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Found the Final Match!
IA's point of view
When I had those large, heavy, fancy, doors open in front of me, I felt like I was in entering Heaven. The warmth of the room flowed onto my soaked, cold skin. The light blinded me for a moment, but I quickly recovered. I saw everything and nothing at the same time.
Half of the lobby was full of vocaloids when I entered. All different colors too. There were so many different versions of each other that it was confusing. I also saw that everyone had an Other. There was a few missing though. I counted all of the vocaloids. Gumi and a few others weren't there. I could tell because Haku said there are well over one hundred here.
"Welcome IA! We were expecting you! Thank you for coming! Oh my gosh! We need to get you some fresh clothing. Those clothes are like rags now. Zeito get her some new clothing from IO's room please." Young Master said.
"Uh. I'm sorry I couldn't come with you. I had to say bye to my friends at the bar. I also had to get something from the back of my room. You don't have to give me anything really. I just need to be loved as one of you." I said getting pushed by a guy that looked like Akaito but more of a vampire personality, he stopped when some other vocaloids started talking.
"Don't worry! We'll treat you like one of us! Hurry to come back down here! Dinner is almost ready!" A guy with pink hair who looked like my friend Luka said.
Another vocaloid, but with a big white bow in her blonde hair, stepped up and said, "We will introduce ourselves at dinner. Make sure you have clothes or you don't eat! That's a rule here!"
Zeito continued to push me until I stepped to the side and said I'd walk on my own. Zeito shook his head and grabbed the back of my shoulders again, but more forcefully. I stole another glance at the lobby before getting pushed and pulled up the stairs.
I saw someone I slightly recognized come out of another room. He had slightly short gray hair, blue eyes, and was almost just like me! He rushed back into the room before I got a good look though. I was in such shock that I may have found my Other, that I was dragged off by Zeito. We went upstairs a few stories before I got some sense back.
Zeito stopped pulling me up the stairs when we reached the fifth story. We pasted so many rooms before stopping before one with a black door with a little sign on it. The sign was the same one on my shirt. Zeito lead me into the room and closed the door behind me. I kind of braised myself to run to the door and bust it down when he went over to the closet.
"Here, try this on. I took the measurements from IO so the clothes may be a bit big." Zeito handed me some clothes and walked out of the room.
I quickly changed into the clothes Zeito gave me. They were a little bit to big in a few places and to small in others. The design on the shirt was still the same though. A black shirt that was a bit too tight on the top with a circle and lines above it. "Now I'm going to be wearing pants instead of skirts!?" I yelled to nobody.
Someone had burst in right as I yelled and finished changing. He was the same boy as earlier. Same eyes, hair, and body. He stared at me and I stared back. It felt like staring at an opposite image of me.
"Are you IA?" The strange boy who might be my Other asked.
"Yes? I am IA. Who are you?" I asked stepping closer to the open fifth story window. I looked back and saw a fire escape. I was sure to get away if he tried anything.
"I am IO. I think you are my Other. I didn't mean to put you through that pain in the earlier years of your life. I would have taken more pain for you, but~" IO replied.
"How do you know about that! Who are you exactly?! You can't be that little boy who took the punishment from Master for me, are you?" I asked actually stepping closer to him and away from the window, "Young Master must have told you this! It couldn't be you! He was thrown out on the streets. Anyone would have died."
IO looked down at the black and pink bed covers and sighed. He walked over to them and sat down. "You don't remember me then? The old Master used to whip me. I was always the one to take the most pain. I felt like it was a need. I needed to protect something or someone and you were the one. You were, are, my saving grace."
IO sat on the bed with his head on his closed hands. I stared at the boy named IO for a long time until I smelt dinner. I told IO that I was going downstairs and he should join, but he shook his head. I felt that he just wanted to get something out of him. The feeling of guilt flooded me that I couldn't help him right now. I just walked out of the room after giving IO a reassuring pat on the shoulder. I felt his needy stare on my back as I walked out and the guilt grow even larger.
As I closed the door to that room, I couldn't help thinking that he may have been that one boy from years ago. I think he just wanted someone to relate to.