Now, I give you my second entry for 2019 Negitoro Summer Smash!
Have fun!~
Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid.
~I Didn't Plan For This!~
Four miserable figures lay on the grassy plains of the quad, unmoving, even as some fellow students shot them a confused look, puzzled over how downtrodden the four are despite the announcement of a long weekend.
In unison, four deep sighs echo through in the open space. Even as the wind harmlessly brushed the leaves on the plains, a large cloud loomed over the group despite the sun, shining brightly in the sky and the occasional laughter and chatter from other students.
It was a good day, if they were being honest. It was, also, almost quiet as they lay on the grass, despite the slight scruffing of athletes' footwear on the ground from members of sports clubs. Then again, they shouldn't have to wonder why. It is, after all, near sunset and with the long weekend just tomorrow, it is to be expected that most students would take the opportunity to actually go somewhere and enjoy their happy carefree lives.
These four were not so lucky. They sighed as the gentle blow of the wind caressed their forms, trying to relieve some sort of pressure from their chests.
"We have to do something, guys." Gumi said, unwilling to move her limbs from the comfortable patch of grass.
Rin turned to her side, facing away from the other three as she tries to catch some sleep. "I can't think of-" She yawns, hiding her face with the arm that she used as a pillow. "I can't think of anything. Luka had me staying up all night to complain about how adorable her friend is."
Another of the four miserable figures just laughed, a little nervously. "I don't even know how you do it." Lily said, tiredly tracing a cloud that hid them from the sun. "I get tired just by watching them pine for each other."
The last of the four merely scoffed at their declarations. "Oh, please," Meiko said, trying to pull her bag from under head. "Don't pretend that you're not having fun watching them dance around each other." She took her phone from one of the outside pockets of her bag, sitting up as she did so. "Here, I have the cure and poison for this depression."
After small flicks of her thumbs, she handed her phone to the tall blonde.
Lily sat up almost instantly, delicately holding this handheld technology. Like a wilted flower, reviving with the rise of the sun, the long haired blonde slowly bloomed into an ethereal smile just by seeing one of the most beautiful things in her life - Miku staring unabashedly at Luka while they had lunch.
Gumi revived with the thought of a hundred fanfiction ideas, going to Lily's side as she got a glimpse of the pairing's unrestrained affections. She took out a small notebook out of nowhere, taking note of how this picture made her feel so that she could apply them to her friends-to-lovers bumblby (RWBY) series.
Meanwhile, Rin just sat up, wobbling until she sat crouched over her bag, unable to give up on the sleep that she needs. "I would love to but my head hurts and I don't even have the energy to stand." She yawns again, keeping her head on top of her bag.
"Poor Rin," Meiko said, a pitying look on her face as she saw the female Kagamine, sag on the bag as sleep quickly took over her features. "Getting caught in the middle of their constant fire of heart eyes..."
"They're getting too far." The green-haired writer immediately went back to the sleeping blonde, placing a hand on the top of her hair. "Too far with the pining, that is."
"What do you mean?" The brunette asked, an eyebrow raised.
Gumi took out her notebook, turning to a page at the middle. "See?" She showed the inserted calendar that is now highlighted with a rather alarming pink. "They passed the three to five month period that is designated for hopeless stares and far away daydreams. Right now, at least, one of them should have realized that their feelings are reciprocated."
Meiko laughed, shaking her head. "Obviously, this is not normal!." She said, unsure if she is referring to their group of people who are shipping real people or the pairing, themselves, for not realizing each other's feelings.
"I agree," Lily nodded sagely as she tossed Meiko's phone back to her friend. "We have to do something about this but I have no idea what other thing to try." She sighed, exhausted as she went back over the times that they tried and failed to get them to realize the reciprocation of their feelings.
The brunette hummed in agreement, rubbing her neck in thought. "We obviously can't now since 60 percent of our almost-successful attempts are from Rin who -" A snoring left Meiko cut off. "- is currently sleeping."
