Miku occasionally liked to sit on the school's roof alone during breaks.
It was a warm day and the breeze made a slight draft, the exact kind of wind that would lift her two long pigtails behind her and suspend them in the air as she strolled along.
She found her favorite secluded spot in the corner of the roof, where she would look at the clear sky above and think and daydream all on her own. For Miku, who had lots of friends, this was both an out-of-character ritual for her and a time for her to reflect all on her own.
Just Miku, the wind, and the sky...
And her absurdly long hair.
And it was this hair, that was blowing over the edge in the breeze, that signaled Teto that her friend was on the roof.
"Hey, it's Miku!" she said to herself, standing alone in the courtyard. Being her curious self, she dashed into the building and began to scale all the steps, until she got to the roof floor. She was lonely right at this hour and wanted to see Miku.
And on the roof, was Miku Hatsune sitting alone, her knees to her chest, just enjoying the atmostphere. Her earphones were plugged in and she was listening to the kind of music that made her nostalgic for summer vacation. The wind lifted her hair slowly out of her face...
"Oh, Teto." she took out an earbud and invited her curly-haired friend to sit with her. It was getting boring being aloneーMiku was about to go down to the schoolyard to find her friends after all. She decided to stay with Teto for a few more minutes.
As for Teto, all that was on her mind was Luka. Luka was absent today due to catching a cold from Teto, and the day just didn't have the certain special glow to it when Luka wasn't around. No thrill or excitement, none of that floaty feeling, or the treasured feeling of a perfect day. As if the world became less colorful when she was away.
It was obviousーTeto was in love with Luka, and they have expressed their affection many times. But they were still in the closet; even they themselves barely acknowledged the fact they were a couple, even though they have kissed and gone on dates. A lesbian couple... Why can't it simply just be called love instead?
"Miku... um..." Teto tensely shifted her eyes back and forth as if she were about to declare something risky.
"Hm?" Miku responded by facing Teto and giving her full attention. Being on the spot, Teto froze up a little bit. She swallowed.
"Miku always gives good love advice... she's one of my best friends. If there's anyone I can tell, it's Miku." she thought heavily.
Teto forced herself to loosen up.
"Miku... well, something I've wanted to tell people, only I've been too scared..."
"What is it?" Miku said. "I'll listen."
Teto gave one small heaving sigh.
"I... I like girls, Miku... ah, p-please don't think I'm wrong or weird..."
Teto broke out in a sweat.
"Oh. Okay." Miku responded rather casually, but also as if she wasn't expecting to hear such a thing...
Suddenly Teto froze up.
"I... I did it..." A sigh escaped from her nostrils as her thoughts continued to flow.
"But... dear goodness, WHAT did I just do!? It sounded like I was about to confess love to MIKU! And now I can't think of anything else to say to make this less awkward! Oooh..."
"Really, it's fine!" Miku said, to Teto's surprise. "You're no different from anybody else. It just means you want to have a girlfriend instead. It's fine, Teto! I'm sure you'll have one soon!"
Teto blushed deeply at what Miku said. Partly because she was relieved at Miku's open-minded response, but...
"But... only I... Miku, I um... already have... a girlfriend."
Teto's cheeks grew redder and the corners of her mouth began to stretch upwards.
"Oh, really?" Miku raised her eyebrows, looking fairly surprised.
"Well, who?"
Teto suddenly broke out into a huge smile and her blushing turned into shivers and sweats. The name of her loved one was right on the edge of her lips. It was ready to come out.
In a shaky voice, she said...
"It's... Luka. I mean... Megurine-sensei, but... we're so close and she's only two years older, so I call her 'Luka'. You already know that. But... the truth is that we're actually in love... we even live together and everything... eventually our friendship became lo-... it became l-love, Miku..."
Teto's tightly clenched fingers turned pink. Her voice wobbled to a stop as she burned up and lowered her head in shame... but suddenly she heard the sound of clapping in the air. She looked up perplexed. Miku was smiling and clapping at her?
"Well, Teto. That's great! How sweet... congratulations on your relationship!"
Teto suddenly felt flabbergasted.
"M-Miku..."
"That took a lot of courage to admit." Miku brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "After all... I never expected you and Megurine-sensei to be in a relationship... but I feel like I can understand. And since she loves you back... there's no reason for you two not to be in love."
Teto, through a thin layer of tears, smiled brightly.
Miku stood up and gazed over the edge of the building, the sky and clouds and vast landscape at her fingertips.
"Love can be strange, Teto."
