Melodies of Memories - Chapter 5
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"Nee-san! Nee-san!"
A light-blue haired little boy calling little Miku and showed a white daisy. The little boy was giggling happily put the flower on Miku's twin-tail. Then, he smiled brightly. "Haruto gets this flower from the cliff over there!"
Miku blinked her eyes. "Huh! You couldn't go there alone, Haruto! It's too dangerous!"
The little kid, Haruto, frowned and lowered his gaze. He murmured, "but … yesterday you said you wanted the flower…. So I tell my older friend to take me there…."
Seeing her brother whimpered, holding back his tears, Miku crouched then caressed Haruto's cheek. "Thank you for the flower. But, you cannot go there without dad or me okay," the sister said, then she sighed. "You made me worry, Haruto. What if … what if you fall from the cliff… I don't want to lose you…" She said, then touched Haruto's back. "Is the scar … still hurt?" she asked while remembering the moment they fell to the river and bumped a tree, resulting in Haruto hurt his back. The accident leaving a quite ugly scar on his back.
Haruto shocked his head. "No, because you rubbed by back every night!" he answered and giggled.
Even though her little brother said so, she did not believe him right away, remembering how he sobbed for weeks since the accident. "Then… it's good…"
Haruto moved closer to Miku then whispered. "Nee-chan, happy birthday!" he said and pecked Miku's cheek.
The Chopin nocturne op.9 no 2 played nicely in her dream. Slowly, it waked up her consciousness. The melody was familiar to her that she thought she came back to the past. She wanted to close her eyes again to recalling the memories of her past, meeting the ones she loved most. Nevertheless, a dream was just a dream, and when you woke up, it only left a delusion and pain.
When her skin brushed with a soft fabric that gave a different sensation from her own, Miku opened her eyes wide. She realized the fabric touched her bare skin. She rushed to rose but soon realized she was locked up.
Beside her slept a young blonde man. He hugged her like a body pillow, but his hug was strong that she was locked in his arms.
As much as she struggled and wanted to get out of his hands, she found herself unable to move an inch. She studied the beautiful man beside her who had shoulder-length blond hair. As soon she realized she was staring at him, her heart skipped a beat.
When she closed her eyes, all events from last night were recalled, from the moment she started to drink, it was the moment she lost her sanity till she ended up walking around on the road. But, she did not remember how she could meet the blonde guy. Actually, it was not a big deal. But things happened not at the right time. She just broke up with her boyfriend a month ago, and now she had an intimate relationship with a guy she did not know. Even though it was just a fling, she still could not believe she would straight away jump to anyone.
Nah, I think… that's fine, but… Well... luckily, he's only a stranger. But still...
What came to her mind next shivered her. It was just a week she worked as a teacher, and now she created a scandal after the party hosted by her colleagues.
She furrowed her eyebrows and bit her lips. But, still! It doesn't mean okay to sleep with a stranger! What I've done!
"I was waiting for you to wake up, and yet the first thing you wanna do is to get out from here. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
A masculine voice tickled her ear.
She turned her head to the man and found a pair of gorgeous sapphire blue eyes locked their gaze to her. Now, she was more captivated by him the moment she saw her reflection through his clear eyes.
"You're awake?" She asked.
"Well," he said and smirked devilishly while creping his hand, which became Miku's pillow, to Miku's head. Then, he drew her closer as he felt the lady's body stiffened. "I am. I can't get enough of your cute sleeping face that I don't want to get up."
"Um …," she mumbled and tried to put a distance between him. "You know, a situation like this is not weird for adults, so … can we act like this never happens?" Miku averted her teal eyes, but the man tried to make her looked at him.
He raised an eyebrow. "Wow, how rude. Do you think I am the type who likes sleeping around?"
Well … your handsome face gives that vibe, not to mention that now you seduced me!
"Or … are you-"
"No! I'm not the kind of woman you might think!" She growled and closed the man's mouth with her hands.
Miku shoved him, but he did not move an inch. Just... how strong is he?
"But you were the one who seduced me," he said with a poker face.
"What?" She blinked.
The man sighed, then locked his gaze into hers. "I said, you seduced me. It was my first."
Her mouth gaped as she stared at him blankly. How could it was so good if it was truly his first!
The blonde guy raised one of his eyebrows then tightened his hug to Miku, making their bare skins brushed each other and sharing their warmth. Miku jumped a bit and squealed softly by his sudden movement, but the young woman could not let herself go from the stranger.
