Chapter 7: Romantic Fixer


Oh gods I'M SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE

I promise to all you little readers out there, I will make this up to you! Here's Chap 7, finally! :D


"I made a huge mistake."

"No kidding, Len-san."

The male Kagamine paced the break room. "I can't believe she broke up with me," he muttered for about the millionth time today.

"Yeah, we can't believe it either," Big Al sighed (sarcastically), for about the billionth.

"What can I do? She's going to be avoiding me again. It's already been twenty-four hours, I have no calls, no texts…"

"There you go again! You're just expecting her to come crawling back! No wonder she dumped you…" He immediately regretted saying it.

"That's not true! I've tried to call her! She won't respond whatsoever! I don't know what to do!"

"Remorse?" Oliver jabbed him in the ribs.

"This is it for us," Len collapsed on a chair and held his head in his hands. "She'll never accept me again…"

"Len-san," the youngest boy started. "You can't just—"

Yohioloid beat him to it. The older blonde stood up from his own seat, walked up to Len, and slapped him in the face.

For a moment, Len was stunned. If this were on anything else, he would've shot up immediately and scream protests about what the heck that was for. But, shocked by the impact, he could only stare up at the older boy. Yohio didn't even look angry; he just stared down at the sixteen-year old as he then held both his cheeks.

"Listen to me."

"Uh, can you—"

"You are a useless jerk."

"That makes me feel so much better."

"Idiot, I'm not trying to make you feel better." Yohio squished his cheeks harder. "You have been degrading the love of your life without even realizing it. You are unaware of the affection you have for each other, and you have been taking your girl for granted. Right now, you are a hopeless case that is supposed to fall in love with his sister. If you do not fix your act and sort through your feeling, then so God help me, I will take 96Neko for myself."

"Don't you lay a hand on Kuro!" Len shouted immediately, regardless of his face being treated like dough.

"That's the spirit." The younger boy was amazed at how his voice was never raised at him.

"Go Yohio!" Big Al cheered like a child.

"Didn't know you had it in you," Oliver chuckled, nodding in pride at his friend with his arms crossed.

Len only deadpanned. "Can you let go of my head."

"You do know he's right, Len," Big Al said, with Yohio releasing him. "You're really going to have to stop ask yourself…"

Oliver stared, serious now. "Are you willing to commit?"

That was one question on Len's mind as well: was he truly?


That night, Len was pacing his room again. He kept thinking about what the three Vocaloid boys told him, and a large portion of his heart told him they were right. Everyone definitely should be committed to the ones they love. Len knew very well he wasn't the best boyfriend in the world. He'd denied his relationship with Kuro, insulted her, and was doing most of it behind her back. Yet, he still claimed he loved her. Too cruel, if you ask me. He seriously still expected her to love him back, and anyone here would agree that was too selfish.

How exactly do you make up for that?

On Len's desk lay a framed picture of him and Kuro. He picked it up and stared at it for a good long while. It was one of the rare times when the boy actually showed affection for Kuro when they were fourteen; he was snuggling up a little closer to her, teasingly kissing her cheek, and she pouted a little at his joking. He remembered Rin had taken that picture, edited it, and used it for the scrapbook she had made for her. He remembered asking for a copy for himself; of course he'd kept it all this time. The picture always made him smile at how they seemed to have reversed personalities in that one scene.

Now, looking at him made him frown.

Kuro was like how she was in the picture. She's definitely not changing her mind until Len actually does something about it.

And so Len will.

That night, the blonde boy practically spent the whole night brainstorming…


A week has passed, and Kuroneko was found sleeping soundly in her bed, her soft sighs only surrounding herself. Light shone through the blindfolds of her hotel window, and one eye peeped open. Sitting up, she brought a hand to her mouth as she yawned drowsily. The clock read "6:01am" She slid her slippers on as she stretched, ready to greet the day.

On her nightstand, the blonde girl looked towards it to see a picture of her and Len. It was one of those moments when Len was being cold and distant around her, whilst she was nothing but warm and snuggly. In this case, the complete opposite of what Len had on his drawer. Upon looking at it, Kuro remembered what she did yesterday and spoke no words.

Instead, she took the photo and placed it back in her luggage.

Ding dong.

"Ehhh?" The cat-like teen instinctively put her robe on as she neared the door. Who could be so early in the morning?

