Vocaloid: You Don't Know Me!

by QuantumIronics

Since being put into care aged 10, 14-year-old Miyako has built up a hard shell around her, which prevents her from showing her true feelings. That is, until new boy Len Kagamine begins to turn everything upside down, and after a shocking confession from a close friend, Miyako begins to wonder whether she can trust her own heart, let alone anyone elses...

7. Chapter 7

Guess who's back, back, back, back again...

Yup, it's me, Kat, back with another chapter of my OC story, Vocaloid: You Don't Know Me! I'd like to start with a moan, aimed at none other than my biffle, Emma (x-ChibiRinny-x). For your information, Emma, my A/Ns are long because they need to be, thank you very much. Without my long, devoted A/Ns, people wouldn't understand half my story. Also, without my A/Ns being long, I wouldn't have space to advertise your stories, so think about that ;)

Well, I have nothing else to say, so without further ado, onto the story!

Disclaimer: Len's still mine. Vocaloid in general isn't. Enough said xD

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~Chapter Seven: Fun, Friends and Falling Out~

~Rin's POV (Finally, haha :D)~

"Rin!" Lily's voice calls, and I turn to see her and SeeU running towards me, giggling. I wave and grin, and they envelope me in a three-way hug.

"Hey, Lily, SeeU!" I laugh as they let me go. We're standing outside the ice rink, waiting for the others to arrive. Luckily, it's not cold outside.

"Wow, we're the first here for once!" SeeU exclaims.

"Kaito tells me he's on his way. I haven't heard from Mimi, but she said she'd be here, so I guess we just have to-"

"Rinny! Lily! SeeU!" Kaito yells, and before I know it he's grabbed me around the waist from behind, spinning me round and round.

"Kaito! Put me down!" I squeal, and he eventually does.

"I couldn't resist!" he laughs. He gives Lily and SeeU a one armed hug, and we talk about random stuff for a bit while we wait for Mimi and Len to arrive.

"So, what did you do yesterday?" I ask.

"Homework," Kaito and SeeU say in unison, giggling madly afterwards.

"Same here. What about you, Rin?" Lily asks me.

"Ugh, my parents yanked me out of bed at 8AM yesterday so we could go to this stupid nature lecture thing at the wildlife centre. God, I swear they're so annoying!"

"Speaking of which, here comes Len!" Kaito laughs. Len pretends to be offended at Kaito's joke. At least...I think it's a joke. Kaito seems a little...uptight around Len lately. Weird. Maybe it's just me.

"Hurtful!" Len calls back. Then he grins.

"Where's Mimi?" I ask, and at that moment she appears behind Len, smiling. Damn, I'm good.

"Right here!" she giggles, and me, her and Kaito give each other a tight hug. Then we invite Lily, SeeU and Len to join us in a big, tight, six-way group hug.

"Shall we go in?" Kaito asks.

"Sure!" Mimi grins, and Kaito and Len hold the doors open for us, bowing low.

"After you, ladies!" Len smiles, sending a wink at Mimi. Hmm...Mimi laughs, and we go inside.

We hand in our shoes for enormous white boots that I can barely walk in, let alone skate in. We wobble onto the ice, immediately slipping and sliding. I squeal and grab onto Kaito's arm, and he laughs, holding me up and skating backwards skillfully while I hang onto him, slowly but surely learning to balance myself on the slippery surface.

"See, you're getting it now, Rinny!" he smiles, and slowly lets go of me. I take a few slides forward on the ice, and after a few moments I'm actually skating without killing myself or anyone else. Mission accomplished. We'd been skating for about 45 minutes. Man, time does go fast when you're having fun. I grin cheekily at Kaito.

"Race you!" I say, speeding off towards the other side. Kaito laughs and skates after me. I slip once and manage to catch my balance just as I reach the bar at the end of the ice. I grab onto it triumphantly and punch the air with my free hand. "Winner!" I shout. Then I stop. Kaito hasn't reached me yet, though a few seconds have passed. I slowly turn around. "Kaito?"

