MELODY
Disclaimer: Vocaloid doesn't belong to me, though I'd love to have an actual Vocaloid of my own. :3
"Really, Kagamine-kun, is it that hard to play?" Miku asked the blonde beside her impatiently.
"Well, sorry, Hatsune-sensei," Len randomly pressed the highest C. "I'm not as good as you. Ever understood why I asked you to teach me the piano? Because I can't play it. If I can I won't be asking for your help."
"But Fur Elise is one of the easiest melodies I know!" she insisted. "It's the first one I learned!"
"All you gave me is a dang music sheet," he whined. "What will I do with these?"
"I've already taught you how to read them!" she slammed her fingers into the keys, making an unpleasant sound. "Play it again! Properly!"
Len was about to speak again, but Miku looked like she'll throw the piano into him, so he just groaned and began playing again. She sighed.
"The second note is wrong!" she yelled. "It's D sharp, Kagamine, not D natural!"
"Don't get too mad!" he yelled back. "Your voice is too high! Now, which one is D sharp? It's black, isn't it?"
"Argh! I give up!" Miku stood up. "I'm out of here!"
Len stared at her as she stormed out of the music room. He sighed and began pressing random keys, talking to himself.
"Well, Hatsune-samaaaa," he said with an angry tone, "You are such a boring teacher, get that? You taught me how to read sheet music, what the keys are, made me sing doremi again and again, all that for a week and I had never touched the piano until now! What do you expect? I'm. Not. A. Freaking. Genius!" He emphasized the last words by heavily pressing the deeper keys.
He stood up and headed for the door, switching the lights off and slamming the door close.
Chapter Three: Jealousy
Lily tortured her little sister, Rin, in a killer headlock.
"Rin-chaaaan..." she murmured, her eyes flashing red, "Have you forgotten about your dear Lily-neesama?"
The poor blonde struggled, trying to speak.
"You didn't even invite me to lunch!" she said, her tight headlock slowly loosening. "I had to eat alone, Rin-nyan, Onee-sama had to eat alone!" She faked a mourning cry, giving Rin the chance to escape.
"Jeez, Lily-nee," Rin said angrily, trying to catch her breath. "You almost killed me!"
Lily gazed at her younger sister and spotted her younger brother walking towards them behind her.
"Oi, Lenny-tan!" she yelled, running towards him and giving him a killer hug. Len flinched and tried to pull away, his face turning into a funny shade of blue.
Desperate to take in some fresh air, he smacked her side. Lily quickly pulled away, whimpering in pain. She gave her brother a betrayed look.
"You..." she said, dramatically taking a few steps backwards and bumping into Rin (she rolled her eyes because of the ruined moment). "Not even you, Len! Oh, my only siblings had forgotten me! Nobody loves me anymore!"
The twins glanced at each other and mentally face palmed. Their elder sister sure was a good actress, but way too overacting.
"Ah, by the way, Len," Lily suddenly changed her tone, going back to normal. "What's up with you and Hatsune-san?"
Len raised an eyebrow, making the older female blonde laugh.
"You know what I mean, Len," she continued. "I always see you too together whenever I pass by the music room. You always laugh together. Seriously, Len, you two seem so awfully close."
The color of Len's cheeks turned into the lightest shade of pink. "Don't get it wrong, onee-chan. She's just teaching me how to play the piano."
"Uh-huh..." Lily smirked. "You know Len, that's exactly how love stories begin."
Len glared at her. Rin felt somewhat uncomfortable, something funny stirring inside her. Some sort of negative feeling built up in her chest. She just knew it was negative because she didn't like it.
"It's not what you think, onee-chan," Len defended himself. "We even had a fight earlier."
"Ah, right," Lily quickly replied, realizing something. "I saw her walking in the halls looking upset not too long ago. Why, what did you do?"
Len puffed his cheeks. "I don't know. She's just too serious about the piano stuff and her patience is annoyingly short."
"Mm-hm," she said finally looking satisfied, much to Len's relief. "By the way, I gotta go. I promised Miki-chan something earlier. Bye-bye!" She ran off, humming.
Len looked around, and then at his twin sister.
"Hey, Rin," he muttered, "Let's go back to our dorm room."
She glared at him. He furrowed his eyebrows.
"What the heck is it again?" he demanded.
She looked away and began walking towards their room. He began walking as well, but once their in front of their door she punched him in the gut.
"Ow!" he held his stomach and almost sat on the floor. "Just what is that for?"
"Why are you following me?" she shouted.
"What?" he was already getting annoyed. "What's wrong with you? We're in the same dorm-"
He was cut off by the sound of a door being slammed shut. Quickly forgetting the pain he ran to the door and desperately knocked.
"What the hell Rin!" he yelled. "You can't do this to me! Rin! Jeez, you're such a- argh once I get in you're sooo dead! Don't ever forget that Rin! Hey! Let me in! I live here too you know! Riiin!"
Rin sat on her bed, ignoring Len's yells.
Just why was she doing this?
She looked at the door, listening.
"Dammit Rin let me in! Hey! I'm so killing you, Rin, you'll see!"
Why did she feel something painful in her chest when Lily mentioned Miku? What's wrong?
