Soooo this was actually supposed to be in chapter 2 but I decided that I didn't want to wait to post it any longer so I just separated them! So I'm very sorry that my chapters have been so short and I hope I can make them longer from now on. Oh and sorry that the ending of the last chapter ended kinda weirdly…

Oh, and I apologize if the total change of everything threw you off. This is still Contagious it's just that I finally figured out what I was going to do with this so it kind of changed… everything. Including the reason I named it contagious.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid! Unfortunately…

Perfect

Chapter 3

I opened the door to my room and stepped in. I turned around and shut the door quietly and turned back around, leaning against the door. I narrowed my eyes, waiting for them to adjust to the dark room.

My vision finally came back and I looked around. There were two small beds; one currently occupied by an unidentifiable lump that I knew was my roommate, Haku. Who else would it be? I groaned as I thought that and sighed heavily. I'd always had an overactive imagination. I can't take a shower without sticking my head out and looking for Jack the ripper or something.

I started creeping towards the bed, jumping as the lump moved. I stood by the side of the bed and reached for the edge of the purple cover, but stopped. I squeezed my eyes shut and tried not to think of the things that could be underneath, unsuccessfully of course. What if it's a murderer? I could be dead as soon as I pulled the cover off!

"I feel like one of those idiot girls on the horror movies," I muttered as I reached for the cover again with a sense of foreboding. I slowly curled my fingers around the edge and took a deep breath. If I died, I would be prepared! I whipped back the sheet.

And screamed.

A pair of glowing red eyes stared back at me. I jumped back and fell to the floor, terrified. A dark silhouette rose from the bed, reaching, reaching. I crawled backward until I hit the opposite bed, trying to get away from its hand… that turned on the lamp in the middle of the two beds.

The dim light shone on Haku, sitting on the bed, her legs tangled in the blankets. She rubbed her red eyes tiredly and looked around the room before finally lowering her gaze to look at me still sprawled on the floor.

"Neru?" She said in a tired voice, "What are you doing here?"

"Um, I live here, remember?" I said in a snarky voice, hoping it covered up my shaking voice.

"What's wrong? Did I scare you again?" she raised her eyebrows in a question.

I pushed myself in a sitting position and crossed my arms tightly over my chest. "It's your eyes! They creep me out," I said, avoiding her gaze. She giggled quietly.

"You're just paranoid Neru, my eyes are perfectly normal!"

"Normal people don't have red eyes…" I let my sentence trail off as I yawned.

"You should sleep or you won't be able to stay awake in class tomorrow," she chastised. I stared at her a second before answering.

"Tomorrow is Saturday," I said as I got up and walked over to the only window in the room.

"Really?" she said in an excited voice," Then I don't have to wait for this!" she reached under her bed and pulled out a full sake bottle.

"You found Meiko's stash again, huh?" Meiko hid her not so secret alcohol in a new place almost every week in an attempt to discourage the thief that kept stealing it, even though it never worked.

"Yup!" she said as she threw her head back as she let the liquid run down her throat. "It's not like it's hard, she hides it in the most obvious places. It was under her desk this time." I sighed and looked back out the window and opened it slowly, flinching as it squealed.

"Just don't get caught, okay? I have enough problems without getting you out of trouble." I rubbed my bare arms as a brisk wind blew in. The room would be like a freezer in the morning, but I only sighed. It would be even worse if someone smelled the alcohol in our room. I walked away from the window to sit across from Haku on my bed, watching her as she downed another ridiculously large amount from the bottle.

"I won't. You of all people should know how good I am." she flopped back down on the still tangled bed, trying unsuccessfully to straighten them before giving up and propping herself up halfway so that she could still drink uninterrupted.

I, on the other hand, laid down on my bed, still fully dressed. I was too exhausted to bother changing my clothes. I was just falling asleep when I heard the highly annoying sound of footsteps outside my door. The person went by and I breathed a small sigh of relief, thankful that I wasn't disturbed too much when the person came running back and I heard and knock loud enough to wake the whole dorm, followed by a gasp and a few quieter knocks.

I stayed in my bed, hoping that the person would just go away if I ignored them. I groaned and turned my head to Haku as the knocking continued, finding her passed out with the sake bottle dangling from the tips of her fingers. I heaved myself out of the bed and snatched the bottle from her, hiding it under the floorboards under her bed along with the rest of her stolen goods. I strode over to the door and yanked it open, ready to slap the person on the other side.

"What do you want?" I snapped as the door opened, only to swallow the insulting words I was planning on saying to the person. On the other side of the door was Len, trembling slightly, an agitated look in his eyes. I blushed as he started at my harsh words clasping his hands in front of his chest and looking down at me as if he thought coming to me wasn't a very good idea.