Kaito is standing in the middle of the ice, staring at none other than Miyako and Len, who are laughing and whooping as they skid across the ice. Lily and SeeU are not far away, holding onto each other's arms and spinning around completely randomly, giggling like maniacs. My own eyes are drawn to Mimi and Len as they skate together. Len slips and grabs onto the bar at the last second.

"Told ya I was bad!" he grins. Miyako rolls her eyes, but she's smiling at him. He balances himself again, and they begin to skate towards Lily and SeeU. Suddenly, another skater whizzes past Mimi, making her jump. The skater seems out of control, but manages to grip onto the bar. Mimi, meanwhile, skids back, her feet moving from under her. She looks like she's about to hit the ice.

"Crap!" Kaito says, beginning to skate towards her, fast. But there's no need for his concern, as just before Mimi falls, Len skids up to her and catches her from behind. She looks a little dazed, but after a second she blinks and looks up at Len's face. He smiles down at her.

"Thanks," Mimi says, and Len gently lifts her onto her feet again, steadying her. Kaito's face is pale, very pale, but his eyes are practically burning. "Hey, Kaito, you okay?"

"Fine," he says through gritted teeth. Miyako watches him for a second, concerned, but then she sighs.

"If you're sure," she says softly, and then Len takes her arm and they skate over to Lily and SeeU, who are still holding onto each other, laughing. I narrow my eyes. There's something going on between Len and Mimi, and I, Kagamine Rin, WILL find out what it is!

~Miyako's POV (from the point where she fell)~

"Crap!" Kaito's voice yells, and I wobble on the ice, falling backwards into...

Len's arms, apparently. I look up at him, and he smiles.

"Thanks," I say quietly, and he helps me onto my feet again. I look over at Kaito, who looks kinda angry. To his right, a little way away, Rin is staring at us. "Hey, Kaito, you okay?" I ask. Kaito nods coldly.

"Fine," he says. I stare at him, but seeing that he's not gonna give up any more information, I just sigh.

"If you're sure." Len takes my arm and leads me over to Lily and SeeU, who are...what the hell are they doing? Weird...I look over my shoulder at Kaito and Rin, who are conversing quietly. Rin looks like she's trying to cheer him up, and after a minute, Kaito does start to smile.

"H-hey, guys!" Lily says dizzily. SeeU waves somewhat drunkenly, and I watch them, confused. O...kay...

"I think we should head off the ice for a while, find a place to sit down and maybe eat something," Len laughs. I nod in agreement. Rin and Kaito suddenly appear beside me again, making me jump. Luckily, I don't fall over again.

"Hey, guys," Kaito says, but it seems strained.

"Hey!" I say, trying to be cheerful. "We were just gonna head out to grab something to eat." I check my watch. It's almost 3pm.

"Cool," Kaito murmurs.

"Man, I'm starting to get hungry!" Rin says, trying to lighten the mood.

"There's a café not far from here," Lily says, over her dizzy spell. I think she is, anyway. Hard to tell.

"Let's go, then," SeeU grins, and we clomp off the ice, handing in our skates, putting on our shoes (why did I wear freakin' Converses?), linking arms and setting out to find the café.

It takes about 5 minutes to reach the café, and by the time we get there, we practically collapse into the soft chairs. We have to drag two extra chairs over to fit us all on, but eventually we're all settled. Len pulls my chair out for me, and I blink at him. His face is in a warm smile, and I shyly smile back and sit down.

KAITO RIN

LILY | TABLE LAYOUT | SEEU

MIMI LEN

"Thanks," I murmur, and he nods and shrugs as if to say 'don't mention it'. SeeU stands up.

"Well, what do you all want?" she asks, taking out a notebook. How the hell did she get that? I will never understand the ways of SeeU, honestly..

"Just an orange for me, please, with orange juice!" Rin says delightedly. Typical. She rakes in her bag for money, as the rest of us do.

"Ice cream?" Kaito asks. SeeU nods, and we all laugh.

"Toast with honey, please," Lily says.

"Banana milkshake, please," Len and I say at the same time. I look over at him, blushing. He looks back at me and smiles. This earns us both a few looks, mainly from Kaito and Rin, who both raise their eyebrows. SeeU blinks at us for a second, but then she writes it down.

