Sorry for not updating yesterday. It was New Years' Eve so I've been busy. Here's the chapter that I owe you guys. Thank you for waiting. If you've been watching my story, I appreciate it.

Just be Friends by Luka Megurine

CHAPTER NINE

Dear Diary,
Today was one of the worst days I've ever had in my life. I've cheated on Luka and I have punched her in the face. I didn't mean to do that. She kept on talking back to me, it got me annoyed, and so I had to. I didn't mean to hurt Luka. It's still the same day. I'm waiting outside of the room with Miku. Meiko had to leave early because she had to check on the station. It's three.

Sincerely,

Gakupo

Gakupo and Miku were waiting for Luka. They've been waiting for at least three hours. They both wondered; Luka has been in there for three hours. Usually, it would take thirty minutes for a doctor to check the basics.

Finally, the doctor came out. He was sweating. Miku and Gakupo got up to see what the doctor has to explain. The doctor was holding a clipboard and a couple of nurses went out of the room Luka was in.

"Doctor, what happened to Luka-chan? Please tell me she's okay, not hurt!" Miku says while standing right in front of the doctor. The doctor fixed his glasses and sighed.

"She's okay, for now. Luka has stopped bleeding, but she will bleed later on. Her head wouldn't stop bleeding for the last three hours. It looked really bad to see her chin gushing out blood. There's a vein near her chin and I think someone punched that part, so it kept on gushing. She's low on blood." The doctor says nervously.

"Luka is low on blood? How's her condition?" Gakupo asked.

The doctor sighed, slower. "She's asleep. There might me a chance she's been brainwashed. Meiko told me that she hit her head on the floor so hard. There may be a chance she could lose her memory, or maybe all of her memory."

Miku's eyes widened. She sat on the chair next to Luka's room. Gakupo stood still. He was breathing loudly.

I shouldn't have told them about the brainwashed part…I can get fired. The doctor thinks to himself. He fixes his collar. "You can go visit her room now. Just don't touch her head or chin. If you do, she can lose more blood. Does anyone know her blood type?"

"I don't know her blood type. Do you have a file or something?" Miku asked.

"The nurses are trying to find out her blood type. We're not even sure if her blood type is here. If we don't find her blood type by tomorrow…" The doctor says, but stops soon.

Gakupo gulped. Miku froze.

"You know what'll happen." He says. He smiles and walks away.

Gakupo opens the door for Miku. She goes to the door and sees Luka. Gakupo silently closed the door. Miku ran to Luka and hugged her tightly.

"Luka-chan, please be there! I can't live without you! Please tell me that you're still here. If you're not here with us, I'm going to leave with you. I can't live without you! You're my older sister, best friend, and I would have no one to tease! Stay with us, I beg of you! Luka-chan, do you know how much you mean to us? You're my best friend and I don't want you to leave. Luka-chan, please don't go!" Miku cried while she hugged Luka. Miku's face was buried on Luka's shoulder.

Gakupo was looking at the window. There were no tears in his eyes. Well, tears were about to fall, but Gakupo didn't let that happen. His heart was broken. He had never ever cried in his life. He wondered to himself, is this the day where I'm going to cry? I would cry for Luka…but why now? Miku-chan is here and she's going to make fun of me! Don't cry, Kamui…

Suddenly, Gakupo's phone vibrated. He got out his phone, and answered.

"Hello?" Gakupo said, as you would all say whenever you answer a call.

"Can I talk to Miku? She's not answering her phone. This is her manager," the voice says.

Gakupo nods. He covers the part where you would talk. "Miku-chan, it's for you."

Miku goes to Gakupo and grabs his phone. She goes outside and talks to her manager.

Now, it was only Gakupo and Luka. They were alone together. Well, Luka didn't know. Gakupo did. He looked at the door to see Miku having a conversation.

I guess her manager will keep her busy for a while. Gakupo thinks to himself.

He walks over Luka and strokes her hair. When Gakupo noticed something white on her head, it was a heavy bandage to stop the bleeding from her head. Gakupo closed his eyes and a tear escaped his eye. His tear landed on Luka's nose.

Memories began to flush back in his head. He was thinking about all the memories he had with Luka. As he was thinking, more and more tears escaped his eyes. All of his tears landed on Luka's neck and head.

