Hi again…it's me.
I nicked that intro off of somebody
Here we are with the next chapter. Not long to go now until the end of the story. I apologise for how short the last chapter was, so I promise that this one will be longer. I hope you enjoy reading.
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(About 20 minutes after the performance on the roof)
(Miku's POV)
Ow. Ow. Owie. My poor abused bones and metal pins. I should not have attempted to lift that box. Stupid little girl. Now I get repaid with a shedload of back pain. Speaking of, when did I last take my pills for the normal pain? Maybe I forgot to take them this evening. Mind you, with everything that's happened over the last 8ish days I'd be very surprised if I remembered everything! At least we got all of the equipment in before it started raining. Yeah, it's tipping down. Hope I didn't pull off a bad performance and that was show it would be repaid!
I'm happy to be indoors, sat down. But I have a very good feeling that a barrage of questions is about to come my way…
Speaking of, I see a fairly wet looking Kaito come into the living room, moaning loudly about his soaked scarf. I snicker, and I get the evils from him. I bite my lip to stop the laughter, and point to the radiator where he hangs it to dry. I can see the excess water dripping from the ends of the deep blue scarf. At least I have a change of clothes.
(Kaito's POV)
Right, question time. I'm soaked through by the way.
"So…er…are you okay?"
"Yeah, why shouldn't I be?"
"I was just wondering because of what happened earlier…" as I give her a bit of eye contact, I see her pupils shrink slightly with fear. Probably from what I'm about to say next.
"You said you'd tell me later. Well, it's later, so spill."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Was that too blunt?"
"…Only a lot."
"Sorry."
"It's okay. Besides, someone bar myself and everyone I live with should know…"
"Know what?"
Miku sighs loudly. "I hope you are seated well. Basically," she breathes a little, "When I was 10 I was in a car crash, a big one. If you were old enough to understand the news at that point you may have heard about it. I was the only one who survived that day. I broke many, many bones. I'm not exaggerating either. The reason why my back hurt is because I broke it, and it never really healed. I'm lucky to be alive, so take it for granted." She says without stopping. I look down.
"…"
"You okay Kai-Kun?" I look at her through my blue bangs. I nod slightly at her question.
"Yeah, it's just a lot to take in. So is this why you're a vocaloid?"
"Yes. My vocal cords were damaged. Not only that, but I have literally the biggest scars across my abdomen and back. Back for obvious reasons, and the reason for the one on my abdomen is because I had an internal bleed. I can show you it if you want." She says casually.
"How big is it…?"
"Big enough. Look." She lifts up her top a little so that I can see it.
(Miku's POV)
I watch him get up so that he can see the scar more clearly. As he walks over, he starches his hand to touch it, and he traces it from left to right.
"Life huh?"
"…"
"Kaito, you can stop tracing it now."
"Oh, sorry." He retracts his hand.
"It's fine. At least you know"
"Yeah and if we think about it, if this hadn't of happened to you, we wouldn't exist!"
"What-"
He takes me by the hands. "Think about it Miku, you are the first Vocaloid. The first one ever, before any of us. You are the reason why we are here, so it's not a bad thing that this happened."
"We probably wouldn't even know each other. I've never thought about it that way."
"Glad to be of service!"
I promptly hit his arm. "Idiot."
He smiles, and I smile back at him.
(Jean's POV)
FOUND HER!
Finally. I found where she is staying currently. She's staying at an old mate's and I just so happened to bump into her and she directed me straight here. I knock on the wooden door, and wait for an answer. I here feet walk to the door, and I hear the door open. I put on my best serious face.
"Errrrr….."
"Hi Miku." I say curtly.
"Dang."
"May I come in?"
"Hmmm….oh, yeah." She moves so that I can walk in the door. As I do she offers to take my coat, which I give her and she hangs it up on the radiator. I walk through to the living room and see Kaito.
"Hey Jean. As you can see I made it."
"Yes I can see. Thank you for finding her."
"Wait," Miku says, "You were working with HER!"
"Sorry Miku-Chan, but it had to be done. Otherwise you wouldn't have returned home."
"You are unbelievable." She storms off to God knows where.
"She does that." Jean remarks.
"Yeah, I know."
I sit down on the nearest sofa, and Kaito sits on the one opposite. We spent 10 minutes conversing before deciding it was time to leave. I sent Kaito upstairs to find Miku so that we could get going.
(Kaito's POV)
"Miku?"
"What do you want?" She says curtly as I open the door.
"We should go."
"What if I don't want to?"
"Well," I say as I shut the door and walk over to her bed," it's nice to be away from home, but other times it's better to be at home, if you get what I mean." I sit down beside her.
"It's not really home though is it?"
I hum slightly in consideration. "Maybe so, but all of our friends will be missing us, besides, they want me to bring you home. Liam and Frank too. Even if you don't like Jean, it's worth seeing everyone again right?"
"I suppose so, but what if everyone judges me for running away like I did?
"They won't. I think it's a weird thing personally. You have your reasons, but it's sometimes a cowardly thing."
"I wasn't being cowardly, I was doing what I thought was right in my own way."
"Yeah I know. It's what you love, no one can take that away from you. I know something that we can do…"
She looks at me, her face brightens. "What?"
"I'll have to arrange it with everyone else first, and it will be a surprise!"
"I love surprises. I'm game. So, when do we leave?"
"Typical."
"Yup, that's me!"