"And a couple of cream puffs for me," she says. "Okay, back in a sec! Just pay me back another time!" She walks off to the counter to order.

"That was fun," Lily says. We all murmur in agreement.

"I totally owned you," Rin says to Kaito, who goes tense for a second. Rin senses it too, because me and her exchange a glance. Her blue eyes are meaningful and pretty huge, and they seem to be looking right down into my soul. Creepy.

"Yeah," Kaito mumbles absentmindedly, fist clenched. What is his problem?

"I definitely failed compared to you guys!" Len laughs. "I'm hopeless!"

"You're not that bad," I disagree, grinning at him. Kaito looks right at me then, his other fist clenching so his knuckles turn white. Okay, that's it. I stand up, shoving my chair back. Everyone on the table looks at me.

"Mimi?" Rin says nervously.

"What is your problem, Kaito?" I ask fiercely. Len puts his hand on my arm, but I shake him off, focusing on Kaito. He looks back at me for second, looking like he's either going to shout at me or cry. Then he swallows and stands up, tucking his chair under the table and walking to the door.

"Nothing," he says quietly. My anger suddenly floods away and I run after him, out of the door and halfway down the road.

"Hey! I'm sorry!" I call after him, but he doesn't turn around. When I catch up to him he looks at me with a pained expression.

"It's fine," he says as if he's holding back tears.

"What's up?" I ask, staring up at him. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No!" he says defiantly. "It's not your fault. It's just..."

"What?"

"Nothing. It's nothing."

"Kaito, just tell me!"

"You wouldn't believe me."

"How do you know?"

"I don't."

"Then why- Kaito, come back! KAITO!" He's already walking away from me. I scream his name over and over, but he won't turn around. I look desperately around for something to do, and then I see it.

I see the car long before Kaito does.

I begin to run towards him, screaming his name. Only when he catches the sleek black Mercedes speeding towards him does he finally stop. I sprint the last few metres, dodging fire hydrants and bins, and launch myself off the curb.

Everything moves in slow motion. My hands slam into Kaito's chest, palms flat, and we both fall, down and down...

...onto the pavement on the other side of the road. Kaito is flat on his back and I crash onto the concrete on my side. Ow. The Merc. glides past us, right where Kaito had been standing. Kaito sits up and stares at me, shocked.

"Are you okay?!" I shout. He doesn't move.

"Why did you...?" Kaito asks after a while, bewildered.

"What? Save your life?"

"I-I.."

"What were you even running for, you idiot?"

"Noth-"

"Cut the crap! Just tell me."

"I can't," Kaito says quietly.

"Kaito..." I say softly, and his blue eyes lock with my dark one.

"I can't tell you. But I will."

"When?"

"Soon." He reaches out and gently wipes tears fom my cheeks that I didn't even know were there. Then he stands up.

"Where are you going?"

"Don't worry about me," Kaito says, taking one of my hands and holding it gently. He holds on for a few moments before letting go and walking away from me, head down, hands in his pockets. I lie there, too stunned to speak or move.

"Mimi!" a voice calls, and suddenly an arm is slid under my head and I'm lifted into a sitting position. I finally blink and find I'm face to face with Len Kagamine.

"L-Len?"

"Are you okay?"

"I-I..."

"Why the hell are you on the ground beside a busy road?!"

"Kaito...he...I..."

"Mimi." Len's voice is softer now. "Why have you been crying?"

"It's just too much for me right now," I mumble.

"You said something about Kaito?"

"He...the car...it was...he couldn't see it...I had to..." My words are flooding out in a messy waterfall of letters, so that I barely understand myself. Len just listens, patiently. When I'm done babbling, he puts a hand on my burning cheek. As soon as our skin touches, my mind instantly begins to talk to me. (A/N: The bold italics are Mimi, and the non-bold italics are Mimi's mind)

He likes you, dumbass!

Be quiet.

Do you like him?

I don't know..

Sure you do! It's a simple question!