The woman pulled the blonde guy really hard, but he was strong that he only laughed seeing her reaction.
"Le-let me go! I didn't remember seducing you!"
The blonde man sighed, stopping Miku from pushing him away. Still, he did not let Miku go. "You told me not to leave you alone. I was nice enough not to attack you when I cleaned your body from your vomit. Well, even though it was tempting, I didn't want to take advantage of a drunk depressed woman."
The teal eyes were rounded. "Di-did I vomit?!" As she heard 'vomit', all of her energy left her body.
The man nodded. "Right at my clothes."
"At first, I just wanted to walk away from my room and crashed at the sofa, then," he paused then smirked. His smirk was so mischievous but still made Miku's heart jumped. Maybe, it was the charm of the blonde young man. "You seduced me and pinched me down on the bed," he continued. In a flash of blink eyes, he moved above Miku. "Should I demonstrated it to make you remember our passionate night?"
Miku could not process anything but her face was red as an apple.
He laughed and closed the distance between Miku. "Should I?" he whispered to Miku's eyes.
Just by his whisper, all memories from last night flashed in her mind, making her blushing hard and averting her eyes from the stranger.
The teal eyes blinked. "Wa-wait! No-no! I-I remember!"
The blonde young man smiled brightly. "You do? Then, should we continue from last night? I think we have good compatibility."
She used all of her strength to pushed him away. "No-no, thanks! I don't need such a friend like that! I-I need to go now!"
"How cold," he commented and sighed, but then he smirked again. "Oh, but that's alright. That's what adults do, right? You said it."
Miku ignored him and rolled her eyes. How could he act innocently when he was a beast in bed? I really doubt it was his first night!
She rose from the bed, searching for her clothes, but she did not find anything hers. She grabbed a white big t-shirt that most likely to be his. She sighed as she realized she might need to buy new clothes instead of going home wearing a male stranger's clothes and risking her from her dad's anger. It was better to buy new clothes and lied it was her friend's outfit.
The man wrapped a blanket around his waist then picked up his shirt, wearing it and leaving it unbuttoned. He smirked as he turned to Miku. "Searching for your clothes? I'm still drying your clothes. You can wait, or you just want to go in my clothes? Well, I don't mind. It'll give me a chance to meet you again."
Miku pierced her gaze. "No! I'll wait for it!"
He smiled again, but it was different from the wicked smiled he showed before. It was a more angelic, but still a dangerous one. "Do you like omelet rice?"
"Huh?"
Before Miku, two plates of omelet rice were served neatly. Miku looked at the man who sat across her. The blonde man smiled while giving her a set of chopsticks. "Did you cook this?" she asked the man, doubtfully.
He laughed awkwardly. "Who else? I live alone in this apartment."
Miku studied the room dominated with navy and dark gray colors. The apartment was quite big, even for a single man like himself. I would fit a family with two children. She gazed at him. "Are you sure it's not from the room service?"
He rolled his eyes. "You could touch the stove over there if you doubt me. The stove is still warm. C'mon, I made this for you. I don't want to leave the girl I shared the passionate night with to starve herself."
For a moment, she kept staring at him then at the omelet. "Thank you…"
She started to eat the omelet with both of her chopsticks. It just weird to eat this with chopsticks instead of a spoon, but maybe it was just his way to eat. She did not want to ask him for a spoon and just ate the omelet with the chopsticks he gave.
Surprisingly, the breakfast fit her taste nicely. She did not expect much from him, but tasting the delicious cook made her wondered if it was truly his cook or not. However, his eyes were expecting Miku to comment on his cook. Thus, she told him it was delicious.
"You know, looking at you wearing my t-shirt really turns me on," he commented while giving a vicious gaze.
Instead of getting angry, Miku was blushing hard as the memories of that night flooded her mind.
After the meal, the blonde young man gave Miku's clothes that had been dried. He even ironed her shirt, making her feeling guilty as she just sat staring at him doing his chores.
"Thank you for the clothes," Miku said.
The blonde-haired man nodded while taking to the door. "You're welcome."
Miku averted her eyes and rubbed the back of her neck. "Uhm … then … I'll take my leave."
"Oh, wait," he said and grabbed her hand softly. "May I know your name."
Miku smiled bitterly. "I think we shouldn't know each other names. After all, our relationship is just a one night stand."
"How cold." The blonde-haired man raised her eyebrow then laughed. He sighed and smiled. "But, you're right, my bad. Don't pass out alone like last night, okay. When you drink, make sure you're with someone else."
