A/N:
Okay, I took a bit to update, but here it is! I'm trying to be more consistant, but unfortunaltely for One Chance, I ended up having a virus and it wiped out the saved documents for it. *sigh* Back to the drawing board, I guess... OTL
I usually have it saved in my USB jumpdrive, but er... I'm a little irresponsible and I ended up misplacing it. It's somewhere! Just gotta find it before I completely lose motivarion to continue it, and I really don't want to do that because it's my first FanFic and everything. ^^"
Anyway, enough ranting and I hope you enjoy this chapter. ^^
Kaito and I spent more than a year not talking to one another.
He acted as if though I never existed.
Can't say I blame him, can you? If someone did that to me, I surely wouldn't have welcomed them back with open arms. So it was the most ucomfortable school year ever.
I was soon forgotten from his life as Miku quickly filled in the vacant spot. Every day, she would sit next to him, share her snacks and would giggle and run her fingers through his hair.
I was forced to sit on the other side of the room, for fear I would exert any force to "bully" her into submission. Honestly, it was as if though they had it engraved in their minds that I'm some kind of monster.
Well, I guess beating the crap out of this county's most beloved teen pop star could label you that.
Piko was my only loyal comapanion. It didn't bother him that he was outcasted for being related to me, he didn't even like Miku so the less he was around people who talked nonstop about her, the better.
"I don't think he'll hold it against you forever."
"Yes he will! I mean, would you forgive me if I yelled out your flaws and basicaly dissed you in front of everyone at school?"
"..."
"That's what I thought."
"But you're family, that's different. I'd have to learn how to deal with you anyway."
"But he and I aren't even related! So he's totally free to hate me."
"Why do you even care so much about what he thinks? You used to ignore him all the time whenever I came over to visit from Germany. You always paid more attention to me and pretty much casted him aside."
"Well... that was because I rarely got to see you when we were little. And I could always see him everyday and at school. Remember when I told you he snucked into my room at night a couple times back when we were ten?"
"A young rapist in the making."
"Shut up! He's not like that!"
"Then there's only one other reason as to why you're overreacting."
"Really? What is it?"
"Can't tell you because you'll beat my face in for even bringing it up."
"Wha- Well you did! You brought it up and I wanna know! If you don't tell me, then I'll really beat your face in!"
He stopped chewing his grilled tofu and smirked at me. "You've already gotten one warning; I don't think they'd care that you hit your cousin in front of thousands of eyes because then they'd be eager to get rid of you."
I stopped myself and pouted. I hated to admit it, but he was right and I had no choice. I stuffed my mouth with some steamed rice and was forced to listen to him chuckling to himself in triumph.
xXx
And so, my days had mainly consisted of being around Piko of almost all hours of the day. It wasn't long until I began to see him as a bore and I'm positive he had begun to see me as such in no time. Though that never meant that he didn't have fun with me. He never failed to find a way to rattle me and loved making me mad.
He claimed it's because it's part of my charm.
I claimed that it's because he wanted an excuse to commit suicide.
Whatever the case, he was all I had and I was all that he had. Until we had gotten our new "members", that is.
It was already our second year of school, meaning that Dell and his friends were going to graduate that year.
I was a little saddened by it, but I knew it was going to happen anyway. I was actually thinking about them when they walked into class.
A girl with long flowing blonde hair with a pissed off look on her face walked in, followed by a girl with forest green hair who wore red-rimmed glasses that had a cheery look in her eyes.
Sensei did the usual introduction for them but with much less enthusiasm than what Miku had received all that time ago. Obviously.
The one in green was the first to speak. "Hello! My name is Gumi Megpoid and this is my sister Lily Megpoid! Please take care of us, I hope that we can be friends with all of you!" she finished with a small clap and had the biggest smile on her face.
I grimaced. Oh great, not another Mary Sue.
Although, the one who caught my attention the most was the blonde one, Lily. Besides the scowl on her face, she seemed to be very quiet and reserved. So I liked her right away. Even though I never had the intention of ever actually speaking to her.
I looked at the empty seat Kaito used to be. Maybe the teacher will let one of them sit next to me?
Of course, Fate is cruel and they were both close to the side where Miku was at and I sighed. After that fiasco, the teacher probably thinks I'd attack any new student. Never before had I wished to be have Piko by my side than at that moment. I wished he wasn't so damn smart in math.
xXx
After that "eventful" moment, the day went by pretty fast and before Piko and I knew it, it was already lunch time.
We sat at our usual table, one that could easily hold up to twenty people but instead only held two. Before I could even open up my bento box, we heard a crash.
Startled, we jumped out of our seats to see if we could find the cause of it and our eyes landed on the new girls. The girl with green hair looked terrified at her sister who had her fists balled up into tight fists.