"Len!" I stuttered, trying to gain control of my shaking body, running my hand through my messy hair. "Um… why are you here? Wait, no, come in first."

"Thanks…" He let his sentence trail off as I led him to sit on my bed. I sat on the end of it, folding my legs under me and turning to face him. He turned his head towards me before gazing at the floor at his feet. He truly did look distraught.

"So what's wrong? There must be some reason for you to show up at my door at…" I looked at the clock by the bed. "11:30 at night."

"It's just… It's Rin. She's disappeared and I can't find her!" He said as he wrung his hands together. I nodded as his troubled demeanor made sense. He loved his twin more than anything.

"I'm sure she's fine, Len. She's probably just…at someone else's house," I reassured him, even though I doubted my own theory. Her whole life was here; she had brought Len here with her a few years back with a story of robbers killing their parents while they were on a school trip. She had nowhere else to go.

"She has nowhere else to go!" he exclaimed, eerily echoing my thoughts."Besides, she wouldn't just leave without telling anyone. She didn't text you did she?"

"No, I would have told you if she did. What happened? Did you see her before she disappeared?"

"Yeah, we were sitting in our room, talking, and when she got this weird look in her eyes. It was like she wasn't really there anymore. I mean, she was there sitting next to me, but her mind was just…gone."

I nodded, encouraging him to keep talking. "And…"

"And then she just left. She stood up and walked out the door really quickly, like she was rushing to get somewhere really important. I called her name but it was like she didn't hear me. She didn't even look at me. Neru, there was something seriously wrong with her. You have to help me find her." He sounded like he was on the verge of tears.

"Don't worry, Len." I cover his hand with mine and smiled at him reassuringly. "We'll find her." I got up and started towards the door. Now that I'm up I might as well do something useful. I looked back at Len who was still sitting on my bed. "Aren't you coming?"

His head jerked up as I wrenched him from his thoughts. "Oh! Yes! Thank you so much Neru you have no idea-"

"Its fine," I interrupted him. "Lets find your sister okay? The sooner she shows up, the sooner we all can sleep." I spun on my heel and walked out the door, Len trailing behind me.

"Okay, were have you searched already?" I asked him when we got in the hallway.

"Actually I haven't searched anywhere yet," He admitted with a guilty look on his face. "I've been asking people if they've seen her."

"How long has she been missing, exactly?" I crossed my arms and raised my eyebrows in a question.

"Almost two hours. But!" he said loudly as I started to interrupt him again, "I thought it would be better if I started searching for her soon, so she doesn't disappear completely. I have a really bad feeling about this, Neru. Something isn't right."

I sighed "Alright, since you haven't looked anywhere we should split up to save time." I pointed down the hall to the left. "You will go that way," I pointed the opposite way, "And I will go this way, okay?"

"Yes. I've got it."

"You have your phone right?" He nodded and put his hand into his pocket. "Good. Text me if you find anything. I'll do the same." I began walking in the direction I had just assigned myself.

"Neru! Wait…" I turned my head in his direction. "Be careful okay? Something is going on. I don't know what it is but it feels… malevolent."

I smiled before beginning my journey once again. "Don't worry, Len. I can take care of myself." I heard him murmur something unidentifiable under his breath before walking down the opposite hall.

I strode down the hall and turned at the first intersection I found. I heaved a sigh and glanced around the hall. It was the dreariest color. Some kind of mixture of brown and green, producing an unattractive outcome. It seemed as if it went on forever, the dim lighting creating disturbing shadows on the wall, interrupted only by the occasional door. As I continued down the ridiculously long hallway I grew more anxious, jumping at every little sound that I heard. I quickly looked around me and hurried forward, quickening my pace.

I finally rounded a corner into a well lit hall and slowed down. I gasped slightly and looked down at the carpeted floor in front of me as I recognized where I was, trying my hardest to look inconspicuous. Somehow I had gotten to the very back of the dorm, where the professors' rooms were. I twisted my head around and looked down the hall that I knew would lead me back to my bed longingly before heaving a sigh and continuing down the path before me. I had promised Len I would help him, I could abandon him now.

As I neared the end of the dreaded corridor I swore under my breath. There, at the corner that could either doom my mission or relieve the panic I felt at being discovered, was Meiko's office. She came here to drink in the middle of the night, and judging by how she acted when we met in the hall earlier, she would most likely be in there.

I quieted my step as I neared the office. There was a large window stretching from her door to the corner. There was no possible way I could just nonchalantly walk past it. She would see me instantly. I grinned as an idea popped into my head.

I got close to the edge of the window and dropped to my knees. I was just barely small enough to crawl under the edge of the glass. I heard a slightly muffled voice I knew to be Meiko's say something. I probably could have heard her if I listened, but my mind was directed on staying as silent as possible.