She rolled her teal eyes. "Bye."
"See you," answered the man. "Oh, wait!" He pulled her closer to him, then moved closer to her ear. "If you change your mind and need an accompany for a drink, just go to Lotus Moon Bar, and you will find me there. I'm a regular."
Miku did not think the stranger would bewitch her, but he managed to shake her heart.
"You can call me Kagamine."
Perhaps, it was a good idea to know his name.
Miku's days just became hell after the passionate night she shared with a stranger. When she got home, Gakupo and Kaito were on their way to find Miku. Her dad was also calling all his relatives to find his daughter, who did not come home. The Saturday was chaotic with Gakupo's and Ars'slectures to the point her ears were tired hearing rants from the guys of Kamui household. Fortunately, Kaito was there to calm Gakupo.
Of course, she did not say anything about the stranger. She did tell them that she was drunk as she thought it might be useless to lie about that as most of the teachers saw how she drank that night. But, she lied and told her family that she slept over at Meiko's place, and her phone went dead.
Right after she got the battery of her phone, she texted Meiko to tell anyone who asked about her that she slept over at Meiko's place. Fortunately, Meiko had not told anyone that she lost Miku and went back just with her boyfriend. To be exact, Meiko expected Miku to go home alone or spent a night with her fling. Right after reading Meiko's messages, she deleted all messages to Meiko, erasing the only evidence of her lie.
Still, even though she forged lies about that night, she could not feel perfectly free from Gakupo's observation. She could feel the peering eyes from the purple-haired possessive little brother that followed her.
"You looked so tired, sensei," Piko said. Other than Gakupo, he was also the one that made Miku could not feel freedom in the school.
Lately, Miku could not avoid Piko as she was too tired to avoid her own little brother.
"I'm fine. What do you need, Piko? Do you want to challenge me into a violin duel again?" She asked while walking together with Piko to the music room to prepare the next class's instrument after lunch.
Piko nodded. "You know me well, sensei. But, today, I really want to know the reasons why do you quit playing violin."
The young teacher sighed while opening the music room. "You're so persistent, aren't you?"
When she opened the music room, she was amazed by a tall figure that took a violin. Even though he just picked up the violin, Miku could already imagine the beautiful melodies that he would play. Even though it was the same melodies, but it did not bore her. Instead, it amazed her more.
"Mikuo," Piko whispered. His eyebrows were knitted. His eyes were growled as trying to chase over a predator.
Mikuo Megpoid looked at Piko coldly. Then he glanced at Miku with his expressionless eyes. "You came here to watch me again, sensei?" he asked, then smiled.
Piko rolled his eyes. "No, she came to prepare her class," he answered. "I suggest you play the violin after school, not make noises at school-time."
The young teal-haired violinists averted his eyes from Piko and looked at Miku. "Do you want to hear my play, sensei? I just wanted to try out my new composition. I'd like to hear your opinion."
Surprisingly, he was different from what Miku thought he was. She thought he was a cold young man. But, he seemed to have a soft spot for those who love the violin. Or those who understand violin and appreciate his plays. Miku glanced at the school's president then to Mikuo.
"I'd like to, but for now, I need to prepare for my class. Maybe later," she answered.
The smile on Mikuo's face vanished and turned into ice. He put the violin back to its place then walked closer to Miku and Piko, who prepared some musical notes.
"Can I help you?" Mikuo asked.
Piko clicked his tongue. "Just go out and go back to your class, senpai."
Mikuo did not move an inch, even ignored Piko's remark. He only focused on the new teacher and insisted on helping. In the end, Miku asked him to clean the board and put the musical notes on every desk together with Piko.
In the peaceful lunch break, except for Piko's scoff to Mikuo. Somehow Miku felt in peace seeing her rivals in violin helping her to prepare for music class. It had not been a month she worked there, and she already felt that she found her place in that school. Putting asides the troubles she faced, she enjoyed her time in this school. Especially, she loved the moment when she saw Mikuo played his violin or heard his play in the third year free period. Sometimes, she met Mikuo and saw his play, giving him some compliments or advice to improve his play, even though his play was better than Miku. Surprisingly, she also found that it was cute to see Piko followed her around to ask her reasons or challenge her. Seeing Piko's persistence was annoyed her at first, but she thought it was better than Gakupo's possessive act after the night she did not get home.
Oddly, she did not see any purple-haired hair around her gaze.
"Sensei, what's wrong? Do you hit your head? You smiled weirdly." Piko asked while setting the stand.