"Luka-san…I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to punch and hurt you! It's just that I was so frustrated, Gumi made me disappointed so I used my anger on you. I didn't mean to hurt you! Please, forgive me! Luka-san, I love you. Please, you mean so much to me. I don't want to lose you! You're my first love, and I don't want that love to end. Please, Luka-san! Even though you can't hear me I'll say the words. I love you so much. Do you even know how much you mean to me? You mean so much to me. I'd give my music and samurai career just for you. I'd give up sleep for you! Sleep means a lot to me, so you mean a lot to me! Luka-san, please…"

Silence appeared. Gakupo cried even more. His head was on Luka's chest bone. Tears and more tears went from his face, making him cry. Gakupo felt something touch his cheek, and he brought his head up to look at Luka. There was blood coming out from Luka's chin. The white bandage on Luka turned red.

His eyes widened. He quickly held Luka's hand and shouted Miku's name. She quickly went inside the room with Gakupo's phone in her hand. She was finished talking to her manager.

"Call the doctor!" Gakupo ordered.

Miku nodded and she could notice the blood on Luka's chin. She went outside and started yelling. "We need help! She's bleeding!" A nearby nurse heard Miku so she ran to Luka's doctor.

"Doc, she's bleeding. We need you now!" she says while catching her breath.

I knew she would bleed sooner… "We need Blood O. Find Blood O, now!"

The nurse nodded and she runs to the room that handles all the blood. The doctor rushed to the room with Luka. When he enters the room, he noticed half of Gakupo's head was covered with blood. His hands were covered with blood.

"The nurses have her blood. We're going to do surgery on her! We need you two to evacuate, now!" He says. A couple of nurses came to Miku and Gakupo. They brought the both of them outside so that they could wait for Luka.

"I need to stay in that room!" Gakupo argued. "She's my girlfriend and I need to—"

"We would do the same thing if you were injured! She would do the same thing what you're doing, but we have to keep you outside! I'm really sorry, Kamui-kun." The tallest nurse says. She goes back inside with the other nurses.

Gakupo kicked the wall. His heart was broken into pieces. Miku covered her face. She was crying, yes, but she didn't want to see Gakupo cry. If she sees someone cries who means a lot to her, she cries too. More and more tears came on their faces.

As they both cry, they heard steps. Both of them lifts up their faces and saw the rest of the crew. Everyone gasped when they saw Gakupo and Miku crying.

"Gakupo-kun, you're crying!" Rin gasped. "What happened to Luka-san? Is she okay?"

"They're giving her surgery! She is not okay, Rin-chan!" Miku cried. Kaito and Meiko went to Miku and sat next to her. Meiko places her arm around Miku's shoulders. Len and Rin went to Gakupo and tapped his back.

"You're finally crying…I thought I would never ever see you cry." Len says while tip toeing to touch Gakupo's shoulder. "Whenever you cry, something's not right…you have never cried, so that means everything was alright, until now…"

"Len-chan, don't say that!" Rin shouted. "That's not true! Everything will be okay at the end! If it's not okay, it's not the end!"

"Wise words, Rin-chan," Gakupo says while turning around. He wiped the tears off his face. "Len-chan is right. If I probably stop crying, everything will be okay." He tried to stop his tears, but more tears escaped.

"We'll make you stop crying," Miku says while standing. "What makes you happy, everybody?"

"Ice-cream would make me happy!" Kaito says with stars in his eyes. He was drooling.

"Bananas," Len says while joining the dreamy Kaito.

"Oranges," Rin joins the others.

Meiko laughs. She looks at Miku and she noticed Miku daydreaming. "Leeds!"

"All of you guys are hilarious. Gakupo, what makes you happy?" Meiko asked while looking at Gakupo.

Should I pick eggplants or Luka?

Memories began to flush back in his head. He was thinking about all the memories he had with Luka. As he was thinking, more and more tears escaped his eyes. All of his tears landed on Luka's neck or head.

Flashbacks

"Excuse me, do you—"

When he takes a longer glance at this person, his heart skipped a beat. He saw a woman with long pink hair and grey eyes. She was wearing her handbag on her shoulder and she was wearing glasses. Her hair was up in a bun.

"What?" she asks.

Gakupo is still frozen. He doesn't move. He doesn't blink. He doesn't breathe.

After a moment of this woman staring at Gakupo, she rolled her eyes and walked away. Idiot…she says in her mind.

"Wait!" Gakupo whispers. "Come back to me!"

The woman stops and raises an eyebrow. She crosses her arms and places it in front of her chest. "What?"

"Oh, thanks. By the way, I'm Gakupo Kamui. Thanks for helping me. What's your name?" Gakupo asks.

"I don't give out information about myself that easily." She says with a cold impression.

"But, you're helping me, and I thought it'd be nice to know the name of someone helping me. Do you like men being polite to women?" Gakupo asks.