Upon opening the door, she was slightly surprised to see one of the employees at the entrance. He bowed when he saw her and placed a polite smile on his face. "Good morning, Miss Kuroneko, I hope I am not interrupting your sleep."

"Not at all, I just woke up," the girl replied. She then grew suspicious at what he was holding in his hands. "Are those—"

"A fellow came in and had me bring these to you." It was a beautiful bouquet of roses, remarkably arranged in the different colors red, blue, and yellow. Kuroneko eyed it, quite enticed by such beauty and display. She found herself taking the flowers before the man could even hand them over.

"They're wonderful!"

"You have quite the fans, Miss Kuro," the employee commented, still smiling a bit wider now. "They seem to know just what you like."

Kuro practically hugged the bouquet. "It's like the person actually knows me~"

"Perhaps they do! Then our hotel must take a great care in protecting you." When the employee winked, Kuro laughed.

"Thank you! I've had a rough day yesterday, this gift was the highlight of practically my month."

"Well, you should probably thank the person once you find out who he is! Good day, Miss Kuro." With another bow, he was gone.

The cat-like teen nodded. "Yeah…" She closed the door, smiling giddily now, and she went to put the flowers in a vase.

The Utaite wasn't in the mood for hotel breakfast at the moment, so she decided to go buy some of tapioca before meeting with Kogeinu and Tenchou. After getting dressed, she took to the streets and had a short walk before coming across her preferred tapioca store. She entered the little shop, seeing that there were only a few people and no one in line, she smiled to herself and neared the counter.

"One banana flavored please," she ordered. Though Kuro was still mad at him, the drink was still delicious. Though it reminded her of Len, she still chose to pick his favorite flavor for her favorite drink.

Suddenly, the employee behind the counter brought out a noisemaker and blew on it. Streamers and party poppers came out of nowhere, and Kuro jumped in confusion at it. All the employees that worked at the store came out and began clapping wildly, with some even cheering.

"W-What's going on?!" Kuro exclaimed.

"You are our 1000th customer, Miss Kuroneko!" the female behind the counter exclaimed cheerfully. "And for us, this is a really special occasion!"

"Well, I'm very proud to be your 1000th customer!" Kuro exclaimed, truly meaning it. She loved this store, for she had many memories here, with some she would actually like to forget…

"You should~ Because you just won a coupon that will get you 90% discount to any item off our company! It will only expire after one full year!"

"Wow! This is a great deal!" Kuro grinned at the employees that clapped for her. "Thanks so much!"

"Anything for our best customer~ Someone else actually was supposed to be the 1000th customer, but some guy came in and forced him to leave. Good thing too, he would've won! We were really hoping you would be the winner, and thanks to that stranger, you are~"

"Huh…" The blonde tilted her head. "That's strange…but lucky!"

"Thank you again, Kuroneko~"

As Kuro sipped her 90% discount drink, she couldn't help thinking about how fortunate she was today. First the flowers, then the coupon. She knew someone was giving these to her…

She had some suspects, but she would much rather not think about it today.


At the hotel, she knocked on Tenchou's door, and Kogeinu opened it. "Kuro-chan! 'Morning!"

The girl grinned back. "Hey! G'morning~ I brought some tapioca~"

"Aww, you shouldn't have!" The older boy chuckled as she came inside and took her shoes off.

"Well, I just won a coupon at the tapioca place, so I get 90% discount off everything!" She took two large cups out of her bag and proudly set them on the nearest table.

"Seriously?" the redhead friend exclaimed, exiting the bathroom, a gleam in his eyes. "That's awesome! How'd you win?"

"Well, I was the thousandth customer, apparently… So far, my day has actually been going pretty well."

"Lucky~" Kogeinu chuckled, ruffling her head like usual. "Well, maybe that's karma for you!"

"What could I have possibly done to deserve all this?"

"The right thing?" Tenchou joked, taking a large sip.

"We have the whole week to ourselves now that you're not with Len," Kogeinu added, shaking his own cup. "I mean, I feel bad that you broke up, but…"

"Yup," 96Neko winked at her friends. "I get to spend more time with you guys."

"To loners!" the redhead cheered, his cup in the air.

"To loners~" With harmonized laughs, they clinked their drinks.

As Kuro was about to take another sip, she heard the doorbell ring. Tenchou went to answer, and saw a different mailman this time. "Package for 96Neko?" he asked. "Is this her room."

