Chapter 34: Sneaking Out Fail

There is an important Author's Note below. So make sure to read it!

Edit: All chapters are done! Make sure to read below!


Teto's POV

Something big is happening- I can just feel it! It's crawling under my skin and doing the tango with my spleen. It's having an evening tea party in my brain.

Ew. Tea.

Anyways, back to subject. I need to get out of this room.

If something really dramatic happens and I'm not there to take photo evidence, I will not eat bread for a week. I need to see the scene with my own two eyes or I'll never be able to live it down. What if Neru sees it and then rubs it in my face that I wasn't there?

I shoot up from my bed and quietly walk over to my window. I push the red curtains out of the way to see three vertical bars blocking my way from the outside world. Dammit, why does Mom have to be smart? And who puts bars in someone's window to make them stay in their room?

What's another exit? Maybe I can sneak downstairs and walk out!

I tiptoe my way to the bedroom door and silently open it. Just when I step out, the floorboard underneath me creaks and Ted steps out of his room.

"What are you doing? Mom said you couldn't get out of your room!" Ted whispers to me.

"I need to get somewhere!" I whisper back. We pause as we hear Mom talk to Dad downstairs.

Ted starts once again. "Where do you have to go?"

"I have no clue but I've got to go out and I've got to do it fast!" I whisper back in an accent that I heard in Vocaloid vs. Wild. (A/N: Think of how Bear Grylls talks)

"That makes no sense at all!"

"Yes it does! You just aren't awesome enough to sense it!"

Ted silently face palms himself and grabs hold of my shoulders. He steers me back into my room against my better judgment.

"Ted! You idiot!" I whisper and try and bite down his shoulder, but he lets go and backs away.

"Good night Teto."

"Let me out!" I plead but he closes the door in front of my face.

Looks like I'll have to resort to plan #3: Calling someone to take me away.

Gumi is in Theatre III, so she's got great acting skills. But will she be able to fake an emergency in front of my parents? Let's find out.


A few minutes later~~~

I hear someone knocking on our front door and hear heavy footsteps. Heavy footsteps = Mom. Dad and Ted have moderate footsteps. Mine are as silent as the night~

"Mrs. Kasane! I am sorry to disturb you in such a late time!"

"What's the matter Gumi?"

"I need Teto to help me out in a really, REALLY important assignment!"

"What's the assignment about?"

"We must study about how the media distorts our view."

"Why can't you work on it tomorrow?"

"My cat died and we're holding its funeral tomorrow."

That's Gumi for you. When she tries her best, she can fire back believable answers to you in a second. She doesn't stammer like she normally does.

"You have a cat?" Oh no, she doesn't sound like she believes it. Quick Gumi! Think of something!

I hear someone sniff. Oh yes, here come the waterworks.

"I- I've had that cat ever since I was a six years old," Gumi says. "He's been with me through everything. Whenever I had a bad day I would come home to my cat waiting by the door. It would stay with me while I cried and cheer me up even though it can't speak any words."

Gumi starts sobbing uncontrollably. "It-it's just hard to deal with the pain of knowing that she's gone!"

Please tell me Mom is buying it…

"She? I thought it was a he?"

Oh no!

"He… she… the cat had two genders!"

"Gumi, I can't let Teto come out. She's grounded for a week."

"I'm sorry for wasting your time Mrs. Kasane."

NOOOOO! Gumi, why did you give up so early? ! The door closes and I hear the heavy footsteps walking up the stairs. Yep, she's coming up to my room to lecture me about dragging my friends into trying to sneak me out.

Maybe if I turn around, close my eyes, and snore a little I might seem like I'm sleeping.

"Teto Kasane, I know you're not sleeping."

Crap.


Okay, I needed to make a short chapter for this announcement, since fanfiction rules say I can't make a whole chapter just for an author note.

Basically, I am editing this story. All 34 chapters. Well, maybe 33, since I might have to delete the texting chapter because that format isn't allowed here.

I was wandering around fanfiction when I found this under "Actions Not Allowed": Copying from a previously published work (including musical lyrics) not in the public domain.

So, if you have read this story, you know that there are a lot of song lyrics in here recently. Why did I put song lyrics in here? Because I wanted to link this fanfiction to Vocaloid songs to show that Vocaloid songs can make any kind of story. But now it seems like I will have to take out the lyrics and just put small references.

It is going to take a while to edit all these chapters, so I ask you to be patient because I cannot start typing up a new chapter until all this is done. On the bright side, this gives me time to also edit out mistakes in every chapter.

...You may have to reread all 34 chapters to see if I changed any important things. I will not change the whole plot though.

EDIT: THEY ARE ALL DONE!

Sorry, had to write that in Caps Lock to attract attention.

But anyways, all the chapters are done. After kicking myself to edit for five hours last night and then to edit this morning, I have completed the editing. This took longer than I expected. I apologize for the long wait, but at least I have some part of the next chapter typed up. I want to upload it today if I finish, but that may not happen.

I suggest you to go back and read all the chapters. There are some parts that I completely changed- like the scene where Oliver gets his popularity with Teto's help. But if you don't want to, then that's alright with me. If you do spot any lyrics though, please tell me and I will fix that immediately.

So...happy reading :D

Thank you for reading this chapter and the author note. Bye bye~!