"It has to be tonight!" The tall blonde said, rocking on her seat as the eager look in her eyes seemed to shine through. "Tomorrow is the long weekend. This is our chance to figuratively lock them in a room together until they realize their feelings."
Gumi cannot help but laugh. "I mean why not making it not figuratively." The conscious two of their group of shippers only shot her a look that doubted her sanity. "That is the only thing we haven't tried." She raised a brow at the two. "Unless any of you have any other ideas."
A defeated silence fell among the three. The wind whistles as if mocking at the lack of their imagination and planning.
Rin's slight grumbling snapped the three from their spiral to hopelessness. "Fine…" she murmured, muffled by the bag under her seemingly heavy head. She propped her chin on the bag, once again, sleepily reaching her eyes as she rubbed some of the sleepiness away. "But, if they do not get together after this, I am done."
The green-haired writer wrapped her friend in a hug but Lily only smirked and said. "Good luck with that." Unable to keep the smug tone from her voice. "Being in a fandom is like the underworld."
"Enter," Meiko smirked. "But, you cannot leave." The tired blonde only groaned, burying her head in the palms of her hands, unable to retort against the truth.
"Welcome to hell." Lily laughed.
~0~
The student council room fell to a rhythmic and an almost hypnotic sound of rustling papers as Luka sorted out a few documents, opting to finish her student council duties before the long weekend.
Meanwhile, one teal-haired student sat opposite her, looking through her own set of papers under the guise of reviewing materials from class. And she was! Or, she would have been if her eyes had not been stealing glances every five minutes.
"Stop it, Hatsune. You're being creepy." Miku sighed, focusing intently on the page that she was reading since thirty minutes ago. Her eyebrows furrowed at the intensity of her stare as she willed herself to stop glancing at her friend's beautiful, serene silhouette under the orange glaze of the sunset; or the way that insistent strand of pink hair seemed to fly over soft cheeks whenever she flipped through sheets of paper; or her friend's daint fingers as it traced the edges of the document.
And... she's staring again. The tealette groaned, hiding her eyes underneath her folded arms.
"Are you okay, Miku?" Luka asked, pausing her paperwork in favor of having a conversation with her friend. "If you're bored, you could always go to the quad. I am sure the others won't mind you there."
The tealette propped her chin on her arm, aiming a pout at the older girl. "But, I want to stay with you."
Meeting with teal eyes, the pinkette found her cheeks suddenly engulfed, flushed with red but with days of practice against such conversations and interactions with Miku, Luka found the will to roll her eyes as she went back to finish whatever paperwork that was left.
"Well," The student council president trailed off, as she put the last documents in one of the four stacks that are laid in front of her. "If you want to get out of here sooner, help me with stacking these up in the closet."
Miku practically jumped off her seat, hurriedly gathering another stack and racing to follow Luka to the closet near the back of the student council room. "Hold up, Madam President!" she said, practically stopping the taller girl from advancing any further so that they can store the papers together.
The tealette grinned at her, as they walked side-by-side, the space between them almost nonexistent, with Miku jovially retelling the story about that one time the twins had slushed goo all over them during their biology class.
Luka smiled, attentively listening as they walked the short distance to and from the closet, finding solace over the sound of her friend's voice.
For all their times together as friends, the pinkette always found the younger girl's presence as both the highlight of her day and the out-right destruction of her psyche. The cuteness and sense of humor is her kryptonite and Miku knows how to harness it even without knowing its effect on Luka.
It is during times like this that makes it hard for Luka to keep her already growing affections from exploding, luckily, she has her childhood friend, Rin, as a support even as her friend points out that she is barely hiding anything.
She knows that she is making the face that Rin would describe as both 'lovestruck' and 'dopey' but she, honestly, does not have the will or power to stop herself from doing so in Miku's presence as the girl always found ways to make her smile and laugh.
