So I had gotten the idea to continue the previous story... And while I was brainstorming, I happened to start listening to Tower... And then I remembered I always wanted to write a fic based on Tower... And then that idea took a nosedive into a truckload of crack... And then this came to be. XDDD Hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except for this piece of fanfiction. /sadface
Title: Lyrical Content
Summary: Following the success of her latest single "Tower", Luka finds out the hard way that the lyrical content might have given a few people the wrong idea...
It was a nice night, one of those rare nights where the temperature was just cool enough to feel nice and relaxing instead of being too hot or too cold. Luka enjoyed nights like these, and she smiled up at the twinkling stars above as she stood on the balcony of the Vocaloid house. It was a good night for thinking, if one so desired, but Luka did not feel the need to ponder any long, hard thoughts tonight. She'd finished recording a new single not too long ago, and she always liked to treat herself to some well-deserved rest and relaxation after working on a new project. "Tower" had been doing very well, getting good reviews from critics and also flying off the shelves, a fact her manager gleefully shared with her earlier in the week.
There was a bit of a problem, however. The lyrics she'd used for the song had been sort of on the suicidal side, and it had alarmed the songstress to receive letters and emails from fans begging her not to end her life, and saying that the world would miss her if she were to go, etc., etc. While Luka had indeed hoped for a reaction from fans with her new song, she had not intended for it to be like this... Maybe for her next song, she mused, she would just make something light and humorous... Maybe. It wasn't exactly like she could control her inspirations.
A light breeze kicked up, tousling her hair as it passed through the pink locks. On a whim, Luka held her arms out at her sides, closing her eyes and enjoying the coolness passing over her skin as it-
"NO!"
Suddenly, Luka was pulled backwards, and her eyes shot open in surprise. Before she knew it, she was lying flat on her back, staring up at the ceiling with alarm as warm weights clamped down on her limbs, pinning her into a spread-eagled position. Wildly, she looked down at her restraints.
"Wh-What the-? What on earth are you all doing?" Luka incredulously demanded of her four captors.
The Kagamine twins had each seized one of her legs, Miku was pinning down her left arm, and Gumi had taken her right. All of them had also burst into tears as they held on for dear life, cheeks pressed against the respective limbs and causing the pink-haired woman to stare at them in mute shock.
"Don't go, Luka-nee-chan! Don't go!" Len wailed.
"Suicide is never the answer, Luka-sensei! The world is still a beautiful place!" Gumi cried.
"We'd miss you, Luka-nee-chan! We care about you! Don't go!" Rin blubbered.
"Luka, you idiot! Lovers are supposed to commit suicide together! What do you think you're doing all on your own?" Miku sobbed.
"What!" Great, now even the other Vocaloids had jumped on the bandwagon thinking she was going to kill herself! "Oh for crying out loud... Unhand me already!"
"NO!" they shouted in unison, their grips tightening. Luka felt her limbs starting to tingle from lack of circulation.
"You'll try to kill yourself again!" Miku yelled.
The others nodded in agreement, and Luka felt her left eye twitch involuntarily. If she had an available limb, she would have facepalmed. "I'm not going to kill myself! You all have nothing to worry about! And besides, I would have to actually try to kill myself at this height, and-"
"T-Try to kill yourself...?" Rin sniffled. As Luka saw their eyes welling up with fresh tears, she realized too late that at this point, they were listening to maybe every other word she was saying if she was lucky.
As the four drew nearer and nearer to tears, Luka said in a panic, "Oh no, don't do tha-"
"I don't want Luka-sensei to kill herself!" Gumi wailed.
All four simultaneously burst into anime waterfall tears, miserably lamenting at the top of their lungs. This ordinarily would have been bad enough, but the waterfalls from Miku and Gumi's eyes were also landing on Luka's face, rendering any form of protest that she would otherwise have voiced impossible. Her head began to ache terribly, and her groan was lost amid all the wailing.
Note to self: Don't sing songs like Tower again. Ever.
It was a long time before they all calmed down. Luka smiled exasperatedly at the four younger Vocaloids as they sniffled, a few tears still trickling down their faces. "Are you all done now?" she asked softly.