I had nearly arrived at the border of the window when I heard a second, younger voice respond. I froze in surprise before scrambling around the corner and shifting so that I could see into the room without being obvious. As I had guessed, Meiko was sitting behind her desk, a half empty bottle on the desk in front of her. I narrowed my eyes as I saw Rin, standing before her.

Why would she be here of all places? I shook my head and retreated behind the edge of the corner as I pulled out my phone to text Len to meet me back in front of my room. I crept back around the edge again and peered through the glass, straining to hear what they were talking about. It sounded as if their conversation was almost over.

"…anyone noticed you're gone yet?" asked Meiko.

"I don't think so ma'am. I tried to remain unnoticed," Rin replied. Her definition of unnoticed must differ greatly from mine, I thought as I rolled my eyes.

"Good, good," Meiko said absently, as if thinking of something. They stayed in silence long enough for me to start fidgeting. Suddenly Meiko clapped her hands together loudly, making me jump.

"Rin, I want you to go to the facility immediately. Make sure you are seen by none and get there as soon as possible. Understand?"

"I understand." I quickly flew back around the corner as she strode purposefully toward the door. I flattened myself against the wall and watched as she came to the intersection of the halls and turned to go the opposite way, showing no sign she had seen me.

I got up to follow her when I felt a hand wrap around my arm, halting my progress. I stopped and turned around, my hazel eyes meeting reddish-brown ones. A twisted smile crept onto Meiko's face as she gazed at my startled expression.

"Now what could you possibly be doing wandering the halls at this time of night? I thought I had made myself clear that you should be in bed right now." She tightened her viselike grip on my arm as I tried to free myself. I hastily pulled together an excuse.

"I, um, saw a student walk past my room towards the boy's dorm. I thought I should follow her so that nothing happened. I think I got lost…" I grimaced at my pathetic story. I knew this building like the back of my hand, and Meiko knew that.

"I'm sure you did," she said sarcastically as she yawned. She released my arm. "Well go back to your room, and stay there this time. Make sure you report to my office tomorrow at 11. I'm too tired to come up with a proper punishment for you." She spun on her heel and retreated back into her office leaving me standing alone in the hall.

I shook my head to clear the shock from the strange encounter. I started back down the hall towards my room. The walk back wasn't any more pleasant than it was before. I fixed my eyes on the floor in front of me, determined to ignore the shadows that seemed to be jumping out at me as I mulled over what just happened.

What was that that just happened? And just what exactly is this facility Meiko sent Rin to. She had made it sound incredibly important. The more I thought about it, the more I believed Len was right. Something strange was definitely going on.

I finally came to my room to find Len sitting in front of my door, his back pressed against the opposite wall. He looked up at me as I crouched in front of him. Without waiting for an invitation from him I told him all that had happened.

"Where do you think it is, Neru?" he asked when I finished my speech. "The facility, I mean"

"You aren't really thinking of going after her are you? I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it. You shouldn't get caught up in it," I warned him, but to no avail.

"Of course I'm going after her!" he exclaimed. "I can't just stay here and do nothing while my twin is off somewhere doing who knows what." He looked back to the ground.

"Don't worry. I'm sure she'll be fine." He looked up at me with an unbelieving expression on his face. "Go to sleep. It's late. If it makes you feel any better we can start looking for information on this facility tomorrow after Meiko lets me go, okay?" This seemed to placate him, at least temporarily. He got up and walked down the long hall toward his room.

I turned and opened the door, shivering as the cold wind from the room hit me. I crossed my arms over my chest in an attempt to stay warm as I walked into the freezing room. I looked over to the window, still open. Haku had forgotten to close it. At the thought of Haku I looked over to her bed. Once again she was curled under the covers, her sleeping form barely discernable. I looked at the clock by my bed and groaned. 3am.

I sat on the edge of my bed and reached for the clock, setting the alarm for 10:30 so I would get up in time for Meiko's Punishment, whatever it was. I started to lay down to finally go to sleep when another draft blew into the room, blowing over me.

I sighed overdramatically and dragged myself over to the window to shut it. As I was pulling it down I looked out into the dark school grounds. Someone was walking down the hill that the school was placed on, toward the border of the grounds. I stuck my head out as I recognized her.

"Rin!" I called out to her, hoping to get her to stop. She turned her head in my direction for only a second. All I saw before she started running away was a halo of yellow hair, and red eyes.

Glowing red eyes.

Once again I'm very sorry that this took so long. The ending was kind of crappy, in my opinion, but I was writing this last night and I had this really amazing thing I was going to put at the end. And then, my grandparents made me go to bed and I forgot it in the morning. I had to make do.

Oh, and a big thank you to Neru Akita (not mine) and KYVampire for actually reviewing. You have no idea how happy that made me. And of course, Hinata Aron, who gave me this idea! (kind of…) I love you guys