I know it's been a little while since I touched this, so I hope you all enjoy the update!
Days had passed and Miku still refused to come out of her room. Master was thinking himself in circles trying to solve the problem. Because Luka was such a large file, it would take a day or two more before she would be finished reprogramming. If Master waited that out, then Miku would leave her room and come to see Luka.
I hope she does, anyway. he sighed to himself. I can't keep postponing her appointments at the studio. The crew is getting impatient to see her again.
A sudden beeping over near Luka alerted him to something different in the program and Master stood, making his way over to the console to see what was happening. Black eyes widened in shock as he observed what was happening. Apparently, Luka's reprogramming had sped up and she would be done within the next hour or so.
How did that happen? Master wondered in bemusement. Perhaps they're just cache files that can be dealt with quickly? Are they really that small though?
Making his way out of the study, Master strode down the stairs, finding Meiko and the twins in the kitchen trying to cook something to eat. Meiko. He called, gaining the attention of all three. Rin, Len, do you all want to come with me? Luka is about to wake up soon.
"Really?" the twins cheered in relief.
"Thank goodness." Meiko sighed, slumping gratefully. "An actual cook."
Master chuckled as he led the trio back up to his study where the computer was flashing in the nineties. The reprogramming would be complete soon. Waiting in anticipation, the quartet watched the bar reach full and turn green, a large one hundred flashing over it.
Master smiled and opened Luka's back, grabbing his screwdriver so that he could tighten the necessary cogs to turn her back on. One the gears were going again, Master took a step back and the other three Vocaloids milled about nervously, wondering if it had worked. Slowly, the light behind the blue eyes flickered before turning on full force and Luka sat up, glancing around at them as she held her head.
Luka, how are you feeling? Master smiled, but Luka turned her head away, frowning.
"I want to be uninstalled." she huffed.
"What?" Meiko gasped, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Why would you ever want that?" Len exclaimed.
Luka glared at them all and crossed her arms. "Because I don't want to be a maid anymore. I'm tired of being conned into thinking I'm going to go out on stage or head to the recording studio when in actuality, I'm just going to be stuck cleaning up after everyone else and taking care of people who were just fine before I came along. If that's all that awaits me whenever I wake up, I would rather not wake up."
"Luka, Miku wants you to stay." Rin murmured. "She hasn't been out of her room since you were turned off. She won't even go to the studio to record."
Something flashed in Luka's eyes. "She… she hasn't been out since I was turned off?"
"Pretty much." Len grumbled. "As many times as I've been hit with a leek for trying to give her some food, I should know."
Luka smiled and jumped from the bed, striding toward the stairs. On her way, she spotted Kaito and threw him down the stairs. He landed on his back as she continued on down the second floor hallway.
The others rushed to Kaito as he slowly picked himself up. "I thought she was getting reprogrammed." he coughed.
I don't understand. Master groaned. The reprogramming was supposed to get rid of these feelings. They only seem to have gotten stronger-.
A scream from upstairs caused them all to freeze. Another one shot them into action. Racing up the stairs in an attempt to save Miku, the group stopped at the door, puzzled by what they found in the green-haired diva's room.
Luka had Miku pinned to the bed, hands at her sides. Miku was squirming around underneath the pinkette, tears streaming down her face as she fought to catch her breath.
"Luka!" Miku shrieked, more laughter rising from her lips. "S-stop!"
"You missed me." the pink-haired girl purred happily, blue eyes shining.
"Of course I did, Lubaka!" Miku snickered as Luka finally gave her a rest. "I was worried that Master would decide never to wake you up."
Luka threw her arms around Miku's neck and snuggled against her, Miku's face pressed against her chest. A blush rose on the greenette's face as Kaito and Len felt synthetic blood dripping from their noses.
"I love you too, Miku." Luka murmured, ignoring their audience.
Len and Rin slapped high fives as Meiko smiled at the pair of them. Miku's eyes widened as she pulled back, staring at Luka in shock. "You… you love me?"
"Of course." Luka purred, laying backwards and pulling Miku down onto her chest. "I've loved you ever since I heard your voice for the first time. It was right before Master woke me up. I heard you talking to him. It was the very first voice to ever register in my program and I'll never forget it." She nuzzled the soft aquamarine hair affectionately.
Miku's face split into a beaming smile and she snuggled into Luka's chest. Master cocked his head at the pair and turned to find the twins making strange faces at the two women on the bed. Meiko grabbed them each by the ear and began tugging them away. Kaito watched Miku and Luka for a moment longer before shrugging and making his way to his bedroom. Master smiled and looked back to his newly reawakened Vocaloid. Everything was right again.
Clearing his throat as he moved forward, Master crossed his arms and gave Miku a stern look. We still need to talk about your role in Meiko and Kaito's concert. he said, watching Miku blush.
"I suppose I could go out with Kaito for a few songs." the greenette sighed. Instantly, there was a low growl from Luka and she held the smaller girl close. Miku and Master looked to the pinkette to find her gazing down at Miku possessively.
"I don't want Brainfreeze touching you." she snarled, blue eyes boring into blue-green.
"Don't worry, Luka." Miku soothed her, stroking her cheek. "It's only for the concert. Then he won't be able to touch me for months. I promise."
Glancing to Master, Luka inquired, "When's the concert again, Master?"
Two weeks, Luka. the black-haired man replied calmly.
Luka nodded. "After two weeks, I don't want to see him near you. Or I'll break his hand off so badly, it will take Master three hours to fix it."
Miku giggled softly and pecked her cheek, snuggling into her. Master seemed a bit perturbed by what had just been stated, but shrugged it off and turned to head back to his study, happy that the reprogramming seemed to be doing its job, even if it was a bit off.
I guarantee you, we're only just getting started.