For a second there, I could've sworn that they were going to fight, until we heard that sickenly sweet voice.
"C-calm down! You can sit at our table, I only said it just so that-"
"Shut the fuck up! I don't need any of your excuses! Don't you dare try to make up all of that crap with us you-"
The more she talked to her, the more I felt the corners of my mouth pull up in a wide grin. Soon enough, she grabbed onto her sisters hand, picked up their packed lunches, and stormed away from Miku's table.
They looked a little lost until I got up. Piko raised a questionable brow. "You're going to help them?" he asked with a small smile.
I nodded. "Of course, they're like us now." That being said, I practically skipped in their direction and plopped myself in front of them.
The blonde girl, Lily was it?, looked ready to deck me until I shrugged over my table. "We have extra seats in case you're interested."
Lily opened her mouth to tell me off but his sister cut her off. "Really? That's great! Isn't that great, Lily-chan?"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Yeah, splendid." she said, feigning excitement even though we all knew she was being incredibly sarcastic with me. But I chose to ignore it and walked them over to our table.
"This is my cousin, Piko Utatane. Piko, these girls are in my math class. This is Lily Megpoid," I said, gesturing towards the blonde, "and this is her sister, Gu-"
"Gumi Megpoid, pleased to meet you Piko-kun!" She exclaimed as she thrusted a hand right in his face. I thought I heard him gag on his onigiri in surprise as he lightly coughed in his hand and before replying in a weak voice, "Pleased to meet you."
I smiled, at least he was attemtpting to be polite. If somebody normally did that to him, he'd throw a bitch fit and have them take their hand out of his face.
Maybe it was because Gumi obviously looked like she'd be the trustworthy type? I didn't think much of it as Lily sat next to me while Gumi squeezed in between me and Piko.
It was my turn to look at Piko suspiciously as he turned slightly pink at having Gumi's elbow nudge him on his shoulder.
I couldn't help but smirk at him. He noticed what I was doing and jumped before looking away in embarrasment.
Love at first sight anyone~?
xXx
Lunch was actually pretty fun and I was actually disappointed when it was over. Maybe it felt like that because it was interesting listening to Piko and Gumi talk about electronics and whatever geeky stuff that seemed like of utmost importance to them.
Lily and I didn't really exchange anything with one another until I risked a glance towards Miku's table and saw that sour expression on her pretty face.
It was the perfect opportunity for me to attempt and befriend Lily so I turned to her with a small smile and slightly tilted my head. "So, you and Gumi never said where you two are from. Are you from Japan or from a different country?"
She completely ignored me as she ate her noodles in silence. Okay, that could've gone better...
So I tried again. "Are you and Gumi twins?"
"Are you ever gonna shut that motor mouth of yours or do I have to?"
I frowned. "You're a bit anti-social, aren't you?"
"And you're a bit nosy, aren't you?"
"And you're a bit bitchy, aren't you?"
"And you're a bit of a hypocrite, aren't you?"
"Well look at that, they're getting along quite nicely! Wouldn't you agree, Gumi-chan?"
We both turned around to face Gumi and Piko. They were both grinning like idiots at us, it was really starting to piss me off.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Lily beat me to the punch, but Piko could tell that I was thinking the same exact thing. He chuckled and stirred his egg soup with his spoon.
"Oh nothing, it's just that you two are pretty alike with your attitudes, that's all."
She and I quickly glanced at each other before scoffing and turned our faces away from each other. After that, she and I were staring at a some part of our lunches, acting as if though whatever piece of food it was was the most interesting thing at the moment.
For some reason, I slowly looked up to stare at Miku's table and noticed that Kaito was staring at me while Miku was too busy talking to a girl with drilled pigtails about something.
He and I both noticed that and quickly averted our eyes. I hated how badly everything seemed and how everything was so awkward between us, but... That's the new norm and we both tried to accept it.
Or at least I tried to.
The only good that came from this was that Miku gave me two new friends, even though the other one isn't so keen on using the term.
But for now, it'll have to do. I now have somebody else to listen to and that was good enough for me. Beggars can't be choosers, after all.
A/N:
Again, I just think that Miki, Lily, and Gumi make a good trio of friends. I have no idea why, I've never liked the whole Miku, Miki, and Gumi trio whenever they sang. They sound great together, but for some particular reason I just don't like to see them as a group of close-nit friends that most of my peers see them as. It's just that the whole reasoning even escapes me. :/
Short chapter is short, just a little more than 2000 words.
Okay, now this will be a bit more Miki-centered for the next couple of chapters or so, but I'll be adding more characters, more pairings and the like. I'll even post up a poll of whether or not any of you would want me to post up Kaito's thoughts on this, but I'll do that after the next chapter or so.
Or I could do it sooner if that's what you want. ^^"
