Chapter 22: Stalking Time
La la la~ Here we are again with another chapter of "Meltdown". I am finally putting some spotlight on Meiko because her secret affair will cause all sorts of drama! Anyways, thanks to NinjaBunny8 for inspiring me to do this chapter so early~! (Gah it's already December and I have so much to put in! D: )
December 3, Monday~~~
Mrs. Megurine Classroom
Normal POV
Mrs. Megurine sighs as she flips to the next page and starts recording her daughter's grades.
'79...81...60... Where did this zero come from?'
'Luka, if only you could put your focus on guys into your grades,' Mrs. Megurine thinks and chuckles a bit. She sets down her pencil and rubs her tired eyes then moves upwards and fixes her bangs. While Mrs. Megurine isn't completely aware of her student's affairs, she is sure something is up. Some teachers do realize when something odd is happening in the classroom setting. People have been glaring at each other and there have also been many red ducked heads. In fact, a lot of things have been odd for a while.
Mrs. Megurine hears someone giggle outside of the classroom and turns her head to the slightly open door. Meiko is walking by and holding her phone to her ear. She laughs again and shakes her head.
"No, I can't do that," Meiko laughs.
'Can't do what?' Mrs. Megurine thinks.
"Psh, you're being silly. Shouldn't you be working?" Meiko asks and continues walking.
'Is she dating an older man?' Mrs. Megurine mentally asks herself. 'Who's out of high school…?'
Mrs. Megurine shakes her head and picks up her pencil again.
'I shouldn't be meddling into these things. It's none of my business.'
Cafeteria~~~
"Okay, so how crazy would I be if I said that I kinda like Luka?"
Len coughs and grabs his napkin quickly to cover his mouth. Gakupo roughly pats his back as Len proceeds to start chocking on his food. Len stands up and clutches his chest, which causes Gakupo to panic.
"I don't know how to give CPR!" Gakupo yells and waves his arms around.
"We don't need CPR- we need the Heimlich Maneuver!" Oliver yells and a red haired girl rushes to the scene.
"Teto will save the day!" she yells and pushes Gakupo away. Gakupo shrieks and falls onto the table, making his soup spill over Oliver. The boy gasps and starts trying to rigorously rub it off it shirt.
"Teto, stop referring to yourself in third person!" her older brother, Ted, yells and rushes into the scene.
Rin sees the commotion and nudges Luka. Luka gasps and the two stand up, rushing into the group to see what is happening. They then see Teto hugging the heck out of Len while Ted is trying to pull her away.
"I've got this Ted!" Teto whines as Ted pulls her away. Rin steps up and wraps her arms around Len's waist from behind. She makes a fist and places the thumb side of it against his upper abdomen, just below his ribcage and above his navel. She then grasps her fist with her other hand and presses into his upper abdomen with a quick upward thrust. She repeats this over and over until he coughs out the piece of food and relaxes.
"Thanks Rin," Len says gravelly and Rin nods.
"Rin! You traitor! I helped set you up with Len and you steal my spotlight?" Teto whines as Ted finally lets go of her. She stomps her feet on the ground like an annoying kid and frowns at her. "I demand an apology!"
"Eh…" Rin says and looks at her oddly, "…Sorry?"
"Sorry, Teto the Goddess, you mean. Say it again."
"Come on Teto, you need to go and eat with your friends," Ted says and pulls her along by her collar.
"Well, that was an odd reaction," Kaito says as Len finally sits down again. Oliver is whining about his ruined clothes and Gakupo is off in his small sulking corner after Oliver yelled at him for being "so stupid". "What was I even talking about?"
"I forgot, actually…" Len says and he drinks a cold glass of water.
"Must have not been something important then."
Afterschool~~~
"Hey, isn't that Meiko?" Kaito asks Len, who is standing beside him.
"Hm?" Len asks, not looking up from his cellphone.
"Dude, who are you texting that it's so important?" Kaito asks and looks over his shoulder. He giggles as he see's Rin's name. "Oh~! So that's who you were texting all this time~!"
"S-shut up!" Len yells and swats Kaito's face away. "I was just replying is all."
"You hardly reply to anyone's texts Len," Kaito says as his eyes follow Meiko's figure. "I mean, I have a better chance getting a reply from the Loch Ness Monster."
"…Kaito, you are stupid."
"Where could she be going?" Kaito asks and Len finally looks up to see Meiko.
"I thought you were over her-"
"I'm already on the mission."
Len and Kaito jump away from the bush that emitted the voice and yell.
"Did a bush just talk?!" Len yells and Kaito's eyes widen.
