The rest of the week happened to go by quickly. Tuesday finished in no time, a test filled Wednesday didn't last too long, and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday flew by without a trace. On Monday, Gumi exhaustedly packed up her bags for the trip after waking up at 9, and ate some cereal for breakfast since her mom had to leave early for work (Gumi was surprised because her mom never had early shifts. Never the less, she went along).
Dragging her suitcase behind her with a nearly finished book tucked under one arm, a phone about to fall out of her back pocket, and a bag of cereal in the hand not holding the suitcase (Gumi was so tired she just pulled the cereal out of the box and ate by dumping it into her mouth), Gumi walked outside to wait for Rin who was supposed to be coming by 9:30.
She waited out there for over half an hour until a white sedan pulled up in her driveway and a blonde head popped out of the backseat window behind the driver.
"Yo, put your stuff in the back and let's get going" Rin said lowering the sunglasses on her face.
"Why did you take so long?" Gumi asked walking over to the car. Miku hopped out from the opposite side Rin was on and opened up the trunk for Gumi.
"We had to go back to my house and grab my pajamas. That would have been horrible if I forgot them" Miku said. Gumi rolled her eyes.
"Fine, let's just get going" she finished as she walked to the door Miku had left opened. Miku crawled into the car and took a seat next to Rin while Gumi got in and closed the door. She pushed herself closer to the door than to Miku so that Miku could get some space to breathe.
"Are you all buckled in?" Asked Rin's grandfather. "Yup/Yes/Yeah" the girls said in unison (Author's note: try to guess who said what. Good luck :P).
"Okay then" the grandfather replied before pulling out of the driveway and starting for Main Street.
Gumi looked around the car and saw that Len was sitting shotgun, earphones plugged in both ears. Grandfather Kagamine was whistling to himself while driving as Rin texted a friend on the other side of her phone. Miku was doodling in what looked like a diary, while Gumi observed the quiet scene. She put her hand into the cereal and started to munch on it watching everyone do whatever it was they were doing. Rin looked up from her texting and sniffed the air as soon as Gumi put the cereal in her mouth.
"Do I smell 'Grains of the Marshmallow'?" She asked turning her head towards Gumi. Gumi looked down at the cereal before nodding her head. Immediately Rin's eyes sparkled as she dove to grab the bag from Gumi's hands, falling on top of Miku in the process.
"Rin, you messed up my drawing!" Miku exclaimed.
"Sorry" Rin said pulling the bag free from a terrified Gumi's arms.
"Rin, put on your seatbelt" said Grandfather Kagamine glaring at her through the mirror. Rin made a pouty face before pulling the strap around her.
"You didn't have your seatbelt on?" Gumi said alarmed.
"Hey, I need to be able to breathe okay" Rin said making a face to Gumi. Suddenly, everything in the car seemed gloomy and useless. Gumi wasn't sure why everything seemed so sad, but saw that both Rin and her grandfather were in the same mood. She looked over to Miku and realized that she was where the mood came from.
Miku looked down in despair at her crumpled and scribbled drawing, which had actually looked good before Rin destroyed it. Miku began to sniffle a little. Gumi was able to see at that moment, the gloomy aura Miku was giving off, barely even visible but still there.
"Hey Miku, cheer up" Gumi said trying to sound optimistic. Her voice cracked a little because Miku's sadness was getting to her, but she was able to hold back tears.
"Miku, check this out" Gumi said pulling out her phone and finding the picture she had of a little kitten stretching out a tiny paw towards a cookie. Miku looked over with a quivering lip, but smiled and laughed at the picture.
Immediately the mood in the car lifted and was back to its normal state. Rin sneakily ripped out the paper from Miku's journal and threw it out the window. She then closed the book in Miku's hands and said, "Hey, wanna listen to some music?"
Miku smiled, all traces of her sadness gone. "Sure!" She said joyfully as Rin put one of her ear pieces into Miku's ear. They jammed out as Len pulled out his earbuds and turned around.