"Shut up Len!" she threw a pillow towards the door. "Go sleep somewhere else!
Rion glanced at the door with concern. "You know, Rin-san, your brother is-"
"Just ignore him!" Rin hissed. "I hate him. I don't know why."
"RIIIIIIIINN!"
"My gosh, Len, you're so annoying!" she threw another pillow. "I hate you! Go sleep in the music room! Go to Hatsune's room if you want!"
Rion raised her eyebrow upon hearing the tealette's surname. Could it be...?
"Rin-san," she commented, "I think you sound more like an angry wife than a sister."
Rin's face heated up. She threw a pillow at Rion's face.
"Rin! Please!" Len already sounded like he's sobbing.
She lied down on her bed, covering herself with her orange blanket from head to toe.
"Open the door, Rion-san."
Rion. Stared at her for a while before standing up towards the door. Turning the door knob and opening it (and almost being accidentally punched by Len in the face) she stared at the blonde standing before her on the doorway. He also stared at her for a while before shifting his gaze towards his twin sister on her bed.
Suddenly, he ran and jumped into her bed, pulling the orange blanketvoff her. She groaned angrily and tried to push him away, but he began tickling her.
"What the hell Rin what the hell!" he exclaimed as he tickled his sister who was trying her best not to laugh as she squirmed around, avoiding her brother's hand. " I told you I'll kill you once I get in! Now what the hell is your problem? Are you retarded?"
Rin silently laughed, pushing her brother away. "Dangit Len, we're no longer- haha! We- we're no longer kids! We're hahaha fourteee-hahahaa! Dang! Sto-hahaha-op! Stop!"
"No Rin, I'm punishing youuuu!"
"Nyaaa please stoooooop! Get off me!"
Rion gave them a weird stare. Suddenly, she began laughing. She turned around to go back to her bed, still laughing, until she heard a noise and a loud whimper coming right from their room. She looked back.
Len was on the floor, clutching his right arm and his head, wincing in pain. Rin was glaring at him. The wall now earned a tiny crack, indicating that the impact sure was strong. The two girls glanced at each other.
The class wasn't the same the next day.
Two of their classmates weren't there - Len was in the clinic while Rin was suspended for slamming her brother into a wall just last night. Rion was a witness.
Most of the students, though, didn't care who was missing or not. They've made their own circles of friends, and some didn't have Len in theirs. Yuki was even rejoicing.
Miku, though, kept on glancing at Len's empty seat. Yes, she did yell at him the day before, but they always bicker during the piano lessons so she knew it was normal. But with your 'student' suddenly getting an injury the day after you yelled at him, it suddenly didn't feel normal. She felt guilty.
After class, she decided to visit him in the clinic.
He was lying on a white bed, reading a book and seemingly having trouble holding it and flipping the pages one by one. She sat on the edge of the bed.
"Kagamine-kun," she said, and he lifted his head from the book. "Hello. How are you?"
Len smiled weakly. "I'm fine. Just a broken arm."
"Therefore..." she murmured, her voice getting softer and softer for an unknown reason, "You can't play the piano anymore?"
He sighed. "I'm afraid yes. I'll find it hard to play it now. But I'm left-handed, so there shouldn't be much problems."
She slowly nodded, staring at the gifts their classmates had given to him on the floor. There was a basket of strawberries from Iroha, a few books from Luka and Ia, and a few 'get well soon' cards. "Hm."
They were silent for a while, until Miku spoke up again. "Hey, sorry for yelling at you yesterday."
"Ah, no, no need to apologize," he laughed a bit. "I understand. It's my fault, anyway."
"Both of us," she added. "By the way, when you're already well, will you go back to the music room again?"
"Of course," he replied with a toothy grin. "We'll always play music together."
Rin laid down on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
She felt extremely guilty. Darn her reflexes and Miku.
She glanced at the clock hanging against the wall. Four in the afternoon. No, somewhere around four-fifteen. Class was already over.
As you can see, she was suspended for two days because of what she did to Len. Rather than worrying about the lessons she'll miss, she was worried about her brother. What if the impact was too strong? What if he wouldn't be able to move properly anymore? She'd totally blame herself.
She suddenly got up and dressed up a bit, then went to the clinic. From outside, she heard Miku's unmistakable voice murmuring something she couldn't understand. Wait, Miku was in there?
She leaned her ear against the door, hoping to hear more.
Suddenly she heard Len spoke. "We'll always play music together."
Rin didn't know why, but a sharp pain hit her chest.
Len never said such words to her.
Hold on - she's not jealous, is she?
Aaaaah~ I'm reeeeeaaaally sorry if it was too late! School kept me busy and I've been working on a novel [Yeah of course I'm not a cat lol] So... Sorry too if this revolved too much on Rin, Len, and Miku. Some chapters are like that. But I swear, this fics not solely about them! I'm just showing the potential pairings and triangles, but the next chapter would be better.
By the way, I already had an account before. It was Ajet-chama ( /~ajetchama) and I've forgotten my login details in that account, so I've thought of transferring them into this account. Please do answer the poll on my profile about which fic should be transferred first, pleeeaaase~ thank you.
I hope you liked this chapter. Thanks!