"No, this is Koge's and my room!"

"Lucky for you, she's here!" The blonde waved, already getting excited about the thought of a package.

"Sign here, please."

She did, and happily accepted the brown paper-wrapped box in his hands. "Who's it from, Kuro?" Koeginu asked eagerly as the door closed.

"There's no sender," Kuro hummed. "That's weird…"

"What do you know, good things just keep happening to you today!" The redhead clapped his hand cheerfully. "What are you waiting for, open it up!"

The cat-like teen practically dug her nails into it at that. As she tore the box open, she realized that there were clothes inside the package. What confused her was that they weren't her own.

"A Len cosplay kit?" Kuro stared at the gift, rather dumbfounded.

"M-Maybe it's from an old fan!" Kogeinu suggested, smiling a little. "You have to admit you had a lot of shippers when you and Len dated."

"Yeah…" Surprisingly, Kuro wasn't mad at all. In fact, she remembered one of the moments when they were fourteen, when she and Len went to a cosplay store once, and she encouraged the boy to dress up as 96Neko herself to attract more customers. She'd heard from that store recently, and was glad to know it was a success now. She only grinned wider when she'd read the tag. "This is from Cosplay Fun itself! They finally stocked up on Len costumes~"

"Are you going to give it away?" Tenchou asked worriedly.

"And miss an opportunity like this?" Kuro had already thrown herself into the bathroom and did a quick change. When she came out, her tongue was stuck out as she gazed herself in the mirror, as she saw herself in her ex's clothes. "'Look at me!'" she mocked. "'I'm Kagamine Len! I like kissing my sister and singing like a robot! I think I'm high for reasons!'"

The two boys just burst out laughing and took pictures of their friend's silly expressions. Kuro was laughing as well, but deep inside she knew she was hurting a bit. She touched her chest, trying to stop the pain, but she could never hide how she really felt. She chuckled a final time and went to change back. "All right, as much fun as this is, I still have to get to work."

"And deal with the so-called person that likes kissing his sister a third time," Kogeinu tried to smile at her.

The girl only chuckled as she came out of the bathroom and took her bag. "I can do this, guys. I've been having a pretty good day. I don't think seeing my ex after a week will change anything. See you in five hours."


Just at that very moment, Len was riding in a limo to work this time with Rin by him in the car. He tried not to seem too stoic when he saw the fans piling up outside the car, and did his best to keep all attention to his lap. His "sister" looked at him worriedly, and tried placing a hand on his shoulder. The entire week, she has always been there for him when he thought about Kuro. Len still could not get over it, and he was quite grateful for Rin, even when she was both the first and last person he needed to be with.

"It will be fine," she soothed, as they pulled up in front of the studio. "I think your plan is going well."

The boy only sighed as the guards began to push the fans back outside. He turned to the window, forcing a smile already as the door opened for him. "I think you're right."

The twins waved as they exited, and attempted not to run away as they entered their workplace. Upon getting in the studio, only some greeted them. It appears that not everyone was still OK about how things were with them. At the side, Len could see Kuroneko working with Miku. The blonde teen wanted nothing but to go up to her and talk…but he knew she wouldn't let him.

Miku did it for him, though. "Ah, Len! Perfect, get over here."

He was reluctant as he went over by Kuro's side. "…Good morning."

The girl only grunted a response. "'Mornin'."

"OK, so your third demo starts in half an hour. Len, it's your turn to pick the song!"

"A-All right," Len suddenly stuttered. "I actually wanted to do 'Romantic Breaker'…"

He suddenly heard Kuro scoff.

"Cool! You have twenty-nine minutes. You should, uh…start discussing now…" With an awkward thumbs up, she then walked away.

Kuro sighed, bringing out a pen and pad from her bag. "We'll do the usual, you start first…"

'There was a usual?' Len couldn't help thinking. He flippantly shook his head and tried to be stern. "I need to talk to you."

"Save your breath, Len, I know you're—"

"Did you receive the flowers today?"

He almost saw Kuro's heart stop. "…That was you?"

"Did you win that tapioca contest thing? And get the Cosplay Fun package?"

Everything suddenly started to make sense around Kuroneko. The more she thought, the angrier she wanted to be, but the more she couldn't find the words or proper emotions. "Len—"

"Kuro, I know I made more mistakes than I could count, and I want nothing more than to change all of that. I'm truthfully sorry for all I have ever done, and I really want us to—"

"Get back together?" The girl glanced at him coldly. "Len, you can't possibly win me over with material things, I thought you knew that by now."