Miku clicked her tongue then coughed. "I just recalled good things."
"What is that about?" the silver-haired president asked again.
The teacher shrugged. "Just a good thing."
Suddenly, a scream calling Piko's name destroyed Miku's nice daydreaming.
A lilac haired maiden with soft eyebrows opened the music room's door hard. She panted then rushed to get the president. She opened her rabbit hoodies, revealing teary cute eyes.
"What's wrong, Yukari?" Piko asked.
"President! I have bad news! The school bullies are fighting with Basketball's and Judo's club junior captain!" she screamed and pulled Piko's hand outside the room.
"Wait, do you mean Gakupo and Kaito?" Miku asked.
The rabbit hooded female student nodded with her teary eyes. She pulled Piko's hand again and begged him to come with her to stop all of them.
The silver-haired students' president clicked his tongue and brushed his hair back. "God… what is it now, that stupid school gang? They always give me headaches!"
"It-it's…" Yukari said and glanced at the teal-haired student who just walked closer to them. "The bully's boss …. the Megpoid…"
Miku and Piko turned at Mikuo when Yukari mentioned his family name. Mikuo averted his eyes coldly while putting his hand on his trouser's pockets.
Piko groaned lazily and grabbed his head. "That stupid banana-head! Damn! Mikuo, you need to tell your brother not to give me more headache!" he squealed, then looked at Miku. "I think you should come too, sensei. After all, Gakupo and Kaito are your little brother, right?"
"Of course, lead the way."
As Yukari lead the way, both Miku and Piko followed her, leaving Mikuo alone in the classroom who went silent. He stayed silent even after Miku asked him whether he wanted to tag along or not.
Perhaps, he doesn't have a good relationship with his brother.
Miku rushed when she caught a glimpse of a purple-haired young-man who was lying down. She rushed to get Gakupo but was stopped when Piko pulled her hand. She ended up following Piko behind. Even though she was a teacher, she might not help a brawl between men as she did not have any strength to do so.
"Gakupo!" she shouted.
Gakupo and Kaito turned their head to Miku. Gakupo was in bad shape, worse than Kaito, who still on his foot.
"Wohoo! I'm right, look, boss! His sister is a hottie!" said the red-haired male student with a short-figure. He looked at the higher level of the roof. One of his eyes was eyepatched. He has a band over his nose and arms. Even though his figure was small, he looked so rugged that made Miku shivered looking at him.
The other school bullies whistled when Miku rushed to her little brother. They laughed hard and nasty as they swarmed around Miku, Gakupo, and Kaito.
"Now everyone, stay away from Kamui-sensei," Piko shouted and rushed to the front of Miku, followed by Yukari, who helped Gakupo to stand on his feet.
"Now, now, little president, you know you don't have much power in the rooftop, in our area," said the red-haired bully while moving closer head-to-head to Piko.
Piko grunted. "Who said I don't have the power?" He smirked. "Hey, Megpoid, do you want me to use the same threat to you?" the silver-haired president shouted.
Swoosh!
A shadow just jumped down from the upper roof. Miku could not see any feature of that shadow. But, the bullies went silent when the shadow jumped down. It was like the power had shifted. Even, Piko furrowed and sweated when footsteps were coming closer, along with the bullies that opened the way to the mysterious figure.
Miku thought her eyes were playing with her. She thought she had a lingering feeling for that night with a stranger she wanted to forget. The young teacher shocked her head slowly and blinked several times as the figure walked closer to them. Maybe, deep down, she thought about that Kagamine man and wished to meet him again as much as she denied it.
"Do what you want, President," the boss of bullies said. His sapphire eyes looked closely to Piko, then glanced to Miku. He smirked. "You're right, Fukase," he said, then walked closer to Miku.
Gakupo screamed, telling him to back away, but the boss ignored his warning.
Reality hit her hard as she realized he had the same husky voice with Kagamine she met weeks ago. She never thought he was closer than she thought. But, he had a different name from the one she shared a night. The one was Kagamine, and this one was Megpoid, presumed as Mikuo's brother.
The boss, the one Yukari called Megpoid, crouched to Miku.
"Indeed, you are beautiful, sensei. Even I've captivated by you," Megpoid said and smiled sweetly. "It's nice to see you," he paused and moved his head close to Miku, "again," he whispered.
It was the same mischievous smile she saw that morning, but now his smile was more terrifying than ever she had seen.
I hope … this is just a nightmare.