Disclaimer: If I own Vocaloid, the world's gonna end.
Neru's POV
I narrowed my eyes as I stared at my yellow cellphone screen.
Neru? Uh, don't know how you're gonna react so I put this in a text; Len is over Miku's house taking care of her.
I gritted my teeth.
So having Len carry you bridal-style wasn't enough? You wanna seduce him Miku?
In a flash, I quickly sent a reply back to Miki.
Thanks Miki. I got everything I need.
A beep told her that Miki got the message.
"Miki Miki romantic night~" Neru's phone sang, telling her that Miki replied already.
I'm scared. Miku is really nice! What're gonna do? I thought you two were besties!
Not anymore.
Miku isn't my friend anymore.
Miku is the rival thats becoming a whore.
And..
Love.
Is.
War.
Mikuo's POV
When Len left, I laid Miku back the bed and tucked her in.
That look on Len's face when he came in...it looked like jealously.
…Did Len like Miku?
Does Miku still like Len?
I thought about all this while taking a look around her room.
Pffft. Everything was teal, the same color as her soft hair and beautiful eyes...
Wait a second. Did I just call Miku beautiful?
I could feel my face heating up.
"Denial~"
I wasn't in denial was I?
No, no..Rin couldn't be right! I don't l-l-lo...
"Mikuo?"
I turned from Miku's teal closet door to face the sick girl.
"Miku, did you-" I stopped when I saw that the girl was still asleep.
Was she dreaming about me...?
"Len, Mikuo...what..?" Miku murmured quietly, turning to her side.
Oh, she was dreaming about me and Kagamine...
I leaned over her and twirled her soft teal hair around my finger.
"What are you dreaming about?" I whispered, breathing in her scent.
Miku mumbled and rolled around in response.
I leaned forward a little, my face inches away from hers.
She...looks slightly uneasy...is she having a nightmare?
Neru's POV
I sighed and glanced up at the giant treehouse sitting in the seemingly empty backyard in front of me.
I can't believe I have to come here...but I'm desperate.
I knocked loudly on the brown fence gate, but not before glancing around the area to see if anyone was in sight.
As soon as I knocked, there was some distinct rustling that came from both the treehouse and part of the backyard.
Finally, a big pair of yellow eyes appeared over the fence and met my own yellow ones for a split second before disappearing.
A young boyish voice called out; "It's Akita Neru!"
I heard several shouts in reply, with only one that I could clearly hear; "Thanks Oliver!"
A blonde girl wearing an over-sized navy-blue cloak appeared in the treehouse window with a matching blue sailor hat on her head.
The girl stared at me for a few moments before walking out of my line of sight and I assumed that she was the one who let down the ladder for Oliver to climb up.
Once Oliver scrambled up, the ladder was pulled back up right after.
Then, appearing in front of the window, instead of the two blonde kids I just saw, I saw twins.
They both had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and were even wearing the same clothes! The pair both had detached sleeves, and white blouses on.
The twin closest to the window leaned forward and rested her cheek on her palm-making me realize she only had a sleeve on one arm-and smiled down at me.
"Anna, aren't you going to let her in?"
A few seconds later, there was a few clicks, and the fence gate opened with a head of green hair peeking around the door.
A pair of big green eyes blinked at me before shyly sliding out of sight.
"You can come in..." A high voice mused quietly.
I almost cringed at the pitch of it: the pitch was rather high, even for a child-it reminded me of Miku's voice.
Never the less, I still managed to walk in as composed as possible.
The gate was quietly closed and locked behind me as I glanced at the girl behind me.
She had hair that looked almost teal, but the tone of it was more darker and greenish than Miku's. Anna-which was what I thought her name was-had Mary Janes on and a simple pleated black skirt and slightly-too-big green t-shirt.
"Well?" The girl at the window asked me. "What do you want?"
I sighed and remembered what Teto once told me about this place.
"They're little kids, but that's exactly why they know so much and get away with almost everything. A few of them are short-tempered, but is rather nice once you get to know her. If you ever go to them, don't piss them off or else you'll regret it."
Just deal with it for a little more Neru...You need the infomation a lot.
I glared up at her. "Come down here and I'll tell you. Or should I go up there?"
The girl snorted loudly. "Well, aren't you nice."
But she walked out of the window's sight and a few moments later, a little girl slid down the slide that came down from the treehouse.
A few seconds after her, other kids began sliding down along with her.
The twin of the girl slid down right after her twin, Oliver slipped down afterwards, then that girl with the over-sized navy cloak, a small girl with black pig-tails, a girl wearing a huge dress, and finally, a girly-looking boy with strawberry-blonde hair.
The girl who slid down first grabbed a table from the paito of the house and pulled it up in front of me, while her twin helped grab a few chairs.
"Thanks Kara...Anyway," The girl began, motioning me to sit down with her. "My name is Katie, and what brings you here?"
I sat down, glancing at the others who sat down in the grass and began chating quietly, ignoring us completely.
"Don't worry about them. They just followed me because they needed to move around more. Anyway, I'll repeat myself once more; why did you come here?" Katie said airly, fiddling with her one black sleeve.
"Right." I replied, taking out my phone out of habit. "I came here for some infomation."
Katie snorted again. "That's what nearly everyone comes here for-it's our job to give out info. The question is 'what kind', 'who', and 'why'."