"My name is Luka Megurine. Also, what kind of cooking recipe are you looking for?" She stands up and looks through the top shelf.

"Wait," Gakupo says. He went to buy the cooking book. He went back to Luka. Luka is getting ready to leave. "What's your number?"

"Go Google it." Luka says while placing her purse on her shoulder.

"Can I come with you?"

"Go Google it."

"Where are you going?"

"Go Google it."

"Please?"

"Fine."

"You are going to sleep on the floor, since I don't have any spare futons with me," Luka-san says.

"No extras? I mean, your futon is big enough for two people! Why can't I sleep with you?" I asked. Her futon seems too big and comfy. I want to sleep on something soft and delicate, not hard and cold!

Luka-san rolled her eyes. "I do not want some pervert sleeping with me!" She screams. I just laughed.

"As you wish," I say. I slept on the floor, about five feet away from Luka-san's futon. An hour has passed, and I am still awake. It takes luxurious items to make me sleep. I heard sleep talking from Luka-san. She kept on tossing and turning in her sleep. I got up to check on Luka-san.

"Just be friends? No!" I hear Luka whispers. I wonder what she is dreaming about. Is she dreaming about me? A wide smile appeared on my face, but I had to make sure Luka-san is okay. "Please..."

"Luka-san, don't worry," I whisper. "I'm here. I lied down next to Luka-san. I placed her head right under my chin. The blanket is on us so we could be warm. "Don't worry...by the time you are awake, I'll be gone..."

Luka-san cuddles into my torso. I smiled. I closed my eyes and kissed her forehead. I just met her today. I have never ever felt like this in my life. Never. If someone can read my mind, you know how much I love Luka-san. She is wonderful. She is beautiful. She is everything to me, even though I've just met her today.

"But Master Gakupo, where did you sleep last night? Please do not say you slept somewhere uncomfortable!" Rin, the girl gardener asks with fear.

"I slept at someone's house." He says while turning red. Both of the gardeners look at each other at the eye.

"Who's house?" Len, the boy twin asks.

Gakupo continued blushing. Both of the twins became curious.

"A friend of mine." Gakupo lied.

"Ah, okay! But please tell us, why were you blushing?" Len asks.

"No reason…" Gakupo says while walking forward.

"Luka-san, I'm sorry! I didn't know it was you! I wasn't supposed to hurt your feelings. The lyrics were making me think about you. I was thinking if you and I should just be friends." Gakupo says with a sad expression.

"Forget it. I already decided our decision." Luka says. "I want to just be friends. It's either that or we will never ever speak. Besides, you do not want to be my music producer, am I right? I don't care. I can find a different one."

"No, please," Gakupo says. He hugs Luka by her waist. "I didn't mean it... "

"Of course you didn't." Luka says. She walked away from Gakupo's arms. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to publish my own music."

Luka left and she noticed the headphone pieces. She closed her eyes tightly and walked away. Gakupo was heartbroken. The others had pity.

"Would you like to come with me to the Summer Festival?" Gakupo randomly asks. Luka stops. She was blushing. "I've always wanted to see you wearing a yukata..." That was true. Gakupo would always want to see Luka wearing a yukata.

"Me? Well..."

"Luka-chan!" Miku randomly says. "Are you going to the Summer Festival? We're all going!"

Luka took a glance at Gakupo and he was smiling.

"Yes, I'm going with Gakupo." She says. "Bye." She went inside. The others looked at Gakupo in confusion.

"She accepted!" Gakupo shouts. He smiled and fell on the floor.

Luka quickly hugged Gakupo. She fell and they rolled near a bush. When they stopped, Luka was on top of Gakupo. They were lying down on a grassy field. It was sunny, but a nearby tree's leaves were a shadow. They were on the shadow.

Gakupo chuckled. He leaned in to kiss Luka. Her eyes widened. The kiss lasted for about fifteen seconds. She quickly went near the tree and her back was on the tree back.

"What the hell was that for?" she whispered instead of yelling.

"Hi," the lady says. She was fanning herself since it was hot.

"Hello, do you have any suggestions? Like charm bracelets or something?" Gakupo asked.

"I find that you're a couple." She stopped fanning herself and she got up.

"No we're—"Luka says, but she stops talking because the lady had something in her hand.

"I made this bracelet out of precious gems I found in a cave. When I explored the cave, I saw a carved picture on the wall. There was a couple holding hands. I looked at their hands, and I saw the same exact gem as the one I have."

The gem was faded lilac. Luka widened her eyes. Gakupo smiled.

"The gem represents love. As long as you keep on wearing this, the both of you are in love. If one of the bracelets breaks, something bad will happen to your relation—like breaking up."