And it made her fall a little bit deeper each time. But, regardless of her feelings, Luka knows not to assume anything. She knows that her crush is a very humorous person and would cheer everyone up, whether they need it or not.
It made the tealette a great friend, and she had told Rin as much, despite some groaning and obviously off-put facial expressions of the female Kagamine twin as she repeats the word 'friend'. She doesn't actually know why her friend's face go slightly more exhausted every time she says that Miku sees her as a friend.
It might be coincidence.
A little bit later, the pair had already locked up the student council room and were already on their way to meet with the rest of the group, the tealette skipping beside her as she brought out one joke after another.
Luka can't help but snort, covering her mouth at the joke. "That's so bad, Miku."
"It is not that bad!" The tealette smirked, her heart soaring as she heard her friend's unrestrained snort. "Oh! I got another one!" Miku faced her companion once again, walking backwards so that she could face her friend. "Knock knock!"
Ocean blue eyes crinkled with amusement, her lips already shaping the smile on her lips. "Who's there?"
"To." Miku grinned.
"To who?"
"No," The tealette said, pausing but smiling at Luka's curious tilt of her head. "It's to whom."
The pinkette laughed albeit small and short, still Miku couldn't help but let out a short chuckle, even as she could feel the calling of her heart grow louder and louder at the sight of her friend-turned-crush's happiness.
Miku knows, for her part, that she is not entirely subtle, choosing not to hide her affections from the gaze of others - including Luka.
She knew that she could never be able to restrain her body from reacting to the wills of her heart so she freely lets her feelings reach even though she could never confirm anything or act on it, fearing the conflict her love would have caused between them.
Still, she continues to love even if it is from afar. She lets herself enjoy Luka's presence, smiles, laughter, and trust even if she has to suffer in silence at the thought of the possibility of something more.
"Luka! Miku!" A familiar voice snapped Miku out of her daze and she twirled, turning to the sound from ahead.
The two saw four figures, hurriedly approaching them, almost skipping towards them with the mischievous gleam in their eyes. Miku and Luka shared a glance, silently communicating what is not needed to be said - they planned something again.
The tealette chose to just shrug it off and walked towards them, practically dragging Luka even though the student council member's eyebrow remains raised in a perfectly intimidating arch.
"We just had the most brilliant bonding time for the six of us!" Lily said, as she took Luka's unoccupied side, wrapping a hand on the girl's forearm.
~0~
"I have a bad feeling about this." Luka thought as she glanced over her group of friends who are currently fixing her spacious bedroom floor with the cushions that they brought from the living room.
A few bags of chips and pizza laid on the table in the middle of their cushion area. Beside it are the board games that her friends had brought from their houses - Meiko brought Monopoly; Lily brought Uno; and Gumi brought Jenga.
Ocean blue eyes cast a suspicious look over the four who had insisted on this… game night. Honestly, she doubted that it was even a game night with the way of how eager her friends had been to hastily organize it.
These four has a certain history with their plans. And, let it be known that it had gotten Luka under some precarious circumstances - i.e. the snowball fight where she had ended up slipping on the snow with Miku under her, the fireworks festival where the other four had left the two of them by themselves, and that seemingly innocent movie night where she and Miku ended up pressed together in a sofa that is meant to be a seat for one person while they were watching a horror film.
You can imagine how that went with Luka's fear of anything out of the ordinary.
All of it were disasters in Luka's eyes which only means that she was unable to function properly for a few days, even though her face never betrayed her inner and emotional turmoil.
So, one cannot fault her if she would have, thoroughly, ruthlessly, unapologetically, declined … if it were not for pleading teal eyes. Luka sighed, unable to feel regret if Miku was certainly enjoying this experience.
"So!" The tealette bounced on her seat with barely contained excitement. "How do we start?"
Gumi grabbed the small box of Uno cards, grinning with that competitive gleam in her eyes. "Let us start with a test," she said opening the box with a pop. "Of the strength of our friendship."