She took the red-haired girl's hands and held them in her own.
"It can be between anyone, but it doesn't make it any less different. You two have pure love between you. I'll support you fully."
Miku smiled, and Teto smiled too.
The sound of a school bell ringing echoed through the airy atmostphere.
Ding-dong, ding-dong...
"Oh, break's almost over! We have to hurry back to class!"
Miku grabbed Teto's hand and swiftly ran with her, down the stairs and through empty halls. She smiled as she glided, and Teto laughed happily the whole way with Miku until they got back to the main hallway, continuing slowly and merrily with their sparkling school lives.
Luka went shopping that evening.
She left Teto alone in the house, provided with the trust that the rambunctious girl was at least not going to burn the house down... or even spill anything.
But Teto never did. And the responsible Luka had her trust.
She was returning from the supermarket that was located near the recreation center. It was a small town, which made the atmostphere that much more quaint. Though in a smaller town, it was easier to run into people you know.
And as she was leisurely strolling back to where she parked her car, she spotted Miku Hatsune sitting on a nearby bench, wearing a white T-shirt and shorts and drying her hair off with a white towel. The sunlight coming in from directly behind made the girl's distant figure more noticeable.
"Hatsune-san, hello." Luka greeted once she was standing by the bench.
"Ah, it's Megurine-sensei!" Miku happily greeted back to her favorite assistant teacher. They were friends too, it wasn't like Luka was that distant from the students at all. In fact, she practically would become one of them.
Luka sat down on the bench and started talking to Miku.
"So, what could you be doing here today?"
"I'm just drying my hair off. It's a pain getting all of it dry. I just took a swim at the recreation center's pool. Gumi was there too. She already went home, I think..."
"Ah, I see." Luka was already thinking of Teto, but Miku bringing up the pool made Luka think in detail, her and Teto's happy days at the pool too.
"Teto..." Luka blushed. She was sitting next to Miku, which only made it worse. Miku was even the same size as Teto, which made Luka feel even more like her beloved girlfriend was by her side... her girlfriend whom she still was in the closet about.
"It's so hard keeping quiet about it..." she began to think. "Should I tell Miku? I'm so tempted to... but how would she react?"
Luka lowered her face, deep in thought.
"Huh? Megurine-sensei, are you alright? You became quiet all of a sudden..."
"Well, you see... Miku, I'm... in love."
The words finally escaped her lips and Luka blushed even deeper. Her smile which couldn't be hidden shone brightly on her face.
"Miku, it's... Teto. I love her so much. She has such a colorful spirit and it changed who I am... Kasane Teto, she's my girlfriend, and I felt like I had to tell someone. She's been in my mind all day..."
Luka lowered her head so that her long rose bangs covered her face.
"Wh-what am I saying? What am I saying all of a sudden? Why am I telling this to Miku! I know keeping it inside was painful, but... oh, why?"
Luka was about to lift her hands to her face once Miku called out her name.
"Megurine-sensei? Um... Luka? Luka."
Luka, surprised at Miku saying her first name, looked right at her with a red face and somewhat misty eyes.
"'Luka', it's what Teto calls you, yes?"
After a nervous pause, Luka slowly nodded.
A few more quiet yet calming seconds passed.
"Luka, I know Teto loves you back. And it's fine, it's fine if you love each other. I'm not going to think of you any differently, okay Luka? You're nervous because it's unexpected, but I can tell your love for Teto is true."
Luka, who just realized she had been holding her breath, exhaled with such a force that it triggered a tiny sob.
"Miku..."
The older girl collapsed onto the shoulders of the smaller girl, who wrapped her arms around her delicately. She was sobbing from nervousness, but no tears were coming out.
"There, there, it's alright. Coming out can take a lot of courage. But you had the courage."
After Miku comforted her and Luka drove away with her groceries, the now-dry-haired girl began walking back to her house alone. She lived nearby, and she absolutely loved walking in nature.
"I'm... a little jealous." Miku thought, as she danced around a puddle in the sidewalk.
"Jealous... loving someone so much that your face turns red. That you can't keep the feelings in. So much that they can even make you cry... I wish I could experience those feelings one day. That's why... that's why I think love is wonderful."
Miku stopped for a moment and watched the exact moment the sun sank behind the trees in the distance.
"Teto and Luka, I'm happy for them. I got to hear the feelings from both sides of them, and their love for each other seems to be completely in sync, despite how different they are."
Miku lifted her hand high in the air and began to skip the rest of the way home.
"Luka and Teto, good luck in love! One day I'll find love too!"