A/N: I'm sorry these chapters are so short. But I was thinking it wouldn't go on for extremely long... At least till after Lui gets his voice provider.

Just great. Now we don't even know WHEN Ring will be released.

SONG OF TEH UPLOAD: The Immoral Memory~ The Lost Memory- VanaN'Ice (Gakupo, Kaito, Len)

DISCLAIMER: If I owned Vocaloid, I would have had a SET DATE for Ring's release.

Chapter 3

It seemed like an ordinary day for Lui when Oliver walked up and handed him a notebook and a marker.

"Give it a shot! So what if you don't have a voice yet? Doesn't mean ya can just let people trample you!" He gave a sigh. "Freaking he-OWW!" Oliver rubbed the back of his head. "Alright, fine James, we'll do it your way! Now where was I? Oh, right." Lui raised an eyebrow.

"Back to the point! If I can even communicate with James, then sure as he-OWW! NOT AGAIN JAMES!" James gave an angry chirp and fluttered his wings.

"Anyway! So if I can communicate with James, which is pretty hard in itself, even if he WASN'T a bird, then you can do it too! Plus I got like 10 of these in my room." Oliver shrugged. "So, whenever ya wanna say somethin', scribble it down and show 'em! It'll work for sure!" He grinned and gave Lui a thumbs-up.

...

Lui didn't feel that it worked.

Miku still made fun of him, and when he tried to tell her off, she just scoffed that he had to take so long to write it down.

"It's useless for you! You're never gonna get your voice! They're just gonna drop ya like the trash you are!" Every day, he got stinging words that went along that train of thought before she would kick him and stalk away.

So Lui was sitting in his room one night, still throbbing from all the kicks Miku was giving him, when Ring decided to drop by.

"Hey Lui. Anything wrong?" He tried to lie by shaking his head. She sighed and sat next to him.

"Of course there is. You're still bummed about not having your voice." Lui lowered his head. It seemed she had hit the bulls-eye. He picked up his notepad when Ring grabbed his wrist.

"You don't have to ask how I know. I'm your counterpart; I'm supposed to know these things." She gave him a smile that seemed tired. He sensed something was wrong with her, so he raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm? What's up, Lui?" He pointed at her. "Me? No, there's nothing wrong with me!" He gave her one of his knowing looks, and she gave up.

"Okay, you got me again. Yamaha Corp. isn't releasing me to the public just yet. And I guess I'm feeling down cuz they're stupid like that." Ring hung her head, and Lui panicked a little.

It's not like he had very much experience in comforting. No, if anything, he was the one who needed it the most. But he finally decided to follow by example and do his best. After all, this was his counterpart; he couldn't just leave. Because she hadn't left him.

Or at least, not yet.

A/N: Yeah, that's right. James doesn't let Oliver swear. And you think that he's just a stupid bird... *James tweets menacingly* Alright! Fine!

In case you were wondering, James uses his right wing and slaps the back of Oliver's head to reprimand him. Ooh, look at me, I'm using big words now! /shot

I MAKE MIKU SO MUCH OF A JERK.

STAY TUNED GUYS. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF MOMENT OF LUI X RING NEXT CHAPTER, BUT THAT'S IT.

Does anyone else think it's pointless to upload new documents every time you have to write a new chapter? I just reuse the documents from my other stories. Anyone else?