"Don't tell me- Loch Ness Monster, you are real!" Kaito yells and cheers. "See? I do get a quicker reply from him! Or her! Whatever gender it is!"
"That is an insult to me," the person says and the bush rustles. Finally, a familiar red haired girl steps out of the bush.
"Teto, what are you doing hiding in a bush?" Len asks and Teto flips her twin tails.
"Being an awesome stalker."
Kaito and Len look at each other and then back at Teto, who is twinkling and smiling in a strange pose.
'How can she say that with pride…?' Len thinks.
'So that wasn't the Loch Ness Monster…' Kaito frowns.
"Would you guys like to join?" Teto asks.
"I've got some home-"
"I'm off to get ice-cream-"
Teto ignores their words and grabs their shirts. "Too late! You're sticking with me today!"
"And so I told my sister that she needs to sleep more or she'll continue to wake up at random times and sleepwalk into our neighbor's houses and freak their kids out," Luka says and sips her tuna flavored milkshake.
"How does she know how to pick a lock? And especially in the dark while subconscious?" Rin asks as she shakes her own orange smoothie. There isn't much left of it.
"Beats me," Luka says and shrugs her shoulders. "I wonder what she does so late at night."
Rin shrugs as well and drops her smoothie into a nearby trashcan. She spots something peculiar in the corner of her eye and nudges Luka.
"Hey, is there an anime-con or something today?" Rin asks.
"Hm? Why do you ask?" Luka asks and Rin points over to a group of people in cosplay outfits. "Hey, doesn't that person in the Maka Albarn costume from Soul Eater kinda look like Len?"
"And that guy with the Simon costume from Gurren Lagann looks like Kaito."
"And that female Gaara from Naruto Shippuden has twin drills just like Teto does," Luka adds.
The two girls scratch their heads and turn to each other.
"Cosplayers are so odd now-a-days."
"Why are we in a restaurant now?" Len groans and shifts his left ponytail.
'And again, why the heck am I cosplaying as a female anime character? I mean, you should have made Kaito be a girl- not me!' Len groans and rubs his temples.
"This is kinda fun~" Kaito giggles and licks his vanilla ice-cream.
"Sh! I'm trying to get a close up on how Meiko's date looks like!" Teto hushes the two and gasps when the shop chime rings. "He's here!"
"I hope you weren't waiting for long."
"Hey, doesn't he remind you of someone?" Kaito asks as they inspect the guy.
"I can't get a clear view of his face," Teto says.
"Me neither, but he looks really old," Len says. "Like, out of high school and college maybe. They look like daughter and father."
"Meiko's dating an old guy?" Kaito yells and everyone in the restaurant turns over to him. Len and Teto duck their faces and Teto kicks Kaito's leg under the table.
"Make something up! And be quick about it!" she whispers.
"Oh-uh- um- I said- My cool friend is dating that… o-awesome girl!" Kaito yells and points to Teto. Teto and Len look up and see the whole restaurant clapping for the "couple".
"What? I would never date a dork like him!" Teto yells quickly.
"I am not a dork! And I would not date a psycho like you!" Len retorts.
"Denial~" Kaito laughs and the two growl at him.
"When I said to make something up, I didn't mean that!" Teto growls and kicks his shin under the table again. Kaito yelps and drops his ice-cream on the red table. He stares at the frozen treat with guilt and longing.
"Teto!"
"You deserve it, dummy!"
"I just wanted to relax today…" Len groans and lays his head on the cold table, his small twin tails falling down with him.
"You know, I've had the strangest feeling that someone was following us this evening…" Meiko says to the guy.
"I know what you mean," he says and awkwardly laughs.
"You guys suck at these things," a red haired girl says to the two boys hiding behind trees. The three are at the park, still stalking Meiko, and sadly, still failing at getting any information.
"Sorry, I don't stalk people as a pastime," Len sarcastically replies and rolls his eyes.
"Psh, what does Rin see in you?" Teto hisses back and Kaito tries to contain his laughter.
"What the heck do you mean by that?!" Len whispers harshly.
"You still don't know? Gah, you two are dense!" Teto retorts.
'Strange…I feel something tickling my leg…' Kaito thinks and shivers. 'It's like…crawling up my thigh…'
"Dense? There is nothing going on between us!"
"Oh really? Explain the kisses Len!"
"H-how do you know about the kisses?"
"Ha! I didn't, but you just proved me right!"
'Heh, this feels odd…' Kaito thinks and looks down. He meets eyes with a large hairy spider crawling up his thigh. 'Oh, it's just a hairy spider.
Just a spider...
.
.
Wait…A FREAKING HUGE SPIDER!'