~0~
Time flies so fast as cards flew from hand to the low table. One by one the group of six dwindled to two players as the others had already declared their win.
Now, only Miku and Luka faced against each other with the competitive gleam in their eyes as they each hold two cards in their hands.
"Well, well," the tealette said, smiling as she stared down her friend, with her cards close to her face. "It's just you and me."
The student council member laughed, her ocean blue eyes sparkling with something akin to fondness. "Indeed, it is." Luka raised her cards to half of her face until a small thought popped in her mind. Blue eyes shot a fast glance at her very comfortable friends. She thinks that this would be a perfect way to get back at them.
A small smirk crept onto Luka's face as she gathers her cards and calmly places it on the table. "Let's make a deal."
Miku raised an eyebrow. "Oh?" She said, unable to keep her eyes from flicking to the smug grin Luka has on her face.
"If I let you win now," For a second, her eyes mischievously glanced at the other four. "You'll help me win monopoly."
A strangled gasp fell from the four onlookers. Sounds of protest were heard but did not reach either Luka or Miku's ears as the two of them shared a silent communication.
With a small playful smile, Luka raised an eyebrow as teal met ocean blue eyes. Miku rolled her eyes, her lips twitching to a smile.
"No!" Rin shouted, her body lounging over the table with only Gumi holding her back to her seat. "No! Please, Miku. I beg of you! She has been dominating us since freshman year and I've finally found a way to beat Lu-"
A hand dragged her back to her seat, a fierce glare shining on Meiko's eyes. "Stop it!" She whispered. "This is their chance to bond!"
The short blonde glared back, murmuring a barely recognizable. "You're the one most frustrated when we play monopoly!"
"Shut up!"
"Do it for the fandom!" Lily whisper-shouted.
As they were bickering, one tealette shook her head at the display their friends had given, shooting a glance at her current opponent. She and Luka shared another look before grinning mischievously and saying. "Sure."
The other four gasped, most of them, internally, not really expecting Miku to agree after all the time the tealette had sworn vengeance after nearly winning one round of monopoly last week.
Rin sobbed, her body landing on the pile of uno cards as Miku landed a yellow one, saying uno after. "No…" The short blonde murmured against the table. "Why?" She says outstretching her hand towards the tealette.
Miku just shrugged, smiling at her friend's dramatic actions.
~0~
As expected, the game led to the inevitable downfall of all players with Luka simply taking dominion over almost every property there is. And even though with the help of Miku, the pinkette found ways to stand tall alone, through unavoidable negotiations and obtaining necessary properties.
The first to go bankrupt was Lily as she always seemed to land on every occupied space on the board. Gumi went not soon after, holding onto the property that would have gotten her more money if it weren't for the fact that Luka kept the other similarly colored properties.
Meiko managed to struggle with the help of Rin as they formed a temporary alliance but it did almost nothing when Miku had all the utility properties.
Miku went right after, believing that Luka would win without her help. The cause of her defeat is simply from how her properties were not frequently landed on and so she traded some of her properties for money with Luka.
Rin barely held on but let go almost immediately as Luka built hotels and houses on each property.
"I…" Luka trailed off, spreading her arms. "Reign." All four of her friends depressingly stare at the board as the winner gave her partner a soft nudge to the shoulder with her own, a proud smile on her face.
The tealette's cheeks reddened if not lightly brushing her cheeks after meeting with ocean blue eyes. Still, she smiled, charmingly sending a small wink towards her friend-turned-crush.
"This… went unexpectedly." Lily thought as she let out an exhausted laugh. To her side, Rin was vibrating. The tall blonde could tell that Rin is going to ask for a rematch based on the way her eyebrow twitches.
Meiko and Gumi were ready to intervene but to their surprise the short blond hands reached for the Jenga box that harmlessly stood to her front, her grip tightens as she lifts it onto the coffee table.