Will ya just piss off?

Do you want my opinion?

Not really.

Well, I'm gonna give it to you anyway.

Who are you, Rin?

Changing the subject?

No!

No what?

No I'm not changing the subject!

But you like Len?

Will it shut you up?

If it's the truth.

Yes! I do like him. Happy?

Then why didn't you say yes in the first place?

Just be quiet.

As you wish.

Mimi?

What now?

That wasn't me.

Then who-"

Mimi!

Wait a minute, that's...

MIMI!

"Yo!" I say, snapping back to reality.

"Jesus, don't do that!"

"Huh?"

"You were just staring into space like you were in a trance. You scared the heck out of me!" Len's voice does sound pretty scared. His hand is still on my cheek.

"Hey," I say, another issue popping into my head. "Where are Rin, Lily and SeeU?"

"Still at the café. I told them to wait there when I came after you, and to call me if they saw anything."

"Oh." Len smiles, a little embarrassed for some reason. I notice we're still very close. Len is kneeling beside me, and I'm practically on his lap thanks to the way he's holding me off the ground. "Um..."

"Let's get you up, then," Len says, taking one of my hands and wrapping his other arm around my waist. I nod and allow him to lift me to my feet. We remain standing together for a long, slightly awkward second.

"Thanks," I whisper. He nods and we watch each other for a second.

"Anyway," Len suddenly says, clearing his throat and stepping away somewhat unwillingly. I roll my eyes, and against my better judgement, I take his hand again. He blinks at me, and I shyly smile.

Suck on that, I think, and for once my mind doesn't argue.

"Let's go, before Rin loses it and comes after us," I say. Len nods, grinning, and we head back towards the café. At the last minute, I look over my shoulder. I swear I see a flash of blue hair and a glimpse of a long blue scarf, but it disappears before I can be sure.

"Oh my God!" Rin squeals, and suddenly I'm wrapped up in a choking hug.

"Can't...breathe!" I splutter, and she lets go of me.

"You have GOT to stop running away!" Rin frowns at me.

"But...I...he...the...when he...I..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Kaito..."

"What about Kaito?"

"He...the car..."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!" Rin yells. SeeU and Lily flank her on either side. "Kaito got hit by a car?!"

"No-"

"Then what the hell happened?!"

"If you'd let me finish!" I shout. Rin goes silent, and Len, Lily, SeeU and pretty much everyone else in the café stares at me. "Sheesh. Kaito walked away from me, and there was a car coming, and I shoved him out of the way. Then we talked for a little while, and then he suddenly stood up and walked off."

"Wait," Rin says. "What did you say to him?" Un-freakin'-believable!

"THAT'S ALL YOU GOT FROM THAT?!"

"I'm just asking!"

"Who are you, my mother?!" I hiss, and and immediately I feel sick. All the memories, strengthened since I told Len about them, resurface, and I suddenly feel hot and cold at the same time. Len is watching me, and Rin, who doesn't seem to know what's going on, carries on staring, her blue eyes burning right into my soul.

"Calm down, guys," Lily says. SeeU clutches at her arm.

"What's your problem?" Rin says to me. "It's like I don't know you anymore." My eyes widen. Rin and I have been best friends since we met. We've told each other pretty much everything.

Everything is spinning out of control, and it's all my fault.

The room begins to turn, and I try to focus on Rin's face. Suddenly, the world lurches to the side and my legs slip from under me. My head droops, and a pair of strong arms that are probably Len's slide under my own arms and stop me from falling any further. Then I hear muffled voices, which slowly fade to nothing as the world tunnels into grey, and then black, around me.

~Len's POV~

"This is all my fault," Rin says for about the hundredth time in the past half hour.

"We've established that," I say, only half joking. "New subject; what do we do with Mimi?" Mimi is lying unconcious in my arms, her legs and arms dangling. Although we're both 14, she's surprisingly light, and I can carry her easily. Rin and I are walking along the road. We get a few strange looks from people, but they mostly leave us alone, eager to get back to their own families. Lily and SeeU have gone home after angry calls from their parents. Apparently they were meant to be home a while ago.