As one, they all nodded. She shook her head, a weary but affectionate smile curling her lips while chuckling quietly. "Honestly... I had no idea that you guys would take it that way too... I'm not going to kill myself. I haven't even thought of such a thing."
"B-But..." Miku whimpered, her lower lip trembling. "W-We heard your new s-s-song and... and..."
Not about to let herself be drenched in waterfall tears again if she could help it, Luka interrupted her, chiding gently, "Oh, come now. You know me better than that. It's just a song, besides. It just happened to occur to me while I was writing the lyrics, that's all."
(Luka wisely did not mention that she had drawn upon past experiences before her career as a Vocaloid as inspiration for the song. She had a feeling that if she did, she would have ignited an all-new fit of crying, and lying on her back and being drowned in tears for another thirty minutes did not appeal to her in the least.)
The Kagamine twins looked up at her, sniffling. "If we let you go, you won't try to kill yourself?" Len asked cautiously.
"I won't," Luka reassured them all. "I promise."
Obvious distrust flashed in four pairs of eyes simultaneously before they all looked at each other, contemplating together. Warily, they all nodded as one and fixed her with their gazes, slowly climbing off of her limbs. Luka sat up and turned a comforting smile onto the four younger Vocaloids, inwardly sighing with relief as her limbs came back to life. Even if they'd been more than a little silly, she felt touched by their concern and gathered them into her arms as best as she could. She shook her head, chuckling with weary affection.
"Honestly... I had no idea that even you guys would take it so badly... You haven't a thing to worry about. Trust me."
"Good," Rin said, tightly hugging her. "Cuz you do have people who care about you, Luka-nee-chan."
Miku nodded, hugging her as well. "And if you ever try to commit suicide without me, I'll never forgive you," she pouted.
Luka reddened. Smiling embarrassedly, she replied, "You won't need to worry about that either."
Acting quickly to try to improve their moods and avert another potential water hazard, Luka suggested, "All that crying must have made you guys hungry. How about we go downstairs and I'll fix up some snacks, ne?"
Just as she hoped, they smiled at her and nodded. She wiped away their tears and they all got up to head downstairs. Inwardly, she sighed in relief.
Disaster averted! Damn, I'm good! Inner Luka cheered, shooting off a few quick punches before pumping her fist into the air victoriously. Yosha!
Luka figured some cookies would do the trick, and she was in the mood for some anyway. Her mood lightened just thinking about it.
Unfortunately, it seemed fate had other plans.
Immediately upon entering the kitchen, she was beset by four simultaneous howls of "LUKA!" and tackled to the floor. She gaped, her left eye twitching as Kaito, Gakupo, Meiko, and Lily all pinned her limbs down, blubbering like children.
"Don't go, Luka! Don't go!" Kaito wailed.
"Suicide is never the answer, Luka! The world is still a beautiful place!" Gakupo cried.
"We'd miss you, Luka! We care about you! Don't go!" Meiko blubbered.
"Luka, you idiot! Drinking buddies don't let drinking buddies commit suicide! What do you think you're doing?" Lily sobbed.
"Not you too!" Luka screamed, incredulous at her hideous misfortune. "What in the world has gotten into you all!"
Then she smelled it: alcohol. Sake, to be specific. Staring at the table, she saw several bottles of sake, three of them clearly empty and lying on their sides, at least two more half-empty. Inner Luka did the facepalming for her, her mental victory parade coming to a screeching halt courtesy of soul-crushing defeat.
Meanwhile, much to her distress, the younger Vocaloids began crying all over again, and Luka was soon under a dog pile of weeping Vocaloids (though she could only wonder how much of Miku's grief was actually real, seeing how her position had allowed her to conveniently put her head on Luka's chest and cop a few feels without retaliation... that girl was a bit of an opportunist, after all). As she was drenched once more in anime waterfall tears, Luka stared up at the ceiling, her expression set into a weary facefault.
Inspiration be damned. Her next song was going to be a sickeningly cheerful song about kitties, rainbows, sparkles, and candy.
...
Okay, maybe not.
...
But right about now, it was really tempting...
Fin
This seriously wrote itself after I let the idea flow. If you lose a few brain cells from reading this, I don't blame you, I think I lost a few just writing it. XD Nevertheless, if you've gotten up to this point, please leave me a review and let me know what you thought! 'Til next time! ^_^v