"I want a rematch." The short blonde growled, the darkness in her eyes never left as she stared down at the smug pinkette.
Luka's lips twitched to a smirk. "What? No, Monopoly?" She half rose from her seat as she leaned over the table, towards Rin. "Afraid you'll lose for the nth time since freshman year?"
Blonde eyebrows twitched, Rin's competitive fire streaked to a rather scorching furnace but then the short blonde left visibly calmed herself, choosing to simply go forth with the plan, intent on winning even if she did not need to. "Or maybe…" She leaned on the table as well, her smirk growing. "You're just afraid of losing seeing as how you're the klutz of our group."
The pinkette let out an amused hum, grinning, trying to goad Rin into her former competitive spirit. "Sounds to me that you are deflecting."
A vein nearly pops from Rin's forehead at Luka's taunting. Looking visibly ruffled, the short-haired blonde was about to retaliate when the main objective becomes clear in her head upon seeing Miku's fond expression as she stares at the oblivious pinkette. She smiles, unnervingly. "Not at all. I just think that among us, you were always the one who…" Rin's eyes shot an obvious glance at Miku. "Gets clumsy."
A rose-colored tinge enveloped Luka's cheeks, flustered as she shot a non-cursory glance at Miku before forcing out a cough. "Shut up, please. If you want to play the game so badly, you only have to say so." She began to opening the box, sliding it upward, revealing that each block has a folded sticky note on one end. "Gumi?" She turns to the green-haired writer. "What is this?"
The green haired girl whispered a curse. "W-Well…" She felt a nudge from Lily. "I-I suppose… I forgot to remove it..?"
Luka shot a suspicious glance at the girl. "Is that a question or a statement?"
The writer could be seen sweating visibly under the right angle. She gulped, unable to lie. Green eyes shot a look towards her other three companions, wordlessly asking for help.
Meiko decided to feign excitement shooting towards the stack of blocks with a curious gleam. "Dare Jenga?" She looked around the stack of blocks, seemingly trying to peek under the flaps of the notes attached to it. "Damn, you've outdone yourself."
Lily decided to play along and gently shoved the girl's face away from the stack of blocks, squishing Meiko's cheeks in the process. "Stop trying to figure out what she put on, Meiko."
Gumi let out a sigh of relief, taking out a huge pouch if things from her bag. "I brought the needed props." She said shaking the pouch.
The student council member raised an eyebrow. "How come you brought the props if you forgot to remove the notes?"
Her friend visibly stiffened under Luka's scrutinizing gaze unable to give a good comeback. "I… forgot to take it out of my backpack?"
Luka's eyebrow rose higher in scrutiny at the lame excuse but thankfully left it at that. "...I see."
"We could make it more interesting." Rin said, casting a rather smug look towards Luka.
The normally calm student council member frowned at her friend, her eyebrows scrunching to a furrow in the middle. "You are suspiciously full of ideas, considering you were just complaining about how drained you are during lunch time."
Rin only shrugged before casting a mischievous look, grinning innocently as she not-so-subtly glanced to Miku and said "Let's play in pairs."
Ocean blue eyes widened, a sudden surge of red engulfed her cheeks. "That's what you meant?!" Luka almost shouted, conscious of teal eyes on her.
Rin's smirk only grew wider, an evil glint in her eyes that only the pink haired student council member seemed to see. She, more than anyone, knows about Luka's tendency to be such a mess whenever Miku's around.
"What better way to prove your un-klutziness than a joint venture with your…" The short pause and Rin's almost predatory look got Luka to sweat profusely and waiting with bated breath. "...partner against our own?"
Luka let out a sigh of relief for Rin's graciousness but immediately launched a series of silent muttering, keeping the conversation as low as possible between her and her friend, despite the sizable distance between them.
The short blonde only raised an eyebrow, shooting an unimpressed look towards the pinkette. "What I am hearing are excuses, Miss gay panic."