"What just happened?"
"Miku's aura got too strong. How did you not notice until now?" Gumi whispered. Len shrugged and turned back around just as the car drove onto the freeway.

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Two hours later, Miku was sleeping on top of a snoring Rin, comfortably holding the bag of cereal hostage so Gumi couldn't get to it. Sighing, Gumi decided to sleep herself and leaned over Miku. When she did this, she caught a glimpse of what was on Len's phone. She gasped.
"You read 'Sonica Black'?" She asked him.
"Yeah" he answered still reading it.
"Do you want spoilers?" She asked him with a sneaky tone of voice. Len stopped his reading and looked up before coming up with a decision.
"Sure, why not" he answered turning towards Gumi.
"Well, for one Jason is actually Lord Crimson, two Lira gets killed by the Firmament Gang, three..." started Gumi.
"Okay, okay, stop. That's way too many spoilers for me" said Len turning back around to face the road.
"You let me tell you" Gumi stated point blank while shrugging her shoulders.

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By nightfall they reached a small town called Canro. It had multiple houses and was situated by the beach, as well as a small section dedicated to shopping and tourism. Gumi looked out the window in awe at the small town and at how lovely it seemed. She hoped that this next week would be so much fun she would never forget it.
They pulled up to a two story, tan colored house situated right next to the beach, with only a road for cars to drive through separating it from the waves.
Once the car stopped Gumi jumped put and opened the trunk. She helped unload all the bags and ran inside.
The exterior was beautiful, with multiple flowers growing next to the grassy lawn, tough the interior was just as beautiful. It had a sort of classic art theme to it, with glass lamps, tin decorations, and a grandfather clock to mark the time. Gumi walked in with her jaw dropped as she observed the scene.
"Hey, carrot-top. The rooms are upstairs" said Len nudging her towards the stairs.
"Oh, okay" Gumi said dragging the bags up to one of the rooms.
"It's this room" Rin said running up behind Gumi and shoving her into the room closest to the stairs. The room had a queen sized bed and was decorated with a brown dresser, a pink clock, and multiple ribbons in coffee, strawberry, and cream colors. To Gumi, it seemed like a neapolitan theme.
She dropped the bags and ran up to the bed, jumping on it as she did so.
"Me and Miku were going to sleep on the bad together since Miku didn't bring a sleeping bag. Gumi stopped rolling on the bed and made a pouty face to Rin.
"Why do I have to sleep on the floor?" "Because, you're the one that brought a sleeping bag" Rin answered as Miku walked into the room.
"I'm tired ya guys" she said placing her bags next to the door and walking over to the bed. "See you tomorrow" she finished before crawling under the bed sheets and falling asleep.
"Well, that's my queue" Rin said as she tucked herself in next to Miku.
"Hold up, you're not even going to change or brush your teeth?" Gumi asked bewildered. In return she head two large snores coming from the bed. Gumi shrugged and took out her toothbrush from her bag, walking over to the bathroom she had spotted earlier.
She walked into it and saw it had a samurai theme to it. Len was brushing his teeth by the sink, already in his yellow and blue onesie.
"How did you change so quickly?" Gumi asked him as she put toothpaste on her brush.
"Magic" he replied wriggling his fingers before spitting out the last of the toothpaste in his mouth. Gumi rolled her eyes and wet her brush before brushing her teeth. Len walked out of the bathroom, though not before jabbing Gumi lightly in the side. She yelped and whacked at him, laughing at the stupidity of it all. Len laughed back as he went into his room and closed the door.
Gumi finished brushing her teeth and went back to the multicolored room. She changed into her pajamas (which were decorated with black and white T.V.s) and pulled her sleeping bag out of the suitcase. Laying it out on the floor, Gumi squirmed into it and snuggled with the pillow. Eventually, she fell into a dreamless sleep, wondering how the rest of the week would be like.