I glared at the girl, leaned forward, and spoke in a hushed voice. "I need infomation on Hatsune Miku. And the because; well it's none of your beewax."
Katie sighed, pushed the chair back, and went over to the group of kids chattering mindlessly on the grass.
I watched her start whispering to them quietly, then Anna give her a thick yellow file, and everyone turned to stare at me before Katie started walking back to me and the table.
"Okay," She began, setting the file carefully on the table. "The file is slightly outdated as we can't track every single thing, but it has a lot of info. Now, why do you need it and what kind of info do you need?"
"Gossip." I stated bluntly.
Katie shot me an unreadable look as she took the papers out of the folder and started looking through them.
"Well, we got the infomation all right, but we need something in return of course." Katie murmured quietly, still flipping though the papers.
"Well what do you want?" I asked her, getting slightly impatient.
Katie went quiet for a few minutes, glancing between me and at a window in the back of the house.
Just as I was about to suggest I leave, she answered in a solemn voice.
"A rose."
I was taken back.
"A rose?" I repeated, dumbfounded at the simple request.
The small blonde-haired girl stood up abruptly and walked over to a small garden a few feet away from the treehouse.
Her pale hands lightly picked up a light pink rose.
"Not just a regular rose..." She paused for a second to twirl the rose before her eyes.
"You have to find a yellow rose, to match with your hair."
I narrowed my eyes some. "Why? Why do you want a yellow rose?"
Katie walked back to me and dropped the pink rose on the table.
"I'll tell you that once you know the meaning of a yellow and pink rose."
"What's that sup-"
"Katie!" A boy's voice shouted in the distance.
I turned to see a short blonde-haired boy's head peeking out of a open window at the house.
"You shouldn't be up yet Nero-nii!" Katie and Kara shouted in unison, instantly looking concerned.
"Oh please, my fever isn't that bad!"
Katie's bright blue eyes narrowed and she started muttering under her breath darkly.
"Everyone can go back up to the treehouse if you want!" Kara called out to them, making her way to her sister.
The girl wearing the dress and girl with black pigtails started to chase each other up the treehouse instantly.
Not to forget the shouts of; "But what did I do Ritsu-chaaaan?" "Just give me back my hat Yuki!"
Oliver slapped his forehead at the two while his sister(?) started muttering-"Are you serious.."-under her breath.
Katie sighed and snapped out of her muttering. "Oliver, Olivia, make sure they don't destroy the treehouse..."
Then she turned back to me. "Either you get me a yellow rose in three days, or you don't get the info, 'kay?"
"That doesn't make any sense!"
The girl paused for a second, clearly thinking something over.
Then she suddenly put one hand on her hip and used the other one to point at me.
"You're right! I forgot something; you also have to tell me the meaning of a yellow rose!"
"Wha-"
"Katie!" A boy's hand smacked the back of Katie's head. "Don't be so unreasonable!"
Katie pouted and rubbed her head. "Oh, and like coming outside when you have a 100 degree fever isn't unreasonable?!"
"Katie-nii is right," Kara prompted, putting her hands on her hips. "You shoudn't be talking Nero-nii."
While the trio started arguing like kingergardeners, Anna and the girly-looking boy walked over to me.
"E-erm.." Anna tugged on my sleeve shyly. "I-if you want, w-we could...you find..."
Her voice was so small I could barely hear her. "Sorry, what?"
The girly-looking boy patted Anna's head and translated.
"What she means is 'if you want, we could help you find a yellow rose'." He smiled up at me, and I realized he was about Len's height.
But...I was still surprised by their offer. I didn't think that they would try to help me.
Smiling a little at them, I said; "Well...If you guys introduce yourselves, then I would accept your help."
They both beamed.
Mikuo's POV
"Nnh..." Miku groaned, her face scrunched up uneasily.
"Miku..?" I said warily, edging closer to her face.
"Hah..." Miku gasped, and her teal eyes suddenly flew open, startling me.
But that wasn't all...
When she gasped, she pounced on me, letting out a small squeak of fear.
"GAH!" I yelled as a reflex.
What? If a girl you thought was sleeping suddenly pounced on you, what would you do?
Miku hugged me tightly, raising her flushed face to glance up at me.
She opened her eyes and blinked a few times when she saw my own blue eyes inches away from hers.
Startled, she let out a shriek and tried to jump back.
At least, that's what she tried to do.
But she still had a fist-full of my shirt-how can someone so sick be so strong anyway?-, so she ended up pulling me on top of her, and the unbalanced weight made her slip, making her back hit the floor with a loud 'thud'.
My hands slammed next to her head, and we ended up staring at each other for a full minute, our faces starting flush darker and darker.
And right when I was about to climb off her, the door slammed open, revealing Len with a towel on his head, and confused Rin.
The two blondes instantly turned pink, both of them looking slightly dumbfounded.
Well, this just couldn't get better.
Kitty: Please don't kill me! TT-TT I didn't mean to not update for two months! Waaaahhh! I'M SORRY!
Neru: *smacks back of head with fan* Lighten up! You gave some of my fans a good chapter!
Kitty: *wipes away tears* ...You're the one who helped me write it though...
Neru: Said the girl who slacked off for two months.
Kitty: ...Just tell the readers to review will ya?...
Neru: Review! Although it's not like I would care...
Kitty: *coughTSUNDEREcough*
Neru: SHUT UP!