Ocean blue eyes glared at her friend. "I hate you."
That only got the smug blonde a laugh, everyone oblivious to the worried looks that Miku shot at Luka.
~0~
The game started out pretty normal. Each pair has to get a block out of the stack without collapsing it, doing dares as soon as they read it on paper.
The earlier aggression seemed to dissipate and forgotten by the group as soon as the blocks had called out Meiko and Lily to add "in bed" after their sentences until the end of the game.
The four positioned themselves to avoid finding the block that has the pink note which has a leek stamp on it. Now, they only have to wait but with the stack getting higher and higher, the fall of these stack of blocks might be the actual end of their plan.
"Gumi, are you sure it's in bed?" Lily whispered, while Miku and Luka were trying to poke at the middle block on the 4th layer of the stack. It has only been a few minutes but she could only get antsy as the stack began wobbling.
The green-haired writer nodded. "I could see it from here. Let's just be patient."
Time seemed to drift faster for the four, than the actual clock when the promised block is still not pulled out. By now, Meiko and Lily had performed a couple's yoga position, and Rin and Gumi had their hair locked together in one braid.
They get the sense that the Jenga blocks are playing with them as the only other pair that had not been interlocked in some way or another is the one that they are setting up. "Oh fuck me…" Meiko whispered under her breath as she watched Luka and Miku drift across the promised block. "...In bed."
Minutes of agonizing minutes went by and the four could only sweat as the stack reached fifteen additional layer. They watched as it wobbled, again and again. Rin started getting antsier. "Damn, Jenga blocks…" She shifted, with Gumi now chained to her side.
"Feed you partner while back to back." Luka read, reaching for the pizza that they had moved to the side. "Luckily, Miku's shorter than me."
That earned a light smack to the pinkette's shoulder. "Shut up, Little Miss Growth Spurt."
"I thought we agreed to stop calling me that."
"I thought we agreed to stop calling me short."
Miku raised a teal eyebrow, her lips twitching to a smile as Luka rolled her eyes.
One green-haired writer, had her hand semi-permanently clutching on her notebook. "At least, we have grade A material of bickering."
Meiko scoffed as she tried to move with one hand trapped under Lily's armpit. "I hate you… ...in bed." She frowns as the clothed armpit starts getting damper, although, she could say the same to hers as they all watched the blocks wobble dangerously to the side with Luka's twitch, accidentally yet lightly brushing on the stack. "Gumi, if I have the permanent feeling of a slightly smelly and going-damp armpit on my hand for the rest of my life, I am going to haunt you… in bed."
"Hey!" Lily sputters. "My armpits are not smelly… in bed."
The writer only shrugged. "Not gonna regret it. Besides, it's interesting that the blocks are choosing to intertwine you two instead of them."
"I have a boyfriend." Meiko growls.
"And I'm-" The tall blonde wiggles in her seat. "-not interested."
Gumi stood, with Rin attached to her side, looking to their eyes with a sudden intensity catching them off-guard. "In shipping, that's irrelevant." They made their way to the stack as they chose which block to get out.
Rin chose another block and began poking at it gently. Thankfully, the block slid easily, with little resistance, unaware of the slight panic on Gumi's face.
She ripped the note from the block, tossing the block to a rather red-faced Gumi.
Shooting a rather strange look at her friend, she turned her eyes back to the note as she unfurled it and read. "For one turn, trap a card between you and your partner's…" Rin's fair cheeks are suddenly engulfed with red as she slowly read the last word. "...lips."
Laughter exploded through the group as they watched the two awkwardly shuffle away from each other. With Gumi's eyes, exploring the floor as if it is one of the most interesting things in the room and Rin's dumbstruck expression as she stared at the note, they stayed frozen under the amusement of their friends.
"The blocks have spoken!" Lily shouts, amidst the laughter of the group.
