoo from Luka; it was exclusively for people with pink hair. How that was possible was a mystery to Yuma; he was sure they were the only two. He kind of liked her, but she was 2 years older than him.
He realised they would never come. He got up and walked out the doors and straight into Gumi.
"Oh, hi Yuma…wh-what're you doing out here?"
"Me? O-oh I was just getting some fresh air. I'd been in there for a while."
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry! I thought you said 7pm!
"Well, actually I said to reply. But you both didn't so I came here just to make sure. I was going to say 6:40…"
"Ah, gomen-ne! I completely forgot!" squeaked Gumi.
"It's okay," Yuma said and led her back into the restaurant. They sat down and looked at the menu. The restaurant was quite modern and had a warm feel to it. The carpet was red and the lights were slightly dimmed, obviously to create a more intimate mood on Valentine's Day. Gumi had chosen a white dress that was quite puffy and around her waist was a big, white bow. Yuma had decided to just put on a suit. He had left his beanie at home, to be more polite.
Lily saw the two laughing at the table. Yuma looked up and waved for her to come over, his face beaming with joy. She was glad to have made him happy.
She wore brown leather high heeled boots, with fake fur lining the top; a brown leather mini jacket over a short, beige dress and wore a fake fur scarf. Leather made her feel stronger and tougher in tough situations.
She sat down facing Gumi, with Yuma in the middle of the semi-circular table.
"So, shall we order?" Yuma asked nervously.
Lily stared at Gumi for a moment and was sure she saw fear in the girl's eyes, but nodded at Yuma, who called for a waiter.
The rest of the night was slightly awkward; the food was brilliant, they all agreed on that, but the tension did not disappear. Even the atmosphere of the restaurant couldn't settle it.
After a satisfying meal and some friendly talk between each girl and Yuma-never the two girls directly-it was time to go.
"Well, thanks guys, it's been a great night," Yuma said when they stepped outside. The other girls looked at each other and mumbled slightly. It was then that Yuma's face fell.
"Okay, I lied. It was awful. Seeing you two not talking to each other made me want to leave there and then. I don't know what happened between getting the letter and arriving here, but I like you two girls equally, so there's no need to be jealous. I just thought it would be a good idea to go out tonight, as friends… But I guess I was wrong." He walked slowly away and the girls looked at each other and they knew they had messed up. Bad.
"Wait!" Gumi yelled after him. Yuma turned around and walked back towards them. The girls saw the tear-stains on his cheeks and his face was red with embarrassment.
"Look Lily, I know what I did today was wrong, but I truly regret it. Do you think, just for Yuma's sake, we could be friends?"
Lily stood there and stared at the ground for a while, then looked back up at Yuma. She just couldn't leave him hanging, and if Gumi really was regretful, it couldn't hurt to forgive and forget, could it?
"I guess…okay, I forgive you. I had never seen that side of you before, that's all. I reacted badly, and…I'm sorry too."
"Oh, thank you so much!" cheered Gumi and she gave Lily a comforting hug. She quietly whispered in Lily's ear, "I usually reserve that attitude for Miku." Lily smirked at that comment.
Just then both girls then felt a hand rest on their shoulders. It was Yuma, smiling again.
"I'm glad to see you two have made up," he said and joined in on the hug. After they all pulled out, Yuma had an idea.
"Hey, how would you girls like to go to this club I sometimes go to? It would make up for tonight's awkward dinner."
"Awkward? I've never felt so stressed in my whole life! I definitely need some action to cheer me up!" laughed Lily. Gumi nodded in agreement.
"Great! Let's go," said Yuma. They headed off in the direction of the club when suddenly they heard a voice behind them.
"Hey! You guys! You're Gumi, Lily and Yuma, right?" a girl with blonde hair said.
"Um, yeah…I'm sorry but we can't take any autographs," said Yuma, puzzled. Was this another fangirl?
"Oh no I'm not here for a signing. I'm IA, the new member of the Vocaloid label. I didn't get to see you guys, I was running late. When I got there you had left and I wanted to say hi. Plus I also have a DJ gig at the Oto Club," she said.
"Oh, we're going there right now! Care to join us?" Yuma asked.
"Yes please!" giggled IA. She then ran into them, giving them all a group hug.
"Happy Valentine's Day!" she yelled.
Gumi looked at Lily. "Just go with it," she said.
Gumi laughed. It seemed Valentine's day had turned out better than she had hoped.
Next up, Easter special! Late again, I know. Hope you liked it.
Ja, mata!
Prince Ed