"I know, but I just wanted to show you I cared…"

"You could buy me the world and I still wouldn't want to get back with you." The words practically stabbed his heart. "Kagamine Len, we are already getting what we need: your popularity can stay, I can live a peaceful life, and after all this, everything will return back to normal and we can move on with our lifestyles."

The blonde boy gazed down at the ground sadly. "But…then you wouldn't be with me…"

"If I did, nothing would be normal." Kuro frowned, hating herself for saying the words herself. "Len, stop forcing it. Please. We need to focus."

When she walked away, the boy wasn't sure if his heart could break any further…

The twenty-nine minutes went by pretty quickly, and the two found themselves in their recording room before they knew it. Everyone was outside, ready to watch intently and see how it went. Leno had put his headphones on so halfheartedly, for he had this 99.9% feeling that Kuro would not give her best…

But, when he turned to her, he almost started the song too late when he saw the biggest grin on Kuroneko's face. He almost gazed at her too long, quite shocked, before she tapped him harshly. Immediately snapping to attention, he began to sing:

Len: Mitsume atte junbi OK
Hisashiburi no kissu(KISS) ne
Cho, chottomatte osanaide!
Ikioi amatte kabe gotchin

WOO ~ Romachikku bureikaa
WOO ~ Romachikku bureikaa

Len: Yozora kirakira kirameite
Okimari no serifu matteru
Suruto anata doya gao de

Kuro: "Kimi no houga ano no tsugini kireidayo"

Len: WOO~ Romachikku bureikaa
WOO~ Romachikku bureikaa
WOO~ Romachikku bureikaa
Nee doushite? Nee nande yo?
Mou tomaranai

Len: Zutto zutto sobani iteyo kawaranai omoi
Saisho de saisho no onegai
"Koukishin mo shuuchishin mo anata ni ageru"
Nante ittara kitto zuninoru wa

Kuro: Yoru no kaze futari no toki
Haya sugite rararurara
Mou sayonarada ne

"Nakanaide tsuyogatte"
"Gyutteshite" namidadeta.
Mukae no basu ga kuru ne

Len: "Aa! Kaeri no okane ga nai!"

Kuro: WOO~ Romachikku bureikaa

Len: WOO~ Romachikku bureikaa

Kuro:W-
Len: -W-
Kuro: -W-
Len: -W-
Kuro: WOO~
Both: Romachikku bureikaa

Kuro: Nee doushite?
Len: Nee nande yo?
Both: Mou tomaranai!

Kuro: Zutto zutto sobani iru yo kore ga watashi no
Saisho de saigo no . . . nandemonai. . .
Nikutarashi roman kowashi anata ni muchuu
Son'na watashi mo iya janai wa

Len: Zutto zutto sobani iteyo kawaranai omoi
Saisho de saisho no onegai
"Koukishin mo shuuchishin mo anata ni ageru"
Nante ittara yappa zuni notta

Nando iwaseru no hontou yo . . . oh!

As everyone clapped, and the two went out, Len tried to follow Kuro, still a bit taken aback. "What was that? You sung perfectly! It was as if you weren't mad at me at all!"

Kuro was now frowning, as she turned to him with arms crossed. "Well, Len, what if I advanced? What if I practiced singing so much to the point wherein I know when to alter my feelings and sing what I'm supposed to? Yes, it's a thing call acting."

"You weren't acting," the boy said, quite sure of himself. "You still like singing with me…"

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. It doesn't change the fact I'm still annoyed." With a huff, she turned and left the room.

Now, everyone had already gotten so used to the drama that no one commented on anything. But if Len was clear about something, he knew very well this wasn't over. Hope was still within him. He still had a chance.


If any of you have read Songs Can Change Everything, you'll know the cosplay thing really did happen! Remember, this might seem like an original story, but this is still a sequel, and you need to read the original before you can understand anything else :)

Once again, I'm sorry for the late update! I hope this made up for anything, and I'll do my best to write the next chapter soon! See, I'm writing a Gravity Falls x Reader on Quotev and a Descendants: Wicked World OC Insert story as well, so I'm quite busy! Please understand my schedule, oh few readers I have out there :)

Thanks for still reading! Hope you enjoyed~