"Shut up, Booby!" The short blonde shouts, even as the red on her cheeks spread to the tips of her ears.
It was only after two turns when the time they waited for came with Miku's cursing. "There's nothing left."
The tall blonde's hand twitched, wanting to point out that perfectly safe and loose block at the first layer but knowing that if she will, it will expose them.
Luckily for them, Luka has been eyeing the very same block but for some reason she felt… like that will topple the whole thing down. "Miku," She only got a noncommittal hum in return. "There's a suspiciously harmless block at the first layer."
The tealette raised an eyebrow at the pinkette, catching on. Teal eyes crouched, eyeing the block in the middle of three blocks. She poked it and slid almost instantly and harmlessly from the confines. Wide eyes blinked as she pulled it completely from the first layer.
She took the piece of paper from the block, suddenly conscious of the utter look of hopefulness on four of her friends. Luka was only shifting on her seat, mindlessly leaning over Miku's side to get a glance over the dare.
Miku coughed, unable to stop her flustered self from reddening on the cheeks as her partner moved closer. The familiar smell of her friend's perfume wafted to her nose and suddenly she short circuited, unable to move.
"Are you okay, Miku?" Luka asked.
The tealette cleared her throat, shaking her head with a smile. "I'm fine, TakoLord26." She teased, rewarded with a light slap on her forearm. "Let's see." She opened the note by the flaps and read. "Get handcuffed with your partner."
For a second, there is a slight pause to Luka's movement. She calmly took the note from Miku's hands, reading the words once again. "Get handcuffed?" Blue eyes washed over the green-haired writer. "Really?"
Gumi only nodded a relieved smile on her face, she opened her pouch and procured a honest-to-God pair of handcuffs. "Really."
"I am officially slightly impressed and scared of Gumi in bed." Meiko murmured, eyeing the shiny metal.
"Hell to the No!" Luka crossed her arms, leaning away from from Gumi. "That's just…" Her cheeks reddened. "That's just crazy!"
"Don't be such a party pooper in bed, Luka!" Lily said, grinning at the prospect. "We all had to do some crazy stunts in bed!"
"I bet." The pinkette murmured, raising an amused eyebrow to Lily for the implication of her words.
The tall blonde only threw a pillow at the girl's smug face.
"I had to have my hypothetical first kiss with Gumi!" Rin said, blushing despite her bluster.
"And you didn't enjoy it?" Luka raised, grins.
"Shut up and stop talking." The short haired blonde said in an actual blur. "Also, stop deflecting!"
The pinkette huffed, scooching ever slightly away, the red on her cheeks spreading.
"Guys," Miku said placatingly. "If it makes her uncomfortable, then, she doesn't have to."
"Thank you, Miku."
Meiko laughed. "I never guessed Luka is such a sore loser in bed."
The pink haired girl shot an eyebrow towards the brunette. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me in bed, Miss Student Council."
Luka's eyebrows furrowed even deeper as she frowned, unable to keep from reacting to a nudge at her honor as a student council member.
Gumi immediately backed the brunette as soon as she saw Miku twitch at Luka's expression. "I know right. To think that they're training such a person to lead our school. Oh, think of the headlines."
A sharply thrown pillow immediately reached the green-haired writer's face who promptly landed on her back from the impact. The cry of pain was almost silent under the soft pillow.
"Real mature, Luka." Rin said, helping Gumi up. "Then again, I suppose you are not."
"Shut up, Rin!"
"Don't be such a sore loser, Luka!"
Clutching a pillow at the ready, both Luka and Rin half rose from their seat for an all out pillow fight but the pink-haired student council member, after seeing Miku's concerned eyes, promptly huffed as she flopped back to her seat. "Fine. If it means to you guys so much, I guess…"
"Whipped." Rin coughed.
Luka glared at her friend but let all the frustration out with a quiet huff. "Please, shut up. I am already caving in to your games."
"Barely..." She heard Meiko murmur to the side.