That is great. If I just throw the bracelet at the ground, I'm sure we'll—

"I'm giving it to you two for free. It's because you look like a lovely couple, and you're known as Kamui Gakupo and Megurine Luka. I am a big fan of you guys."

"Why are we here?" Luka asked.

"So we could see the fireworks alone," Gakupo says with a grin.

After the fireworks were over, Gakupo smiled at Luka. She wondered; why does he want me to be alone with him? The only thing we did was watching fireworks. I was watching my own side. He was watching my own side. We should've stayed with the others.

"Thanks for watching the fireworks with me," he says with a smile on his face. He was about to leave, but Luka grabbed his hand.

"Gakupo, I'm sorry for being so rude to you. It's just that I decided to not give love a try, but now, I'm in love again…"

"Wait, you're in love?" Gakupo asked. "With who?"

"You, idiot." She says. She then let go of his hand and started to walk alone.

"Wait, Luka-san!" he shouted. She turned around and rose in eyebrow. He walked to Luka.

"I…I love you."

"I know," she says. "I love you too."

Gakupo's eyes widened. Luka tiptoed to kiss Gakupo. His eyes widened, but he doesn't care. He wrapped his arms around Luka's waist.

As they were kissing, Miku took a photo. She said a yes to herself. This is so going to the yearbook!

"Luka-san?" Gakupo asked.

"Yes, Gakupo-kun?" she replies sweetly, it was an ordinary response. No cold reply.

"Knock knock."

"Who's there?"

"Date?"

"Date, what?"

"Will you date me?"

Luka's eyes widened. She quickly nodded and hugged him. The both of them fell on the floor, laughing at each other.

"Luka-san, I love you so much."

End of Flashbacks

"Thinking about Luka-san makes me happy. I feel something strange inside of me. Sure, I do have some dirty thoughts about Luka-san, but that only happens when I feel like having those thoughts. Whenever I see her, it makes my day. Whenever she punches or slaps me, it makes me feel happy about myself. Some people may think why I am in love with her, and I tell them that she has changed me. The only person who can change me is my lovely Luka-san. If she was here, she would punch me, but I don't care."

Everyone clapped at Gakupo's words. He felt honored, so he bowed down. Everyone laughed. There was a camera in Miku's hand. She would probably show it to Luka if she came back.

After an hour passed by, everyone stayed still. Kaito and Len went to buy some snacks for everyone. They bought fruits or junk food since it was the only enjoyable thing at the hospital.

Miku was had a water bottle in her hands. Rin was drinking orange juice. Len was eating banana bread. Kaito was eating chocolate ice cream in a cup. Meiko was drinking a caramel Frappuccino. Gakupo was eating fish chips. It reminded him of Luka.

After they were done eating, they became bored. It was only twenty minutes since they stopped eating. Suddenly, Miku had an idea. She took Meiko's shoulder and shook them.

"I have an idea! We should make a video for Luka!" Miku says with a smile on her face.

"That's a perfect idea!" Rin says while standing up. Miku gets out her camera and smiles.

"Are you ready?" Miku asks. Everybody nods and Miku records a video. The camera was facing Miku. "Hi, Luka-chan, this video is just for you!" She does the peace sign. "Since you're in that room," Miku say while showing the door, "we're going to make a video—just for you! We're so bored…"

"Hey, Miku-chan," Rin says. Miku was recording Rin. "Hello, Luka-chan, I hope you're doing okay! We're so bored, waiting for you. Miku-chan, record Gakupo!"

Miku is now recording Gakupo. He looks at the camera and covers the lens.

"I'm not ready, give me five minutes!" Gakupo says while fixing his hair.

"It's not like Luka is going to judge you!" Len says. "Wait, never—"

"Give me the camera to practice my poses!" Gakupo says. Miku laughs and gives the camera to Gakupo. He holds the camera in his hands and starts doing poses.

He does the duck face. Everyone laughs at him.

"You look so funny while doing the duck face!" Kaito says while pointing at him.

"That's because I'm not ready!" Gakupo pouts. "Okay, let me get my flaws ready." He removes a few hair pieces from his face. "Miku-chan, record me and I'm going to do poses!"

"I am so going to post this on our website," she whispers to herself while ending the video.

After an hour, the doctor has gone out of the room. Everyone went in front of the room to see what would happen. They all had scared looks on their faces. The doctor gulped.

"What happened?" Gakupo asked while holding onto his collar. "Tell me!"

"Lu-Luka…"

"What?" Everyone shouted at the doctor in front of his face.

"She lost her memory."