"Where do we take her?" I ask. Rin looks at me, and then down at Mimi, biting her lip.

"I don't know where she lives," she says quietly.

"I do." The words slip out before I can stop them. Rin stares at me, shocked.

"You do?"

"Mhm. But we can't get inside. Not carrying her."

"Huh?"

"It's hard to explain."

"Does she live in a flat?"

"Not exactly."

"Show me."

"But..."

"Show me, Kagamine!"

"What about..." Rin's fierce expression silences me, and I nod. We walk on and on until we reach Miyako's house. Rin stares at it in complete shock. 3...2...1...

"Holy shit!" she yells.

"Dude, chill," I say.

"She lives here? Is this a joke?"

"No."

"Wow," she whispers. She looks up at the broken window. "How do we get up there?"

"There's a tree...but I don't know how to get up carrying her."

"Well, if we can't take Miyako up, let's bring her bed down."

"What?" I raise an eyebrow. But Rin has a devillish grin on her elfin face. Before I can stop her, she's speeding off towards the tree. "Rin!"

"Just stay with her. I'll be back in a minute!" Rin begins to clamber up the tree like a monkey.

I softly set Miyako down on the grass, and look down her face. Strange as it may seem, she looks even more like an angel when she's unconcious. I sigh and gently touch her cheek with the back of my hand.

"Incoming!" Rin shouts, and suddenly there's a thud as Mimi's mattress hits the ground. I quickly lift her onto it just as a pillow hits the floor beside me. I slide that under her head and Rin slides down the tree and lands next to me. "Wow...it's just..."

"I know."

"I feel sorry for her."

"Yeah."

"Do you think she'll be okay?"

"I hope so.." Rin puts a hand on my arm.

"Me too," she whispers. "And I really do feel bad about earlier."

"Don't worry about it."

"She's always so cool about stuff, usually, and I didn't even listen to her."

"I don't think she realises how..."

"Awesome?" a voice says. At first I think it's Rin.

"Yeah, how awesome she is."

"And she's really..."

"Pretty?"

"Yeah."

"And you can't live without her?"

"I don't think I can...wait. Wait a minute." I look down at Miyako to see that she's grinning like a mad Cheshire cat.

"Thought so," she says. Rin is staring at Mimi, as shocked as I am, but soon both girls are giggling.

"Mimi, I'm sorry," Rin says, suddenly serious. She leans down and hugs Mimi hard. Mimi hugs her back, and when they break apart she looks at me.

"Did you really mean those things?"

"Yeah." I blush a little, and Mimi's face goes red too.

"Guys," Rin says, deadpan. "Get a room."

"Shut up!" Mimi laughs. We both help her to her feet. Then I stand between the two girls.

"Ladies?" I ask, offering them both an arm. They giggle and take it, and we walk down the road together, not aiming for any place in particular, but going there together, nonetheless.

"For the record," Mimi whispers in my ear so that only I can hear. "Best date ever." I go even redder and look at her. She winks, and I laugh. Then we all carry on walking, friends all together.

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Well, guys, did you like that? A lot happened in that chapter for sure. I hoped to get a MimixLen scene, as well as one with Rin and Mimi, and Kaito and Mimi. I also needed one with the entire gang in it, and their friendship is getting pretty solid right now, huh?

I hope you liked it. I'm trying to shorten my A/Ns, haha. Oh, I have another thing to say before I go. I may be starting a new story soon starring Miku, Rin, Neru, Len, Meiko, Kaito, Haku, Gakupo, Luka, Kiyoteru, Gumi, Teto, Uta/Defoko, Iku, Lily, Momo, Big Al, Leon, some random people from various other animes etc as bad guys, and the one and only...DELL HONNE :D I hope to get a chapter for that up soon, as I think it'll be a good story to write. I'm getting the basic storyline from 'Welcome To Vocaloid' on YouTube, by splashdream15, so check that out, because it's a really good MMD story.

Until we meet again, folks!

- Kitty Kat is now offline.

PS: For the record, 3476 words on the story, minus the A/Ns, so pretty good :D