"Shut. Up. Meiko." Lily said as she nudged the brunette's side with a sharp elbow.
Gumi grins as she hands the handcuffs to the pair and Luka warily stares before hesitantly taking it. She spends a good amount of time just flicking her eyes from the handcuffs to the four hopefuls before a soft hand lands on Luka's forearm.
"You don't have to do this, Luka." Her teal-haired friend said with a small smile as she took the handcuffs from her hands.
"Miku..." The student council member was almost ready to cry from the sheer amount of thankfulness and relief.
Groans fill the room almost instantly. "Oh come on. That's not fair, Miku!"
"It's also not fair to force someone." Miku says, glaring. "You guys should have known better."
~0~
Chastised, the four only bowed their heads in both shame and embarrassment and honestly, it was a sight to see. Their smug expression suddenly turned downward. Luka cannot help but privately grin still she sighs. All five sets of eyes glance at her but her gaze remains solely on Miku's. "'Cuff me, please."
What she thought to be sighs of relief and appreciation ended up with four people choking on their spit and another with a beet red tint on her cheeks. Miku cannot help but rear back, saying. "I am sorry. I may have… misheard you." Her teal-haired friend said after a shake of her head. "What?"
"I said-" Her words cut off as she realized what connotation her choice of words have given. Now, she was flailing about, her arms waving about as she leaned a bit away without actually moving away. "N-not that way! I just meant-! Stop laughing!"
That's how she ended up handcuffed to Miku.
It wasn't all that bad. "I mean we always were this close." Luka thought as she feels the cool metal on her wrist. Except… Her hand twitches every time the back of their hands brush. She breathes in and out… mentally because the other four had been grinning their faces off, specifically Rin. "Shut your faces!"
"Look who's happy now?" Rin's smile widens, laughing in the way that Rin knows would be more infuriating to her.
The student council member only throws a pillow even as Gumi pulls on Rin's arm. Luka watches as the two circles the stack of blocks, huffing to the point of frowning at her friend's smug look.
A small jostle from her handcuffed hand had her looking towards the teal-haired singer. "Are you sure that you're alright with this?" Teal eyes boring into her own, concern evident from her eyes. "You know that we won't hold it against you."
That made her smile. She leaned a just a bit closer on Miku, putting some of her weight on where their shoulder touches. "Thanks, but the game is almost over anyway."
"Gumi," Rin growled as the green-haired writer tries to slide a block, dangerously shaking the tower. "Don't do it!" She shouts just as the tower wobbles to one side.
Breathes hitched as the stack of unstable bricks began swaying dangerously to one side until it settles back to its original place. A collective sighs of relief echoed from one person to another as the stack of Jenga remained firmly upright.
There was a pregnant silence as Gumi read the note silently. Her cheeks bloomed red as she kept her eyes on that piece of paper. Without her eyes leaving the note, each one of them watched as the green-haired writer poked at the currently stable stack of Jenga blocks, effectively toppling the whole thing down. "We lose, Rin!" Gumi said in the most innocent voice she could muster.
Her partner, meanwhile, just stared with an open mouth and the shock unable to leave her face but Lily had no such reservations. "What the hell?"
Meiko narrowed her eyes at the note. "What does it say?"
Gumi crumples the note and puts it in her pocket. "Who cares. The game is over!"
Luka furrowed her eyebrows but did not question any further. Instead, she opened her palm up to Gumi. "The key for the handcuffs, please."
"Oh," The writer lagged for a minute before functioning enough to stagger to her bag of props, searching through for a few seconds. "...I don't have it."
"What do you mean by 'I don't have it'?" Luka growled, glaring at Gumi. "Please tell me that I heard wrong."
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To be continued...
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I had fun writing this one!
It is thanks to this prompt that I got to pleasure of making a story like this one.
"Luka and Miku get handcuffed together as part of a party game. Then the key gets lost." - by Rabbit
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