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Kaito exclaims and runs out of his hiding spot. "It's every man for himself!"
"The idiot…" Teto grumbles under her breath and Len starts running after him.
"Just swat the spider away, Kaito!"
"I can't! It's too scary!"
"You guys are really dumb, aren't you?" Teto yells in frustration and runs after them.
"What just happened?" Meiko asks her date as they see a Maka and a female Gaara running after a crying Simon.
"I…have no clue…" he replies, letting his voice trail off.
"Cosplayers are so weird now-a-days..."
Later that Night~~~
Teto groans for the tenth time and looks down at her notebook called "Teto's Plan Book".
'Mission SPY ON MEIKO AND HER SECRET LOVER-
ACCOMPLISHED
FAILED.'
Teto frowns in defeat and circles "failed".
'Looks like I'll have to try again later.'
She grabs a make-up remover patch and looks at herself in her mirror. She starts slowly wiping away the "love" tattoo and sets down the now red patch.
'Gaara is really odd to have a tattoo that says "love" on his forehead. Well, he does "love" death. And I wonder why Len's eyes twitched every time he looked at my fake tattoo. Psh, it's like he's scared of "love" or something.'
Teto laughs and rubs the spot on her forehead.
'What an idiot.'
Yay! I'm finally done with this! Now to reply to all the reviews~ Time to listen to "The Cursed Glasses- stray girl in her lenses" by Rin Kagamine and Gakupo. I don't think I put any song references in this chapter…
Avaflava1- No, but good guess :D Thanks for the review~
Guest (Reinette-Cat)- Isn't it enabled? Huh? (confused) Anyways, it's alright~ And looks like we have another Gumi x Aito fan on board! Yay ^-^. And that would be cruel… but oh so fun to write :D And don't worry- Oliver will get someone too. And thanks, I try and put as many song references as possible. Thanks for the review~
xSnowflakesx- Yay! And of course Oliver won't stay innocent- he's going to have some problems with the girl that I ship him with because of that. And sorry for killing you again ^-^; And thanks~ I love being called a boss! Thanks for the compliments and your review~
Rin1019- Haha, nice :D And I'm glad that you liked the chapter! But I think Teto would beat him up with a bread stick ^-^. Thanks for the review~
TigerMew225- Aww, thank you :3 And I just want to show my reviewers appreciation is all ^-^ Thanks for the review~
Zxboy- Haha, I can't believe you would be that happy just for one of my chapters! :D Thank you! And thank you for your review~
purplie oranges- Thank you for reading my story from the start and for loving it :D And thanks for the compliment and the review~
SharksRCoolXD- 1.) Yes, she will. 2.) No, but he respects her more than he did before. 3.) Haha, I haven't really tried the two together- usually I just eat pizza and drink coke or water. Thanks for the questions and the review~
Unyielding Wish- Great name! :D Gumi will put that into her long-term memory! And I'm trying to make everyone mix up their feelings with the pairings- it keeps it interesting. And yes… it all started with a sleepover with Teto and huge bags of candy… Haha, thanks for the review~
Guest- Yay! You caught the reference! ^-^ And thank you for the compliment and the review~
Neelh- Sometimes I wish that too -_-; Anyways, thanks for the review~
OwlsPanicAtTheCity- It's alright. And thank you~ And she has an idea that things are bubbling, but she's too stressed and busy with her marital problems to understand. And finally someone caught the meme references! I am a hardcore meme fan myself so I decided to make Teto one XD. And Neru with Oliver…? Well, he kinda does look like Len… and she is a tsundere so it would be fun… and it would stir up trouble with Teto since she doesn't like Neru that much… I'll think about that idea ^-^ And I'll bring in more Meiko- I promise you! And yeah… I don't mean for that to happen ^-^; I just…yeah… like replying to the reviews… (nice reference to the Forever Alone meme by the way)
Lightning027- (1) Thank you for the compliments :D And yes… my Gumi x Aito scenes are getting to you! Hehe, jk. I haven't heard that song, but I'm listening to it right now and it's hilarious XD.
(2) - Cool :D And do we have another Gumi x Aito fan…? And yes, Teto should be the official matchmaker of the story~ Thanks for the compliments and the reviews~
Guest- Hehe, I'll pay for your dentist appointment ^-^; jk lol but thank you. I didn't know if I was going too slow or now. And I've been thinking about her minion(s) lately, so I may have her kidnap some people soon. Thanks for the review~
NinjaBunny8- Another Gumi x Aito fan~ anyways, she will in due time. And maybe he will…maybe he won't….? Thanks for the compliments and for the review~
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